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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 82.1%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.4%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.2%

          

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     3.600     7/15/25      $ 200,000      $ 214,640  
          

 

 

 

Media - 3.9%

          

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.464     7/23/22        40,000        42,138  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.400     4/1/30        10,000        11,228  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     4/1/40        20,000        22,955  

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

     5.476     1/25/39        20,000        25,246  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP, Senior Secured Notes

     8.375     3/15/23        240,000        277,351  
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             378,918  
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

          

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.375     4/15/40        20,000        22,702 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

             616,260  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 4.1%           

Automobiles - 2.9%

          

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     3.350     11/1/22        260,000        234,000  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     3.450     4/10/22        50,000        48,151  
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             282,151  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

          

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

     3.200     8/8/24        20,000        19,438  

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.625     12/15/24        20,000        12,850 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             32,288  
          

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.4%

          

DR Horton Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     10/15/24        20,000        19,960  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     8.375     1/15/21        20,000        20,500  
          

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

             40,460  
          

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

          

Dollar Tree Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     5/15/23        30,000        31,460  
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.1%

          

Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     4/15/40        10,000        12,386  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             398,745  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.1%           

Beverages - 0.5%

          

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

     4.125     3/25/40        10,000        12,464  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Beverages - (continued)

          

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

     2.500     6/1/40      $ 10,000      $ 9,966  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

     4.200     3/25/50        20,000        25,890  
          

 

 

 

Total Beverages

             48,320  
          

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.2%

          

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

     1.375     6/20/27        10,000        10,057  

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

     1.600     4/20/30        10,000        9,925  
          

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

             19,982  
          

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.0%

          

Smithfield Foods Inc., Senior Notes

     3.350     2/1/22        100,000        97,607 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.4%

          

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.800     2/14/24        200,000        214,153  

Cargill Inc., Senior Notes

     1.375     7/23/23        20,000        20,102 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             234,255  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             400,164  
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 17.8%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.1%

          

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     2.920     3/1/30        10,000        8,052  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 17.7%

          

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

     3.000     2/24/50        20,000        18,861  

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     2.902     7/15/31        10,000        9,699 (a)  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

     4.375     6/1/24        50,000        45,883  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

     4.375     3/15/29        20,000        17,396  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     1/15/25        50,000        49,590  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     4/15/23        100,000        88,437  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     5/31/25        40,000        38,165  

Dominion Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     3.375     4/1/30        10,000        10,873  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     9/18/23        50,000        51,350  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.200     9/15/23        20,000        19,668  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.050     3/15/25        100,000        98,173  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     2.900     5/15/25        50,000        46,541  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     3.950     1/31/60        10,000        9,203  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     4/15/30        20,000        22,205  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

     3.482     3/19/30        20,000        22,294  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

     4.327     3/19/50        20,000        24,479  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

     3.452     4/15/51        10,000        10,938  

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     7.125     2/1/27        20,000        13,800 (a) 

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     3.375     3/15/23        30,000        29,469  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.850     3/15/21        20,000        19,200  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     2.900     8/15/24        210,000        157,500  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report  


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     10/15/27      $ 10,000      $ 8,550 (a)  

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.125     2/15/28        10,000        8,200 (a)  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/22        130,000        119,600  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     9.250     2/1/26        30,000        24,150 (a)  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     3.250     4/6/50        20,000        20,531  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     7.000     10/15/28        30,000        35,404  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     2.900     3/1/30        10,000        9,539 (a)  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.750     8/15/28        370,000        325,951  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.050     2/1/30        150,000        136,875  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/21        16,000        17,008  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     1/15/23        200,000        202,392  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     1/15/30        10,000        8,150  
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             1,720,074  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             1,728,126  
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 22.9%           

Banks - 14.7%

          

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (2.592% to 4/29/30 then SOFR + 2.150%)

     2.592     4/29/31        90,000        92,354 (b)  

Barclays PLC, Subordinated Notes (5.088% to 6/20/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.054%)

     5.088     6/20/30        200,000        216,903 (b)  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (5.316% to 3/26/40 then SOFR + 4.548%)

     5.316     3/26/41        40,000        51,257 (b)  

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes (3.244% to 12/20/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.591%)

     3.244     12/20/25        200,000        200,077 (a)(b) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     5/17/32        10,000        13,581  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

     2.550     3/1/21        100,000        101,213  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (2.522% to 4/22/30 then SOFR + 2.040%)

     2.522     4/22/31        20,000        20,449 (b)  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.470%)

     3.162     5/15/23        260,000        251,575 (b)  

UniCredit SpA, Senior Notes

     6.572     1/14/22        350,000        360,997 (a)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (3.068% to 4/30/40 then SOFR + 2.530%)

     3.068     4/30/41        10,000        9,919 (b)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (4.478% to 4/4/30 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.770%)

     4.478     4/4/31        20,000        23,212 (b)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (5.013% to 4/4/50 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.240%)

     5.013     4/4/51        60,000        78,770 (b)  
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             1,420,307  
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.6%

          

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.800     3/15/30        20,000        21,946  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report      

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Capital Markets - (continued)

          

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.150     5/22/45      $ 20,000      $ 24,301  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.188% to 4/28/25 then SOFR + 1.990%)

     2.188     4/28/26        20,000        20,245 (b)  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.699% to 1/22/30 then SOFR + 1.143%)

     2.699     1/22/31        50,000        51,093 (b)  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (5.597% to 3/24/50 then SOFR + 4.840%)

     5.597     3/24/51        20,000        28,738 (b)  

Raymond James Financial Inc., Senior Notes

     4.650     4/1/30        10,000        11,257  
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             157,580  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.5%

          

Synchrony Financial, Senior Notes

     2.850     7/25/22        50,000        48,631  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 4.9%

          

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

     3.950     2/1/22        200,000        187,235  

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co., Senior Notes

     3.373     11/15/25        260,000        267,766  

Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., Senior Notes (6.500% Cash or 7.250% PIK)

     6.500     9/15/24        40,000        24,200 (a)(c) 
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

             479,201  
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.2%

          

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     3/23/30        20,000        23,970  

New York Life Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

     3.750     5/15/50        10,000        11,344 (a)  

Prudential Financial Inc., Senior Notes

     1.500     3/10/26        20,000        19,942  

Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, Secured Notes

     2.500     10/30/24        60,000        59,516 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Total Insurance

             114,772  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             2,220,491  
          

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 4.9%           

Biotechnology - 0.9%

          

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

     2.950     11/21/26        80,000        84,436 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.8%

          

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

     2.894     6/6/22        80,000        82,028  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.2%

          

Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc., Secured Notes

     3.464     6/1/30        10,000        10,580  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     1/15/25        20,000        20,619 (a)  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     4.625     12/15/29        20,000        21,900 (a)  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     3.375     2/15/30        40,000        40,300 (a)  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

     2.400     3/15/30        50,000        50,538  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

     3.200     3/15/40        20,000        20,308  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     3/9/23        20,000        21,192  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report  


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Health Care Providers & Services - (continued)

          

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     2.625     8/15/24      $ 30,000      $ 31,233  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     4/1/50        20,000        23,417  

Magellan Health Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     9/22/24        70,000        68,163  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             308,250  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             474,714  
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 10.0%           

Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%

          

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.625     5/1/22        20,000        18,309 (a)  

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., Senior Notes

     2.875     2/15/25        10,000        8,044 (a)  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

     1.650     10/30/20        60,000        59,519  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/1/25        30,000        30,000  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     4/1/40        20,000        24,605  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     4/1/50        17,000        21,965  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

     5.150     5/1/40        10,000        13,324  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     5/1/50        30,000        42,578  
          

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

             218,344  
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 3.8%

          

America West Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     7.100     4/2/21        53,737        53,499  

American Airlines Group Inc. Pass-Through Trust

     4.375     10/1/22        24,969        19,658  

Continental Airlines 2007-1 Class B Pass-Through Trust

     6.903     4/19/22        129,556        120,851  

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     9.798     4/1/21        21,143        20,866  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

     2.600     12/4/20        20,000        19,151  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

     3.400     4/19/21        20,000        19,183  

U.S. Airways Pass-Through Trust

     6.750     6/3/21        33,709        30,231  

United Continental Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     10/1/22        100,000        82,870  
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             366,309  
          

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.5%

          

Carrier Global Corp., Senior Notes

     2.493     2/15/27        40,000        38,322 (a)  

Carrier Global Corp., Senior Notes

     3.377     4/5/40        10,000        8,965 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Total Building Products

             47,287  
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%

          

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     8/15/24        40,000        41,647  
          

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%

          

3M Co., Senior Notes

     3.700     4/15/50        20,000        23,881  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     3.450     5/1/27        10,000        10,179  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     3.625     5/1/30        10,000        10,037  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     4.250     5/1/40        10,000        10,034  
          

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

             54,131  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report       

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Machinery - 0.4%

          

Otis Worldwide Corp., Senior Notes

     2.565     2/15/30      $ 40,000      $ 40,310 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.1%

          

Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes

     3.000     9/15/23        100,000        91,828  

Aviation Capital Group LLC, Senior Notes

     4.125     8/1/25        130,000        107,207 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

             199,035  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             967,063  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 7.5%           

IT Services - 1.1%

          

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

     3.300     3/26/27        20,000        22,299  

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     3/26/50        20,000        24,943  

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     2.400     10/1/24        30,000        31,140  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

     2.700     4/15/40        30,000        31,185  
          

 

 

 

Total IT Services

             109,567  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.3%

          

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.,

          

Senior Notes

     2.650     1/15/23        30,000        30,564  

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     4/15/30        50,000        56,239 (a) 

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     3/25/50        20,000        28,175  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

     4.950     3/25/60        20,000        28,524  

Lam Research corp., Senior Notes

     1.900     6/15/30        10,000        9,967  

Micron Technology Inc., Senior Notes

     4.640     2/6/24        100,000        107,470  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

     3.500     4/1/50        30,000        34,425  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     4/1/60        10,000        11,700  

NXP BV/NXP FDG/NXP USA Inc., Senior Notes

     3.400     5/1/30        10,000        9,997 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             317,061  
          

 

 

 

Software - 1.1%

          

Adobe Inc., Senior Notes

     2.150     2/1/27        30,000        31,438  

Adobe Inc., Senior Notes

     2.300     2/1/30        70,000        73,564  
          

 

 

 

Total Software

             105,002  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.0%

          

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.420     6/15/21        190,000        193,085 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             724,715  
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 2.8%           

Metals & Mining - 2.8%

          

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

     6.125     6/1/25        140,000        144,035  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.250     10/25/22        100,000        102,490 (a) 

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

     4.625     12/15/27        20,000        21,085  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             267,610  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report  


WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
REAL ESTATE - 1.1%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.1%

          

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     10/15/22      $ 100,000      $ 96,090  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     4.125     8/15/30        10,000        9,100 (a)  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

             105,190  
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.5%           

Electric Utilities - 0.5%

          

DTE Electric Co., Secured Notes

     2.625     3/1/31        20,000        21,599  

Edison International, Senior Notes

     4.950     4/15/25        10,000        10,916  

Exelon Corp., Senior Notes

     4.050     4/15/30        10,000        11,417  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             43,932  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

(Cost - $8,073,521)

             7,947,010  
          

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 8.6%           

Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., 2017-2A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

     2.835     1/17/30        250,000        226,954 (a)(b) 

Symphony CLO XVIII Ltd., 2016-18A B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

     2.843     1/23/28        250,000        240,013 (a)(b) 

Upgrade Receivables Trust, 2018-1A C

     5.170     11/15/24        400,000        368,074 (a)  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost - $898,926)

             835,041  
          

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 0.6%           

U.S. Government Obligations - 0.6%

          

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     2.375     11/15/49        40,000        50,817  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.500     2/15/30        10,000        10,831  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

(Cost - $62,126)

             61,648  
          

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.5%           

Argentina - 0.4%

          

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.625     1/26/22        140,000        38,850  
          

 

 

 

Peru - 0.1%

          

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     2.783     1/23/31        10,000        10,310  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS

(Cost - $142,454)

             49,160  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $9,177,027)

             8,892,859  
          

 

 

 
                  Shares         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%           

BNY Mellon Cash Reserve Fund (Cost - $466,701)

     0.010        466,701        466,701  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 96.6%
(Cost - $9,643,728)

             9,359,560  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 3.4%

             325,574  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

           $ 9,685,134  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

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WESTERN ASSET SHORT DURATION INCOME ETF

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    April 30, 2020

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(b)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(c)

Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional securities.

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

 

CLO    — Collateralized Loan Obligation
LIBOR    — London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK    Payment-In-Kind
SOFR    — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
USD    — United States Dollar

At April 30, 2020, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:               

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

     7        6/20      $ 1,514,692      $ 1,543,008      $ 28,316  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     33        6/20        3,999,354        4,140,984        141,630  
              

 

 

 
                 169,946  
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:               

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     1        6/20        139,186        139,063        123  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     14        6/20        2,486,146        2,534,437        (48,291

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     1        6/20        202,811        224,781        (21,970
              

 

 

 
                 (70,138
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts

 

            $ 99,808  
              

 

 

 

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF 2020 Quarterly Report  


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Short Duration Income ETF (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason ETF Investment Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”). ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought from and redeemed by the issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on net asset value (“NAV”), shares of the Fund may be directly purchased from and redeemed by the Fund at NAV solely by certain large institutional investors who have entered into agreements with the Fund’s distributor (“Authorized Participants”). Also unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

Shares of the Fund are listed and traded at market prices on NASDAQ. The market price for the Fund’s shares may be different from the Fund’s NAV. The Fund issues and redeems shares at NAV only in blocks of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Only Authorized Participants may purchase or redeem Creation Units directly with the Fund at NAV. Creation Units generally are issued and redeemed in cash. However, Creation Units may also be issued and redeemed partially in-kind for a basket of securities and partially in cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable securities. Shareholders who are not Authorized Participants may not redeem shares directly from the Fund at NAV.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will use the currency exchange rates, generally determined as of 4:00 p.m. (London Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing

 

 

    

 

    

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

 

 

   

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —        $ 7,947,010        —        $ 7,947,010  

Asset-Backed Securities

     —          835,041        —          835,041  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

     —          61,648        —          61,648  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          49,160        —          49,160  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     —          8,892,859        —          8,892,859  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     —          466,701        —          466,701  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     —        $ 9,359,560        —        $ 9,359,560  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 170,069        —          —        $ 170,069  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 170,069      $ 9,359,560        —        $ 9,529,629  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 70,261        —          —        $ 70,261  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

    

 

    

 

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