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FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 94.8%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 11.4%      

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 6.7%

     

Koninklijke KPN NV

     1,754,966      $ 6,259,051  

NOS SGPS SA

     79,915        283,882  

Orange SA

     1,037,917        12,118,600  

Proximus SADP

     234,209        1,743,683  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     3,437,000        6,349,060  

Telefonica SA

     1,550,171        6,284,637  
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

        33,038,913  
     

 

 

 

Media - 0.1%

     

Telenet Group Holding NV

     17,588        395,667  

Television Francaise 1

     36,009        247,304  
     

 

 

 

Total Media

        642,971  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 4.6%

     

SoftBank Corp.

     1,106,900        11,793,863  

Vodafone Group PLC

     11,545,967        10,858,037  
     

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

        22,651,900  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        56,333,784  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.6%      

Automobiles - 8.0%

     

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     115,364        14,162,010  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

     157,745        12,678,596  

Stellantis NV

     734,253        12,889,221  
     

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

        39,729,827  
     

 

 

 

Broadline Retail - 0.8%

     

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     1,619,835        3,752,287  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 2.6%

     

Barratt Developments PLC

     805,503        4,234,558  

Haseko Corp.

     247,000        3,029,931  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

     2,866,061        3,743,972  

Vistry Group PLC

     196,221        1,647,721  
     

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

        12,656,182  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.2%

     

JB Hi-Fi Ltd.

     182,479        5,314,190  

Mobilezone Holding AG, Registered Shares

     22,301        341,999  

T-Gaia Corp.

     26,700        319,953  
     

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

        5,976,142  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

        62,114,438  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 8.1%      

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 0.1%

     

Olam Group Ltd.

     414,600        425,828  

Food Products - 0.8%

     

Mitsui DM Sugar Holdings Co. Ltd.

     21,300        406,002  

Orkla ASA

     189,879        1,366,463  

Wilmar International Ltd.

     716,600        2,012,103  
     

 

 

 

Total Food Products

        3,784,568  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

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FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Tobacco - 7.2%

     

British American Tobacco PLC

     354,495      $ 11,753,930  

Imperial Brands PLC

     491,642        10,866,484  

Japan Tobacco Inc.

     590,100        12,872,905  

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S

     17,822        296,387  
     

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

        35,789,706  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        40,000,102  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 5.7%      

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 5.7%

     

Eni SpA

     529,259        7,611,574  

Gibson Energy Inc.

     324,042        5,100,922  

Hafnia Ltd.

     273,341        1,338,187  

Itochu Enex Co. Ltd.

     32,600        285,773  

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

     389,699        12,265,984  

Viva Energy Group Ltd.

     853,395        1,709,868  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

        28,312,308  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 19.8%      

Banks - 10.2%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     176,783        8,854,848  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     1,654,097        5,055,205  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     201,917        8,630,588  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     515,700        12,007,025  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

     768,400        6,972,292  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     431,600        8,929,545  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        50,449,503  
     

 

 

 

Financial Services - 0.1%

     

Timbercreek Financial Corp.

     51,043        287,376  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 9.5%

     

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     313,422        6,366,988  

Great-West Lifeco Inc.

     334,436        9,722,844  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

     1,382,600        9,915,003  

Legal & General Group PLC

     515,598        1,489,965  

Mapfre SA

     528,393        1,048,611  

Poste Italiane SpA

     272,192        2,944,671  

Power Corp. of Canada

     119,291        3,214,749  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     25,435        12,079,955  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        46,782,786  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        97,519,665  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 8.3%      

Construction & Engineering - 3.2%

     

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     83,881        2,944,012  

Bouygues SA

     158,946        5,334,096  

Kumagai Gumi Co. Ltd.

     47,300        1,007,950  

NCC AB, Class B Shares

     35,626        310,865  

Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd.

     111,100        2,690,352  

NRW Holdings Ltd.

     721,205        1,214,578  

Okumura Corp.

     48,500        1,365,724  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

 

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FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Construction & Engineering - (continued)

     

Peab AB, Class B Shares

     110,536      $ 438,407  

Sanki Engineering Co. Ltd.

     31,800        332,884  
     

 

 

 

Total Construction & Engineering

        15,638,868  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

     

Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd.

     17,500        526,084  
     

 

 

 

Ground Transportation - 0.2%

     

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

     1,103,200        945,588  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.9%

     

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     691,450        4,221,969  
     

 

 

 

Marine Transportation - 0.1%

     

Stolt-Nielsen Ltd.

     11,162        284,427  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.8%

     

Adecco Group AG, Registered Shares

     93,731        3,062,379  

SmartGroup Corp. Ltd.

     213,696        1,126,594  
     

 

 

 

Total Professional Services

        4,188,973  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 3.0%

     

Kanematsu Corp.

     60,600        841,486  

Mitsubishi Corp.

     296,700        14,225,835  
     

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

        15,067,321  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        40,873,230  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.8%      

Communications Equipment - 0.1%

     

VTech Holdings Ltd.

     59,437        389,845  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%

     

Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.

     211,300        3,699,413  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

        4,089,258  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 11.7%      

Chemicals - 2.0%

     

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     3,316,541        6,048,978  

Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co. Ltd.

     37,700        567,319  

Yara International ASA

     96,246        3,404,776  
     

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

        10,021,073  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 3.1%

     

CSR Ltd.

     566,068        1,955,609  

Holcim AG

     199,884        13,449,972  
     

 

 

 

Total Construction Materials

        15,405,581  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.2%

     

Transcontinental Inc., Class A Shares

     80,082        887,211  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 5.1%

     

BHP Group Ltd.

     415,816        12,452,693  

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.

     19,702        462,753  

Rio Tinto PLC

     186,279        11,806,957  

Vulcan Steel Ltd.

     60,187        329,322  
     

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

        25,051,725  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

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FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Paper & Forest Products - 1.3%

     

Navigator Co. SA

     188,468      $ 638,240  

UPM-Kymmene oyj

     200,368        5,961,265  
     

 

 

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

        6,599,505  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        57,965,095  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 5.8%      

Diversified REITs - 0.3%

     

Charter Hall Long Wale REIT

     242,701        647,831  

Takara Leben Real Estate Investment Corp.

     1,044        697,758  
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified REITs

        1,345,589  
     

 

 

 

Health Care REITs - 0.1%

     

Cofinimmo SA

     5,687        426,871  
     

 

 

 

Industrial REITs - 0.8%

     

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT

     1,430,000        2,874,053  

Mapletree Industrial Trust

     696,900        1,138,027  
     

 

 

 

Total Industrial REITs

        4,012,080  
     

 

 

 

Office REITs - 0.3%

     

Cromwell Property Group

     964,534        343,493  

Ichigo Office REIT Investment Corp.

     1,487        919,762  

Mirai Corp.

     1,526        487,779  
     

 

 

 

Total Office REITs

        1,751,034  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 2.9%

     

Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB

     24,826        240,990  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

     250,200        6,564,212  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     319,418        949,703  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     130,181        269,778  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     493,499        6,215,495  
     

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

        14,240,178  
     

 

 

 

Retail REITs - 1.4%

     

AEON REIT Investment Corp.

     1,380        1,483,738  

CT Real Estate Investment Trust

     56,423        643,433  

Frasers Centrepoint Trust

     366,100        592,425  

Frontier Real Estate Investment Corp.

     283        916,346  

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust

     124,221        2,280,240  

Waypoint REIT Ltd.

     613,820        1,058,247  
     

 

 

 

Total Retail REITs

        6,974,429  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

        28,750,181  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 10.6%      

Electric Utilities - 7.2%

     

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     226,493        1,197,986  

Emera Inc.

     294,677        12,150,068  

Iberdrola SA

     1,048,896        13,674,933  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     390,613        2,046,125  

Redeia Corp. SA

     152,724        2,563,478  

Terna-Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

     448,057        3,815,810  
     

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

        35,448,400  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

 

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FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

         SHARES      VALUE  

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

       

Italgas SpA

       150,520      $ 890,879  

Rubis SCA

       24,185        586,821  
       

 

 

 

Total Gas Utilities

          1,477,700  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 3.1%

       

A2A SpA

       1,367,496        2,496,013  

Iren SpA

       273,038        506,702  

National Grid PLC

       942,722        12,470,708  
       

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

          15,473,423  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

          52,399,523  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $455,465,094)

          468,357,584  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
PREFERRED STOCKS - 2.5%        
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.5%        

Automobiles - 2.5%

       

Volkswagen AG
(Cost - $12,538,986)

     7.125     92,345        12,386,012 (a) 
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $468,004,080)

          480,743,596  
       

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.9%        

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class
(Cost - $9,090,809)

     5.035     9,090,809        9,090,809 (b)  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.2%
(Cost - $477,094,889)

          489,834,405  
       

 

 

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.8%

          4,068,774  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 493,903,179  
       

 

 

 

 

(a)

The rate shown represents the yield as of June 30, 2023.

 

(b)

Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

 

REIT    — Real Estate Investment Trust

At June 30, 2023, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

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

MSCI EAFE Index

     49        9/23      $ 5,248,716      $ 5,280,975      $ 32,259  

At June 30, 2023, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD      27,256,709        CHF        24,479,850      State Street Bank and Trust Co.      7/11/23      $ (139,536
USD      129,717,171        EUR             120,241,202      State Street Bank and Trust Co.      7/11/23        (1,543,814
USD      67,524,793        GBP        53,840,352      State Street Bank and Trust Co.      7/11/23        (931,147
USD      6,428,640        NOK        69,927,081      State Street Bank and Trust Co.      7/11/23        (101,213
USD      1,003,944        SEK        10,841,524      State Street Bank and Trust Co.      7/11/23        (325
USD      34,417,959        AUD        51,268,469      UBS Securities LLC      7/11/23        278,948  
USD      63,182,552        CAD        84,371,073      UBS Securities LLC      7/11/23        (589,396
USD      284,013        DKK        1,961,045      UBS Securities LLC      7/11/23        (3,531
USD      20,144,777        HKD        157,725,002      UBS Securities LLC      7/11/23        13,321  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

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FRANKLIN INTERNATIONAL LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD        72,712,112        JPY        10,060,331,464      UBS Securities LLC      7/11/23      $  2,979,950   
USD      40,820,358        SGD        54,793,820      UBS Securities LLC      7/11/23        315,461  
                 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on open forward foreign currency contracts

      $ 278,718  
                 

 

 

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

 

AUD   — Australian Dollar
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
CHF   — Swiss Franc
DKK   — Danish Krone
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
HKD   — Hong Kong Dollar
JPY   — Japanese Yen
NOK   — Norwegian Krone
SEK   — Swedish Krona
SGD   — Singapore Dollar
USD   — United States Dollar

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

 

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FRANKLIN U.S. LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 98.2%      
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.5%      

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.4%

     

Verizon Communications Inc.

     697,255      $ 25,930,913  
     

 

 

 

Media - 3.1%

     

Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.

     387,840        14,962,867  

Omnicom Group Inc.

     182,704        17,384,286  
     

 

 

 

Total Media

        32,347,153  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

        58,278,066  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 1.0%      

Household Durables - 1.0%

     

Garmin Ltd.

     102,241        10,662,714  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 17.0%      

Beverages - 5.0%

     

Coca-Cola Co.

     422,710        25,455,596  

PepsiCo Inc.

     145,114        26,878,015  
     

 

 

 

Total Beverages

        52,333,611  
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 7.1%

     

Conagra Brands Inc.

     474,202        15,990,091  

Flowers Foods Inc.

     121,515        3,023,293  

Kellogg Co.

     227,425        15,328,445  

Kraft Heinz Co.

     658,752        23,385,696  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A Shares

     338,690        17,286,738  
     

 

 

 

Total Food Products

        75,014,263  
     

 

 

 

Household Products - 2.4%

     

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     173,078        23,895,149  

Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.

     38,580        1,089,885  
     

 

 

 

Total Household Products

        24,985,034  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.5%

     

Philip Morris International Inc.

     265,215        25,890,289  

Universal Corp.

     13,115        654,963  
     

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

        26,545,252  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

        178,878,160  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY - 0.4%      

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.4%

     

DT Midstream Inc.

     78,433        3,887,924  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 11.7%      

Banks - 9.0%

     

Associated Banc-Corp.

     240,855        3,909,077  

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.

     95,385        2,475,241  

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

     23,406        965,029  

Brookline Bancorp Inc.

     84,133        735,322  

Community Bank System Inc.

     37,322        1,749,655  

CVB Financial Corp.

     162,766        2,161,533  

Eagle Bancorp Inc.

     35,178        744,366  

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

     110,233        1,394,447  

First Financial Bancorp

     46,168        943,674  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

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FRANKLIN U.S. LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

     

First Hawaiian Inc.

     107,525      $ 1,936,525  

First Interstate BancSystem Inc., Class A Shares

     98,598        2,350,576  

First Merchants Corp.

     28,126        793,997  

FNB Corp.

     328,813        3,761,621  

Fulton Financial Corp.

     161,161        1,921,039  

Heritage Financial Corp.

     31,154        503,760  

Hope Bancorp Inc.

     135,857        1,143,916  

Independent Bank Group Inc.

     33,624        1,161,037  

Lakeland Bancorp Inc.

     37,550        502,795  

NBT Bancorp Inc.

     26,075        830,489  

New York Community Bancorp Inc.

     1,382,866        15,543,414  

Northwest Bancshares Inc.

     100,758        1,068,035  

Old National Bancorp

     273,069        3,806,582  

Park National Corp.

     7,014        717,672  

Preferred Bank

     12,872        707,831  

Prosperity Bancshares Inc.

     88,793        5,015,029  

Provident Financial Services Inc.

     70,502        1,152,003  

S&T Bancorp Inc.

     22,818        620,421  

Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc.

     48,182        1,092,768  

Simmons First National Corp., Class A Shares

     79,464        1,370,754  

Towne Bank

     26,630        618,881  

United Bankshares Inc.

     85,015        2,522,395  

US Bancorp

     710,584        23,477,695  

Valley National Bancorp

     588,015        4,557,116  

Washington Trust Bancorp Inc.

     16,343        438,156  

WesBanco Inc.

     24,459        626,395  

Westamerica BanCorp

     29,472        1,128,778  
     

 

 

 

Total Banks

        94,448,024  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.0%††

     

Cohen & Steers Inc.

     10,415        603,966  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.6%

     

CNA Financial Corp.

     22,795        880,343  

Fidelity National Financial Inc.

     186,496        6,713,856  

First American Financial Corp.

     79,201        4,516,041  

Old Republic International Corp.

     178,269        4,487,031  
     

 

 

 

Total Insurance

        16,597,271  
     

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.1%

     

Ladder Capital Corp.

     104,694        1,135,930  

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

     523,456        10,155,046  
     

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

        11,290,976  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

        122,940,237  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 11.8%      

Biotechnology - 2.1%

     

AbbVie Inc.

     166,711        22,460,973  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.4%

     

CVS Health Corp.

     362,080        25,030,590  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

 

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    Franklin Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETFs 2023 Quarterly Report

 


FRANKLIN U.S. LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Pharmaceuticals - 7.3%

     

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     384,626      $ 24,596,833  

Johnson & Johnson

     165,587        27,407,960  

Pfizer Inc.

     668,644        24,525,862  
     

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

        76,530,655  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

        124,022,218  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 10.9%      

Air Freight & Logistics - 2.3%

     

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B Shares

     137,054        24,566,929  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.4%

     

3M Co.

     253,681        25,390,931  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.6%

     

Cummins Inc.

     111,949        27,445,417  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.4%

     

Paychex Inc.

     129,544        14,492,087  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.2%

     

Fastenal Co.

     334,273        19,718,764  

MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., Class A Shares

     37,130        3,537,747  
     

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

        23,256,511  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

        115,151,875  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 2.7%      

Communications Equipment - 2.7%

     

Cisco Systems Inc.

     556,059        28,770,493  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 1.8%      

Containers & Packaging - 1.8%

     

International Paper Co.

     334,511        10,640,795  

Packaging Corp. of America

     61,688        8,152,686  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

        18,793,481  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 13.6%      

Diversified REITs - 1.0%

     

American Assets Trust Inc.

     75,404        1,447,757  

Broadstone Net Lease Inc.

     101,902        1,573,367  

WP Carey Inc.

     115,966        7,834,663  
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified REITs

        10,855,787  
     

 

 

 

Health Care REITs - 2.9%

     

CareTrust REIT Inc.

     66,535        1,321,385  

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.

     263,575        4,971,024  

LTC Properties Inc.

     33,940        1,120,699  

Medical Properties Trust Inc.

     2,214,649        20,507,650  

Physicians Realty Trust

     210,377        2,943,174  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care REITs

        30,863,932  
     

 

 

 

Industrial REITs - 0.6%

     

LXP Industrial Trust

     152,819        1,489,985  

STAG Industrial Inc.

     124,386        4,462,970  
     

 

 

 

Total Industrial REITs

        5,952,955  
     

 

 

 

Office REITs - 1.1%

     

Brandywine Realty Trust

     377,345        1,754,654  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

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FRANKLIN U.S. LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  

Office REITs - (continued)

     

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     87,969      $ 2,089,264  

Easterly Government Properties Inc.

     125,681        1,822,374  

Highwoods Properties Inc.

     134,061        3,205,399  

Office Properties Income Trust

     161,427        1,242,988  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc., Class A Shares

     197,910        1,438,806  
     

 

 

 

Total Office REITs

        11,553,485  
     

 

 

 

Residential REITs - 1.3%

     

Essex Property Trust Inc.

     58,638        13,738,883  
     

 

 

 

Retail REITs - 5.0%

     

Agree Realty Corp.

     122,521        8,011,648  

Getty Realty Corp.

     39,687        1,342,214  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     448,390        8,842,251  

NETSTREIT Corp.

     77,282        1,381,030  

NNN REIT Inc.

     109,575        4,688,714  

Realty Income Corp.

     411,694        24,615,184  

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

     101,776        4,007,939  
     

 

 

 

Total Retail REITs

        52,888,980  
     

 

 

 

Specialized REITs - 1.7%

     

CubeSmart

     178,568        7,974,847  

Four Corners Property Trust Inc.

     47,532        1,207,313  

Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc.

     115,880        5,615,545  

Uniti Group Inc.

     515,639        2,382,252  
     

 

 

 

Total Specialized REITs

        17,179,957  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

        143,033,979  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 21.8%      

Electric Utilities - 15.3%

     

ALLETE Inc.

     35,721        2,070,746  

Alliant Energy Corp.

     167,111        8,769,985  

American Electric Power Co. Inc.

     287,753        24,228,802  

Avangrid Inc.

     65,676        2,474,672  

Entergy Corp.

     135,344        13,178,445  

Evergy Inc.

     147,381        8,609,998  

Eversource Energy

     198,278        14,061,876  

Exelon Corp.

     625,355        25,476,963  

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

     49,211        1,781,438  

OGE Energy Corp.

     129,873        4,663,739  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     100,071        8,151,784  

Portland General Electric Co.

     81,494        3,816,364  

Southern Co.

     369,096        25,928,994  

Xcel Energy Inc.

     301,804        18,763,155  
     

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

        161,976,961  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

     

Northwest Natural Holding Co.

     20,081        864,487  

Spire Inc.

     31,529        2,000,200  
     

 

 

 

Total Gas Utilities

        2,864,687  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

 

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    Franklin Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETFs 2023 Quarterly Report

 


FRANKLIN U.S. LOW VOLATILITY HIGH DIVIDEND INDEX ETF

 

Schedules of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    June 30, 2023

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

SECURITY

         SHARES      VALUE  

Multi-Utilities - 6.2%

       

Avista Corp.

       90,946      $ 3,571,450  

Black Hills Corp.

       55,506        3,344,792  

Consolidated Edison Inc.

       191,971        17,354,178  

DTE Energy Co.

       138,058        15,189,141  

NiSource Inc.

       401,341        10,976,676  

NorthWestern Corp.

       41,677        2,365,587  

WEC Energy Group Inc.

       141,685        12,502,284  
       

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

          65,304,108  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

          230,145,756  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $1,072,742,555)

          1,034,564,903  
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.4%        

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class

(Cost - $15,340,526)

     5.035     15,340,526        15,340,526 (a)  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.6%

(Cost - $1,088,083,081)

          1,049,905,429  
       

 

 

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.4%

          3,919,185  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 1,053,824,614  
       

 

 

 

 

††

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

(a)

Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

REIT   

— Real Estate Investment Trust

At June 30, 2023, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

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

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     41        9/23      $ 8,918,097      $ 9,200,913      $ 282,816  

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments.

 

 

Franklin Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETFs 2023 Quarterly Report    

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF (“International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF”) and Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF (“U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF”) (the “Funds”) are 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 Funds are exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly-traded securities. The Funds are designed to track an index. Similar to shares of an index mutual fund, each share of the Funds represents an ownership interest in an underlying portfolio of securities intended to track an index. 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 Funds may be directly purchased from and redeemed by the Funds at NAV solely by certain large institutional investors who have entered into agreements with the Funds’ distributor (“Authorized Participants”). Also unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Funds are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

Shares of the Funds are listed and traded at market prices on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. for International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF and NASDAQ for U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF. The market price for a Fund’s shares may be different from a Fund’s NAV. The Funds issue and redeem 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 Funds at NAV. Creation Units are issued and redeemed generally in-kind for a basket of securities and/or cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Funds are not redeemable securities. Shareholders who are not Authorized Participants may not redeem shares directly from the Funds at NAV.

International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF and U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF seek to track the investment results of the QS International Low Volatility High Dividend Hedged Index and QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index, respectively (together, the “Indices”). The QS International Low Volatility High Dividend Hedged Index seeks to provide more stable income through investments in stocks of profitable companies in developed markets outside of the United States with relatively high dividend yields or anticipated dividend yields and lower price and earnings volatility while mitigating exposure to exchange-rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and other international currencies. The QS Low Volatility High Dividend Index seeks to provide more stable income through investments in stocks of profitable U.S. companies with relatively high dividend yields and lower price and earnings volatility. The Indices are based on a proprietary methodology created and sponsored by Franklin Advisers, Inc., the Funds’ subadviser.

The Funds follow the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies (“ASC 946”). The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including, but not limited to, ASC 946.

(a) Investment valuation. 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. 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 typically 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. When the Funds hold securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Funds 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 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 each Fund calculates its net asset value, the Funds value these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees.

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the Funds’ manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Funds’ manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Funds’ pricing policies, and reporting to the Funds’ manager and the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Funds, 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 Funds use 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.

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 – unadjusted 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 Funds’ 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 Funds’ assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

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

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Common Stocks

   $ 468,357,584        —          —        $ 468,357,584  

Preferred Stocks

     12,386,012        —          —          12,386,012  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     480,743,596        —          —          480,743,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     9,090,809        —          —          9,090,809  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 489,834,405        —          —        $ 489,834,405  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

ASSETS (cont’d)

 

DESCRIPTION

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

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts††

   $ 32,259        —          —        $ 32,259  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

     —        $ 3,587,680        —          3,587,680  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 32,259      $ 3,587,680        —        $ 3,619,939  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 489,866,664      $ 3,587,680        —        $ 493,454,344  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

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

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

     —        $ 3,308,962        —        $ 3,308,962  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

††

Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments.

U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

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

Common Stocks†

   $ 1,034,564,903        —          —        $ 1,034,564,903  

Short-Term Investments†

     15,340,526        —          —          15,340,526  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,049,905,429        —          —        $ 1,049,905,429  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts††

   $ 282,816        —          —        $ 282,816  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,050,188,245        —          —        $ 1,050,188,245  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

††

Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments.

 

 

 

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