N-CSRS 1 dncsrs.htm SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND INC SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND INC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM N-CSR

 


 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-3762

 


 

Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 


 

125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Smith Barney Fund Management LLC

300 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 451-2010

 

Date of fiscal year end: August 31

 

Date of reporting period: February 28, 2005

 



ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


 

 

SMITH BARNEY

AGGRESSIVE GROWTH

FUND INC.

 

CLASSIC SERIES   |   SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT   |   FEBRUARY 28, 2005

 

 

 

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NOT  FDIC  INSURED  •  NOT  BANK  GUARANTEED  •  MAY  LOSE  VALUE

 

 


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RICHIE FREEMAN

PORTFOLIO MANAGER

Classic Series

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Semi-Annual Report  •  February 28, 2005

 

SMITH BARNEY

AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND INC.

RICHIE FREEMAN

 

Richie Freeman has 29 years of securities business experience and has been managing the fund since its inception in 1983.

 

Education: BS from Brooklyn College, MBA from New York University.

 

FUND OBJECTIVE

 

The fund seeks capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve this objective by investing primarily in common stocks of companies that the manager believes are experiencing, or will experience, growth in earnings that exceeds the average rate of earnings growth of the companies which comprise the S&P 500 Index.

 

 

What’s Inside

 

Letter from the Chairman

  1

Fund at a Glance

  3

Fund Expenses

  4

Schedule of Investments

  6

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

  10

Statement of Operations

  11

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  12

Financial Highlights

  13

Notes to Financial Statements

  15


LETTER  FROM  THE  CHAIRMAN

LOGO

 

R. JAY GERKEN, CFA

 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Dear Shareholder,

Despite rising interest rates, continued high oil prices, geopolitical concerns and uncertainties surrounding the U.S. Presidential election, the U.S. economy continued to expand during the period. Following a 3.3% gain in the second quarter of 2004, gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth was a robust 4.0% in the third quarter. The preliminary estimate for fourth quarter GDP growth was 3.8%, another solid gain.

 

Given the overall strength of the economy, Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)ii monetary policy was seen as highly accommodative and expectations were that it would start raising rates to ward off the threat of inflation. As expected, the Fed raised its target for the federal funds rateiii by 0.25% to 1.25% on June 30, 2004 — the first rate increase in four years. The Fed again raised rates in 0.25% increments during its meetings in August, September, November, December 2004, and in February 2005, bringing the target for the federal funds rate to 2.50%. Following the end of the fund’s reporting period, at its March meeting, the Fed increased the target rate by an additional 0.25% to 2.75%.

 

During the six months covered by this report, the U.S. stock market generated strong results, with the S&P 500 Indexiv returning 9.99%. Early in the period, stocks traded in a fairly narrow range, as the factors listed above caused many investors to remain on the sidelines. However, from late October 2004 through the end of the calendar year, U.S. and foreign equities generally rallied sharply. Many investors were drawn to the equity markets as the uncertainty of the presidential election ended and oil prices fell from their record highs. Equities generally weakened in January, but subsequently rallied in February, leaving the equity markets relatively flat during the first two months of 2005.

 

Looking at the reporting period as a whole, we believe the trend of value-oriented stocks outperforming their growth counterparts continued. In addition, small- and mid-capitalization stocks generally outperformed their larger brethren during the period.

 

PERFORMANCE SNAPSHOT

AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2005

(excluding sales charges)

(unaudited)

 

    6 months  
       

Aggressive Growth Fund — Class A Shares

  9.95 %
       

Russell 3000 Growth Index

  8.45 %
       

Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds Category Average

  13.45 %

 

The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value and investment returns will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.smithbarneymutualfunds.com.

 

Performance figures may reflect reimbursements and/or fee waivers, without which the performance would have been lower.

 

Class A shares returns assume the reinvestment of income dividends and capital gains distributions at net asset value and the deduction of all fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply when shares are purchased or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions. Excluding sales charges, Class B shares returned 9.51%, Class C shares returned 9.56% and Class Y shares returned 10.16% over the six months ended February 28, 2005.

 

 

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Special Shareholder Notice

Effective February 1, 2005, the fund pays an administration fee to the manager at the annual rate of 0.15% of its average daily net assets, reduced from 0.20% of its average daily net assets.

 

 

Performance Review

For the six-months ended February 28, 2005, Class A shares of the Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc., excluding sales charges, returned 9.95%. These shares outperformed the fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Russell 3000 Growth Index,v which returned 8.45% for the same period. The Lipper Multi-Cap Growth Funds Category Averagevi was 13.45%.

 

Information About Your Fund

As you may be aware, several issues in the mutual fund industry have recently come under the scrutiny of federal and state regulators. The fund’s Adviser and some of its affiliates have received requests for information from various government regulators regarding market timing, late trading, fees, and other mutual fund issues in connection with various investigations. The regulators appear to be examining, among other things, the fund’s response to market timing and shareholder exchange activity, including compliance with prospectus disclosure related to these subjects. The fund has been informed that the Adviser and its affiliates are responding to those information requests, but are not in a position to predict the outcome of these requests and investigations.

 

As previously disclosed by Citigroup, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has notified Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”) and Citigroup Trust Bank (“CTB”), an affiliate of CAM, that the Staff is considering recommending a civil injunctive action and/or an administrative proceeding against CAM, CTB, the former CEO of CAM, two former employees and a current employee of CAM, relating to the creation, operation and fees of an internal transfer agent unit that serves various CAM-managed funds. Citigroup is cooperating with the SEC and will seek to resolve this matter in discussion with the SEC Staff. Although there can be no assurance, Citigroup does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the fund. For further information, please see the “Additional Information” note in the Notes to the Financial Statements included in this report.

 

As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets. We look forward to helping you continue to meet your financial goals.

 

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

March 23, 2005

 

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.

 

RISKS: Keep in mind, the fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in small- and mid-cap companies, which may be more volatile than an investment that focuses only on large-cap companies.

 

All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

 

i   Gross domestic product is a market value of goods and services produced by labor and property in a given country.

 

ii   The Federal Reserve Board is responsible for the formulation of a policy designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

 

iii   The federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans.

 

iv   The S&P 500 Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 widely held common stocks.

 

v   The Russell 3000 Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

 

vi   Lipper, Inc. is a major independent mutual-fund tracking organization. Returns are based on the 6-month period ended February 28, 2005, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any, calculated among the 437 funds in the fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

 

 

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Fund at a Glance (unaudited)

 

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Fund Expenses (unaudited)    

 

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end and back-end sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on September 1, 2004 and held for the six months ended February 28, 2005.

 

Actual Expenses

The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

 

Based on Actual Total Return(1)                                
    

Actual Total

Return Without
Sales Charges(2)

       Beginning
Account
Value
     Ending
Account
Value
     Annualized
Expense
Ratios
       Expenses
Paid During
the Period(3)

Class A

   9.95 %      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,099.50      1.21 %      $   6.30

Class B

   9.51          1,000.00        1,095.10      2.00          10.39

Class C

   9.56          1,000.00        1,095.60      1.93          10.03

Class Y

   10.16          1,000.00        1,101.60      0.80          4.17

 

(1)   For the six months ended February 28, 2005.
(2)   Assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charges with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class B and C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers, the total return would have been lower.
(3)   Expenses are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

 

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Fund Expenses (unaudited) (continued)    

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Based on Hypothetical Total Return(1)                       
     Hypothetical
Annualized
Total Return
       Beginning
Account
Value
     Ending
Account
Value
     Annualized
Expense
Ratios
       Expenses
Paid During
the Period(2)

Class A

   5.00 %      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.79      1.21 %      $ 6.06

Class B

   5.00          1,000.00        1,014.88      2.00          9.99

Class C

   5.00          1,000.00        1,015.22      1.93          9.64

Class Y

   5.00          1,000.00        1,020.83      0.80          4.01

 

(1)   For the six months ended February 28, 2005.
(2)   Expenses are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, then divided by 365.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   February 28, 2005

 

SHARES    SECURITY    VALUE
COMMON STOCK — 99.3%       
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 15.9%       
Media — 15.6%       
7,850,000   

Cablevision Systems Corp., NY Group Class A Shares†

   $ 243,821,000
1,394,000   

Comcast Corp., Class A Shares†

     45,374,700
11,500,000   

Comcast Corp., Special Class A Shares†

     366,390,000
19,545   

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.†

     710,070
17,000,000   

Liberty Media Corp., Series A Shares†

     172,380,000
850,000   

Liberty Media International, Inc., Series A Shares†

     36,745,500
15,000,000   

Time Warner Inc.†

     258,450,000
1,736,000   

Viacom Inc., Class B Shares

     60,586,400
5,500,000   

The Walt Disney Co.

     153,670,000
1,100,000   

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

     13,926,000

            1,352,053,670

Specialty Retail — 0.3%       
2,907,200   

Charming Shoppes, Inc.†

     22,414,512

     TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY      1,374,468,182

ENERGY — 13.0%       
Energy Equipment & Services — 6.3%       
1,447,500   

Core Laboratories N.V.†

     38,923,275
5,099,700   

Grant Prideco, Inc.†

     123,208,752
6,400,000   

Weatherford International Ltd.†

     381,504,000

            543,636,027

Oil & Gas — 6.7%       
7,600,000   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     584,136,000
55,930   

Bill Barrett Corp.†

     1,750,609

            585,886,609

     TOTAL ENERGY      1,129,522,636

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND — 1.7%       
4,000,000   

Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock

     148,880,000

FINANCIALS — 12.9%       
Banks — 2.1%       
3,000,000   

Astoria Financial Corp.

     112,740,000
4,000,000   

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

     73,440,000

            186,180,000

Diversified Financials — 10.8%       
897,100   

CIT Group Inc.

     36,197,985
1,160,800   

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

     21,347,112
30,000   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     3,264,000
6,738,998   

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

     614,461,838
4,400,000   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

     257,752,000
27,637   

National Financial Partners Corp.

     1,091,661

            934,114,596

     TOTAL FINANCIALS      1,120,294,596

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   February 28, 2005

 

SHARES

   SECURITY    VALUE
HEALTHCARE — 37.2%       
Biotechnology — 18.5%       
200,000   

Albany Molecular Research, Inc.†

   $ 1,960,000
1,550,000   

Alkermes, Inc.†

     18,104,000
6,090,200   

Amgen Inc.†

     375,217,222
599,500   

AP Pharma, Inc.†

     1,192,406
7,000,000   

Biogen Idec Inc.†

     270,550,000
200,000   

Bioveris Corp.†

     1,286,000
1,732,725   

CancerVax Corp.†

     13,203,365
7,350,000   

Chiron Corp.†

     261,513,000
532,000   

Genentech, Inc.†

     25,110,400
5,946,811   

Genzyme Corp.†

     333,556,629
4,600,000   

ImClone Systems Inc.†

     203,596,000
1,050,000   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

     4,263,000
6,040,000   

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

     51,944,000
880,000   

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals†

     11,176,000
750,000   

Nanogen, Inc.†

     2,977,500
1,900,000   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.†

     21,926,000
470,665   

ViaCell, Inc.†

     4,311,291

            1,601,886,813

Healthcare Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%       
864,400   

Biosite Inc.†

     50,083,336
87,500   

Cytyc Corp.†

     1,995,000

            52,078,336

Healthcare Providers & Services — 10.5%       
10,000,000   

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     911,600,000

Pharmaceuticals — 7.6%       
8,000,000   

Forest Laboratories, Inc.†

     341,600,000
2,156,000   

Johnson & Johnson

     141,433,600
5,150,000   

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

     49,182,500
768,303   

Pfizer Inc.

     20,198,686
800,520   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     24,103,657
3,600,000   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

     87,300,000

            663,818,443

     TOTAL HEALTHCARE      3,229,383,592

INDUSTRIALS — 7.0%       
Aerospace & Defense — 2.6%       
3,179,475   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     229,240,147

Industrial Conglomerates — 3.5%       
9,025,000   

Tyco International Ltd.

     302,157,000

Machinery — 0.9%       
2,790,500   

Pall Corp.

     75,538,835

     TOTAL INDUSTRIALS      606,935,982

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 11.4%       
Communications Equipment — 2.7%       
3,175,000   

C-COR Inc.†

     24,066,500
1,270,000   

DSP Group, Inc.†

     31,972,250

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   February 28, 2005

 

SHARES

   SECURITY    VALUE
Communications Equipment — 2.7% (continued)       
7,500,000   

Motorola, Inc.

   $ 117,450,000
675,072   

Nokia Oyj

     10,994,046
2,924,928   

Nokia Oyj, Sponsored ADR

     47,208,338

            231,691,134

Computers & Peripherals — 1.7%       
26,445   

Cogent Inc.†

     644,200
350,000   

LaserCard Corp.†

     2,712,500
8,595,000   

Maxtor Corp.†

     47,616,300
6,150,000   

Quantum Corp.†

     17,773,500
3,000,000   

SanDisk Corp.†

     80,640,000

            149,386,500

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.2%       
689,000   

Excel Technology, Inc.†

     15,812,550

Semiconductor Equipment & Products — 5.7%       
2,500,000   

Broadcom Corp., Class A Shares†

     80,625,000
1,050,000   

Cabot Microelectronics Corp.†

     34,114,500
3,720,000   

Cirrus Logic, Inc.†

     17,409,600
1,000,000   

Cree, Inc.†

     23,520,000
828,112   

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Class B Shares†

     15,883,188
3,280,000   

Intel Corp.

     78,654,400
13,750,000   

Micron Technology, Inc.†

     158,125,000
4,000,000   

RF Micro Devices, Inc.†

     22,000,000
630,000   

Standard Microsystems Corp.†

     11,043,900
3,230,683   

Teradyne, Inc.†

     49,817,132

            491,192,720

Software — 1.1%       
1,100,000   

Advent Software, Inc.†

     19,426,000
1,350,000   

Autodesk, Inc.

     40,122,000
680,800   

Microsoft Corp.

     17,142,544
785,500   

RSA Security Inc.†

     12,835,070
650,000   

Verity, Inc.†

     7,702,500

            97,228,114

     TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY      985,311,018

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.2%       
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.2%       
800,000   

AT&T Corp.

     15,544,000

     TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost — $6,663,226,562)
     8,610,340,006

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   February 28, 2005

 

FACE
AMOUNT
   SECURITY    VALUE  
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT — 0.7%         
$60,053,000   

Merrill Lynch & Co., dated 2/28/05, 2.600% due 3/1/05; Proceeds at maturity — $60,057,337; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations 1.500% to 6.000% due 6/15/05 to 1/21/25; Market value — $61,254,359) (Cost — $60,053,000)

   $ 60,053,000  


     TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0% (Cost — $6,723,279,562*)      8,670,393,006  
    

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.0%)

     (3,028,529 )


     TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $ 8,667,364,477  


 

  Non-income producing security.
*   Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.

 

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)   February 28, 2005

 

ASSETS:         

Investments, at value (Cost — $6,723,279,562)

   $ 8,670,393,006  

Cash

     827  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     13,342,306  

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,545,480  

Prepaid expenses

     79,785  


Total Assets

     8,686,361,404  


LIABILITIES:         

Payable for Fund shares reacquired

     10,848,324  

Investment advisory fee payable

     3,939,253  

Transfer agency services payable

     1,666,956  

Distribution plan fees payable

     1,466,303  

Administration fee payable

     1,004,249  

Directors’ fees payable

     1,100  

Accrued expenses

     70,742  


Total Liabilities

     18,996,927  


Total Net Assets

   $ 8,667,364,477  


NET ASSETS:         

Par value of capital shares (Note 5)

   $ 975,709  

Capital paid in excess of par value

     6,761,924,152  

Net investment loss

     (40,394,509 )

Accumulated net realized loss on investment transactions

     (2,254,319 )

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     1,947,113,444  


Total Net Assets

   $ 8,667,364,477  


Shares Outstanding:

        

Class A

     36,005,584  

Class B

     26,972,579  

Class C

     20,418,696  

Class Y

     14,174,045  

Net Asset Value:

        

Class A (and redemption price)

     $92.72  

Class B*

     $83.50  

Class C*

     $84.02  

Class Y (and redemption price)

     $96.04  

Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:

        

Class A (based on maximum sales charge of 5.00%)

     $97.60  


 

*   Redemption price is NAV of Class B and C shares reduced by 5.00% & 1.00% CDSC, respectively, if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment (See Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)   For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2005

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME:         

Dividends

   $ 21,348,272  

Interest

     1,196,360  

Less: Foreign withholding tax

     (17,712 )


Total Investment Income

     22,526,920  


EXPENSES:         

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     24,611,939  

Distribution plan fees (Notes 2 and 4)

     23,524,514  

Administration fees (Note 2)

     8,050,329  

Transfer agency services (Notes 2 and 4)

     6,208,631  

Custody

     172,719  

Shareholder communications (Note 4)

     156,623  

Registration fees

     86,556  

Audit and legal

     46,350  

Directors’ fees

     38,956  

Other

     24,812  


Total Expenses

     62,921,429  


Net Investment Loss

     (40,394,509 )


REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS (NOTES 1 AND 3):         

Net Realized Gain

     29,159,985  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on Investments

     783,869,477  


Net Gain on Investments

     813,029,462  


Increase in Net Assets From Operations

   $ 772,634,953  


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets    

 

For the Six Months Ended February 28, 2005 (unaudited)

and the Year Ended August 31, 2004

 

     2005        2004  
OPERATIONS:                    

Net investment loss

   $ (40,394,509 )      $ (88,996,275 )

Net realized gain

     29,159,985          65,660,695  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     783,869,477          475,582,240  


Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     772,634,953          452,246,660  


FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 5):                    

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     744,988,178          2,087,388,699  

Cost of shares reacquired

     (730,456,495 )        (1,266,373,264 )


Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     14,531,683          821,015,435  


Increase in Net Assets

     787,166,636          1,273,262,095  
NET ASSETS:                    

Beginning of period

     7,880,197,841          6,606,935,746  


End of period*

   $ 8,667,364,477        $ 7,880,197,841  


*  Includes net investment loss of:

     $(40,394,509 )         


 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

   

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year or period ended August 31, unless otherwise noted:

 

Class A Shares(1)    2005(2)     2004     2003      2002      2001      2000  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $84.33     $78.36     $62.24      $ 91.46      $110.53      $  67.73  


Income (Loss) From Operations:

                                       

Net investment loss

   (0.30 )   (0.71 )   (0.58 )    (0.71 )    (0.79 )    (0.59 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   8.69     6.68     16.70      (28.51 )    (18.28 )    44.11  


Total Income (Loss) From Operations

   8.39     5.97     16.12      (29.22 )    (19.07 )    43.52  


Less Distributions From:

                                       

Net realized gains

                          (0.72 )


Total Distributions

                          (0.72 )


Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $92.72     $84.33     $78.36      $ 62.24      $  91.46      $110.53  


Total Return(3)

   9.95 %‡   7.62 %   25.90 %    (31.95 )%    (17.25 )%    64.91 %


Net Assets, End of Period (millions)

   $3,338     $2,959     $2,332      $1,639      $1,952      $1,731  


Ratios to Average Net Assets:

                                       

Expenses

   1.21 %†   1.19 %(4)   1.22 %    1.21 %    1.17 %    1.14 %

Net investment loss

   (0.67 )†   (0.82 )   (0.86 )    (0.88 )    (0.80 )    (0.66 )


Portfolio Turnover Rate

   1 %   5 %   1 %    1 %    0 %    1 %


Class B Shares(1)    2005(2)     2004     2003      2002      2001      2000  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $76.25     $71.43     $57.19      $ 84.73      $103.24      $  63.82  


Income (Loss) From Operations:

                                       

Net investment loss

   (0.59 )   (1.28 )   (1.03 )    (1.26 )    (1.48 )    (1.23 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   7.84     6.10     15.27      (26.28 )    (17.03 )    41.37  


Total Income (Loss) From Operations

   7.25     4.82     14.24      (27.54 )    (18.51 )    40.14  


Less Distributions From:

                                       

Net realized gains

                          (0.72 )


Total Distributions

                          (0.72 )


Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $83.50     $76.25     $71.43      $ 57.19      $  84.73      $103.24  


Total Return(3)

   9.51 %‡   6.75 %   24.90 %    (32.50 )%    (17.93 )%    63.58 %


Net Assets, End of Period (millions)

   $2,252     $2,124     $1,984      $1,542      $1,893      $1,485  


Ratios to Average Net Assets:

                                       

Expenses

   2.00 %†   2.01 %(4)   2.03 %    2.03 %    1.99 %    1.94 %

Net investment loss

   (1.47 )†   (1.64 )   (1.67 )    (1.70 )    (1.62 )    (1.47 )


Portfolio Turnover Rate

   1 %   5 %   1 %    1 %    0 %    1 %


 

(1)   Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares method.
(2)   For the six months ended February 28, 2005 (unaudited).
(3)   Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers, the total return would have been lower.
(4)   The investment adviser voluntarily waived a portion of its advisory fee for the year ended August 31, 2004. If such fees were not voluntarily waived, the expense ratios for Class A and Class B shares would have been 1.21% and 2.03%, respectively.
  Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year.
  Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)    

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year or period ended August 31, unless otherwise noted:

 

Class C Shares(1)(2)    2005(3)     2004     2003      2002      2001      2000  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $76.69     $71.79     $57.44      $ 85.03      $103.54      $  63.99  


Income (Loss) From Operations:

                                       

Net investment loss

   (0.57 )   (1.22 )   (0.99 )    (1.20 )    (1.44 )    (1.24 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   7.90     6.12     15.34      (26.39 )    (17.07 )    41.51  


Total Income (Loss) From Operations

   7.33     4.90     14.35      (27.59 )    (18.51 )    40.27  


Less Distributions From:

                                       

Net realized gains

                          (0.72 )


Total Distributions

                          (0.72 )


Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $84.02     $76.69     $71.79      $ 57.44      $  85.03      $103.54  


Total Return(4)

   9.56 %‡   6.83 %   24.98 %    (32.45 )%    (17.88 )%    63.62 %


Net Assets, End of Period (millions)

   $1,716     $1,611     $1,415      $1,076      $1,286      $696  


Ratios to Average Net Assets:

                                       

Expenses

   1.93 %†   1.93 %(5)   1.96 %    1.95 %    1.94 %    1.94 %

Net investment loss

   (1.39 )†   (1.56 )   (1.60 )    (1.62 )    (1.57 )    (1.46 )


Portfolio Turnover Rate

   1 %   5 %   1 %    1 %    0 %    1 %


Class Y Shares(2)    2005(3)     2004     2003      2002      2001      2000  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $87.18     $80.67     $63.81      $ 93.38      $112.46      $  68.69  


Income (Loss) From Operations:

                                       

Net investment loss

   (0.12 )   (0.36 )   (0.30 )    (0.41 )    (0.45 )    (0.30 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   8.98     6.87     17.16      (29.16 )    (18.63 )    44.79  


Total Income (Loss) From Operations

   8.86     6.51     16.86      (29.57 )    (19.08 )    44.49  


Less Distributions From:

                                       

Net realized gains

                          (0.72 )


Total Distributions

                          (0.72 )


Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $96.04     $87.18     $80.67      $ 63.81      $  93.38      $112.46  


Total Return(4)

   10.16 %‡   8.07 %   26.42 %    (31.67 )%    (16.97 )%    65.42 %


Net Assets, End of Period (millions)

   $1,361     $1,186     $876      $178      $200      $219  


Ratios to Average Net Assets:

                                       

Expenses

   0.80 %†   0.78 %(5)   0.81 %    0.82 %    0.82 %    0.82 %

Net investment loss

   (0.26 )†   (0.40 )   (0.43 )    (0.49 )    (0.45 )    (0.34 )


Portfolio Turnover Rate

   1 %   5 %   1 %    1 %    0 %    1 %


 

(1)   On April 29, 2004, Class L shares were renamed as Class C shares.
(2)   Per share amounts have been calculated using the monthly average shares method.
(3)   For the six months ended February 28, 2005 (unaudited).
(4)   Performance figures may reflect voluntary fee waivers. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. In the absence of voluntary fee waivers, the total return would have been lower.
(5)   The investment adviser voluntarily waived a portion of its advisory fee for the year ended August 31, 2004. If such fees were not voluntarily waived, the expense ratios for Class C and Class Y shares would have been 1.95% and 0.80%, respectively.
  Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year.
  Annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

The Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc. (“Fund”), a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company.

 

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ.

 

(a) Investment Valuation. Securities listed on a national securities exchange are valued on the basis of the last sale on the date on which the valuation is made or, in the absence of sales, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices. Securities listed on the NASDAQ National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price on that day, at the last sale price. Over-the-counter securities are valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices on each day. When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, 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 may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Short-term obligations maturing within 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value.

 

(b) Repurchase Agreements. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that a custodian takes possession of the underlying collateral securities, the value of which at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

(c) Security Transactions and Investment Income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practical after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method.

 

(d) Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains to shareholders for the Fund, if any, are declared at least annually. Dividends and distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP.

 

(e) Class Accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution, transfer agency services and shareholder communications fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

 

(f) Federal and Other Taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and net realized gains on investments, if any, to shareholders each

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

year. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

 

(g) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share.

 

2. Investment Advisory Agreement, Administration Agreement and Other Transactions

 

Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”), acts as investment adviser to the Fund. The Fund pays SBFM an advisory fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $5 billion; 0.575% on the next $2.5 billion; 0.55% on the next $2.5 billion; and 0.50% on the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $10 billion. This fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

SBFM also acts as the Fund’s administrator for which the Fund pays a fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Prior to February 1, 2005, the Fund paid a fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.20% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. This fee is calculated daily and paid monthly.

 

Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb. (“CTB”), another subsidiary of Citigroup, acts as the Fund’s transfer agent. PFPC Inc. (“PFPC”) and Primerica Shareholder Services (“PSS”), another subsidiary of Citigroup, act as the Fund’s sub-transfer agents. CTB receives account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to the size and type of account. PFPC and PSS are responsible for shareholder recordkeeping and financial processing for all shareholder accounts and are paid by CTB. For the six months ended February 28, 2005, the Fund paid transfer agent fees of $5,792,546 to CTB.

 

In addition, for the six months ended February 28, 2005, the Fund also paid $301,757 to other Citigroup affiliates for shareholder recordkeeping services.

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGM”) and PFS Distributors, Inc., both of which are subsidiaries of Citigroup, act as the Fund’s distributors.

 

There is a maximum sales charge of 5.00% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 5.00% on Class B shares, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment and declines thereafter by 1.00% per year until no CDSC is incurred. Class C shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of Class A shares, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur a sales charge.

 

For the six months ended February 28, 2005, CGM and its affiliates received sales charges of approximately $6,205,439 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the six months ended February 28, 2005, CDSCs paid to CGM and its affiliates were approximately:

 

       Class A      Class B      Class C

CDSCs

     $ 11,778      $ 2,449,192      $ 76,975

 

For the six months ended February 28, 2005, CGM and its affiliates received brokerage commissions of $5,000.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

All officers and one Director of the Fund are employees of Citigroup or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Fund.

 

3. Investments

 

During the six months ended February 28, 2005, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:

 


Purchases

     $ 135,381,945

Sales

       71,584,860

 

At February 28, 2005, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 



Gross unrealized appreciation

     $ 3,096,118,971  

Gross unrealized depreciation

       (1,149,005,527 )


Net unrealized appreciation

     $ 1,947,113,444  


 

4. Class Specific Expenses

 

Pursuant to a Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan, the Fund pays a service fee with respect to its Class A, B and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each respective class. The Fund also pays a distribution fee with respect to its Class B and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of each class. For the six months ended February 28, 2005, total Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan fees, which are accrued daily and paid monthly, were as follows:

 

       Class A      Class B      Class C

Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan Fees

     $ 3,996,580      $ 11,092,851      $ 8,435,083

 

For the six months ended February 28, 2005, total Transfer Agency Services expenses were as follows:

 

     Class A      Class B      Class C      Class Y

Transfer Agency Services Expenses

   $ 2,688,934      $ 2,313,744      $ 1,129,377      $ 76,576

 

For the six months ended February 28, 2005, total Shareholder Communication expenses were as follows:

 

     Class A      Class B      Class C      Class Y

Shareholder Communication Expenses

   $ 52,549      $ 68,479      $ 35,412      $ 183

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

5. Capital Shares

 

At February 28, 2005, the Fund had 100 million shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.01 per share. The Fund has the ability to issue multiple classes of shares. Each share of a class represents an identical interest and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain direct expenses, including those specifically related to the distribution of its shares.

 

Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

      

Six Months Ended

February 28, 2005


       Year Ended
August 31, 2004


 
       Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Class A

                                       

Shares sold

     11,414,849        $ 384,052,464        11,402,237        $ 981,980,219  

Shares reacquired

     (10,503,844 )        (303,329,141 )      (6,059,067 )        (521,666,249 )


Net Increase

     911,005        $ 80,723,323        5,343,170        $ 460,313,970  


Class B

                                       

Shares sold

     1,471,678        $ 120,228,902        4,747,667        $ 369,846,640  

Shares reacquired

     (2,358,212 )        (192,618,894 )      (4,668,527 )        (364,999,511 )


Net Increase (Decrease)

     (886,534 )      $ (72,389,992 )      79,140        $ 4,847,129  


Class C†

                                       

Shares sold

     1,452,316        $ 119,600,182        4,792,753        $ 374,406,458  

Shares reacquired

     (2,035,593 )        (167,677,343 )      (3,499,541 )        (274,525,721 )


Net Increase (Decrease)

     (583,277 )      $ (48,077,161 )      1,293,212        $ 99,880,737  


Class Y

                                       

Shares sold

     1,285,118        $ 121,106,630        3,902,837        $ 361,155,382  

Shares reacquired

     (713,133 )        (66,831,117 )      (1,163,870 )        (105,181,783 )


Net Increase

     571,985        $ 54,275,513        2,738,967        $ 255,973,599  


 

On April 29, 2004, Class L shares were renamed as Class C shares.

 

6. Capital Loss Carryforward

 

On August 31, 2004, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of approximately $31,089,000, of which $17,875,000 expires in 2010 and $13,214,000 expires in 2011. This amount will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains.

 

7. Additional Information

 

In connection with an investigation previously disclosed by Citigroup, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has notified Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that includes the funds’ investment manager and other investment advisory companies; Citicorp Trust Bank (“CTB”), an affiliate of CAM; Thomas W. Jones, the former CEO of CAM; and three other individuals, one of whom is an employee and two of whom are former employees of CAM, that the SEC Staff is considering recommending a civil injunctive action and/or an administrative proceeding against each of them relating to the creation and operation of an internal transfer agent unit to serve various CAM-managed funds.

 

In 1999, CTB entered the transfer agent business. CTB hired an unaffiliated subcontractor to perform some of the transfer agent services. The subcontractor, in exchange, had signed a separate agreement with CAM in 1998 that guaranteed investment management revenue to CAM and investment banking revenue to a CAM affiliate. The subcontractor’s business was later taken over by PFPC Inc., and at that time the revenue guarantee was eliminated and a one-time payment was made by the subcontractor to a CAM affiliate.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

CAM did not disclose the revenue guarantee when the boards of various CAM-managed funds hired CTB as transfer agent. Nor did CAM disclose to the boards of the various CAM-managed funds the one-time payment received by the CAM affiliate when it was made. As previously disclosed, CAM has already paid the applicable funds, primarily through voluntary fee waivers, a total of approximately $17 million (plus interest), which is the amount of the revenue received by Citigroup relating to the revenue guarantee.

 

In addition, the SEC Staff has indicated that it is considering recommending action based on the adequacy of the disclosures made to the fund boards that approved the transfer agency arrangement, CAM’s initiation and operation of, and compensation for, the transfer agent business and CAM’s retention of, and agreements with, the subcontractor.

 

Citigroup is cooperating fully in the SEC’s investigation and is seeking to resolve the matter in discussions with the SEC Staff. On January 20, 2005, Citigroup stated that it had established an aggregate reserve of $196 million ($25 million in the third quarter of 2004 and $171 million in the fourth quarter of 2004) related to its discussions with the SEC Staff. Settlement negotiations are ongoing and any settlement of this matter with the SEC will require approval by the Citigroup Board and acceptance by the Commission.

 

Unless and until any settlement is consummated, there can be no assurance that any amount reserved by Citigroup will be distributed. Nor is there at this time any certainty as to how the proceeds of any settlement would be distributed, to whom any such distribution would be made, the methodology by which such distribution would be allocated, and when such distribution would be made.

 

Although there can be no assurance, Citigroup does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the funds.

 

8. Legal Matters

 

Beginning in June 2004, class action lawsuits alleging violations of the federal securities laws were filed against Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Distributor”) and a number of its affiliates, including Smith Barney Fund Management LLC and Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc (the “Advisers”), substantially all of the mutual funds managed by the Advisers, including the Fund, and directors or trustees of the Funds (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaints alleged, among other things, that the Distributor created various undisclosed incentives for its brokers to sell Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers funds. In addition, according to the complaints, the Advisers caused the Funds to pay excessive brokerage commissions to the Distributor for steering clients towards proprietary funds. The complaints also alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duty to the Funds by improperly charging Rule 12b-1 fees and by drawing on fund assets to make undisclosed payments of soft dollars and excessive brokerage commissions. The complaints also alleged that the Funds failed to adequately disclose certain of the allegedly wrongful conduct. The complaints sought injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, rescission of the Funds’ contracts with the Advisers, recovery of all fees paid to the Advisers pursuant to such contracts and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.

 

On December 15, 2004, a consolidated amended complaint (the “Complaint”) was filed alleging substantially similar causes of action. While the lawsuit is in its earliest stages, to the extent that the Complaint purports to state causes of action against the Funds, Citigroup Asset Management believes the Funds have significant defenses to such allegations, which the Funds intend to vigorously assert in responding to the Complaint.

 

Additional lawsuits arising out of these circumstances and presenting similar allegations and requests for relief may be filed against the Defendants in the future.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

As of the date of this report, Citigroup Asset Management and the Funds believe that the resolution of the pending lawsuit will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Funds or the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates to continue to render services to the Funds under their respective contracts.

 

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SMITH BARNEY

AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND INC.

 

DIRECTORS

Paul R. Ades

Dwight B. Crane

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman

Frank G. Hubbard

Jerome H. Miller

Ken Miller

 

OFFICERS

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

President and
Chief Executive Officer

 

Andrew B. Shoup

Senior Vice President and

Chief Administrative Officer

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer

 

Richard A. Freeman

Vice President and

Investment Officer

 

Andrew Beagley

Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and
Chief Compliance Officer

 

Robert I. Frenkel

Secretary and
Chief Legal Officer

 

  

INVESTMENT ADVISER
AND ADMINISTRATOR

Smith Barney Fund
Management LLC

 

DISTRIBUTORS

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

PFS Distributors, Inc.

 

CUSTODIAN

State Street Bank and
Trust Company

 

TRANSFER AGENT

Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb.

125 Broad Street, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10004

 

SUB-TRANSFER AGENTS

PFPC Inc.

P.O. Box 9699

Providence, Rhode Island

02940-9699

 

Primerica Shareholder Services

P.O. Box 9662

Providence, Rhode Island

02940-9662

      


Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call 1-800-451-2010.

 

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2004 and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-451-2010, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.citigroupAM.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

 

SMITH BARNEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND INC.

Smith Barney Mutual Funds

125 Broad Street

10th Floor, MF-2

New York, New York 10004

 

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a free prospectus. Investors should consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

www.smithbarneymutualfunds.com

 

 

©2005 Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Member NASD, SIPC

 

FD02208 4/05    05-8221


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 7.   DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 9. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 11. EXHIBITS.

 

  (a) Not applicable.

 

  (b) Attached hereto.

 

Exhibit 99.CERT    Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Exhibit 99.906CERT    Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

 

Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

 

By:  

/s/ R. Jay Gerken


    R. Jay Gerken
    Chief Executive Officer of
    Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

 

Date: May 6, 2005

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ R. Jay Gerken


    R. Jay Gerken
    Chief Executive Officer of
    Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

 

Date: May 6, 2005

 

By:  

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak


    Kaprel Ozsolak
    Chief Financial Officer of
    Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Fund Inc.

 

Date: May 6, 2005