-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, U8ipv0iUaCTITI9/TLky//qczEZUDm5Y/K5kTM8MkyVYOLB1AfrLsQYbbX0Wh9rH 32jBpaWhglIMwsfGTaMhmQ== 0001193125-07-003559.txt : 20070109 0001193125-07-003559.hdr.sgml : 20070109 20070109115801 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-003559 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070109 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEGG MASON PARTNERS INVESTMENT SERIES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000810271 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-05018 FILM NUMBER: 07519595 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 125 BROAD STREET STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR, MF-2 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-451-2010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 125 BROAD STREET STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR, MF-2 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SMITH BARNEY INVESTMENT SERIES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010306 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONCERT INVESTMENT SERIES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980224 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COMMON SENSE TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEGG MASON PARTNERS VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874835 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06310 FILM NUMBER: 07519596 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 125 BROAD STREET STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR, MF-2 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-451-2010 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 125 BROAD STREET STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR, MF-2 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GREENWICH STREET SERIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970902 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SHEARSON SERIES FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 0000810271 S000010847 Legg Mason Partners Variable Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio C000030083 Legg Mason Partners Variable Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio 0000874835 S000004413 Legg Mason Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio C000012172 Class I C000012173 Class II DEFA14A 1 ddefa14a.htm LEGG MASON PARTNERS INVESTMENT SERIES Legg Mason Partners Investment Series

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(AMENDMENT NO.      )

 

Filed by the Registrant x  Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ¨

Check the appropriate box:

 

¨  Preliminary Proxy Statement

 

¨  Confidential, for Use of Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))

 

¨  Definitive Proxy Statement

 

x  Definitive Additional Materials

 

¨  Soliciting Material Pursuant to § 240.14a-12

 

 

LEGG MASON PARTNERS INVESTMENT SERIES

LEGG MASON PARTNERS VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS II


(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

 


(Name of Person(s) filing Proxy Statement, if other than Registrant)

 

Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

 

x  No fee required.

 

¨  Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.

 

  (1)  Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

 

 
  (2)  Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

 

 
  (3)  Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0- 11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

 

 
  (4)  Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

 

 
  (5)  Total fee paid:

 

 

 

¨  Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

 

¨  Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

  (1)  Amount Previously Paid:

 

 
  (2)  Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

 

 
  (3)  Filing Party:

 

 
  (4)  Date Filed:

 

 

 


EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT

 

     

Your Proxy Vote is important!

 

And now you can Proxy Vote by PHONE or the INTERNET.

 

It saves Money! Telephone and Internet voting saves postage costs. Savings which can help minimize expenses.

 

It saves Time! Telephone and Internet voting is instantaneous – 24 hours a day.

 

It’s Easy! Just follow these simple steps:

 

1. Read your proxy statement and have it at hand.

 

2. Call toll-free 1-866-877-0438, or go to website: https://vote.proxy-direct.com

 

3. Follow the recorded or on-screen directions.

 

4. Do not mail your Proxy Card when you vote by phone or the Internet.

Please detach at perforation before mailing.

 

PROXY    LEGG MASON PARTNERS VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS II    PROXY

Legg Mason Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio (A)

(formerly Greenwich Street Series Fund – Salomon Brothers Variable Aggressive Growth Fund)

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To be Held on February 9, 2007

PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The undersigned holder of shares of Legg Mason Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio (A) (the “Acquired Fund”), a series of Legg Mason Partners Variable Portfolios II (the “Trust”), hereby appoints R. Jay Gerken, Robert I. Frenkel, Thomas C. Mandia and Rocco Del Guercio attorneys and proxies for the undersigned, each with full powers of substitution and revocation, to represent the undersigned and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Acquired Fund that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Acquired Fund to be held at the offices of Bingham McCutchen LLP, 399 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10022 on February 9, 2007 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated December 28, 2006 and hereby instructs said attorneys and proxies to vote said shares as indicated herein. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. A majority of the proxies present and acting at the Special Meeting in person or by substitute (or, if only one shall be present, then that one) shall have and may exercise all of the power and authority of said proxies hereunder. The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy previously given.

 

 

VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-866-877-0438

VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: https://vote.proxy-direct.com

  999 9999 9999 999                                             
  Note: Please sign exactly as your name appears on this Voting Instruction card. If joint owners, EITHER may sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or corporate officer, please give your full title.
 

 

  Signature(s)
 

 

  Title(s), if applicable
  __________, 2007
  Date

VIT_17203_A


EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT

PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR

PROXY TODAY

Please detach at perforation before mailing.

This proxy, if properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the undersigned shareholder. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL.

 

PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE: n    FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN
1.    To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for (i) the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities of Legg Mason Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio (A) (formerly Greenwich Street Series Trust – Salomon Brothers Variable Aggressive Growth Fund) (the “Acquired Fund”), in exchange for shares of Legg Mason Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio (B) (formerly Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio) (the “Acquiring Fund”) to be distributed to the shareholders of the Acquired Fund, and (ii) the subsequent termination of the Acquired Fund.    ¨    ¨    ¨
2.    To transact such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.         

NOTE: YOUR PROXY IS NOT VALID UNLESS IT IS SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE.

VIF_17203_A


EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT

 

    

Your Proxy Vote is important!

 

And now you can Proxy Vote by PHONE or the INTERNET.

 

It saves Money! Telephone and Internet voting saves postage costs. Savings which can help minimize expenses.

 

It saves Time! Telephone and Internet voting is instantaneous – 24 hours a day.

 

It’s Easy! Just follow these simple steps:

 

1. Read your proxy statement and have it at hand.

 

2. Call toll-free 1-866-877-0438, or go to website: https://vote.proxy-direct.com

 

3. Follow the recorded or on-screen directions.

 

4. Do not mail your Proxy Card when you vote by phone or the Internet.

Please detach at perforation before mailing.

 

PROXY    LEGG MASON PARTNERS INVESTMENT SERIES    PROXY

Legg Mason Partners Variable Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio

(formerly Smith Barney Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio)

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To be Held on February 9, 2007

PROXY IS SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The undersigned holder of shares of Legg Mason Partners Variable Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio (the “Acquired Fund”), a series of Legg Mason Partners Investment Series (the “Trust”), hereby appoints R. Jay Gerken, Robert I. Frenkel, Thomas C. Mandia and Rocco Del Guercio attorneys and proxies for the undersigned, each with full powers of substitution and revocation, to represent the undersigned and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Acquired Fund that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Acquired Fund to be held at the offices of Bingham McCutchen LLP, 399 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10022 on February 9, 2007 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated December 28, 2006 and hereby instructs said attorneys and proxies to vote said shares as indicated herein. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. A majority of the proxies present and acting at the Special Meeting in person or by substitute (or, if only one shall be present, then that one) shall have and may exercise all of the power and authority of said proxies hereunder. The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy previously given.

 

 

VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-866-877-0438

VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: https://vote.proxy-direct.com

  999 9999 9999 999                                             
  Note: Please sign exactly as your name appears on this Voting Instruction card. If joint owners, EITHER may sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or corporate officer, please give your full title.
 

 

  Signature(s)
 

 

  Title(s), if applicable
  __________, 2007
  Date

VIT_17203_B


EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT

PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR

PROXY TODAY

Please detach at perforation before mailing.

This proxy, if properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the undersigned shareholder. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL.

 

PLEASE MARK VOTES AS IN THIS EXAMPLE: n    FOR    AGAINST    ABSTAIN
1.    To approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for (i) the acquisition of all of the assets and the assumption of all of the liabilities of Legg Mason Partners Variable Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio (formerly Smith Barney Premier Selections All Cap Growth Portfolio) (the “Acquired Fund”), in exchange for shares of Legg Mason Partners Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio (B) (formerly Smith Barney Aggressive Growth Portfolio) (the “Acquiring Fund”) to be distributed to the shareholders of the Acquired Fund, and (ii) the subsequent termination of the Acquired Fund.    ¨    ¨    ¨
2.    To transact such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.         

NOTE: YOUR PROXY IS NOT VALID UNLESS IT IS SIGNED ON THE REVERSE SIDE.

VIF_17203_B

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