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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811- 1940

Legg Mason Partners Appreciation 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.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

300 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-451-2010

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2006

 



ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


LEGG MASON PARTNERS APPRECIATION FUND, INC.

FORM N-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2006


LEGG MASON PARTNERS APPRECIATION FUND, INC.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   September 30, 2006

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE
COMMON STOCKS - 96.5%   
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.7%   
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.8%   
700,000   

Marcus Corp.

   $ 16,079,000
800,000   

McDonald’s Corp.

     31,296,000
         
  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     47,375,000
         
Media - 5.5%   
500,000   

EchoStar Communications Corp., Class A Shares*

     16,370,000
350,000   

Gannett Co. Inc.

     19,890,500
300,000   

Meredith Corp.

     14,799,000
7,000,000   

Time Warner Inc.

     127,610,000
650,500   

Viacom Inc., Class B Shares*

     24,185,590
3,500,000   

Walt Disney Co.

     108,185,000
516,625   

Warner Music Group Corp.

     13,406,419
         
   Total Media      324,446,509
         
Specialty Retail - 0.4%   
600,000   

Home Depot Inc.

     21,762,000
         
  

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

     393,583,509
         
CONSUMER STAPLES - 11.8%   
Beverages - 1.7%   
1,550,000   

PepsiCo Inc.

     101,153,000
         
Food & Staples Retailing - 3.9%   
800,000   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     39,744,000
2,500,000   

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     123,300,000
1,400,000   

Walgreen Co.

     62,146,000
         
   Total Food & Staples Retailing      225,190,000
         
Food Products - 3.3%   
1,126,210   

Cadbury Schweppes PLC, ADR

     48,168,002
600,000   

Dean Foods Co.*

     25,212,000
1,000,000   

General Mills Inc.

     56,600,000
400,000   

H.J. Heinz Co.

     16,772,000
200,000   

Hershey Co.

     10,690,000
800,000   

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.

     36,848,000
         
   Total Food Products      194,290,002
         
Household Products - 2.9%   
900,000   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     58,824,000
1,789,121   

Procter & Gamble Co.

     110,889,719
         
   Total Household Products      169,713,719
         
   TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES      690,346,721
         
ENERGY - 8.4%   
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.9%   
310,500   

National-Oilwell Varco Inc.*

     18,179,775
600,000   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     37,218,000
         
   Total Energy Equipment & Services      55,397,775
         
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 7.5%   
400,000   

BP PLC, ADR

     26,232,000
1,400,000   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     63,812,000
700,000   

Cimarex Energy Co.

     24,633,000
500,000   

Devon Energy Corp.

     31,575,000
1,500,000   

EnCana Corp.

     70,035,000
2,700,000   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     181,170,000
200,000   

Suncor Energy Inc.

     14,410,000
500,000   

Valero Energy Corp.

     25,735,000
         
   Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      437,602,000
         
   TOTAL ENERGY      492,999,775
         

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    September 30, 2006

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS - 1.4%   
3,200,000   

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund

   $ 43,328,000
600,000   

streetTRACKS Gold Trust*

     35,682,000
         
   TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS      79,010,000
         
FINANCIALS - 20.4%   
Capital Markets - 2.2%   
1,200,000   

Bank of New York Co. Inc.

     42,312,000
125,000   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

     21,146,250
800,000   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     62,576,000
         
   Total Capital Markets      126,034,250
         
Commercial Banks - 2.0%   
3,200,000   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     115,776,000
         
Consumer Finance - 1.9%   
2,000,000   

American Express Co.

     112,160,000
         
Diversified Financial Services - 2.4%   
1,700,000   

Bank of America Corp.

     91,069,000
1,000,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     46,960,000
         
   Total Diversified Financial Services      138,029,000
         
Insurance - 9.4%   
4,000   

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class A Shares*

     383,200,000
2,000,000   

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.

     56,300,000
2,300,000   

St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc.

     107,847,000
         
   Total Insurance      547,347,000
         
Real Estate Management & Development - 2.0%   
2,200,000   

Forest City Enterprises Inc., Class A Shares

     119,460,000
         
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.5%   
700,000   

Brookline Bancorp Inc.

     9,625,000
1,500,000   

Hudson City Bancorp Inc.

     19,875,000
         
   Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance      29,500,000
         
   TOTAL FINANCIALS      1,188,306,250
         
HEALTH CARE - 6.3%   
Biotechnology - 1.5%   
900,000   

Amgen Inc.*

     64,377,000
300,000   

Genentech Inc.*

     24,810,000
         
   Total Biotechnology      89,187,000
         
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7%   
800,000   

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     39,360,000
         
Pharmaceuticals - 4.1%   
1,850,000   

Johnson & Johnson

     120,139,000
3,000,000   

Pfizer Inc.

     85,080,000
700,000   

Wyeth

     35,588,000
         
   Total Pharmaceuticals      240,807,000
         
   TOTAL HEALTH CARE      369,354,000
         
INDUSTRIALS - 20.4%   
Aerospace & Defense - 4.0%   
1,000,000   

Honeywell International Inc.

     40,900,000
1,600,000   

Raytheon Co.

     76,816,000
1,800,000   

United Technologies Corp.

     114,030,000
         
   Total Aerospace & Defense      231,746,000
         
Air Freight & Logistics - 1.6%   
1,300,000   

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B Shares

     93,522,000
         

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    September 30, 2006

 

SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE
Airlines - 0.7%   
2,500,000   

Southwest Airlines Co.

   $ 41,650,000
         
Building Products - 0.4%   
801,000   

Masco Corp.

     21,963,420
         
Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.7%   
1,100,000   

Covanta Holding Corp.*

     23,683,000
1,200,000   

Pitney Bowes Inc.

     53,244,000
2,200,000   

Waste Management Inc.

     80,696,000
         
  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

     157,623,000
         
Electrical Equipment - 0.5%   
1,176,850   

American Power Conversion Corp.

     25,843,626
         
Industrial Conglomerates - 9.0%   
2,000,000   

3M Co.

     148,840,000
8,500,000   

General Electric Co.

     300,050,000
2,800,000   

Tyco International Ltd.

     78,372,000
         
  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

     527,262,000
         
Machinery - 0.3%   
1,000,000   

Tata Motors Ltd., ADR

     18,580,000
         
Road & Rail - 1.2%   
1,231,033   

Florida East Coast Industries Inc.

     70,267,363
         
  

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

     1,188,457,409
         
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 14.3%   
Communications Equipment - 3.4%   
7,000,000   

3Com Corp.*

     30,870,000
5,500,000   

Cisco Systems Inc.*

     126,500,000
1,000,000   

Motorola Inc.

     25,000,000
500,000   

QUALCOMM Inc.

     18,175,000
         
  

Total Communications Equipment

     200,545,000
         
Computers & Peripherals - 2.5%   
5,500,000   

EMC Corp.*

     65,890,000
1,000,000   

International Business Machines Corp.

     81,940,000
         
  

Total Computers & Peripherals

     147,830,000
         
Internet Software & Services - 2.7%   
900,000   

eBay Inc.*

     25,524,000
90,000   

Google Inc., Class A Shares*

     36,171,000
2,200,000   

VeriSign Inc.*

     44,440,000
2,000,000   

Yahoo! Inc.*

     50,560,000
         
  

Total Internet Software & Services

     156,695,000
         
IT Services - 1.6%   
800,000   

Accenture Ltd., Class A Shares

     25,368,000
1,425,000   

Automatic Data Processing Inc.

     67,459,500
         
  

Total IT Services

     92,827,500
         
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.8%   
1,000,000   

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Class B Shares*

     38,010,000
500,000   

Intel Corp.

     10,285,000
         
  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     48,295,000
         
Software - 3.3%   
7,000,000   

Microsoft Corp.

     191,310,000
         
  

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

     837,502,500
         
MATERIALS - 4.1%   
Chemicals - 4.1%   
1,000,000   

Cytec Industries Inc.

     55,590,000

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)    September 30, 2006

 

  SHARES   

SECURITY

     VALUE  
  Chemicals - 4.1% (continued)   
  500,000   

Dow Chemical Co.

   $ 19,490,000  
  1,500,000   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     64,260,000  
  800,000   

Ecolab Inc.

     34,256,000  
  950,000   

PPG Industries Inc.

     63,726,000  
           
   TOTAL MATERIALS      237,322,000  
           
  TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.0%   
  Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9%   
  1,000,000   

Verizon Communications Inc.

     37,130,000  
  1,033,926   

Windstream Corp.

     13,637,484  
           
  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

     50,767,484  
           
  Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.1%   
  900,000   

ALLTEL Corp.

     49,950,000  
  1,000,000   

Sprint Nextel Corp.

     17,150,000  
           
  

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

     67,100,000  
           
  

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

     117,867,484  
           
  UTILITIES - 0.7%   
  Electric Utilities - 0.7%   
  1,410,874   

Duke Energy Corp.

     42,608,395  
           
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

(Cost - $4,036,382,001)

     5,637,358,043  
           
 
 
FACE
AMOUNT
     
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 4.2%   
  Repurchase Agreement - 4.2%   
$ 244,687,000   

Interest in $414,241,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/29/06 with Banc of America Securities LLC, 5.300% due 10/2/06; Proceeds at maturity- $244,795,070; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% to 5.600% due 2/28/07 to 9/26/13; Market value- $249,580,980) (Cost - $244,687,000)

     244,687,000  
           
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.7%

(Cost - $4,281,069,001#)

     5,882,045,043  
  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.7)%

     (41,061,093 )
           
  

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

   $ 5,840,983,950  
           

 

* 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 Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Legg Mason Partners Appreciation Fund, Inc. (formerly known as Smith Barney Appreciation Fund Inc) (the “Fund”), a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), 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”).

(a) Investment Valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. When 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 with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

(b) Repurchase Agreements. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market 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 market 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. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

2. Investments

At September 30, 2006, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,635,158,124  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (34,182,082 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,600,976,042  
        


ITEM 2. 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 quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.


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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Legg Mason Partners Appreciation Fund, Inc.
By   /S/    R. JAY GERKEN        
  R. Jay Gerken
  Chief Executive Officer

Date  November 28, 2006

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
Date:  

November 28, 2006

 

By:   /S/    KAPREL OZSOLAK
  Kaprel Ozsolak
  Chief Financial Officer
Date:  

November 28, 2006