Post-effective Amendment (investment Company, Rule 485(b)) (485bpos)

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2014

Securities Act File No. 33-43446

Investment Company Act File No. 811-06444

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

		FORM N-1A
		REGISTRATION STATEMENT
		UNDER
		THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		x
		Pre-Effective Amendment No.
		Post-Effective Amendment No. 295		x
		and/or REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
		THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		x
		Amendment No. 295

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

 

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York		10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code [phone]

Robert I. Frenkel

Legg Mason Partners Equity Trust

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, Connecticut 06902

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

COPY TO:

Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

1875 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

 

 

Continuous

(Approximate Date of Proposed Offering)

 

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

 

x

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

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on            pursuant to paragraph (b)

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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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on            pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

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on            pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This filing relates solely to Legg Mason Batterymarch Managed Volatility Global Dividend Fund, Legg Mason Batterymarch Managed Volatility International Dividend Fund and Legg Mason Batterymarch S&P 500 Index Fund.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST, hereby certifies that it meets all the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of Maryland on this 5 ^th day of February 2014.

LEGG MASON PARTNERS EQUITY TRUST , on behalf of Legg Mason Batterymarch Managed Volatility Global Dividend Fund, Legg Mason Batterymarch Managed Volatility International Dividend Fund and Legg Mason Batterymarch S&P 500 Index Fund.

 

By:		/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller
		Kenneth D. Fuller
		President and Chief Executive Officer

WITNESS our hands on the date set forth below.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on February 5, 2014.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller		President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
Kenneth D. Fuller
/s/ Richard F. Sennett		Principal Financial Officer
Richard F. Sennett
Paul R. Ades*		Trustee
Paul R. Ades
Andrew L. Breech*		Trustee
Andrew L. Breech
Dwight B. Crane*		Trustee
Dwight B. Crane
Frank G. Hubbard*		Trustee
Frank G. Hubbard
Howard J. Johnson*		Trustee
Howard J. Johnson
Jerome H. Miller*		Trustee
Jerome H. Miller
Ken Miller*		Trustee
Ken Miller

 

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John J. Murphy*		Trustee
John J. Murphy
Thomas F. Schlafly*		Trustee
Thomas F. Schlafly

 

*By:		/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller
		Kenneth D. Fuller, as Agent

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Index No.		Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS		XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

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