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Legg Mason acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Legg Mason bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Clarion Partners
Word for word“Performance fees earned on historic AUM in place as of the closing of the acquisition of Clarion Partners on April 13, 2016 are fully passed through to the Clarion Partners management team, per the terms of the acquisition agreement.” 10-K for 2018
acquisition——
EnTrust Capital
Word for word“Acquisitions (dispositions), net, totaled $46.3 billion, and included $41.5 billion related to the acquisition of Clarion Partners in April 2016 and $9.6 billion related to the acquisition of EnTrust in May 2016, offset in part by $4.8 billion related to the disposition of two small investment managers and our portion of a joint venture.” 10-K for 2018
acquisitionMay 2016—
RARE Infrastructure
Word for word“and the inclusion of a full year of revenues of RARE Infrastructure, which was acquired in October 2015.” 10-K for 2018
acquisitionOctober 2015—
PK Investments, LLP
Word for word“and $6.8 billion and $0.1 billion related to the acquisitions of RARE Infrastructure and PK Investments, LLP ("PK Investments"), respectively, during the year ended March 31, 2016.” 10-K for 2018
acquisition——
two small investment managers
Word for word“a decrease of $26.1 million due to the disposition of two small investment managers in March 2017 and December 2016” 10-K for 2018
divestitureMarch 2017 and December 2016—
bolt-on acquisition at Clarion Partners
Word for word“• completing a bolt-on acquisition adding new capabilities at Clarion Partners;” 10-K for 2018
acquisition——
Gramercy Europe (Jersey) Limited ("Gramercy")
Word for word“On April 10, 2019, Clarion Partners acquired a majority stake in Gramercy Europe (Jersey) Limited ("Gramercy"), a European real estate business specializing in pan-European logistics and industrial assets.” 10-K for 2019
agreed acquisitionApril 10, 2019—
QS Investors
Word for word“Effective May 31, 2014, we completed the acquisition of QS Investors.” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionEffective May 31, 2014—
PK Investments
Word for word“On December 31, 2015, Martin Currie acquired certain assets of PK Investments.” 10-K for 2019
acquisitionOn December 31, 2015—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash received from selling businesses
2017-03-31$19.5 million
2018-03-31$3.5 million
2019-03-31$932,000

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Legg Mason’s annual reports (10-K for 2020, 10-K for 2019, 10-K for 2018) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2020-05-29. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.