BALTIMORE, Sept. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Legg Mason, Inc. (NYSE: LM) reported preliminary assets under management of $711 billion as of August 31, 2014. This month's AUM included fixed income inflows of approximately $2.1 billion, equity inflows of approximately $0.2 billion and liquidity inflows of approximately $4.5 billion. August AUM included a negative foreign exchange impact of approximately $0.6 billion.



                                                                          LEGG MASON, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                                                                (Amounts in billions)

                                                                                     (Unaudited)


    Assets Under Management


                                         Preliminary

    By asset class:                   August 2014           July 2014                             June 2014        March 2014        December 2013        September 2013
                                      -----------           ---------                             ---------        ----------        -------------        --------------

                     Equity                          $197.9           $191.0                                $196.0            $186.4               $182.5                $169.5

                     Fixed Income                     367.9            361.4                                 366.7             365.2                355.6                 355.0


                     Long-Term Assets                 565.8            552.4                                 562.7             551.6                538.1                 524.5

                     Liquidity                        145.4            140.9                                 141.6             150.2                141.4                 131.5

                     Total                           $711.2           $693.3                                $704.3            $701.8               $679.5                $656.0
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(1) Effective April 1, 2014, certain client assets previously reported as AUM have been reclassified as Assets Under Advisement (AUA). As a result of this change $11.3 billion of AUA in Aug 2014, are excluded from the table above. Included in the table above is $12.6 billion in fixed income AUM in March 2014, $13.9 billion in December 2013 and $15.1 billion in September 2013 related to the low fee sovereign mandate that has been reclassified as Assets Under Advisement (AUA).

Outflows related to the low fee sovereign mandate, which are excluded from long-term net flows, were $0.3 billion in the month of August.

About Legg Mason
Legg Mason is a global asset management firm with $711 billion in assets under management as of August 31, 2014. The Company provides active asset management in many major investment centers throughout the world. Legg Mason is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, and its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: LM).

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