7. Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, were as follows:
As of December 31, 2004, the components of undistributed earnings and net accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
8.Trustee Retirement Plan
TheTrustees of the Fund have adopted a Retirement Plan for allTrustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, allTrustees are required to retire from the Board as of the last day of the calendar year in which the applicableTrustee attains age 75 (certainTrustees who had already attained age 75 when the Plan was adopted were required to retire effective December 31, 2003). Trustees may retire under the Plan before attaining the mandatory retirement age. Trustees who have served as Trustee of the Trust or any of the investment companies associated with Citigroup for at least ten years when they retire are eligible to receive the maximum retirement benefit under the Plan.The maximum retirement benefit is an amount equal to five times the amount of retainer and regular meeting fees payable to a Trustee during the calendar year ending on or immediately prior to the applicable Trustee’s retirement. Amounts under the Plan may be paid in installments or in a lump sum (discounted to present value). Benefits under the Plan are unfunded. Three former Trustees are currently receiving payments under the Plan. In addition, two other formerTrustees elected to receive a lump sum payment under the Plan during this period. The Fund’s allocable share of the expenses of the Plan for the year ended December 31, 2004 and the related liability at December 31, 2004 were not material.
9. Additional Information
In connection with an investigation previously disclosed by Citigroup, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) has notified Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that includes the funds’ investment manager and other investment advisory companies; Citicorp Trust Bank (“CTB”), an affiliate of CAM; Thomas W. Jones, the former CEO of CAM; and three other individuals, one of whom is an employee and two of whom are former employees of CAM, that the SEC Staff is considering recommending a civil injunctive action and/or an administrative proceeding against each of them relating to the creation and operation of an internal transfer agent unit to serve various CAM-managed funds.
In 1999, CTB entered the transfer agent business. CTB hired an unaffiliated subcontractor to perform some of the transfer agent services. The subcontractor, in exchange, had signed a separate agreement with CAM in 1998 that guaranteed investment management revenue to CAM and investment banking revenue to a CAM affiliate.The subcontractor’s business was later taken over by PFPC Inc., and at that time the revenue guarantee was eliminated and a one-time payment was made by the subcontractor to a CAM affiliate.
CAM did not disclose the revenue guarantee when the boards of various CAM-managed funds hired CTB as transfer agent. Nor did CAM disclose to the boards of the various CAM-managed funds the one-time payment received by the CAM affiliate when it was made. As previously disclosed, CAM has already paid the applicable funds, primarily through fee waivers, a total of approximately $17 million (plus interest), which is the amount of the revenue received by Citigroup relating to the revenue guarantee.
In addition, the SEC Staff has indicated that it is considering recommending action based on the adequacy of the disclosures made to the fund boards that approved the transfer agency arrangement, CAM’s initiation and operation of, and compensation for, the transfer agent business and CAM’s retention of, and agreements with, the subcontractor.
Citigroup is cooperating fully in the SEC’s investigation and is seeking to resolve the matter in discussions with the SEC Staff. On January 20, 2005, Citigroup stated that it had established an aggregate reserve of $196 million ($25 million in the third quarter of 2004 and $171 million in the fourth quarter of 2004) related to its discussions with the SEC Staff. Settlement negotiations are ongoing and any settlement of this matter with the SEC will require approval by the Citigroup Board and acceptance by the Commission.
Unless and until any settlement is consummated, there can be no assurance that any amount reserved by Citigroup will be distributed. Nor is there at this time any certainty as to how the proceeds of any settlement would be distributed, to whom
25 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
any such distribution would be made, the methodology by which such distribution would be allocated, and when such distribution would be made.
Although there can be no assurance, Citigroup does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the funds.
10. Legal Matters
Beginning in June, 2004, class action lawsuits alleging violations of the federal securities laws were filed against Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Distributor”) and a number of its affiliates, including Smith Barney Fund Management LLC and Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc (the “Advisers”), substantially all of the mutual funds managed by the Advisers, including the Fund (the “Funds”), and directors or trustees of the Funds (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaints alleged, among other things, that the Distributor created various undisclosed incentives for its brokers to sell Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers funds. In addition, according to the complaints, the Advisers caused the Funds to pay excessive brokerage commissions to the Distributor for steering clients towards proprietary funds. The complaints also alleged that the defendants breached their fiduciary duty to the Funds by improperly charging Rule 12b-1 fees and by drawing on fund assets to make undisclosed payments of soft dollars and excessive brokerage commissions.The complaints also alleged that the Funds failed to adequately disclose certain of the allegedly wrongful conduct. The complaints sought injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, rescission of the Funds’ contracts with the Advisers, recovery of all fees paid to the Advisers pursuant to such contracts and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.
On December 15, 2004, a consolidated amended complaint (the “Complaint”) was filed alleging substantially similar causes of action.While the lawsuit is in its earliest stages, to the extent that the Complaint purports to state causes of action against the Funds, Citigroup Asset Management believes the Funds have significant defenses to such allegations, which the Funds intend to vigorously assert in responding to the Complaint.
Additional lawsuits arising out of these circumstances and presenting similar allegations and requests for relief may be filed against the defendants in the future.
As of the date of this report, Citigroup Asset Management and the Funds believe that the resolution of the pending lawsuit will not have a material effect on the financial position or results of operations of the funds or the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates to continue to render services to the funds under their respective contracts.
11. Acquisition of Smith Barney World Funds European Portfolio
On April 17, 2003 the Fund acquired the assets and liabilities of the Smith Barney World Funds European Portfolio pursuant to a plan of reorganization, approved by the shareholders of Smith Barney World Funds European Portfolio on March 10, 2003. The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of the net assets of Smith Barney World Funds European Portfolio in exchange for shares of the Fund, as follows: 1,472,055 Class A shares valued at $10,418,720; 895,521 Class B shares valued at $6,135,504 and 478,979 Class L shares valued at $3,426,185. The total assets acquired by Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund were $19,980,409 which included $172,837 of accumulated realized loss on investments and $2,246,233 of unrealized depreciation.
The aggregate net assets of the Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund and the Smith Barney World Funds European Portfolio, immediately before the acquisition were $17,606,903 and $19,980,409 respectively.
26 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees of Smith Barney Trust II and the Shareholders of
Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund (the “Fund”, a series of Smith Barney Trust II) at December 31, 2004, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2004 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
February 18, 2005
27 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Additional Information (unaudited)
Information about Trustees and Officers
The business and affairs of the Smith Barney Trust II—Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund (“Fund”) are managed under the direction of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Information pertaining to the Trustees and officers of the Fund is set forth below. Each Trustee and officer holds office for his or her lifetime, unless that individual resigns, retires or is otherwise removed. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Fund Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-451-2010.
| | | | | | | | Number of | | | |
| | | | | | Principal | | Portfolios In | | Other Board | |
| | Position(s) | | Length | | Occupation(s) | | Fund Complex | | Memberships | |
| | Held with | | of Time | | During Past | | Overseen by | | Held by | |
Name, Address and Birth Year | | Fund | | Served | | Five Years | | Trustee | | Trustee | |
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Elliott J. Berv | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | President and Chief Operations | | | | 37 | | Board Member, | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | Officer, Landmark City (real estate | | | | | | American Identity | |
Citigroup Asset | | | | | | development) (since 2002); Executive | | | | | | Corp. (doing | |
Management (“CAM”) | | | | | | Vice President and Chief Operations | | | | | | business as | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | Officer, DigiGym Systems (on-line | | | | | | Morpheus | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | personal training systems) (since 2001); | | | | Technologies) | |
Birth Year: 1943 | | | | | | Chief Executive Officer, Rocket City | | | | | | (biometric | |
| | | | | | Enterprises (internet service company) | | | | | | information | |
| | | | | | (from 2000 to 2001); Motorcity USA | | | | | | management) | |
| | | | | | (motorsport racing)(since 2004); | | | | | | (since 2001; | |
| | | | | | Consultant, Catalyst (consulting) | | | | | | consultant since | |
| | | | | | (since 1984). | | | | | | 1999); Director, | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Lapoint Industries | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | (industrial filter | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | company) (since | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 2002); Director, | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Alzheimer’s | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Association (New | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | England Chapter) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | (since 1998). | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Donald M. Carlton | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | Consultant, URS Corporation (engineering) | | 32 | | Director, Temple- | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | (since 1999); former Chief Executive Officer, | | | | Inland (forest | |
CAM | | | | | | Radian International LLC (engineering) (from | | | | products) (since | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | 1996 to 1998), Member of Management | | | | 2003); American | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | Committee, Signature Science (research | | | | Electric Power | |
Birth Year: 1937 | | | | | | and development) (since 2000). | | | | | | (electric utility) (since | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 1999); Director, | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Valero Energy | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | (petroleum refining) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | (1999–2003); | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Director, National | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Instruments Corp. | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | (technology) (since | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | 1994). | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
A. Benton Cocanougher | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | Interim Chancellor, Texas A&M University | | 32 | | Former Director, | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | System (since 2003); former Special | | | | | | Randall’s Food | |
CAM | | | | | | Advisor to the President, Texas A&M | | | | | | Markets,Inc. (from | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | University (2002-2003); former Dean | | | | | | 1990 to 1999); | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | Emeritus and Wiley Professor, Texas | | | | | | former Director, | |
Birth Year: 1938 | | | | | | A&M University (since 2001); former | | | | | | First American Bank | |
| | | | | | Dean and Professor of Marketing, College | | | | and Savings Bank | |
| | | | | | and Graduate School of Business of | | | | | | (from 1994 to | |
| | | | | | Texas A & M University (from 1987 to 2001). | | | | 1999). | |
28 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | Number of | | | |
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| | Position(s) | | Length | | Occupation(s) | | Fund Complex | | Memberships | |
| | Held with | | of Time | | During Past | | Overseen by | | Held by | |
Name, Address and Birth Year | | Fund | | Served | | Five Years | | Trustee | | Trustee | |
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Mark T. Finn | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | Adjunct Professor, College of William & | | 37 | | None | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | Mary (since 2002); Principal/Member, | | | | | |
CAM | | | | | | Balvan Partners (investment manage- | | | | | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | ment) (since 2002); Chairman, Chief | | | | | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | Executive Officer and Owner, Vantage | | | | | |
Birth Year: 1943 | | | | | | Consulting Group, Inc. (investment advisory | | | |
| | | | | | and consulting firm) (since 1988); former | | | |
| | | | | | Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, | | | |
| | | | | | Lindner Asset Management Company | | | | | |
| | | | | | (mutual fund company) (1999 to 2001); | | | |
| | | | | | former President and Director, Delta | | | | | |
| | | | | | Financial, Inc. (investment advisory firm) | | | |
| | | | | | (from 1983 to 1999); former General | | | | | |
| | | | | | Partner and Shareholder, Greenwich | | | | | |
| | | | | | Ventures, LLC (investment partnership) | | | | | |
| | | | | | (1996 to 2001); former President, | | | | | |
| | | | | | Secretary and Owner, Phoenix Trading Co. | | | |
| | | | | | (commodity trading advisory firm) | | | | | |
| | | | | | (from 1997 to 2000). | | | | | |
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Stephen Randolph Gross | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | Partner, Capital Investment Advisory | | 32 | | Director, United | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | Partners (consulting) (since January | | | | Telesis, Inc. (tele- | |
CAM | | | | | | 2000); former Chief Operating Officer, | | | | communications) | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | General Media Communications | | | | (since 1997); | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | (from March 2003 to August 2003); | | | | Director, eBank. | |
Birth Year: 1947 | | | | | | former Managing Director, Fountainhead | | com, Inc. (since | |
| | | | | | Ventures, LLC (consulting) (from 1998 to | | 1997); Director, | |
| | | | | | 2002); former Secretary, Carint N.A. | | | | Andersen Calhoun, | |
| | | | | | (manufacturing) (1988-2002); former | | | | Inc. (assisted living) | |
| | | | | | Treasurer, Hank Aaron Enterprises (fast | | | | (since 1987); former | |
| | | | | | food franchise) (from 1985 to 2001); | | | | Director, Charter | |
| | | | | | Chairman, Gross, Collins PCHLB | | | | Bank, Inc. (from | |
| | | | | | (accounting firm) (since 1979); Treasurer, | | 1987 to 1997); | |
| | | | | | Coventry Limited, Inc. (since 1985). | | | | former Director, Yu | |
| | | | | | | | | | Save, Inc. (internet | |
| | | | | | | | | | company) (from | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1998 to 2000); | |
| | | | | | | | | | former Director, | |
| | | | | | | | | | Hotpalm, Inc. (wire- | |
| | | | | | | | | | less applications) | |
| | | | | | | | | | (from 1998 to | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2000). | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Diana R. Harrington | | Trustee | | Since 1992 | | Professor, Babson College | | 37 | | None | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | (since 1993). | | | | | |
CAM | | | | | | | | | | | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | | | | | | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Birth Year: 1940 | | | | | | | | | | | |
29 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | Number of | | | |
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| | Position(s) | | Length | | Occupation(s) | | Fund Complex | | Memberships | |
Name, Address and | | Held with | | of Time | | During Past | | Overseen by | | Held by | |
Birth Year | | Fund | | Served | | Five Years | | Trustee | | Trustee | |
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Susan B. Kerley | | Trustee | | Since 1992 | | Consultant, Strategic Management | | 37 | | Director, Eclipse | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | Advisors, LLC (investment consulting) | | | | Funds (currently | |
CAM | | | | | | (since 1990). | | | | supervises 12 | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | | | | | investment | |
New York, NY10022 | | | | | | | | | | companies in fund | |
Birth Year: 1951 | | | | | | | | | | complex) (since | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1990). | |
Alan G. Merten | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | President, George Mason University | | 32 | | Former Director, | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | (since 1996). | | | | Comshare, Inc. | |
CAM | | | | | | | | | | (information | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | | | | | technology) (from | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | | | | | 1985 to 2003); | |
Birth Year: 1941 | | | | | | | | | | Director, Digital Net | |
| | | | | | | | | | Holdings, Inc. (since | |
| | | | | | | | | | 2003). | |
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R. Richardson Pettit | | Trustee | | Since 2001 | | Professor of Finance, University of Houston | | 32 | | None | |
c/o R. Jay Gerken | | | | | | (from 1977 to 2002); independent | | | | | |
CAM | | | | | | consultant (since 1984). | | | | | |
399 Park Avenue | | | | | | | | | | | |
New York, NY 10022 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Birth Year: 1942 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Interested Trustee: | | | | | | | | | | | |
R. Jay Gerken, CFA* | | Chairman, | | Since 2002 | | Managing Director of Citigroup | | 219 | | N/A | |
CAM | | President, | | | | Global Markets (“CGM”) (since | | | | | |
399 Park Avenue | | and Chief | | | | 1996); Chairman, President, and | | | | | |
New York, NY 10022 | | Executive | | | | Chief Executive Officer of Smith | | | | | |
Birth Year: 1951 | | Officer | | | | Barney Fund Management LLC | | | | | |
| | | | | | (“SBFM”), Travelers Investment | | | | | |
| | | | | | Advisers, Inc. (“TIA”) and Citi Fund | | | | | |
| | | | | | Management Inc. (“CFM”); President | | | | | |
| | | | | | and Chief Executive Officer of certain | | | | | |
| | | | | | mutual funds associated with | | | | | |
| | | | | | Citigroup Inc. (“Citigroup”); formerly, | | | | | |
| | | | | | Portfolio Manager of Smith Barney | | | | | |
| | | | | | Allocation Series Inc. (from 1996 to | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2001) and Smith Barney Growth and | | | | | |
| | | | | | Income Fund (from 1996 to 2000). | | | | | |
Officers: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Andrew B. Shoup | | Senior Vice | | Since 2003 | | Director of CAM; Chief Administrative | | N/A | | N/A | |
CAM | | President and | | | | Officer of mutual funds associated | | | | | |
125 Broad Street | | Chief Adminis- | | | | with Citigroup; Head of International | | | | | |
New York, NY 10004 | | trative Officer | | | | Funds Administration of CAM (from | | | | | |
Birth Year: 1956 | | | | | | 2001 to 2003); Director of Global | | | | | |
| | | | | | Funds Administration of CAM (from | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2000 to 2001); Head of U.S. Citibank | | | | | |
| | | | | | Funds Administration of CAM (from | | | | | |
| | | | | | 1998 to 2000). | | | | | |
30 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Additional Information (unaudited) (continued)
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| | Position(s) | | Length | | Occupation(s) | | Fund Complex | | Memberships |
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Name, Address and Birth Year | | Fund | | Served | | Five Years | | Trustee | | Trustee |
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Frances M. Guggino | | Chief Financial | | Since 2004 | | Director of CGM; Chief | | N/A | | N/A |
CAM | | Officer and | | | | Financial Officer and Treasurer | | | | |
125 Broad Street | | Treasurer | | | | of certain mutual funds associated | | | | |
New York, NY 10004 | | | | | | with Citigroup; Controller of certain | | | | |
Birth Year: 1957 | | | | | | mutual funds associated with | | | | |
| | | | | | Citigroup (from 1999 to 2004). | | | | |
Andrew Beagley | | Chief Anti- | | Since 2002 | | Managing Director of CGM (since | | N/A | | N/A |
CAM | | Money | | | | 2000); Director of Compliance, North | | | | |
399 Park Avenue | | Laundering | | | | America, CAM (since 2000); | | | | |
4th Floor | | Compliance | | | | Chief Anti-Money Laundering | | | | |
New York, NY 10022 | | Officer | | | | Compliance Officer, Chief | | | | |
Birth Year: 1962 | | | | | | Compliance Officer and Vice | | | | |
| | Chief | | Since 2004 | | President of certain mutual | | | | |
| | Compliance | | | | funds associated with Citigroup; | | | | |
| | Officer | | | | Director of Compliance, Europe, | | | | |
| | | | | | the Middle East and Africa, | | | | |
| | | | | | Citigroup Asset Management | | | | |
| | | | | | (from 1999 to 2000); Compliance | | | | |
| | | | | | Officer, Salomon Brothers Asset | | | | |
| | | | | | Management Limited, Smith Barney | | | | |
| | | | | | Global Capital Management Inc., | | | | |
| | | | | | Salomon Brothers Asset | | | | |
| | | | | | Management Asia Pacific | | | | |
| | | | | | Limited (from 1997 to 1999). | | | | |
Wendy S. Setnicka | | Controller | | Since 2004 | | Vice President of CGM; Controller | | N/A | | N/A |
CAM | | | | | | of certain mutual funds associated | | | | |
125 Broad Street | | | | | | with Citigroup; Assistant Controller | | | | |
New York, NY 10004 | | | | | | of CAM (from 2002 to 2004); | | | | |
Birth Year: 1964 | | | | | | Accounting Manager with CAM | | | | |
| | | | | | (from 1998 to 2002) | | | | |
Robert I. Frenkel | | Secretary | | Since 2000 | | Managing Director and General | | N/A | | N/A |
CAM | | Chief | | Since 2003 | | Counsel, Global Mutual Funds for | | | | |
300 First Stamford Place | | Legal | | | | CAM (since 1994); Secretary of | | | | |
Stamford, CT 06902 | | Officer | | | | certain mutual funds associated | | | | |
Birth Year: 1954 | | | | | | with Citigroup; Chief Legal Officer | | | | |
| | | | | | of mutual funds associated with | | | | |
| | | | | | Citigroup Inc. | | | | |
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* | Mr. Gerken is an “interested person” of the fund as defined in the 1940 Act because he is an officer of certain affiliates of the Manager. |
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31 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
Important Tax Information (unaudited)
The following information is provided with respect to the ordinary income distributions paid by the Fund during the taxable year ended December 31, 2004.
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Record Date: | 7/27/2004 | | 12/15/2004 | |
Payable Date: | 7/30/2004 | | 12/17/2004 | |
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Qualified Dividend Income for Individuals | 100.00 | % | 100.00 | % |
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Foreign Source Income | — | | 94.58 | %* |
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Foreign Taxes Paid Per Share | — | | $0.027808 | |
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* Expressed as a percentage of the cash distribution grossed-up for foreign taxes. | | |
The foreign taxes paid represent taxes incurred by the Fund on income received by the Fund from foreign sources. Foreign taxes paid may be included in taxable income with an offsetting deduction from gross income or may be taken as a credit for taxes paid to foreign governments. You should consult your tax adviser regarding the appropriate treatment of foreign taxes paid.
Please retain this information for your records.
32 Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund | 2004 Annual Report
SMITH BARNEY
INTERNATIONAL LARGE CAP FUND
TRUSTEES
Elliott J. Berv
Donald M. Carlton
A. Benton Cocanougher
Mark T. Finn
R. Jay Gerken, CFA,*
Chairman
Stephen Randolph Gross
Diana R. Harrington
Susan B. Kerley
Alan G. Merten
R. Richardson Pettit
OFFICERS
R. Jay Gerken, CFA
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew B. Shoup
Senior Vice President and
Chief Administrative Officer
Frances M. Guggino
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Beagley
Chief Anti-Money Laundering
Compliance Officer and
Chief Compliance Officer
Robert I. Frenkel
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Wendy S. Setnicka
Controller
*Affiliated Person of Investment Manager
INVESTMENT MANAGER
Smith Barney Fund Management LLC
SUBADVISER
Citigroup Asset Management Ltd.
DISTRIBUTOR
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
CUSTODIAN
State Street Bank & Trust Company
TRANSFER AGENT
Citicorp Trust Bank, fsb.
125 Broad Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10004
SUB-TRANSFER AGENT
PFPC Inc.
P.O. Box 9699
Providence, RI 02940-9699
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Smith Barney Trust II
Smith Barney International Large
Cap Fund
The fund is a separate investment fund of the Smith Barney Trust II, a Massachusetts business trust.
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call 1-800-451-2010.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2004 and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-451-2010, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.citigroupAM.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This report is submitted for general information of the shareholders of Smith Barney Trust II — Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund but it may also be used as sales literature when preceded or accompanied by a current Prospectus.
SMITH BARNEY INTERNATIONAL LARGE CAP FUND
Smith Barney Mutual Funds
125 Broad Street, MF-2
New York, NY 10004
This document must be preceded or accompanied by a free prospectus. Please read the prospectus carefully and consider the information found within this document including investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before you invest or send money.
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©2004 Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Member NASD, SIPC
ITEM 2. | | CODE OF ETHICS. |
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| | The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller. |
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ITEM 3. | | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
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| | The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that Stephen Randolph Gross, the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” and has designated Mr. Gross as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Mr. Gross is an “independent” Director pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR. |
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Item 4. | | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
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(a) | Audit Fees for the Smith Barney Trust II were $32,500 and $42,500 for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03. |
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(b) | Audit-Related Fees for the Smith Barney Trust II were $0 and $0 for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03. |
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(c) | Tax Fees for Smith Barney Trust II of $4,000 and $4,000 for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03. These amounts represent aggregate fees paid for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning services, which include (the filing and amendment of federal, state and local income tax returns, timely RIC qualification review and tax distribution and analysis planning) rendered by the Accountant to Smith Barney Trust II. |
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(d) | All Other Fees for Smith Barney Trust II of $0 and $0 for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03. |
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| All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed for all other non-audit services rendered by the Accountant to Salomon Brothers Asset Management (“SBAM”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with SBAM that provided ongoing services to Salomon Brothers Fund, Inc., requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee for the period May 6, 2003 through December 31, 2004, which included the issuance of reports on internal control under SAS No. 70 relating to various Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”) entities, a profitability review of the Adviser, and phase 1 of an analysis of Citigroup’s current and future real estate occupancy requirements in the tri-state area and security risk issues in the New York metro region, were $1.35 million; all of which were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. |
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(e) | (1) Audit Committee’s pre–approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X. |
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| The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by Smith Barney Fund Management LLC or Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee. |
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| The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent |
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| registered public accounting firm, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible. |
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| Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent registered public accounting firm during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit. |
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| (2) For the Smith Barney Trust II, the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% and 100% for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03; Tax Fees were 100% and 100% for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03; and Other Fees were 100% and 100% for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03. |
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(f) | N/A |
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(g) | Non-audit fees billed by the Accountant for services rendered to Smith Barney Trust II and CAM and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with CAM that provides ongoing services to Smith Barney Trust II were $3.5 million and $6.4 million for the years ended 12/31/04 and 12/31/03. |
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(h) | Yes. The Smith Barney Trust II’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval) is compatible with maintaining the Accountant's independence. All services provided by the Accountant to the Smith Barney Trust II or to Service Affiliates which were required to be pre-approved were pre-approved as required. |
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ITEM 5. | | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
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| | | | | Not applicable. |
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ITEM 6. | | [RESERVED] |
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ITEM 7. | | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END |
| | | | | MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
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| | | | | Not applicable. |
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ITEM 8. | | [RESERVED] |
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ITEM 9. | | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
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| | | | | Not applicable. |
ITEM 10. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
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| (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. |
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| (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 half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
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ITEM 11. | EXHIBITS. |
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| (a) | Code of Ethics attached hereto. | | |
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| Exhibit 99.CODE ETH. | | | |
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| (b) | Attached hereto. | | |
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| Exhibit 99.CERT | Certifications pursuant to section 302 of |
| | | the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | | |
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| Exhibit 99.906CERT | Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of |
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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, there unto duly authorized.
Smith Barney Trust II
By: | | /s/ R. Jay Gerken |
| | R. Jay Gerken |
| | Chief Executive Officer of |
| | Smith Barney Trust II – Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund |
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Date: | | March 10, 2005 |
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 of |
| | Smith Barney Trust II – Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund |
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Date: | | March 10, 2005 |
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By: | | /s/ Frances M. Guggino |
| | (Frances M. Guggino) |
| | Chief Financial Officer of |
| | Smith Barney Trust II – Smith Barney International Large Cap Fund |
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Date: | | March 10, 2005 |