UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
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Investment Company Act File Number |
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811-21519 |
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Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund |
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) |
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The Eaton Vance Building, |
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02109 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip code) |
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Alan R. Dynner, Esq. |
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(Name and Address of Agent for Services) |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: |
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(617) 482-8260 |
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Date of Fiscal Year End: |
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October 31 |
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Date of Reporting Period: |
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July 31, 2007 |
Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund as of July 31, 2007
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
Common Stocks — 111.7%
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Security |
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Shares |
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Value |
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Chemicals — 1.3% |
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BASF AG |
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50,000 |
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$ |
6,470,120 |
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$ |
6,470,120 |
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Commercial Banks — 4.1% |
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Bank of Nova Scotia |
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200,000 |
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$ |
9,304,000 |
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Danske Bank A/S |
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250,000 |
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10,534,036 |
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$ |
19,838,036 |
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Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2% |
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Biffa PLC (1) |
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200,000 |
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$ |
999,774 |
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$ |
999,774 |
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Computer Peripherals — 2.3% |
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International Business Machines Corp. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
11,065,000 |
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$ |
11,065,000 |
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Diversified Financial Services — 8.0% |
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Bank of America Corp. |
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300,000 |
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$ |
14,226,000 |
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Citigroup, Inc. |
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300,000 |
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13,971,000 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
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250,000 |
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11,002,500 |
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$ |
39,199,500 |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.5% |
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AT&T, Inc. |
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350,000 |
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$ |
13,706,000 |
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BT Group PLC |
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1,000,000 |
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6,400,957 |
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Telefonos de Mexico SA ADR |
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200,000 |
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6,834,000 |
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$ |
26,940,957 |
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Electric Utilities — 9.4% |
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Edison International |
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100,000 |
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$ |
5,289,000 |
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Entergy Corp. |
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125,000 |
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12,495,000 |
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Exelon Corp. |
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200,000 |
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14,030,000 |
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Fortum Oyj |
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150,000 |
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4,841,480 |
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Iberdrola SA |
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163,293 |
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9,174,810 |
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$ |
45,830,290 |
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Energy Equipment & Services — 2.2% |
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Halliburton Co. |
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300,000 |
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$ |
10,806,000 |
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$ |
10,806,000 |
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Food Products — 2.5% |
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Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A |
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69,202 |
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$ |
2,266,365 |
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Nestle SA ADR |
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100,000 |
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9,660,130 |
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$ |
11,926,495 |
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1
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8% |
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC |
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377,679 |
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$ |
8,598,979 |
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$ |
8,598,979 |
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Household Products — 1.2% |
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Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SA de CV |
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1,500,000 |
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$ |
5,936,115 |
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$ |
5,936,115 |
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Insurance — 2.0% |
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Fidelity National Financial, Inc., Class A |
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1 |
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$ |
21 |
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Progressive Corp. |
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475,000 |
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9,965,500 |
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$ |
9,965,521 |
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Machinery — 1.6% |
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Caterpillar, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
7,880,000 |
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$ |
7,880,000 |
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Metals & Mining — 19.4% |
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Anglo American PLC, ADR |
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227,500 |
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$ |
6,672,575 |
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BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR |
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250,000 |
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15,945,000 |
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B |
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275,250 |
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25,867,995 |
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Mittal Steel Co. NV, Class A |
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150,000 |
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9,153,000 |
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Rio Tinto PLC ADR |
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50,000 |
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14,456,000 |
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Southern Copper Corp. |
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200,000 |
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22,542,000 |
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$ |
94,636,570 |
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Multiline Retail — 1.4% |
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J.C. Penney Company, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
6,804,000 |
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$ |
6,804,000 |
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Multi-Utilities — 7.4% |
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Dominion Resources, Inc. |
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150,000 |
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$ |
12,633,000 |
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United Utilities PLC |
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500,000 |
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6,797,562 |
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Veolia Environnement |
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225,000 |
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16,726,481 |
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$ |
36,157,043 |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 29.5% |
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BP PLC ADR |
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100,000 |
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$ |
6,940,000 |
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ChevronTexaco Corp. |
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200,000 |
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17,052,000 |
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ConocoPhillips |
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200,000 |
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16,168,000 |
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Enbridge, Inc. |
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400,000 |
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14,160,000 |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. |
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100,000 |
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8,513,000 |
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Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
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300,000 |
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17,016,000 |
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Peabody Energy Corp. |
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100,000 |
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4,226,000 |
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Statoil ASA |
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500,000 |
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14,795,224 |
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Suncor Energy, Inc. |
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175,000 |
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15,832,250 |
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Total SA ADR |
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200,000 |
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15,722,000 |
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Valero Energy Corp. |
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200,000 |
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13,402,000 |
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$ |
143,826,474 |
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2
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Pharmaceuticals — 2.6% |
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AstraZeneca PLC ADR |
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100,000 |
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$ |
5,183,000 |
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR |
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150,000 |
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7,662,000 |
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$ |
12,845,000 |
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 5.3% |
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. |
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25,000 |
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$ |
2,699,250 |
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Boston Properties, Inc. |
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25,000 |
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2,362,250 |
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Federal Realty Investment Trust |
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50,000 |
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3,757,000 |
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Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. |
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175,000 |
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6,800,500 |
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Public Storage, Inc. |
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75,000 |
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5,256,750 |
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Rayonier, Inc. |
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112,500 |
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4,763,250 |
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$ |
25,639,000 |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8% |
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VF Corp. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
8,579,000 |
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$ |
8,579,000 |
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Tobacco — 1.4% |
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Altria Group, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
6,647,000 |
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$ |
6,647,000 |
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Water Utilities — 0.8% |
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Severn Trent PLC |
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150,000 |
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$ |
3,895,090 |
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$ |
3,895,090 |
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Total Common Stocks |
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$ |
544,485,964 |
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Preferred Stocks — 16.0%
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Security |
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Shares |
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Value |
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Commercial Banks — 9.4% |
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Abbey National Capital Trust I, 8.963% (2)(3) |
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20,000 |
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$ |
2,527,580 |
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ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (3)(4) |
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950 |
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1,014,719 |
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Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (2)(4) |
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55,000 |
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6,154,373 |
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BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (2)(3)(4) |
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105,000 |
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11,627,290 |
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CA Preferred Fund Trust, 7.00% (2) |
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55,000 |
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5,310,069 |
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Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (2)(3)(4) |
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36,000 |
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3,850,870 |
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Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II, 6.55% |
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25,000 |
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610,000 |
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First Republic Bank, 6.70% |
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15,000 |
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375,750 |
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HBOS PLC, 6.657% (2)(3)(4) |
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14,000 |
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1,293,523 |
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HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (2)(3)(4) |
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70,000 |
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7,804,300 |
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Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90% (2) |
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40,000 |
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3,974,036 |
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Standard Chartered PLC, 7.014% (2)(4) |
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8,000 |
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730,737 |
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US Bancorp, Series B, 5.96% (3) |
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15,000 |
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389,250 |
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$ |
45,662,497 |
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3
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Diversified Financial Services — 0.4% |
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ING Group NV, 6.125% |
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35,000 |
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$ |
803,600 |
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ING Group NV, 7.20% |
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23,000 |
|
580,750 |
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Santander Finance Unipersonal (4) |
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28,500 |
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715,173 |
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|
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$ |
2,099,523 |
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Food Products — 0.4% |
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|
|
|
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Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (4) |
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18,500 |
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$ |
1,882,954 |
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|
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$ |
1,882,954 |
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Gas Utilities — 0.6% |
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|
|
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Southern Union Co., 7.55% |
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123,300 |
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$ |
3,114,558 |
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|
|
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$ |
3,114,558 |
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Insurance — 3.8% |
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|
|
|
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Aegon NV, 6.375% |
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95,000 |
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$ |
2,255,300 |
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Arch Capital Group, Ltd., Series B, 7.875% |
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15,000 |
|
386,250 |
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AXA SA, 6.463% (2)(3)(4) |
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24,000 |
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2,164,762 |
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AXA, 7.10% (2) |
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31,000 |
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3,073,935 |
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Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75% |
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14,750 |
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383,795 |
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MetLife, Inc., 6.50% |
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120,000 |
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2,997,600 |
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PartnerRe, Ltd., 6.50% |
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20,000 |
|
460,000 |
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Prudential PLC, 6.50% (2) |
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18,000 |
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1,701,302 |
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RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08% |
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113,000 |
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2,350,400 |
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Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust V, 6.07% (3)(4) |
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2,500 |
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2,550,000 |
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$ |
18,323,344 |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0% |
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|
|
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Kinder Morgan GP, Inc., 8.33% (3) |
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5,000 |
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$ |
5,000,000 |
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$ |
5,000,000 |
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Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.4% |
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|
|
|
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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series S, 5.86% (3) |
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2,500 |
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$ |
130,000 |
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Indymac Bank FSB, 8.50% |
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75,000 |
|
1,617,188 |
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|
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$ |
1,747,188 |
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Total Preferred Stocks |
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$ |
77,830,064 |
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Other Issues — 0.0%
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Security |
|
Shares |
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Value |
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Cairn Energy PLC, Class B, Deferred Shares (1)(2) |
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150,000 |
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$ |
0 |
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Kelda Group PLC, Deferred Shares (1)(2) |
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700,000 |
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0 |
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Total
Other Issues |
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$ |
0 |
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4
Short-Term Investments — 2.4%
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Interest |
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Description |
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(000’s omitted) |
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Value |
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Investment in Cash Management Portfolio, 4.86% (5) |
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11,877 |
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$ |
11,877,237 |
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Total Short-Term Investments |
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$ |
11,877,237 |
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Total Investments — 130.1% |
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$ |
634,193,265 |
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Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)% |
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|
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$ |
(1,488,736 |
) |
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Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid |
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|
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$ |
(145,087,556 |
) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% |
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|
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$ |
487,616,973 |
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ADR |
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American Depository Receipt |
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(1) |
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Non-income producing security. |
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(2) |
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Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees. |
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(3) |
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Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at July 31, 2007. |
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(4) |
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Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2007, the aggregate value of the securities is $39,788,701 or 8.2% of the Fund’s net assets. |
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(5) |
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Affiliated investment company available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of July 31, 2007. Net income allocated from this investment for the three months ended July 31, 2007 was $161,398. |
Country Concentration of Portfolio
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Percentage |
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Country |
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of Total Investments |
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Value |
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United States |
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59.0 |
% |
$ |
374,200,321 |
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United Kingdom |
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12.8 |
% |
81,459,908 |
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|
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Canada |
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6.2 |
% |
39,296,250 |
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|
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France |
|
6.0 |
% |
37,687,178 |
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|
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Norway |
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2.9 |
% |
18,646,094 |
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|
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Australia |
|
2.5 |
% |
15,945,000 |
|
|
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Netherlands |
|
2.0 |
% |
12,792,650 |
|
|
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Mexico |
|
2.0 |
% |
12,770,115 |
|
|
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Denmark |
|
1.7 |
% |
10,534,036 |
|
|
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Spain |
|
1.6 |
% |
9,889,983 |
|
|
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Switzerland |
|
1.5 |
% |
9,660,130 |
|
|
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Germany |
|
1.0 |
% |
6,470,120 |
|
|
|
Finland |
|
0.8 |
% |
4,841,480 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
100.0 |
% |
$ |
634,193,265 |
|
5
The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at July 31, 2007.
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at July 31, 2007, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
|
Aggregate cost |
|
$ |
435,676,879 |
|
|
Gross unrealized appreciation |
|
$ |
208,238,764 |
|
|
Gross unrealized depreciation |
|
(9,722,378 |
) |
|
|
Net unrealized appreciation |
|
$ |
198,516,386 |
|
The net unrealized appreciation on foreign currency as of July 31, 2007 was $19,077.
6
Item 2. Controls and Procedures
(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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.
Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund
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By: |
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/s/ Duncan W. Richardson |
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Duncan W. Richardson |
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President and Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: |
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September 20, 2007 |
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.
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By: |
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/s/ Duncan W. Richardson |
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Duncan W. Richardson |
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President and Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: |
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September 20, 2007 |
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By: |
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/s/ Barbara E. Campbell |
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Barbara E. Campbell |
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Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: |
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September 20, 2007 |