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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Maureen
A. Gemma |
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service) |
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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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January 31, 2008 |
Item 1. Schedule of Investments
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Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund |
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as of January 31, 2008 |
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) |
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Common Stocks — 112.6%
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Security |
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Shares |
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Value |
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Chemicals — 1.4% |
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BASF AG |
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50,000 |
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$ |
6,485,328 |
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$ |
6,485,328 |
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Commercial Banks — 9.1% |
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Bank of Nova Scotia |
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200,000 |
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$ |
9,574,000 |
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Danske Bank A/S |
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250,000 |
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8,945,117 |
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PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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6,562,000 |
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Toronto-Dominion Bank |
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75,000 |
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5,077,500 |
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U.S. Bancorp |
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350,000 |
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11,882,500 |
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$ |
42,041,117 |
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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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$ |
10,734,000 |
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$ |
10,734,000 |
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Diversified Financial Services — 1.0% |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
4,755,000 |
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$ |
4,755,000 |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 7.2% |
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AT&T, Inc. |
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350,000 |
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$ |
13,471,500 |
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Telefonos de Mexico SA ADR |
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200,000 |
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7,220,000 |
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Verizon Communications, Inc. |
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325,000 |
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12,623,000 |
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$ |
33,314,500 |
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Electric Utilities — 7.4% |
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Edison International |
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100,000 |
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$ |
5,216,000 |
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Entergy Corp. |
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125,000 |
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13,522,500 |
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Exelon Corp. |
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200,000 |
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15,238,000 |
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$ |
33,976,500 |
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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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$ |
9,951,000 |
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$ |
9,951,000 |
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Food Products — 2.8% |
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Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A |
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75,000 |
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$ |
2,194,500 |
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Nestle SA ADR |
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100,000 |
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10,960,000 |
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$ |
13,154,500 |
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Household Products — 1.8% |
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Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SA de C.V. |
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2,000,000 |
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$ |
8,105,173 |
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$ |
8,105,173 |
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Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1% |
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Pirelli & Co. SPA (1) |
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5,000,000 |
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$ |
5,204,805 |
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$ |
5,204,805 |
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Machinery — 1.5% |
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Caterpillar, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
7,114,000 |
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$ |
7,114,000 |
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Media — 1.0% |
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Reed Elsevier PLC |
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381,322 |
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$ |
4,604,613 |
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$ |
4,604,613 |
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Metals & Mining — 21.5% |
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Anglo American PLC ADR |
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227,500 |
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$ |
6,294,925 |
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Arcelormittal ADR |
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150,000 |
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9,958,500 |
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BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR |
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250,000 |
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$ |
16,892,500 |
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B |
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275,250 |
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24,505,508 |
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Rio Tinto PLC ADR |
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50,000 |
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20,347,500 |
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Southern Copper Corp. |
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200,000 |
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18,768,000 |
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ThyssenKrupp AG |
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50,000 |
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2,434,472 |
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$ |
99,201,405 |
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Multi-Utilities — 6.8% |
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Dominion Resources, Inc. |
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300,000 |
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$ |
12,900,000 |
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Veolia Environnement |
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225,000 |
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18,431,258 |
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$ |
31,331,258 |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 31.6% |
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BP PLC ADR |
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100,000 |
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$ |
6,375,000 |
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ChevronTexaco Corp. |
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200,000 |
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16,900,000 |
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ConocoPhillips |
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200,000 |
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16,064,000 |
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Enbridge, Inc. |
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400,000 |
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15,972,000 |
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Exxon Mobil Corp. |
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100,000 |
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8,640,000 |
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Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
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300,000 |
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20,361,000 |
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Patriot Coal Corp. (1) |
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10,000 |
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397,500 |
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Peabody Energy Corp. |
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100,000 |
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5,402,000 |
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Statoil ASA |
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500,000 |
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13,090,940 |
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Suncor Energy, Inc. |
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175,000 |
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16,446,500 |
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Total SA ADR |
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200,000 |
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14,556,000 |
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Valero Energy Corp. |
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200,000 |
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11,838,000 |
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$ |
146,042,940 |
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Pharmaceuticals — 2.1% |
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR |
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200,000 |
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$ |
9,476,000 |
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$ |
9,476,000 |
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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 5.7% |
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. |
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25,000 |
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$ |
2,348,750 |
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Boston Properties, Inc. |
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25,000 |
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2,298,000 |
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Federal Realty Investment Trust |
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50,000 |
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3,690,000 |
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Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. |
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175,000 |
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7,306,250 |
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Public Storage, Inc. |
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75,000 |
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5,868,750 |
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Rayonier, Inc. |
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112,500 |
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4,761,000 |
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$ |
26,272,750 |
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Road & Rail — 1.2% |
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Norfolk Southern Corp. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
5,439,000 |
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$ |
5,439,000 |
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7% |
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VF Corp. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
7,737,000 |
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$ |
7,737,000 |
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Tobacco — 3.2% |
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Altria Group, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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$ |
7,582,000 |
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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC |
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150,000 |
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7,335,236 |
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$ |
14,917,236 |
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Total Common Stocks |
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$ |
519,858,125 |
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Preferred Stocks — 18.0%
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Security |
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Shares |
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Value |
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Commercial Banks — 11.1% |
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Abbey National Capital Trust I, 8.963% (2) |
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15,000 |
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$ |
1,789,389 |
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ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (2) (3) |
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950 |
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944,656 |
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Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (2) (3) |
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55,000 |
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6,020,812 |
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BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (2) (3) |
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105,000 |
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11,468,940 |
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CA Preferred Funding Trust, 7.00% |
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55,000 |
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5,477,181 |
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Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (2) (3) |
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36,000 |
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$ |
3,832,664 |
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Deutsche Bank Contingent Capital Trust II, 6.55% |
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25,000 |
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611,500 |
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HBOS PLC, 6.657% (2) (3) |
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19,000 |
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1,578,702 |
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HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (2) (3) |
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70,000 |
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7,728,371 |
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Landsbanki Islands HF, 7.431% (2) (3) |
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21,500 |
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1,838,796 |
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Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90% |
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40,000 |
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3,990,320 |
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Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.70% |
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8,000 |
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190,400 |
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National City Corp., 9.875% (2) |
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75,000 |
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1,961,250 |
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.64% (2) |
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9,000 |
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946,401 |
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Standard Chartered PLC, 6.409% (2) (3) |
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10,500 |
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947,109 |
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Wachovia Corp., 8.00% |
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75,000 |
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1,977,750 |
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$ |
51,304,241 |
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Diversified Financial Services — 0.9% |
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Citigroup Inc., Series AA, 8.125% |
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50,000 |
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$ |
1,311,000 |
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ING Group NV, 6.125% |
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35,000 |
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825,650 |
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ING Group NV, 7.375% |
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30,000 |
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769,200 |
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Santander Finance SA UNIP, 6.80% |
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7,500 |
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175,125 |
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Santander Finance UNIP, 6.50% |
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51,000 |
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1,137,300 |
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$ |
4,218,275 |
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Food Products — 0.4% |
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Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (3) |
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18,500 |
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$ |
1,711,829 |
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$ |
1,711,829 |
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Gas Utilities — 0.7% |
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Southern Union Co., 7.55% |
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123,300 |
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$ |
3,100,995 |
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$ |
3,100,995 |
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Insurance — 3.2% |
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Aegon NV, 6.375% |
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95,000 |
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$ |
2,263,850 |
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Arch Capital Group, Ltd., Series B, 7.875% |
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15,000 |
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375,000 |
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AXA SA, 6.463% (2) (3) |
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37,000 |
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3,260,784 |
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AXA SA, 7.10% |
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18,000 |
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1,829,866 |
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Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75% |
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14,750 |
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364,915 |
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PartnerRe, Ltd., 6.50% |
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20,000 |
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485,000 |
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Prudential PLC, 6.50% |
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18,000 |
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1,638,358 |
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RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08% |
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113,000 |
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2,384,300 |
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Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust V, 5.579% (2) (3) |
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2,500 |
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2,332,813 |
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$ |
14,934,886 |
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2% |
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Kinder Morgan GP, Inc., 8.33% (2) (3) |
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5,000 |
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$ |
5,455,000 |
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$ |
5,455,000 |
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Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.5% |
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Federal National Mortgage Association, 8.25% |
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17,500 |
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$ |
462,350 |
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Federal National Mortgage Association, Series O, Variable Rate, 7.00% (2) |
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25,000 |
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1,245,313 |
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Indymac Bank FSB, 8.50% (3) |
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75,000 |
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604,688 |
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$ |
2,312,351 |
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Total Preferred Stocks |
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$ |
83,037,577 |
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Short-Term Investments — 0.8%
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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, 4.32% (4) |
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$ |
3,757 |
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$ |
3,756,649 |
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Total Short-Term Investments |
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$ |
3,756,649 |
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Total Investments — 131.4% |
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$ |
606,652,351 |
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Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.0% |
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$ |
121,195 |
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Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (31.4)% |
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$ |
(145,040,000 |
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Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0% |
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$ |
461,733,546 |
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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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Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at January 31, 2008. |
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(3) |
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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 January 31, 2008, the aggregate value of the securities is $47,725,164 or 10.34% of the the Fund’s net assets. |
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(4) |
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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 January 31, 2008. Net income allocated from the Investment in Cash Management Portfolio for the fiscal year to date ended January 31, 2008 was $89,457. |
Country Concentration of Portfolio
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Percentage |
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Country |
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of Total Investments |
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Value |
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United States |
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56.1 |
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$ |
340,472,459 |
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United Kingdom |
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12.7 |
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77,283,349 |
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Canada |
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7.8 |
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47,070,000 |
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France |
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6.3 |
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38,077,908 |
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Australia |
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2.8 |
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16,892,500 |
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Norway |
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2.8 |
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16,923,604 |
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Mexico |
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2.5 |
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15,325,173 |
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Switzerland |
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1.8 |
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10,960,000 |
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Luxembourg |
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1.6 |
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9,958,500 |
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Denmark |
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1.5 |
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8,945,117 |
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Germany |
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1.5 |
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8,919,800 |
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Italy |
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0.9 |
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5,204,805 |
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Netherlands |
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0.6 |
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3,858,700 |
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Bermuda |
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0.6 |
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3,609,215 |
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Iceland |
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0.3 |
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1,838,796 |
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Spain |
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0.2 |
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1,312,425 |
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100.0 |
% |
$ |
606,652,351 |
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The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at January 31, 2008.
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at January 31, 2008, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
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Aggregate cost |
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$ |
404,068,511 |
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Gross unrealized appreciation |
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$ |
212,017,975 |
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Gross unrealized depreciation |
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(9,434,135 |
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Net unrealized appreciation |
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$ |
202,583,840 |
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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 |
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Date: |
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March 11, 2008 |
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 |
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Date: |
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March 11, 2008 |
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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 |
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Date: |
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March 11, 2008 |