UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act File Number

 

811-21470

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

The Eaton Vance Building,
255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma
Eaton Vance Management, 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

(617) 482-8260

 

 

 

Date of Fiscal Year End:

 

October 31

 

 

 

Date of Reporting Period:

 

July 31, 2008

 

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 



 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

 

as of July 31, 2008

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Common Stocks (1) — 118.9%

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Beverages — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Diageo PLC

 

2,000,000

 

$

34,818,957

 

 

 

 

 

$

34,818,957

 

Chemicals — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

BASF AG

 

450,000

 

$

28,491,279

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,491,279

 

Commercial Banks — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

 

800,000

 

$

38,984,000

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

387,005

 

38,161,619

 

 

 

 

 

$

77,145,619

 

Construction & Engineering — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Vinci SA

 

600,000

 

$

33,932,670

 

 

 

 

 

$

33,932,670

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 11.3%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

2,195,000

 

$

67,627,950

 

BCE, Inc.

 

748,000

 

28,379,120

 

BT Group PLC

 

4,000,000

 

13,507,924

 

Deutsche Telekom AG

 

2,006,208

 

34,784,461

 

France Telecom SA

 

1,077,991

 

34,093,853

 

Tele2 AB, Class B

 

537,107

 

9,384,835

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

446,324

 

15,192,869

 

 

 

 

 

$

202,971,012

 

Electric Utilities — 22.6%

 

 

 

 

 

E.ON AG

 

500,000

 

$

95,309,701

 

Edison International

 

650,000

 

31,421,000

 

Enel SpA

 

3,423,091

 

31,644,503

 

Entergy Corp.

 

450,000

 

48,114,000

 

Exelon Corp.

 

560,000

 

44,027,200

 

Fortum Oyj

 

500,000

 

22,046,555

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

700,000

 

45,171,000

 

Scottish and Southern Energy PLC

 

2,500,000

 

69,208,367

 

Southern Co. (The)

 

500,000

 

17,695,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

404,637,326

 

Electrical Equipment — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A

 

450,000

 

$

18,976,500

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

900,000

 

43,830,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

62,806,500

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

400,000

 

$

47,720,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

47,720,000

 

Food Products — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

 

588,220

 

$

18,717,160

 

Nestle SA

 

1,000,000

 

43,839,852

 

Unilever NV

 

1,113,901

 

30,727,771

 

 

 

 

 

$

93,284,783

 

Gas Utilities — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

GDF Suez

 

722,938

 

$

45,255,456

 

 

 

 

 

$

45,255,456

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Scientific Corp. (2)

 

1,500,000

 

$

17,835,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,835,000

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Compass Group PLC

 

6,219,671

 

$

44,813,424

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

800,000

 

47,832,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

92,645,424

 

 

1



 

Household Durables — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Stanley Works

 

250,000

 

$

11,120,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,120,000

 

Insurance — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

AON Corp.

 

400,000

 

$

18,320,000

 

Chubb Corp.

 

449,478

 

21,592,923

 

Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)

 

494,985

 

21,838,738

 

 

 

 

 

$

61,751,661

 

Machinery — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Deere & Co.

 

800,000

 

$

56,128,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

56,128,000

 

Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Reed Elsevier PLC

 

1

 

$

11

 

 

 

 

 

$

11

 

Metals & Mining — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B

 

350,000

 

$

33,862,500

 

Southern Copper Corp.

 

1,200,000

 

33,336,000

 

Voestalpine AG

 

200,000

 

13,134,954

 

 

 

 

 

$

80,333,454

 

Multi-Utilities — 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

RWE AG

 

575,000

 

$

68,822,261

 

Suez SA

 

682,733

 

40,855,564

 

United Utilities Group PLC

 

2,559,847

 

35,092,197

 

United Utilities Group PLC, Class B

 

3,312,743

 

11,155,761

 

Veolia Environnement

 

813,234

 

43,168,290

 

 

 

 

 

$

199,094,073

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 20.0%

 

 

 

 

 

BP PLC ADR

 

450,000

 

$

27,648,000

 

Cairn Energy PLC (2)

 

605,000

 

32,620,028

 

Chevron Corp.

 

650,000

 

54,964,000

 

ENI SpA

 

1,280,000

 

43,204,266

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

1,100,000

 

54,417,000

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

 

1,144,731

 

14,284,486

 

StatoilHydro ASA

 

2,200,000

 

71,134,001

 

Total SA ADR

 

800,000

 

61,200,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

359,471,781

 

Pharmaceuticals — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

 

500,000

 

$

16,450,000

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

 

900,000

 

18,972,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

35,422,000

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

200,000

 

$

19,942,000

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

251,440

 

24,186,014

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

260,000

 

24,083,800

 

 

 

 

 

$

68,211,814

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, Class A

 

700,000

 

$

41,801,913

 

 

 

 

 

$

41,801,913

 

Tobacco — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

850,000

 

$

17,297,500

 

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

 

200,000

 

7,464,709

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

850,000

 

43,902,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

68,664,709

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

150,000

 

$

9,699,660

 

 

 

 

 

$

9,699,660

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $1,494,262,938)

 

 

 

$

2,133,243,102

 

 

2



 

Preferred Stocks — 19.1%

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Commercial Banks — 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey National Capital Trust I, 8.963% (3)

 

175,000

 

$

19,207,842

 

ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (3)(4)

 

3,300

 

2,239,875

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (3)(4)

 

179,600

 

17,717,666

 

BBVA International Preferred SA Unipersonal, 5.919% (3)

 

40,000

 

3,122,820

 

BNP Paribas, 7.195% (3)(4)

 

140,000

 

12,170,032

 

BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (3)(4)

 

150,000

 

15,415,305

 

Citigroup Inc., Series AA, 8.125%

 

170,000

 

3,493,500

 

Citigroup Inc., Series F, 8.50%

 

155,000

 

3,334,050

 

Credit Agricole SA/London, 6.637% (3)(4)

 

99,500

 

7,858,211

 

DB Capital Funding VIII, 6.375%

 

206,000

 

4,179,740

 

DB Contingent Capital Trust II, 6.55%

 

135,000

 

2,782,350

 

Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (3)(4)

 

50,000

 

5,086,275

 

First Tennessee Bank, 3.75% (3)(4)

 

5,275

 

3,946,359

 

HBOS PLC, 6.657% (3)(4)

 

180,000

 

11,681,460

 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (3)(4)

 

210,000

 

22,039,269

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 7.90% (3)

 

122,500

 

11,619,431

 

Landsbanki Islands HF, 7.431% (3)(4)

 

148,500

 

8,593,235

 

National City Corp., Series F, 9.875% (3)

 

330,000

 

6,336,000

 

Nordea Bank AB, 8.95% (3)(4)

 

15,700

 

1,524,255

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.64% (3)

 

131,000

 

11,295,933

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 9.118%

 

44,750

 

4,625,221

 

Santander Finance Unipersonal, 6.50%

 

386,500

 

7,401,475

 

Standard Chartered PLC, 6.409% (3)(4)

 

99,000

 

7,922,069

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (3)

 

150,000

 

15,532,065

 

Wachovia Corp., 8.00%

 

300,000

 

5,754,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

214,878,438

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., 7.95%

 

180,000

 

$

2,840,400

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,840,400

 

Electric Utilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia Power Co., 6.50%

 

80,000

 

$

7,840,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,840,000

 

Food Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (4)

 

75,230

 

$

6,051,313

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,051,313

 

Insurance — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Aegon NV, 6.375%

 

470,000

 

$

8,004,100

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., Series A, 8.00%

 

77,000

 

1,771,000

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., Series B, 7.875%

 

11,000

 

250,250

 

AXA SA, 6.379% (3)(4)

 

25,000

 

2,049,815

 

AXA SA, 6.463% (3)(4)

 

216,750

 

17,630,792

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75%

 

246,200

 

5,047,100

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.439% (3)

 

213,000

 

21,717,459

 

ING Groep NV, 8.50%

 

450,000

 

11,250,000

 

Prudential PLC, 6.50%

 

185,000

 

14,786,662

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08%

 

257,500

 

4,454,750

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.60%

 

115,000

 

2,185,000

 

Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust VI, 3.51% (3)(4)

 

16,200

 

15,627,938

 

 

 

 

 

$

104,774,866

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Kinder Morgan GP, Inc., 8.33% (3)(4)

 

7,000

 

$

7,468,563

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,468,563

 

Sovereign Agency — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

CoBank, 11.00%

 

110,000

 

$

5,473,435

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,473,435

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Indymac Bank FSB, 8.50% (4)

 

400,000

 

$

29,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

29,000

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $425,691,997)

 

 

 

$

349,356,015

 

 

3



 

Rights — 0.3%

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Suez Environnement SA, Expires 6/22/10 (2)

 

682,733

 

$

4,910,730

 

Total Rights
(identified cost $4,827,792)

 

 

 

$

4,910,730

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 2.0%

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

Description

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Investment in Cash Management Portfolio, 2.23% (5)

 

$

36,420

 

$

36,419,525

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $36,419,525)

 

 

 

$

36,419,525

 

Total Investments — 140.6%
(identified cost $1,961,202,252)

 

 

 

$

2,523,929,372

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (40.6)%

 

 

 

$

(729,203,351

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

1,794,726,021

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

(1)

 

All securities except for Bouygues SA have been segregated as collateral with the custodian for borrowings under the Facility Agreement.

(2)

 

Non-income producing security.

(3)

 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at July 31, 2008.

(4)

 

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, 2008, the aggregate value of the securities is $165,051,432 or 9.2% of the Fund’s net assets.

(5)

 

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, 2008. Net income allocated from the Investment in Cash Management Portfolio for the fiscal year to date ended July 31, 2008 was $259,966.

 

Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Country

 

of Total Investments

 

Value

 

United States

 

45.1

%

$

1,138,066,394

 

France

 

13.9

 

350,986,692

 

United Kingdom

 

13.6

 

344,358,390

 

Germany

 

9.0

 

227,407,702

 

Norway

 

3.6

 

90,504,761

 

Switzerland

 

3.4

 

85,641,765

 

Italy

 

3.0

 

74,848,769

 

Canada

 

2.7

 

67,363,120

 

Netherlands

 

2.0

 

49,981,871

 

Bermuda

 

1.3

 

32,684,600

 

Finland

 

0.9

 

22,046,555

 

Austria

 

0.5

 

13,134,954

 

Sweden

 

0.4

 

10,909,090

 

Iceland

 

0.3

 

8,593,234

 

Spain

 

0.3

 

7,401,475

 

 

 

100.0

%

$

2,523,929,372

 

 

4



 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at July 31, 2008.

 

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at July 31, 2008, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

1,961,246,630

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

688,465,567

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(125,782,825

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

562,682,742

 

 

5



 

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 Income Fund

 

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President

 

 

 

Date:

 

September 25, 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.

 

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President

 

 

 

Date:

 

September 25, 2008

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Date:

 

September 25, 2008