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:

 

January 31, 2008

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 



 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

as of January 31, 2008

 

 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

 

Common Stocks — 116.0%

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Beverages — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Diageo PLC

 

2,000,000

 

$

40,361,163

 

 

 

 

 

$

40,361,163

 

Chemicals — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

BASF AG

 

225,000

 

$

29,183,975

 

 

 

 

 

$

29,183,975

 

Commercial Banks — 6.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of Montreal

 

320,000

 

$

18,060,800

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

 

800,000

 

38,296,000

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

400,000

 

39,514,909

 

Credit Agricole SA

 

100,000

 

3,064,705

 

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

 

1,000,000

 

8,730,940

 

Societe Generale

 

225,000

 

28,146,842

 

 

 

 

 

$

135,814,196

 

Construction & Engineering — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Vinci SA

 

500,000

 

$

34,042,821

 

 

 

 

 

$

34,042,821

 

Construction Materials — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Cemex SA de CV Sponored ADR (1)

 

433,039

 

$

11,739,687

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,739,687

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Temple-Inland, Inc.

 

857,699

 

$

16,081,856

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,081,856

 

Distributors — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

400,000

 

$

17,572,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,572,000

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

400,000

 

$

17,740,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,740,000

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 9.2%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

2,195,000

 

$

84,485,549

 

BCE, Inc.

 

1,098,000

 

38,155,500

 

BT Group PLC

 

6,000,000

 

31,166,779

 

Elisa Oyj

 

300,000

 

8,526,160

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

500,000

 

19,420,000

 

Windstream Corp.

 

465,267

 

5,401,750

 

 

 

 

 

$

187,155,738

 

Electric Utilities — 19.8%

 

 

 

 

 

E. ON AG

 

500,000

 

$

91,700,634

 

Edison International

 

650,000

 

33,904,000

 

Enel SPA

 

1,250,000

 

13,826,855

 

Entergy Corp.

 

450,000

 

48,681,000

 

Exelon Corp.

 

560,000

 

42,666,400

 

Fortum Oyj

 

300,000

 

11,992,860

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

700,000

 

45,136,000

 

Iberdrola SA

 

1,201,840

 

18,242,322

 

Scottish and Southern Energy PLC

 

2,500,000

 

76,156,955

 

Southern Co. (The)

 

500,000

 

18,175,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

400,482,026

 

 

1



 

Electrical Equipment — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A

 

450,000

 

$

20,043,000

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

900,000

 

45,756,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

65,799,000

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

400,000

 

$

45,172,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

45,172,000

 

Food Products — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

 

588,220

 

$

17,211,317

 

Nestle SA

 

100,000

 

44,612,650

 

 

 

 

 

$

61,823,967

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Compass Group PLC

 

6,994,671

 

$

44,342,852

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

800,000

 

42,840,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

87,182,852

 

Household Durables — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Stanley Works

 

250,000

 

$

12,840,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,840,000

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

 

50,000

 

$

1,770,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,770,500

 

Insurance — 8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Aegon NV

 

500,000

 

$

7,439,122

 

Allianz SE

 

50,000

 

8,875,066

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

350,000

 

19,306,000

 

AON Corp.

 

400,000

 

17,408,000

 

Chubb Corp.

 

300,000

 

15,537,000

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

465,000

 

39,232,050

 

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

 

300,000

 

14,430,000

 

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

 

300,000

 

10,572,000

 

Zurich Financial Services AG

 

116,900

 

33,354,863

 

 

 

 

 

$

166,154,101

 

Machinery — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Deere & Co.

 

800,000

 

$

70,208,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

70,208,000

 

Media — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Reed Elsevier NV

 

173,134

 

$

3,154,445

 

Reed Elsevier PLC

 

484,466

 

5,850,118

 

Wolters Kluwer NV

 

300,000

 

8,564,076

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,568,639

 

Metals & Mining — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

350,000

 

$

31,160,500

 

Southern Copper Corp.

 

400,000

 

37,536,000

 

ThyssenKrupp AG

 

78,886

 

3,840,915

 

 

 

 

 

$

72,537,415

 

Metals-Industrial — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Zinifex, Ltd.

 

1,250,000

 

$

11,783,289

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,783,289

 

Multi-Utilities — 9.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

268,000

 

$

12,009,080

 

RWE AG

 

575,000

 

70,295,151

 

United Utilities PLC

 

2,570,542

 

36,619,354

 

Veolia Environnement

 

914,888

 

74,944,609

 

 

 

 

 

$

193,868,194

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 18.1%

 

 

 

 

 

BP PLC ADR

 

650,000

 

$

41,437,500

 

Cairn Energy PLC (1)

 

650,000

 

33,370,807

 

 

2



 

Chevron Corp.

 

650,000

 

$

54,925,000

 

ENI SpA

 

1,280,000

 

41,215,771

 

ENI SpA, Sponsored ADR

 

200,000

 

12,906,000

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

1,100,000

 

51,535,000

 

Neste Oil Oyj

 

478,435

 

15,299,672

 

Statoil ASA

 

2,200,000

 

57,600,135

 

Total SA ADR

 

800,000

 

58,224,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

366,513,885

 

Pharmaceuticals — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

AstraZeneca PLC

 

400,000

 

$

16,794,094

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

400,000

 

25,304,000

 

Wyeth

 

1,050,000

 

41,790,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

83,888,094

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

200,000

 

$

18,790,000

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

170,000

 

15,626,400

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

260,000

 

23,238,800

 

SL Green Realty Corp.

 

96,700

 

8,974,727

 

 

 

 

 

$

66,629,927

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Forestar Real Estate Group, Inc. (1)

 

185,899

 

$

4,245,933

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,245,933

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, Class A

 

700,000

 

$

39,903,538

 

 

 

 

 

$

39,903,538

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Guaranty Financial Group, Inc. (1)

 

185,899

 

$

2,583,996

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,583,996

 

Tobacco — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

850,000

 

$

64,447,000

 

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

 

200,000

 

9,780,315

 

 

 

 

 

$

74,227,315

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

150,000

 

$

11,517,447

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,517,447

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $1,590,492,092)

 

 

 

$

2,346,391,554

 

 

Preferred Stocks — 19.9%

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Banks and Money Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Finance UNIP, 6.50%

 

329,000

 

$

7,336,700

 

Santander Finance UNIP, 6.80%

 

57,500

 

1,342,625

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,679,325

 

Commercial Banks — 12.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey National Capital Trust I, 8.963% (2)

 

175,000

 

$

20,876,205

 

ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (2) (3)

 

3,300

 

3,281,437

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (2) (3)

 

218,600

 

23,929,989

 

BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (2) (3)

 

150,000

 

16,384,200

 

CA Preferred Fund Trust II, 7.00%

 

50,000

 

4,971,485

 

CA Preferred Funding Trust, 7.00%

 

250,000

 

24,896,275

 

DB Capital Funding II, 6.55%

 

135,000

 

3,302,100

 

Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (2) (3)

 

50,000

 

5,323,145

 

Deutsche Bank Capital Funding VIII, 6.375%

 

206,000

 

4,937,820

 

First Tennessee Bank, 6.17% (2) (3)

 

5,275

 

3,949,656

 

HBOS PLC, 6.657% (2) (3)

 

180,000

 

14,956,128

 

 

3



 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (2) (3)

 

210,000

 

$

23,185,113

 

Landsbanki Islands HF, 7.431% (2) (3)

 

148,500

 

12,700,522

 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90%

 

220,000

 

21,946,760

 

National City Corp., 9.875% (2)

 

275,000

 

7,191,250

 

Nordea Bank AB, 8.95% (2) (3)

 

15,700

 

1,733,161

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.64% (2)

 

131,000

 

13,775,397

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 9.118%

 

44,750

 

4,988,806

 

Standard Chartered PLC, 6.409% (2) (3)

 

99,000

 

8,929,889

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (2)

 

150,000

 

16,841,850

 

Wachovia Corp., 8.00%

 

300,000

 

7,911,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

246,012,188

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc., Series AA, 8.125%

 

250,000

 

$

6,555,000

 

ING Group NV, 7.375%

 

190,000

 

4,871,600

 

ING Group NV, 6.125%

 

130,000

 

3,066,700

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,493,300

 

Electric Utilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia Power Co., 6.50%

 

80,000

 

$

7,840,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,840,000

 

Food Products — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (3)

 

75,230

 

$

6,961,130

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,961,130

 

Insurance — 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Aegon NV, 6.375%

 

470,000

 

$

11,200,100

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., 7.875%

 

11,000

 

275,000

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., 8.00%

 

77,000

 

1,967,350

 

AXA SA, 6.463% (2) (3)

 

183,750

 

16,193,759

 

AXA SA, 7.10%

 

91,250

 

9,276,402

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75%

 

246,200

 

6,090,988

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.439% (2)

 

170,000

 

18,469,531

 

Prudential PLC, 6.50%

 

207,000

 

18,841,119

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08%

 

257,500

 

5,433,250

 

Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust VI, 6.07% (2) (3)

 

12,500

 

11,648,437

 

 

 

 

 

$

99,395,936

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Kinder Morgan GP, Inc., 8.33% (2) (3)

 

6,000

 

$

6,546,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,546,000

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series S, 8.25%

 

92,500

 

$

2,443,850

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series O, 7.00% (2)

 

125,000

 

6,226,563

 

Indymac Bank FSB, 8.50% (3)

 

400,000

 

3,225,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,895,413

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $437,006,794)

 

 

 

$

401,823,292

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 0.7%

 

Description

 

Interest
(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Investment in Cash Management Portfolio, 4.32% (4)

 

$

14,414

 

$

14,413,624

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $14,413,624)

 

 

 

$

14,413,624

 

Total Investments — 136.6%
(identified cost $2,041,912,510)

 

 

 

$

2,762,628,471

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.5%

 

 

 

$

10,297,797

 

Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (37.1)%

 

 

 

$

(750,412,500

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

2,022,513,768

 

 

4



 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

 

 

 

(1)

 

Non-income producing security.

 

 

 

(2)

 

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

 

 

 

(3)

 

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 $158,947,566 or 7.9% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

 

 

(4)

 

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 $88,741.

 

Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

Country

 

Percentage
of Total Investments

 

Value

 

United States

 

46.4

%

$

1,282,013,273

 

United Kingdom

 

17.2

 

475,164,077

 

France

 

10.0

 

274,925,494

 

Germany

 

7.4

 

203,895,742

 

Switzerland

 

4.3

 

117,871,051

 

Canada

 

3.4

 

94,512,300

 

Italy

 

2.4

 

67,948,626

 

Norway

 

2.3

 

62,923,280

 

Bermuda

 

1.6

 

44,381,588

 

Netherlands

 

1.4

 

38,296,043

 

Finland

 

1.3

 

35,818,691

 

Spain

 

1.0

 

26,921,647

 

Other Countries, each less than 1%

 

1.3

 

37,956,659

 

 

 

100.0

%

$

2,762,628,471

 

 

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:

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

2,041,956,888

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

797,070,745

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(76,399,162

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

720,671,583

 

 

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:

 

March 12, 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:

 

March 15, 2008

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Date:

 

March 12, 2008