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)

Alan R. Dynner, Esq.

Eaton Vance Management, 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

(617) 482-8260

Date of Fiscal Year End

 

December 31

Date of Reporting Period

 

September 30, 2005

 

 




Item 1. Schedule of Investments




Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund                                           as of September 30, 2005

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 117.7%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Beverages — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Diageo PLC (1)

 

2,000,000

 

$

28,866,720

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,866,720

 

Building Materials — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Cemex SA de CV ADR

 

200,000

 

10,460,000

 

Stanley Works

 

250,000

 

11,670,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,130,000

 

Chemicals — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Chemical Co.

 

700,000

 

29,169,000

 

Ecolab, Inc.

 

300,000

 

9,579,000

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.

 

750,000

 

21,465,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

60,213,000

 

Coal — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Fording Canadian Coal Trust (1)

 

750,000

 

31,927,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,927,500

 

Commercial Banks — 12.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

600,000

 

25,260,000

 

Bank of Nova Scotia (1)

 

1,150,000

 

43,010,000

 

BNP Paribas SA (1)

 

200,000

 

15,266,330

 

HBOS PLC (1)

 

2,000,000

 

30,247,757

 

HSBC Holdings PLC (1)

 

1,000,000

 

16,237,879

 

National City Corp.

 

600,000

 

20,064,000

 

Royal Bank of Canada (1)

 

200,000

 

14,600,000

 

Societe Generale (1)

 

300,000

 

34,383,743

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

350,000

 

20,499,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

219,569,209

 

Computers — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

500,000

 

40,110,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

40,110,000

 

Consumer Discretionary — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, Class A (1)

 

700,000

 

27,924,686

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,924,686

 

Distributors — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

400,000

 

17,160,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,160,000

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 12.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Alltel Corp.

 

100,000

 

6,511,000

 

BCE, Inc. (1)

 

1,400,000

 

38,416,000

 

BellSouth Corp.

 

600,000

 

15,780,000

 

BT Group PLC (1)

 

14,000,000

 

55,080,246

 

1




 

 

 

PanAmSat Holding Corp.

 

438,009

 

$

10,599,818

 

SBC Communications, Inc.

 

600,000

 

14,382,000

 

Sprint Corp. (FON Group)

 

300,000

 

7,134,000

 

Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. (1)

 

6,000,000

 

25,080,385

 

Telstra Corp. Ltd. (1)

 

5,535,326

 

17,124,902

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

800,000

 

26,152,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

216,260,351

 

Electrical Equipment — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

350,000

 

25,130,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

25,130,000

 

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturer — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Industries Ltd., Class A (1)

 

225,000

 

15,556,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,556,500

 

Engineering and Construction — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA (1)

 

150,000

 

6,992,352

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,992,352

 

Financial Services — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Countrywide Financial Corp.

 

600,000

 

19,788,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

19,788,000

 

Food Products — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Unilever NV (1)

 

200,000

 

14,290,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,290,000

 

Healthcare Products — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

800,000

 

19,248,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

19,248,000

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

 

400,000

 

13,468,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

13,468,000

 

Insurance — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

465,000

 

31,415,400

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,415,400

 

Lodging and Gaming — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

 

400,000

 

26,076,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

26,076,000

 

Machinery — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

500,000

 

29,375,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

29,375,000

 

Metals-Gold — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

350,000

 

17,006,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,006,500

 

2




 

 

 

Metals-Steel — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

BlueScope Steel Ltd. (1)

 

4,500,000

 

$

32,911,735

 

 

 

 

 

$

32,911,735

 

Metals and Mining — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Peru Copper Corp.

 

200,000

 

11,192,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,192,000

 

Multimedia — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

 

200,000

 

6,578,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,578,000

 

Oil and Gas — 19.1%

 

 

 

 

 

BP PLC ADR

 

800,000

 

56,680,000

 

Chevron Corp.

 

650,000

 

42,074,500

 

ENI SPA (1)

 

1,780,000

 

52,967,481

 

GlobalSantaFe Corp.

 

200,000

 

9,124,000

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

 

149,305

 

14,499,008

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

650,000

 

44,804,500

 

Neste Oil Oyj (1)

 

187,500

 

6,943,137

 

Statoil ASA (1)

 

2,200,000

 

54,521,772

 

Total SA ADR

 

400,000

 

54,328,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

335,942,398

 

Pharmaceuticals — 6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

AstraZeneca PLC (1)

 

400,000

 

18,743,936

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (1)

 

1,500,000

 

38,378,684

 

Wyeth Corp.

 

1,050,000

 

48,583,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

105,706,120

 

REITS — 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

200,000

 

17,140,000

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

200,000

 

14,180,000

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

 

375,000

 

17,512,500

 

Equity Residential Properties Trust

 

260,000

 

9,841,000

 

Rayonier, Inc.

 

200,000

 

11,524,000

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

260,000

 

19,271,200

 

SL Green Realty Corp.

 

200,000

 

13,636,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

103,104,700

 

Restaurants — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

400,000

 

13,396,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

13,396,000

 

Tobacco — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

850,000

 

62,653,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

62,653,500

 

3




 

 

 

Utilities-Electrical — 14.6%

 

 

 

 

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

450,000

 

$

17,865,000

 

Edison International

 

650,000

 

30,732,000

 

Enel SPA (1)

 

5,204,200

 

44,901,024

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

700,000

 

33,320,000

 

RWE AG (1)

 

650,000

 

43,176,297

 

Scottish and Southern Energy PLC (1)

 

2,500,000

 

45,578,411

 

Scottish Power PLC (1)

 

2,300,000

 

23,235,979

 

Southern Co.

 

500,000

 

17,880,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

256,688,711

 

Utilities-Electrical and Gas — 9.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

268,000

 

14,335,320

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

645,800

 

29,616,388

 

E. ON AG (1)

 

500,000

 

46,125,757

 

Entergy Corp.

 

500,000

 

37,160,000

 

Exelon Corp.

 

660,000

 

35,270,400

 

 

 

 

 

$

162,507,865

 

Utilities-Water — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

United Utilities PLC (1)

 

1,471,400

 

17,019,119

 

Veolia Environment (1)

 

813,234

 

34,490,282

 

 

 

 

 

$

51,509,401

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Vodafone Group PLC ADR

 

1,700,000

 

44,149,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

44,149,000

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $1,714,597,189)

 

 

 

$

2,068,846,648

 

 

Preferred Stocks — 24.8%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Commercial Banks — 13.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey National PLC, 7.375% (1)

 

395,000

 

$

10,293,700

 

ABN AMRO Capital Funding Trust VII, 6.08%

 

305,000

 

7,603,650

 

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

 

3,300

 

3,535,125

 

Banco Santander, 6.41% (1)

 

908,600

 

23,441,880

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (1)(2)(3)(4)

 

218,600

 

26,196,958

 

BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (1)(2)(3)(4)

 

150,000

 

18,000,795

 

CA Preferred Fund Trust II, 7.00% (1)(4)

 

50,000

 

5,245,210

 

CA Preferred Fund Trust, 7.00% (1)(4)

 

250,000

 

26,100,275

 

Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (1)(2)(3)(4)

 

50,000

 

5,741,620

 

First Tennessee Bank, 5.15% (2)(3)

 

11,000

 

11,006,187

 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (1)(2)(3)(4)

 

210,000

 

25,433,289

 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90% (1)(4)

 

220,000

 

22,858,462

 

 

4




 

 

Nordbanken AB, 8.95% (1)(2)(3)(4)

 

15,700

 

$

1,848,760

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 9.118% (1)(4)

 

235,750

 

28,509,153

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (1)(2)(4)

 

150,000

 

18,037,845

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust III, 7.25% (1)

 

253,500

 

6,499,740

 

 

 

 

 

$

240,352,649

 

Financial Services — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

BBVA Preferred Capital Ltd., 7.75% (1)

 

372,500

 

9,524,825

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series F, 5.00%

 

150,000

 

6,375,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series M, 3.93% (2)

 

100,000

 

4,225,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series I, 5.375%

 

100,000

 

4,440,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series M, 4.75%

 

100,000

 

3,985,000

 

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

 

115,000

 

6,332,188

 

Prudential PLC, 6.50% (1)(4)

 

230,000

 

23,406,203

 

 

 

 

 

$

58,288,216

 

Food Products — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (3)

 

222,480

 

22,252,450

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,252,450

 

Insurance — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Ace Ltd., 7.80% (1)

 

655,700

 

17,277,695

 

Aegon NV, 6.375% (1)

 

400,000

 

10,196,000

 

AXA, 7.10% (1)(4)

 

225,000

 

23,436,923

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.439% (1)(2)(4)

 

170,000

 

19,945,556

 

ING Groep NV, 6.125% (1)

 

225,000

 

5,653,125

 

ING Groep NV, 7.20% (1)

 

330,000

 

8,616,300

 

MetLife, Inc., 4.87% (2)

 

240,000

 

6,117,600

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., 6.08% (1)

 

441,000

 

9,900,450

 

XL Capital Ltd., Series A, 8.00% (1)

 

50,000

 

1,305,000

 

Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust VI, 4.50% (1)(2)(3)

 

12,500

 

12,437,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

114,886,149

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $443,011,365)

 

 

 

$

435,779,464

 

5




 

 

Short-Term Investments — 0.8%

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Investors Bank and Trust Company Time Deposit, 3.90%, 10/3/05

 

$

2,339

 

$

2,339,000

 

UBS Finance LLC, Commercial Paper, 3.86%, 10/3/05

 

12,534

 

12,531,312

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(at amortized cost, $14,870,312)

 

 

 

$

14,870,312

 

Total Investments — 143.3%
(identified cost $2,172,478,866)

 

 

 

$

2,519,496,424

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.6)%

 

 

 

$

(11,528,784

)

Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative
Unpaid Dividends — (42.7)%

 

 

 

$

(749,922,083

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

1,758,045,557

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

(1)

 

Foreign security.

(2)

 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at September 30, 2005.

(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 September 30, 2005, the aggregate value of the securities is $126,452,684 or 7.2% of the Fund’s net assets.

(4)

 

Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.

 

6




 

 

Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Country

 

Total Investments

 

Value

 

United States

 

44.15

%

$

1,112,369,896

 

United Kingdom

 

20.28

%

510,915,496

 

France

 

8.66

%

218,243,911

 

Canada

 

5.08

%

127,953,500

 

Italy

 

3.88

%

97,868,504

 

Germany

 

3.54

%

89,302,054

 

Netherlands

 

2.63

%

66,304,631

 

Switzerland

 

2.58

%

64,899,771

 

Norway

 

2.39

%

60,263,392

 

Australia

 

1.98

%

50,036,637

 

Bermuda

 

1.75

%

44,039,645

 

Spain

 

1.31

%

32,966,705

 

New Zealand

 

1.00

%

25,080,385

 

Mexico

 

0.42

%

10,460,000

 

Finland

 

0.28

%

6,943,137

 

Sweden

 

0.07

%

1,848,760

 

 

 

100.00

%

$

2,519,496,424

 

 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at September 30, 2005.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of investments owned by the Fund at September 30, 2005, as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Aggregate cost

 

$

2,172,478,866

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

369,628,750

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(22,611,192

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

347,017,558

 

 

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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 Income Fund

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

 

November 28, 2005

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

 

November 28, 2005

 

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

Date:

 

November 28, 2005