Eaton Vance Risk Managed Diversified Equity Income
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
811-22044
Investment Company Act File Number
Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Maureen A. Gemma
Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Name and Address of Agent for Services)
(617) 482-8260
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
December 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
March 31, 2010
Date of Reporting Period
 
 

 


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Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Item 2. Controls and Procedures
Signatures
EX-99.CERT Section 302 Certifcation


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Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 


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Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund as of March 31, 2010
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
 
Common Stocks — 97.3%
 
                 
Security   Shares     Value  
Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%
               
General Dynamics Corp. 
    163,103     $ 12,591,552  
Lockheed Martin Corp. 
    86,990       7,239,308  
                 
            $ 19,830,860  
                 
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%
               
FedEx Corp. 
    77,536     $ 7,241,862  
                 
            $ 7,241,862  
                 
Beverages — 2.4%
               
Coca-Cola Co. (The)
    204,218     $ 11,231,990  
PepsiCo, Inc. 
    250,532       16,575,197  
                 
            $ 27,807,187  
                 
Biotechnology — 1.4%
               
Amgen, Inc.(1)
    195,928     $ 11,708,657  
Celgene Corp.(1)
    72,362       4,483,550  
                 
            $ 16,192,207  
                 
Capital Markets — 2.9%
               
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
    115,404     $ 19,691,384  
Northern Trust Corp. 
    132,180       7,304,267  
State Street Corp. 
    145,583       6,571,617  
                 
            $ 33,567,268  
                 
Chemicals — 0.5%
               
Monsanto Co. 
    82,404     $ 5,885,294  
                 
            $ 5,885,294  
                 
Commercial Banks — 2.9%
               
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 
    121,185     $ 7,234,744  
U.S. Bancorp
    252,579       6,536,745  
Wells Fargo & Co. 
    620,373       19,306,008  
                 
            $ 33,077,497  
                 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%
               
Waste Management, Inc. 
    328,266     $ 11,302,198  
                 
            $ 11,302,198  
                 
Communications Equipment — 3.1%
               
Cisco Systems, Inc.(1)
    892,079     $ 23,220,816  
QUALCOMM, Inc. 
    293,422       12,320,790  
                 
            $ 35,541,606  
                 
Computers & Peripherals — 6.1%
               
Apple, Inc.(1)
    125,021     $ 29,371,184  
Hewlett-Packard Co. 
    341,615       18,156,837  
International Business Machines Corp. 
    178,608       22,906,476  
                 
            $ 70,434,497  
                 
Consumer Finance — 0.6%
               
American Express Co. 
    154,058     $ 6,356,433  
                 
            $ 6,356,433  
                 
Diversified Financial Services — 5.0%
               
Bank of America Corp. 
    1,170,231     $ 20,888,623  
Citigroup, Inc.(1)
    855,739       3,465,743  
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
    732,585       32,783,179  
                 
            $ 57,137,545  
                 
 
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Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.3%
               
AT&T, Inc. 
    658,763     $ 17,022,436  
Verizon Communications, Inc. 
    320,768       9,950,223  
                 
            $ 26,972,659  
                 
Electric Utilities — 1.0%
               
American Electric Power Co., Inc. 
    322,093     $ 11,009,139  
                 
            $ 11,009,139  
                 
Electrical Equipment — 1.0%
               
Emerson Electric Co. 
    228,650     $ 11,510,241  
                 
            $ 11,510,241  
                 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3%
               
Corning, Inc. 
    741,613     $ 14,987,999  
                 
            $ 14,987,999  
                 
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%
               
Halliburton Co. 
    273,409     $ 8,237,813  
Schlumberger, Ltd. 
    169,943       10,784,583  
                 
            $ 19,022,396  
                 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.4%
               
CVS Caremark Corp. 
    223,817     $ 8,182,750  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
    350,584       19,492,470  
                 
            $ 27,675,220  
                 
Food Products — 1.7%
               
Kellogg Co. 
    155,534     $ 8,310,182  
Nestle SA
    221,699       11,360,294  
                 
            $ 19,670,476  
                 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.9%
               
Baxter International, Inc. 
    180,249     $ 10,490,492  
Boston Scientific Corp.(1)
    853,618       6,163,122  
Covidien PLC
    217,109       10,916,240  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(1)
    104,718       6,199,306  
                 
            $ 33,769,160  
                 
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.2%
               
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 
    219,005     $ 6,333,624  
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA ADR
    122,392       6,873,535  
                 
            $ 13,207,159  
                 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%
               
Carnival Corp. 
    184,055     $ 7,156,058  
McDonald’s Corp. 
    204,076       13,615,951  
                 
            $ 20,772,009  
                 
Household Products — 3.3%
               
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 
    216,207     $ 18,433,809  
Procter & Gamble Co. 
    312,504       19,772,128  
                 
            $ 38,205,937  
                 
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.6%
               
General Electric Co. 
    1,630,331     $ 29,672,024  
                 
            $ 29,672,024  
                 
Insurance — 3.6%
               
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1)
    138,067     $ 11,220,705  
Lincoln National Corp. 
    234,165       7,188,866  
MetLife, Inc. 
    251,867       10,915,916  
Prudential Financial, Inc. 
    190,903       11,549,631  
                 
            $ 40,875,118  
                 
 
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Security   Shares     Value  
Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.2%
               
Amazon.com, Inc.(1)
    102,097     $ 13,857,626  
                 
            $ 13,857,626  
                 
Internet Software & Services — 0.9%
               
Google, Inc., Class A(1)
    17,638     $ 10,000,922  
                 
            $ 10,000,922  
                 
IT Services — 1.1%
               
MasterCard, Inc., Class A
    51,491     $ 13,078,714  
                 
            $ 13,078,714  
                 
Machinery — 3.1%
               
Danaher Corp. 
    144,413     $ 11,540,043  
Deere & Co. 
    141,894       8,437,017  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 
    172,527       8,170,879  
PACCAR, Inc. 
    162,023       7,022,077  
                 
            $ 35,170,016  
                 
Media — 0.6%
               
Walt Disney Co. (The)
    208,435     $ 7,276,466  
                 
            $ 7,276,466  
                 
Metals & Mining — 2.8%
               
BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR
    70,608     $ 5,671,235  
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. 
    69,461       5,802,772  
Goldcorp, Inc. 
    432,348       16,091,993  
United States Steel Corp. 
    77,076       4,895,867  
                 
            $ 32,461,867  
                 
Multi-Utilities — 1.9%
               
PG&E Corp. 
    261,399     $ 11,088,546  
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 
    362,570       10,703,066  
                 
            $ 21,791,612  
                 
Multiline Retail — 0.9%
               
Target Corp. 
    188,145     $ 9,896,427  
                 
            $ 9,896,427  
                 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.3%
               
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 
    293,847     $ 21,400,877  
Apache Corp. 
    136,418       13,846,427  
Chevron Corp. 
    333,024       25,253,210  
Exxon Mobil Corp. 
    202,980       13,595,600  
Hess Corp. 
    240,500       15,043,275  
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 
    143,295       12,114,159  
Peabody Energy Corp. 
    122,881       5,615,662  
                 
            $ 106,869,210  
                 
Personal Products — 0.5%
               
Avon Products, Inc. 
    173,160     $ 5,864,929  
                 
            $ 5,864,929  
                 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.3%
               
Abbott Laboratories
    269,021     $ 14,172,026  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 
    405,659       10,831,095  
Johnson & Johnson
    158,853       10,357,216  
Merck & Co., Inc. 
    310,523       11,598,034  
Pfizer, Inc. 
    1,050,795       18,021,134  
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR
    120,408       7,595,337  
                 
            $ 72,574,842  
                 
 
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Security   Shares     Value  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7%
               
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 
    43,168     $ 3,727,557  
Boston Properties, Inc. 
    54,847       4,137,658  
                 
            $ 7,865,215  
                 
Road & Rail — 0.6%
               
CSX Corp. 
    125,639     $ 6,395,025  
                 
            $ 6,395,025  
                 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.9%
               
ASML Holding NV ADR
    329,604     $ 11,667,981  
Intel Corp. 
    438,653       9,764,416  
                 
            $ 21,432,397  
                 
Software — 3.6%
               
Microsoft Corp. 
    1,014,959     $ 29,707,850  
Oracle Corp. 
    463,476       11,906,698  
                 
            $ 41,614,548  
                 
Specialty Retail — 4.3%
               
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
    244,090     $ 10,383,589  
Gap, Inc. (The)
    200,632       4,636,605  
Home Depot, Inc. 
    403,013       13,037,470  
Staples, Inc. 
    465,977       10,899,202  
TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
    234,259       9,960,693  
                 
            $ 48,917,559  
                 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.0%
               
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    160,476     $ 11,794,986  
                 
            $ 11,794,986  
                 
Tobacco — 1.1%
               
Philip Morris International, Inc. 
    234,030     $ 12,207,005  
                 
            $ 12,207,005  
                 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.5%
               
American Tower Corp., Class A(1)
    137,151     $ 5,844,004  
                 
            $ 5,844,004  
                 
                 
Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $926,299,853)
          $ 1,116,637,361  
                 
 
Put Options Purchased — 2.6%
 
                             
    Number
  Strike
    Expiration
     
Description   of Contracts   Price     Date   Value  
S&P 500 Index
    3,035     $ 1,050     6/19/10   $ 3,035,000  
S&P 500 Index
    4,500       1,075     9/18/10     13,455,000  
S&P 500 Index
    1,950       1,150     12/31/10     13,923,000  
                         
         
Total Put Options Purchased
(identified cost $72,789,058)
 
$
30,413,000  
         
 
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Short-Term Investments — 0.9%
 
                 
    Interest
       
Description   (000’s omitted)     Value  
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.17%(2)
  $ 10,659     $ 10,659,250  
                 
                 
Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $10,659,250)
          $ 10,659,250  
                 
                 
Total Investments — 100.8%
(identified cost $1,009,748,161)
          $ 1,157,709,611  
                 
 
Call Options Written — (0.9)%
 
                             
    Number
  Strike
    Expiration
     
Description   of Contracts   Price     Date   Value  
S&P 500 Index
    2,280     $ 1,160     4/17/10   $ (4,423,200 )
S&P 500 Index
    4,625       1,175     4/17/10     (5,272,500 )
S&P 500 Index
    900       1,200     4/17/10     (252,000 )
                         
         
Total Call Options Written
(premiums received $11,320,428)
 
$
(9,947,700 )
         
 
Put Options Written — (0.0)%
 
                             
    Number
  Strike
    Expiration
     
Description   of Contracts   Price     Date   Value  
Bally Technologies, Inc. 
    1,370     $ 35     5/22/10   $ (48,169 )
Clorox Company
    1,740       60     5/22/10     (67,721 )
Comcast Corp., Class A
    7,080       15     4/17/10     (7,080 )
Nucor Corp. 
    1,230       40     5/22/10     (62,828 )
Peabody Energy Corp. 
    1,220       42     5/22/10     (151,524 )
                         
         
Total Put Options Written
(premiums received $685,800)
 
$
(337,322 )
         
         
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%
  $ 800,486  
         
         
Net Assets — 100.0%
  $ 1,148,225,075  
         
 
             
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
         
ADR
  -   American Depositary Receipt
         
(1)
      Non-income producing security.
         
(2)
      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 March 31, 2010. Net income allocated from the investment in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC and Cash Management Portfolio, another affiliated investment company, for the fiscal year to date ended March 31, 2010 was $3,886 and $0, respectively.
 
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The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at March 31, 2010, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
         
Aggregate cost
  $ 968,651,255  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 242,897,992  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (53,839,636 )
         
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 189,058,356  
         
 
Written call and put options activity for the fiscal year to date ended March 31, 2010 was as follows:
 
                 
    Number
    Premiums
 
    of Contracts     Received  
Outstanding, beginning of period
    7,066     $ 13,135,333  
Options written
    38,603       44,370,167  
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions
    (21,056 )     (42,541,270 )
Options exercised
    (1,218 )     (2,799,115 )
Options expired
    (2,950 )     (158,887 )
                 
Outstanding, end of period
    20,445     $ 12,006,228  
                 
 
All of the assets of the Fund are subject to segregation to satisfy the requirements of the escrow agent. At March 31, 2010, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
 
The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund generally intends to purchase index put options below the current value of the index to reduce the Fund’s exposure to market risk and volatility. In buying index put options, the Fund in effect, acquires protection against decline in the value of the applicable index below the exercise price in exchange for the option premium paid. The Fund generally intends to write index call options above the current value of the index to generate premium income. In writing index call options, the Fund in effect, sells potential appreciation in the value of the applicable index above the exercise price in exchange for the option premium received. The Fund retains the risk of loss, minus the premium received, should the price of the underlying index decline. The Fund generally intends to write put options on individual stocks below the current value of the individual stock to generate premium income. In writing put options on individual stocks, the Fund in effect, sells protection against decline in the value of the applicable individual stock below the exercise price in exchange for the option premium received. The Fund retains the risk of loss, minus the premium received, should the price of the underlying individual stock decline below the exercise price.
 
At March 31, 2010, the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in an asset position and in a liability position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk was $30,413,000 and $10,285,022, respectively.
 
Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
 
  •   Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
 
  •   Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
  •   Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
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At March 31, 2010, the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                 
    Quoted Prices in
                   
    Active Markets for
    Significant Other
    Significant
       
    Identical Assets     Observable Inputs     Unobservable Inputs        
       
Asset Description   (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     Total  
   
Common Stocks
                               
Consumer Discretionary
  $ 112,515,073     $     $     $ 112,515,073  
Consumer Staples
    120,070,460       11,360,294             131,430,754  
Energy
    125,891,606                   125,891,606  
Financials
    178,879,076                   178,879,076  
Health Care
    135,743,368                   135,743,368  
Industrials
    121,122,226                   121,122,226  
Information Technology
    207,090,683                   207,090,683  
Materials
    38,347,161                   38,347,161  
Telecommunication Services
    32,816,663                   32,816,663  
Utilities
    32,800,751                   32,800,751  
 
 
Total Common Stocks
  $ 1,105,277,067     $ 11,360,294 *   $     $ 1,116,637,361  
 
 
                                 
Put Options Purchased
  $ 30,413,000     $     $       30,413,000  
Short-Term Investments
          10,659,250             10,659,250  
 
 
Total Investments
  $ 1,135,690,067     $ 22,019,544     $     $ 1,157,709,611  
 
 
                                 
Liability Description                        
 
 
Call Options Written
  $ (9,947,700 )   $     $     $ (9,947,700 )
Put Options Written
    (337,322 )                 (337,322 )
 
 
Total
  $ (10,285,022 )   $     $     $ (10,285,022 )
 
 
 
* Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets.
 
The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2009 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs.
 
For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.
 
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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.

 


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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 Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
         
     
  By:   /s/ Duncan W. Richardson    
    Duncan W. Richardson   
    President   
 
Date: May 24, 2010
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: May 24, 2010
         
     
  By:   /s/ Barbara E. Campbell    
    Barbara E. Campbell   
    Treasurer   
 
Date: May 24, 2010