N-CSRS 1 b87751a1nvcsrs.htm TAX-MANAGED GROWTH PORTFOLIO Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-07409
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
(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 021010
(Name and Address of Agent for Services)
(617) 482-8260
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
December 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
June 30, 2011
Date of Reporting Period
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


 

Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

                     
Common Stocks — 98.9%
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense — 4.5%
 
Boeing Co. (The)
    969,567     $ 71,680,088      
General Dynamics Corp. 
    473,021       35,249,525      
Honeywell International, Inc. 
    290,022       17,282,411      
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.(1)
    7,222       249,159      
Lockheed Martin Corp. 
    19,800       1,603,206      
Northrop Grumman Corp. 
    43,336       3,005,352      
Precision Castparts Corp. 
    4,749       781,923      
Raytheon Co. 
    53,403       2,662,139      
Rockwell Collins, Inc. 
    166,153       10,249,979      
Textron, Inc. 
    33,277       785,670      
United Technologies Corp. 
    2,975,135       263,329,199      
 
 
            $ 406,878,651      
 
 
 
 
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.1%
 
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 
    2,207     $ 174,000      
FedEx Corp. 
    567,786       53,854,502      
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B
    582,775       42,501,781      
 
 
            $ 96,530,283      
 
 
 
 
Auto Components — 0.3%
 
Johnson Controls, Inc. 
    748,121     $ 31,166,721      
 
 
            $ 31,166,721      
 
 
 
 
Automobiles — 0.0%(2)
 
Daimler AG
    17,284     $ 1,302,522      
Harley-Davidson, Inc. 
    800       32,776      
 
 
            $ 1,335,298      
 
 
 
 
Beverages — 5.4%
 
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A
    193,116     $ 13,904,352      
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B
    131,607       9,829,727      
Coca-Cola Co. (The)
    2,700,790       181,736,159      
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. 
    31,501       919,199      
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B
    186,000       8,321,640      
PepsiCo, Inc. 
    3,865,685       272,260,195      
 
 
            $ 486,971,272      
 
 
 
 
Biotechnology — 1.9%
 
Amgen, Inc.(1)
    2,824,659     $ 164,818,853      
Biogen Idec, Inc.(1)
    3,543       378,817      
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(1)
    246,207       10,195,432      
 
 
            $ 175,393,102      
 
 
 
 
Capital Markets — 4.1%
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 
    289,681     $ 16,708,800      
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)
    860,956       22,057,693      
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)
    718,360       11,817,022      
E*TRADE Financial Corp.(1)
    4,593       63,383      
Franklin Resources, Inc. 
    539,468       70,826,754      
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
    557,466       74,193,150      
Legg Mason, Inc. 
    96,941       3,175,787      
Morgan Stanley
    2,564,015       58,997,985      
Northern Trust Corp. 
    709,098       32,590,144      
State Street Corp. 
    759,119       34,228,676      
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. 
    492,243       29,701,943      
UBS AG(1)
    29,488       538,451      
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A
    273,635       9,946,632      
 
 
            $ 364,846,420      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals — 1.5%
 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 
    7,660     $ 732,143      
Ashland, Inc. 
    30,391       1,963,866      
Dow Chemical Co. (The)
    152,627       5,494,572      
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. 
    926,633       50,084,514      
Ecolab, Inc. 
    380,814       21,470,293      
Monsanto Co. 
    492,901       35,755,039      
PPG Industries, Inc. 
    109,400       9,932,426      
Sigma-Aldrich Corp. 
    106,716       7,830,820      
 
 
            $ 133,263,673      
 
 
 
 
Commercial Banks — 2.8%
 
Bank of Montreal
    33,047     $ 2,100,137      
BB&T Corp. 
    909,195       24,402,794      
Comerica, Inc. 
    209,267       7,234,360      
Fifth Third Bancorp
    978,637       12,477,622      
HSBC Holdings PLC
    220,592       2,193,762      
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR
    35,973       1,784,980      
KeyCorp
    111,426       928,179      
M&T Bank Corp. 
    17,293       1,520,919      
Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 
    157,890       1,258,383      
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 
    131,883       7,861,546      
Regions Financial Corp. 
    250,097       1,550,601      
Royal Bank of Canada
    148,562       8,472,491      
Societe Generale
    484,526       28,696,542      
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 
    269,585       6,955,293      
Synovus Financial Corp. 
    10,960       22,797      
Toronto-Dominion Bank
    17,915       1,520,983      
Trustmark Corp. 
    102,713       2,404,511      
U.S. Bancorp
    2,650,227       67,607,291      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Commercial Banks (continued)
 
                     
Wells Fargo & Co. 
    2,629,963     $ 73,796,762      
Zions Bancorporation
    63,405       1,522,354      
 
 
            $ 254,312,307      
 
 
 
 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%
 
Cintas Corp. 
    57,667     $ 1,904,741      
Pitney Bowes, Inc. 
    15,870       364,851      
Waste Management, Inc. 
    108,828       4,056,020      
 
 
            $ 6,325,612      
 
 
 
 
Communications Equipment — 3.2%
 
Cisco Systems, Inc. 
    3,983,030     $ 62,175,098      
Juniper Networks, Inc.(1)
    459,780       14,483,070      
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.(1)
    56,878       1,253,591      
Motorola Solutions, Inc.(1)
    52,150       2,400,986      
Nokia Oyj ADR
    192       1,233      
Qualcomm, Inc. 
    3,139,942       178,317,306      
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B ADR
    1,750,000       25,165,000      
 
 
            $ 283,796,284      
 
 
 
 
Computers & Peripherals — 3.6%
 
Apple, Inc.(1)
    389,406     $ 130,711,912      
Dell, Inc.(1)
    3,921,661       65,374,089      
EMC Corp.(1)
    2,586,992       71,271,630      
Hewlett-Packard Co. 
    938,911       34,176,360      
Lexmark International, Inc., Class A(1)
    9,624       281,598      
NetApp, Inc.(1)
    417,589       22,040,348      
 
 
            $ 323,855,937      
 
 
 
 
Construction Materials — 0.0%(2)
 
Vulcan Materials Co. 
    22,102     $ 851,590      
 
 
            $ 851,590      
 
 
 
 
Consumer Finance — 0.8%
 
American Express Co. 
    857,702     $ 44,343,193      
Capital One Financial Corp. 
    80,225       4,145,226      
Discover Financial Services
    830,375       22,212,531      
SLM Corp. 
    10,200       171,462      
 
 
            $ 70,872,412      
 
 
 
 
Distributors — 0.1%
 
Genuine Parts Co. 
    188,424     $ 10,250,266      
 
 
            $ 10,250,266      
 
 
 
 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%(2)
 
Apollo Group, Inc., Class A(1)
    10,812     $ 472,268      
Ascent Media Corp., Class A(1)
    755       39,993      
H&R Block, Inc. 
    22,181       355,783      
 
 
            $ 868,044      
 
 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.0%
 
Bank of America Corp. 
    2,419,002     $ 26,512,262      
CBOE Holdings, Inc. 
    40,000       984,000      
Citigroup, Inc. 
    4,842       201,621      
CME Group, Inc. 
    22,581       6,584,394      
ING Groep NV ADR(1)
    191,170       2,364,773      
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.(1)
    13,162       1,641,433      
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
    3,239,895       132,641,301      
Moody’s Corp. 
    179,602       6,887,736      
 
 
            $ 177,817,520      
 
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%
 
AT&T, Inc. 
    396,050     $ 12,439,930      
CenturyLink, Inc. 
    4,871       196,935      
Deutsche Telekom AG ADR
    50,092       782,938      
Frontier Communications Corp. 
    33,312       268,828      
Telefonos de Mexico SA de CV ADR
    283,026       4,669,929      
Verizon Communications, Inc. 
    380,097       14,151,011      
Windstream Corp. 
    70,866       918,423      
 
 
            $ 33,427,994      
 
 
 
 
Electric Utilities — 0.0%(2)
 
Duke Energy Corp. 
    47,340     $ 891,412      
Exelon Corp. 
    9,202       394,214      
Southern Co. 
    68,451       2,764,051      
 
 
            $ 4,049,677      
 
 
 
 
Electrical Equipment — 1.4%
 
Emerson Electric Co. 
    2,036,237     $ 114,538,331      
Rockwell Automation, Inc. 
    125,000       10,845,000      
 
 
            $ 125,383,331      
 
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%
 
Corning, Inc. 
    2,838,521     $ 51,519,156      
Flextronics International, Ltd.(1)
    161,054       1,033,967      
TE Connectivity, Ltd. 
    9,230       339,295      
 
 
            $ 52,892,418      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.9%
 
Baker Hughes, Inc. 
    136,681     $ 9,917,573      
Halliburton Co. 
    1,036,351       52,853,901      
Schlumberger, Ltd. 
    1,162,209       100,414,858      
Transocean, Ltd. 
    75,667       4,885,061      
 
 
            $ 168,071,393      
 
 
 
 
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.8%
 
Costco Wholesale Corp. 
    873,262     $ 70,943,805      
CVS Caremark Corp. 
    1,456,683       54,742,147      
Kroger Co. (The)
    35,843       888,906      
Safeway, Inc. 
    114,827       2,683,507      
Sysco Corp. 
    441,438       13,764,037      
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
    1,910,219       101,509,038      
Walgreen Co. 
    222,463       9,445,779      
 
 
            $ 253,977,219      
 
 
 
 
Food Products — 3.1%
 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 
    1,490,873     $ 44,949,821      
Campbell Soup Co. 
    54,780       1,892,649      
ConAgra Foods, Inc. 
    1,631       42,096      
General Mills, Inc. 
    40,967       1,524,792      
H.J. Heinz Co. 
    7,500       399,600      
Hershey Co. (The)
    504,765       28,695,890      
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A
    198,757       7,002,209      
McCormick & Co., Inc. 
    10,600       525,442      
Nestle SA
    2,750,000       171,128,351      
Sara Lee Corp. 
    1,288,899       24,476,192      
Unilever NV
    4,636       152,293      
 
 
            $ 280,789,335      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%
 
Bard (C.R.), Inc. 
    25,000     $ 2,746,500      
Baxter International, Inc. 
    218,222       13,025,671      
Becton, Dickinson and Co. 
    63,708       5,489,718      
Boston Scientific Corp.(1)
    36,529       252,415      
CareFusion Corp.(1)
    108,138       2,938,109      
Covidien PLC
    191,537       10,195,515      
Medtronic, Inc. 
    699,450       26,949,809      
St. Jude Medical, Inc. 
    66,365       3,164,283      
Stryker Corp. 
    131,368       7,709,988      
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(1)
    225,425       14,246,860      
 
 
            $ 86,718,868      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%
 
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 
    473,884     $ 19,618,798      
Cardinal Health, Inc. 
    186,462       8,469,104      
CIGNA Corp. 
    58,467       3,006,958      
Express Scripts, Inc.(1)
    281,972       15,220,848      
Henry Schein, Inc.(1)
    299,980       21,475,568      
McKesson Corp. 
    3,166       264,836      
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.(1)
    133,872       7,566,445      
PharMerica Corp.(1)
    10,313       131,594      
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 
    83,696       4,317,040      
WellPoint, Inc. 
    53,673       4,227,822      
 
 
            $ 84,299,013      
 
 
 
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.4%
 
Carnival Corp. 
    533,768     $ 20,085,690      
International Game Technology
    459,500       8,078,010      
Interval Leisure Group, Inc.(1)
    5,349       73,228      
Marriott International, Inc., Class A
    401,544       14,250,797      
McDonald’s Corp. 
    860,566       72,562,925      
Starbucks Corp. 
    2,360,488       93,215,671      
Yum! Brands, Inc. 
    210,518       11,629,014      
 
 
            $ 219,895,335      
 
 
 
 
Household Durables — 0.2%
 
D.R. Horton, Inc. 
    417,028     $ 4,804,162      
Fortune Brands, Inc. 
    117,078       7,466,064      
Leggett & Platt, Inc. 
    263,428       6,422,375      
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. 
    37,838       597,084      
 
 
            $ 19,289,685      
 
 
 
 
Household Products — 1.6%
 
Clorox Co. (The)
    27,272     $ 1,839,224      
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 
    587,754       51,375,577      
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 
    520,234       34,626,775      
Procter & Gamble Co. 
    872,555       55,468,321      
 
 
            $ 143,309,897      
 
 
 
 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.0%(2)
 
AES Corp. (The)(1)
    93,180     $ 1,187,113      
 
 
            $ 1,187,113      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.1%
 
3M Co. 
    842,439     $ 79,905,339      
General Electric Co. 
    5,620,681       106,006,044      
Tyco International, Ltd. 
    22,764       1,125,224      
 
 
            $ 187,036,607      
 
 
 
 
Insurance — 2.7%
 
Aegon NV ADR(1)
    5,088,862     $ 34,604,262      
Aflac, Inc. 
    116,818       5,453,064      
Allstate Corp. (The)
    60,964       1,861,231      
AON Corp. 
    25,900       1,328,670      
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(1)
    623       72,333,415      
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1)
    939,968       72,744,123      
Chubb Corp. 
    24,930       1,560,867      
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 
    135,528       3,954,707      
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. 
    10,762       283,794      
Manulife Financial Corp. 
    65,344       1,153,975      
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. 
    24,256       756,545      
Old Republic International Corp. 
    1       12      
Progressive Corp. 
    1,151,822       24,625,954      
Torchmark Corp. 
    252,479       16,194,003      
Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)
    76,466       4,464,085      
 
 
            $ 241,318,707      
 
 
 
 
Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.1%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.(1)
    41,282     $ 8,441,756      
HSN, Inc.(1)
    1       33      
 
 
            $ 8,441,789      
 
 
 
 
Internet Software & Services — 1.7%
 
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(1)
    200,000     $ 6,294,000      
AOL, Inc.(1)
    27,060       537,412      
eBay, Inc.(1)
    1,260,217       40,667,203      
Google, Inc., Class A(1)(3)
    3,500       1,771,591      
Google, Inc., Class A(1)
    203,296       102,945,028      
IAC/InterActiveCorp(1)
    13,368       510,256      
VeriSign, Inc. 
    14,758       493,803      
 
 
            $ 153,219,293      
 
 
 
 
IT Services — 5.9%
 
Accenture PLC, Class A
    2,738,000     $ 165,429,960      
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 
    1,314,993       69,273,831      
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 
    10,202       245,562      
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 
    63,590       1,957,936      
Fiserv, Inc.(1)
    41,411       2,593,571      
International Business Machines Corp. 
    1,567,550       268,913,203      
Paychex, Inc. 
    756,046       23,225,733      
Total System Services, Inc. 
    32,405       602,085      
Western Union Co. 
    54,638       1,094,399      
 
 
            $ 533,336,280      
 
 
 
 
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.0%(2)
 
Mattel, Inc. 
    22,565     $ 620,312      
 
 
            $ 620,312      
 
 
 
 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc.(1)
    453,887     $ 23,198,165      
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(1)
    18,700       1,204,093      
 
 
            $ 24,402,258      
 
 
 
 
Machinery — 3.6%
 
Caterpillar, Inc. 
    121,835     $ 12,970,554      
Danaher Corp. 
    43,144       2,286,201      
Deere & Co. 
    2,623,301       216,291,168      
Dover Corp. 
    383,990       26,034,522      
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 
    1,203,805       68,002,944      
Parker Hannifin Corp. 
    30,763       2,760,672      
WABCO Holdings, Inc.(1)
    1,156       79,833      
 
 
            $ 328,425,894      
 
 
 
 
Media — 3.1%
 
CBS Corp., Class B
    68,701     $ 1,957,291      
Comcast Corp., Class A
    201,884       5,115,741      
Comcast Corp., Special Class A
    1,732,498       41,978,427      
DIRECTV, Class A(1)
    20,703       1,052,126      
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A(1)
    7,555       309,453      
Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C(1)
    7,555       276,135      
Gannett Co., Inc. 
    5,643       80,808      
Liberty Media Corp. - Capital, Class A(1)
    5,175       443,756      
Liberty Media Corp. - Starz, Series A(1)
    3,022       227,375      
McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)
    86,290       3,616,414      
News Corp., Class A
    97       1,717      
Omnicom Group, Inc. 
    112,077       5,397,628      
Time Warner Cable, Inc. 
    94,401       7,367,054      
Time Warner, Inc. 
    367,299       13,358,665      
Viacom, Inc., Class B
    77,467       3,950,817      
Walt Disney Co. (The)
    4,876,592       190,382,152      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Media (continued)
 
                     
Washington Post Co., Class B
    1,500     $ 628,425      
WPP PLC ADR
    18,396       1,154,349      
 
 
            $ 277,298,333      
 
 
 
 
Metals & Mining — 0.4%
 
Alcoa, Inc. 
    52,760     $ 836,774      
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. 
    450,000       23,805,000      
Nucor Corp. 
    230,000       9,480,600      
 
 
            $ 34,122,374      
 
 
 
 
Multiline Retail — 0.9%
 
Macy’s, Inc. 
    26,301     $ 769,041      
Sears Holdings Corp.(1)
    410       29,290      
Target Corp. 
    1,766,758       82,878,618      
 
 
            $ 83,676,949      
 
 
 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.3%
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 
    1,468,869     $ 112,750,385      
Apache Corp. 
    2,144,112       264,561,980      
BP PLC ADR
    198,683       8,799,670      
Chevron Corp. 
    614,229       63,167,310      
ConocoPhillips
    346,879       26,081,832      
Devon Energy Corp. 
    568,727       44,821,375      
Exxon Mobil Corp. 
    2,277,592       185,350,437      
Hess Corp. 
    224,579       16,789,526      
Marathon Oil Corp. 
    175,831       9,262,777      
Murphy Oil Corp. 
    78,679       5,166,063      
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR, Class A
    76,110       5,413,704      
Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR, Class B
    9,594       688,370      
Spectra Energy Corp. 
    8,313       227,859      
Williams Cos., Inc. 
    2,000       60,500      
 
 
            $ 743,141,788      
 
 
 
 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%(2)
 
Neenah Paper, Inc. 
    975     $ 20,748      
 
 
            $ 20,748      
 
 
 
 
Personal Products — 0.0%(2)
 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A
    13,035     $ 1,371,152      
 
 
            $ 1,371,152      
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals — 8.3%
 
Abbott Laboratories
    3,104,923     $ 163,381,048      
Allergan, Inc. 
    81,962       6,823,337      
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 
    1,500,706       43,460,446      
Eli Lilly & Co. 
    1,480,633       55,568,157      
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR
    459,388       19,707,745      
Hospira, Inc.(1)
    18,399       1,042,487      
Johnson & Johnson
    2,578,829       171,543,705      
Merck & Co., Inc. 
    1,496,585       52,814,485      
Novo Nordisk A/S ADR
    249,848       31,300,957      
Pfizer, Inc. 
    6,024,802       124,110,921      
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR
    1,671,886       80,618,343      
 
 
            $ 750,371,631      
 
 
 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%
 
Weyerhaeuser Co. 
    11,615     $ 253,904      
 
 
            $ 253,904      
 
 
 
 
Road & Rail — 0.2%
 
Norfolk Southern Corp. 
    24,192     $ 1,812,706      
Union Pacific Corp. 
    132,257       13,807,631      
 
 
            $ 15,620,337      
 
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.9%
 
Analog Devices, Inc. 
    560,289     $ 21,929,711      
Applied Materials, Inc. 
    1,065,614       13,863,638      
Broadcom Corp., Class A(1)
    897,422       30,189,276      
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(1)
    52,742       1,114,966      
Intel Corp. 
    10,405,112       230,577,282      
KLA-Tencor Corp. 
    141,604       5,732,130      
Linear Technology Corp. 
    123,388       4,074,272      
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 
    223,099       5,702,410      
NVIDIA Corp.(1)
    284,500       4,533,508      
Texas Instruments, Inc. 
    897,287       29,457,932      
Verigy, Ltd.(1)
    284       4,252      
Xilinx, Inc. 
    23,107       842,712      
 
 
            $ 348,022,089      
 
 
 
 
Software — 3.8%
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc. 
    846,350     $ 9,885,368      
Adobe Systems, Inc.(1)
    409,776       12,887,455      
CA, Inc. 
    45,408       1,037,119      
Citrix Systems, Inc.(1)
    10,439       835,120      
Microsoft Corp. 
    3,224,770       83,844,020      
Oracle Corp. 
    6,883,206       226,526,310      
Symantec Corp.(1)
    163,117       3,216,667      
 
 
            $ 338,232,059      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Specialty Retail — 2.5%
 
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
    148,536     $ 4,665,516      
Gap, Inc. (The)
    89,138       1,613,398      
Home Depot, Inc. 
    2,985,981       108,152,232      
Limited Brands, Inc. 
    41,877       1,610,171      
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 
    663,831       15,473,900      
Staples, Inc. 
    192,930       3,048,294      
TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
    1,701,405       89,374,804      
 
 
            $ 223,938,315      
 
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 3.1%
 
Coach, Inc. 
    10,800     $ 690,444      
Hanesbrands, Inc.(1)
    198,503       5,667,261      
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    3,058,444       275,198,791      
VF Corp. 
    12,000       1,302,720      
 
 
            $ 282,859,216      
 
 
 
 
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%(2)
 
Tree.com, Inc.(1)
    13,436     $ 68,792      
 
 
            $ 68,792      
 
 
 
 
Tobacco — 0.2%
 
Altria Group, Inc. 
    209,275     $ 5,526,953      
Philip Morris International, Inc. 
    255,585       17,065,410      
 
 
            $ 22,592,363      
 
 
 
 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%
 
America Movil SAB de CV ADR, Series L
    30,500     $ 1,643,340      
Sprint Nextel Corp.(1)
    135,160       728,513      
Vodafone Group PLC ADR
    182,074       4,865,017      
 
 
            $ 7,236,870      
 
 
     
Total Common Stocks
   
(identified cost $6,128,518,374)
  $ 8,904,254,730      
 
 
                     
                     
Preferred Stocks — 0.0%(2)
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Commercial Banks — 0.0%(2)
 
Wells Fargo & Co. 
    166     $ 33      
 
 
     
Total Preferred Stocks
   
(identified cost $4,929)
  $ 33      
 
 
                     
                     
Rights — 0.0%(2)
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%(2)
 
Sanofi SA, Exp. 12/31/20(1)
    6,984     $ 16,832      
 
 
     
Total Rights
   
(identified cost $16,440)
  $ 16,832      
 
 
                     
                     
Short-Term Investments — 0.8%
 
    Interest
           
Description   (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.11%(4)
  $ 75,917     $ 75,917,265      
 
 
     
Total Short-Term Investments
   
(identified cost $75,917,265)
  $ 75,917,265      
 
 
     
Total Investments — 99.7%
   
(identified cost $6,204,457,008)
  $ 8,980,188,860      
 
 
             
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.3%
  $ 25,292,186      
 
 
             
Net Assets — 100.0%
  $ 9,005,481,046      
 
 

 
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) Amount is less than 0.05%.
 
(3) Security subject to restrictions on resale (see Note 5).
 
(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 June 30, 2011. Net income allocated from the investment in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC for the fiscal year to date ended June 30, 2011 was $61,506.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 
             
Assets   June 30, 2011    
 
Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $6,128,539,743)
  $ 8,904,271,595      
Affiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $75,917,265)
    75,917,265      
Dividends receivable
    10,386,015      
Interest receivable from affiliated investment
    6,928      
Receivable for investments sold
    43,791,077      
Tax reclaims receivable
    1,850,518      
 
 
Total assets
  $ 9,036,223,398      
 
 
             
             
 
Liabilities
 
Payable for investments purchased
  $ 27,017,090      
Payable to affiliates:
           
Investment adviser fee
    3,343,097      
Trustees’ fees
    12,625      
Accrued expenses
    369,540      
 
 
Total liabilities
  $ 30,742,352      
 
 
Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio
  $ 9,005,481,046      
 
 
             
             
 
Sources of Net Assets
 
Net proceeds from capital contributions and withdrawals
  $ 6,229,446,164      
Net unrealized appreciation
    2,776,034,882      
 
 
Total
  $ 9,005,481,046      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 
             
    Six Months Ended
   
Investment Income   June 30, 2011    
 
Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $2,536,070)
  $ 88,010,042      
Interest allocated from affiliated investment
    66,619      
Expenses allocated from affiliated investment
    (5,113 )    
 
 
Total investment income
  $ 88,071,548      
 
 
             
             
 
Expenses
 
Investment adviser fee
  $ 20,846,306      
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    25,250      
Custodian fee
    613,404      
Audit and tax services
    49,233      
Miscellaneous
    101,948      
 
 
Total expenses
  $ 21,636,131      
 
 
Deduct —
           
Reduction of custodian fee
  $ 48      
 
 
Total expense reductions
  $ 48      
 
 
             
Net expenses
  $ 21,636,083      
 
 
             
Net investment income
  $ 66,435,465      
 
 
             
             
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) —
           
Investment transactions(1)
  $ 123,239,764      
Investment transactions allocated from affiliated investment
    2,291      
Foreign currency transactions
    56,099      
 
 
Net realized gain
  $ 123,298,154      
 
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —
           
Investments
  $ 251,408,712      
Foreign currency
    141,670      
 
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  $ 251,550,382      
 
 
             
Net realized and unrealized gain
  $ 374,848,536      
 
 
             
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 441,284,001      
 
 
 
(1) Includes $129,920,672 of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
                     
    Six Months Ended
       
    June 30, 2011
  Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (Unaudited)   December 31, 2010    
 
From operations —
                   
Net investment income
  $ 66,435,465     $ 127,596,430      
Net realized gain from investment transactions and foreign currency transactions
    123,298,154       232,540,068      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency
    251,550,382       705,390,449      
 
 
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 441,284,001     $ 1,065,526,947      
 
 
Capital transactions —
                   
Contributions
  $ 60,796,923     $ 175,936,921      
Withdrawals
    (541,817,095 )     (1,675,725,915 )    
 
 
Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions
  $ (481,020,172 )   $ (1,499,788,994 )    
 
 
                     
Net decrease in net assets
  $ (39,736,171 )   $ (434,262,047 )    
 
 
                     
                     
 
Net Assets
 
At beginning of period
  $ 9,045,217,217     $ 9,479,479,264      
 
 
At end of period
  $ 9,005,481,046     $ 9,045,217,217      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Supplementary Data

 
 
                                                     
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended December 31,    
    June 30, 2011
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data   (Unaudited)   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006    
 
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):
                                                   
Expenses(1)
    0.48 %(2)     0.48 %     0.47 %     0.45 %     0.44 %     0.45 %    
Net investment income
    1.46 %(2)     1.43 %     1.86 %     1.84 %     1.52 %     1.39 %    
Portfolio Turnover
    2 %(3)     2 %     3 %     3 %     6 %     7 %    
 
 
Total Return
    4.94 %(3)     12.86 %     23.32 %     (32.76 )%     4.72 %     13.69 %    
 
 
                                                     
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)
  $ 9,005,481     $ 9,045,217     $ 9,479,479     $ 10,602,743     $ 19,864,161     $ 20,387,292      
                                                     
 
 
 
(1) Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.
 
(2) Annualized.
 
(3) Not annualized.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 
1 Significant Accounting Policies
 
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Portfolio’s investment objective is to achieve long-term, after-tax returns for interestholders through investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At June 30, 2011, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.0, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation held an interest of 7.4%, 14.3%, 5.7%, and 1.5% respectively, in the Portfolio. In addition, an unregistered fund advised by the adviser to the Portfolio held 71.2% interest in the Portfolio.
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Portfolio. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
A Investment Valuation — Equity securities (including common shares of closed-end investment companies) listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices therefore on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices or, in the case of preferred equity securities that are not listed or traded in the over-the-counter market, by a third party pricing service that will use various techniques that consider factors including, but not limited to, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, quotes of underlying common stock, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic events. The value of preferred equity securities that are valued by a pricing service on a bond basis will be adjusted by an income factor, to be determined by the investment adviser, to reflect the next anticipated regular dividend. The daily valuation of exchange-traded foreign securities generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on which such securities trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. When valuing foreign equity securities that meet certain criteria, the Trustees have approved the use of a fair value service that values such securities to reflect market trading that occurs after the close of the applicable foreign markets of comparable securities or other instruments that have a strong correlation to the fair-valued securities. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate. Inputs to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask spreads. Short-term debt obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. If short-term debt securities are acquired with a remaining maturity of more than sixty days, they will be valued by a pricing service.
 
The Portfolio may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities utilizing the amortized cost valuation technique in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. This technique involves initially valuing a portfolio security at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium. If amortized cost is determined not to approximate fair value, Cash Reserves Fund may value its investment securities in the same manner as debt obligations described above.
 
B Investment Transactions — Investment transactions for financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
 
C Income — Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. However, if the ex-dividend date has passed, certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount.
 
D Federal Taxes — The Portfolio has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes. No provision is made by the Portfolio for federal or state taxes on any taxable income of the Portfolio because each investor in the Portfolio is ultimately responsible for the payment of any taxes on its share of taxable income. Since at least one of the Portfolio’s investors is a regulated investment company that invests all or substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio, the Portfolio normally must satisfy the applicable source of income and diversification requirements (under the Internal Revenue Code) in order for its investors to satisfy them. The Portfolio will allocate, at least annually among its investors, each investor’s distributive share of the Portfolio’s net investment income, net realized capital gains and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.
 
As of June 30, 2011, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each of the Portfolio’s federal tax returns filed in the 3-year period ended December 31, 2010 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
E Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Portfolio. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Portfolio maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Portfolio’s custodian fees are reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
F Foreign Currency Translation — Investment valuations, other assets, and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investment securities and income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates in effect on the respective dates of such transactions. Recognized gains or losses on investment transactions attributable to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. That portion of unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.
 
G Use of Estimates — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
H Indemnifications — Under the Portfolio’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, interestholders in the Portfolio could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Portfolio interestholders and the By-laws provide that the Portfolio shall assume the defense on behalf of any Portfolio interestholder. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Portfolio property of any interestholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been an interestholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet occurred.
 
I Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2011 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Portfolio’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.
 
2 Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
The investment adviser fee is earned by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.625% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to $500 million. The advisory fee on net assets of $500 million or more is reduced as follows:
 
             
    Annual Fee Rate
   
Average Daily Net Assets For the Month   (for each level)    
 
 
$500 million but less than $1 billion
    0.5625 %    
$1 billion but less than $1.5 billion
    0.5000 %    
$1.5 billion but less than $7 billion
    0.4375 %    
$7 billion but less than $10 billion
    0.4250 %    
$10 billion but less than $15 billion
    0.4125 %    
$15 billion but less than $20 billion
    0.4000 %    
$20 billion but less than $25 billion
    0.3900 %    
$25 billion and over
    0.3800 %    
             
 
 
 
The Portfolio invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $20,846,306.
 
Except for Trustees of the Portfolio who are not members of EVM’s or BMR’s organizations, officers and Trustees receive remuneration for their services to the Portfolio out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Portfolio who are not affiliated with the investment adviser may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
3 Purchases and Sales of Investments
 
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $122,967,117 and $57,298,969, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2011. In addition, investors contributed securities with a value of $18,120,479 and investments having an aggregate market value of $476,983,648 at dates of withdrawal were distributed in payment for capital withdrawals, during the six months ended June 30, 2011.
 
4 Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at June 30, 2011, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
             
Aggregate cost
  $ 2,022,040,707      
             
 
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 6,958,167,861      
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (19,708 )    
             
 
 
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 6,958,148,153      
             
 
 
 
5 Restricted Securities
 
At June 30, 2011, the Portfolio owned the following securities (representing 0.02% of net assets) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding Rule 144A securities). The Portfolio has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
 
                                             
    Date of
  Eligible
               
Common Stocks   Acquisition   for Resale   Shares   Cost   Value    
 
 
Google, Inc., Class A
    11/23/10       7/16/11       3,500     $ 4,235     $ 1,771,591      
                                             
 
 
Total Restricted Securities
                          $ 4,235     $ 1,771,591      
                                             
 
 
 
6 Line of Credit
 
The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in a $450 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks. Borrowings are made by the Portfolio solely to facilitate the handling of unusual and/or unanticipated short-term cash requirements. Interest is charged to the Portfolio based on its borrowings at an amount above either the Eurodollar rate or Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.10% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated among the participating portfolios and funds at the end of each quarter. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Portfolio, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Portfolio did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the six months ended June 30, 2011.
 
7 Fair Value Measurements
 
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)

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
At June 30, 2011, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                     
Asset Description   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total    
 
 
Common Stocks
                                   
Consumer Discretionary
  $ 1,159,640,262     $     $      —     $ 1,159,640,262      
Consumer Staples
    1,017,882,886       171,128,351             1,189,011,237      
Energy
    911,213,181                   911,213,181      
Financials
    1,078,599,760       30,890,304             1,109,490,064      
Health Care
    1,121,184,872                   1,121,184,872      
Industrials
    1,166,200,715                   1,166,200,715      
Information Technology
    2,031,582,768       1,771,592             2,033,354,360      
Materials
    168,258,385                   168,258,385      
Telecommunication Services
    40,664,864                   40,664,864      
Utilities
    5,236,790                   5,236,790      
                                     
 
 
Total Common Stocks
  $ 8,700,464,483     $ 203,790,247 *   $     $ 8,904,254,730      
                                     
 
 
Preferred Stocks
    33                   33      
Rights
    16,832                   16,832      
Short-Term Investments
          75,917,265             75,917,265      
                                     
 
 
Total Investments
  $ 8,700,481,348     $ 279,707,512     $     $ 8,980,188,860      
                                     
 
 
 
* Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets.
 
The Portfolio held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2010 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At June 30, 2011, the value of investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2, if any, during the six months then ended was not significant.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

 
Overview of the Contract Review Process
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuance is approved at least annually by the fund’s board of trustees, including by a vote of a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.
 
At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 25, 2011, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of the Contract Review Committee of the Board, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2011. Such information included, among other things, the following:
 
Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses
 
  •  An independent report comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing the investment performance of each fund (including yield data and Sharpe and information ratios where relevant) to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;
  •  Data regarding investment performance in comparison to relevant peer groups of similarly managed funds and appropriate indices;
  •  For each fund, comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by each adviser in managing other mutual funds and institutional accounts using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund;
  •  Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;
 
Information about Portfolio Management
 
  •  Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes employed, and any changes in portfolio management processes and personnel;
  •  Information about the allocation of brokerage and the benefits received by each adviser as a result of brokerage allocation, including information concerning the acquisition of research through client commission arrangements and/or the fund’s policies with respect to “soft dollar” arrangements;
  •  Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;
  •  The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;
 
Information about each Adviser
 
  •  Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;
  •  Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;
  •  Copies of the Codes of Ethics of each adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;
  •  Copies of or descriptions of each adviser’s policies and procedures relating to proxy voting, the handling of corporate actions and class actions;
  •  Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the funds (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance with investment policies and restrictions, including policies with respect to market-timing, late trading and selective portfolio disclosure, and with policies on personal securities transactions;
  •  Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of each adviser and its affiliates;
  •  A description of Eaton Vance Management’s procedures for overseeing third party advisers and sub-advisers;
 
Other Relevant Information
 
  •  Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment management services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;
  •  Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or the funds’ administrator; and
  •  The terms of each advisory agreement.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 
In addition to the information identified above, the Contract Review Committee considered information provided from time to time by each adviser throughout the year at meetings of the Board and its committees. Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2011, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met nine times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met nine, fifteen, seven, eight and twelve times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees received, among other things, presentations by the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to the investment performance of each fund and the investment strategies used in pursuing the fund’s investment objective including, where relevant, the use of derivative instruments, as well as trading policies and procedures and risk management techniques.
 
For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of advisory agreements. In addition, in cases where the fund’s investment adviser has engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any sub-advisory agreement.
 
The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory agreement.
 
Results of the Process
 
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuance of the investment advisory agreement of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 (the “Fund”) invests, with Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee as well as the factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Portfolio.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
 
In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement of the Portfolio, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Portfolio by the Adviser.
 
The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio. The Board specifically noted the Adviser’s in-house equity research capabilities and experience in managing funds that seek to maximize after-tax returns. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, including the compensation methods of the Adviser to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted to the Portfolio by senior management.
 
The Board also reviewed the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also evaluated the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
 
The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large family of funds, including the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges.
 
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
 
Fund Performance
 
The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to a relevant universe of similarly managed funds identified by an independent data provider and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board reviewed comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2010 for the Fund. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 
Management Fees and Expenses
 
The Board reviewed contractual investment advisory fee rates payable by the Portfolio and by the Fund (referred to as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the management fees and the Fund’s total expense ratio for the year ended September 30, 2010, as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an independent data provider. The Board also considered factors that had an impact on Fund expense ratios, as identified by management in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, as well as actions being taken to reduce expenses at the Eaton Vance fund complex level, including the negotiation of reduced fees for transfer agency and custody services.
 
After reviewing the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.
 
Profitability
 
The Board reviewed the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to revenue sharing or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with its relationship with the Fund and the Portfolio, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.
 
The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are reasonable.
 
Economies of Scale
 
In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of the Fund and the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Portfolio, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund to continue to benefit from economies of scale in the future.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

 
Overview of the Contract Review Process
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuance is approved at least annually by the fund’s board of trustees, including by a vote of a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.
 
At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 25, 2011, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of the Contract Review Committee of the Board, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2011. Such information included, among other things, the following:
 
Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses
 
  •  An independent report comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing the investment performance of each fund (including yield data and Sharpe and information ratios where relevant) to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;
  •  Data regarding investment performance in comparison to relevant peer groups of similarly managed funds and appropriate indices;
  •  For each fund, comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by each adviser in managing other mutual funds and institutional accounts using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund;
  •  Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;
 
Information about Portfolio Management
 
  •  Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes employed, and any changes in portfolio management processes and personnel;
  •  Information about the allocation of brokerage and the benefits received by each adviser as a result of brokerage allocation, including information concerning the acquisition of research through client commission arrangements and/or the fund’s policies with respect to “soft dollar” arrangements;
  •  Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;
  •  The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;
 
Information about each Adviser
 
  •  Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;
  •  Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;
  •  Copies of the Codes of Ethics of each adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;
  •  Copies of or descriptions of each adviser’s policies and procedures relating to proxy voting, the handling of corporate actions and class actions;
  •  Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the funds (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance with investment policies and restrictions, including policies with respect to market-timing, late trading and selective portfolio disclosure, and with policies on personal securities transactions;
  •  Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of each adviser and its affiliates;
  •  A description of Eaton Vance Management’s procedures for overseeing third party advisers and sub-advisers;
 
Other Relevant Information
 
  •  Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment management services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;
  •  Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or the funds’ administrator; and
  •  The terms of each advisory agreement.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 
In addition to the information identified above, the Contract Review Committee considered information provided from time to time by each adviser throughout the year at meetings of the Board and its committees. Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2011, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met nine times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met nine, fifteen, seven, eight and twelve times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees received, among other things, presentations by the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to the investment performance of each fund and the investment strategies used in pursuing the fund’s investment objective including, where relevant, the use of derivative instruments, as well as trading policies and procedures and risk management techniques.
 
For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of advisory agreements. In addition, in cases where the fund’s investment adviser has engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any sub-advisory agreement.
 
The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory agreement.
 
Results of the Process
 
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuance of the investment advisory agreement of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (the “Fund”) invests, with Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee as well as the factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Portfolio.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
 
In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement of the Portfolio, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Portfolio by the Adviser.
 
The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio. The Board specifically noted the Adviser’s in-house equity research capabilities and experience in managing funds that seek to maximize after-tax returns. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, including the compensation methods of the Adviser to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted to the Portfolio by senior management.
 
The Board also reviewed the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also evaluated the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
 
The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large family of funds, including the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges.
 
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.
 
Fund Performance
 
The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to a relevant universe of similarly managed funds identified by an independent data provider and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board reviewed comparative performance data for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended September 30, 2010 for the Fund. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 
Management Fees and Expenses
 
The Board reviewed contractual investment advisory fee rates, including any administrative fee rates, payable by the Portfolio and by the Fund (referred to collectively as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the management fees and the Fund’s total expense ratio for the year ended September 30, 2010, as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an independent data provider. The Board also considered factors that had an impact on Fund expense ratios, as identified by management in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, as well as actions being taken to reduce expenses at the Eaton Vance fund complex level, including the negotiation of reduced fees for transfer agency and custody services.
 
After reviewing the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.
 
Profitability
 
The Board reviewed the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to revenue sharing or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with its relationship with the Fund and the Portfolio, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.
 
The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are reasonable.
 
Economies of Scale
 
In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of the Fund and the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Portfolio, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund to continue to benefit from economies of scale in the future.

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
Officers and Trustees

 
     
Officers of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
 
 
Duncan W. Richardson
President

Payson F. Swaffield
Vice President

Barbara E. Campbell
Treasurer
 
Maureen A. Gemma
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Paul M. O’Neil
Chief Compliance Officer
 
     
Officers of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
 
Duncan W. Richardson
President

Barbara E. Campbell
Treasurer
 
Maureen A. Gemma
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Paul M. O’Neil
Chief Compliance Officer
 
     
Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
 
Ralph F. Verni
Chairman

Benjamin C. Esty

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Allen R. Freedman
 
William H. Park

Ronald A. Pearlman

Helen Frame Peters

Lynn A. Stout
 
* Interested Trustee

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
 
Officers and Trustees

 
     
Officers of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
 
 
Duncan W. Richardson
President

Payson F. Swaffield
Vice President

Barbara E. Campbell
Treasurer
 
Maureen A. Gemma
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Paul M. O’Neil
Chief Compliance Officer
 
     
Officers of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
 
Duncan W. Richardson
President

Barbara E. Campbell
Treasurer
 
Maureen A. Gemma
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Paul M. O’Neil
Chief Compliance Officer
 
     
Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
 
 
Ralph F. Verni
Chairman

Benjamin C. Esty

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Allen R. Freedman
 
William H. Park

Ronald A. Pearlman

Helen Frame Peters

Lynn A. Stout
 
* Interested Trustee

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
 
June 30, 2011
 
 
IMPORTANT NOTICES

 
Privacy. The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the following policy (“Privacy Policy”) with respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:
 
•  Only such information received from you, through application forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund transactions will be collected. This may include information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account balances and transactions.
 
•  None of such information about you (or former customers) will be disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the normal course of servicing a customer’s account, Eaton Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and broker/dealers.
 
•  Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect the confidentiality of such information.
 
•  We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.
 
Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group and Boston Management Research. In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a customer’s account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial advisor/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such advisor’s privacy policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vance’s Privacy Policy, please call 1-800-262-1122.
 
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders. Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122, or contact your financial advisor. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor.
 
Portfolio Holdings. Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).
 
Proxy Voting. From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 
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Investment Adviser of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
Boston Management and Research
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
Administrator of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
Principal Underwriter*
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-8260
 
 
 
 
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
 
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Attn: Eaton Vance Funds
P.O. Box 9653
Providence, RI 02940-9653
(800) 262-1122
 
Fund Offices
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
 
FINRA BrokerCheck. Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to investors at www.FINRA.org.


 

 
 
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Item 2. Code of Ethics
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-262-1122.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The registrant’s Board has designated William H. Park, an independent trustee, as its audit committee financial expert. Mr. Park is a certified public accountant who is the Chief Financial Officer of Aveon Group, L.P. (an investment management firm). Previously, he served as the Vice Chairman of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company), as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm), as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (an institutional investment management firm) and as a Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (an independent registered public accounting firm).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not required in this filing.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not required in this filing.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No Material Changes.
Item 11. 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 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 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 second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 


 

Item 12. Exhibits
     
(a)(1)
  Registrant’s Code of Ethics — Not applicable (please see Item 2).
(a)(2)(i)
  Treasurer’s Section 302 certification.
(a)(2)(ii)
  President’s Section 302 certification.
(b)
  Combined Section 906 certification.

 


 

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.
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
         
By:
  /s/ Duncan W. Richardson
 
Duncan W. Richardson
   
 
  President    
Date: August 11, 2011
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/ Barbara E. Campbell
 
Barbara E. Campbell
   
 
  Treasurer    
 
       
Date: August 11, 2011    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Duncan W. Richardson    
 
       
 
  Duncan W. Richardson    
 
  President    
 
       
Date: August 11, 2011