N-CSR 1 b89578a1nvcsr.htm TAX-MANAGED SMALL-CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value 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: 811-10599
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value 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 02110
(Name and Address of Agent for Services)
(617) 482-8260
(Registrant’s Telephone Number)
October 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
October 31, 2011
Date of Reporting Period
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


 

Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments

                     
Common Stocks — 96.4%
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Building Products — 2.7%
 
A.O. Smith Corp. 
    53,050     $ 1,971,338      
 
 
            $ 1,971,338      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals — 3.6%
 
Calgon Carbon Corp.(1)
    87,800     $ 1,400,410      
RPM International, Inc. 
    54,300       1,220,121      
 
 
            $ 2,620,531      
 
 
 
 
Commercial Banks — 10.1%
 
MB Financial, Inc. 
    90,000     $ 1,491,300      
National Penn Bancshares, Inc. 
    240,700       1,877,460      
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. 
    57,800       2,224,722      
Umpqua Holdings Corp. 
    160,000       1,832,000      
 
 
            $ 7,425,482      
 
 
 
 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.7%
 
Brink’s Co. (The)
    70,600     $ 1,961,974      
 
 
            $ 1,961,974      
 
 
 
 
Communications Equipment — 2.8%
 
NETGEAR, Inc.(1)
    58,700     $ 2,081,502      
 
 
            $ 2,081,502      
 
 
 
 
Construction & Engineering — 1.4%
 
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV – NY Shares
    29,200     $ 1,068,136      
 
 
            $ 1,068,136      
 
 
 
 
Containers & Packaging — 2.8%
 
AptarGroup, Inc. 
    42,900     $ 2,057,913      
 
 
            $ 2,057,913      
 
 
 
 
Electric Utilities — 9.0%
 
Cleco Corp. 
    72,300     $ 2,665,701      
Portland General Electric Co. 
    82,700       2,029,458      
Westar Energy, Inc. 
    72,300       1,970,898      
 
 
            $ 6,666,057      
 
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services — 6.7%
 
Bristow Group, Inc. 
    46,900     $ 2,334,682      
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.(1)
    47,000       1,543,480      
Oil States International, Inc.(1)
    15,500       1,078,955      
 
 
            $ 4,957,117      
 
 
 
 
Food Products — 4.9%
 
J & J Snack Foods Corp. 
    15,500     $ 799,335      
Lancaster Colony Corp. 
    29,100       1,935,732      
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.(1)
    14,800       907,832      
 
 
            $ 3,642,899      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.3%
 
Teleflex, Inc. 
    18,000     $ 1,077,480      
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 
    34,700       1,348,789      
 
 
            $ 2,426,269      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Providers & Services — 5.4%
 
Magellan Health Services, Inc.(1)
    37,000     $ 1,904,390      
Owens & Minor, Inc. 
    69,050       2,065,976      
 
 
            $ 3,970,366      
 
 
 
 
Insurance — 4.8%
 
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. 
    42,000     $ 1,267,980      
Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd. 
    56,200       1,488,738      
ProAssurance Corp. 
    10,000       765,500      
 
 
            $ 3,522,218      
 
 
 
 
IT Services — 2.3%
 
MAXIMUS, Inc. 
    41,500     $ 1,674,110      
 
 
            $ 1,674,110      
 
 
 
 
Machinery — 6.3%
 
Barnes Group, Inc. 
    95,100     $ 2,212,977      
Crane Co. 
    30,700       1,354,177      
Wabtec Corp. 
    16,000       1,074,880      
 
 
            $ 4,642,034      
 
 
 
 
Media — 1.1%
 
Madison Square Garden Co. (The)(1)
    30,000     $ 792,900      
 
 
            $ 792,900      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments — continued

                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.6%
 
Gulfport Energy Corp.(1)
    62,600     $ 1,949,364      
 
 
            $ 1,949,364      
 
 
 
 
Professional Services — 2.8%
 
Towers Watson & Co., Class A
    31,000     $ 2,036,700      
 
 
            $ 2,036,700      
 
 
 
 
Road & Rail — 7.5%
 
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A(1)
    42,800     $ 2,534,188      
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(1)
    81,700       2,987,769      
 
 
            $ 5,521,957      
 
 
 
 
Software — 2.7%
 
JDA Software Group, Inc.(1)
    61,500     $ 1,960,005      
 
 
            $ 1,960,005      
 
 
 
 
Specialty Retail — 6.9%
 
Aeropostale, Inc.(1)
    50,000     $ 683,000      
Buckle, Inc. (The)
    13,900       619,384      
Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (The)(1)
    32,400       1,521,180      
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.(1)
    30,800       1,203,972      
Finish Line, Inc., Class A (The)
    54,500       1,095,450      
 
 
            $ 5,122,986      
 
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.0%
 
Carter’s, Inc.(1)
    44,300     $ 1,687,387      
Hanesbrands, Inc.(1)
    47,700       1,257,849      
 
 
            $ 2,945,236      
 
 
     
Total Common Stocks
   
(identified cost $52,754,544)
  $ 71,017,094      
 
 

                     
Short-Term Investments — 3.7%
 
    Principal
           
    Amount
           
Description   (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
State Street Bank and Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, 11/1/11
  $ 2,736     $ 2,736,445      
 
 
     
Total Short-Term Investments
   
(identified cost $2,736,445)
  $ 2,736,445      
 
 
     
Total Investments — 100.1%
   
(identified cost $55,490,989)
  $ 73,753,539      
 
 
             
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.1)%
  $ (80,510 )    
 
 
             
Net Assets — 100.0%
  $ 73,673,029      
 
 
 
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
 
 
(1) Non-income producing security.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 
             
Assets   October 31, 2011    
 
Investments, at value (identified cost, $55,490,989)
  $ 73,753,539      
Dividends and interest receivable
    14,735      
 
 
Total assets
  $ 73,768,274      
 
 
             
             
 
Liabilities
 
Payable to affiliates:
           
Investment adviser fee
  $ 58,071      
Trustees’ fees
    262      
Accrued expenses
    36,912      
 
 
Total liabilities
  $ 95,245      
 
 
Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio
  $ 73,673,029      
 
 
             
             
 
Sources of Net Assets
 
Net proceeds from capital contributions and withdrawals
  $ 55,410,479      
Net unrealized appreciation
    18,262,550      
 
 
Total
  $ 73,673,029      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Statement of Operations

 
             
    Year Ended
   
Investment Income   October 31, 2011    
 
Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $535)
  $ 1,102,983      
Interest
    245      
 
 
Total investment income
  $ 1,103,228      
 
 
             
             
 
Expenses
 
Investment adviser fee
  $ 765,590      
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    3,096      
Custodian fee
    48,160      
Legal and accounting services
    28,397      
Miscellaneous
    3,006      
 
 
Total expenses
  $ 848,249      
 
 
Deduct —
           
Reduction of custodian fee
  $ 1      
 
 
Total expense reductions
  $ 1      
 
 
             
Net expenses
  $ 848,248      
 
 
             
Net investment income
  $ 254,980      
 
 
             
             
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) —
           
Investment transactions
  $ 2,534,917      
 
 
Net realized gain
  $ 2,534,917      
 
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —
           
Investments
  $ 3,896,518      
 
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  $ 3,896,518      
 
 
             
Net realized and unrealized gain
  $ 6,431,435      
 
 
             
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 6,686,415      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
                     
    Year Ended October 31,    
   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   2011   2010    
 
From operations —
                   
Net investment income
  $ 254,980     $ 148,700      
Net realized gain from investment transactions
    2,534,917       7,393,682      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments
    3,896,518       4,700,221      
 
 
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 6,686,415     $ 12,242,603      
 
 
Capital transactions —
                   
Contributions
  $ 12,264,195     $ 6,978,163      
Withdrawals
    (17,744,784 )     (14,382,098 )    
 
 
Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions
  $ (5,480,589 )   $ (7,403,935 )    
 
 
                     
Net increase in net assets
  $ 1,205,826     $ 4,838,668      
 
 
                     
                     
 
Net Assets
 
At beginning of year
  $ 72,467,203     $ 67,628,535      
 
 
At end of year
  $ 73,673,029     $ 72,467,203      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Supplementary Data

 
                                             
    Year Ended October 31,
   
Ratios/Supplemental Data   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007    
 
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):
                                           
Expenses(1)
    1.11 %     1.13 %     1.14 %     1.12 %     1.14 %    
Net investment income
    0.33 %(2)     0.20 %     0.73 %     0.51 %     0.19 %    
Portfolio Turnover
    66 %     51 %     66 %     103 %     80 %    
 
 
Total Return
    9.46 %     18.99 %     5.89 %     (21.19 )%     12.92 %    
 
 
                                             
Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)
  $ 73,673     $ 72,467     $ 67,629     $ 61,778     $ 59,511      
                                             
 
 
 
(1) Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.
(2) Includes special dividends equal to 0.16% of average daily net assets.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements

 
1 Significant Accounting Policies
 
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value 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 by investing in a diversified portfolio of value stocks of small-cap companies. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At October 31, 2011, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation Fund held an interest of 47.9% and 52.1%, respectively, 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. Short-term debt obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Portfolio in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each such determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies or entities, quotations or relevant information obtained from broker/dealers or other market participants, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company’s or entity’s financial condition, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.
 
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. 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 October 31, 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 October 31, 2011 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.
 
F 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.
 
G 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.

 
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 
2 Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
The investment adviser fee is earned by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Management (EVM), as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to $500 million, and is payable monthly. On net assets of $500 million and over, the annual fee is reduced. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement, BMR pays Fox Asset Management LLC (Fox), an affiliate of EVM, a portion of its adviser fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Portfolio. For the year ended October 31, 2011, the investment adviser fee was 1.00% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets and amounted to $765,590.
 
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 year ended October 31, 2011, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.
 
3 Purchases and Sales of Investments
 
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $49,213,588 and $54,561,433, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2011.
 
4 Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at October 31, 2011, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
             
Aggregate cost
  $ 55,558,899      
             
 
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 18,194,640      
Gross unrealized depreciation
         
             
 
 
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 18,194,640      
             
 
 
 
5 Line of Credit
 
The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in a $600 million ($450 million prior to September 12, 2011) 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 0.08% (0.10% prior to September 12, 2011) 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 year ended October 31, 2011.
 
6 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)
 
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.

 
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 
At October 31, 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
  $ 71,017,094     $     $      —     $ 71,017,094      
Short-Term Investments
          2,736,445             2,736,445      
                                     
 
 
Total Investments
  $ 71,017,094     $ 2,736,445     $     $ 73,753,539      
                                     
 
 
 
The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.
 
The Portfolio held no investments or other financial instruments as of October 31, 2010 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At October 31, 2011, the value of investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2, if any, during the fiscal year to date then ended was not significant.

 
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 
To the Trustees and Investors of Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio:
 
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the supplementary data for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and supplementary data are the responsibility of the Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and supplementary data based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and supplementary data are free of material misstatement. The Portfolio is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, such financial statements and supplementary data referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio as of October 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the supplementary data for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 19, 2011

 
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund
 
October 31, 2011
 
 
Management and Organization

 
Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) and Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio (the Portfolio) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trust’s and Portfolio’s affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio are listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the last five years. Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio hold indefinite terms of office. The “Noninterested Trustees” consist of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust and the Portfolio, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business address of each Trustee and officer is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, “EVC” refers to Eaton Vance Corp., “EV” refers to Eaton Vance, Inc., “EVM” refers to Eaton Vance Management, “BMR” refers to Boston Management and Research and “EVD” refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EVC and EV are the corporate parent and trustee, respectively, of EVM and BMR. EVD is the Fund’s principal underwriter, the Portfolio’s placement agent and a wholly-owned subsidiary of EVC. Each officer affiliated with Eaton Vance may hold a position with other Eaton Vance affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with EVM listed below. Each Trustee oversees 179 portfolios in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds. Each Trustee and officer serves until his or her successor is elected.
 
             
    Position(s)
       
    with the
       
    Trust and
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships
Name and Year of Birth   the Portfolio   Service   During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience
 
 
 
Interested Trustee
             
Thomas E. Faust Jr.
1958
  Trustee   Since 2007   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVC, Director and President of EV, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVM and BMR, and Director of EVD. Trustee and/or officer of 179 registered investment companies and 1 private investment company managed by EVM or BMR. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Trust and Portfolio.
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) Director of EVC.
 
Noninterested Trustees
             
Scott E. Eston
1956
  Trustee   Since 2011   Private investor. Formerly held various positions at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Co., L.L.C. (investment management firm) (1997-2009), including Chief Operating Officer (2002-2009), Chief Financial Officer (1997-2009) and Chairman of the Executive Committee (2002-2008); President and Principal Executive Officer, GMO Trust (open-end registered investment company) (2006-2009). Former Partner, Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P. (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (public accounting firm) (1987-1997).
Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.
             
Benjamin C. Esty
1963
  Trustee   Since 2005   Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration and Finance Unit Head, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.
             
Allen R. Freedman
1940
  Trustee   Since 2007   Private Investor. Former Chairman (2002-2004) and a Director (1983-2004) of Systems & Computer Technology Corp. (provider of software to higher education). Formerly, a Director of Loring Ward International (fund distributor) (2005-2007). Former Chairman and a Director of Indus International, Inc. (provider of enterprise management software to the power generating industry) (2005-2007). Former Chief Executive Officer of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) (1979-2000).
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) Director of Stonemor Partners, L.P. (owner and operator of cemeteries). Formerly, Director of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) (1979-2011).
             
William H. Park
1947
  Trustee   Since 2003   Consultant and private investor. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Aveon Group L.P. (investment management firm) (2010-2011). Formerly, Vice Chairman, Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company) (2006-2010). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) (2002-2005). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, United Asset Management Corporation (investment management firm) (1982-2001). Formerly, Senior Manager, Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (an independent registered public accounting firm) (1972-1981).
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.

 
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund
 
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Management and Organization — continued

 
             
    Position(s)
       
    with the
       
    Trust and
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships
Name and Year of Birth   the Portfolio   Service   During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience
 
 
Noninterested Trustees (continued)
             
Ronald A. Pearlman
1940
  Trustee   Since 2003   Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. Formerly, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) and Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), U.S. Department of the Treasury (1983-1985). Formerly, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress (1988-1990).
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.
             
Helen Frame Peters
1948
  Trustee   Since 2008   Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Formerly, Dean, Carroll School of Management, Boston College (2000-2002). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Scudder Kemper Investments (investment management firm) (1998-1999). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Equity and Fixed Income, Colonial Management Associates (investment management firm) (1991-1998).
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) Formerly, Director of BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (wholesale club retailer) (2004-2011). Formerly, Trustee of SPDR Index Shares Funds and SPDR Series Trust (exchange traded funds) (2000-2009). Formerly, Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (a bank for banks) (2007-2009).
             
Lynn A. Stout
1957
  Trustee   Of the Trust since 1998 and of the Portfolio since 2001   Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate and Securities Law (since 2006) and Professor of Law (2001-2006), University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.
             
Harriett Tee Taggart
1948
  Trustee   Since 2011   Managing Director, Taggart Associates (a professional practice firm). Formerly, Partner and Senior Vice President, Wellington Management Company, LLP (investment management firm) (1983-2006).
Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of Albemarle Corporation (chemicals manufacturer) (since 2007) and The Hanover Group (specialty property and casualty insurance company) (since 2009). Formerly, Director of Lubrizol Corporation (specialty chemicals) (2007-2011).
             
Ralph F. Verni
1943
  Chairman of
the Board
and Trustee
  Chairman of the Board since 2007 and Trustee since 2005   Consultant and private investor. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer (1982-1992), Chief Financial Officer (1988-1990) and Director (1982-1992), New England Life. Formerly, Chairperson, New England Mutual Funds (1982-1992). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, State Street Management & Research (1992-2000). Formerly, Chairperson, State Street Research Mutual Funds (1992-2000). Formerly, Director, W.P. Carey, LLC (1998-2004) and First Pioneer Farm Credit Corp. (2002-2006).
Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.
 
Principal Officers who are not Trustees
    Position(s)
       
    with the
       
    Trust and
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
Name and Year of Birth   the Portfolio   Service   During Past Five Years
 
 
Duncan W. Richardson
1957
  President   Of the Trust since 2011(2) and of the Portfolio since 2002   Director of EVC and Executive Vice President and Chief Equity Investment Officer of EVC, EVM and BMR.
             
Payson F. Swaffield
1956
  Vice President of the Trust   Since 2011   Chief Income Investment Officer of EVC. Vice President of EVM and BMR.
             
Barbara E. Campbell
1957
  Treasurer   Of the Trust since 2005 and of the Portfolio since 2008   Vice President of EVM and BMR.

 
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund
 
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Management and Organization — continued

 
             
    Position(s)
       
    with the
       
    Trust and
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
Name and Year of Birth   the Portfolio   Service   During Past Five Years
 
 
Principal Officers who are not Trustees (continued)
             
Maureen A. Gemma
1960
  Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   Vice President since 2011, Secretary since 2007 and Chief Legal Officer since 2008   Vice President of EVM and BMR.
             
Paul M. O’Neil
1953
  Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2004   Vice President of EVM and BMR.
 
(1) During their respective tenures, the Trustees (except Mr. Eston and Ms. Taggart) also served as trustees of one or more of the following Eaton Vance funds (which operated in the years noted): Eaton Vance Credit Opportunities Fund (launched in 2005 and terminated in 2010); Eaton Vance Insured Florida Plus Municipal Bond Fund (launched in 2002 and terminated in 2009); and Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Trust (launched in 1998 and terminated in 2009).
(2) Prior to 2011, Mr. Richardson was Vice President of the Trust since 2001.
 
The SAI for the Fund includes additional information about the Trustees and officers of the Fund and the Portfolio and can be obtained without charge on Eaton Vance’s website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-262-1122.

 
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Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund
 
October 31, 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 and 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) will (if applicable) 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 Small-Cap Value Portfolio
Boston Management and Research
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
Sub-Adviser of Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Portfolio
Fox Asset Management LLC
331 Newman Springs Road, Suite 122
Red Bank, NJ 07701
 
Administrator of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund
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
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
 
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 a consultant and private investor. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aveon Group, L.P. (an investment management firm), 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
(a)-(d)
The following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2010 and October 31, 2011 by the registrant’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by D&T during such periods.
                 
Fiscal Years Ended   10/31/10   10/31/11
 
Audit Fees
  $ 21,620     $ 21,840  
 
               
Audit-Related Fees(1)
  $ 0     $ 0  
 
               
Tax Fees(2)
  $ 6,420     $ 6,490  
 
               
All Other Fees(3)
  $ 900     $ 0  
       
 
               
Total
  $ 28,940     $ 28,330  
       
 
(1)   Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees.
 
(2)   Tax fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant relating to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and specifically include fees for tax return preparation and other related tax compliance/planning matters.
 
(3)   All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services.
(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the pre-approval of services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant (the “Pre-Approval Policies”). The Pre-Approval Policies establish a framework intended to assist the audit committee in the proper discharge of its pre-approval responsibilities. As a general matter, the Pre-Approval Policies (i) specify certain types of audit, audit-related, tax, and other services determined to be pre-approved by the audit committee; and (ii) delineate specific procedures governing the mechanics of the pre-approval process, including the approval and monitoring of audit and non-audit service fees. Unless a service is specifically pre-approved under the Pre-Approval Policies, it must be separately pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
The Pre-Approval Policies and the types of audit and non-audit services pre-approved therein must be reviewed and ratified by the registrant’s audit committee at least annually. The registrant’s audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the registrant’s principal accountant.
(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to the “de minimis exception” set forth in Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.

 


 

(g) The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by D&T for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2010 and October 31, 2011; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Eaton Vance organization by D&T for the same time periods.
                 
Fiscal Years Ended   10/31/10   10/31/11
 
Registrant
  $ 7,320     $ 6,490  
 
               
Eaton Vance(1)
  $ 278,901     $ 226,431  
 
(1)   Certain entities that provide ongoing services to the registrant are subsidiaries of Eaton Vance Corp.
(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision by the registrant’s principal accountant of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
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 Small-Cap Value Portfolio
         
By:
  /s/ Duncan W. Richardson
 
Duncan W. Richardson
   
 
  President    
Date: December 19, 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: December 19, 2011
         
By:
  /s/ Duncan W. Richardson
 
Duncan W. Richardson
   
 
  President    
Date: December 19, 2011