N-CSRS 1 d402032dncsrs.htm INTERNATIONAL INCOME PORTFOLIO International Income 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: 811-22049

 

 

International Income 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

April 30, 2017

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Foreign Government Bonds — 10.7%  
     
Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Bosnia and Herzegovina — 2.0%

 

Republic of Srpska, 1.50%, 6/30/23

    BAM       1,608     $ 817,082  

Republic of Srpska, 1.50%, 10/30/23

    BAM       1,219       624,658  

Republic of Srpska, 1.50%, 5/31/25

    BAM       414       202,917  

Republic of Srpska, 1.50%, 12/24/25

    BAM       829       396,954  

Republic of Srpska, 1.50%, 9/25/26

    BAM       469       221,938  
                         

Total Bosnia and Herzegovina

      $ 2,263,549  
                         

Dominican Republic — 4.4%

 

Dominican Republic, 14.00%, 6/8/18 (1)

    DOP       218,600     $ 4,821,083  
                         

Total Dominican Republic

      $ 4,821,083  
                         

Georgia — 1.1%

 

Georgia Treasury Bond, 6.75%, 10/6/18

    GEL       190     $ 77,076  

Georgia Treasury Bond, 8.50%, 7/26/17

    GEL       516       211,757  

Georgia Treasury Bond, 10.75%, 7/9/17

    GEL       15       6,177  

Georgia Treasury Bond, 13.375%, 3/10/18

    GEL       780       335,001  

Georgia Treasury Bond, 13.75%, 1/14/18

    GEL       1,400       597,792  
                         

Total Georgia

      $ 1,227,803  
                         

Iceland — 1.9%

 

Republic of Iceland, 6.25%, 2/5/20

    ISK       216,150     $ 2,110,343  
                         

Total Iceland

      $ 2,110,343  
                         

Serbia — 1.3%

 

Serbia Treasury Bond, 10.00%, 4/27/18

    RSD       156,300     $ 1,464,281  
                         

Total Serbia

      $ 1,464,281  
                         

Total Foreign Government Bonds
(identified cost $11,866,042)

      $ 11,887,059  
                         
Foreign Corporate Bonds — 1.5%  
     
Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Argentina — 1.5%

 

Banco Hipotecario SA, 21.354%, 1/12/20 (1)(5)

    ARS       24,372     $ 1,592,753  
                         

Total Argentina

      $ 1,592,753  
                         

Total Foreign Corporate Bonds
(identified cost $1,609,182)

      $ 1,592,753  
                         
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.5%  
     
Security          Principal
Amount
    Value  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

     

Series 2127, Class PG, 6.25%, 2/15/29

    $ 126,567     $ 138,060  

Federal National Mortgage Association:

     

Series 2009-62, Class WA,
5.57%, 8/25/39(2)

      414,785       456,575  
                         

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(identified cost $557,962)

      $ 594,635  
                         
Mortgage Pass-Throughs — 2.7%  
Security          Principal
Amount
    Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

1.85% with maturity at 2035(3)

    $ 685,280     $ 693,758  

3.80% with maturity at 2035(3)

      512,118       547,429  

7.00% with maturity at 2033

      327,815       377,481  

7.50% with maturity at 2035

      212,351       251,184  

8.50% with maturity at 2032

      171,707       207,793  
                         
      $ 2,077,645  
                         

Government National Mortgage Association:

 

 

7.00% with maturity at 2035

    $ 576,064     $ 671,881  

9.00% with various maturities to 2024

      192,854       210,136  
                         
      $ 882,017  
                         

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(identified cost $2,795,037)

 

  $ 2,959,662  
                         
Currency Options Purchased — 0.4%  
         
Description   Counterparty    

Principal
Amount

of Contracts
(000’s omitted)

    Strike
Price
    Expiration
Date
    Value  

Call CAD/Put USD

    Citibank, N.A.       USD  2,000       CAD    1.31       12/8/17     $ 18,428  

Call RUB/Put USD

    Citibank, N.A.       USD  3,000       RUB  62.10       9/28/17       213,993  

Call RUB/Put USD

    Citibank, N.A.       USD  4,250       RUB  60.00       9/28/17       189,737  
                                         

Total Currency Options Purchased
(identified cost $184,882)

 

  $ 422,158  
                                         
 

 

  14   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 78.9%  
Foreign Government Securities — 32.8%  
     
Security         

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Brazil — 1.4%

 

Letra do Tesouro Nacional, 0.00%, 7/1/17

    BRL       5,000     $ 1,547,768  
                         

Total Brazil

      $ 1,547,768  
                         

Czech Republic — 5.3%

 

Czech Republic Ministry of Finance Bill, 0.00%, 8/25/17

    CZK       146,000     $ 5,930,117  
                         

Total Czech Republic

      $ 5,930,117  
                         

Egypt — 3.3%

 

Egypt Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 5/9/17

    EGP       26,550     $ 1,468,434  

Egypt Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 8/1/17

    EGP       41,500       2,204,942  
                         

Total Egypt

      $ 3,673,376  
                         

Georgia — 2.7%

 

Georgia Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 6/1/17

    GEL       81     $ 32,937  

Georgia Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 8/10/17

    GEL       5,875       2,365,760  

Georgia Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 2/1/18

    GEL       1,600       620,597  
                         

Total Georgia

      $ 3,019,294  
                         

Kazakhstan — 4.7%

 

National Bank of Kazakhstan Note, 0.00%, 5/19/17

    KZT       527,300     $ 1,666,090  

National Bank of Kazakhstan Note, 0.00%, 7/21/17

    KZT       332,000       1,031,185  

National Bank of Kazakhstan Note, 0.00%, 9/29/17

    KZT       808,100       2,464,662  
                         

Total Kazakhstan

      $ 5,161,937  
                         

South Korea — 4.0%

 

Korea Treasury Bond, 2.75%, 9/10/17

    KRW       5,000,000     $ 4,415,946  
                         

Total South Korea

      $ 4,415,946  
                         

Sri Lanka — 7.0%

 

Sri Lanka Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 4/6/18

    LKR       590,000     $ 3,515,108  

Sri Lanka Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 4/13/18

    LKR       715,000       4,253,436  
                         

Total Sri Lanka

      $ 7,768,544  
                         

Sweden — 4.4%

 

Sweden Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 5/17/17

    SEK       42,915     $ 4,846,697  
                         

Total Sweden

      $ 4,846,697  
                         

Total Foreign Government Securities
(identified cost $36,200,422)

 

  $ 36,363,679  
                         
U.S. Treasury Obligations — 42.4%  
     
Security         

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 5/11/17

    $ 13,000     $ 12,997,660  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 5/18/17(4)

      18,000       17,994,330  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 5/25/17(4)

      11,000       10,995,160  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 8/3/17

      5,000       4,989,410  
                         

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(identified cost $46,956,322)

 

  $ 46,976,560  
                         
Other — 3.7%  
     
Description          Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 1.07%(6)

      4,156,847     $ 4,158,094  
                         

Total Other
(identified cost $4,157,678)

 

  $ 4,158,094  
                         

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $87,314,422)

 

  $ 87,498,333  
                         

Total Investments — 94.7%
(identified cost $104,327,527)

 

  $ 104,954,600  
                         

 

Currency Options Written — (0.2)%  
         
Description   Counterparty  

Principal

Amount

of Contracts

(000’s omitted)

   

Strike

Price

   

Expiration

Date

    Value  

Call RUB/Put USD

  Goldman Sachs
International
    USD  4,250       RUB  55.00       9/28/17     $ (28,339

Call RUB/Put USD

  Goldman Sachs
International
    USD  3,000       RUB  62.10       9/28/17       (213,993
                                     

Total Currency Options Written
(premiums received $190,770)

 

  $ (242,332
                                     

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 5.5%

 

  $ 6,172,859  
                                     

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 110,885,127  
                                     

The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.

 

(1)  Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At April 30, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities is $6,413,836 or 5.8% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
 

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

(2)  Weighted average fixed-rate coupon that changes/updates monthly. Rate shown is the rate at April 30, 2017.

 

(3)  Adjustable rate mortgage security. Rate shown is the rate at April 30, 2017.

 

(4)  Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged to cover collateral requirements on open derivative contracts.

 

(5)  Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2017.

 

(6)  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 April 30, 2017.
 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  
Currency Purchased     Currency Sold     Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 
EUR     421,122     RON     1,910,000     BNP Paribas     5/3/17     $ 403     $  
RON     1,910,000     EUR     418,557     BNP Paribas     5/3/17       2,391        
CAD     1,527,830     USD     1,139,683     Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited     5/8/17             (20,320
EUR     3,280,298     USD     3,526,501     Standard Chartered Bank     5/8/17       47,594        
EUR     860,624     USD     920,523     Standard Chartered Bank     5/8/17       17,181        
ILS     12,047,000     USD     3,301,382     BNP Paribas     5/8/17       25,344        
PLN     14,229,164     EUR     3,336,251     HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     5/8/17       32,792        
RON     2,560,000     EUR     563,939     BNP Paribas     5/8/17             (80
USD     5,974,887     EUR     5,513,134     Standard Chartered Bank     5/8/17             (32,026
COP     3,600,000,000     USD     1,234,568     State Street Bank and Trust Company     5/10/17             (12,655
COP     11,940,000,000     USD     3,966,119     The Bank of Nova Scotia     5/10/17       86,559        
PEN     11,460,000     USD     3,455,971     UBS AG     5/10/17       74,039        
EUR     600,893     SEK     5,685,000     Goldman Sachs International     5/15/17       12,700        
SEK     10,250,000     EUR     1,082,712     Societe Generale     5/15/17             (22,143
USD     2,988,303     EUR     2,797,329     Standard Chartered Bank     5/15/17             (60,588
ARS     29,079,800     USD     1,871,287     BNP Paribas     5/18/17       4,334        
ARS     6,334,700     USD     406,592     Citibank, N.A.     5/18/17       1,991        
TRY     2,060,000     USD     556,872     BNP Paribas     5/18/17       20,445        
BRL     1,750,000     USD     552,678     State Street Bank and Trust Company     5/19/17             (3,566
MXN     5,300,000     USD     280,775     JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     5/19/17             (14
ZAR     7,350,000     USD     525,409     Citibank, N.A.     5/19/17       23,064        
ARS     11,296,000     USD     710,507     BNP Paribas     5/22/17       16,710        
ARS     7,519,800     USD     472,053     Citibank, N.A.     5/22/17       12,059        
ARS     1,997,000     USD     128,714     Deutsche Bank AG     5/22/17             (151
RON     6,149,171     EUR     1,357,763     BNP Paribas     5/31/17             (4,515
RON     4,040,000     EUR     892,384     JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     5/31/17             (3,331
RON     1,870,000     EUR     412,876     Deutsche Bank AG     6/2/17             (1,366
GBP     1,165,000     USD     1,462,902     Goldman Sachs International     6/5/17       47,345        
RON     3,060,000     EUR     674,767     Deutsche Bank AG     6/6/17             (1,390
KES     6,400,000     USD     60,150     Citibank, N.A.     6/7/17       1,516        
EUR     258,877     USD     279,116     Goldman Sachs International     6/9/17       3,386        
RON     1,988,850     EUR     438,570     Bank of America, N.A.     6/9/17             (947
RUB     294,152,669     USD     4,979,140     Deutsche Bank AG     6/9/17       146,541        
USD     1,617,156     RUB     92,000,000     Societe Generale     6/9/17       14,034        
KES     75,690,000     USD     697,604     Citibank, N.A.     6/19/17       30,010        

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)  
Currency Purchased     Currency Sold     Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 
PHP     245,385,000     USD     4,921,480     Deutsche Bank AG     6/22/17     $     $ (51,263
USD     1,624,272     EUR     1,520,000     Standard Chartered Bank     6/23/17             (35,728
USD     4,845,539     EUR     4,534,474     Standard Chartered Bank     6/23/17             (106,585
HUF     635,000,000     EUR     2,050,044     JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     6/27/17             (26,675
USD     3,430,971     EUR     3,186,236     Standard Chartered Bank     6/28/17             (49,697
KES     75,690,000     USD     695,680     Citibank, N.A.     7/3/17       29,980        
USD     1,452,855     BRL     5,000,000     Citibank, N.A.     7/7/17             (98,871
IDR     42,819,537,000     USD     3,138,112     BNP Paribas     7/17/17       49,518        
IDR     25,000,000,000     USD     1,853,225     JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     7/17/17       7,859        
INR     277,200,000     USD     4,263,631     Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited     7/18/17       13,550        
NOK     31,363,000     EUR     3,426,322     State Street Bank and Trust Company     7/20/17             (90,987
KES     75,748,000     USD     691,131     Citibank, N.A.     8/1/17       31,458        
USD     4,431,947     KRW     5,102,500,000     JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.     9/11/17             (60,036
USD     5,823,780     EUR     5,417,974     Standard Chartered Bank     9/29/17             (124,226
RSD     479,648,825     EUR     3,802,210     Citibank, N.A.     10/18/17       22,758        
RSD     406,323,188     EUR     3,149,792     Deutsche Bank AG     4/3/18       67,136        
                                    $ 842,697     $ (807,160

 

Futures Contracts  
Description   Contracts      Position      Expiration
Month/Year
     Aggregate Cost      Value      Net Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Interest Rate Futures

                
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note     11        Short        Jun-17      $ (1,291,297    $ (1,302,469    $ (11,172
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note     4        Short        Jun-17        (495,594      (502,875      (7,281
                                                 $ (18,453

Currency Abbreviations:

 

ARS     Argentine Peso
BAM     Bosnia-Herzegovina Convertible Mark
BRL     Brazilian Real
CAD     Canadian Dollar
COP     Colombian Peso
CZK     Czech Koruna
DOP     Dominican Peso
EGP     Egyptian Pound
EUR     Euro
GBP     British Pound Sterling
GEL     Georgian Lari
HUF     Hungarian Forint
IDR     Indonesian Rupiah
ILS     Israeli Shekel
INR     Indian Rupee
ISK     Icelandic Krona
KES     Kenyan Shilling
KRW     South Korean Won
KZT     Kazakhstani Tenge
LKR     Sri Lankan Rupee
MXN     Mexican Peso
NOK     Norwegian Krone
PEN     Peruvian Sol
PHP     Philippine Peso
PLN     Polish Zloty
RON     Romanian Leu
RSD     Serbian Dinar
RUB     Russian Ruble
SEK     Swedish Krona
TRY     New Turkish Lira
USD     United States Dollar
ZAR     South African Rand
 

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets   April 30, 2017  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $100,169,849)

  $ 100,796,506  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $4,157,678)

    4,158,094  

Cash

    4,030,533  

Restricted cash*

    788,831  

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $1,831,633)

    1,885,562  

Interest receivable

    392,824  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

    6,731  

Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    842,697  

Tax reclaims receivable

    2,493  

Receivable from affiliate

    2,297  

Total assets

  $ 112,906,568  
Liabilities  

Cash collateral due to brokers

  $ 788,831  

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums received, $190,770)

    242,332  

Payable for variation margin on open financial futures contracts

    486  

Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    807,160  

Payable to affiliates:

 

Investment adviser fee

    57,305  

Trustees’ fees

    679  

Accrued expenses

    124,648  

Total liabilities

  $ 2,021,441  

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

  $ 110,885,127  
Sources of Net Assets  

Investors’ capital

  $ 110,239,251  

Net unrealized appreciation

    645,876  

Total

  $ 110,885,127  

 

* Represents restricted cash on deposit at the custodian for open derivative contracts.

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   Six Months Ended
April 30, 2017
 

Interest

  $ 2,262,410  

Dividends from affiliated investment

    33,977  

Total investment income

  $ 2,296,387  
Expenses  

Investment adviser fee

  $ 376,236  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    3,945  

Custodian fee

    44,924  

Legal and accounting services

    54,090  

Miscellaneous

    4,473  

Total expenses

  $ 483,668  

Deduct —

 

Allocation of expenses to affiliate

  $ 11,141  

Total expense reductions

  $ 11,141  

Net expenses

  $ 472,527  

Net investment income

  $ 1,823,860  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions (net of foreign capital gains taxes of $32,414)

  $ (1,418,910

Investment transactions - affiliated investment

    361  

Written options

    87,868  

Financial futures contracts

    60,563  

Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions

    3,462,288  

Net realized gain

  $ 2,192,170  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

  $ 4,056,449  

Investments - affiliated investment

    129  

Written options

    (112,935

Financial futures contracts

    (32,601

Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    287,869  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 4,198,911  

Net realized and unrealized gain

  $ 6,391,081  

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 8,214,941  

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2017

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

October 31, 2016

 

From operations —

   

Net investment income

  $ 1,823,860     $ 5,517,184  

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions, written options, financial futures contracts, and foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions

    2,192,170       (15,408,564

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, written options, financial futures contracts, and foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    4,198,911       15,080,767  

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 8,214,941     $ 5,189,387  

Capital transactions —

   

Contributions

  $ 1,892,287     $ 17,940,662  

Withdrawals

    (37,938,019     (121,664,915

Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions

  $ (36,045,732   $ (103,724,253

Net decrease in net assets

  $ (27,830,791   $ (98,534,866
Net Assets  

At beginning of period

  $ 138,715,918     $ 237,250,784  

At end of period

  $ 110,885,127     $ 138,715,918  

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended October 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):

                                               

Expenses(1)

    0.79 %(2)(3)      0.81 %(2)(4)      0.81 %(2)(4)      0.83     0.83     0.88

Net investment income

    3.03 %(3)      3.17     3.56     3.49     3.20     3.57

Portfolio Turnover

    18 %(5)      38     23     42     21     37

Total Return

    7.73 %(2)(5)      3.25 %(2)      (5.84 )%(2)      0.90     (0.35 )%      3.93

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 110,885     $ 138,716     $ 237,251     $ 607,664     $ 1,002,404     $ 292,334  

 

(1)  Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%. Effective September 1, 2015, custody fee credits, which were earned on cash deposit balances, were discontinued by the custodian.

 

(2)  The investment adviser reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.02%, 0.08% and 0.04% of average daily net assets for the six months ended April 30, 2017 and the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively). Absent this reimbursement, total return would be lower.

 

(3)  Annualized.

 

(4)  Includes interest expense of 0.01% for each of the years ended October 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

(5)  Not annualized.

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

International Income 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 total return. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At April 30, 2017, Eaton Vance Diversified Currency Income Fund held a 99.9% 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 (U.S. GAAP). The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

A  Investment Valuation — The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.

Debt Obligations. Debt obligations are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services’ pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and asked prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, interest rates, anticipated prepayments, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less for which a valuation from a third party pricing service is not readily available may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Derivatives. U.S. exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices at valuation time as reported by the Options Price Reporting Authority. Non U.S. exchange-traded options and over-the-counter options (including options on securities, indices and foreign currencies) are valued by a third party pricing service using techniques that consider factors including the value of the underlying instrument, the volatility of the underlying instrument and the period of time until option expiration. Financial futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average asked prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Portfolio’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service.

Foreign Securities and Currencies. 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.

Affiliated Fund. The Portfolio may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). While Cash Reserves Fund is not a registered money market mutual fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Investments in Cash Reserves Fund are valued at the closing net asset value per unit on the valuation day. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities based on available market quotations provided by a third party pricing service.

Fair Valuation. 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 — Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Withholding taxes on foreign interest have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.

D  Federal and Other 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 losses and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.

 

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As of April 30, 2017, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Portfolio files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.

E  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.

F  Use of Estimates — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.

H  Financial Futures Contracts — Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Portfolio is required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or securities, an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin). Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Portfolio each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Portfolio. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or closing of the financial futures contracts. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Portfolio may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. Futures contracts have minimal counterparty risk as they are exchange traded and the clearinghouse for the exchange is substituted as the counterparty, guaranteeing counterparty performance.

I  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Portfolio may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized until such time as the contracts have been closed. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

J  Written Options — Upon the writing of a call or a put option, the premium received by the Portfolio is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written, in accordance with the Portfolio’s policies on investment valuations discussed above. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or are closed are added to or offset against the proceeds or amount paid on the transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. When an index option is exercised, the Portfolio is required to deliver an amount of cash determined by the excess of the strike price of the option over the value of the index (in the case of a put) or the excess of the value of the index over the strike price of the option (in the case of a call) at contract termination. If a put option on a security is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Portfolio. The Portfolio, as a writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities or other assets may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the securities or other assets underlying the written option. The Portfolio may also bear the risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist.

K  Purchased Options — Upon the purchase of a call or put option, the premium paid by the Portfolio is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment. The amount of the investment is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased, in accordance with the Portfolio’s policies on investment valuations discussed above. As the purchaser of an index option, the Portfolio has the right to receive a cash payment equal to any depreciation in the value of the index below the strike price of the option (in the case of a put) or equal to any appreciation in the value of the index over the strike price of the option (in the case of a call) as of the valuation date of the option. If an option which the Portfolio had purchased expires on the stipulated expiration date, the Portfolio will realize a loss in the amount of the cost of the option. If the Portfolio enters into a closing sale transaction, the Portfolio will realize a gain or loss, depending on whether the sales proceeds from the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the cost of the option. If the Portfolio exercises a put option on a security, it will realize a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale will be decreased by the premium originally paid. If the Portfolio exercises a call option on a security, the cost of the security

 

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which the Portfolio purchases upon exercise will be increased by the premium originally paid. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid. Purchased options traded over-the-counter involve risk that the issuer or counterparty will fail to perform its contractual obligations.

L  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to April 30, 2017 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. Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement between the Portfolio and BMR, the fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.625% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion, 0.600% from $1 billion but less than $2 billion, and at reduced rates on daily net assets of $2 billion or more, and is payable monthly. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $376,236 or 0.625% (annualized) of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets. Pursuant to a voluntary expense reimbursement, BMR was allocated $11,141 of the Portfolio’s operating expenses for the six months ended April 30, 2017. The Portfolio invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund.

Trustees and officers of the Portfolio who are members of EVM’s or BMR’s organizations 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 April 30, 2017, 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, and including maturities and paydowns, for the six months ended April 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

Investments (non-U.S. Government)

  $ 7,844,216      $ 49,854,179  

U.S. Government and Agency Securities

           358,707  
    $ 7,844,216      $ 50,212,886  

4  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at April 30, 2017, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

  $ 105,603,065  

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 463,510  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (1,111,975

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (648,465

5  Financial Instruments

The Portfolio may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include written options, forward foreign currency exchange contracts and futures contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Portfolio has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at April 30, 2017 is included in the Portfolio of Investments. At April 30, 2017, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

 

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April 30, 2017

 

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Written options activity for the six months ended April 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    

Principal Amount
of Contracts

(000s omitted)

     Premiums
Received
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

  $ 1,979      $ 87,868  

Options written

    7,250        190,770  

Options expired

    (1,979      (87,868

Outstanding, end of period

  $ 7,250      $ 190,770  

In the normal course of pursuing its investment objective, the Portfolio is subject to the following risks:

Foreign Exchange Risk:  The Portfolio engages in forward foreign currency exchange contracts and currency options to enhance total return, to seek to hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities or currencies.

Interest Rate Risk:  The Portfolio utilizes futures contracts to enhance total return, to seek to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates, and/or to change the effective duration of its portfolio.

The Portfolio enters into over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would trigger a payment by the Portfolio for those derivatives in a liability position. At April 30, 2017, the fair value of derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position was $1,049,492. The aggregate fair value of assets pledged as collateral by the Portfolio for such liability was $563,787 at April 30, 2017.

The OTC derivatives in which the Portfolio invests (except for written options as the Portfolio, not the counterparty, is obligated to perform) are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Portfolio has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Portfolio and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Portfolio may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Portfolio’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Portfolio fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Portfolio of any net liability owed to it.

The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Portfolio and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Portfolio’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion of such collateral representing cash, if any, is reflected as restricted cash and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Portfolio, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged by the Portfolio as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments. The carrying amount of the liability for cash collateral due to brokers at April 30, 2017 approximated its fair value. If measured at fair value, such liability would have been considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (see Note 8) at April 30, 2017.

 

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The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) by risk exposure at April 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    Fair Value  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Caption   Foreign
Exchange
     Interest
Rate
     Total  

Unaffiliated investments, at value

  $ 422,158      $      $ 422,158  

Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    842,697               842,697  

Total Asset Derivatives subject to master netting or similar agreements

  $ 1,264,855      $      $ 1,264,855  
       
     Foreign
Exchange
     Interest
Rate
     Total  

Written options outstanding, at value

  $ (242,332    $      $ (242,332

Net unrealized appreciation*

           (18,453      (18,453

Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    (807,160             (807,160

Total Liability Derivatives

  $ (1,049,492    $ (18,453    $ (1,067,945

Derivatives not subject to master netting or similar agreements

  $      $ (18,453    $ (18,453

Total Liability Derivatives subject to master netting or similar agreements

  $ (1,049,492    $      $ (1,049,492

 

* Amount represents cumulative unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on open futures contracts is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open financial futures contracts, as applicable.

The Portfolio’s derivative assets and liabilities at fair value by risk, which are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, are presented in the table above. The following tables present the Portfolio’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and net of the related collateral received by the Portfolio for such assets and pledged by the Portfolio for such liabilities as of April 30, 2017.

 

Counterparty   Derivative
Assets Subject to
Master Netting
Agreement
     Derivatives
Available
for Offset
     Non-cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
     Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
     Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
(b)
 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

  $ 13,550      $ (13,550    $      $      $  

BNP Paribas

    119,145        (4,595      (90,499             24,051  

Citibank, N.A.

    574,994        (98,871             (476,123       

Deutsche Bank AG

    213,677        (54,170             (150,000      9,507  

Goldman Sachs International

    63,431        (63,431                     

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

    32,792                             32,792  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    7,859        (7,859                     

Societe Generale

    14,034        (14,034                     

Standard Chartered Bank

    64,775        (64,775                     

The Bank of Nova Scotia

    86,559                      (86,559       

UBS AG

    74,039                             74,039  
    $ 1,264,855      $ (321,285    $ (90,499    $ (712,682    $ 140,389  

 

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Counterparty   Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Netting
Agreement
     Derivatives
Available
for Offset
     Non-cash
Collateral
Pledged
(a)
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged
(a)
     Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
(c)
 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited

  $ (20,320    $ 13,550      $      $      $ (6,770

Bank of America, N.A.

    (947                           (947

BNP Paribas

    (4,595      4,595                       

Citibank, N.A.

    (98,871      98,871                       

Deutsche Bank AG

    (54,170      54,170                       

Goldman Sachs International

    (242,332      63,431        178,901                

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    (90,056      7,859                      (82,197

Societe Generale

    (22,143      14,034                      (8,109

Standard Chartered Bank

    (408,850      64,775        280,911               (63,164

State Street Bank and Trust Company

    (107,208                           (107,208
    $ (1,049,492    $ 321,285      $ 459,812      $         —      $ (268,395

 

(a)  In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization.

 

(b)  Net amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default.

 

(c)  Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default.

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations by risk exposure for the six months ended April 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

Statement of Operations Caption    Foreign
Exchange
     Interest
Rate
 

Net realized gain (loss) —

     

Investment transactions

   $ (88,422    $  

Financial futures contracts

            60,563  

Written options

     87,868         

Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions

     3,103,473         

Total

   $ 3,102,919      $ 60,563  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

     

Investments

   $ 298,228      $  

Financial futures contracts

            (32,601

Written options

     (112,935       

Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     163,722         

Total

   $ 349,015      $ (32,601

 

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International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

The average notional cost of futures contracts and average notional amounts of other derivative contracts outstanding during the six months ended April 30, 2017, which are indicative of the volume of these derivative types, were approximately as follows:

 

Futures
Contracts — Short
   

Forward

Foreign Currency
Exchange Contracts*

 
  $1,801,000     $ 138,960,000  

 

* The average notional amount for forward foreign currency exchange contracts is based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold.

The average principal amount of purchased currency options contracts outstanding during the six months ended April 30, 2017, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $9,527,000.

6  Line of Credit

The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in a $625 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through September 1, 2017. 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 0.15% 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 April 30, 2017.

7  Risks Associated with Foreign Investments

The Portfolio’s investments in foreign instruments can be adversely affected by changes in currency exchange rates and political, economic and market developments abroad. In emerging or less developed countries, these risks can be more significant. Investment markets in emerging market countries are typically substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major markets in developed countries. Emerging market countries may have relatively unstable governments and economies. Emerging market investments often are subject to speculative trading, which typically contributes to volatility.

The Portfolio may have difficulties enforcing its legal or contractual rights in a foreign country. Economic data as reported by foreign governments and other issuers may be delayed, inaccurate or fraudulent. In the event of a default by a sovereign entity, there are typically no assets to be seized or cash flows to be attached. Furthermore, the willingness or ability of a foreign government to renegotiate defaulted debt may be limited.

8  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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International Income Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

At April 30, 2017, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Foreign Government Bonds

  $     $ 11,887,059     $         —     $ 11,887,059  

Foreign Corporate Bonds

          1,592,753             1,592,753  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

          594,635             594,635  

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

          2,959,662             2,959,662  

Currency Options Purchased

          422,158             422,158  

Short-Term Investments —

       

Foreign Government Securities

          36,363,679             36,363,679  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

          46,976,560             46,976,560  

Other

          4,158,094             4,158,094  

Total Investments

  $     $ 104,954,600     $     $ 104,954,600  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

  $     $ 842,697     $     $ 842,697  

Total

  $     $ 105,797,297     $     $ 105,797,297  

Liability Description

                               

Currency Options Written

  $     $ (242,332   $     $ (242,332

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

          (807,160           (807,160

Futures Contracts

    (18,453                 (18,453

Total

  $ (18,453   $ (1,049,492   $     $ (1,067,945

The Portfolio held no investments or other financial instruments as of October 31, 2016 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At April 30, 2017, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

 

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Eaton Vance

Diversified Currency Income Fund

April 30, 2017

 

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 continuation 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 registered investment companies advised by either Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research, (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 25, 2017, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing investment 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 its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by each adviser to the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2017. The Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, as relevant to its annual evaluation of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

The information that the Board considered included, among other things, the following (for funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolio(s), references to “each fund” in this section may include information that was considered at the portfolio-level):

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

  A report from an independent data provider comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds as identified by the independent data provider (“comparable funds”);

 

  A report from an independent data provider comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;

 

  A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each fund (including, where relevant, yield data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;

 

  Data regarding investment performance in comparison to benchmark indices, as well as customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the adviser in consultation with the Board;

 

  For each fund, comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by each adviser in managing other accounts (including mutual funds, other collective investment 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 and Trading

 

  Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes it employs;

 

  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’s policies and practices with respect to trading, including each adviser’s processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

  Information about the allocation of brokerage transactions 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 policies with respect to “soft dollars”;

 

  Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;

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;

 

  The Code of Ethics of each adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;

 

  Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions;

 

  Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance;

 

  Information concerning 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, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

 

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Diversified Currency Income Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Other Relevant Information

 

  Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory 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 investment advisory agreement.

Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2017, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met ten 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 seven, thirteen, six, eight and ten times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees participated in investment and performance reviews with the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each investment adviser relating to each fund, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing each fund’s investment objective, such as the use of derivative instruments, as well as risk management techniques. The Board and its Committees also evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by Eaton Vance Management and other fund advisers with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its Committees, the Independent Trustees hold regular teleconferences in between meetings to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of investment 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, independent 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 investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment 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 investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement, including the specific fee structures and other terms of the agreements, the Contract Review Committee was informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion among the Independent Trustees and the Eaton Vance Funds’ advisers and sub-advisers.

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 continuation of the investment advisory agreement of Eaton Vance Diversified Currency Income Fund (the “Fund”) with Eaton Vance Management (“EVM”), as well as the investment advisory agreement of International Income Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which the Fund invests, with Boston Management and Research (“BMR”) (EVM, with respect to the Fund, and BMR, with respect to the Portfolio, are each referred to herein as the “Adviser”), including their fee structures, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of each agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee based on the material factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreements. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreements for the Fund and the Portfolio.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreements of the Fund and the Portfolio, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund and the Portfolio by the applicable Adviser.

The Board considered each Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Fund and 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 Fund and the Portfolio. The Board considered the Adviser’s expertise with respect to global markets and in-house research capabilities. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of each Adviser and other factors, such as the reputation and resources of the Adviser to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Eaton Vance Funds, including the Fund and the Portfolio, by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Fund and the Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which each Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Fund and the Portfolio.

The Board noted that under the terms of the investment advisory agreement of the Fund, EVM may invest assets of the Fund directly in securities, for which it would receive a fee, or in the Portfolio, for which it receives no separate fee but for which BMR receives an advisory fee from the Portfolio.

 

 

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Eaton Vance

Diversified Currency Income Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

The Board considered the compliance programs of each Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment professionals, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of each 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 was aware that on April 24, 2017 a former employee of the Adviser agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges arising from the individual’s prior activities as an equity options trader for certain Eaton Vance Funds. The Board was informed that the Adviser became aware of the matter on April 18, 2017, at which time management contacted federal authorities, alerted the Board and began an internal investigation. The Adviser represented to the Board that, based on information available as of April 25, 2017, management had no reason to believe that any other employee of the Adviser or its affiliates was involved in any wrongful activities or that any fund had been materially harmed. The Adviser agreed to keep the Board fully apprised as additional information is learned, and assured the Board that any fund harmed by the former employee’s wrongful activities will be made whole, as determined in consultation with the Board. The Board concluded that the Adviser’s actions in response to these events are appropriate and consistent with the Adviser’s commitment to protect and provide quality services to the Eaton Vance Funds.

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 fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as 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 each Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the applicable investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices, as well as a customized peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended September 30, 2016 for the Fund. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by the Portfolio and by the Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratio for the one year period ended September 30, 2016, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered factors that had an impact on Fund expense ratios relative to comparable funds.

After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by each Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.

Profitability and Other “Fall-Out” Benefits

The Board considered the level of profits realized by each 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 marketing support or other payments by each Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by each Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their relationships with the Fund and the Portfolio, including the benefits of research services that may be available to each Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and 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 each Adviser and its affiliates are deemed not to be excessive.

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the applicable 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 economies of scale, if any, 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 each Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently

 

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Eaton Vance

Diversified Currency Income Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

shares in any benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio, the structure of the advisory fees, which include breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund and the Portfolio to continue to benefit from any economies of scale in the future.

 

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Eaton Vance

Diversified Currency Income Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance Diversified Currency Income Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Officers of International Income Portfolio

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance Diversified Currency Income Fund and International Income Portfolio

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

Scott E. Eston

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Mark R. Fetting**

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

Helen Frame Peters

Susan J. Sutherland

Harriett Tee Taggart

Ralph F. Verni

Scott E. Wennerholm**

 

 

* Interested Trustee

 

** Messrs. Fetting and Wennerholm began serving as Trustees effective September 1, 2016.

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

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 (International) Limited, 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 typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor. Separate statements will be generated for each separate account and will be householded as described above.

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 International Income Portfolio

Boston Management and Research

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Investment Adviser and Administrator of Eaton Vance

Diversified Currency Income 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

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

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.


LOGO

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

Not required in this filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

Not required in this filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (the “Loan Rule”) prohibits an accounting firm, such as the Portfolio’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), from having certain financial relationships with their audit clients and affiliated entities. Specifically, the Loan Rule provides, in relevant part, that an accounting firm generally would not be independent if it or a “covered person” of the accounting firm (within the meaning of applicable SEC rules relating to auditor independence) receives a loan from a lender that is a “record or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of the audit client’s equity securities.” Based on information provided


to the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Eaton Vance family of funds by D&T, certain relationships between D&T and its affiliates (“Deloitte Entities”) and one or more lenders who are record owners of shares of one or more funds within the Eaton Vance family of funds (the “Funds”) implicate the Loan Rule, calling into question D&T’s independence with respect to the Funds. The Funds are providing this disclosure to explain the facts and circumstances as well as D&T’s conclusions concerning D&T’s objectivity and impartiality with respect to the audits of the Funds notwithstanding the existence of one or more breaches of the Loan Rule.

On June 20, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued no-action relief to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter (June 20, 2016) (the “No-Action Letter”)) related to an auditor independence issue arising under the Loan Rule. In the No-Action Letter, the SEC indicated that it would not recommend enforcement action against the fund group if the auditor is not in compliance with the Loan Rule provided that: (1) the auditor has complied with PCAOB Rule 3526(b)(1) and 3526(b)(2); (2) the auditor’s non-compliance under the Loan Rule is with respect to certain lending relationships; and (3) notwithstanding such non-compliance, the auditor has concluded that it is objective and impartial with respect to the issues encompassed within its engagement as auditor of the funds. The SEC has indicated that the no-action relief will expire 18 months from its issuance.

Based on information provided by D&T to the Audit Committee, the requirements of the No-Action Letter appear to be met with respect to D&T’s lending relationships described above. Among other things, D&T has advised the Audit Committee of its conclusion that the consequences of the breach of the Loan Rule have been satisfactorily addressed, that D&T’s objectivity and impartiality in the planning and conduct of the audits of the Fund’s financial statements has not been compromised and that, notwithstanding the breach, D&T is in a position to continue as the auditor for the Funds and D&T does not believe any actions need to be taken with respect to previously issued reports by D&T. D&T has advised the Audit Committee that these conclusions were based in part on its consideration of the No-Action Letter and other relevant information communicated to the Audit Committee.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

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.

International Income Portfolio

 

By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 26, 2017

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/ James F. Kirchner

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   June 26, 2017
By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 26, 2017