N-CSRS 1 d500068dncsrs.htm EATON VANCE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust

 

 

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: 811-04015

 

 

Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust

(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)

December 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

June 30, 2018

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


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Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator and a commodity trading advisor.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial advisor. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.


Semiannual Report June 30, 2018

Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

 

Table of Contents   

Performance

     2  

Fund Profile

     2  

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     3  

Fund Expenses

     4  

Financial Statements

     14  

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     24  

Officers and Trustees

     27  

Important Notices

     28  


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Manager Charles B. Gaffney

 

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years     Ten Years  

Class A at NAV

     11/01/2001        11/01/2001        2.52      12.75      12.62     8.94

Class A with 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge

                   –3.39        6.25        11.29       8.30  

Class C at NAV

     10/01/2009        11/01/2001        2.16        11.93        11.78       8.24  

Class C with 1% Maximum Sales Charge

                   1.16        10.93        11.78       8.24  

Class I at NAV

     09/03/2008        11/01/2001        2.69        13.04        12.90       9.21  

S&P 500 Index

                   2.65      14.37      13.41     10.16
                
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3                            Class A      Class C     Class I  

Gross

              1.11      1.86     0.86

Net

              0.98        1.73       0.73  

Fund Profile4

 

Sector Allocation (% of net assets)5

 

 

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Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets)5

 

 

Apple, Inc.

    4.6

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    3.7  

Amazon.com, Inc.

    3.7  

Facebook, Inc., Class A

    3.1  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    2.7  

Microsoft Corp.

    2.5  

Johnson & Johnson

    2.4  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    2.4  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    2.3  

Bank of America Corp.

    2.2  
         

Total

    29.6
 

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

  2  


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of large-cap stocks commonly used as a measure of U.S. stock market performance. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.

 

  

Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Class C and Class I is linked to Class A. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.

 

3 

Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 4/30/19. Without the reimbursement, performance would have been lower. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

 

4 

Fund invests in an affiliated investment company (Portfolio) with the same objective(s) and policies as the Fund. References to investments are to the Portfolio’s holdings.

 

5 

Excludes cash and cash equivalents.

 

  

Fund profile subject to change due to active management.

 

 

  3  


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Fund Expenses

 

 

Example:  As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and redemption fees (if applicable); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018).

Actual Expenses:  The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:  The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees (if applicable). Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would be higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
(1/1/18)
     Ending
Account Value
(6/30/18)
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
(1/1/18 – 6/30/18)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 

Actual

          

Class A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,025.20      $ 4.92 **       0.98

Class C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.60      $ 8.67 **       1.73

Class I

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,026.90      $ 3.67 **       0.73
         

Hypothetical

          

(5% return per year before expenses)

          

Class A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.90      $ 4.91 **       0.98

Class C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.20      $ 8.65 **       1.73

Class I

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.20      $ 3.66 **       0.73

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2017. The Example reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

 

**

Absent an allocation of certain expenses to an affiliate, expenses would be higher.

 

  4  


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    June 30, 2018  

Investment in Stock Portfolio, at value (identified cost, $75,907,265)

   $ 96,903,134  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     88,786  

Receivable from affiliate

     14,709  

Total assets

   $ 97,006,629  
Liabilities

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   $ 482,083  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Distribution and service fees

     22,410  

Trustees’ fees

     125  

Accrued expenses

     32,497  

Total liabilities

   $ 537,115  

Net Assets

   $ 96,469,514  
Sources of Net Assets

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 73,139,946  

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

     441,378  

Accumulated net realized gain from Portfolio

     1,892,321  

Net unrealized appreciation from Portfolio

     20,995,869  

Total

   $ 96,469,514  
Class A Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 49,302,047  

Shares Outstanding

     2,749,419  

Net Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share

  

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 17.93  

Maximum Offering Price Per Share

  

(100 ÷ 94.25 of net asset value per share)

   $ 19.02  
Class C Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 14,254,411  

Shares Outstanding

     815,704  

Net Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share*

  

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 17.47  
Class I Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 32,913,056  

Shares Outstanding

     1,832,477  

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

  

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 17.96  

On sales of $50,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced.

 

*

Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

 

  5   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

 

Dividends allocated from Portfolio (net of foreign taxes, $7,161)

   $ 888,792  

Expenses allocated from Portfolio

     (317,329

Total investment income from Portfolio

   $ 571,463  
Expenses         

Distribution and service fees

  

Class A

   $ 63,352  

Class C

     75,985  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     250  

Custodian fee

     7,528  

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

     37,643  

Legal and accounting services

     14,542  

Printing and postage

     10,249  

Registration fees

     35,975  

Miscellaneous

     5,883  

Total expenses

   $ 251,407  

Deduct —

  

Allocation of expenses to affiliate

   $ 65,802  

Total expense reductions

   $ 65,802  

Net expenses

   $ 185,605  

Net investment income

   $ 385,858  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Portfolio         

Net realized gain (loss) —

  

Investment transactions

   $ 5,026,774  

Foreign currency transactions

     13  

Net realized gain

   $ 5,026,787  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

  

Investments

   $ (2,871,086

Foreign currency

     (95

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (2,871,181

Net realized and unrealized gain

   $ 2,155,606  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 2,541,464  

 

  6   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 385,858      $ 1,014,779  

Net realized gain

     5,026,787        7,025,014 (1)  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (2,871,181      10,132,699  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 2,541,464      $ 18,172,492  

Distributions to shareholders —

     

From net investment income

     

Class A

   $      $ (478,397

Class C

            (25,330

Class I

            (417,767

From net realized gain

     

Class A

            (3,385,534

Class C

            (1,057,806

Class I

            (2,312,252

Total distributions to shareholders

   $      $ (7,677,086

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

     

Proceeds from sale of shares

     

Class A

   $ 2,257,735      $ 10,186,119  

Class C

     422,580        3,046,078  

Class I

     2,701,568        21,013,009  

Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared

     

Class A

            3,721,484  

Class C

            1,067,099  

Class I

            2,694,867  

Cost of shares redeemed

     

Class A

     (6,222,876      (26,104,746

Class C

     (2,702,599      (4,897,671

Class I

     (5,789,252      (20,059,523

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   $ (9,332,844    $ (9,333,284

Other capital —

     

Portfolio transaction fee contributed to Portfolio

   $ (15,629    $ (42,504

Portfolio transaction fee allocated from Portfolio

     13,413        33,374  

Net decrease in net assets from other capital

   $ (2,216    $ (9,130

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   $ (6,793,596    $ 1,152,992  
Net Assets

 

At beginning of period

   $ 103,263,110      $ 102,110,118  

At end of period

   $ 96,469,514      $ 103,263,110  
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
included in net assets

 

At end of period

   $ 441,378      $ 55,520  

 

(1) 

Includes $999,901 of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind.

 

  7   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

     Class A  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017      2016      2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

   $ 17.490     $ 15.740      $ 15.160      $ 15.680     $ 15.850     $ 13.330  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                   

Net investment income(1)

   $ 0.071     $ 0.178      $ 0.193      $ 0.129     $ 0.095     $ 0.063  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.369       2.933        0.834        0.584       1.722       4.232  

Total income from operations

   $ 0.440     $ 3.111      $ 1.027      $ 0.713     $ 1.817     $ 4.295  
Less Distributions                                                   

From net investment income

   $     $ (0.168    $ (0.140    $ (0.107   $ (0.073   $ (0.065

From net realized gain

           (1.191      (0.311      (1.126     (1.914     (1.710

Total distributions

   $     $ (1.359    $ (0.451    $ (1.233   $ (1.987   $ (1.775

Portfolio transaction fee, net(1)

   $ (0.000 )(2)    $ (0.002    $ 0.004      $     $     $  

Net asset value — End of period

   $ 17.930     $ 17.490      $ 15.740      $ 15.160     $ 15.680     $ 15.850  

Total Return(3)(4)

     2.52 %(5)      19.91      6.80      4.51     11.99     32.83
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                   

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

   $ 49,302     $ 51,999      $ 58,620      $ 55,496     $ 50,826     $ 43,270  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(6)

              

Expenses(4)

     0.98 %(7)      0.98      0.98      1.05     1.22     1.25

Net investment income

     0.81 %(7)      1.05      1.26      0.81     0.57     0.41

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

     42 %(5)      101      118      96     109     90

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Amount is less than $(0.0005).

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

(4) 

The administrator waived its fees and/or reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.13%, 0.13%, 0.12%, 0.14%, 0.13% and 0.19% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively). Absent the waivers and reimbursement, total return would be lower.

 

(5) 

Not annualized.

 

(6) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(7) 

Annualized.

 

  8   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

     Class C  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017      2016      2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

   $ 17.100     $ 15.420      $ 14.870      $ 15.420     $ 15.640     $ 13.200  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                   

Net investment income (loss)(1)

   $ 0.004     $ 0.050      $ 0.076      $ 0.009     $ (0.029   $ (0.053

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.366       2.851        0.813        0.580       1.697       4.165  

Total income from operations

   $ 0.370     $ 2.901      $ 0.889      $ 0.589     $ 1.668     $ 4.112  
Less Distributions                                                   

From net investment income

   $     $ (0.028    $ (0.034    $ (0.013   $     $ (0.010

From net realized gain

           (1.191      (0.309      (1.126     (1.888     (1.662

Total distributions

   $     $ (1.219    $ (0.343    $ (1.139   $ (1.888   $ (1.672

Portfolio transaction fee, net(1)

   $ (0.000 )(2)    $ (0.002    $ 0.004      $     $     $  

Net asset value — End of period

   $ 17.470     $ 17.100      $ 15.420      $ 14.870     $ 15.420     $ 15.640  

Total Return(3)(4)

     2.16 %(5)      18.94      6.00      3.77     11.16     31.72
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                   

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

   $ 14,254     $ 16,196      $ 15,370      $ 14,986     $ 11,683     $ 8,123  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(6)

              

Expenses(4)

     1.73 %(7)      1.73      1.73      1.80     1.96     2.00

Net investment income (loss)

     0.05 %(7)      0.30      0.51      0.06     (0.18 )%      (0.35 )% 

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

     42 %(5)      101      118      96     109     90

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Amount is less than $(0.0005).

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

(4) 

The administrator waived its fees and/or reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.13%, 0.13%, 0.12%, 0.14%, 0.13% and 0.19% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively). Absent the waivers and reimbursement, total return would be lower.

 

(5) 

Not annualized.

 

(6) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(7) 

Annualized.

 

  9   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

     Class I  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017      2016      2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

   $ 17.490     $ 15.750      $ 15.170      $ 15.680     $ 15.850     $ 13.330  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                   

Net investment income(1)

   $ 0.093     $ 0.219      $ 0.233      $ 0.172     $ 0.126     $ 0.102  

Net realized and unrealized gain

     0.377       2.931        0.834        0.590       1.729       4.233  

Total income from operations

   $ 0.470     $ 3.150      $ 1.067      $ 0.762     $ 1.855     $ 4.335  
Less Distributions                                                   

From net investment income

   $     $ (0.217    $ (0.180    $ (0.146   $ (0.111   $ (0.105

From net realized gain

           (1.191      (0.311      (1.126     (1.914     (1.710

Total distributions

   $     $ (1.408    $ (0.491    $ (1.272   $ (2.025   $ (1.815

Portfolio transaction fee, net(1)

   $ (0.000 )(2)    $ (0.002    $ 0.004      $     $     $  

Net asset value — End of period

   $ 17.960     $ 17.490      $ 15.750      $ 15.170     $ 15.680     $ 15.850  

Total Return(3)(4)

     2.69 %(5)      20.14      7.05      4.83     12.24     33.14
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                   

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

   $ 32,913     $ 35,068      $ 28,121      $ 20,457     $ 12,760     $ 11,622  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(6)

              

Expenses(4)

     0.73 %(7)      0.73      0.73      0.80     0.97     1.00

Net investment income

     1.06 %(7)      1.28      1.51      1.07     0.75     0.66

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

     42 %(5)      101      118      96     109     90

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Amount is less than $(0.0005).

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(4) 

The administrator waived its fees and/or reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.13%, 0.13%, 0.12%, 0.14%, 0.13% and 0.19% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively). Absent the waivers and reimbursement, total return would be lower.

 

(5) 

Not annualized.

 

(6) 

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(7) 

Annualized.

 

  10   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance Stock Fund (the Fund) is a diversified series of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund offers three classes of shares. Class A shares are generally sold subject to a sales charge imposed at time of purchase. Class C shares are sold at net asset value and are generally subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (see Note 5). Class I shares are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. The Fund invests all of its investable assets in interests in Stock Portfolio (the Portfolio), a Massachusetts business trust, having the same investment objective and policies as the Fund. The value of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Portfolio (15.7% at June 30, 2018). The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolio, including the portfolio of investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s financial statements.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund 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 — Valuation of securities by the Portfolio is discussed in Note 1A of the Portfolio’s Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

B  Income — The Fund’s net investment income or loss consists of the Fund’s pro-rata share of the net investment income or loss of the Portfolio, less all actual and accrued expenses of the Fund.

C  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of June 30, 2018, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund 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.

D  Expenses — The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.

E  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.

F  Indemnifications — Under the Trust’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 Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

G  Other — Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

H  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2018 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Fund’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

It is the present policy of the Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, at the election of the shareholder, receive distributions in cash. Distributions to

 

  11  


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

3  Transactions with Affiliates

Eaton Vance Management (EVM) serves as the administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation. EVM has agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses to the extent that total annual operating expenses (relating to ordinary operating expenses only) exceed 0.98%, 1.73% and 0.73% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, Class C and Class I, respectively. This agreement may be changed or terminated after April 30, 2019. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM was allocated $65,802 of the Fund’s operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The Portfolio has engaged Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, to render investment advisory services. See Note 2 of the Portfolio’s Notes to Financial Statements which are included elsewhere in this report.

EVM provides sub-transfer agency and related services to the Fund pursuant to a Sub-Transfer Agency Support Services Agreement. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, EVM earned $4,682 from the Fund pursuant to such agreement, which is included in transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees on the Statement of Operations. The Fund was informed that Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), an affiliate of EVM and the Fund’s principal underwriter, received $4,494 as its portion of the sales charge on sales of Class A shares for the six months ended June 30, 2018. EVD also received distribution and service fees from Class A and Class C shares (see Note 4) and contingent deferred sales charges (see Note 5).

Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVM’s or BMR’s organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund and the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.

4  Distribution Plans

The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Class A shares (Class A Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution and service fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares for distribution services and facilities provided to the Fund by EVD, as well as for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Distribution and service fees paid or accrued to EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $63,352 for Class A shares.

The Fund also has in effect a distribution plan for Class C shares (Class C Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class C Plan, the Fund pays EVD amounts equal to 0.75% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares for providing ongoing distribution services and facilities to the Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Fund paid or accrued to EVD $56,989 for Class C shares.

Pursuant to the Class C Plan, the Fund also makes payments of service fees to EVD, financial intermediaries and other persons in amounts equal to 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to that class. Service fees paid or accrued are for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. They are separate and distinct from the sales commissions and distribution fees payable to EVD. Service fees paid or accrued for the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $18,996 for Class C shares.

Distribution and service fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2341(d).

5  Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1% generally is imposed on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year of purchase. Class A shares may be subject to a 1% CDSC if redeemed within 18 months of purchase (depending on the circumstances of purchase). Generally, the CDSC is based upon the lower of the net asset value at date of redemption or date of purchase. No charge is levied on shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Fund was informed that EVD received approximately $100 of CDSCs paid by Class C shareholders and no CDSCs paid by Class A shareholders.

6  Investment Transactions

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, increases and decreases in the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio aggregated $1,132,823 and $10,475,419, respectively. In addition, a Portfolio transaction fee is imposed by the Portfolio on the combined daily inflows or outflows of the Fund and the Portfolio’s other investors as more fully described at Note 1H of the Portfolio’s financial statements included herein. Such fee is allocated to the Fund based on its pro-rata interest in the Portfolio. The amount of the Portfolio transaction fee imposed on the Fund, if any, and the allocation of such fee are presented as Other capital on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

  12  


Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

7  Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

Class A    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Sales

     126,175        601,502  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

            213,584  

Redemptions

     (350,393      (1,565,290

Net decrease

     (224,218      (750,204
Class C    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Sales

     24,179        184,621  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

            62,670  

Redemptions

     (155,367      (297,162

Net decrease

     (131,188      (49,871
Class I    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Sales

     151,512        1,259,515  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

            154,608  

Redemptions

     (323,700      (1,194,869

Net increase (decrease)

     (172,188      219,254  

 

  13  


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Common Stocks — 99.6%

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Aerospace & Defense — 4.1%  

CAE, Inc.

    314,000     $ 6,522,907  

Raytheon Co.

    47,537       9,183,198  

Textron, Inc.

    146,500       9,655,815  
            $ 25,361,920  
Air Freight & Logistics — 2.0%  

FedEx Corp.

    55,901     $ 12,692,881  
            $ 12,692,881  
Auto Components — 1.8%  

Aptiv PLC

    43,209     $ 3,959,241  

Delphi Technologies PLC

    156,803       7,128,264  
            $ 11,087,505  
Banks — 5.9%  

Bank of America Corp.

    472,780     $ 13,327,668  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    117,540       12,247,668  

KeyCorp

    320,660       6,265,697  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    34,400       4,647,440  
            $ 36,488,473  
Beverages — 1.4%  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    39,881     $ 8,728,754  
            $ 8,728,754  
Biotechnology — 2.7%  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

    20,851     $ 2,588,652  

Biogen, Inc.(1)

    10,948       3,177,547  

Celgene Corp.(1)

    40,215       3,193,875  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    69,793       4,944,136  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

    17,552       2,983,138  
            $ 16,887,348  
Capital Markets — 1.1%  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    137,000     $ 7,000,700  
            $ 7,000,700  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%  

Deluxe Corp.

    93,581     $ 6,195,998  
            $ 6,195,998  
Security   Shares     Value  
Consumer Finance — 1.5%  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    181,767     $ 4,775,019  

Navient Corp.

    367,600       4,789,828  
            $ 9,564,847  
Containers & Packaging — 1.7%  

Ball Corp.

    292,210     $ 10,388,065  
            $ 10,388,065  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.3%  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    282,803     $ 14,227,819  
            $ 14,227,819  
Electric Utilities — 2.1%  

Edison International

    117,500     $ 7,434,225  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    32,536       5,434,488  
            $ 12,868,713  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%  

Halliburton Co.

    105,592     $ 4,757,976  
            $ 4,757,976  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.7%  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    54,000     $ 9,282,060  

Public Storage

    33,299       7,554,211  
            $ 16,836,271  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.6%  

Performance Food Group Co.(1)

    263,558     $ 9,672,579  
            $ 9,672,579  
Food Products — 3.6%  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    204,000     $ 7,288,920  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    358,300       14,690,300  
            $ 21,979,220  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.6%  

Boston Scientific Corp.(1)

    254,300     $ 8,315,610  

Danaher Corp.

    78,426       7,739,078  
            $ 16,054,688  
 

 

  14   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%  

Aetna, Inc.

    57,193     $ 10,494,915  

Anthem, Inc.

    25,800       6,141,174  
            $ 16,636,089  
Insurance — 4.6%  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    73,308     $ 7,868,148  

American International Group, Inc.

    247,600       13,127,752  

First American Financial Corp.

    146,692       7,586,910  
            $ 28,582,810  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.7%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(1)

    13,342     $ 22,678,732  

Netflix, Inc.(1)

    15,800       6,184,594  
            $ 28,863,326  
Internet Software & Services — 7.6%  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(1)

    20,469     $ 22,836,240  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(1)

    99,932       19,418,786  

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A(1)

    67,179       4,742,837  
            $ 46,997,863  
IT Services — 2.8%  

Amdocs, Ltd.

    92,082     $ 6,094,907  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    139,018       10,981,032  
            $ 17,075,939  
Machinery — 0.7%  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    28,200     $ 4,394,970  
            $ 4,394,970  
Media — 2.7%  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    156,609     $ 16,414,189  
            $ 16,414,189  
Metals & Mining — 0.5%  

Rio Tinto PLC ADR

    59,480     $ 3,299,950  
            $ 3,299,950  
Multi-Utilities — 0.9%  

Sempra Energy

    48,442     $ 5,624,601  
            $ 5,624,601  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.5%  

ConocoPhillips

    110,766     $ 7,711,529  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

    48,600       6,394,302  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    149,800       12,392,954  

Phillips 66

    68,425       7,684,812  
            $ 34,183,597  
Pharmaceuticals — 5.4%  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(1)

    43,013     $ 7,411,140  

Johnson & Johnson

    123,024       14,927,732  

Pfizer, Inc.

    299,168       10,853,815  
            $ 33,192,687  
Road & Rail — 1.3%  

CSX Corp.

    122,854     $ 7,835,628  
            $ 7,835,628  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.8%  

Broadcom, Inc.

    23,043     $ 5,591,154  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    118,662       6,659,311  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR

    130,843       4,783,620  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    60,419       6,661,195  
            $ 23,695,280  
Software — 6.5%  

Adobe Systems, Inc.(1)

    33,218     $ 8,098,881  

Intuit, Inc.

    37,116       7,582,984  

Microsoft Corp.

    158,320       15,611,935  

Oracle Corp.

    205,600       9,058,736  
            $ 40,352,536  
Specialty Retail — 4.1%  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    66,168     $ 12,909,377  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    85,400       8,128,372  

Tractor Supply Co.

    56,600       4,329,334  
            $ 25,367,083  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 6.2%  

Apple, Inc.

    153,717     $ 28,454,554  

HP, Inc.

    435,991       9,892,636  
            $ 38,347,190  
 

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%  

MGIC Investment Corp.(1)

    424,600     $ 4,551,712  
            $ 4,551,712  

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $513,469,351)

 

  $ 616,209,207  
Short-Term Investments — 0.9%

 

Description   Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 2.09%(2)

    5,383,101     $ 5,383,101  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $5,383,101)

 

  $ 5,383,101  

Total Investments — 100.5%
(identified cost $518,852,452)

 

  $ 621,592,308  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.5)%

 

  $ (3,070,246

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 618,522,062  

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

 

(1) 

Non-income producing security.

 

(2) 

Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2018.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR     American Depositary Receipt
 

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    June 30, 2018  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $513,469,351)

   $ 616,209,207  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $5,383,101)

     5,383,101  

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $15,978)

     16,122  

Dividends receivable

     654,115  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     2,245  

Receivable for investments sold

     1,353,348  

Tax reclaims receivable

     174,426  

Total assets

   $ 623,792,564  
Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

   $ 4,852,572  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser fee

     308,338  

Trustees’ fees

     6,910  

Accrued expenses

     102,682  

Total liabilities

   $ 5,270,502  

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

   $ 618,522,062  
Sources of Net Assets

 

Investors’ capital

   $ 515,783,835  

Net unrealized appreciation

     102,738,227  

Total

   $ 618,522,062  

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

 

Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $45,716)

   $ 5,662,049  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     12,947  

Total investment income

   $ 5,674,996  
Expenses         

Investment adviser fee

   $ 1,889,103  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     12,090  

Custodian fee

     84,718  

Legal and accounting services

     25,286  

Miscellaneous

     13,715  

Total expenses

   $ 2,024,912  

Net investment income

   $ 3,650,084  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         

Net realized gain (loss) —

  

Investment transactions

   $ 32,042,053  

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

     (14

Foreign currency transactions

     95  

Net realized gain

   $ 32,042,134  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

  

Investments

   $ (18,528,834

Investments — affiliated investment

     405  

Foreign currency

     (614

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (18,529,043

Net realized and unrealized gain

   $ 13,513,091  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 17,163,175  

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 3,650,084      $ 8,760,643  

Net realized gain

     32,042,134        44,411,069 (1)  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (18,529,043      63,700,885  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 17,163,175      $ 116,872,597  

Capital transactions —

     

Contributions

   $ 6,691,583      $ 30,972,679  

Withdrawals

     (52,823,394      (141,623,853

Portfolio transaction fee

     85,711        210,734  

Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions

   $ (46,046,100    $ (110,440,440

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   $ (28,882,925    $ 6,432,157  
Net Assets

 

At beginning of period

   $ 647,404,987      $ 640,972,830  

At end of period

   $ 618,522,062      $ 647,404,987  

 

(1) 

Includes $6,288,884 of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind.

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

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

                                               

Expenses(1)

    0.64 %(2)      0.64     0.65     0.70     0.71     0.73

Net investment income

    1.15 %(2)      1.38     1.60     1.16     1.07     0.93

Portfolio Turnover

    42 %(3)      101     118     96     109     90

Total Return

    2.69 %(3)      20.31     7.14     4.88     12.56     33.50

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

  $ 618,522     $ 647,405     $ 640,973     $ 395,492     $ 252,929     $ 237,133  

 

(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) 

Annualized.

 

(3) 

Not annualized.

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Stock 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 capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At June 30, 2018, Eaton Vance Stock Fund, Eaton Vance Stock NextShares and Eaton Vance Balanced Fund held an interest of 15.7%, 2.1% and 82.2%, 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 (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.

Equity Securities. Equity securities 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.

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. The daily valuation of exchange-traded foreign securities generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on which such securities trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. When valuing foreign equity securities that meet certain criteria, the Portfolio’s Trustees have approved the use of a fair value service that values such securities to reflect market trading that occurs after the close of the applicable foreign markets of comparable securities or other instruments that have a strong correlation to the fair-valued securities.

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 — Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. However, if the ex-dividend date has passed, certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates.

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

As of June 30, 2018, 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

 

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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  Capital Transactions — To seek to protect the Portfolio (and, indirectly, other investors in the Portfolio) against the costs of accommodating investor inflows and outflows, the Portfolio imposes a fee (“Portfolio transaction fee”) on inflows and outflows by Portfolio investors. The Portfolio transaction fee is sized to cover the estimated cost to the Portfolio of, in connection with issuing interests, converting the cash and/or other instruments it receives to the desired composition and, in connection with redeeming its interests, converting Portfolio holdings to cash and/or other instruments to be distributed. Such fee, which may vary over time, is limited to amounts that have been authorized by the Board of Trustees and determined by EVM to be appropriate. The maximum Portfolio transaction fee is 2% of the amount of net contributions or withdrawals. The Portfolio transaction fee is recorded as a component of capital transactions on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

I  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2018 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 and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Portfolio and BMR, the fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to $500 million and 0.575% from $500 million but less than $1 billion, and is payable monthly. On net assets of $1 billion or over, the annual fee is reduced. The fee reduction cannot be terminated or reduced without the approval of a majority vote of the Trustees of the Portfolio who are not interested persons of BMR or the Portfolio and by the vote of a majority of the holders of interest in the Portfolio. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $1,889,103 or 0.59% (annualized) of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets. 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 June 30, 2018, 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 $268,384,275 and $308,455,705, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018.

 

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Stock Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

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4  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at June 30, 2018, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 519,478,085  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 109,951,781  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (7,837,558

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 102,114,223  

5  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 October 30, 2018. 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 June 30, 2018.

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.

At June 30, 2018, 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

   $ 616,209,207    $      $         —      $ 616,209,207  

Short-Term Investments

            5,383,101               5,383,101  

Total Investments

   $ 616,209,207      $ 5,383,101      $      $ 621,592,308  

 

*

The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

At June 30, 2018, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

 

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Eaton Vance

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

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 24, 2018, 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 2018. 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 fund’s investment strategies and policies;

 

 

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 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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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, 2018, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met seven 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 nine 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 Stock Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance Stock Fund (the “Fund”) invests, with Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee based on the material factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Portfolio.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

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

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio. The Board specifically noted that the Adviser has devoted extensive resources to in-house equity research and also draws upon independent research available from third-party sources. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the 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 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 Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Portfolio.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment professionals, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio

 

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Stock Fund

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valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large 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 the Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2017 for the Fund. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than the median performance of the Fund’s peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index for the three-year period. 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, 2017, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also received and considered information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Adviser to other types of clients with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Adviser provides to the Fund as compared to other types of clients and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Adviser as between the Fund and other types of clients. 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 the 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 the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the 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 the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are deemed not to be excessive.

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from 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 the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in 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 fee, which includes 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

Stock Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance Stock Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Officers of Stock Portfolio

 

 

Edward J. Perkin

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance Stock Fund and Stock Portfolio

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

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

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

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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 Advisers International Ltd., 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.

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 Stock Portfolio

Boston Management and Research

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Administrator of Eaton Vance Stock 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

 
*

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The Fund is considered to be a commodity pool operator under CFTC regulations. The Fund’s adviser and sub-adviser are registered with the CFTC as commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. The CFTC has neither reviewed nor approved the Fund’s investment strategies.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial advisor. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-0761.


Semiannual Report June 30, 2018

Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

Table of Contents

 

Performance

     2  

Fund Profile

     2  

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     3  

Fund Expenses

     4  

Financial Statements

     5  

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     17  

Officers and Trustees

     21  

Important Notices

     22  


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Managers Thomas C. Seto and Timothy W. Atwill, Ph.D., CFA, each of Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years     Since
Inception
 

Investor Class at NAV

     01/03/2012        05/25/2011        –1.11      7.95      –4.22     –6.41

Institutional Class at NAV

     05/25/2011        05/25/2011        –1.09        8.30        –4.01       –6.22  

Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return

                   –0.00 %*       7.35      –6.40     –8.15

 

*

Amount is less than –0.005%

 

% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3                                  

Investor

Class

   

Institutional

Class

 

Gross

                0.99     0.74

Net

                0.90       0.65  

Fund Profile

 

Commodity Exposure (% of net assets)4

 

 

Agriculture

    25.82    Industrial Metals     23.67

Sugar

    3.59     

Aluminum

    6.87  

Soybean Oil

    3.54     

Nickel

    3.60  

Corn

    3.53     

New York Copper

    3.57  

Coffee

    3.53     

Copper

    3.54  

Soybean

    3.50     

Zinc

    3.41  

Cocoa

    1.93     

Lead

    1.78  

Wheat

    1.85     

Tin

    0.90  

Soybean Meal

    1.73       

Cotton

    1.72      Precious Metals     16.98

Kansas Wheat

    0.90     

Gold

    7.25  
    

Silver

    7.08  

Energy

    26.76   

Platinum

    1.75  

RBOB Gasoline

    7.61     

Palladium

    0.90  

Natural Gas

    7.46       

Heating Oil

    3.84      Livestock     6.61

Gasoil

    3.82     

Live Cattle

    3.88  

WTI Crude Oil

    2.07     

Lean Hogs

    1.78  

Brent Crude Oil

    1.96     

Feeder Cattle

    0.95  

Asset Allocation (% of net assets)5

 

 

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*

Short-Term Investments are held as collateral for the Fund’s futures contracts positions.

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return is designed to provide diversified commodity exposure, with weightings based on each underlying commodity’s liquidity and economic significance. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) with all distributions reinvested. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares.

 

  

Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Investor Class is linked to Institutional Class. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.

 

3 

Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 4/30/19. Without the reimbursement, performance would have been lower. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

 

4 

Commodity Exposure reflects the Fund’s net exposure to commodities through its investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments.

 

5 

Other Net Assets represents other assets less liabilities and includes any investment type that represents less than 1% of net assets.

 

  

Fund profile subject to change due to active management.

    

 

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Fund Expenses

 

 

Example:  As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and redemption fees (if applicable); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018).

Actual Expenses:  The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:  The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees (if applicable). Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would be higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
(1/1/18)
     Ending
Account Value
(6/30/18)
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
(1/1/18 – 6/30/18)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 

Actual

          

Investor Class

  $ 1,000.00      $ 988.90      $ 4.44 **       0.90

Institutional Class

  $ 1,000.00      $ 989.10      $ 3.21 **       0.65
         

Hypothetical

          

(5% return per year before expenses)

          

Investor Class

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.30      $ 4.51 **       0.90

Institutional Class

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.60      $ 3.26 **       0.65

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2017.

 

**

Absent an allocation of certain expenses to affiliates, expenses would be higher.

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 101.6%

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 92.1%

 

Security        Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 7/19/18

    $ 39,500     $ 39,467,941  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 8/16/18

      12,000       11,972,756  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 9/13/18(1)

      19,600       19,525,777  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 10/11/18

      21,000       20,886,585  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 11/8/18

      10,300       10,226,737  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 12/6/18

      48,400       47,972,831  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 1/3/19

      32,000       31,657,955  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 1/31/19(1)

      67,000       66,186,355  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 2/28/19

      11,000       10,842,873  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 3/28/19(1)

      11,000       10,820,508  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 4/25/19(1)

      14,200       13,941,831  

U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 6/20/19

        9,600       9,388,671  

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(identified cost $293,137,071)

 

  $ 292,890,820  
Other — 9.5%

 

Description        Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 2.09%(2)

        30,298,239     $ 30,298,239  

Total Other
(identified cost $30,298,588)

 

  $ 30,298,239  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $323,435,659)

 

  $ 323,189,059  

Total Investments — 101.6%
(identified cost $323,435,659)

 

  $ 323,189,059  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.6)%

 

  $ (5,244,118

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 317,944,941  

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

 

(1) 

Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

(2) 

Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2018.

 

 

Futures Contracts  
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Position      Expiration
Month/Year
     Notional
Amount
     Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Commodity Futures

              
Brent Crude Oil      79        Long        Oct-18      $ 6,229,940      $ 316,790  
Cocoa      244        Long        Sep-18        6,129,280        (631,370
Coffee      260        Long        Sep-18        11,222,250        (1,024,556
Copper      153        Long        Sep-18        11,344,950        (446,988
Corn      625        Long        Sep-18        11,234,375        (1,561,575
Cotton No. 2      130        Long        Dec-18        5,454,800        290,830  
Feeder Cattle      40        Long        Sep-18        3,019,000        65,175  
Gold      182        Long        Dec-18        23,046,660        (877,940
Hard Red Winter Wheat      117        Long        Sep-18        2,857,725        (431,700
Lean Hogs      236        Long        Oct-18        5,642,760        (242,110
Live Cattle      280        Long        Oct-18        12,322,800        318,160  
LME Copper      62        Long        Jul-18        10,288,900        (142,522
LME Copper      68        Long        Aug-18        11,271,000        (336,655
LME Copper      68        Long        Sep-18        11,267,600        (809,965
LME Copper      62        Short        Jul-18        (10,288,900      273,265  
LME Copper      68        Short        Aug-18        (11,271,000      795,260  
LME Lead      96        Long        Jul-18        5,788,200        98,362  
LME Lead      99        Long        Aug-18        5,966,606        348,890  
LME Lead      94        Long        Sep-18        5,664,675        (250,745

 

  5   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Futures Contracts (continued)  
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Position      Expiration
Month/Year
     Notional
Amount
     Value/Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Commodity Futures (continued)

              
LME Lead      96        Short        Jul-18      $ (5,788,200    $ (341,280
LME Lead      99        Short        Aug-18        (5,966,606      262,474  
LME Nickel      132        Long        Jul-18        11,749,716        1,327,392  
LME Nickel      136        Long        Aug-18        12,130,248        714,408  
LME Nickel      128        Long        Sep-18        11,438,976        (668,928
LME Nickel      132        Short        Jul-18        (11,749,716      (686,268
LME Nickel      136        Short        Aug-18        (12,130,248      713,184  
LME Primary Aluminum      449        Long        Jul-18        24,290,900        1,796,952  
LME Primary Aluminum      413        Long        Aug-18        21,961,275        (1,918,192
LME Primary Aluminum      410        Long        Sep-18        21,850,438        (1,857,300
LME Primary Aluminum      449        Short        Jul-18        (24,290,900      2,119,315  
LME Primary Aluminum      413        Short        Aug-18        (21,961,275      1,882,247  
LME Tin      25        Long        Jul-18        2,478,750        (133,063
LME Tin      29        Long        Aug-18        2,870,275        (176,845
LME Tin      29        Long        Sep-18        2,865,925        (127,093
LME Tin      25        Short        Jul-18        (2,478,750      160,438  
LME Tin      29        Short        Aug-18        (2,870,275      125,208  
LME Zinc      138        Long        Jul-18        9,975,675        (1,264,900
LME Zinc      153        Long        Aug-18        10,949,063        (704,093
LME Zinc      152        Long        Sep-18        10,856,600        (1,294,660
LME Zinc      138        Short        Jul-18        (9,975,675      530,610  
LME Zinc      153        Short        Aug-18        (10,949,063      1,290,173  
Low Sulphur Gasoil      179        Long        Sep-18        12,149,625        419,950  
Natural Gas      757        Long        Jan-19        23,731,950        197,370  
NY Harbor ULSD      131        Long        Sep-18        12,193,532        362,582  
Palladium      30        Long        Sep-18        2,852,700        (16,515
Platinum      130        Long        Oct-18        5,575,050        (315,680
RBOB Gasoline      270        Long        Sep-18        24,178,014        573,195  
Silver      278        Long        Sep-18        22,515,220        (359,465
Soybean      253        Long        Nov-18        11,132,000        (1,895,087
Soybean Meal      167        Long        Dec-18        5,509,330        (921,100
Soybean Oil      630        Long        Dec-18        11,241,720        (597,198
Sugar No. 11      832        Long        Oct-18        11,415,040        242,144  
Wheat      235        Long        Sep-18        5,889,688        (408,175
WTI Crude Oil      91        Long        Sep-18        6,593,860        658,590  
       $ (4,559,004

Abbreviations:

 

LME     London Metal Exchange
ULSD     Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel
WTI     West Texas Intermediate

 

  6   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    June 30, 2018  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $293,137,071)

   $ 292,890,820  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $30,298,588)

     30,298,239  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     35,510  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     771,611  

Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts

     3,753,184  

Receivable from affiliates

     20,733  

Total assets

   $ 327,770,097  
Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

   $ 9,388,200  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     139,797  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser and administration fee

     145,239  

Distribution and service fees

     9,699  

Trustees’ fees

     2,780  

Accrued expenses

     139,441  

Total liabilities

   $ 9,825,156  

Net Assets

   $ 317,944,941  
Sources of Net Assets

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 341,529,939  

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

     1,331,022  

Accumulated net realized loss

     (20,110,416

Net unrealized depreciation

     (4,805,604

Total

   $ 317,944,941  
Investor Class Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 22,834,313  

Shares Outstanding

     4,261,887  

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

  

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 5.36  
Institutional Class Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 295,110,628  

Shares Outstanding

     54,450,336  

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

  

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 5.42  

 

  7   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

 

Interest

   $ 2,132,426  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     238,329  

Total investment income

   $ 2,370,755  
Expenses

 

Investment adviser and administration fee

   $ 826,182  

Distribution and service fees

  

Investor Class

     62,806  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     5,266  

Custodian fee

     78,637  

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

     63,216  

Legal and accounting services

     46,431  

Printing and postage

     11,224  

Registration fees

     32,755  

Miscellaneous

     13,371  

Total expenses

   $ 1,139,888  

Deduct —

  

Allocation of expenses to affiliates

   $ 100,155  

Total expense reductions

   $ 100,155  

Net expenses

   $ 1,039,733  

Net investment income

   $ 1,331,022  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         

Net realized gain (loss) —

  

Investment transactions

   $ (4,273

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

     (994

Futures contracts

     5,302,185  

Net realized gain

   $ 5,296,918  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

  

Investments

   $ 6,805  

Investments — affiliated investment

     2,289  

Futures contracts

     (10,334,844

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (10,325,750

Net realized and unrealized loss

   $ (5,028,832

Net decrease in net assets from operations

   $ (3,697,810

 

  8   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2017

 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 1,331,022      $ 453,331  

Net realized gain

     5,296,918        10,803,010  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (10,325,750      3,723,241  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (3,697,810    $ 14,979,582  

Distributions to shareholders —

     

From net investment income

     

Investor Class

   $      $ (2,267,184

Institutional Class

            (10,103,672

Total distributions to shareholders

   $      $ (12,370,856

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

     

Proceeds from sale of shares

     

Investor Class

   $ 21,360,438      $ 23,676,755  

Institutional Class

     165,795,841        163,273,895  

Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared

     

Investor Class

            2,267,184  

Institutional Class

            10,051,833  

Cost of shares redeemed

     

Investor Class

     (45,703,809      (10,310,652

Institutional Class

     (73,403,600      (93,169,038

Net increase in net assets from Fund share transactions

   $ 68,048,870      $ 95,789,977  

Net increase in net assets

   $ 64,351,060      $ 98,398,703  
Net Assets

 

At beginning of period

   $ 253,593,881      $ 155,195,178  

At end of period

   $ 317,944,941      $ 253,593,881  
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
included in net assets

 

At end of period

   $ 1,331,022      $  

 

  9   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


 

 

Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Financial Highlights

 

 

     Investor Class  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017      2016      2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

   $ 5.420     $ 5.340      $ 5.000      $ 6.440     $ 7.560     $ 8.460  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                   

Net investment income (loss)(1)

   $ 0.018     $ (0.000 )(2)     $ (0.023    $ (0.042   $ (0.067   $ (0.068

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.078     0.350        0.710        (1.398     (1.053     (0.832

Total income (loss) from operations

   $ (0.060   $ 0.350      $ 0.687      $ (1.440   $ (1.120   $ (0.900
Less Distributions                                                   

From net investment income

   $     $ (0.270    $ (0.347    $     $     $  

Total distributions

   $     $ (0.270    $ (0.347    $     $     $  

Net asset value — End of period

   $ 5.360     $ 5.420      $ 5.340      $ 5.000     $ 6.440     $ 7.560  

Total Return(3)(4)

     (1.11 )%(5)       6.70      13.78      (22.36 )%      (14.81 )%      (10.64 )% 
Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

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

   $ 22,834     $ 47,621      $ 31,373      $ 9,579     $ 2,047     $ 2,280  

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

              

Expenses(4)(6)

     0.90 %(7)      0.90      0.94      0.95     0.98     1.00

Net investment income (loss)

     0.67 %(7)      (0.01 )%       (0.43 )%       (0.74 )%      (0.88 )%      (0.87 )% 

Portfolio Turnover

     0     0      0      573 %(8)      1,232 %(8)      2,797 %(8) 

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Amount represents less than $(0.0005) per share.

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.

 

(4) 

The investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.07%, 0.09%, 0.19%, 0.29%, 0.26% and 0.39% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively). Absent this reimbursement, total return would be lower.

 

(5) 

Not annualized.

 

(6) 

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.

 

(7) 

Annualized.

 

(8) 

Excluding the Fund’s investment in exchange-traded notes, which were used as temporary cash investments but offer commodity exposure, the portfolio turnover would be 0%.

 

  10   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


 

 

Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Consolidated Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

     Institutional Class  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017      2016      2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

   $ 5.480     $ 5.390      $ 5.040      $ 6.480     $ 7.590     $ 8.470  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                   

Net investment income (loss)(1)

   $ 0.025     $ 0.013      $ (0.011    $ (0.030   $ (0.048   $ (0.049

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.085     0.359        0.716        (1.410     (1.062     (0.831

Total income (loss) from operations

   $ (0.060   $ 0.372      $ 0.705      $ (1.440   $ (1.110   $ (0.880
Less Distributions                                                   

From net investment income

   $     $ (0.282    $ (0.355    $     $     $  

Total distributions

   $     $ (0.282    $ (0.355    $     $     $  

Net asset value — End of period

   $ 5.420     $ 5.480      $ 5.390      $ 5.040     $ 6.480     $ 7.590  

Total Return(2)(3)

     (1.09 )%(4)       7.06      14.04      (22.22 )%      (14.62 )%      (10.39 )% 
Ratios/Supplemental Data

 

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

   $ 295,111     $ 205,973      $ 123,822      $ 97,359     $ 88,761     $ 84,073  

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

              

Expenses(3)(5)

     0.65 %(6)      0.65      0.69      0.70     0.73     0.75

Net investment income (loss)

     0.93 %(6)      0.24      (0.20 )%       (0.51 )%      (0.63 )%      (0.62 )% 

Portfolio Turnover

     0     0      0      573 %(7)      1,232 %(7)      2,797 %(7) 

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(3) 

The investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.07%, 0.09%, 0.19%, 0.29%, 0.26% and 0.39% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively). Absent this reimbursement, total return would be lower.

 

(4) 

Not annualized.

 

(5) 

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.

 

(6) 

Annualized.

 

(7) 

Excluding the Fund’s investment in exchange-traded notes, which were used as temporary cash investments but offer commodity exposure, the portfolio turnover would be 0%.

 

  11   See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund (the Fund) is a diversified series of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund offers Investor Class and Institutional Class shares, which are offered at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses.

The Fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets, in whole or in part, through investments in PSC Commodity Subsidiary, Ltd. (the Subsidiary), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the same objective and investment policies and restrictions as the Fund. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The net assets of the Subsidiary at June 30, 2018 were $48,290,799 or 15.2% of the Fund’s consolidated net assets. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Subsidiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund 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. Financial and commodities futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.

Affiliated Fund. The Fund 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 Fund in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Fund 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.

D  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

The Subsidiary is treated as a controlled foreign corporation under the Internal Revenue Code and is not expected to be subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Fund is treated as a U.S. shareholder of the Subsidiary. As a result, the Fund is required to include in gross income for U.S. federal tax purposes all of the Subsidiary’s income, whether or not such income is distributed by the Subsidiary. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is not generally available to offset the income earned by the Fund.

As of June 30, 2018, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund 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.

 

  12  


Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

E  Expenses — The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.

F  Use of Estimates — The preparation of the consolidated 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 consolidated 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 Trust’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 Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

H  Financial and Commodities Futures Contracts — Upon entering into a financial or commodities futures contract, the Fund 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 Fund periodically, typically each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security, commodity or currency, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or closing of the financial or commodities futures contracts. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial or commodities 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  Interim Consolidated Financial Statements — The interim consolidated financial statements relating to June 30, 2018 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Fund’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

It is the present policy of the Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, at the election of the shareholder, receive distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

At December 31, 2017, the Fund, for federal income tax purposes, had deferred capital losses of $67,572 which would reduce its taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus would reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the Fund’s next taxable year and retain the same short-term or long-term character as when originally deferred. Of the deferred capital losses at December 31, 2017, $33,790 are short-term and $33,782 are long-term.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund, including open derivative contracts and the Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary, at June 30, 2018, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 376,088,324  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,385  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (52,722,898

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (52,721,513

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

3  Investment Adviser and Administration Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser and administration fee is earned by EVM as compensation for investment advisory and administrative services rendered to the Fund and the Subsidiary. Pursuant to the investment advisory and administrative agreement and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Trust and EVM and the investment advisory agreement and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Subsidiary and EVM, the Fund and Subsidiary pay EVM an aggregate fee at an annual rate of 0.55% of the Fund’s consolidated average daily net assets up to $1 billion and at reduced rates on consolidated net assets of $1 billion and over, and is payable monthly. The fee reductions cannot be terminated or reduced without the approval of a majority vote of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested persons of EVM or the Fund and by the vote of a majority of shareholders. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the investment adviser and administration fee amounted to $826,182 or 0.55% (annualized) of the Fund’s consolidated average daily net assets. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement, EVM has delegated the investment management of the Fund to Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), a majority-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. EVM pays Parametric a portion of its investment adviser and administration fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Fund. EVM and Parametric have agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses, including expenses of the Subsidiary, to the extent that total annual operating expenses (relating to ordinary operating expenses only) exceed 0.90% and 0.65% of the Fund’s consolidated average daily net assets of Investor Class and Institutional Class, respectively. This agreement may be changed or terminated at any time after April 30, 2019. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM and Parametric were allocated $100,155 in total of the Fund’s operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018.

EVM provides sub-transfer agency and related services to the Fund pursuant to a Sub-Transfer Agency Support Services Agreement. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, EVM earned $1,219 from the Fund pursuant to such agreement, which is included in transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), an affiliate of EVM and the Fund’s principal underwriter, received distribution and service fees from Investor Class (see Note 4).

Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser and administration fee. Trustees of the Fund who are not affiliated with EVM may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of the above organizations.

4  Distribution Plan

The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Investor Class shares (Investor Class Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Investor Class Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution and service fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Investor Class shares for distribution services and facilities provided to the Fund by EVD, as well as for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Distribution and service fees paid or accrued to EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $62,806 for Investor Class shares.

Distribution and service fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2341(d).

5  Purchases and Sales of Investments

There were no purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, for the six months ended June 30, 2018.

6  Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

Investor Class    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Sales

     3,917,886        4,397,400  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

            431,024  

Redemptions

     (8,444,564      (1,914,118

Net increase (decrease)

     (4,526,678      2,914,306  

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Institutional Class    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

Sales

     30,291,112        30,008,371  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

            1,893,001  

Redemptions

     (13,451,889      (17,247,380

Net increase

     16,839,223        14,653,992  

7  Financial Instruments

The Fund may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include 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 Fund 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 June 30, 2018 is included in the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments. At June 30, 2018, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

The Fund is subject to commodity risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Commodity risk is the risk that the value of a commodity or commodity index will fluctuate based on increases or decreases in the commodities market and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity. The Fund invests primarily in commodities-linked derivative investments, including commodity futures contracts that provide exposure to the investment returns of the commodities markets, without investing directly in physical commodities.

The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is commodity risk at June 30, 2018 was as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
Derivative    Asset Derivative    Liability Derivative  

Futures contracts

   $15,882,964(1)    $ (20,441,968 )(1) 

Total derivatives not subject to master netting or similar agreements

   $15,882,964    $ (20,441,968

 

(1) 

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 Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable.

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is commodity risk for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was as follows:

 

Derivative    Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized
in Income
     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in  Income
 

Futures contracts

   $ 5,302,185 (1)      $ (10,334,844 )(2) 

 

(1) 

Consolidated Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Futures contracts.

 

(2) 

Consolidated Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Futures contracts.

The average notional cost of futures contracts outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2018, which are indicative of the volume of these derivative types, were approximately as follows:

 

Futures
Contracts — Long
    Futures
Contracts — Short
 
  $421,600,000     $ 124,118,000  

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

8  Line of Credit

The Fund 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 October 30, 2018. Borrowings are made by the Fund solely to facilitate the handling of unusual and/or unanticipated short-term cash requirements. Interest is charged to the Fund 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 Fund, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Fund did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

9  Risks Associated with Commodities

The commodities which underlie commodity-linked derivatives in which the Fund invests may be subject to additional economic and non-economic variables, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs, and international economic, political and regulatory developments. These factors may have a larger impact on commodity prices and commodity-linked instruments than on traditional securities. Certain commodities are also subject to limited pricing flexibility because of supply and demand factors. Others are subject to broad price fluctuations as a result of the volatility of the prices for certain raw materials and the instability of supplies of other materials. These additional variables may create additional investment risks which subject the Fund’s investments to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.

10  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.

At June 30, 2018, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Short-Term Investments —

           

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   $      $ 292,890,820      $         —      $ 292,890,820  

Other

            30,298,239               30,298,239  

Total Investments

   $      $ 323,189,059      $      $ 323,189,059  

Futures Contracts

   $ 15,882,964      $      $      $ 15,882,964  

Total

   $ 15,882,964      $ 323,189,059      $      $ 339,072,023  

Liability Description

                                   

Futures Contracts

   $ (20,441,968    $      $      $ (20,441,968

Total

   $ (20,441,968    $      $      $ (20,441,968

At June 30, 2018, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

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 24, 2018, 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 2018. 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 fund’s investment strategies and policies;

 

 

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 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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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

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, 2018, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met seven 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 nine 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 and administrative agreement of Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) with Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”) and the sub-advisory agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (the “Sub-adviser”), an affiliate of 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 and administrative agreement and the sub-advisory agreement for the Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory and administrative agreement and the sub-advisory agreement of the Fund, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s and the Sub-adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Fund, 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. With respect to the Adviser, the Board considered the Adviser’s responsibilities overseeing the Sub-adviser. The Board evaluated, where relevant, the abilities and experience of the Sub-adviser’s investment professionals in investing in commodity-linked derivative securities. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the 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, 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, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Fund.

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser. 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 the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large 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 the Adviser and the Sub-adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory and administrative agreement and the sub-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, 2017 for the Fund. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was higher than the median performance of the Fund’s peer group and higher than the median performance of the Fund’s custom peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was higher than its primary benchmark index for the three-year period. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable 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, 2017, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board noted that the Fund has established a wholly-owned subsidiary to accommodate the Fund’s commodity-related investments. The subsidiary is managed by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser pursuant to separate investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements, respectively, that are subject to annual approval by the Board. The subsidiary’s fee rates are the same as those charged to the Fund, and the Fund will not pay any additional management fees with respect to its assets invested in the subsidiary. The Board also received and considered information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Adviser and/or Sub-adviser to other types of clients with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as the Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Adviser and/or Sub-adviser provide to the Fund as compared to other types of clients and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Adviser and/or Sub-adviser as between the Fund and other types of clients. 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 the Adviser and the Sub-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 the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund 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 the 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 the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, in connection with their relationships with the Fund, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser or the Sub-adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and other investment advisory clients.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, are deemed not to be excessive.

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund 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 the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in any benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Fund, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund to continue to benefit from any economies of scale in the future.

 

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Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

June 30, 2018

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

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

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

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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 Advisers International Ltd., 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 1-800-260-0761, 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.

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 1-800-260-0761 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 1-800-260-0761 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Investment Adviser and Administrator

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Sub-Adviser

Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3100

Seattle, WA 98101

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) 260-0761

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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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. Each Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. Accordingly, neither the Funds nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Funds is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, each Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator and a commodity trading advisor.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial advisor. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.


Semiannual Report June 30, 2018

Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

Table of Contents

 

Performance

  
  

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

     2  

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

     3  
  

Fund Profile

     4  

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     5  

Fund Expenses

     6  

Financial Statements

     8  

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     43  

Officers and Trustees

     49  

Important Notices

     51  


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

June 30, 2018

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Managers Lewis R. Piantedosi, Michael A. Allison, CFA and Yana S. Barton, CFA

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years     Ten Years  

Class A at NAV

     03/28/1996        03/29/1966        2.49      15.07      12.86     9.62

Class A with 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge

                   –3.40        8.46        11.53       8.98  

Class B at NAV

     03/28/1996        03/29/1966        2.12        14.22        12.01       8.81  

Class B with 5% Maximum Sales Charge

                   –2.88        9.22        11.76       8.81  

Class C at NAV

     08/02/1996        03/29/1966        2.10        14.22        12.01       8.81  

Class C with 1% Maximum Sales Charge

                   1.10        13.22        12.01       8.81  

Class I at NAV

     07/02/1999        03/29/1966        2.61        15.37        13.14       9.89  

S&P 500 Index

                   2.65      14.37      13.41     10.16
                
% After-Tax Returns with Maximum Sales Charge      Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     One Year      Five Years     Ten Years  

Class A After Taxes on Distributions

        03/28/1996        03/29/1966        8.23      11.26     8.73

Class A After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      5.16        9.50       7.56  

Class B After Taxes on Distributions

        03/28/1996        03/29/1966        9.22        11.72       8.77  

Class B After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      5.46        9.77       7.48  

Class C After Taxes on Distributions

        08/02/1996        03/29/1966        13.16        11.90       8.69  

Class C After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      7.87        9.96       7.46  

Class I After Taxes on Distributions

        07/02/1999        03/29/1966        15.04        12.78       9.57  

Class I After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      9.31        10.85       8.35  
                
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3                    Class A      Class B      Class C     Class I  
           0.79      1.54      1.54     0.54

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Managers Lewis R. Piantedosi, Michael A. Allison, CFA and Yana S. Barton, CFA

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years     Ten Years  

Class A at NAV

     02/28/2001        03/29/1966        2.43      14.91      12.67     9.44

Class A with 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge

                   –3.47        8.32        11.35       8.80  

Class B at NAV

     02/28/2001        03/29/1966        2.01        14.01        11.82       8.62  

Class B with 5% Maximum Sales Charge

                   –2.99        9.01        11.56       8.62  

Class C at NAV

     02/28/2001        03/29/1966        2.00        14.00        11.82       8.62  

Class C with 1% Maximum Sales Charge

                   1.00        13.00        11.82       8.62  

Class I at NAV

     02/28/2001        03/29/1966        2.55        15.17        12.96       9.72  

S&P 500 Index

                   2.65      14.37      13.41     10.16
                
% After-Tax Returns with Maximum Sales Charge      Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     One Year      Five Years     Ten Years  

Class A After Taxes on Distributions

        02/28/2001        03/29/1966        8.13      11.12     8.58

Class A After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      5.05        9.35       7.41  

Class B After Taxes on Distributions

        02/28/2001        03/29/1966        9.01        11.56       8.60  

Class B After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      5.33        9.62       7.33  

Class C After Taxes on Distributions

        02/28/2001        03/29/1966        13.00        11.77       8.56  

Class C After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      7.70        9.82       7.31  

Class I After Taxes on Distributions

        02/28/2001        03/29/1966        14.90        12.67       9.45  

Class I After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

                      9.16        10.72       8.21  
                
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3                    Class A      Class B      Class C     Class I  
           0.95      1.70      1.70     0.70

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Fund Profile4

 

 

Sector Allocation (% of net assets)5

 

 

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Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets)5

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

     3.5

Facebook, Inc., Class A

     3.3  

Apple, Inc.

     3.1  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

     2.4  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     2.1  

Microsoft Corp.

     2.1  

Boeing Co. (The)

     2.0  

Intel Corp.

     2.0  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

     1.9  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     1.6  

Total

     24.0
 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of large-cap stocks commonly used as a measure of U.S. stock market performance. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable. After-tax returns are calculated using certain assumptions, including using the highest historical individual federal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state/local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder’s tax situation and the actual characterization of distributions and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to shareholders who hold shares in tax-deferred accounts or shares held by nontaxable entities. Return After Taxes on Distributions may be the same as Return Before Taxes for the same period because no taxable distributions were made during that period. Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be greater than or equal to Return After Taxes on Distributions for the same period because of losses realized on the sale of Fund shares. The Fund’s after-tax returns also may reflect foreign tax credits passed by the Fund to its shareholders.

 

3 

Source: Fund prospectus. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report.

 

4 

Fund invests in an affiliated investment company (Portfolio) with the same objective(s) and policies as the Fund. References to investments are to the Portfolio’s holdings.

 

5 

Excludes cash and cash equivalents.

 

  

Fund profiles subject to change due to active management.

    

 

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Fund Expenses

 

 

Example:  As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and redemption fees (if applicable); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2018 – June 30, 2018).

Actual Expenses:  The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:  The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees (if applicable). Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would be higher.

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

 

 

    

Beginning

Account Value
(1/1/18)

    

Ending

Account Value
(6/30/18)

    

Expenses Paid

During Period*
(1/1/18 – 6/30/18)

    

Annualized

Expense
Ratio

 

Actual

 

Class A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.90      $ 3.97        0.79

Class B

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.20      $ 7.72        1.54

Class C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.00      $ 7.72        1.54

Class I

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,026.10      $ 2.71        0.54
         

Hypothetical

          

(5% return per year before expenses)

          

Class A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.90      $ 3.96        0.79

Class B

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.20      $ 7.70        1.54

Class C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,017.20      $ 7.70        1.54

Class I

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.10      $ 2.71        0.54

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2017. The Example reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Fund Expenses — continued

 

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

 

 

    

Beginning

Account Value
(1/1/18)

    

Ending

Account Value
(6/30/18)

    

Expenses Paid

During Period*
(1/1/18 – 6/30/18)

    

Annualized

Expense
Ratio

 

Actual

 

Class A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.30      $ 4.72        0.94

Class B

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.10      $ 8.46        1.69

Class C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.00      $ 8.46        1.69

Class I

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,025.50      $ 3.47        0.69
         

Hypothetical

          

(5% return per year before expenses)

          

Class A

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.10      $ 4.71        0.94

Class B

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.40      $ 8.45        1.69

Class C

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,016.40      $ 8.45        1.69

Class I

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.40      $ 3.46        0.69

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2017. The Example reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio.

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

     June 30, 2018  
Assets   

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.1

    

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.2

 

Investment in Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio, at value (identified cost, $456,035,244 and $320,971,052, respectively)

   $ 1,617,436,289      $ 792,573,872  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,066,146        504,619  

Total assets

   $ 1,618,502,435      $ 793,078,491  
Liabilities

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

   $ 1,751,170      $ 671,400  

Payable to affiliates:

     

Administration fee

            99,438  

Distribution and service fees

     461,977        241,212  

Trustees’ fees

     125        125  

Accrued expenses

     204,744        118,601  

Total liabilities

   $ 2,418,016      $ 1,130,776  

Net Assets

   $ 1,616,084,419      $ 791,947,715  
Sources of Net Assets

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,182,309,433      $ 774,487,696  

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

     6,634,102        2,575,249  

Accumulated net realized loss from Portfolio

     (734,260,161      (456,718,050

Net unrealized appreciation from Portfolio

     1,161,401,045        471,602,820  

Total

   $ 1,616,084,419      $ 791,947,715  
Class A Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 1,248,824,134      $ 483,707,841  

Shares Outstanding

     23,751,006        20,481,855  

Net Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share

     

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 52.58      $ 23.62  

Maximum Offering Price Per Share

     

(100 ÷ 94.25 of net asset value per share)

   $ 55.79      $ 25.06  
Class B Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 1,434,286      $ 1,326,625  

Shares Outstanding

     27,819        56,779  

Net Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share*

     

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 51.56      $ 23.36  
Class C Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 234,378,749      $ 162,226,922  

Shares Outstanding

     4,979,290        7,080,459  

Net Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share*

     

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding, including fractional shares)

   $ 47.07      $ 22.91  
Class I Shares

 

Net Assets

   $ 131,447,250      $ 144,686,327  

Shares Outstanding

     2,673,362        6,105,513  

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

     

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

   $ 49.17      $ 23.70  

On sales of $50,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced.

 

*

Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

 

  8   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

     Six Months Ended June 30, 2018  
Investment Income   

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.1

    

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.2

 

Dividends allocated from Portfolio (net of foreign taxes, $109,209 and $53,255, respectively)

   $ 13,760,995      $ 6,698,456  

Expenses allocated from Portfolio

     (3,733,650      (1,817,647

Total investment income from Portfolio

   $ 10,027,345      $ 4,880,809  
Expenses

 

Administration fee

   $      $ 593,990  

Distribution and service fees

     

Class A

     1,575,234        599,720  

Class B

     9,040        7,817  

Class C

     1,221,057        853,865  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     250        250  

Custodian fee

     29,713        25,249  

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

     426,139        191,009  

Professional fees

     22,393        19,696  

Printing and postage

     42,612        22,754  

Registration fees

     40,369        42,661  

Miscellaneous

     94,110        32,052  

Total expenses

   $ 3,460,917      $ 2,389,063  

Net investment income

   $ 6,566,428      $ 2,491,746  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Portfolio

 

Net realized gain (loss) —

     

Investment transactions(1)

   $ 25,257,540      $ 12,281,635  

Foreign currency transactions

     (1,497      (731

Net realized gain

   $ 25,256,043      $ 12,280,904  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

     

Investments

   $ 7,597,193      $ 3,527,824  

Foreign currency

     (7,485      (3,693

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 7,589,708      $ 3,524,131  

Net realized and unrealized gain

   $ 32,845,751      $ 15,805,035  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 39,412,179      $ 18,296,781  

 

(1) 

Includes $29,023,868 and $14,121,861, respectively, of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind.

 

  9   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

    

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.1

    

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.2

 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 6,566,428      $ 2,491,746  

Net realized gain

     25,256,043        12,280,904  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     7,589,708        3,524,131  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 39,412,179      $ 18,296,781  

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

     

Proceeds from sale of shares

     

Class A

   $ 8,100,549      $ 17,070,822  

Class B

     8,356         

Class C

     416,955        3,621,725  

Class I

     60,636,002        27,984,779  

Cost of shares redeemed

     

Class A

     (48,862,110      (17,704,296

Class B

     (164,300      (39,814

Class C

     (19,523,342      (18,399,101

Class I

     (46,309,322      (21,045,915

Net asset value of shares exchanged

     

Class A

     530,491        455,610  

Class B

     (530,491      (455,610

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   $ (45,697,212    $ (8,511,800

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   $ (6,285,033    $ 9,784,981  
Net Assets

 

At beginning of period

   $ 1,622,369,452      $ 782,162,734  

At end of period

   $ 1,616,084,419      $ 791,947,715  
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
included in net assets

 

At end of period

   $ 6,634,102      $ 2,575,249  

 

  10   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — continued

 

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2017  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.1

    

Tax-Managed

Growth Fund 1.2

 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 13,418,902      $ 5,025,684  

Net realized gain

     39,223,289        18,710,912  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     250,145,117        118,892,588  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 302,787,308      $ 142,629,184  

Distributions to shareholders —

     

From net investment income

     

Class A

   $ (10,943,927    $ (3,477,498

Class C

     (546,757      (34,230

Class I

     (1,310,853      (1,289,981

Total distributions to shareholders

   $ (12,801,537    $ (4,801,709

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

     

Proceeds from sale of shares

     

Class A

   $ 50,140,974      $ 45,421,661  

Class B

     63,868        29,576  

Class C

     1,097,671        7,131,502  

Class I

     105,234,192        71,855,862  

Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared

     

Class A

     9,132,804        3,046,757  

Class C

     535,263        32,431  

Class I

     958,867        1,132,890  

Cost of shares redeemed

     

Class A

     (94,588,220      (63,537,555

Class B

     (206,609      (258,506

Class C

     (67,750,786      (42,008,156

Class I

     (79,324,160      (38,773,061

Net asset value of shares exchanged

     

Class A

     1,633,745        1,177,387  

Class B

     (1,633,745      (1,177,387

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

   $ (74,706,136    $ (15,926,599

Net increase in net assets

   $ 215,279,635      $ 121,900,876  
Net Assets                  

At beginning of year

   $ 1,407,089,817      $ 660,261,858  

At end of year

   $ 1,622,369,452      $ 782,162,734  
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
included in net assets
                 

At end of year

   $ 67,674      $ 83,503  

 

  11   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 — Class A  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 51.300     $ 42.300     $ 39.330     $ 38.910     $ 35.000     $ 26.810  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.236     $ 0.467     $ 0.455     $ 0.435     $ 0.405     $ 0.354  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    1.044       8.982       2.964       0.402       3.913       8.195  

Total income from operations

  $ 1.280     $ 9.449     $ 3.419     $ 0.837     $ 4.318     $ 8.549  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $ (0.449   $ (0.449   $ (0.417   $ (0.408   $ (0.359

Total distributions

  $     $ (0.449   $ (0.449   $ (0.417   $ (0.408   $ (0.359

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 52.580     $ 51.300     $ 42.300     $ 39.330     $ 38.910     $ 35.000  

Total Return(2)

    2.49 %(3)      22.35     8.68     2.15     12.33     31.92
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 1,248,824     $ 1,257,823     $ 1,068,182     $ 1,055,259     $ 1,096,567     $ 1,048,081  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4)

           

Expenses(5)

    0.79 %(6)      0.79     0.81     0.82     0.83     0.83

Net investment income

    0.90 %(6)      1.00     1.14     1.10     1.11     1.14

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(3)(7)      0 %(7)(8)      1 %(7)      9     8     3

 

(1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

(3)

Not annualized.

 

(4)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(5)

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.

 

(6)

Annualized.

 

(7)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(8)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  12   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 — Class B  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 50.490     $ 41.580     $ 38.600     $ 38.130     $ 34.260     $ 26.220  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.039     $ 0.124     $ 0.155     $ 0.138     $ 0.128     $ 0.117  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    1.031       8.786       2.883       0.382       3.814       7.997  

Total income from operations

  $ 1.070     $ 8.910     $ 3.038     $ 0.520     $ 3.942     $ 8.114  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $     $ (0.058   $ (0.050   $ (0.072   $ (0.074

Total distributions

  $     $     $ (0.058   $ (0.050   $ (0.072   $ (0.074

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 51.560     $ 50.490     $ 41.580     $ 38.600     $ 38.130     $ 34.260  

Total Return(2)

    2.12 %(3)      21.43     7.87     1.36     11.51     30.95
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 1,434     $ 2,070     $ 3,336     $ 5,044     $ 7,411     $ 9,872  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4)

           

Expenses(5)

    1.54 %(6)      1.54     1.56     1.57     1.58     1.59

Net investment income

    0.15 %(6)      0.27     0.40     0.36     0.36     0.39

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(3)(7)      0 %(7)(8)      1 %(7)      9     8     3

 

(1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

(3)

Not annualized.

 

(4)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(5)

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.

 

(6)

Annualized.

 

(7)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(8)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  13   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 — Class C  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 46.100     $ 38.040     $ 35.440     $ 35.100     $ 31.630     $ 24.270  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.036     $ 0.114     $ 0.140     $ 0.125     $ 0.118     $ 0.110  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.934       8.047       2.645       0.365       3.515       7.402  

Total income from operations

  $ 0.970     $ 8.161     $ 2.785     $ 0.490     $ 3.633     $ 7.512  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $ (0.101   $ (0.185   $ (0.150   $ (0.163   $ (0.152

Total distributions

  $     $ (0.101   $ (0.185   $ (0.150   $ (0.163   $ (0.152

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 47.070     $ 46.100     $ 38.040     $ 35.440     $ 35.100     $ 31.630  

Total Return(2)

    2.10 %(3)      21.46     7.85     1.40     11.48     30.97
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 234,379     $ 248,201     $ 265,708     $ 263,896     $ 280,250     $ 269,668  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4)

           

Expenses(5)

    1.54 %(6)      1.54     1.56     1.57     1.58     1.58

Net investment income

    0.15 %(6)      0.27     0.39     0.35     0.36     0.39

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(3)(7)      0 %(7)(8)      1 %(7)      9     8     3

 

(1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

(3)

Not annualized.

 

(4)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(5)

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.

 

(6)

Annualized.

 

(7)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(8)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  14   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 — Class I  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 47.920     $ 39.530     $ 36.790     $ 36.430     $ 32.790     $ 25.130  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.281     $ 0.542     $ 0.516     $ 0.497     $ 0.473     $ 0.416  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.969       8.414       2.776       0.381       3.669       7.683  

Total income from operations

  $ 1.250     $ 8.956     $ 3.292     $ 0.878     $ 4.142     $ 8.099  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $ (0.566   $ (0.552   $ (0.518   $ (0.502   $ (0.439

Total distributions

  $     $ (0.566   $ (0.552   $ (0.518   $ (0.502   $ (0.439

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 49.170     $ 47.920     $ 39.530     $ 36.790     $ 36.430     $ 32.790  

Total Return(2)

    2.61 %(3)      22.67     8.93     2.41     12.62     32.27
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 131,447     $ 114,276     $ 69,864     $ 50,278     $ 45,037     $ 40,603  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4)

           

Expenses(5)

    0.54 %(6)      0.54     0.56     0.56     0.58     0.59

Net investment income

    1.15 %(6)      1.24     1.38     1.34     1.37     1.42

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(3)(7)      0 %(7)(8)      1 %(7)      9     8     3

 

(1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(3)

Not annualized.

 

(4)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(5)

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.

 

(6)

Annualized.

 

(7)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(8)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 — Class A  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 23.060     $ 19.020     $ 17.690     $ 17.500     $ 15.750     $ 12.060  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.088     $ 0.177     $ 0.176     $ 0.168     $ 0.155     $ 0.137  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.472       4.035       1.326       0.187       1.752       3.691  

Total income from operations

  $ 0.560     $ 4.212     $ 1.502     $ 0.355     $ 1.907     $ 3.828  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $ (0.172   $ (0.172   $ (0.165   $ (0.157   $ (0.138

Total distributions

  $     $ (0.172   $ (0.172   $ (0.165   $ (0.157   $ (0.138

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 23.620     $ 23.060     $ 19.020     $ 17.690     $ 17.500     $ 15.750  

Total Return(2)

    2.43 %(3)      22.15     8.48     2.03     12.10     31.76
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 483,708     $ 472,741     $ 403,485     $ 379,685     $ 377,644     $ 352,976  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4)

           

Expenses(5)

    0.94 %(6)      0.95     0.97     0.97     0.99     1.00

Net investment income

    0.75 %(6)      0.84     0.98     0.95     0.94     0.98

Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(7)

          1                        

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(3)(8)      0 %(8)(9)      1 %(8)      9     8     3

 

(1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

(3)

Not annualized.

 

(4)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(5)

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.

 

(6)

Annualized.

 

(7)

Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

(8)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(9)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 — Class B  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 22.900     $ 18.890     $ 17.540     $ 17.330     $ 15.570     $ 11.920  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income (loss)(1)

  $ (0.000 )(2)    $ 0.024     $ 0.043     $ 0.035     $ 0.033     $ 0.031  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.460       3.986       1.307       0.180       1.731       3.626  

Total income from operations

  $ 0.460     $ 4.010     $ 1.350     $ 0.215     $ 1.764     $ 3.657  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $     $     $ (0.005   $ (0.004   $ (0.007

Total distributions

  $     $     $     $ (0.005   $ (0.004   $ (0.007

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 23.360     $ 22.900     $ 18.890     $ 17.540     $ 17.330     $ 15.570  

Total Return(3)

    2.01 %(4)      21.23     7.70     1.24     11.33     30.68
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 1,327     $ 1,778     $ 2,757     $ 4,230     $ 6,027     $ 8,046  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5)

           

Expenses(6)

    1.69 %(7)      1.70     1.72     1.72     1.74     1.75

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.00 )%(7)(8)      0.11     0.24     0.20     0.20     0.22

Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(9)

          1                        

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(4)(10)      0 %(10)(11)      1 %(10)      9     8     3

 

   (1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

   (2)

Amount is less than $(0.0005).

 

   (3)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

   (4)

Not annualized.

 

   (5)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

   (6)

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.

 

   (7)

Annualized.

 

   (8)

Amount is less than (0.005)%.

 

   (9)

Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

(10)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(11)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 — Class C  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 22.460     $ 18.530     $ 17.240     $ 17.070     $ 15.370     $ 11.780  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income (loss)(1)

  $ (0.000 )(2)    $ 0.022     $ 0.041     $ 0.034     $ 0.031     $ 0.031  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.450       3.912       1.289       0.176       1.707       3.594  

Total income from operations

  $ 0.450     $ 3.934     $ 1.330     $ 0.210     $ 1.738     $ 3.625  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $ (0.004   $ (0.040   $ (0.040   $ (0.038   $ (0.035

Total distributions

  $     $ (0.004   $ (0.040   $ (0.040   $ (0.038   $ (0.035

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 22.910     $ 22.460     $ 18.530     $ 17.240     $ 17.070     $ 15.370  

Total Return(3)

    2.00 %(4)      21.23     7.71     1.23     11.30     30.78
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 162,227     $ 173,289     $ 175,072     $ 173,494     $ 169,638     $ 158,015  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5)

           

Expenses(6)

    1.69 %(7)      1.70     1.72     1.72     1.74     1.75

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.00 )%(7)(8)      0.11     0.23     0.20     0.19     0.23

Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(9)

          1                        

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(4)(10)      0 %(10)(11)      1 %(10)      9     8     3

 

   (1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

   (2)

Amount is less than $(0.0005).

 

   (3)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges.

 

   (4)

Not annualized.

 

   (5)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

   (6)

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.

 

   (7)

Annualized.

 

   (8)

Amount is less than (0.005)%.

 

   (9)

Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

(10)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(11)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 — Class I  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 23.110     $ 19.060     $ 17.720     $ 17.530     $ 15.770     $ 12.080  
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.117     $ 0.229     $ 0.221     $ 0.213     $ 0.198     $ 0.174  

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.473       4.046       1.336       0.187       1.761       3.689  

Total income from operations

  $ 0.590     $ 4.275     $ 1.557     $ 0.400     $ 1.959     $ 3.863  
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $     $ (0.225   $ (0.217   $ (0.210   $ (0.199   $ (0.173

Total distributions

  $     $ (0.225   $ (0.217   $ (0.210   $ (0.199   $ (0.173

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 23.700     $ 23.110     $ 19.060     $ 17.720     $ 17.530     $ 15.770  

Total Return(2)

    2.55 %(3)      22.44     8.77     2.28     12.42     32.01
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 144,686     $ 134,355     $ 78,948     $ 61,538     $ 52,480     $ 36,757  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(4)

           

Expenses(5)

    0.69 %(6)      0.70     0.72     0.72     0.74     0.75

Net investment income

    1.00 %(6)      1.09     1.23     1.20     1.19     1.24

Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(7)

          1                        

Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio

    1 %(3)(8)      0 %(8)(9)      1 %(8)      9     8     3

 

(1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(3)

Not annualized.

 

(4)

Includes the Fund’s share of the Portfolio’s allocated expenses.

 

(5)

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.

 

(6)

Annualized.

 

(7)

Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

(8)

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(9)

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 (Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1) and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2) (each a Fund, and collectively the Funds) are diversified series of the Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. Each Fund currently offers Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I shares. Class A shares are generally sold subject to a sales charge imposed at time of purchase. Class B and Class C shares are sold at net asset value and are generally subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (see Note 5). Class I shares are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Class B shares automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after their purchase as described in the Funds’ prospectus. Currently, Class B shares are only available for purchase upon exchange from another Eaton Vance fund or through reinvestment of distributions. Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 is closed to new investors. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in each Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. Each Fund typically invests all of its investable assets in interests in Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio), a Massachusetts business trust, having the same investment objective and policies as the Funds. The value of each Fund’s investment in the Portfolio reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in the net assets of the Portfolio (9.4% and 4.6% for Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2, respectively, at June 30, 2018). The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolio, including the portfolio of investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Funds. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). Each Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies.”

A  Investment Valuation — Valuation of securities by the Portfolio is discussed in Note 1A of the Portfolio’s Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.

B  Income — Each Fund’s net investment income or loss consists of the Fund’s pro-rata share of the net investment income or loss of the Portfolio, less all actual and accrued expenses of the Fund. Dividend income on Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, an affiliated investment, is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.

C  Federal Taxes — Each Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of June 30, 2018, the Funds had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each Fund 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.

D  Expenses — The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.

E  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.

F  Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to each Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, each Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against each Fund that have not yet occurred.

G  Other — Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

H  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2018 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Funds’ management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

 

  20  


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

It is the present policy of each Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains (reduced by available capital loss carryforwards from prior years). Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of a Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, at the election of the shareholder, receive distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

The differences between components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio.

At December 31, 2017, the Funds, for federal income tax purposes, had deferred capital losses which would reduce the respective Fund’s taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus would reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Funds of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the respective Fund’s next taxable year and retain the same short-term or long-term character as when originally deferred. The amounts of the deferred capital losses are as follows:

 

      Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1
     Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2
 

Deferred capital losses

     

Short-term

   $ 2,490,720      $         —  

Long-term

     356,930         

3  Transactions with Affiliates

Eaton Vance Management (EVM) serves as the administrator to the Funds. EVM receives no compensation from Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 for such services and a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.15% of average daily net assets from Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 for such services. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the administration fee for Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 amounted to $593,990. The Portfolio has engaged Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, to render investment advisory services. See Note 2 of the Portfolio’s Notes to Financial Statements which are included elsewhere in this report.

EVM provides sub-transfer agency and related services to the Funds pursuant to a Sub-Transfer Agency Support Services Agreement. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), an affiliate of EVM and the Funds’ principal underwriter, received a portion of the sales charge on sales of Class A shares of the Funds. EVD also received distribution and service fees from Class A, Class B and Class C shares (see Note 4) and contingent deferred sales charges (see Note 5). Sub-transfer agent fees earned by EVM, which are included in transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees on the Statements of Operations, and Class A sales charges that the Funds were informed were received by EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2018 were as follows:

 

      Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1
     Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2
 

EVM’s Sub-Transfer Agent Fees

   $ 110,097      $ 37,496  

EVD’s Class A Sales Charges

   $ 11,152      $ 25,874  

Trustees and officers of the Funds who are members of EVM’s or BMR’s organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Funds out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Funds and the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.

4  Distribution Plans

Each Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Class A shares (Class A Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Plan, each Fund pays EVD a distribution and service fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares for distribution

 

  21  


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

services and facilities provided to each Fund by EVD, as well as for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Distribution and service fees paid or accrued to EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2018 for Class A shares amounted to the following:

 

      Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1
     Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2
 

Class A Distribution and Service Fees

   $ 1,575,234      $ 599,720  

Each Fund also has in effect distribution plans for Class B shares (Class B Plan) and Class C shares (Class C Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class B and Class C Plans, each Fund pays EVD amounts equal to 0.75% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class B and Class C shares for providing ongoing distribution services and facilities to the respective Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Funds paid or accrued to EVD the following distribution fees:

 

      Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1
     Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2
 

Class B Distribution Fees

   $ 6,780      $ 5,863  

Class C Distribution Fees

   $ 915,793      $ 640,399  

Pursuant to the Class B and Class C Plans, each Fund also makes payments of service fees to EVD, financial intermediaries and other persons in amounts equal to 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to that class. Service fees paid or accrued are for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. They are separate and distinct from the sales commissions and distribution fees payable to EVD. Service fees paid or accrued for the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to the following:

 

      Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1
     Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2
 

Class B Service Fees

   $ 2,260      $ 1,954  

Class C Service Fees

   $ 305,264      $ 213,466  

Distribution and service fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2341(d), and Class B shares of Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 are further limited to a 5% maximum sales charge as determined in accordance with such rule.

5  Contingent Deferred Sales Charges

A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) generally is imposed on redemptions of Class B shares made within six years of purchase and on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year of purchase. Class A shares may be subject to a 1% CDSC if redeemed within 18 months of purchase (depending on the circumstances of purchase). Generally, the CDSC is based upon the lower of the net asset value at date of redemption or date of purchase. No charge is levied on shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions. The CDSC for Class B shares is imposed at declining rates that begin at 5% in the case of redemptions in the first and second year after purchase, declining one percentage point each subsequent year. Class C shares are subject to a 1% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Funds were informed that EVD received approximately the following amounts of CDSCs paid by Class A, Class B, and Class C shareholders:

 

      Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1
     Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2
 

Class A

   $      $  

Class B

   $      $  

Class C

   $ 200      $ 1,000  

 

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6  Investment Transactions

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, increases and decreases in each Fund’s investment in the Portfolio aggregated, as follows:

 

Fund    Increases      Decreases  

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

   $ 1,858,964      $ 49,285,349  

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

     4,522,568        14,778,312  

Decreases in each Fund’s investment in the Portfolio include distributions of securities as the result of redemptions in-kind, as follows:

 

Fund    Redemptions
in-kind
 

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

   $ 38,705,668  

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

     9,197,779  

7  Shares of Beneficial Interest

Each Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Funds) and classes. Sales and redemptions of Class I shares include shares purchased and redeemed in connection with the ReFlow liquidity program, a program designed to provide an alternative liquidity source for mutual funds experiencing net redemptions of their shares. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

                          
    Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)  
     Class A      Class B      Class C      Class I  

Sales

    152,233        160        8,783        1,233,866  

Redemptions

    (928,512      (3,180      (413,571      (945,442

Exchange from Class B shares

    9,973                       

Exchange to Class A shares

           (10,151              

Net increase (decrease)

    (766,306      (13,171      (404,788      288,424  
    Year Ended December 31, 2017  
     Class A      Class B      Class C      Class I  

Sales

    1,084,509        1,433        26,606        2,429,730  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

    179,921               11,730        20,225  

Redemptions

    (2,037,181      (4,512      (1,639,139      (1,832,554

Exchange from Class B shares

    35,452                       

Exchange to Class A shares

           (36,167              

Net increase (decrease)

    (737,299      (39,246      (1,600,803      617,401  

 

  23  


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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

                          
    Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)  
     Class A      Class B      Class C      Class I  

Sales

    715,776               157,343        1,186,087  

Redemptions

    (751,853      (1,669      (793,413      (893,787

Exchange from Class B shares

    19,010                       

Exchange to Class A shares

           (19,180              

Net increase (decrease)

    (17,067      (20,849      (636,070      292,300  
    Year Ended December 31, 2017  
     Class A      Class B      Class C      Class I  

Sales

    2,170,826        1,338        351,013        3,470,305  

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

    133,513               1,459        49,536  

Redemptions

    (3,073,957      (12,821      (2,086,125      (1,848,880

Exchange from Class B shares

    56,298                       

Exchange to Class A shares

           (56,866              

Net increase (decrease)

    (713,320      (68,349      (1,733,653      1,670,961  

 

  24  


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Common Stocks — 98.4%

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Aerospace & Defense — 3.1%  

Arconic, Inc.

    4     $ 68  

Boeing Co. (The)

    1,047,436       351,425,252  

General Dynamics Corp.

    133,997       24,978,381  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    539       116,850  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    62,473       18,456,398  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    35,008       10,771,962  

Raytheon Co.

    74,943       14,477,489  

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

    12,850       1,730,638  

United Technologies Corp.

    878,294       109,813,099  
            $ 531,770,137  
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.8%  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    810,160     $ 67,777,986  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    1,300       95,030  

FedEx Corp.

    305,493       69,365,240  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    1,680,992       178,571,780  
            $ 315,810,036  
Airlines — 0.0%(1)  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    64,955     $ 2,465,692  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    47,773       2,366,674  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    27,165       1,382,155  
            $ 6,214,521  
Auto Components — 0.3%  

Adient PLC

    15,055     $ 740,555  

Aptiv PLC

    228,000       20,891,640  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    2,800       120,848  

Delphi Technologies PLC

    76,000       3,454,960  

Gentex Corp.

    1,443,192       33,222,280  
            $ 58,430,283  
Automobiles — 0.1%  

Daimler AG

    38,000     $ 2,439,600  

Ford Motor Co.

    1,212,587       13,423,338  

General Motors Co.

    73,598       2,899,761  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    20,162       848,417  

Tesla, Inc.(2)

    7,397       2,536,801  

Toyota Motor Corp. ADR

    5,000       644,050  
            $ 22,791,967  
Security   Shares     Value  
Banks — 6.5%  

Bank of America Corp.

    2,728,110     $ 76,905,421  

Bank of Montreal

    4       309  

BB&T Corp.

    1,325,045       66,835,270  

BB&T Corp.(3)

    22,314       1,125,518  

CIT Group, Inc.

    66,161       3,335,176  

Citigroup, Inc.

    1,124,136       75,227,181  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

    43,483       2,813,785  

CVB Financial Corp.

    152,000       3,407,840  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    1,149,208       32,982,270  

HSBC Holdings PLC

    220,592       2,063,860  

HSBC Holdings PLC ADR

    424       19,987  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    143,117       2,112,407  

ING Groep NV ADR

    131,742       1,886,545  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3,503,875       365,103,775  

KeyCorp

    111,718       2,182,970  

M&T Bank Corp.

    230,611       39,238,462  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    87,271       11,790,312  

Regions Financial Corp.

    714,736       12,708,006  

Societe Generale SA

    460,793       19,367,078  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

    453,204       29,920,528  

SVB Financial Group(2)

    27,933       8,065,933  

Synovus Financial Corp.

    1,565       82,679  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

    30,213       1,748,124  

U.S. Bancorp

    1,636,191       81,842,274  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    5,054,956       280,246,761  
            $ 1,121,012,471  
Beverages — 2.1%  

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ADR

    25,379     $ 2,557,188  

Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(2)

    4,730       1,417,581  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class A

    9,750       476,385  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    24,653       1,208,244  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    3,174,173       139,219,228  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    9,629       2,107,499  

Diageo PLC ADR

    5,226       752,596  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    2,700       329,400  

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B

    186,000       12,655,440  

Monster Beverage Corp.(2)

    135,851       7,784,262  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    1,829,801       199,210,435  
            $ 367,718,258  
Biotechnology — 3.9%  

AbbVie, Inc.

    2,242,884     $ 207,803,203  

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

    74,972       6,314,891  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

    759,765       94,324,824  
 

 

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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Biotechnology (continued)  

Alkermes PLC(2)

    5,000     $ 205,800  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

    6,000       590,940  

Amgen, Inc.

    733,612       135,417,439  

Biogen, Inc.(2)

    227,430       66,009,283  

Celgene Corp.(2)

    436,255       34,647,372  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    1,139,346       80,711,271  

Incyte Corp.(2)

    11,472       768,624  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(2)

    20,350       1,999,184  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

    18,129       6,254,324  

Shire PLC ADR

    6,338       1,069,854  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

    234,180       39,801,233  
            $ 675,918,242  
Building Products — 0.3%  

A.O. Smith Corp.

    27,845     $ 1,647,032  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    1,723       92,508  

Johnson Controls International PLC

    309,402       10,349,497  

Lennox International, Inc.

    168,620       33,749,293  

Lennox International, Inc.(3)

    48,340       9,665,575  

Masco Corp.

    25,000       935,500  
            $ 56,439,405  
Capital Markets — 5.4%  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    36,716     $ 5,458,568  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    215,583       30,155,750  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

    473,559       25,539,037  

BlackRock, Inc.

    11,190       5,584,258  

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A

    89,070       3,610,898  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

    215,414       22,418,135  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

    3,788,973       193,616,520  

CME Group, Inc.

    177,716       29,131,207  

E*TRADE Financial Corp.(2)

    4,593       280,908  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    211,191       6,768,672  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    665,837       146,863,667  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    116,086       8,538,125  

Invesco, Ltd.

    4,040       107,302  

Legg Mason, Inc.

    122,902       4,268,386  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    215,573       14,128,654  

Moody’s Corp.

    207,295       35,356,235  

Morgan Stanley

    2,395,451       113,544,377  

Nasdaq, Inc.

    71,203       6,498,698  

Northern Trust Corp.

    610,830       62,848,299  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    15,043       1,344,092  

S&P Global, Inc.

    221,320       45,124,935  

SEI Investments Co.

    150,000       9,378,000  
Security   Shares     Value  
Capital Markets (continued)  

State Street Corp.

    869,046     $ 80,899,492  

Stifel Financial Corp.

    112,796       5,893,591  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    544,617       63,224,587  

UBS Group AG

    9       138  

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A

    9,248       166,187  
            $ 920,748,718  
Chemicals — 1.4%  

AdvanSix, Inc.(2)

    1,768     $ 64,762  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

    8,857       1,379,301  

Albemarle Corp.

    90,157       8,504,510  

Balchem Corp.

    17,292       1,697,037  

Chemours Co. (The)

    151       6,698  

DowDuPont, Inc.

    1,230,615       81,122,141  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    1,950       194,922  

Ecolab, Inc.

    564,891       79,271,154  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    5,000       619,800  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    4,274       469,499  

NewMarket Corp.

    12,318       4,982,631  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    375,957       38,998,020  

Praxair, Inc.

    6,143       971,515  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    28,213       11,498,772  

Valvoline, Inc.

    68,886       1,485,871  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

    1,000       107,630  
            $ 231,374,263  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%  

Copart, Inc.(2)

    3,800     $ 214,928  

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    14,270       122,294  

Stericycle, Inc.(2)

    13,300       868,357  

Waste Management, Inc.

    109,569       8,912,342  
            $ 10,117,921  
Communications Equipment — 2.0%  

Arista Networks, Inc.(2)

    650,020     $ 167,373,650  

Arista Networks, Inc.(2)(3)

    127,576       32,849,544  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    2,402,532       103,380,952  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    285,300       7,822,926  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    37,773       4,395,644  

Nokia Oyj ADR

    192       1,104  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(2)

    145,232       29,840,819  
            $ 345,664,639  
 

 

  26   See Notes to Financial Statements.


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June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Construction & Engineering — 0.0%(1)  

Fluor Corp.

    2,400     $ 117,072  

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

    56,851       3,609,470  

Quanta Services, Inc.(2)

    2,000       66,800  
            $ 3,793,342  
Construction Materials — 0.1%  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    60,866     $ 7,855,366  
            $ 7,855,366  
Consumer Finance — 1.5%  

American Express Co.

    1,053,028     $ 103,196,744  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    130,994       12,038,349  

Discover Financial Services

    1,211,463       85,299,110  

LendingClub Corp.(2)

    79,691       302,029  

Navient Corp.

    10,200       132,906  

SLM Corp.(2)

    10,200       116,790  

Synchrony Financial

    1,693,648       56,533,970  
            $ 257,619,898  
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    2,250     $ 229,725  

Ball Corp.

    25,288       898,989  

Bemis Co., Inc.

    50,882       2,147,729  

Crown Holdings, Inc.(2)

    13,787       617,106  

International Paper Co.

    42,000       2,187,360  

Packaging Corp. of America

    3,725       416,418  

WestRock Co.

    39,303       2,241,057  
            $ 8,738,384  
Distributors — 0.2%  

Genuine Parts Co.

    201,037     $ 18,453,186  

LKQ Corp.(2)

    224,518       7,162,124  
            $ 25,615,310  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%(1)  

H&R Block, Inc.

    25,610     $ 583,396  
            $ 583,396  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.3%  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(2)

    453     $ 127,764,124  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(2)

    1,439,927       268,762,375  
            $ 396,526,499  
Security   Shares     Value  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%  

AT&T, Inc.

    666,443     $ 21,399,485  

CenturyLink, Inc.

    5,086       94,803  

Frontier Communications Corp.

    894       4,792  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,185,329       59,633,902  

Windstream Holdings, Inc.

    821       4,326  
            $ 81,137,308  
Electric Utilities — 0.2%  

Duke Energy Corp.

    31,500     $ 2,491,020  

Entergy Corp.

    600       48,474  

Exelon Corp.

    28,310       1,206,006  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    124,972       20,874,073  

Southern Co. (The)

    117,942       5,461,894  
            $ 30,081,467  
Electrical Equipment — 1.0%  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    11,121     $ 1,288,590  

AMETEK, Inc.

    70,596       5,094,207  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    130,064       9,720,983  

Emerson Electric Co.

    2,055,913       142,145,825  

Hubbell, Inc.

    1,978       209,154  

nVent Electric PLC(2)

    4       101  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    116,665       19,393,223  
            $ 177,852,083  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3%  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    10,986     $ 957,430  

CDW Corp.

    142,695       11,528,329  

Corning, Inc.

    1,543,029       42,448,728  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(2)

    9,942       586,876  

Knowles Corp.(2)

    8,001       122,415  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    29,999       2,701,710  

Trimble, Inc.(2)

    3,200       105,088  
            $ 58,450,576  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%  

Apergy Corp.(2)

    171,700     $ 7,168,475  

Frank’s International NV

    1,500,000       11,700,000  

Halliburton Co.

    951,376       42,869,003  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

    5,061       219,647  

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    1,207,219       80,919,890  

Transocean, Ltd.(2)

    2,884       38,761  
            $ 142,915,776  
 

 

  27   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%  

American Tower Corp.

    32,841     $ 4,734,687  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    8,720       183,731  

ProLogis, Inc.

    2,000       131,380  

Public Storage

    49       11,116  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    25,563       4,350,567  
            $ 9,411,481  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.2%  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    883,550     $ 184,644,279  

Kroger Co. (The)

    145,541       4,140,641  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(2)

    1,554,670       34,311,567  

Sysco Corp.

    443,443       30,282,723  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    605,201       36,321,138  

Walmart, Inc.

    1,035,785       88,714,985  
            $ 378,415,333  
Food Products — 1.5%  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    305,116     $ 13,983,466  

Campbell Soup Co.

    755,494       30,627,727  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

    413,772       14,784,074  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    261,924       5,455,877  

General Mills, Inc.

    19,187       849,217  

Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)(2)

    17,240       513,752  

Hershey Co. (The)

    551,784       51,349,019  

Hormel Foods Corp.

    147,846       5,501,350  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    18,967       2,038,573  

Kellogg Co.

    63,058       4,405,862  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    41,254       2,591,576  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

    94,824       6,496,392  

McCormick & Co., Inc.

    51,969       6,033,081  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    550,350       22,564,350  

Nestle SA

    1,118,348       86,672,868  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

    24,682       1,699,356  
            $ 255,566,540  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.0%  

Abbott Laboratories

    1,808,925     $ 110,326,336  

ABIOMED, Inc.(2)

    59,930       24,514,367  

Avanos Medical, Inc.

    542       31,030  

Baxter International, Inc.

    232,275       17,151,186  

Becton, Dickinson and Co.

    71,495       17,127,342  

Boston Scientific Corp.(2)

    34,020       1,112,454  

Danaher Corp.

    139,109       13,727,276  

DexCom, Inc.(2)

    94,962       9,019,491  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(2)

    5,200       756,964  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)  

Hologic, Inc.(2)

    154,947     $ 6,159,143  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(2)

    75,158       35,961,600  

Medtronic PLC

    532,861       45,618,230  

Smith & Nephew PLC ADR

    5,500       206,415  

Stryker Corp.

    272,453       46,006,414  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(2)

    5,609       637,855  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    148,851       16,587,955  
            $ 344,944,058  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(2)

    32,000     $ 1,309,120  

Aetna, Inc.

    18,766       3,443,561  

Anthem, Inc.

    141,182       33,605,552  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    29,805       1,455,378  

Centene Corp.(2)

    27,164       3,346,877  

Cigna Corp.

    18,852       3,203,897  

CVS Health Corp.

    1,249,677       80,416,715  

DaVita, Inc.(2)

    157,055       10,905,899  

Express Scripts Holding Co.(2)

    5       386  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    165,025       16,931,565  

Henry Schein, Inc.(2)

    26,346       1,913,773  

Humana, Inc.

    1,563       465,196  

McKesson Corp.

    6,776       903,918  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    80,419       19,729,998  
            $ 177,631,835  
Health Care Technology — 0.2%  

Cerner Corp.(2)

    17,440     $ 1,042,738  

Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.(2)

    863,310       38,097,870  
            $ 39,140,608  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.3%  

Carnival Corp.

    21,669     $ 1,241,851  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(2)

    121,117       52,246,240  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

    30,002       2,268,151  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    21,300       2,280,378  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    148       41,761  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    99,691       7,891,540  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    1,953,018       247,252,079  

McDonald’s Corp.

    33,097       5,185,969  

MGM Resorts International(3)

    50,000       1,451,500  

Starbucks Corp.

    3,793,418       185,308,469  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    398,116       26,080,579  

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

    360,498       13,864,753  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    290,587       22,729,715  
            $ 567,842,985  
 

 

  28   See Notes to Financial Statements.


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June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Household Durables — 0.1%  

D.R. Horton, Inc.

    5,956     $ 244,196  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    52,679       2,351,591  

Lennar Corp., Class A

    4,389       230,423  

Lennar Corp., Class B

    21       896  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(2)

    2,820       604,241  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    479,252       12,359,909  

NVR, Inc.(2)

    176       522,782  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    29,551       849,591  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(2)

    135,025       6,487,951  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

    2,223       82,229  

Whirlpool Corp.

    1,391       203,406  
            $ 23,937,215  
Household Products — 1.3%  

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    1,120     $ 59,539  

Clorox Co. (The)

    1,340       181,235  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    1,393,555       90,316,300  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    9,500       598,120  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    42,168       4,441,977  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    1,724,982       134,652,095  
            $ 230,249,266  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%(1)  

AES Corp. (The)

    1,730     $ 23,199  
            $ 23,199  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.6%  

3M Co.

    675,951     $ 132,973,081  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    51,706       5,600,277  

General Electric Co.

    5,670,337       77,173,286  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    374,876       54,000,888  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    20,247       5,586,350  
            $ 275,333,882  
Insurance — 1.4%  

Aegon NV ADR

    5     $ 30  

Aflac, Inc.

    632,912       27,227,874  

Aflac, Inc.(3)

    50,000       2,151,000  

Alleghany Corp.

    3,985       2,291,255  

Allstate Corp. (The)

    6,403       584,402  

American International Group, Inc.

    159,867       8,476,148  

Aon PLC

    102,957       14,122,612  

Arch Capital Group, Ltd.(2)

    39,000       1,031,940  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    374,352       24,437,699  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)  

Assurant, Inc.

    10,300     $ 1,065,947  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(2)

    936       37,506  

Chubb, Ltd.

    8,410       1,068,238  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    159,319       10,652,068  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.(3)

    55,779       2,096,308  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    32,187       1,645,721  

Markel Corp.(2)

    6,362       6,898,635  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    113,365       9,292,529  

MetLife, Inc.

    16,661       726,420  

Progressive Corp. (The)

    1,256,871       74,343,920  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    20,786       1,943,699  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    6,425       857,609  

Torchmark Corp.

    422,551       34,399,877  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

    122,025       14,928,538  

Trisura Group, Ltd.(2)

    124       2,500  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    104       15,766  

WR Berkley Corp.

    1,500       108,615  
            $ 240,406,856  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.5%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(2)

    354,904     $ 603,265,819  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(2)

    50,820       103,016,714  

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. ADR(2)

    5,200       247,676  

Expedia Group, Inc.

    2,670       320,907  

Netflix, Inc.(2)

    136,715       53,514,353  

Qurate Retail, Inc.(2)

    97,587       2,070,796  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A(2)

    39,272       4,663,943  
            $ 767,100,208  
Internet Software & Services — 8.7%  

2U, Inc.(2)

    37,324     $ 3,118,793  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(2)

    226,957       16,620,061  

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR(2)

    208,381       38,660,927  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(2)

    290,780       328,345,868  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(2)

    365,468       407,734,374  

Altaba, Inc.(2)

    144,071       10,547,438  

Baidu, Inc. ADR(2)

    72,500       17,617,500  

Box, Inc., Class A(2)

    176,143       4,401,814  

Cars.com, Inc.(2)

    400       11,356  

Coupa Software, Inc.(2)

    28,188       1,754,421  

eBay, Inc.(2)

    1,337,694       48,504,785  

Envestnet, Inc.(3)

    40,000       2,197,066  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(2)

    2,905,200       564,538,464  

IAC/InterActiveCorp(2)

    4,215       642,745  

LogMeIn, Inc.

    1,026       105,935  
 

 

  29   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Internet Software & Services (continued)  

Nutanix, Inc., Class A(2)

    33,412     $ 1,723,057  

Okta, Inc.(2)

    86,309       4,347,384  

Pandora Media, Inc.(2)

    37,000       291,560  

Shopify, Inc., Class A(2)

    6,694       976,588  

Twitter, Inc.(2)

    614,278       26,825,520  

VeriSign, Inc.(2)

    19,493       2,678,728  

Yelp, Inc.(2)

    145,608       5,704,921  
            $ 1,487,349,305  
IT Services — 2.8%  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    731,773     $ 119,710,745  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    686       159,975  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    162,672       21,820,822  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    50,205       5,778,595  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    5,578       440,606  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    63,737       6,758,034  

Fiserv, Inc.(2)

    627,056       46,458,579  

International Business Machines Corp.

    470,080       65,670,176  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    62,931       12,367,200  

Paychex, Inc.

    709,749       48,511,344  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(2)

    164,791       13,722,147  

Sabre Corp.

    157,290       3,875,626  

Square, Inc., Class A(2)

    204,040       12,577,026  

Total System Services, Inc.

    5       423  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    849,131       112,467,401  

Western Union Co. (The)

    82,244       1,672,020  
            $ 471,990,719  
Leisure Products — 0.0%(1)  

Hasbro, Inc.

    786     $ 72,556  

Mattel, Inc.

    3,941       64,711  

Polaris Industries, Inc.

    20,015       2,445,433  
            $ 2,582,700  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.4%  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    651,639     $ 40,297,356  

Illumina, Inc.(2)

    28,727       8,023,164  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(2)

    34,269       3,420,731  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    38,476       7,969,919  
            $ 59,711,170  
Machinery — 1.6%  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    254,523     $ 34,531,135  

Cummins, Inc.

    150       19,950  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)  

Deere & Co.

    169,903     $ 23,752,439  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    138,864       6,265,544  

Dover Corp.

    343,400       25,136,880  

Fortive Corp.

    28,046       2,162,627  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    1,058,721       146,675,207  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    6,080       545,558  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    53,660       4,709,202  

Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)(2)

    11,435       295,709  

Middleby Corp.(2)

    2,000       208,840  

PACCAR, Inc.

    186,094       11,530,384  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    18,857       2,938,864  

Pentair PLC

    4       168  

Snap-on, Inc.

    22,178       3,564,448  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    288       38,249  

WABCO Holdings, Inc.(2)

    3,080       360,422  

Welbilt, Inc.(2)

    45,741       1,020,482  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

    14,082       1,388,204  
            $ 265,144,312  
Media — 2.4%  

CBS Corp., Class B

    575,030     $ 32,328,187  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    3,083,555       101,171,440  

Discovery, Inc., Class A(2)

    6,930       190,575  

Discovery, Inc., Class C(2)

    207       5,278  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

    700,848       16,427,877  

Liberty Braves Group, Series A(2)

    1,236       31,778  

Liberty Braves Group, Series C(2)

    2,473       63,952  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A(2)

    3,091       233,803  

Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C(2)

    6,183       468,177  

Liberty Formula One, Series A(2)

    3,091       109,143  

Liberty Formula One, Series C(2)

    6,183       229,575  

Liberty Global PLC, Class A(2)

    8,854       243,839  

Liberty Global PLC, Class C(2)

    27,614       734,809  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class A(2)

    1,546       29,559  

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Class C(2)

    4,825       93,508  

Liberty SiriusXM Group, Series A(2)

    12,367       557,133  

Liberty SiriusXM Group, Series C(2)

    24,734       1,121,934  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(2)

    1,800       87,426  

News Corp., Class A

    24       372  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    131,803       10,052,615  

TEGNA, Inc.

    1,201       13,031  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    16,236       806,767  

Viacom, Inc., Class B

    378,593       11,418,365  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    2,238,375       234,604,084  
            $ 411,023,227  
 

 

  30   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 0.2%  

Alcoa Corp.(2)

    5,862     $ 274,811  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(2)

    527,743       4,448,873  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    39,818       687,259  

Glencore PLC

    598,405       2,841,101  

Lonmin PLC(2)

    64       35  

Nucor Corp.

    235,936       14,746,000  

Southern Copper Corp.

    12,126       568,346  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    182,124       8,368,598  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.(3)

    50,000       2,295,202  
            $ 34,230,225  
Multi-Utilities — 0.1%  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    43,075     $ 3,358,988  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    13,110       893,840  

DTE Energy Co.

    64,168       6,649,730  

Sempra Energy

    67,787       7,870,748  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

    8,481       548,297  
            $ 19,321,603  
Multiline Retail — 0.1%  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(2)

    142,658     $ 12,125,930  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    7,679       397,619  

Target Corp.

    36,405       2,771,148  
            $ 15,294,697  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.0%  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    800,521     $ 58,638,163  

Antero Resources Corp.(2)

    1,764,100       37,663,535  

Apache Corp.

    175,832       8,220,146  

California Resources Corp.(2)

    275       12,496  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.(2)

    642,305       41,871,863  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.(2)

    288       1,509  

Chevron Corp.

    860,818       108,833,220  

Concho Resources, Inc.(2)

    40,000       5,534,000  

ConocoPhillips

    261,371       18,196,649  

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,380,333       60,679,439  

EOG Resources, Inc.

    1,544,181       192,142,442  

EQT Corp.

    180,474       9,958,555  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    3,070,962       254,060,686  

Hess Corp.

    64,190       4,293,669  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    50,432       891,133  

Marathon Oil Corp.

    123,481       2,575,814  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    160,826       11,283,552  

Murphy Oil Corp.

    145,312       4,907,186  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    23,125       1,935,100  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Phillips 66

    179,486     $ 20,158,073  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    14,430       2,730,733  

Range Resources Corp.

    669,731       11,204,600  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A ADR

    43,173       2,988,867  

Southwestern Energy Co.(2)

    730       3,869  

Valero Energy Corp.

    8,417       932,856  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

    56,025       1,518,838  

WPX Energy, Inc.(2)

    666       12,008  
            $ 861,249,001  
Personal Products — 0.1%  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

    37,503     $ 5,351,303  

Unilever NV - NY Shares

    19,032       1,060,463  

Unilever PLC ADR

    18,708       1,034,178  
            $ 7,445,944  
Pharmaceuticals — 4.9%  

Allergan PLC

    104,620     $ 17,442,246  

AstraZeneca PLC ADR

    870       30,546  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    2,083,405       115,295,633  

Catalent, Inc.(2)

    45,943       1,924,552  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,731,494       147,748,383  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR

    1,468       59,175  

Johnson & Johnson

    2,188,408       265,541,427  

Johnson & Johnson(3)

    14,035       1,703,007  

Mallinckrodt PLC(2)

    6       112  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1,404,676       85,263,833  

Novartis AG ADR

    114,146       8,622,589  

Novo Nordisk A/S ADR

    1,283,586       59,198,986  

Pfizer, Inc.

    1,826,703       66,272,785  

Roche Holding AG ADR

    35,808       989,375  

Sanofi ADR

    5,100       204,051  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR

    1,676,992       40,784,445  

Zoetis, Inc.

    436,577       37,191,995  
            $ 848,273,140  
Professional Services — 0.2%  

Equifax, Inc.

    12,654     $ 1,583,142  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    72,356       2,237,971  

On Assignment, Inc.(2)

    170,225       13,309,893  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.(2)

    98,337       10,584,994  
            $ 27,716,000  
 

 

  31   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Road & Rail — 0.7%  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    403,231     $ 32,964,134  

Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.

    942       172,405  

CSX Corp.

    86,183       5,496,752  

CSX Corp.(3)

    19,071       1,215,831  

Kansas City Southern

    7,000       741,720  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    222,808       33,615,043  

Union Pacific Corp.

    372,000       52,704,960  
            $ 126,910,845  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.2%  

Analog Devices, Inc.

    632,596     $ 60,678,608  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    100,000       4,619,000  

ASML Holding NV - NY Shares

    3,622       717,047  

Broadcom, Inc.

    90,809       22,033,896  

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

    107,346       1,672,451  

Intel Corp.

    6,829,512       339,495,042  

Lam Research Corp.

    33,350       5,764,548  

Lam Research Corp.(3)

    10,000       1,727,765  

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

    95,391       2,045,183  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    367,513       33,425,307  

Microchip Technology, Inc.(3)

    5,600       509,320  

Micron Technology, Inc.(2)

    216,134       11,334,067  

NVIDIA Corp.

    505,735       119,808,622  

NVIDIA Corp.(3)

    100,000       23,690,000  

Qorvo, Inc.(2)

    13,586       1,089,190  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    2,710,933       152,137,560  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    1,016,017       112,015,874  

Versum Materials, Inc.

    1,129       41,942  

Xilinx, Inc.

    104,186       6,799,178  
            $ 899,604,600  
Software — 4.9%  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    218,092     $ 16,644,781  

Adobe Systems, Inc.(2)

    484,308       118,079,134  

Autodesk, Inc.(2)

    6,271       822,065  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(2)

    506,300       21,927,853  

CDK Global, Inc.

    3       195  

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.(2)

    151,500       14,798,520  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(2)

    5,976       626,524  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class V(2)

    1,493       126,278  

Electronic Arts, Inc.(2)

    48,820       6,884,596  

FireEye, Inc.(2)

    82,732       1,273,245  

Fortinet, Inc.(2)

    20,000       1,248,600  

Intuit, Inc.

    40,048       8,182,007  

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(2)

    56,873       2,673,600  
Security   Shares     Value  
Software (continued)  

Microsoft Corp.

    3,642,009     $ 359,138,508  

Oracle Corp.

    2,686,255       118,356,395  

Paycom Software, Inc.(2)

    550,305       54,386,643  

Red Hat, Inc.(2)

    2,550       342,644  

salesforce.com, Inc.(2)

    106,644       14,546,242  

ServiceNow, Inc.(2)

    199,377       34,386,551  

Splunk, Inc.(2)

    306,812       30,408,137  

Symantec Corp.

    72,900       1,505,385  

Synopsys, Inc.(2)

    8,560       732,479  

Tableau Software, Inc., Class A(2)

    13,699       1,339,077  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(2)

    10,000       2,221,000  

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(2)

    41,687       10,726,482  

Workday, Inc., Class A(2)

    121,726       14,743,453  

Workday, Inc., Class A(2)(3)

    19,755       2,390,333  
            $ 838,510,727  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    78,893     $ 10,705,780  

AutoNation, Inc.(2)

    5,972       290,120  

AutoZone, Inc.(2)

    2,443       1,639,082  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

    22,000       438,350  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    252,086       18,800,574  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

    35,000       1,233,750  

Gap, Inc. (The)

    89,138       2,887,180  

GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A(2)

    900       3,168  

L Brands, Inc.

    307,212       11,329,979  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    935,819       89,436,222  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(2)

    82,957       22,694,546  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(2)(3)

    77,496       21,179,380  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    262,238       22,224,671  

Ross Stores, Inc.(3)

    40,000       3,388,559  

Ross Stores, Inc.(3)

    88,000       7,450,542  

Signet Jewelers, Ltd.

    65,986       3,678,720  

Tiffany & Co.

    14,845       1,953,602  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

    1,334,669       127,033,795  

Tractor Supply Co.

    244,964       18,737,296  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(2)

    78,652       18,362,096  
            $ 383,467,412  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.5%  

Apple, Inc.

    2,893,899     $ 535,689,644  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    506       7,393  

NetApp, Inc.

    493,167       38,728,404  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(3)

    300,000       7,160,955  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(3)

    1,000,000       23,856,120  
            $ 605,442,516  
 

 

  32   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.7%  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

    221,909     $ 4,886,436  

Luxottica Group SpA ADR

    20,606       1,323,523  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    3,447,406       274,689,310  

VF Corp.

    68,932       5,619,337  
            $ 286,518,606  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%(1)  

Essent Group, Ltd.(2)

    48,156     $ 1,724,948  
            $ 1,724,948  
Tobacco — 0.5%  

Altria Group, Inc.

    430,129     $ 24,427,026  

Altria Group, Inc.(3)

    32,000       1,817,280  

British American Tobacco PLC ADR

    3,399       171,480  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    636,953       51,427,585  
            $ 77,843,371  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0%(1)  

Fastenal Co.

    10,178     $ 489,867  

United Rentals, Inc.(2)

    2,000       295,240  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    2,791       860,745  
            $ 1,645,852  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.0%(1)  

America Movil SAB de CV, ADR, Series L

    270,852     $ 4,512,394  

Sprint Corp.(2)

    1       5  

Vodafone Group PLC ADR

    5       123  
            $ 4,512,522  

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $9,083,042,745)

 

  $ 16,902,697,174  
Rights — 0.0%(1)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%(1)  

Sanofi, Exp. 12/31/20(2)

    6,984     $ 3,492  

Total Rights
(identified cost $16,441)

 

  $ 3,492  
Short-Term Investments — 1.4%

 

Description   Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 2.09%(4)

    237,021,233     $ 237,021,233  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $237,023,028)

 

  $ 237,021,233  

Total Investments — 99.8%
(identified cost $9,320,082,214)

 

  $ 17,139,721,899  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.2%

 

  $ 29,059,457  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 17,168,781,356  

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

 

(1) 

Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

(2) 

Non-income producing security.

 

(3) 

Restricted security (see Note 9).

 

(4) 

Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2018.

Abbreviations:

 

ADR     American Depositary Receipt
 

 

  33   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    June 30, 2018  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $9,083,059,186)

   $ 16,902,700,666  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $237,023,028)

     237,021,233  

Cash

     106,693  

Dividends receivable

     9,512,623  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     582,767  

Receivable for investments sold

     19,473,133  

Tax reclaims receivable

     6,764,176  

Total assets

   $ 17,176,161,291  
Liabilities         

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser fee

   $ 6,196,936  

Trustees’ fees

     25,375  

Accrued expenses

     1,157,624  

Total liabilities

   $ 7,379,935  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

        

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

   $ 17,168,781,356  
Sources of Net Assets         

Investors’ capital

   $ 9,349,231,640  

Net unrealized appreciation

     7,819,549,716  

Total

   $ 17,168,781,356  

 

  34   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
 

Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $1,117,366)

   $ 137,467,495  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     2,237,551  

Total investment income

   $ 139,705,046  
Expenses         

Investment adviser fee

   $ 36,289,999  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     50,750  

Custodian fee

     1,218,977  

Professional fees

     175,919  

Miscellaneous

     214,001  

Total expenses

   $ 37,949,646  

Net investment income

   $ 101,755,400  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         

Net realized gain (loss) —

  

Investment transactions(1)

   $ 255,585,867  

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

     (39,950

Foreign currency transactions

     (15,440

Net realized gain

   $ 255,530,477  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

  

Investments

   $ 62,054,362  

Investments — affiliated investment

     60,953  

Foreign currency

     (78,543

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 62,036,772  

Net realized and unrealized gain

   $ 317,567,249  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 419,322,649  

 

(1)  

Includes $294,389,011 of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind.

 

  35   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2017
 

From operations —

     

Net investment income

   $ 101,755,400      $ 186,803,347  

Net realized gain

     255,530,477        366,906,314  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     62,036,772        2,337,531,531  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 419,322,649      $ 2,891,241,192  

Capital transactions —

     

Contributions

   $ 1,059,287,329      $ 1,487,391,128  

Withdrawals

     (534,518,475      (730,966,590

Net increase in net assets from capital transactions

   $ 524,768,854      $ 756,424,538  

Net increase in net assets

   $ 944,091,503      $ 3,647,665,730  
Net Assets

 

At beginning of period

   $ 16,224,689,853      $ 12,577,024,123  

At end of period

   $ 17,168,781,356      $ 16,224,689,853  

 

  36   See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

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

                                               

Expenses(1)

    0.46 %(2)      0.46     0.47     0.47     0.47     0.48

Net investment income

    1.23 %(2)      1.33     1.48     1.44     1.45     1.50

Portfolio Turnover

    1 %(3)(4)      0 %(4)(5)      1 %(4)      9     8     3

Total Return

    2.67 %(3)      22.76     9.06     2.53     12.73     32.39

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

  $ 17,168,781     $ 16,224,690     $ 12,577,024     $ 11,055,385     $ 10,545,696     $ 9,414,954  

 

(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) 

Annualized.

 

(3) 

Not annualized.

 

(4) 

Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3%, 5% and 6% for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(5) 

Amount is less than 0.5%.

 

  37   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Portfolio’s investment objective is to achieve long-term, after-tax returns for interestholders through investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At June 30, 2018, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.0, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation Fund held an interest of 5.6%, 9.4%, 4.6%, and 1.0% respectively, in the Portfolio. In addition, an unregistered fund managed by the adviser to the Portfolio held an aggregate interest of 79.4% 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 “Financial Services — Investment Companies.”

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

Equity Securities. Equity securities 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.

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. The daily valuation of exchange-traded foreign securities generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on which such securities trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. When valuing foreign equity securities that meet certain criteria, the Portfolio’s Trustees have approved the use of a fair value service that values such securities to reflect market trading that occurs after the close of the applicable foreign markets of comparable securities or other instruments that have a strong correlation to the fair-valued securities.

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 — Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. However, if the ex-dividend date has passed, certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. In consideration of recent decisions rendered by European courts, the Portfolio has filed additional tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Due to the uncertainty as to the ultimate resolution of these proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment, no amounts are reflected in the financial statements for such reclaims. 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 losses and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.

 

  38  


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

As of June 30, 2018, 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  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2018 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. Under the investment advisory agreement, BMR receives a monthly advisory fee at a rate of 0.625% annually of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to $500 million. The advisory fee on net assets of $500 million or more is reduced as follows:

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Fee Rate
(for each level)
 

$500 million but less than $1 billion

     0.5625

$1 billion but less than $1.5 billion

     0.5000

$1.5 billion but less than $7 billion

     0.4375

$7 billion but less than $10 billion

     0.4250

$10 billion but less than $15 billion

     0.4125

$15 billion but less than $20 billion

     0.4000

$20 billion but less than $25 billion

     0.3900

$25 billion and over

     0.3800

The Portfolio invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $36,289,999 or 0.44% (annualized) of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

Officers and Trustees 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 June 30, 2018, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.

 

  39  


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

June 30, 2018

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

3  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $101,314,080 and $97,991,076, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2018. In addition, investors contributed securities with an aggregate market value of $1,050,714,075 and investments having an aggregate market value of $471,047,269 were distributed in payment for capital withdrawals during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

4  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at June 30, 2018, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 2,788,944,062  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 14,360,242,178  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (9,464,341

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 14,350,777,837  

5  Restricted Securities

At June 30, 2018, the Portfolio owned the following securities (representing 0.9% of net assets) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The Portfolio has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.

 

Common Stocks    Date of
Acquisition
     Eligible
for Resale
     Shares      Cost      Value  

Aflac, Inc.

     9/21/17        9/21/18        50,000      $ 2,095,902      $ 2,151,000  

Altria Group, Inc.

     9/21/17        9/21/18        32,000        1,957,081        1,817,280  

Arista Networks, Inc.

     12/19/17        12/19/18        127,576        30,000,085        32,849,544  

BB&T Corp.

     9/21/17        9/21/18        22,314        1,000,005        1,125,518  

CSX Corp.

     3/22/18        3/22/19        19,071        1,084,218        1,215,831  

Envestnet, Inc.

     3/22/18        3/22/19        40,000        2,387,969        2,197,066  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc

     6/21/18        6/21/19        55,779        2,081,820        2,096,308  

Johnson & Johnson

     12/19/17        12/19/18        14,035        1,988,173        1,703,007  

Lam Research Corp.

     3/22/18        3/22/19        10,000        2,240,894        1,727,765  

Lennox International, Inc.

     6/21/18        6/21/19        48,340        9,895,444        9,665,575  

MGM Resorts International

     9/21/17        9/21/18        50,000        1,652,346        1,451,500  

Microchip Technology Inc

     12/19/17        12/19/18        5,600        497,734        509,320  

NVIDIA Corp.

     9/21/17        9/21/18        100,000        18,565,416        23,690,000  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.

     6/21/18        6/21/19        77,496        22,000,790        21,179,380  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A

     3/22/18        3/22/19        300,000        5,997,897        7,160,955  

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A

     6/21/18        6/21/19        1,000,000        24,165,810        23,856,120  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     3/22/18        3/22/19        40,000        3,093,768        3,388,559  

Ross Stores, Inc

     6/21/18        6/21/19        88,000        7,614,058        7,450,542  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     6/21/18        6/21/19        50,000        2,345,152        2,295,202  

Workday Inc., Class A

     6/21/18        6/21/19        19,755        2,529,664        2,390,333  

Total Restricted Securities

                              $ 143,194,226      $ 149,920,805  

 

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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 October 30, 2018. 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 June 30, 2018.

7  Fair Value Measurements

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At June 30, 2018, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 2,533,169,525      $ 32,018,481      $         —      $ 2,565,188,006  

Consumer Staples

     1,230,565,844        86,672,868               1,317,238,712  

Energy

     1,004,164,777                      1,004,164,777  

Financials

     2,914,512,144        23,527,246               2,938,039,390  

Health Care

     2,145,619,053                      2,145,619,053  

Industrials

     1,787,866,930        10,881,406               1,798,748,336  

Information Technology

     4,669,680,843        37,332,239               4,707,013,082  

Materials

     277,061,900        5,136,338               282,198,238  

Real Estate

     9,411,481                      9,411,481  

Telecommunication Services

     85,649,830                      85,649,830  

Utilities

     49,426,269                      49,426,269  

Total Common Stocks

   $ 16,707,128,596      $ 195,568,578    $      $ 16,902,697,174  

Rights

   $ 3,492      $      $      $ 3,492  

Short-Term Investments

            237,021,233               237,021,233  

Total Investments

   $ 16,707,132,088      $ 432,589,811      $      $ 17,139,721,899  

 

*

Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets.

At June 30, 2018, the value of investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year ended was not significant.

8  Legal Proceedings

In November 2010, the Portfolio was named as defendant and a putative member of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in the case entitled Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC) of the Tribune Company v. FitzSimons, et al. as a result of its ownership of shares in the Tribune Company (Tribune) in 2007 when Tribune effected a leveraged buyout transaction (LBO) and was converted to a privately held company. The UCC, which

 

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has been replaced by a Litigation Trustee pursuant to Tribune’s plan of reorganization, seeks to recover payments of the proceeds of the LBO. This action is now part of a multi-district litigation proceeding in the Southern District of New York. A motion to dismiss the FitzSimons case is currently pending. The value of the proceeds received by the Portfolio is approximately $48,237,000 (equal to 0.3% of net assets at June 30, 2018).

The Portfolio cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings or the effect, if any, on the Portfolio’s net asset value. The attorneys’ fees and costs related to these actions are expensed by the Portfolio as incurred.

 

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

June 30, 2018

 

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 24, 2018, 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 2018. 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 fund’s investment strategies and policies;

 

 

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 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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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, 2018, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met seven 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 nine 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 Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 (the “Fund”) invests, with Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee based on the material factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Portfolio.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

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

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio. The Board specifically noted that the Adviser has devoted extensive resources to in-house equity research and also draws upon independent research available from third-party sources. The Board considered the experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals in managing funds that seek to maximize after-tax returns. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the 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 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 Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Portfolio.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment professionals, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio

 

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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

June 30, 2018

 

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valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large 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 the Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2017 for the Fund. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was higher than the median performance of the Fund’s peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index for the three-year period. 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, 2017, 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 the 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 the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the 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 the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are deemed not to be excessive.

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from 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 the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in 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 fee, which includes 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

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

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 24, 2018, 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 2018. 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 fund’s investment strategies and policies;

 

 

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 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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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

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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, 2018, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met seven 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 nine 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 Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (the “Fund”) invests, with Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee based on the material factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Portfolio.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

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

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio. The Board specifically noted that the Adviser has devoted extensive resources to in-house equity research and also draws upon independent research available from third-party sources. The Board considered the experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals in managing funds that seek to maximize after-tax returns. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the 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 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 Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Portfolio.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment professionals, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio

 

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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large 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 the Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2017 for the Fund. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was higher than the median performance of the Fund’s peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index for the three-year period. 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, 2017, 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 the 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 the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the 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 the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are deemed not to be excessive.

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from 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 the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in 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 fee, which includes 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

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

June 30, 2018

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Officers of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

 

 

Edward J. Perkin

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

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

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

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Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

June 30, 2018

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Officers of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

 

 

Edward J. Perkin

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Richard F. Froio

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

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

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

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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 Advisers International Ltd., 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.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).

Proxy Voting.  From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Investment Adviser of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio

Boston Management and Research

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Administrator of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 & 1.2

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Principal Underwriter*

Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 482-8260

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

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.


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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

Not required in this filing.

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. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 13. 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.

Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust

 

By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   August 21, 2018

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:   August 21, 2018

 

By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   August 21, 2018