N-CSRS 1 d62122dncsrs.htm HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO High Income Opportunities Portfolio

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-08464

 

 

High Income Opportunities Portfolio

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

October 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

April 30, 2019

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — 85.9%

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Aerospace — 2.1%  

Bombardier, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/22(1)

      4,374     $ 4,398,604  

Bombardier, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/23(1)

      1,016       1,017,270  

Bombardier, Inc., 7.875%, 4/15/27(1)

      2,041       2,056,307  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/26(1)

      4,436       4,630,075  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/26

      1,435       1,443,969  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.50%, 7/15/24

      2,911       2,960,123  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.50%, 5/15/25

      440       446,050  

TransDigm, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/27(1)

      6,158       6,365,832  

TransDigm UK Holdings PLC, 6.875%, 5/15/26(1)

        1,585       1,596,888  
      $ 24,915,118  
Automotive & Auto Parts — 1.8%  

Navistar International Corp., 6.625%, 11/1/25(1)

      6,645     $ 6,811,125  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 L.P./Panther Finance Co., Inc., 4.375%, 5/15/26(2)

  EUR     4,294       4,954,256  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 L.P./Panther Finance Co., Inc., 6.25%, 5/15/26(1)

      3,102       3,245,623  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 L.P./Panther Finance Co., Inc., 8.50%, 5/15/27(1)

        5,679       5,877,765  
      $ 20,888,769  
Banking & Thrifts — 1.0%  

CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, 8/1/23

      4,300     $ 4,497,800  

CIT Group, Inc., 6.125%, 3/9/28

      1,420       1,585,075  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series S, 6.75% to 2/1/24(3)(4)

        4,805       5,326,102  
      $ 11,408,977  
Broadcasting — 1.6%  

Gray Television, Inc., 7.00%, 5/15/27(1)

      138     $ 149,342  

Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/28

      640       636,000  

Netflix, Inc., 5.50%, 2/15/22

      1,790       1,888,450  

Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/25

      2,155       2,328,747  

Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/28

      4,030       4,261,725  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.00%, 8/1/27(1)

      2,980       3,015,611  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 6.00%, 7/15/24(1)

        6,775       7,020,594  
      $ 19,300,469  
Building Materials — 0.7%  

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 5.625%, 9/1/24(1)

      687     $ 691,294  

Hillman Group, Inc. (The), 6.375%, 7/15/22(1)

      1,192       1,108,560  

Standard Industries, Inc., 5.50%, 2/15/23(1)

      2,246       2,285,305  
Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Building Materials (continued)  

Standard Industries, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/25(1)

        3,880     $ 4,069,965  
      $ 8,155,124  
Cable & Satellite TV — 6.2%  

Altice Finco SA, 8.125%, 1/15/24(1)

      1,339     $ 1,392,560  

Altice France SA, 7.375%, 5/1/26(1)

      3,020       3,067,187  

Altice France SA, 8.125%, 2/1/27(1)

      3,829       4,010,877  

Altice Luxembourg SA, 7.75%, 5/15/22(1)

      4,138       4,225,932  

Cablevision Systems Corp., 5.875%, 9/15/22

      1,410       1,469,925  

Cablevision Systems Corp., 8.00%, 4/15/20

      5,451       5,692,370  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.00%, 2/1/28(1)

      1,895       1,897,369  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.25%, 9/30/22

      2,165       2,204,241  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/1/25(1)

      3,855       3,999,562  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/24

      2,010       2,065,275  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 2/15/26(1)

      2,725       2,857,844  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.875%, 4/1/24(1)

      4,090       4,283,089  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.125%, 12/15/21(1)

      235       236,175  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.25%, 6/1/24

      385       392,700  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.375%, 7/15/23(1)

      970       994,250  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.50%, 5/15/26(1)

      4,205       4,328,522  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 6.50%, 2/1/29(1)

      1,001       1,076,701  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 6.75%, 11/15/21

      5,020       5,383,950  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 7.50%, 4/1/28(1)

      1,273       1,395,526  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 10.875%, 10/15/25(1)

      3,862       4,450,955  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/22

      1,970       1,929,517  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/24

      420       363,825  

DISH DBS Corp., 7.75%, 7/1/26

      1,395       1,252,013  

UPC Holding B.V., 5.50%, 1/15/28(1)

      3,033       3,070,912  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.25%, 1/15/26(1)

      910       929,074  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.50%, 8/15/26(1)

      4,320       4,438,930  

Ziggo B.V., 4.25%, 1/15/27(2)

  EUR     2,129       2,497,384  

Ziggo B.V., 5.50%, 1/15/27(1)

      2,714       2,720,785  

Ziggo Bond Co., B.V., 5.875%, 1/15/25(1)

      990       994,950  

Ziggo Bond Co., B.V., 6.00%, 1/15/27(1)

        265       261,025  
      $ 73,883,425  
Capital Goods — 0.6%  

BWX Technologies, Inc., 5.375%, 7/15/26(1)

      2,875     $ 2,946,875  

Colfax Corp., 6.00%, 2/15/24(1)

      880       917,400  
 

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Capital Goods (continued)  

Colfax Corp., 6.375%, 2/15/26(1)

      1,440     $ 1,526,400  

Resideo Funding, Inc., 6.125%, 11/1/26(1)

        1,293       1,341,487  
      $ 6,732,162  
Chemicals — 1.9%  

Chemours Co. (The), 4.00%, 5/15/26

  EUR     6,000     $ 7,032,449  

Chemours Co. (The), 7.00%, 5/15/25

      2,086       2,211,160  

Nufarm Australia, Ltd./Nufarm Americas, Inc., 5.75%, 4/30/26(1)

      2,585       2,416,975  

Olin Corp., 5.00%, 2/1/30

      1,464       1,454,850  

PQ Corp., 6.75%, 11/15/22(1)

      900       934,875  

SPCM SA, 4.875%, 9/15/25(1)

      1,185       1,161,300  

Valvoline, Inc., 5.50%, 7/15/24

      835       860,050  

Venator Finance S.a.r.l./Venator Materials, LLC, 5.75%, 7/15/25(1)

      1,825       1,729,188  

Versum Materials, Inc., 5.50%, 9/30/24(1)

      2,790       2,974,837  

W.R. Grace & Co., 5.125%, 10/1/21(1)

        2,270       2,360,800  
      $ 23,136,484  
Consumer Products — 1.8%  

Central Garden & Pet Co., 5.125%, 2/1/28

      545     $ 519,112  

Central Garden & Pet Co., 6.125%, 11/15/23

      970       1,018,500  

Energizer Gamma Acquisition B.V., 4.625%, 7/15/26(1)

  EUR     6,315       7,323,698  

Energizer Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 7/15/26(1)

      3,995       4,133,577  

Energizer Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/27(1)

      1,568       1,703,240  

Mattel, Inc., 6.75%, 12/31/25(1)

      3,790       3,800,659  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/25

        3,275       3,360,969  
      $ 21,859,755  
Containers — 1.9%  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 4.25%, 9/15/22(1)

      830     $ 835,188  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/23(1)

      3,625       3,668,282  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/24(1)

      2,892       3,057,712  

Berry Global, Inc., 4.50%, 2/15/26(1)

      1,679       1,632,827  

Berry Global, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/22

      1,770       1,827,525  

BWAY Holding Co., 5.50%, 4/15/24(1)

      750       747,675  

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V, 4.25%, 9/30/26

      1,415       1,383,162  

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI, 4.75%, 2/1/26

      1,695       1,726,781  
Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Containers (continued)  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 5.875%, 8/15/23(1)

      3,195     $ 3,354,750  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 6.375%, 8/15/25(1)

      995       1,062,163  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC, 5.125%, 7/15/23(1)

      260       264,098  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC, 6.875%, 2/15/21

      643       646,041  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC, 7.00%, 7/15/24(1)

        2,078       2,152,029  
      $ 22,358,233  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.1%  

DAE Funding, LLC, 4.50%, 8/1/22(1)

      2,430     $ 2,460,375  

DAE Funding, LLC, 5.00%, 8/1/24(1)

      4,055       4,186,787  

Icahn Enterprises, L.P./Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.25%, 2/1/22

      3,825       3,950,384  

MSCI, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/25(1)

      1,275       1,341,938  

Navient Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/26

      1,460       1,474,731  

Navient Corp., 8.00%, 3/25/20

      3,065       3,183,769  

Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd., 5.25%, 8/15/22(1)

      6,390       6,668,668  

Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd., 5.50%, 2/15/24(1)

        1,855       1,955,411  
      $ 25,222,063  
Diversified Media — 0.6%  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series A, 6.50%, 11/15/22

      1,095     $ 1,122,375  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, 6.50%, 11/15/22

      2,125       2,183,437  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 9.25%, 2/15/24(1)

      516       556,635  

MDC Partners, Inc., 6.50%, 5/1/24(1)

        3,821       3,247,850  
      $ 7,110,297  
Energy — 15.2%  

Aker BP ASA, 5.875%, 3/31/25(1)

      1,460     $ 1,540,300  

Andeavor Logistics, L.P./Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., 6.375%, 5/1/24

      1,465       1,544,659  

Antero Midstream Partners, L.P./Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 5.375%, 9/15/24

      1,415       1,449,526  

Antero Midstream Partners, L.P./Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 3/1/27(1)

      2,542       2,608,677  

Antero Resources Corp., 5.625%, 6/1/23

      490       497,497  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 7.00%, 11/1/26(1)

      4,113       4,030,740  
 

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Energy (continued)  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 10.00%, 4/1/22(1)

      1,336     $ 1,469,600  

Berry Petroleum Co., LLC, 7.00%, 2/15/26(1)

      1,610       1,591,888  

Brazos Valley Longhorn, LLC/Brazos Valley Longhorn Finance Corp., 6.875%, 2/1/25

      4,658       4,698,757  

Canbriam Energy, Inc., 9.75%, 11/15/19(1)

      5,530       4,396,350  

Centennial Resource Production, LLC, 5.375%, 1/15/26(1)

      1,460       1,441,750  

Centennial Resource Production, LLC, 6.875%, 4/1/27(1)

      2,977       3,092,359  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, 5.875%, 3/31/25

      2,020       2,181,600  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, 7.00%, 6/30/24

      5,095       5,725,506  

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., 5.25%, 10/1/25

      600       614,250  

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., 5.625%, 10/1/26(1)

      2,670       2,764,678  

Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P./Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.625%, 5/1/27(1)

      1,957       1,952,108  

CrownRock, L.P./CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.625%, 10/15/25(1)

      11,090       10,992,962  

CVR Refining, LLC/Coffeyville Finance, Inc., 6.50%, 11/1/22

      2,413       2,464,276  

Denbury Resources, Inc., 9.00%, 5/15/21(1)

      469       478,380  

Diamondback Energy, Inc., 4.75%, 11/1/24

      1,080       1,107,000  

Diamondback Energy, Inc., 5.375%, 5/31/25

      2,615       2,735,944  

Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P./EER Finance, Inc., 5.50%, 1/30/26(1)

      2,250       2,356,875  

Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P./EER Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 1/30/28(1)

      3,005       3,215,350  

Energy Transfer Operating, L.P., 5.875%, 1/15/24

      975       1,065,317  

Energy Transfer Operating, L.P., 7.50%, 10/15/20

      1,780       1,893,971  

Energy Transfer Operating, L.P., Series A, 6.25% to 2/15/23(3)(4)

      1,630       1,553,855  

EnLink Midstream, LLC, 5.375%, 6/1/29

      1,713       1,721,634  

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/26(1)

      1,370       1,226,150  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., 5.625%, 2/1/26(1)

      5,271       4,348,575  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.375%, 5/15/24(1)

      1,250       1,131,250  

Great Western Petroleum, LLC/Great Western Finance Corp., 9.00%, 9/30/21(1)

      5,735       4,688,362  

Gulfport Energy Corp., 6.00%, 10/15/24

      1,265       1,115,578  

Hilcorp Energy I, L.P./Hilcorp Finance Co., 5.75%, 10/1/25(1)

      52       52,650  

Hilcorp Energy I, L.P./Hilcorp Finance Co., 6.25%, 11/1/28(1)

      3,401       3,481,774  

Jagged Peak Energy, LLC, 5.875%, 5/1/26

      640       645,600  

Matador Resources Co., 5.875%, 9/15/26

      4,700       4,758,750  
Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Energy (continued)  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 7.50%, 1/15/26(1)

      4,310     $ 3,965,200  

Nabors Industries, Inc., 5.75%, 2/1/25

      958       876,570  

Neptune Energy Bondco PLC, 6.625%, 5/15/25(1)

      5,123       5,187,037  

NGPL PipeCo, LLC, 4.375%, 8/15/22(1)

      780       803,400  

Nine Energy Service, Inc., 8.75%, 11/1/23(1)

      1,270       1,317,625  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.25%, 8/15/25(1)

      2,315       2,346,831  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.375%, 1/15/25(1)

      2,625       2,688,000  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.625%, 10/15/27(1)

      2,055       2,111,513  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 6.25%, 6/1/24(1)

      2,935       3,050,566  

PBF Holding Co., LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 7.00%, 11/15/23

      5,755       5,949,231  

PBF Holding Co., LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/25

      3,547       3,666,711  

PBF Logistics, L.P./PBF Logistics Finance Corp., 6.875%, 5/15/23

      5,230       5,373,302  

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Series B, 6.125% to 11/15/22(3)(4)

      4,120       3,951,966  

Precision Drilling Corp., 6.50%, 12/15/21

      178       179,124  

Precision Drilling Corp., 7.125%, 1/15/26(1)

      1,095       1,105,950  

Precision Drilling Corp., 7.75%, 12/15/23

      195       203,775  

QEP Resources, Inc., 5.625%, 3/1/26

      1,614       1,515,837  

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd.,
5.375%, 9/30/25(1)

      3,860       3,758,675  

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd.,
6.875%, 6/30/23(1)

      1,890       1,946,700  

Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd., 8.25%, 2/15/25(1)

      5,980       5,890,300  

SM Energy Co., 5.625%, 6/1/25

      1,850       1,743,625  

SM Energy Co., 6.625%, 1/15/27

      1,965       1,861,838  

SM Energy Co., 6.75%, 9/15/26

      2,249       2,164,662  

Tallgrass Energy Partners, L.P./Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 5.50%, 1/15/28(1)

      5,405       5,533,369  

Targa Resources Partners, L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 5.875%, 4/15/26

      2,105       2,221,433  

Targa Resources Partners, L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.50%, 7/15/27(1)

      1,087       1,167,166  

Targa Resources Partners, L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/29(1)

      2,174       2,353,355  

Tervita Escrow Corp., 7.625%, 12/1/21(1)

      5,525       5,621,687  

Transocean, Inc., 7.25%, 11/1/25(1)

      2,686       2,669,212  

Transocean, Inc., 7.50%, 1/15/26(1)

      1,247       1,234,530  

Transocean Guardian, Ltd., 5.875%, 1/15/24(1)

      2,131       2,205,559  

Transocean Poseidon, Ltd., 6.875%, 2/1/27(1)

      556       593,530  

Weatherford International, Ltd., 8.25%, 6/15/23

      755       524,725  

Weatherford International, Ltd., 9.875%, 2/15/24

      1,765       1,244,325  
 

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Energy (continued)  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.25%, 4/1/23

      331     $ 339,689  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.625%, 1/15/26

        2,005       2,002,534  
      $ 182,004,050  
Entertainment & Film — 0.7%  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/26

      1,580     $ 1,473,350  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 5/15/27

      3,500       3,276,875  

Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875%, 6/1/23

        3,945       3,995,654  
      $ 8,745,879  
Environmental — 1.6%  

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc., 5.625%, 11/15/24(1)

      3,075     $ 3,244,125  

Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 3/1/24

      2,230       2,299,687  

Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 7/1/25

      2,225       2,288,969  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 5.375%, 3/1/23(1)

      3,715       3,631,412  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 7.00%, 6/1/26(1)

      1,515       1,480,913  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 8.50%, 5/1/27(1)

      3,363       3,510,131  

Waste Pro USA, Inc., 5.50%, 2/15/26(1)

        2,210       2,210,000  
      $ 18,665,237  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 1.6%  

Dole Food Co., Inc., 7.25%, 6/15/25(1)

      4,110     $ 3,842,850  

Post Holdings, Inc., 5.00%, 8/15/26(1)

      2,490       2,490,000  

Post Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 3/1/25(1)

      3,595       3,693,863  

Post Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/28(1)

      2,154       2,187,516  

Post Holdings, Inc., 8.00%, 7/15/25(1)

      940       1,010,500  

US Foods, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/24(1)

        5,185       5,321,106  
      $ 18,545,835  
Gaming — 3.8%  

Caesars Resort Collection, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc., 5.25%, 10/15/25(1)

      2,908     $ 2,849,840  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc., 6.00%, 4/1/25

      3,360       3,486,126  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc., 6.00%, 9/15/26

      139       144,908  

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, Ltd., 8.25%, 3/1/24(1)

      5,355       5,622,750  

GLP Capital, L.P./GLP Financing II, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/21

      840       856,850  

GLP Capital, L.P./GLP Financing II, Inc., 4.875%, 11/1/20

      555       566,933  

GLP Capital, L.P./GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/26

      3,550       3,757,888  

Golden Entertainment, Inc.,
7.625%, 4/15/26(1)

      1,031       1,036,155  
Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Gaming (continued)  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership, L.P./MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.50%, 9/1/26

      2,015     $ 1,999,887  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership, L.P./MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc., 5.625%, 5/1/24

      2,890       3,048,950  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership, L.P./MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc., 5.75%, 2/1/27(1)

      1,082       1,140,158  

MGM Resorts International, 5.75%, 6/15/25

      3,105       3,299,062  

MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/21

      1,275       1,370,625  

MGM Resorts International, 7.75%, 3/15/22

      2,585       2,866,119  

Stars Group Holdings B.V./Stars Group US Co-Borrower, LLC, 7.00%, 7/15/26(1)

      3,693       3,882,266  

Studio City Co., Ltd., 7.25%, 11/30/21(1)

      1,895       1,961,325  

VICI Properties 1, LLC/VICI FC, Inc., 8.00%, 10/15/23

      4,724       5,196,673  

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/27(1)

      1,968       1,926,180  

Wynn Macau, Ltd., 5.50%, 10/1/27(1)

        329       324,065  
      $ 45,336,760  
Healthcare — 11.6%  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 8.50%, 1/31/27(1)

      5,152     $ 5,625,340  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 9.25%, 4/1/26(1)

      1,420       1,583,300  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.50%, 3/1/23(1)

      1,338       1,348,035  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.50%, 11/1/25(1)

      2,114       2,171,480  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/27(1)

      760       793,820  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.875%, 5/15/23(1)

      4,055       4,101,430  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 6.125%, 4/15/25(1)

      755       766,325  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 6.50%, 3/15/22(1)

      2,855       2,958,494  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 7.00%, 3/15/24(1)

      5,126       5,414,337  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/25(1)

      3,615       4,017,169  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 4.875%, 1/15/26(1)

      2,340       2,357,550  

Centene Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/25

      5,365       5,456,205  

Centene Corp., 5.375%, 6/1/26(1)

      5,880       6,151,950  

Centene Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/24

      3,740       3,922,325  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 5.50%, 4/1/26(1)

      1,175       1,232,281  

Eagle Holding Co. II, LLC, 7.625%, (7.625% Cash or 8.375% PIK), 5/15/22(1)(5)

      1,250       1,257,813  

HCA, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/24

      1,435       1,520,929  

HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/26

      2,196       2,348,894  

HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 9/1/26

      3,410       3,606,075  

HCA, Inc., 5.625%, 9/1/28

      4,205       4,488,837  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/26

      12,010       12,937,052  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/1/29

      2,038       2,195,945  

HCA, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/22

      1,530       1,686,825  

HCA Healthcare, Inc., 6.25%, 2/15/21

      1,030       1,082,788  
 

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Healthcare (continued)  

Hologic, Inc., 4.375%, 10/15/25(1)

      1,405     $ 1,398,853  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC, 6.375%, 8/1/23(1)

      5,998       6,132,955  

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc., 7.875%, 2/15/21(1)

      2,066       2,111,969  

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc., 12.50%, 11/1/21(1)

      6,430       6,975,907  

MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC, 7.125%, 6/1/24(1)

      12,717       12,814,921  

Polaris Intermediate Corp., 8.50%, (8.50% Cash or 9.25% PIK), 12/1/22(1)(5)

      5,666       5,658,917  

Syneos Health, Inc./inVentiv Health, Inc./inVentiv Health Clinical, Inc., 7.50%, 10/1/24(1)

      3,684       3,877,410  

Team Health Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 2/1/25(1)

      1,734       1,482,570  

Teleflex, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/27

      2,310       2,307,112  

Teleflex, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/24

      845       870,350  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.00%, 10/1/20

      2,885       2,993,187  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/23

      2,105       2,154,994  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/1/22

      1,285       1,375,862  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc., 5.25%, 4/1/25

      5,905       6,119,056  

WellCare Health Plans, Inc., 5.375%, 8/15/26(1)

        3,622       3,802,376  
      $ 139,101,638  
Homebuilders & Real Estate — 0.9%  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc./BPR Cumulus, LLC/BPR Nimbus, LLC/GGSI Sellco, LLC, 5.75%, 5/15/26(1)(6)

      2,962     $ 3,024,942  

Five Point Operating Co., L.P./Five Point Capital Corp., 7.875%, 11/15/25(1)

      1,749       1,749,000  

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, 5.75%, 12/1/25(1)

      4,686       4,721,145  

RHP Hotel Properties, L.P./RHP Finance Corp., 5.00%, 4/15/23

      1,447       1,479,558  

TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/24

        320       325,066  
      $ 11,299,711  
Hotels — 0.7%  

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 5.25%, 5/1/25(1)

      5,260     $ 5,292,875  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.25%, 9/1/24

        3,180       3,192,243  
      $ 8,485,118  
Insurance — 1.5%  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC/Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 8.25%, 8/1/23(1)

      4,670     $ 4,821,775  

Ardonagh Midco 3 PLC, 8.375%, 7/15/23(1)

  GBP     3,100       3,401,624  

Ardonagh Midco 3 PLC, 8.375%, 7/15/23(2)

  GBP     2,000       2,194,596  

Hub International, Ltd., 7.00%, 5/1/26(1)

      5,491       5,552,774  
Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Insurance (continued)  

USI, Inc., 6.875%, 5/1/25(1)

        1,774     $ 1,771,782  
      $ 17,742,551  
Leisure — 1.0%  

Merlin Entertainments PLC, 5.75%, 6/15/26(1)

      1,905     $ 1,983,105  

NCL Corp., Ltd., 4.75%, 12/15/21(1)

      2,293       2,324,070  

Viking Cruises, Ltd., 5.875%, 9/15/27(1)

      6,132       6,116,670  

Viking Cruises, Ltd., 6.25%, 5/15/25(1)

        1,820       1,892,800  
      $ 12,316,645  
Metals & Mining — 3.2%  

Alcoa Nederland Holding B.V., 6.125%, 5/15/28(1)

      2,115     $ 2,204,888  

Alcoa Nederland Holding B.V., 6.75%, 9/30/24(1)

      1,605       1,701,300  

Constellium N.V., 4.25%, 2/15/26(1)

  EUR     1,184       1,375,729  

Constellium N.V., 5.875%, 2/15/26(1)

      2,004       2,039,070  

Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.125%, 12/15/20(1)

      7,765       7,745,587  

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 6.875%, 3/1/26(1)

      1,553       1,452,055  

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 7.25%, 4/1/23(1)

      3,836       3,802,435  

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 7.50%, 4/1/25(1)

      3,508       3,402,760  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.55%, 11/14/24

      1,685       1,678,681  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.45%, 3/15/43

      2,886       2,619,045  

New Gold, Inc., 6.25%, 11/15/22(1)

      1,275       1,163,438  

New Gold, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/25(1)

      1,505       1,219,050  

Novelis Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/26(1)

      2,118       2,157,713  

Novelis Corp., 6.25%, 8/15/24(1)

      2,390       2,494,562  

Teck Resources, Ltd., 8.50%, 6/1/24(1)

        2,510       2,685,809  
      $ 37,742,122  
Paper — 0.1%  

Mercer International, Inc., 5.50%, 1/15/26

        1,000     $ 992,500  
      $ 992,500  
Publishing & Printing — 0.1%  

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC/McGraw-Hill Global Education Finance, 7.875%, 5/15/24(1)

        2,008     $ 1,724,370  
      $ 1,724,370  
Railroad — 0.7%  

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp., 6.375%, 4/1/23(1)

        7,710     $ 7,806,375  
      $ 7,806,375  
 

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Restaurant — 0.9%  

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company/New Red Finance, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/24(1)

      860     $ 849,250  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/24(1)

      4,440       4,551,000  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 8.75%, 10/1/25(1)

      4,500       4,725,000  

Yum! Brands, Inc., 3.875%, 11/1/20

        855       861,412  
      $ 10,986,662  
Services — 4.2%  

Aramark Services, Inc., 5.125%, 1/15/24

      1,945     $ 2,015,506  

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 5.125%, 5/1/25(1)

      735       746,025  

Cloud Crane, LLC, 10.125%, 8/1/24(1)

      2,836       3,055,790  

IHS Markit, Ltd., 5.00%, 11/1/22(1)

      2,255       2,374,064  

KAR Auction Services, Inc., 5.125%, 6/1/25(1)

      2,937       2,951,685  

La Financiere Atalian SA, 5.125%, 5/15/25(2)

  EUR     1,675       1,413,707  

Laureate Education, Inc., 8.25%, 5/1/25(1)

      8,679       9,438,412  

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Prime Finance, Inc., 9.25%, 5/15/23(1)

      2,211       2,334,429  

Reliance Intermediate Holdings, L.P., 6.50%, 4/1/23(1)

      5,915       6,122,025  

ServiceMaster Co., LLC (The), 7.45%, 8/15/27

      5,185       5,489,619  

TMS International Corp., 7.25%, 8/15/25(1)

      3,275       3,217,688  

Vizient, Inc., 6.25%, 5/15/27(1)(6)

      687       712,763  

Vizient, Inc., 10.375%, 3/1/24(1)

      5,685       6,133,262  

West Corp., 8.50%, 10/15/25(1)

        4,146       3,674,393  
      $ 49,679,368  
Steel — 0.4%  

Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 5.95%, 1/15/21

      970     $ 994,250  

Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 7.875%, 8/15/23

        3,655       3,969,184  
      $ 4,963,434  
Super Retail — 1.8%  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 5.625%, 5/1/27

      1,190     $ 1,243,550  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 6.00%, 8/15/23

      3,995       4,104,862  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 8/15/23(1)

      3,490       3,551,075  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 6.625%, 8/1/26(1)

      2,083       2,070,023  

PVH Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/23

      3,385       3,818,754  

Sonic Automotive, Inc., 6.125%, 3/15/27

      4,675       4,558,125  

William Carter Co. (The), 5.625%, 3/15/27(1)

        1,510       1,566,625  
      $ 20,913,014  
Technology — 4.1%  

Camelot Finance SA, 7.875%, 10/15/24(1)

      4,988     $ 5,274,810  

CommScope, Inc., 5.50%, 6/15/24(1)

      2,500       2,525,000  
Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Technology (continued)  

CommScope, Inc., 8.25%, 3/1/27(1)

      1,010     $ 1,093,325  

CommScope Technologies, LLC,
5.00%, 3/15/27(1)

      3,420       3,201,975  

CommScope Technologies, LLC,
6.00%, 6/15/25(1)

      4,350       4,434,390  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24(1)

      4,005       4,237,114  

EIG Investors Corp., 10.875%, 2/1/24

      4,750       5,100,312  

Entegris, Inc., 4.625%, 2/10/26(1)

      1,137       1,142,685  

Riverbed Technology, Inc., 8.875%, 3/1/23(1)

      7,795       5,456,500  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.75%, 1/1/25

      347       338,988  

Sensata Technologies UK Financing Co. PLC, 6.25%, 2/15/26(1)

      8,995       9,545,944  

Vantiv, LLC/Vanity Issuer Corp., 4.375%, 11/15/25(1)

      2,250       2,320,313  

Veritas US, Inc./Veritas Bermuda, Ltd., 7.50%, 2/1/23(1)

      562       547,950  

Veritas US, Inc./Veritas Bermuda, Ltd., 10.50%, 2/1/24(1)

      2,462       2,258,885  

Western Digital Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/26

        2,112       2,043,360  
      $ 49,521,551  
Telecommunications — 6.5%  

CenturyLink, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/23

      1,804     $ 1,919,005  

CenturyLink, Inc., 7.50%, 4/1/24

      3,220       3,467,554  

Digicel, Ltd., 6.00%, 4/15/21(1)

      4,250       3,771,875  

DKT Finance ApS, 9.375%, 6/17/23(1)

      624       678,288  

Equinix, Inc., 5.875%, 1/15/26

      3,890       4,113,675  

Frontier California, Inc., 6.75%, 5/15/27

      895       814,450  

Frontier Communications Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/25

      1,950       1,043,250  

Frontier Communications Corp., 7.625%, 4/15/24

      285       158,888  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 5.25%, 8/1/26

      2,793       2,820,818  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 6.625%, 8/1/26

      845       856,619  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 5.50%, 8/1/23

      2,785       2,523,906  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 8.50%, 10/15/24(1)

      2,586       2,564,989  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/26

      2,180       2,218,842  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/24

      2,215       2,248,225  

Level 3 Parent, LLC, 5.75%, 12/1/22

      750       758,198  

Qualitytech, L.P./QTS Finance Corp., 4.75%, 11/15/25(1)

      799       783,020  

Sable International Finance, Ltd., 5.75%, 9/7/27(1)

      1,516       1,506,525  

SBA Communications Corp., 4.00%, 10/1/22

      2,295       2,317,950  

SBA Communications Corp., 4.875%, 9/1/24

      1,385       1,411,852  

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28

      2,638       2,530,831  

Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24

      2,270       2,280,641  

Sprint Corp., 7.25%, 9/15/21

      2,545       2,672,250  

Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 2/15/25

      3,285       3,326,062  

Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26

      2,179       2,182,377  
 

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Telecommunications (continued)  

Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/23

      10,636     $ 11,088,030  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.75%, 2/1/28

      1,095       1,108,688  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.375%, 3/1/25

      1,225       1,276,707  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.50%, 1/15/26

      6,587       7,062,581  

Telecom Italia SpA, 5.303%, 5/30/24(1)

      1,939       1,939,000  

ViaSat, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/27(1)

      1,494       1,527,615  

Wind Tre SpA, 5.00%, 1/20/26(1)

      1,143       1,050,131  

Zayo Group, LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 6.00%, 4/1/23

      1,980       2,022,075  

Zayo Group, LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/25

        2,106       2,150,752  
      $ 78,195,669  
Transport Excluding Air & Rail — 0.4%  

XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.125%, 9/1/23(1)

      1,310     $ 1,342,750  

XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.50%, 6/15/22(1)

        3,203       3,287,079  
      $ 4,629,829  
Utility — 2.6%  

AES Corp. (The), 4.00%, 3/15/21

      2,305     $ 2,333,813  

AES Corp. (The), 5.50%, 4/15/25

      263       273,649  

AES Corp. (The), 6.00%, 5/15/26

      5,725       6,082,812  

Calpine Corp., 5.25%, 6/1/26(1)

      2,210       2,221,050  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, L.P., 4.25%, 9/15/24(1)

      1,485       1,495,395  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, L.P., 4.50%, 9/15/27(1)

      1,602       1,579,973  

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/26

      5,095       5,566,287  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 4.25%, 1/31/23(1)

      1,410       1,401,188  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 5.00%, 1/31/28(1)

      2,125       2,103,750  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 6.625%, 6/15/25(1)

      3,995       4,189,756  

Vistra Energy Corp., 8.125%, 1/30/26(1)

        3,735       4,080,487  
      $ 31,328,160  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost $1,016,563,015)

 

  $ 1,025,697,354  
Senior Floating-Rate Loans — 8.7%(7)

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Aerospace — 0.2%  

TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan, 4.98%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing 6/9/23

    $ 979     $ 977,280  
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Aerospace (continued)  

TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan, 4.98%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing 5/30/25

      $ 1,583     $ 1,578,893  
      $ 2,556,173  
Automotive & Auto Parts — 0.7%  

Navistar International Corp., Term Loan, 5.99%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing 11/6/24

    $ 4,246     $ 4,254,036  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 L.P., Term Loan, Maturing 3/18/26(8)

        4,305       4,323,727  
      $ 8,577,763  
Broadcasting — 0.2%  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., Term Loan, Maturing 7/30/19(8)

    $ 2,833     $ 2,099,961  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., Term Loan, Maturing 1/30/20(8)

        1,416       1,054,330  
      $ 3,154,291  
Building Materials — 0.1%  

Hillman Group, Inc. (The), Term Loan, Maturing 5/31/25(8)

      $ 1,208     $ 1,193,655  
      $ 1,193,655  
Cable & Satellite TV — 0.1%  

CSC Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 5.47%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing 4/15/27

      $ 1,608     $ 1,614,686  
      $ 1,614,686  
Capital Goods — 0.2%  

Cortes NP Acquisition Corporation, Term Loan, 6.63%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing 11/30/23

      $ 2,106     $ 2,020,039  
      $ 2,020,039  
Containers — 0.2%  

BWAY Holding Co., Term Loan, 5.85%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing 4/3/24

      $ 2,180     $ 2,158,055  
      $ 2,158,055  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 0.3%  

HLF Financing S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 5.73%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing 8/18/25

      $ 3,751     $ 3,769,906  
      $ 3,769,906  
 

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Gaming — 0.5%  

Lago Resort & Casino, LLC, Term Loan, 12.10%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 9.50%), Maturing 3/7/22

    $ 1,029     $ 1,024,178  

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, LLC, Term Loan, 3.63%, Maturing 11/13/24(9)

      229       228,572  

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, LLC, Term Loan, 9.85%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.25%), Maturing 11/13/24

      2,057       2,054,429  

Stars Group Holdings B.V. (The), Term Loan, 6.10%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing 7/10/25

        2,355       2,369,227  
      $ 5,676,406  
Healthcare — 0.9%  

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc., Term Loan, 4.98%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing 2/16/23

    $ 667     $ 666,666  

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Term Loan, 5.85%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing 2/2/24

      256       257,437  

MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 5.35%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 6/7/23

      650       644,631  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 6.74%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing 3/9/26

      3,242       3,254,738  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 6.74%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing 3/9/26

      201       202,214  

Press Ganey Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.23%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 10/23/23

      4,050       4,055,845  

Press Ganey Holdings, Inc., Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.98%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), Maturing 10/21/24

        2,167       2,173,588  
      $ 11,255,119  
Insurance — 0.4%  

Hub International, Ltd., Term Loan, 5.34%, (USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 4/25/25(10)

    $ 1,201     $ 1,190,511  

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Term Loan, 5.73%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing 12/31/25

        3,417       3,412,630  
      $ 4,603,141  
Metals & Mining — 0.8%  

Big River Steel, LLC, Term Loan, 7.60%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%), Maturing 8/23/23

    $ 2,669     $ 2,689,370  

GrafTech Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 5.98%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing 2/12/25

        6,468       6,476,215  
      $ 9,165,585  
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Services — 1.5%  

AlixPartners, LLP, Term Loan, 5.23%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 4/4/24

    $ 2,379     $ 2,385,728  

Asurion, LLC, Term Loan – Second Lien, 8.98%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), Maturing 8/4/25

        15,010       15,338,344  
      $ 17,724,072  
Technology — 2.1%  

Applied Systems, Inc., Term Loan, 5.48%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing 9/19/24

    $ 4,810     $ 4,814,973  

EIG Investors Corp., Term Loan, 6.39%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing 2/9/23

      4,341       4,350,018  

Infor (US), Inc., Term Loan, 5.23%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 2/1/22

      5,475       5,481,844  

Solera, LLC, Term Loan, 5.23%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 3/3/23

      3,450       3,457,251  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 4.73%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing 4/16/25

      1,093       1,095,437  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 4.73%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing 4/16/25

      1,594       1,597,429  

SS&C Technologies Holdings Europe S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 4.73%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing 4/16/25

      780       781,740  

Veritas Bermuda, Ltd., Term Loan, 7.01%, (USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing 1/27/23(10)

        3,345       3,144,728  
      $ 24,723,420  
Telecommunications — 0.3%  

CenturyLink, Inc., Term Loan, 5.23%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing 1/31/25

    $ 2,699     $ 2,686,513  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan, 6.63%, Maturing 1/2/24(11)

        1,640       1,650,250  
      $ 4,336,763  
Utility — 0.2%  

TEX Operations Co., LLC, Term Loan, 4.48%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing 8/4/23

    $ 1,074     $ 1,076,416  

Vistra Operations Company, LLC, Term Loan, 4.48%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing 12/31/25

      518       519,792  

Vistra Operations Company, LLC, Term Loan, 4.73%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing 12/14/23

        423       424,555  
      $ 2,020,763  

Total Senior Floating-Rate Loans
(identified cost $104,061,450)

 

  $ 104,549,837  
 

 

  22   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Common Stocks — 1.0%

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Consumer Products — 0.0%(12)  

HF Holdings, Inc.(13)(14)(15)

            13,600     $ 33,592  
      $ 33,592  
Energy — 0.2%  

Ascent CNR Corp., Class A(13)(14)(15)

      6,273,462     $ 2,007,508  

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.(13)(14)(15)

            31,737       35,228  
      $ 2,042,736  
Gaming — 0.1%  

Caesars Entertainment Corp.(13)

      153,567     $ 1,437,387  

New Cotai Participation Corp., Class B(13)(14)(15)

            7       10,416  
      $ 1,447,803  
Healthcare — 0.5%  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.(13)

      90,000     $ 2,078,100  

Centene Corp.(13)

      40,000       2,062,400  

Surgery Partners, Inc.(13)

            120,000       1,299,600  
      $ 5,440,100  
Metals & Mining — 0.2%  

Constellium N.V., Class A(13)

            275,000     $ 2,568,500  
                    $ 2,568,500  

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $14,274,081)

 

  $ 11,532,731  
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.1%

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Energy — 0.1%  

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc., Series A, 12.00%(5)(13)(14)(15)

            591     $ 867,570  
                    $ 867,570  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $591,000)

 

  $ 867,570  
Miscellaneous — 0.8%

 

Security        Principal
Amount/
Shares
    Value  
Cable & Satellite TV — 0.0%  

ACC Claims Holdings, LLC(13)(15)

        8,415,190     $ 0  
      $ 0  
Gaming — 0.8%  

PGP Investors, LLC, Membership Interests(13)(14)(15)

        30,326     $ 9,487,205  
      $ 9,487,205  
Technology — 0.0%  

Avaya, Inc., Escrow Certificates(13)(15)

      $ 695,000     $ 0  
      $ 0  

Total Miscellaneous
(identified cost $2,678,042)

 

  $ 9,487,205  
Short-Term Investments — 3.0%

 

Description        Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 2.54%(16)

        36,135,396     $ 36,135,396  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $36,135,197)

 

  $ 36,135,396  

Total Investments — 99.5%
(identified cost $1,174,302,785)

 

  $ 1,188,270,093  

Less Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.0)%(12)

 

  $ (229,000

Net Investments — 99.5%
(identified cost $1,174,073,785)

 

  $ 1,188,041,093  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.5%

 

  $ 6,267,174  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 1,194,308,267  

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

 

  *

In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

  (1) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be sold in certain transactions in reliance on an exemption from registration (normally to qualified institutional buyers). At April 30, 2019, the aggregate value of these securities is $646,510,398 or 54.1% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (2) 

Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold

 

 

  23   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

  outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At April 30, 2019, the aggregate value of these securities is $11,059,943 or 0.9% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (3) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date but may be subject to calls by the issuer.

 

  (4) 

Security converts to floating rate after the indicated fixed-rate coupon period.

 

  (5) 

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest in additional principal at the issuer’s discretion.

 

  (6) 

When-issued security.

 

  (7) 

Senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. However, Senior Loans will typically have an expected average life of approximately two to four years. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined periodically by reference to a base lending rate, plus a spread. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”). Base lending rates may be subject to a floor, or minimum rate.

  (8) 

This Senior Loan will settle after April 30, 2019, at which time the interest rate will be determined.

 

  (9) 

Unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. The stated interest rate reflects the weighted average of the reference rate and spread for the funded portion, if any, and the commitment fees on the portion of the loan that is unfunded. See Note 1F for description.

 

(10) 

The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate at April 30, 2019 of contracts within the senior loan facility. Interest rates on contracts are primarily redetermined either weekly, monthly or quarterly by reference to the indicated base lending rate and spread and the reset period.

 

(11) 

Fixed-rate loan.

 

(12) 

Amount is less than 0.05% or (0.05)%, as applicable.

 

(13) 

Non-income producing security.

 

(14) 

Restricted security (see Note 5).

 

(15) 

For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 9).

 

(16) 

Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of April 30, 2019.

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  
Currency Purchased     Currency Sold     Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 
USD     25,009,859     EUR     22,240,111     State Street Bank and Trust Company     7/31/19     $         —     $ (125,876
USD     5,846,051     GBP     4,501,079     State Street Bank and Trust Company     7/31/19               —       (50,690
                                    $         —     $ (176,566

Abbreviations:

 

LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK     Payment In Kind

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR     Euro
GBP     British Pound Sterling
USD     United States Dollar

 

  24   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    April 30, 2019  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $1,137,938,588)

   $ 1,151,905,697  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $36,135,197)

     36,135,396  

Cash

     389,537  

Interest receivable

     17,771,309  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     66,842  

Receivable for investments sold

     2,141,721  

Total assets

   $ 1,208,410,502  
Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

   $ 8,925,022  

Payable for when-issued securities

     4,337,000  

Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     176,566  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser fee

     450,226  

Trustees’ fees

     5,461  

Accrued expenses

     207,960  

Total liabilities

   $ 14,102,235  

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

   $ 1,194,308,267  

 

  25   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2019

 

Interest and other income

   $ 37,614,177  

Dividends

     17,325  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     382,540  

Total investment income

   $ 38,014,042  
Expenses

 

Investment adviser fee

   $ 2,804,551  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     32,709  

Custodian fee

     166,054  

Legal and accounting services

     48,636  

Miscellaneous

     17,310  

Total expenses

   $ 3,069,260  

Net investment income

   $ 34,944,782  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

   $ (14,484,923

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

     215  

Foreign currency transactions

     (20,797

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     898,247  

Net realized loss

   $ (13,607,258

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

   $ 29,223,590  

Investments — affiliated investment

     2,024  

Foreign currency

     13,069  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (361,377

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 28,877,306  

Net realized and unrealized gain

   $ 15,270,048  

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 50,214,830  

 

  26   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2019

(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended

October 31, 2018

 

From operations —

 

Net investment income

   $ 34,944,782      $ 89,265,357  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (13,607,258      6,330,923  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     28,877,306        (85,828,286

Net increase in net assets from operations

   $ 50,214,830      $ 9,767,994  

Capital transactions —

 

Contributions

   $ 34,844,180      $ 81,525,050  

Withdrawals

     (263,852,904      (483,089,422

Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions

   $ (229,008,724    $ (401,564,372

Net decrease in net assets

   $ (178,793,894    $ (391,796,378
Net Assets                  

At beginning of period

   $ 1,373,102,161      $ 1,764,898,539  

At end of period

   $ 1,194,308,267      $ 1,373,102,161  

 

  27   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

     Six Months Ended
April 30, 2019
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended October 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data    2018      2017      2016     2015     2014  
             

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

               

Expenses(1)

     0.51 %(2)       0.48      0.48      0.48     0.52     0.52

Net investment income

     5.78 %(2)       5.61      5.61      5.61     5.58     5.72

Portfolio Turnover

     12 %(3)       39      42      39     38     44

Total Return

     4.64 %(3)       0.59      8.13      7.74     0.82     6.88

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

   $ 1,194,308      $ 1,373,102      $ 1,764,899      $ 1,876,636     $ 1,288,137     $ 1,039,764  

 

(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.

 

  28   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2019

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

High Income Opportunities 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 provide a high level of current income. The Portfolio also seeks growth of capital as a secondary investment objective. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At April 30, 2019, Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund and Eaton Vance Floating-Rate & High Income Fund held an interest of 79.4% and 20.6%, 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.

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 ask 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 debt 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.

Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) for which reliable market quotations are readily available are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Other Senior Loans are valued at fair value by the investment adviser under procedures approved by the Trustees. In fair valuing a Senior Loan, the investment adviser utilizes one or more of the valuation techniques described in (i) through (iii) below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to: (i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Fair value determinations are made by the portfolio managers of the Portfolio based on information available to such managers. The portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may not possess the same information about a Senior Loan borrower as the portfolio managers of the Portfolio. At times, the fair value of a Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may vary from the fair value of the same Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of the Portfolio. The fair value of each Senior Loan is periodically reviewed and approved by the investment adviser’s Valuation Committee and by the Trustees based upon procedures approved by the Trustees. Junior Loans (i.e., subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.

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 ask prices 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 ask prices or, in the case of preferred equity securities that are not listed or traded in the over-the-counter market, by a third party pricing service that uses various techniques that consider factors including, but not limited to, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, quotes of underlying common stock, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic events.

Derivatives. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average ask prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Portfolio’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service.

Foreign Securities and Currencies. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate. Inputs to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask spreads.

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

 

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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 most fairly reflects the security’s “fair value”, which is 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 statements, 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. Fees associated with loan amendments are recognized immediately. Withholding taxes on foreign interest, if any, have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.

D  Federal 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 April 30, 2019, 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  Unfunded Loan Commitments — The Portfolio may enter into certain loan agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Portfolio is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments. At April 30, 2019, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

G  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.

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

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

J  When-Issued Securities and Delayed Delivery Transactions — The Portfolio may purchase or sell securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. At the time the transaction is negotiated, the price of the security that will be delivered is fixed. The Portfolio maintains cash and/or security positions for these commitments such that sufficient liquid assets will

 

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be available to make payments upon settlement. Securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and begin earning interest on settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

K  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to April 30, 2019 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Portfolio’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

2  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.30% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets up to $500 million, 0.275% from $500 million up to $1 billion, 0.25% from $1 billion up to $1.5 billion, 0.225% from $1.5 billion up to $2 billion and at reduced rates on daily net assets of $2 billion or more; plus 3.00% of the Portfolio’s daily gross income (i.e., income other than gains from the sale of securities) when daily net assets are less than $500 million, 2.75% when daily net assets are $500 million but less than $1 billion, 2.50% when daily net assets are $1 billion but less than $1.5 billion, 2.25% when daily net assets are $1.5 billion but less than $2 billion and at reduced rates on daily net assets of $2 billion or more, and is payable monthly. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $2,804,551 or 0.46% (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 April 30, 2019, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.

3  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations and including maturities, paydowns and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $144,867,690 and $337,498,372, respectively, for the six months ended April 30, 2019.

4  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, including open derivative contracts, of the Portfolio at April 30, 2019, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 1,166,540,094  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 44,108,123  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (22,783,690

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 21,324,433  

 

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5  Restricted Securities

At April 30, 2019, the Portfolio owned the following securities (representing 1.0% of net assets) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding Rule 144A securities). The Portfolio has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.

 

Description    Date of
Acquisition
     Shares      Cost      Value  

Common Stocks

           

Ascent CNR Corp., Class A

     4/25/16, 11/16/16        6,273,462      $ 0      $ 2,007,508  

HF Holdings, Inc.

     10/27/09        13,600        730,450        33,592  

New Cotai Participation Corp., Class B

     4/12/13        7        216,125        10,416  

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.

     7/15/14, 10/21/14        31,737        1,460,655        35,228  

Total Common Stocks

                     $ 2,407,230      $ 2,086,744  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

           

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc., Series A, 12.00%

     5/26/17        591      $ 591,000      $ 867,570  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

                     $ 591,000      $ 867,570  

Miscellaneous

           

PGP Investors, LLC, Membership Interests

     10/23/12, 2/18/15, 4/23/18        30,326      $ 2,958,153      $ 9,487,205  

Total Miscellaneous

                     $ 2,958,153      $ 9,487,205  

Total Restricted Securities

                     $ 5,956,383      $ 12,441,519  

6  Financial Instruments

The Portfolio may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Portfolio has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at April 30, 2019 is included in the Portfolio of Investments. At April 30, 2019, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

The Portfolio is subject to foreign exchange risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Because the Portfolio holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, the Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The Portfolio enters into over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would trigger a payment by the Portfolio for those derivatives in a liability position. At April 30, 2019, the fair value of derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position was $176,566. At April 30, 2019, there were no assets pledged by the Portfolio for such liability.

The OTC derivatives in which the Portfolio invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Portfolio has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Portfolio and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Portfolio may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions

 

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against the right of offset in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Portfolio’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Portfolio fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Portfolio of any net liability owed to it.

The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Portfolio and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Portfolio’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion of such collateral representing cash, if any, is reflected as deposits for derivatives collateral and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Portfolio, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged by the Portfolio as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments.

The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at April 30, 2019 was as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
Derivative    Asset Derivative      Liability Derivative  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   $         —      $ (176,566 )(1) 

Total Derivatives subject to master netting or similar agreements

   $      $ (176,566

 

(1) 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The Portfolio’s derivative liabilities at fair value by type, which are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, are presented in the table above. The following table presents the Portfolio’s derivative liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and net of the related collateral pledged by the Portfolio for such liabilities as of April 30, 2019.

 

Counterparty   

Derivative Liabilities
Subject to

Master Netting
Agreement

     Derivatives
Available
for Offset
     Non-cash
Collateral
Pledged
(a)
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged
(a)
     Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
(b)
 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

   $ (176,566    $         —      $         —      $         —      $ (176,566

 

(a) 

In some instances, the total collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to over collateralization.

 

(b) 

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

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk for the six months ended April 30, 2019 was as follows:

 

Derivative    Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized
in Income
(1)
     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in  Income
(2)
 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   $ 898,247      $ (361,377

 

(1) 

Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

 

(2) 

Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The average notional amount of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold) outstanding during the six months ended April 30, 2019, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $38,523,000.

 

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7  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 29, 2019. Borrowings are made by the Portfolio solely to facilitate the handling of unusual and/or unanticipated short-term cash requirements. Interest is charged to the Portfolio based on its borrowings at an amount above either the Eurodollar rate or Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.15% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated among the participating portfolios and funds at the end of each quarter. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Portfolio, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Portfolio did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the six months ended April 30, 2019.

8  Credit Risk

The Portfolio primarily invests in lower rated and comparable quality unrated high yield securities. These investments have different risks than investments in debt securities rated investment grade. Risk of loss upon default by the borrower is significantly greater with respect to such debt than with other debt securities because these securities are generally unsecured and are more sensitive to adverse economic conditions, such as recession or increasing interest rates, than are investment grade issuers.

9  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 April 30, 2019, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $      $ 1,025,697,354      $      $ 1,025,697,354  

Senior Floating-Rate Loans (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments)

            104,320,837               104,320,837  

Common Stocks

     9,445,987               2,086,744        11,532,731  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

                   867,570        867,570  

Miscellaneous

                   9,487,205        9,487,205  

Short-Term Investments

            36,135,396               36,135,396  

Total Investments

   $ 9,445,987      $ 1,166,153,587      $ 12,441,519      $ 1,188,041,093  

Liability Description

                                   

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ (176,566    $      $ (176,566

Total

   $      $ (176,566    $      $ (176,566

 

*

None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Portfolio.

Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the six months ended April 30, 2019 is not presented.

 

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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 the investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year-to-year only if its continuation is approved on an annual basis by a vote of the fund’s board of trustees, including 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 held on April 24, 2019, the Boards of Trustees/Directors (collectively, the “Board”) of the registered investment companies advised by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research (the “Eaton Vance Funds”), including a majority of the independent trustees (the “Independent Trustees”), voted to approve the continuation of existing investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements for each of 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 exclusively comprised of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by the adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable) to each of the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of meetings held between February and April 2019. Members of the Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, to the extent such information was relevant to the Contract Review Committee’s annual evaluation of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

Among other things, the information the Board considered included the following (for funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, 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 advisory and related fees paid by each fund to such 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 those of 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 relative to benchmark indices and, in certain instances, to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the adviser in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board;

 

 

Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable) to each fund 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(s), if any;

 

 

Profitability analyses with respect to the adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable) to each of the funds;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

 

Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, as well as each of the funds’ investment strategies and policies;

 

 

The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets, when necessary, and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

 

 

Information about the policies and practices of each fund’s adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable and in the context of a sub-adviser with trading responsibilities) with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

 

Information about the allocation of brokerage transactions and the benefits, if any, received by the adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable and in the context of a sub-adviser with trading responsibilities) to each fund 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 the portfolio turnover rate of each fund;

Information about each Adviser and Sub-adviser

 

 

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of the adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable) to each fund;

 

 

Information regarding the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, if applicable;

 

 

The Code of Ethics of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser (where applicable) of each fund, 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 the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser (where applicable) of each fund, if any, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance;

 

 

Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser (where applicable) of each fund, if any;

 

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A description of Eaton Vance Management’s and Boston Management and Research’s oversight of sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

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 the adviser or administrator to each of the funds; and

 

 

The terms of each investment advisory agreement.

During the various meetings of the Board and its committees throughout the twelve months ended April 2019, the Trustees received information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the advisers and sub-advisers (where applicable) of the funds regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the funds’ investment objectives. The Trustees also received information regarding risk management techniques employed in connection with the management of the funds. The Board and its Committees 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, Boston Management and Research and fund sub-advisers (as applicable), with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its committees, the Independent Trustees held regular teleconferences to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised 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 fee structures and other terms contained in such agreements, the members of the Contract Review Committee were also informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion with the adviser and sub-adviser (where applicable) to each of the Eaton Vance Funds.

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 between High Income Opportunities Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) invests, and Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, 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 for 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 processes in light of 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. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing special considerations relevant to investing in high-yield debt. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Adviser and other factors, including 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. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, 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

 

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Eaton Vance

High Income Opportunities Fund

April 30, 2019

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

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 with respect to the Fund for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2018. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was consistent with 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 primary and secondary benchmark indexes 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, 2018, 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 accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as the Portfolio. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Adviser provides to the Portfolio as compared to other types of accounts and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Adviser as between the Portfolio and other types of accounts. The Board also considered factors that had an impact on the Fund’s total expense ratio 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 “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 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.

The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their respective 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.

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 the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Adviser. The Board also concluded that 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

High Income Opportunities Fund

April 30, 2019

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities 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 High Income Opportunities Portfolio

 

 

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 Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund and High Income Opportunities Portfolio

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Mark R. Fetting

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

Helen Frame Peters

Keith Quinton(1)

Marcus L. Smith(1)

Susan J. Sutherland

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

(1) 

Messrs. Quinton and Smith began serving as Trustees effective October 1, 2018.

 

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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) files a schedule of portfolio holdings on Part F to Form N-PORT with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-PORT 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.

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 High Income Opportunities Portfolio

Boston Management and Research

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Administrator of Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Principal Underwriter*

Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 482-8260

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: Eaton Vance Funds

P.O. Box 9653

Providence, RI 02940-9653

(800) 262-1122

Fund Offices

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 
*

FINRA BrokerCheck. Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to investors at www.FINRA.org.


LOGO

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

Not required in this filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

Not required in this filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

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.

High Income Opportunities Portfolio

 

By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 24, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ James F. Kirchner

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   June 24, 2019
By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 24, 2019