N-CSRS 1 d949822dncsrs.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, 2020

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — 86.0%

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Aerospace — 2.5%  

Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/1/50(1)

      1,162     $ 1,162,000  

Boeing Co. (The), 5.93%, 5/1/60(1)

      1,162       1,162,000  

Bombardier, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/22(2)

      3,852       2,913,075  

Bombardier, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/23(2)

      1,016       731,723  

Bombardier, Inc., 7.875%, 4/15/27(2)

      2,143       1,401,093  

F-Brasile SpA/F-Brasile US, LLC, 7.375%, 8/15/26(2)

      943       650,670  

Moog, Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/27(2)

      1,596       1,506,225  

Science Applications International Corp., 4.875%, 4/1/28(2)

      597       587,454  

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 7.50%, 4/15/25(2)

      1,166       1,154,340  

TransDigm UK Holdings PLC, 6.875%, 5/15/26

      1,585       1,370,391  

TransDigm, Inc., 5.50%, 11/15/27(2)

      3,504       2,977,174  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/26(2)

      4,436       4,362,584  

TransDigm, Inc., 6.50%, 5/15/25

      440       396,088  

TransDigm, Inc., 7.50%, 3/15/27

        1,705       1,559,990  
      $ 21,934,807  
Air Transportation — 0.4%  

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 7.00%, 5/1/25(2)

      1,492     $ 1,530,744  

Southwest Airlines Co., 4.75%, 5/4/23(1)

      895       889,351  

Southwest Airlines Co., 5.25%, 5/4/25(1)

        745       742,910  
      $ 3,163,005  
Automotive & Auto Parts — 2.9%  

Ford Motor Co., 8.50%, 4/21/23

      3,716     $ 3,692,775  

Ford Motor Co., 9.00%, 4/22/25

      4,459       4,358,672  

Ford Motor Co., 9.625%, 4/22/30

      1,866       1,838,010  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 2.645%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.27%), 3/28/22(3)

      383       338,566  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 2.927%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.24%), 2/15/23(3)

      539       455,661  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.087%, 1/9/23

      538       483,528  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.336%, 3/18/21

      321       309,759  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.339%, 3/28/22

      859       798,964  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.815%, 11/2/27

      918       726,368  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 4.25%, 9/20/22

      778       722,801  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 4.375%, 8/6/23

      507       463,905  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 5.584%, 3/18/24

      403       381,843  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 5.596%, 1/7/22

      526       515,480  

Navistar International Corp., 6.625%, 11/1/25(2)

      2,385       2,058,016  

Navistar International Corp., 9.50%, 5/1/25(2)

      1,493       1,571,382  

Panther BF Aggregator 2 L.P./Panther Finance Co., Inc., 4.375%, 5/15/26(4)

  EUR     2,308       2,358,498  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Automotive & Auto Parts (continued)  

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

        5,557     $ 4,735,398  
      $ 25,809,626  
Banking & Thrifts — 1.3%  

CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, 8/1/23

      2,150     $ 2,115,493  

CIT Group, Inc., 6.125%, 3/9/28

      1,420       1,465,582  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.60% to 2/1/25(5)(6)

      2,800       2,515,100  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series S,
6.75% to 2/1/24(5)(6)

        4,805       5,161,891  
      $ 11,258,066  
Broadcasting — 3.4%  

Diamond Sports Group, LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co., 5.375%, 8/15/26(2)

      4,869     $ 3,723,324  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 6.375%, 5/1/26

      171       161,998  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 5/1/27

      2,601       2,184,319  

Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/28

      640       684,627  

Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 6/15/30(2)

      2,212       2,379,117  

Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/25

      2,155       2,387,826  

Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/28

      4,030       4,576,065  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 5.625%, 7/15/27(2)

      2,357       2,261,895  

Scripps Escrow, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/27(2)

      1,917       1,628,779  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 5.50%, 3/1/30(2)

      1,765       1,473,157  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/24(2)

      2,963       3,036,482  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.00%, 8/1/27(2)

      2,980       3,061,652  

TEGNA, Inc., 4.625%, 3/15/28(2)

      1,012       911,761  

TEGNA, Inc., 5.00%, 9/15/29(2)

        1,777       1,594,125  
      $ 30,065,127  
Building Materials — 1.7%  

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 5.00%, 3/1/30(2)

      855     $ 737,694  

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/27(2)

      1,452       1,505,869  

Core & Main Holdings, L.P., 8.625%, (8.625% Cash or 9.375% PIK), 9/15/24(2)(7)

      2,082       1,993,099  

Hillman Group, Inc. (The), 6.375%, 7/15/22(2)

      1,488       1,133,930  

Masonite International Corp., 5.375%, 2/1/28(2)

      1,059       1,013,622  

Standard Industries, Inc., 2.25%, 11/21/26(2)

  EUR     3,990       3,766,258  

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

      1,063       1,060,342  

Standard Industries, Inc., 6.00%, 10/15/25(2)

        3,880       4,020,650  
      $ 15,231,464  
Cable & Satellite TV — 5.3%  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.50%, 8/15/30(2)

      5,232     $ 5,282,750  
 

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Cable & Satellite TV (continued)  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.50%, 5/1/32(2)

      1,270     $ 1,267,635  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.75%, 3/1/30(2)

      3,055       3,130,306  

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

      1,895       1,960,662  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/1/25(2)

      3,855       3,973,107  

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 6/1/29(2)

      1,113       1,179,402  

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

      2,725       2,853,756  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.25%, 6/1/24

      385       402,363  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.375%, 7/15/23(2)

      970       985,956  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.50%, 5/15/26(2)

      4,205       4,376,564  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.75%, 1/15/30(2)

      6,001       6,258,068  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.875%, 9/15/22

      1,410       1,474,437  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 6.50%, 2/1/29(2)

      1,001       1,098,197  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 7.50%, 4/1/28(2)

      1,273       1,406,331  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 10.875%, 10/15/25(2)

      3,862       4,192,780  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/24

      420       406,157  

DISH DBS Corp., 7.75%, 7/1/26

      1,526       1,510,206  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.50%, 8/15/26(2)

      1,446       1,500,876  

Ziggo B.V., 4.875%, 1/15/30(2)

      886       880,773  

Ziggo B.V., 5.50%, 1/15/27(2)

        2,440       2,493,314  
      $ 46,633,640  
Capital Goods — 0.4%  

BWX Technologies, Inc., 5.375%, 7/15/26(2)

      2,875     $ 2,956,506  

Colfax Corp., 6.00%, 2/15/24(2)

        880       897,776  
      $ 3,854,282  
Chemicals — 1.0%  

Compass Minerals International, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/27(2)

      1,716     $ 1,706,820  

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc., 5.50%, 4/15/26(2)

      739       716,534  

Nufarm Australia, Ltd./Nufarm Americas, Inc., 5.75%, 4/30/26(2)

      3,407       3,226,770  

SPCM S.A., 4.875%, 9/15/25(2)

      1,185       1,204,256  

Valvoline, Inc., 4.25%, 2/15/30(2)

      1,326       1,295,767  

Venator Finance S.a.r.l./Venator Materials, LLC, 5.75%, 7/15/25(2)

        927       645,424  
      $ 8,795,571  
Consumer Products — 0.6%  

Energizer Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 7/15/26(2)

      377     $ 389,592  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Consumer Products (continued)  

Prestige Brands, Inc., 5.125%, 1/15/28(2)

      605     $ 615,739  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.00%, 10/1/29(2)

      712       685,015  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/25

        3,275       3,287,281  
      $ 4,977,627  
Containers — 1.9%  

ARD Finance S.A., 5.00%, (5.00% Cash or 5.75% PIK), 6/30/27(4)(7)

  EUR     5,629     $ 5,606,306  

ARD Finance S.A., 6.50%, (6.50% Cash or 7.25% PIK), 6/30/27(2)(7)

      410       382,469  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 4.25%, 9/15/22(2)

      830       839,587  

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

      1,415       1,427,947  

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

      1,695       1,753,647  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC, 5.125%, 7/15/23(2)

      260       262,652  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC, 7.00%, 7/15/24(2)

      2,078       2,095,455  

Silgan Holdings, Inc., 2.25%, 6/1/28(4)

  EUR     1,503       1,601,768  

Trivium Packaging Finance B.V.,
5.50%, 8/15/26(2)

      1,429       1,471,441  

Trivium Packaging Finance B.V.,
8.50%, 8/15/27(2)

        1,574       1,652,149  
      $ 17,093,421  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.2%  

AG Issuer, LLC, 6.25%, 3/1/28(2)

      1,871     $ 1,664,105  

Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc.,
4.75%, 2/1/28(2)

      1,198       1,126,120  

DAE Funding, LLC, 4.50%, 8/1/22(2)

      2,430       2,177,888  

DAE Funding, LLC, 5.00%, 8/1/24(2)

      3,046       2,714,747  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 6.00%, 4/15/25(2)

      1,134       1,136,835  

Icahn Enterprises, L.P./Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/27

      2,726       2,606,765  

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

      2,576       2,613,223  

Icahn Enterprises, L.P./Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.25%, 5/15/26

      2,993       2,955,049  

MSCI, Inc., 3.625%, 9/1/30(2)

      867       881,912  

MSCI, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/25(2)

        1,275       1,339,834  
      $ 19,216,478  
Diversified Media — 0.7%  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 5.125%, 8/15/27(2)

      2,273     $ 2,146,280  
 

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Diversified Media (continued)  

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc., 8.875%, 12/15/27(2)

        4,963     $ 4,125,494  
      $ 6,271,774  
Energy — 9.3%  

Antero Midstream Partners, L.P./Antero Midstream Finance Corp., 5.75%, 3/1/27(2)

      2,542     $ 1,897,095  

Apache Corp., 3.25%, 4/15/22

      459       413,424  

Apache Corp., 3.625%, 2/1/21

      139       132,074  

Apache Corp., 4.25%, 1/15/30

      1,336       1,032,137  

Apache Corp., 4.375%, 10/15/28

      770       613,109  

Apache Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/43

      226       154,932  

Apache Corp., 5.25%, 2/1/42

      189       130,353  

Archrock Partners, L.P./Archrock Partners Finance Corp., 6.25%, 4/1/28(2)

      1,272       955,590  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 7.00%, 11/1/26(2)

      4,113       2,414,742  

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

      1,610       784,231  

Buckeye Partners, L.P., 4.50%, 3/1/28(2)

      1,537       1,392,906  

Centennial Resource Production, LLC, 5.375%, 1/15/26(2)

      1,460       448,366  

Centennial Resource Production, LLC, 6.875%, 4/1/27(2)

      3,731       1,140,940  

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.,
4.50%, 10/1/29(2)

      2,876       2,666,483  

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

      600       576,480  

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

      2,670       2,564,001  

Crestwood Midstream Partners, L.P./Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp., 5.625%, 5/1/27(2)

      1,957       1,284,379  

CrownRock, L.P./CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.625%, 10/15/25(2)

      6,527       5,328,382  

CVR Energy, Inc., 5.75%, 2/15/28(2)

      2,152       1,832,988  

Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P./EER Finance, Inc., 5.50%, 1/30/26(2)

      2,250       2,004,300  

Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P./EER Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 1/30/28(2)

      3,005       2,628,323  

Energy Transfer Operating, L.P., Series A, 6.25% to 2/15/23(5)(6)

      1,630       1,143,844  

EnLink Midstream, LLC, 5.375%, 6/1/29

      1,207       755,341  

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., 7.75%, 5/15/26(2)(9)

      1,689       202,680  

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

      4,036       694,596  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.375%, 5/15/24(2)

      1,512       248,664  

Great Western Petroleum, LLC/Great Western Finance Corp., 9.00%, 9/30/21(2)

      5,592       3,802,560  

Hilcorp Energy I, L.P./Hilcorp Finance Co., 6.25%, 11/1/28(2)

      3,720       1,951,512  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 9.50%, 1/15/25

      694       297,136  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 10.125%, 1/15/28

      1,045       432,243  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Energy (continued)  

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

      4,065     $ 2,017,053  

MEG Energy Corp., 7.125%, 2/1/27(2)

      1,728       1,203,120  

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 7.50%, 1/15/26(2)

      4,310       1,474,451  

Nabors Industries, Ltd., 7.25%, 1/15/26(2)

      1,037       400,541  

Nabors Industries, Ltd., 7.50%, 1/15/28(2)

      1,118       454,187  

Neptune Energy Bondco PLC,
6.625%, 5/15/25(2)

      5,811       3,900,634  

Nine Energy Service, Inc., 8.75%, 11/1/23(2)

      1,057       210,766  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.60%, 4/15/22

      412       364,620  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.70%, 8/15/22

      497       434,875  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.90%, 8/15/24

      147       112,411  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 3.125%, 2/15/22

      24       21,965  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 3.142%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.45%), 8/15/22(3)

      384       299,766  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 3.45%, 7/15/24

      370       260,850  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.25%, 8/15/25(2)

      2,315       2,054,099  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.375%, 1/15/25(2)

      2,625       2,372,212  

Parsley Energy, LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.625%, 10/15/27(2)

      2,055       1,766,581  

PBF Holding Co., LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 6.00%, 2/15/28(2)

      3,049       2,189,639  

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

      3,547       2,740,767  

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Series B, 6.125% to 11/15/22(5)(6)

      4,120       2,768,949  

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

      86       66,005  

Precision Drilling Corp., 7.125%, 1/15/26(2)

      1,095       445,775  

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

      407       182,051  

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd., 5.375%, 9/30/25(2)

      3,860       3,102,475  

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd., 6.875%, 6/30/23(2)

      1,890       1,722,357  

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

      4,056       1,277,640  

SM Energy Co., 5.00%, 1/15/24

      98       31,625  

SM Energy Co., 5.625%, 6/1/25

      2,741       787,489  

SM Energy Co., 6.625%, 1/15/27

      1,108       298,274  

SM Energy Co., 6.75%, 9/15/26

      3,773       1,054,931  

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

      2,105       1,878,081  

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

      1,087       985,094  

Tervita Corp., 7.625%, 12/1/21(2)

      2,135       1,421,163  

Transocean Guardian, Ltd., 5.875%, 1/15/24(2)

      1,883       1,468,681  

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

      556       444,800  

Transocean, Inc., 7.50%, 1/15/26(2)

      1,247       486,330  

Western Midstream Operating, L.P., 4.05%, 2/1/30

      1,278       1,172,565  

Western Midstream Operating, L.P., 4.50%, 3/1/28

        224       198,520  
      $ 81,995,153  
 

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Entertainment & Film — 0.7%  

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

      723     $ 166,290  

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

      3,500       848,750  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 10.50%, 4/15/25(2)

      1,966       1,749,740  

Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875%, 6/1/23

      1,945       1,645,956  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 4.75%, 10/15/27(2)

        1,759       1,512,107  
      $ 5,922,843  
Environmental — 1.3%  

Clean Harbors, Inc., 4.875%, 7/15/27(2)

      1,029     $ 1,071,164  

Clean Harbors, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/29(2)

      617       632,178  

Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 3/1/24

      2,230       2,207,254  

Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 7/1/25

      2,225       2,168,930  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 7.00%, 6/1/26(2)

      1,671       1,751,542  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 8.50%, 5/1/27(2)

      3,025       3,314,916  

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

        359       357,492  
      $ 11,503,476  
Food & Drug Retail — 0.7%  

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, L.P./Albertsons, LLC, 4.875%, 2/15/30(2)

      1,744     $ 1,778,880  

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, L.P./Albertsons, LLC, 5.875%, 2/15/28(2)

      1,807       1,896,175  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 4.75%, 9/15/29

      1,277       1,320,865  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 5.625%, 5/1/27

        1,190       1,233,614  
      $ 6,229,534  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 1.9%  

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

      1,851     $ 1,882,652  

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

      970       986,781  

JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.50%, 1/15/30(2)

      2,898       2,947,701  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 6/1/46

      5,079       4,846,042  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 5.50%, 10/15/27(2)

      1,612       1,541,588  

Performance Food Group, Inc.,
6.875%, 5/1/25(2)

      890       910,025  

Post Holdings, Inc., 5.00%, 8/15/26(2)

      1,507       1,508,356  

US Foods, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/24(2)

        2,481       2,376,054  
      $ 16,999,199  
Gaming — 3.3%  

Caesars Resort Collection, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc., 5.25%, 10/15/25(2)

      3,679     $ 2,912,113  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc., 6.00%, 4/1/25

      1,756       1,694,891  

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, Ltd., 8.25%, 3/1/24(2)

      3,355       2,842,692  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Gaming (continued)  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/24(2)

      2,736     $ 2,151,180  

Golden Nugget, Inc., 8.75%, 10/1/25(2)

      586       331,823  

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

      2,890       2,948,985  

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

      2,585       2,640,939  

Stars Group Holdings B.V./Stars Group US Co-Borrower, LLC, 7.00%, 7/15/26(2)

      3,323       3,431,496  

VICI Properties, L.P./VICI Note Co., Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/27(2)

      1,859       1,737,607  

VICI Properties, L.P./VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.125%, 8/15/30(2)

      1,859       1,700,427  

VICI Properties, L.P./VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.25%, 12/1/26(2)

      2,822       2,650,394  

VICI Properties, L.P./VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.625%, 12/1/29(2)

      2,688       2,495,539  

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/27(2)

        1,628       1,396,051  
      $ 28,934,137  
Healthcare — 12.0%  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 8.50%, 1/31/27(2)

      5,152     $ 5,703,522  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc., 9.25%, 4/1/26(2)

      1,420       1,569,100  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.25%, 1/30/30(2)

      3,537       3,519,315  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/27(2)

      760       804,992  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.875%, 5/15/23(2)

      127       126,244  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 6.50%, 3/15/22(2)

      2,855       2,918,667  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 7.00%, 3/15/24(2)

      2,626       2,738,629  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 7.25%, 5/30/29(2)

      1,015       1,087,857  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/25(2)

      3,615       3,960,233  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.,
2.375%, 3/1/28(4)

  EUR     1,895       1,943,045  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 4.875%, 1/15/26(2)

      2,340       2,391,714  

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.,
5.00%, 7/15/27(2)

      689       705,984  

Centene Corp., 3.375%, 2/15/30(2)

      2,564       2,594,383  

Centene Corp., 4.25%, 12/15/27(2)

      1,716       1,803,344  

Centene Corp., 4.625%, 12/15/29(2)

      3,002       3,301,149  

Centene Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/25

      5,365       5,518,171  

Centene Corp., 5.375%, 6/1/26(2)

      5,880       6,257,555  

Centene Corp., 5.375%, 8/15/26(2)

      3,622       3,891,839  

Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC/Change Healthcare Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 3/1/25(2)

      799       786,152  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 4.25%, 5/1/28(2)

      853       864,430  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 5.50%, 4/1/26(2)

      1,175       1,215,185  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.50%, 2/1/28

      900       905,895  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.75%, 2/1/30

      1,070       1,075,115  
 

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Healthcare (continued)  

Grifols S.A., 2.25%, 11/15/27(4)

  EUR     2,430     $ 2,609,656  

HCA, Inc., 3.50%, 9/1/30

      2,596       2,480,726  

HCA, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/24

      1,435       1,569,177  

HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/26

      2,196       2,451,826  

HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 9/1/26

      3,410       3,712,808  

HCA, Inc., 5.625%, 9/1/28

      2,205       2,453,459  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/26

      5,010       5,586,150  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/1/29

      2,038       2,341,560  

Hologic, Inc., 4.375%, 10/15/25(2)

      1,405       1,418,769  

IQVIA, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/27(2)

      1,076       1,111,497  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC, 6.375%, 8/1/23(2)

      3,998       4,072,963  

LifePoint Health, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/25(2)

      1,143       1,180,605  

MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC, 7.125%, 6/1/24(2)

      9,388       8,425,448  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc./LifePoint Health, Inc.,
9.75%, 12/1/26(2)

      4,068       4,378,388  

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

      1,394       776,597  

Teleflex, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/27

      2,310       2,378,492  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.625%, 9/1/24(2)

      476       468,860  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5.125%, 11/1/27(2)

        2,855       2,828,306  
      $ 105,927,807  
Homebuilders & Real Estate — 2.6%  

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc./BPR Cumulus, LLC/BPR Nimbus, LLC/GGSI Sellco, LLC, 5.75%, 5/15/26(2)

      2,962     $ 2,383,522  

Consus Real Estate AG, 9.625%, 5/15/24(4)

  EUR     2,663       2,698,372  

Ellaktor Value PLC, 6.375%, 12/15/24(4)

  EUR     3,038       2,166,604  

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 4.625%, 10/1/27(2)

      2,403       2,180,723  

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 5.25%, 5/1/25(2)

      1,260       1,190,952  

Five Point Operating Co., L.P./Five Point Capital Corp., 7.875%, 11/15/25(2)

      1,749       1,703,089  

M/I Homes, Inc., 4.95%, 2/1/28(2)

      772       680,325  

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

      1,838       1,722,757  

Shea Homes, L.P./Shea Homes Funding Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/28(2)

      2,382       2,068,648  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/28(2)

      1,071       976,859  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/27(2)

      1,493       1,382,219  

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

      119       116,311  

Vivion Investments S.a.r.l., 3.50%, 11/1/25(4)

  EUR     400       394,922  

Vivion Investments S.a.r.l., 3.00%, 8/8/24(4)

  EUR     3,700       3,615,201  
      $ 23,280,504  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Hotels — 0.3%  

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

      1,430     $ 1,398,433  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 5.75%, 5/1/28(2)

        1,147       1,167,072  
      $ 2,565,505  
Insurance — 1.5%  

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC/Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 6.75%, 10/15/27(2)

      5,118     $ 5,129,515  

AmWINS Group, Inc., 7.75%, 7/1/26(2)

      1,299       1,347,193  

GTCR AP Finance, Inc., 8.00%, 5/15/27(2)

      883       831,874  

Hub International, Ltd., 7.00%, 5/1/26(2)

      3,723       3,696,008  

USI, Inc., 6.875%, 5/1/25(2)

        1,774       1,789,523  
      $ 12,794,113  
Leisure — 1.3%  

Carnival Corp., 11.50%, 4/1/23(2)

      2,440     $ 2,555,135  

Merlin Entertainments, Ltd., 5.75%, 6/15/26(2)

      2,177       2,072,722  

NCL Corp, Ltd., 3.625%, 12/15/24(2)

      1,755       1,138,556  

Vail Resorts, Inc., 6.25%, 5/15/25(1)(2)

      288       298,800  

Viking Cruises, Ltd., 5.875%, 9/15/27(2)

      6,132       4,202,443  

Viking Cruises, Ltd., 6.25%, 5/15/25(2)

        1,820       1,228,136  
      $ 11,495,792  
Metals & Mining — 2.7%  

Arconic Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/28(2)

      2,096     $ 2,007,549  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 6.75%, 3/15/26(2)

      2,950       2,587,740  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 9.875%, 10/17/25(2)

      701       695,743  

Constellium SE, 5.875%, 2/15/26(2)

      1,392       1,341,610  

Eldorado Gold Corp., 9.50%, 6/1/24(2)

      992       1,058,762  

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 6.875%, 3/1/26(2)

      1,198       1,056,217  

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 7.50%, 4/1/25(2)

      2,736       2,428,747  

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

      1,685       1,695,868  

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

      2,526       2,341,223  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 6.875%, 5/1/25

      2,637       2,699,428  

New Gold, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/25(2)

      1,869       1,807,884  

Novelis Corp., 4.75%, 1/30/30(2)

      2,115       1,892,290  

Novelis Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/26(2)

        2,118       2,069,921  
      $ 23,682,982  
Paper — 0.3%  

Enviva Partners, L.P./Enviva Partners Finance Corp., 6.50%, 1/15/26(2)

        2,611     $ 2,751,341  
      $ 2,751,341  
 

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Railroad — 0.9%  

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp., 6.375%, 4/1/23(2)

        7,710     $ 7,515,708  
      $ 7,515,708  
Restaurant — 0.4%  

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company/New Red Finance, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/24(2)

      860     $ 864,205  

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company/New Red Finance, Inc., 4.375%, 1/15/28(2)

      1,721       1,672,124  

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company/New Red Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/25(2)

      581       614,407  

Yum! Brands, Inc., 7.75%, 4/1/25(2)

        476       520,090  
      $ 3,670,826  
Services — 2.0%  

Allied Universal Holdco, LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., 6.625%, 7/15/26(2)

      601     $ 620,713  

Allied Universal Holdco, LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., 9.75%, 7/15/27(2)

      1,870       1,899,546  

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 5.125%, 5/1/25(2)

      735       733,015  

GEMS MENASA Cayman, Ltd./GEMS Education Delaware, LLC, 7.
125%, 7/31/26(2)

      2,936       2,818,560  

IAA, Inc., 5.50%, 6/15/27(2)

      423       424,036  

Korn Ferry, 4.625%, 12/15/27(2)

      599       565,756  

Maxim Crane Works Holdings Capital, LLC, 10.125%, 8/1/24(2)

      35       33,187  

Reliance Intermediate Holdings, L.P., 6.50%, 4/1/23(2)

      3,000       3,036,900  

Sabre GLBL, Inc., 9.25%, 4/15/25(2)

      760       806,550  

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

      5,185       5,595,393  

TMS International Holding Corp., 7.25%, 8/15/25(2)

      1,249       941,184  

Univar Solutions USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/1/27(2)

        611       609,259  
      $ 18,084,099  
Steel — 1.2%  

Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, 6.95%, 12/15/25

      1,821     $ 1,652,193  

Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 5.875%, 12/1/27

      2,632       2,191,140  

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

      3,655       3,370,239  

Infrabuild Australia Pty, Ltd., 12.00%, 10/1/24(2)

        4,211       3,610,091  
      $ 10,823,663  
Super Retail — 1.6%  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.,
4.50%, 3/1/28(2)

      228     $ 192,877  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.,
4.75%, 3/1/30(2)

      319       269,268  

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 6.25%, 4/15/25(2)

      1,576       1,607,520  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Super Retail (continued)  

L Brands, Inc., 6.75%, 7/1/36

      381     $ 276,796  

L Brands, Inc., 6.875%, 11/1/35

      2,242       1,660,986  

L Brands, Inc., 7.60%, 7/15/37

      426       255,004  

Nordstrom, Inc., 8.75%, 5/15/25(2)

      620       665,844  

PVH Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/23

      3,385       3,660,891  

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

      4,675       4,053,692  

William Carter Co. (The), 5.625%, 3/15/27(2)

        1,510       1,539,535  
      $ 14,182,413  
Technology — 4.1%  

Alliance Data Systems Corp., 4.75%, 12/15/24(2)

      1,804     $ 1,346,235  

CDK Global, Inc., 5.25%, 5/15/29(2)

      984       1,006,779  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 5.85%, 7/15/25(2)

      790       863,174  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 6.10%, 7/15/27(2)

      1,588       1,740,473  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 6.20%, 7/15/30(2)

      794       881,459  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24(2)

      4,834       5,024,218  

EIG Investors Corp., 10.875%, 2/1/24

      4,750       4,119,675  

Entegris, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/28(2)

      1,481       1,490,256  

Entegris, Inc., 4.625%, 2/10/26(2)

      1,137       1,145,073  

Expedia Group, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/25(1)(2)

      748       763,990  

Expedia Group, Inc., 7.00%, 5/1/25(1)(2)

      373       380,331  

Go Daddy Operating Co., LLC/GD Finance Co., Inc., 5.25%, 12/1/27(2)

      2,305       2,379,106  

MTS Systems Corp., 5.75%, 8/15/27(2)

      667       623,378  

Open Text Corp., 3.875%, 2/15/28(2)

      1,693       1,658,611  

Open Text Holdings, Inc., 4.125%, 2/15/30(2)

      1,481       1,447,529  

Presidio Holdings, Inc., 4.875%, 2/1/27(2)

      591       580,835  

Presidio Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 2/1/28(2)

      1,677       1,665,345  

PTC, Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/25(2)

      840       832,230  

PTC, Inc., 4.00%, 2/15/28(2)

      845       833,381  

Riverbed Technology, Inc., 8.875%, 3/1/23(2)

      4,024       2,474,760  

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

      3,286       3,408,075  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., 5.50%, 9/30/27(2)

      961       989,542  

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

        562       550,114  
      $ 36,204,569  
Telecommunications — 8.8%  

Altice Financing S.A., 2.25%, 1/15/25(4)

  EUR     2,933     $ 3,019,190  

Altice Financing S.A., 7.50%, 5/15/26(2)

      1,705       1,789,653  

Altice Finco S.A., 4.75%, 1/15/28(4)

  EUR     1,369       1,286,467  

Altice France Holding S.A., 6.00%, 2/15/28(2)

      1,430       1,315,600  

Altice France Holding S.A., 10.50%, 5/15/27(2)

      1,614       1,747,316  

Altice France S.A., 5.50%, 1/15/28(2)

      1,478       1,499,505  
 

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Telecommunications (continued)  

Altice France S.A., 7.375%, 5/1/26(2)

      3,518     $ 3,692,669  

Altice France S.A., 8.125%, 2/1/27(2)

      4,715       5,127,091  

CenturyLink, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/23

      1,804       1,893,839  

CenturyLink, Inc., 7.50%, 4/1/24

      359       391,382  

Connect Finco S.a.r.l./Connect US Finco, LLC, 6.75%, 10/1/26(2)

      4,539       4,349,043  

Digicel, Ltd., 6.00%, 4/15/21(2)

      3,580       2,183,836  

Frontier California, Inc., 6.75%, 5/15/27(9)

      895       816,151  

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

      2,793       2,966,445  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.,
5.50%, 8/1/23(9)

      785       430,435  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 8.50%, 10/15/24(2)(9)

      2,586       1,513,327  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 6.75%, 10/15/27(2)

      1,337       1,383,327  

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

      2,180       2,244,637  

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

      2,215       2,247,782  

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

      2,295       2,321,507  

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

      1,385       1,443,225  

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

      1,260       1,523,340  

Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24

      2,270       2,559,879  

Sprint Corp., 7.25%, 9/15/21

      2,545       2,680,649  

Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 2/15/25

      3,285       3,815,035  

Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26

      2,179       2,585,928  

Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/23

      5,496       6,210,480  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.75%, 2/1/28

      1,095       1,154,864  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.375%, 3/1/25

      1,225       1,263,526  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.50%, 1/15/26

      6,587       6,979,915  

Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.00%, 9/30/34

      882       918,779  

Telecom Italia SpA, 5.303%, 5/30/24(2)

      1,080       1,129,939  

ViaSat, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/27(2)

      1,494       1,478,537  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 3/1/28(2)

        1,782       1,687,946  
      $ 77,651,244  
Transport Excluding Air & Rail — 0.5%  

XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.125%, 9/1/23(2)

      1,310     $ 1,333,187  

XPO Logistics, Inc., 6.50%, 6/15/22(2)

        3,203       3,230,065  
      $ 4,563,252  
Utility — 4.3%  

AES Corp. (The), 4.00%, 3/15/21

      1,293     $ 1,297,073  

AES Corp. (The), 5.125%, 9/1/27

      968       1,013,641  

AES Corp. (The), 5.50%, 4/15/25

      263       271,219  

AES Corp. (The), 6.00%, 5/15/26

      5,810       6,102,533  

Calpine Corp., 4.50%, 2/15/28(2)

      1,810       1,760,678  

Calpine Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/28(2)

      2,554       2,506,112  
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Utility (continued)  

Calpine Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/25

      3,006     $ 3,009,637  

Drax Finco PLC, 6.625%, 11/1/25(2)

      1,493       1,530,624  

Ferrellgas, L.P./Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 10.00%, 4/15/25(2)

      1,906       2,023,981  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, L.P., 4.25%, 9/15/24(2)

      1,485       1,514,997  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, L.P., 4.50%, 9/15/27(2)

      1,602       1,653,344  

NRG Energy, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/29(2)

      1,247       1,341,647  

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/26

      2,324       2,509,107  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 4.25%, 1/31/23(2)

      1,410       1,453,358  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 5.00%, 1/31/28(2)

      2,981       3,141,050  

Vistra Energy Corp., 8.125%, 1/30/26(2)

      3,735       3,935,756  

Vistra Operations Co., LLC, 4.30%, 7/15/29(2)

      373       371,433  

Vistra Operations Co., LLC, 5.00%, 7/31/27(2)

        2,344       2,401,545  
      $ 37,837,735  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost $828,861,446)

 

  $ 758,920,783  
Senior Floating-Rate Loans — 5.8%(10)

 

Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Building Materials — 0.1%  

Hillman Group, Inc. (The), Term Loan, 5.07%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing 5/31/25

      $ 1,196     $ 1,024,676  
      $ 1,024,676  
Capital Goods — 0.1%  

Welbilt, Inc., Term Loan,
Maturing 10/23/25(11)

      $ 1,321     $ 1,083,317  
      $ 1,083,317  
Food, Beverage & Tobacco — 0.5%  

BellRing Brands, LLC, Term Loan, 6.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing 10/21/24

    $ 921     $ 912,553  

HLF Financing S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%),
Maturing 8/18/25

        3,713       3,502,712  
      $ 4,415,265  
Gaming — 1.1%  

Golden Nugget, LLC, Term Loan, Maturing 10/4/23(11)

    $ 337     $ 347,110  

Lago Resort & Casino, LLC, Term Loan, 10.57%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 9.50%), Maturing 3/7/22

      949       830,557  
 

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Gaming (continued)  

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, LLC, Term Loan, 8.32%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.25%), Maturing 11/13/24

    $ 2,057     $ 1,799,875  

Playtika Holding Corp., Term Loan, 7.07%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.00%),
Maturing 12/10/24

      5,381       5,340,531  

Spectacle Gary Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 11.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 9.00%, Floor 2.00%), Maturing 12/23/25

      1,529       1,338,041  

Spectacle Gary Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 11.00%, Maturing 12/23/25(12)

        111       96,959  
      $ 9,753,073  
Healthcare — 0.5%  

Envision Healthcare Corporation, Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing 10/10/25

    $ 1,785     $ 1,254,067  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 4.96%, (USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing 3/9/26(13)

      1,292       1,233,756  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 5.71%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing 3/9/26

      59       56,032  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing 11/17/25

        2,089       1,942,411  
      $ 4,486,266  
Insurance — 1.7%  

Asurion, LLC, Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), Maturing 8/4/25

    $ 12,510     $ 12,066,933  

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing 12/31/25

        3,383       3,126,054  
      $ 15,192,987  
Metals & Mining — 0.2%  

GrafTech Finance, Inc., Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing 2/12/25

      $ 2,268     $ 2,064,107  
      $ 2,064,107  
Services — 0.3%  

AlixPartners, LLP, Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing 4/4/24

      $ 2,355     $ 2,280,485  
      $ 2,280,485  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Steel — 0.3%  

Big River Steel, LLC, Term Loan, 6.45%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%),
Maturing 8/23/23

          $ 2,642     $ 2,369,218  
      $ 2,369,218  
Super Retail — 0.4%  

PetSmart, Inc., Term Loan, 5.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing 3/11/22

          $ 3,798     $ 3,695,314  
      $ 3,695,314  
Technology — 0.4%  

EIG Investors Corp., Term Loan, 5.39%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%),
Maturing 2/9/23

          $ 3,293     $ 3,054,602  
      $ 3,054,602  
Telecommunications — 0.2%  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., Term Loan, 6.63%, Maturing 1/2/24(14)

          $ 1,640     $ 1,645,330  
      $ 1,645,330  

Total Senior Floating-Rate Loans
(identified cost $53,894,148)

 

  $ 51,064,640  
Convertible Bonds — 0.4%      
Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Air Transportation — 0.4%  

Air Transport Services Group, Inc., 1.125%, 10/15/24

    $ 1,568     $ 1,422,035  

Southwest Airlines Co., 1.25%, 5/1/25(1)

            2,000       2,217,324  

Total Convertible Bonds
(identified cost $3,408,482)

                  $ 3,639,359  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.2%

 

Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.2%  

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2019-BPR, Class ENM, 3.719%, 11/5/32(2)(15)

          $ 3,190     $ 2,228,040  

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(identified cost $3,021,651)

 

  $ 2,228,040  
 

 

  22   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Common Stocks — 1.5%

 

Security        Shares     Value  
Broadcasting — 0.1%                   

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(16)(17)

        45,215     $ 317,409  
      $ 317,409  
Consumer Products — 0.0%(8)  

HF Holdings, Inc.(16)(18)(19)

        13,600     $ 80,935  
      $ 80,935  
Diversified Media — 0.0%(8)  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(16)(17)

        241,531     $ 233,029  
      $ 233,029  
Energy — 0.2%  

Ascent CNR Corp., Class A(16)(18)(19)

      6,273,462     $ 1,549,545  

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.(16)(18)(19)

        31,737       0  
      $ 1,549,545  
Environmental — 0.1%  

GFL Environmental, Inc.

        65,500     $ 1,133,150  
      $ 1,133,150  
Gaming — 0.2%  

Caesars Entertainment Corp.(16)

      153,567     $ 1,483,457  

New Cotai Participation Corp., Class B(16)(18)(19)

        7       0  
      $ 1,483,457  
Healthcare — 0.5%  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(16)

      80,000     $ 1,920,800  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.(16)

      110,000       1,993,200  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(16)

        30,000       741,300  
      $ 4,655,300  
Utility — 0.4%  

NextEra Energy Partners, L.P.

      30,000     $ 1,508,700  

Vistra Energy Corp.

        100,000       1,954,000  
      $ 3,462,700  

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $17,079,509)

 

  $ 12,915,525  
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.1%

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Energy — 0.0%                     

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc., Series A, 12.00%(7)(16)(18)(19)

            591     $ 0  
                    $ 0  
Environmental — 0.1%  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 6.00%

            17,467     $ 856,058  
      $ 856,058  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $1,467,504)

 

  $ 856,058  
Miscellaneous — 1.2%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Cable & Satellite TV — 0.0%  

ACC Claims Holdings, LLC(18)

            8,415,190     $ 0  
                    $ 0  
Gaming — 1.2%  

PGP Investors, LLC, Membership
Interests(16)(18)(19)

            30,326     $ 10,917,183  
                    $ 10,917,183  

Total Miscellaneous
(identified cost $2,419,333)

 

  $ 10,917,183  
Short-Term Investments — 3.0%      
Description          Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC,
0.47%(20)

            26,551,797     $ 26,551,797  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $26,549,670)

 

  $ 26,551,797  

Total Investments — 98.2%
(identified cost $936,701,743)

 

  $ 867,093,385  

Less Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.0)%(8)

 

  $ (110,811

Net Investments — 98.2%
(identified cost $936,590,932)

 

  $ 866,982,574  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.8%

 

  $ 15,923,305  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 882,905,879  

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

 

 

  23   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

  *

In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

  (1)

When-issued security.

 

  (2)

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, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities is $497,342,426 or 56.3% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (3)

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2020.

 

  (4)

Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At April 30, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities is $27,300,029 or 3.1% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (5)

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

 

  (6)

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

 

  (7)

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

 

  (8)

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

 

  (9)

Issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

 

(10)

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.

(11)

This Senior Loan will settle after April 30, 2020, at which time the interest rate will be determined.

 

(12)

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. At April 30, 2020, the total value of unfunded loan commitments is $96,959.

 

(13)

The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate at April 30, 2020 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.

 

(14)

Fixed-rate loan.

 

(15)

Weighted average fixed-rate coupon that changes/updates monthly. Rate shown is the rate at April 30, 2020.

 

(16)

Non-income producing security.

 

(17)

Security was acquired in connection with a restructuring of a Senior Loan and may be subject to restrictions on resale.

 

(18)

For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 10).

 

(19)

Restricted security (see Note 5).

 

(20)

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, 2020.

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  
Currency Purchased     Currency Sold     Counterparty  

Settlement

Date

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

   

Unrealized

(Depreciation)

 
USD     12,160,938     EUR     11,199,000     Bank of America, N.A.     7/31/20     $         —     $ (133,767
USD     12,160,591     EUR     11,199,000     Goldman Sachs International     7/31/20             (134,114
USD     6,898,998     EUR     6,353,353     State Street Bank and Trust Company     7/31/20             (75,964
                                    $     $ (343,845

Abbreviations:

 

LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK     Payment In Kind

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR     Euro
USD     United States Dollar

 

  24   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets    April 30, 2020  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $910,041,262)

   $ 840,430,777  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $26,549,670)

     26,551,797  

Cash

     228,580  

Deposits for derivatives collateral - forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     400,000  

Interest receivable

     13,585,867  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     9,652  

Receivable for investments sold

     19,025,656  

Tax reclaims receivable

     66  

Total assets

   $ 900,232,395  
Liabilities

 

Cash collateral due to brokers

   $ 400,000  

Payable for investments purchased

     8,460,214  

Payable for when-issued securities

     7,367,678  

Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     343,845  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser fee

     344,352  

Trustees’ fees

     4,512  

Accrued expenses

     405,915  

Total liabilities

   $ 17,326,516  

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

   $ 882,905,879  

 

  25   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2020

 

Interest and other income

   $ 29,181,560  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     221,636  

Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $98)

     87,194  

Total investment income

   $ 29,490,390  
Expenses

 

Investment adviser fee

   $ 2,341,403  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     26,678  

Custodian fee

     138,514  

Legal and accounting services

     54,414  

Miscellaneous

     46,909  

Total expenses

   $ 2,607,918  

Net investment income

   $ 26,882,472  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

   $ (19,246,625

Securities sold short

     6,099  

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

     13,072  

Foreign currency transactions

     (33,413

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,350,846  

Net realized loss

   $ (17,910,021

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

   $ (89,128,696

Investments — affiliated investment

     (1,494

Securities sold short

     (11,200

Foreign currency

     (2,058

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (244,929

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (89,388,377

Net realized and unrealized loss

   $ (107,298,398

Net decrease in net assets from operations

   $ (80,415,926

 

  26   See Notes to Financial Statements.


High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

    

Year Ended

October 31, 2019

 

From operations —

 

Net investment income

   $ 26,882,472      $ 66,438,899  

Net realized loss

     (17,910,021      (17,220,384

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (89,388,377      34,522,869  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (80,415,926    $ 83,741,384  

Capital transactions —

 

Contributions

   $ 46,652,664      $ 55,460,769  

Withdrawals

     (172,330,078      (423,305,095

Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions

   $ (125,677,414    $ (367,844,326

Net decrease in net assets

   $ (206,093,340    $ (284,102,942
Net Assets                  

At beginning of period

   $ 1,088,999,219      $ 1,373,102,161  

At end of period

   $ 882,905,879      $ 1,088,999,219  

 

  27   See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

High Income Opportunities Portfolio

April 30, 2020

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended October 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
             

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

           

Expenses(1)

    0.51 %(2)      0.50     0.48     0.48     0.48     0.52

Net investment income

    5.27 %(2)      5.61     5.61     5.61     5.61     5.58

Portfolio Turnover

    31 %(3)      32     39     42     39     38

Total Return

    (7.46 )%(3)       7.74     0.59     8.13     7.74     0.82

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

  $ 882,906     $ 1,088,999     $ 1,373,102     $ 1,764,899     $ 1,876,636     $ 1,288,137  

 

(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, 2020

 

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, 2020, Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund and Eaton Vance Floating-Rate & High Income Fund held an interest of 83.1% and 16.9%, 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. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates.

D  Federal Taxes — The Portfolio has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes. No provision is made by the Portfolio for federal or state taxes on any taxable income of the Portfolio because each investor in the Portfolio is ultimately responsible for the payment of any taxes on its share of taxable income. Since at least one of the Portfolio’s investors is a regulated investment company that invests all or substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio, the Portfolio normally must satisfy the applicable source of income and diversification requirements (under the Internal Revenue Code) in order for its investors to satisfy them. The Portfolio will allocate, at least annually among its investors, each investor’s distributive share of the Portfolio’s net investment income, net realized capital gains and losses and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.

As of April 30, 2020, 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, 2020, 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. 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  Repurchase Agreements — A repurchase agreement is the purchase by the Portfolio of securities from a counterparty in exchange for cash that is coupled with an agreement to resell those securities to the counterparty at a specified date and price. When a repurchase agreement is entered, the Portfolio typically receives securities with a value that equals or exceeds the repurchase price, including any accrued interest earned on the agreement. The value of such securities will be marked-to-market daily, and cash or additional securities will be exchanged between the parties as needed. Except in the case of a repurchase agreement entered to settle a short sale, the value of the securities delivered to the Portfolio will be at least equal to 90% of the repurchase price during the term of the repurchase agreement. The terms of a repurchase agreement entered to settle a short sale may provide that the cash purchase price paid by the Portfolio is more than the value of purchased securities that effectively collateralize the repurchase price payable by the counterparty. Since in such a transaction, the Portfolio normally will have used the purchased securities to settle the short sale, the Portfolio will segregate liquid assets equal to the marked-to-market value of the purchased securities that it is obligated to return to the counterparty under the repurchase agreement. In the event of insolvency of the counterparty to a repurchase agreement, recovery of the repurchase price owed to the Portfolio may be delayed. Such an insolvency also may result in a loss to the extent that the value of the purchased securities decreases during the delay or that value has otherwise not been maintained at an amount at least equal to the repurchase price.

L  Securities Sold Short — A short sale is a transaction in which the Portfolio sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of that security. To complete such a transaction, the Portfolio must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer with an obligation to replace such borrowed security at a later date. When making a short sale, the Portfolio segregates liquid assets with the custodian equal to its obligations under the short sale. Until the security is replaced, the Portfolio is required to repay the lender any interest, which accrues during the period of the loan. The proceeds received from a short sale are recorded as a liability and the Portfolio records an unrealized gain or loss to the extent of the difference between the proceeds received and the value of the open short position on the day of determination. A gain, limited to the price at which the Portfolio sold the security short, or a loss, potentially unlimited as there is no upward limit on the price of a security, is recorded when the short position is terminated. Interest payable on securities sold short is recorded as an expense.

M  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to April 30, 2020 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, 2020, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $2,341,403 or 0.46% (annualized) of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement, BMR pays Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., a portion of its investment adviser fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Portfolio. 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, 2020, 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, securities sold short and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $300,403,977 and $391,834,986, respectively, for the six months ended April 30, 2020.

 

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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, 2020, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 933,637,220  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 25,863,250  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (92,861,741

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (66,998,491

5  Restricted Securities

At April 30, 2020, the Portfolio owned the following securities (representing 1.4% 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      $ 1,549,545  

HF Holdings, Inc.

     10/27/09        13,600        730,450        80,935  

New Cotai Participation Corp., Class B

     4/12/13        7        216,125        0  

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.

     7/15/14, 10/21/14        31,737        1,460,742        0  

Total Common Stocks

                     $ 2,407,317      $ 1,630,480  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

           

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

     5/26/17        591      $ 591,000      $ 0  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

                     $ 591,000      $ 0  

Miscellaneous

           

PGP Investors, LLC, Membership Interests

     10/23/12, 2/18/15, 4/23/18        30,326      $ 2,419,333      $ 10,917,183  

Total Miscellaneous

                     $ 2,419,333      $ 10,917,183  

Total Restricted Securities

                     $ 5,417,650      $ 12,547,663  

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, 2020 is included in the Portfolio of Investments. At April 30, 2020, 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.

 

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The Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts 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, 2020, the fair value of derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position was $343,845. At April 30, 2020, there were no assets pledged by the Portfolio for such liability.

The over-the-counter (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 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, 2020 was as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
Derivative    Asset Derivative      Liability Derivative  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   $         —      $ (343,845 )(1) 

Total Derivatives subject to master netting or similar agreements

   $      $ (343,845

 

(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, 2020.

 

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)
 

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ (133,767    $         —      $         —      $         —      $ (133,767

Goldman Sachs International

     (134,114                           (134,114

State Street Bank and Trust Company

     (75,964                           (75,964
     $ (343,845    $      $      $      $ (343,845

 

(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.

 

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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, 2020 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

   $ 1,350,846      $ (244,929

 

(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, 2020, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $47,395,000.

7  Line of Credit

The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in an $800 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through October 27, 2020. In connection with the renewal of the agreement on October 29, 2019, funds managed by Calvert Research and Management, an affiliate of EVM, were added as participating funds to the agreement and the borrowing limit was increased from $625 million. Borrowings are made by the Portfolio solely for temporary purposes related to redemptions and other short-term cash needs. 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, 2020.

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  Investments in Affiliated Funds

At April 30, 2020, the value of the Portfolio’s investment in affiliated funds was $26,551,797, which represents 3.0% of the Portfolio’s net assets. Transactions in affiliated funds by the Portfolio for the six months ended April 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

Name of affiliated fund   Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales proceeds     Net realized
gain (loss)
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
    Value, end
of period
    Dividend
income
    Units, end
of period
 

Short-Term Investments

 

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC

  $ 33,802,709     $ 225,879,766     $ (233,142,256   $ 13,072     $ (1,494   $ 26,551,797     $ 221,636       26,551,797  

10  Fair Value Measurements

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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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, 2020, 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

   $      $ 758,920,783      $      $ 758,920,783  

Senior Floating-Rate Loans (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments)

            50,953,829               50,953,829  

Convertible Bonds

            3,639,359               3,639,359  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

            2,228,040               2,228,040  

Common Stocks

     11,285,045               1,630,480        12,915,525  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

     856,058               0        856,058  

Miscellaneous

                   10,917,183        10,917,183  

Short-Term Investments

            26,551,797               26,551,797  

Total Investments

   $ 12,141,103      $ 842,293,808      $ 12,547,663      $ 866,982,574  

Liability Description

                                   

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ (343,845    $      $ (343,845

Total

   $      $ (343,845    $      $ (343,845

 

*

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, 2020 is not presented.

11  Risks and Uncertainties

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus that was first detected in China in December 2019 has spread rapidly internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, as well as the economies of individual countries and individual companies and can affect the market in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The near-term impact of this coronavirus has resulted in substantial market volatility, which may have an adverse effect on the Portfolio’s investments.

 

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Eaton Vance

High Income Opportunities Fund

April 30, 2020

 

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 22, 2020 (the “April 2020 Meeting”), the Boards of Trustees/Directors comprised of the same individuals (collectively, the “Board”) that oversees a majority 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 agreements and sub-advisory agreements1 for each of the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. 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 to each of the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of formal meetings held between February and April 2020. 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 agreements and sub-advisory agreements.

In connection with its evaluation of the investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements, the Board considered various information relating to the Eaton Vance Funds. This included information applicable to all or groups of Eaton Vance Funds, which is referenced immediately below, and information applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report (additional fund-specific information is referenced below under “Results of the Contract Review Process”). (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 other 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, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices, over various time periods;

 

   

In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative 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 to each fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, 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 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 (in the context of a sub-adviser, only those 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 (in the context of a sub-adviser, only those with trading responsibilities) to each fund as a result of brokerage allocation, including, as applicable, 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 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, as applicable;

 

1 

Not all Eaton Vance Funds have entered into a sub-advisory agreement with a sub-adviser. Accordingly, references to “sub-adviser” or “sub-advisory agreement” in this “Overview” section may not be applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report.

 

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Eaton Vance

High Income Opportunities Fund

April 30, 2020

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

   

The Code of Ethics of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser 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 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 of each fund, if any;

 

   

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 oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by the adviser and/or administrator to each of the funds;

 

   

For an Eaton Vance Fund structured as an exchange-listed closed-end fund, information concerning the benefits of the closed-end fund structure, as well as, where relevant, the closed-end fund’s market prices, trading volume data, distribution rates and other relevant matters; and

 

   

The terms of each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement.

During the various meetings of the Board and its committees throughout the twelve months ended April 2020, the Trustees received information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the advisers and sub-advisers 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, 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 agreements 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 agreement and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory agreement 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 agreement and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory agreement 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 to each of the Eaton Vance Funds.

In voting its approval of the continuation of existing investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements at the April 2020 Meeting, the Board relied on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020, which provided temporary relief from the in-person voting requirements under Section 15 of the 1940 Act in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results of the Contract Review Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information 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”), and the sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. (the “Sub-adviser”), an affiliate of Eaton Vance Management, with respect to the Portfolio, including their respective fee structures, are in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, recommended to the Board approval of each 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 and the sub-advisory agreement for the Portfolio.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

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

The Board considered the Adviser’s and the Sub-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 investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management,

 

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Eaton Vance

High Income Opportunities Fund

April 30, 2020

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio, including recent changes to such personnel. Regarding the Adviser, the Board considered the Adviser’s responsibilities with respect to oversight of the Sub-adviser. The Board also considered the abilities and experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing special considerations relevant to investing in high-yield debt. With respect to the Sub-adviser, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Sub-adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing factors such as special considerations relevant to investing in global high yield debt and foreign markets. The Board considered the international investment capabilities of the Sub-adviser, which is based in London, and the benefits to the Fund of having portfolio management services involving investments in international equities provided by investment professionals located abroad. 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, including the Sub-adviser. 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 other administrative services provided or overseen by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges.

After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as 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, 2019. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than the median performance of the Fund’s peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than its primary and secondary benchmark indexes for the three-year period. On the basis of the foregoing, the performance of the Fund over other periods, and other relevant information provided by the Adviser in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, 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, 2019, 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 and/or Sub-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 and/or Sub-adviser provide 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 and/or Sub-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 and the Sub-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, including the Sub-adviser, 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 or other 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, including the Sub-adviser, are deemed not to be excessive.

 

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Eaton Vance

High Income Opportunities Fund

April 30, 2020

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, 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 or the Sub-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, 2020

 

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

Marcus L. Smith

Susan J. Sutherland

Scott E. Wennerholm

 

 

*

Interested Trustee

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy.  The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each entity listed below has adopted a privacy policy and procedures (“Privacy Program”) Eaton Vance believes is reasonably designed to protect your personal information and to govern when and with whom Eaton Vance may share your personal information.

 

 

At the time of opening an account, Eaton Vance generally requires you to provide us with certain information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account numbers, and account balances. This information is necessary for us to both open an account for you and to allow us to satisfy legal requirements such as applicable anti-money laundering reviews and know-your-customer requirements.

 

 

On an ongoing basis, in the normal course of servicing your account, Eaton Vance may share your information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various services for Eaton Vance and/or your account. These third parties include transfer agents, custodians, broker/dealers and our professional advisers, including auditors, accountants, and legal counsel. Eaton Vance may additionally share your personal information with our affiliates.

 

 

We believe our Privacy Program is reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to that information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Program at any time upon proper notification to you. You may want to review our Privacy Program periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of protecting your personal information 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 Limited, Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, and Calvert Funds. This Privacy Notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about our Privacy Program or about how your personal information may be used, 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 intermediary, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial intermediary, 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 intermediary. 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 intermediary.

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

Investment Sub-Adviser of High Income Opportunities Portfolio

Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd.

125 Old Broad Street

London, EC2N 1AR

United Kingdom

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 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, 2020

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, 2020
By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 24, 2020