UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
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Investment Company Act File Number |
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811-21519 |
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Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global |
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) |
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The Eaton Vance Building, |
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02109 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
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Alan R. Dynner, Esq. |
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(Name and Address of Agent for Services) |
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(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): |
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(617) 482-8260 |
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Date of Fiscal Year End: |
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March 31 |
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Date of Reporting Period: |
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December 31, 2005 |
Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2005
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
Common Stocks — 116.9%
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Security |
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Shares |
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Value |
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Banking — 8.3% |
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Allied Irish Banks PLC (1)(2) |
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200,000 |
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$ |
4,276,887 |
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Bank of Nova Scotia (2) |
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300,000 |
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11,886,000 |
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BB&T Corp. |
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100,000 |
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4,191,000 |
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Washington Mutual, Inc. |
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250,000 |
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10,875,000 |
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$ |
31,228,887 |
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Beverages — 0.8% |
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Diageo PLC ADR (2) |
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50,000 |
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2,915,000 |
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$ |
2,915,000 |
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Chemicals — 1.7% |
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Lyondell Chemical Co. |
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275,000 |
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6,550,500 |
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$ |
6,550,500 |
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Coal — 5.0% |
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Fording Canadian Coal Trust (2) |
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420,000 |
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14,519,400 |
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Peabody Energy Corp. |
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50,000 |
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4,121,000 |
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$ |
18,640,400 |
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Commercial Services — 1.4% |
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Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons Co. |
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150,000 |
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5,131,500 |
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$ |
5,131,500 |
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Diversified Minerals — 5.8% |
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BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR (2) |
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250,000 |
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8,355,000 |
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B |
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250,000 |
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13,450,000 |
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$ |
21,805,000 |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services — 11.8% |
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AT&T, Inc. |
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425,000 |
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10,408,250 |
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BCE, Inc. (2) |
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200,000 |
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4,790,000 |
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Sprint Nextel Corp. |
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400,000 |
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9,344,000 |
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Telefonos de Mexico SA ADR (2) |
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400,000 |
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9,872,000 |
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Verizon Communications, Inc. |
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325,000 |
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9,789,000 |
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$ |
44,203,250 |
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Drugs — 2.7% |
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR (2) |
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200,000 |
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10,096,000 |
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$ |
10,096,000 |
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Financial Services — 3.2% |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
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300,000 |
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11,907,000 |
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$ |
11,907,000 |
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Insurance — 2.2% |
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PartnerRe, Ltd. (2) |
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125,000 |
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8,208,750 |
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$ |
8,208,750 |
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1
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Integrated Oil and Gas — 16.0% |
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BP PLC ADR (2) |
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175,000 |
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$ |
11,238,500 |
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ChevronTexaco Corp. |
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200,000 |
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11,354,000 |
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ConocoPhillips |
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50,000 |
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2,909,000 |
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Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
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150,000 |
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11,982,000 |
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Statoil ASA (1)(2) |
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425,000 |
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9,713,314 |
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Total SA ADR (2) |
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100,000 |
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12,640,000 |
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$ |
59,836,814 |
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IT Services — 1.1% |
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Certegy, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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4,056,000 |
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$ |
4,056,000 |
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Machinery — 1.5% |
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Caterpillar, Inc. |
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100,000 |
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5,777,000 |
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$ |
5,777,000 |
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Metals-Industrial — 5.8% |
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Anglo American PLC ADR (2) |
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125,000 |
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4,347,500 |
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Phelps Dodge Corp. |
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25,000 |
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3,596,750 |
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Rio Tinto PLC ADR (2) |
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40,000 |
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7,311,600 |
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Southern Copper Corp. |
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100,000 |
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6,698,000 |
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$ |
21,953,850 |
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Oil and Gas-Equipment and Services — 5.2% |
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Halliburton Co. |
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150,000 |
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9,294,000 |
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Valero Energy Corp. |
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200,000 |
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10,320,000 |
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$ |
19,614,000 |
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Oil and Gas-Exploration and Production — 6.9% |
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Kerr-McGee Corp. |
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100,000 |
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9,086,000 |
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Suncor Energy, Inc. (2) |
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265,000 |
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16,729,450 |
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$ |
25,815,450 |
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Oil and Gas-Transportation and Distribution — 3.3% |
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Enbridge, Inc. (2) |
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400,000 |
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12,508,000 |
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$ |
12,508,000 |
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Paper Products — 1.2% |
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Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SA de CV (2) |
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1,250,000 |
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4,465,272 |
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$ |
4,465,272 |
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Pharmaceuticals — 3.3% |
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Abbott Laboratories |
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200,000 |
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7,886,000 |
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Pfizer, Inc. |
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200,000 |
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4,664,000 |
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$ |
12,550,000 |
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2
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REITs — 7.9% |
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. |
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25,000 |
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$ |
2,231,250 |
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Boston Properties, Inc. |
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50,000 |
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3,706,500 |
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Developers Diversified Realty Corp. |
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50,000 |
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2,351,000 |
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Federal Realty Investment Trust |
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50,000 |
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3,032,500 |
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Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. |
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175,000 |
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6,308,750 |
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Public Storage, Inc. |
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81,400 |
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5,512,408 |
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Rayonier, Inc. |
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112,500 |
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4,483,125 |
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Simon Property Group, Inc. |
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25,000 |
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1,915,750 |
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$ |
29,541,283 |
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Tobacco Company — 4.8% |
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Altria Group, Inc. |
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150,000 |
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11,208,000 |
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Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (1)(2) |
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225,000 |
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6,693,350 |
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$ |
17,901,350 |
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Utilities-Electric — 4.3% |
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Edison International |
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100,000 |
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4,361,000 |
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Scottish Power PLC (1)(2) |
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1,250,000 |
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11,656,703 |
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$ |
16,017,703 |
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Utilities-Electrical and Gas — 8.8% |
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Dominion Resources, Inc. |
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150,000 |
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11,580,000 |
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Entergy Corp. |
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125,000 |
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8,581,250 |
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Exelon Corp. |
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200,000 |
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10,628,000 |
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National Grid PLC (2) |
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400,000 |
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0 |
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Progress Energy, Inc. |
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50,000 |
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2,196,000 |
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$ |
32,985,250 |
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Utilities-Water — 3.9% |
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Pennon Group PLC (1)(2) |
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94,000 |
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1,913,427 |
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Severn Trent PLC (1)(2) |
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200,000 |
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3,720,181 |
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Veolia Environnement (1)(2) |
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200,000 |
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9,012,617 |
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$ |
14,646,225 |
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Total Common Stocks |
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$ |
438,354,484 |
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3
Preferred Stocks — 21.9%
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Security |
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Shares |
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Value |
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Banking — 12.2% |
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ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (2)(3)(4) |
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950 |
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$ |
1,007,891 |
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Banco Santander, 6.41% (2) |
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140,000 |
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3,514,000 |
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Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (1)(2)(3)(4) |
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55,000 |
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6,371,640 |
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BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (1)(2)(3)(4) |
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35,000 |
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4,211,931 |
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CA Preferred Fund Trust, 7.00% (2) |
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55,000 |
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5,752,851 |
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Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (1)(2)(3)(4) |
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36,000 |
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4,173,160 |
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First Republic Bank, 6.70% |
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30,000 |
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750,000 |
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HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (1)(2)(3)(4) |
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40,000 |
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4,875,584 |
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Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90% (1)(2) |
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40,000 |
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4,095,564 |
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 9.118% (1)(2) |
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50,000 |
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5,847,110 |
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UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (1)(2)(4) |
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43,700 |
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5,096,949 |
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$ |
45,696,680 |
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Financial Services — 0.8% |
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Federal National Mortgage Association, Series K, 5.396% |
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60,000 |
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2,976,000 |
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$ |
2,976,000 |
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Foods — 1.2% |
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Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (3) |
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45,000 |
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4,476,686 |
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$ |
4,476,686 |
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Insurance — 7.4% |
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ACE Ltd., 7.80% (2) |
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28,000 |
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730,800 |
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Aegon NV, 6.375% (2) |
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80,000 |
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2,020,800 |
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AXA, 7.10% (2) |
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45,000 |
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4,620,110 |
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Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75% (2) |
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12,750 |
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302,175 |
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ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.439% (2)(4) |
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37,500 |
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4,425,671 |
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ING Group NV, 6.125% (2) |
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50,000 |
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1,217,500 |
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ING Group NV, 7.20% (2) |
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30,000 |
|
770,100 |
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MetLife, Inc., 5.491% (4) |
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120,000 |
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3,102,000 |
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PartnerRe, Ltd., 6.50% (2) |
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120,000 |
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2,811,600 |
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Prudential PLC, 6.50% (2) |
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20,000 |
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1,986,200 |
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RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08% (2) |
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148,000 |
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2,989,600 |
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XL Capital, Ltd., 7.625% (2) |
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12,000 |
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306,000 |
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Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust V, 5.05% (2)(3)(4) |
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2,500 |
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2,491,406 |
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$ |
27,773,962 |
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Utilities-Gas — 0.3% |
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Southern Union Co., 7.55% |
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40,000 |
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1,040,800 |
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$ |
1,040,800 |
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4
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Total Preferred Stocks |
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$ |
81,964,128 |
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Total Investments — 138.8% |
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$ |
520,318,612 |
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Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.1)% |
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$ |
(308,926 |
) |
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Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid |
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$ |
(145,139,323 |
) |
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Net Assets — 100.0% |
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$ |
374,870,363 |
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ADR |
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American Depository Receipt |
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REIT |
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Real Estate Investment Trust |
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(1) |
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Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees. |
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(2) |
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Foreign security. |
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(3) |
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Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2005, the aggregate value of the securities is $27,608,298 or 7.4% of the Fund’s net assets. |
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(4) |
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Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at December 31, 2005. |
Country Concentration of Portfolio
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Country |
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Percentage |
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Value |
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United States |
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51.38 |
% |
$ |
267,330,315 |
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United Kingdom |
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15.96 |
% |
83,068,359 |
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Canada |
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11.61 |
% |
60,432,850 |
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France |
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6.96 |
% |
36,237,510 |
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Bermuda |
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2.89 |
% |
15,042,925 |
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Mexico |
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2.76 |
% |
14,337,272 |
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Norway |
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2.67 |
% |
13,886,474 |
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Netherlands |
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1.62 |
% |
8,434,071 |
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Australia |
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1.61 |
% |
8,355,000 |
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Other Countries |
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2.54 |
% |
13,193,836 |
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|
100.00 |
% |
$ |
520,318,612 |
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The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at December 31, 2005.
5
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at December 31, 2005, as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
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Aggregate cost |
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$ |
409,094,241 |
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Gross unrealized appreciation |
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$ |
114,998,886 |
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Gross unrealized depreciation |
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(3,774,515 |
) |
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Net unrealized appreciation |
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$ |
111,224,371 |
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6
Item 2. 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 on this Form N-Q 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 on this Form N-Q 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 fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund
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By: |
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/s/ Duncan W. Richardson |
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Duncan W. Richardson |
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President and Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: |
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February 24, 2006 |
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.
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By: |
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/s/ Duncan W. Richardson |
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Duncan W. Richardson |
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President and Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: |
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February 24, 2006 |
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By: |
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/s/ Barbara E. Campbell |
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Barbara E. Campbell |
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Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: |
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February 24, 2006 |