Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity
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: 811-21973
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
(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
(registrants Telephone Number)
October 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
October 31, 2009
Date of Reporting Period
Annual Report October31, 2009
EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED
GLOBAL DIVERSIFIED
EQUITY INCOME
FUND |
IMPORTANT
NOTICES REGARDING DISTRIBUTIONS,
DELIVERY OF SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS,
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AND PROXY VOTING
Managed Distribution Plan. On March 10, 2009,
the Fund received authorization from the Securities and Exchange
Commission to distribute long-term capital gains to shareholders
more frequently than once per year. In this connection, the
Board of Trustees formally approved the implementation of a
Managed Distribution Plan (MDP) to make quarterly cash
distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed
amount per common share.
The Fund intends to pay quarterly cash distributions equal to
$0.475 per share. You should not draw any conclusions about the
Funds investment performance from the amount of these
distributions or from the terms of the MDP. The MDP will be
subject to regular periodic review by the Funds Board of
Trustees.
With each distribution, the Fund will issue a notice to
shareholders and an accompanying press release which will
provide detailed information required by the Funds
exemptive order. The Funds Board of Trustees may amend or
terminate the MDP at any time without prior notice to Fund
shareholders. However, at this time there are no reasonably
foreseeable circumstances that might cause the termination of
the MDP.
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities
and Exchange Commission (the 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 adviser, may household the
mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton
Vance, or your financial adviser, 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 adviser.
Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of
your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days
of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial adviser.
Portfolio Holdings. Each Eaton Vance Fund and its
underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of
portfolio holdings on
Form N-Q
with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal
year. The
Form N-Q
will be available on the Eaton Vance website at
www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at
1-800-262-1122
or in the EDGAR database on the SECs website at
www.sec.gov.
Form N-Q
may also be reviewed and copied at the SECs public
reference room in Washington, D.C. (call
1-800-732-0330
for information on the operation of the public reference room).
Proxy Voting. From time to time, funds are required
to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The
Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable)
vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures
approved by the Funds and Portfolios Boards. You may
obtain a description of these policies and procedures and
information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies
relating to portfolio securities during the most recent
12 month period ended June 30, without charge, upon
request, by calling
1-800-262-1122.
This description is also available on the SECs website at
www. sec.gov.
Please refer to the inside back
cover of this report for an important notice about
the privacy policies adopted by the Eaton Vance
organization.
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund as of October 31, 2009
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Economic and Market Conditions
Walter A.
Row, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
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Although global equity markets began the fiscal year ending October 31, 2009, on a downward
trajectory, stocks bounced strongly off the bottom set in early March and staged a broad-based
rally that continued through the end of the 12-month period. Last fall, on the verge of a
possible collapse of the global financial system, risk-averse investors reacted by streaming
to the sidelines, sending stocks into a dramatic decline. By late winter, however, fiscal and
monetary interventions by governments around the world began to fuel optimism that the
financial crisis would end and global economic growth might resume. |
Michael A.
Allison, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
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|
Amid prospects for a better-than-expected 2009, investor risk appetite began to return,
overcoming such lingering concerns as high consumer debt levels, rising unemployment and
still-depressed home prices. Corporate profits also started showing improvement, benefiting
from cost-cutting and easier earnings comparisons, which further supported the equity markets
rebound. Stocks that declined the most last fall, especially those lower-quality, cyclical
issues farther out on the risk spectrum, tended to be those that recovered most quickly as the
rally gained steam. |
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From March through September 2009, the broad-based S&P 500 Index posted
strong gains, with only a slight pull back in October ending a string of consecutive monthly
gains. For the full one-year period that ended October 31, 2009, the S&P 500 posted a 9.80%
return, while the FTSE Eurotop 100 Index, a measure of blue-chip stocks within the Eurozone,
jumped 30.40%.1 |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by
determining the percentage change in net asset value or market price (as applicable) with all
distributions reinvested. The Funds performance at market price will differ from its results at
NAV. Although market price performance generally reflects investment results over time, during
shorter periods, returns at market price can also be affected by factors such as changing
perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for the Funds
shares, or changes in Fund distributions. The Fund has no current intention to utilize leverage,
but may do so in the future through borrowings and/or other permitted methods. Investment return
and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their
original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Funds
current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most
recent month end, please refer to www.eatonvance.com.
Management Discussion
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The Fund is a closed-end fund and trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the
symbol EXG. At net asset value (NAV), the Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index, the CBOE S&P
500 BuyWrite Index (BXM), and its Lipper peer group average, while trailing the FTSE Eurotop
100 Index for the year ending October 31, 2009. |
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The Fund underperformed a blended index consisting of a 60% weighting in the FTSE Eurotop 100
Index and a 40% weighting in the S&P 500 Index (reflecting the Funds composition) at NAV for
the year ending October 31, 2009. (It is important to remember that the blended index does not
include the hedging characteristics that are utilized by the Fund in the execution of its
covered call option writing strategy.) |
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Relative to the blended index, the equity portion of the Fund also underperformed. The
financials sector was the biggest laggard. An underweighting and stock selection in global
banks, combined with selection in insurance companies, detracted the most from relative
performance versus the blended index. |
Total Return Performance 10/31/08 10/31/09
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|
NYSE Symbol |
|
EXG |
|
At Net Asset Value (NAV) |
|
|
21.14 |
% |
At Market Price |
|
|
40.26 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500 Index1 |
|
|
9.80 |
% |
CBOE
S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM)1 |
|
|
7.62 |
% |
FTSE Eurotop 100 Index1 |
|
|
30.40 |
% |
Lipper Options Arbitrage/Options Strategies Funds Average1 |
|
|
15.39 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Premium/(Discount) to NAV (10/31/09) |
|
|
-1.95 |
% |
Total Distributions per share |
|
$ |
1.90 |
|
Distribution Rate2 At NAV |
|
|
15.45 |
% |
At Market Price |
|
|
15.75 |
% |
See page 3 for more performance information.
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1 |
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It is not possible to invest directly in an Index or a Lipper Classification. The
Indices total returns do not reflect commissions or expenses that would have been incurred if
an investor individually purchased or sold the securities represented in the Indices. The
return for the FTSE Eurotop 100 Index is calculated in U.S. dollars. The Lipper total return
is the average total return, at net asset value, of the funds that are in the same Lipper
Classification as the Fund. |
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2 |
|
The Distribution Rate is based on the Funds most recent quarterly distribution per
share (annualized) divided by the Funds NAV or market price at the end of the period. The
Funds quarterly distributions may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains
and return of capital. |
Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed
by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of
principal invested.
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund as of October 31, 2009
MANAGEMENTS
DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
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On the positive side, the Funds positioning in the
consumer discretionary sector -
especially its selection in automobile stocks - added to performance. Being underweighted
relative to the blended index in the utilities sector contributed as well. |
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The Funds primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a
secondary objective of capital appreciation. In pursuing its investment objectives, the Fund
evaluates returns on an after-tax basis, seeking to minimize and defer shareholder federal
income taxes. Under normal market conditions, the Funds investment program consists primarily
of owning a diversified portfolio of domestic and foreign common stocks. The Fund seeks to
earn high levels of tax-advantaged income and gains by emphasizing investments in stocks that
pay dividends that qualify for favorable federal income tax treatment and by writing (selling)
stock index call options with respect to a portion of its common stock portfolio value. |
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As of October 31, 2009, the Fund had written call options on approximately 50% of its equity
holdings. The Fund seeks to generate current earnings from option premiums, which can vary
with investors expectation of the future volatility (implied volatility) of the underlying
asset. After peaking in October 2008, individual and overall stock market volatility
decreased, but still trended significantly higher than the long-term average during the fiscal
year ending October 31, 2009. The Funds options strategy significantly lowered volatility and
contributed to its return at NAV exceeding the S&P 500 and the BXM for the year ending October
31, 2009. |
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Eaton Vance Management (EVM) gave notice of its termination of its investment sub-advisory
agreement with Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. with respect to the Fund and
effective October 20, 2009, EVM assumed responsibility for the management of the Funds
options strategy. |
The views expressed throughout this report are those of the portfolio managers and are current only
through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. These views are subject to
change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and the investment adviser disclaims any
responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and,
because investment decisions for a fund are based on many factors, may not be relied on as an
indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. Portfolio information provided in
the report may not be representative of the Funds current or future investments and may change due
to active management.
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund as of October 31, 2009
FUND PERFORMANCE
Performance
|
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NYSE Symbol: |
|
EXG |
|
Average Annual Total Returns (at market price, New York Stock Exchange) |
One Year |
|
|
40.26 |
% |
Life of Fund (2/27/07) |
|
|
-3.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Annual Total Returns (at net asset value) |
One Year |
|
|
21.14 |
% |
Life of Fund (2/27/07) |
|
|
-2.89 |
|
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by
determining the percentage change in net asset value or market price (as applicable) with all
distributions reinvested. The Funds performance at market price will differ from its results at
NAV. Although market price performance generally reflects investment results over time, during
shorter periods, returns at market price can also be affected by factors such as changing
perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for the Funds
shares, or changes in Fund distributions. The Fund has no current intention to utilize leverage,
but may do so in the future through borrowings and/or other permitted methods. Investment return
and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their
original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Funds
current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most
recent month end, please refer to www.eatonvance.com.
Fund
Composition
Top
10
Holdings1
By total investments
|
|
|
|
|
Nestle SA |
|
|
3.4 |
% |
BP PLC |
|
|
2.9 |
|
HSBC Holdings PLC |
|
|
2.8 |
|
Novartis AG |
|
|
2.4 |
|
Total SA |
|
|
2.3 |
|
ENI SpA |
|
|
2.2 |
|
Goldcorp, Inc. |
|
|
2.0 |
|
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA |
|
|
1.8 |
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B |
|
|
1.8 |
|
Credit Suisse Group AG |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Top 10 Holdings represented 23.4% of the Funds total investments as of 10/31/09. Top
10 Holdings are presented without the offsetting effect of the Funds written option positions
at 10/31/09. Excludes cash equivalents. |
Sector
Weightings2
By total investments
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2 |
|
Reflects the Funds total investments as of 10/31/09. Sector Weightings are
presented without the offsetting effect of the Funds written option positions at
10/31/09. Excludes cash equivalents. |
3
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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Common
Stocks 98.5%
|
|
Security
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aerospace
& Defense 1.1%
|
|
BAE Systems PLC
|
|
|
1,914,381
|
|
|
$
|
9,843,874
|
|
|
|
General Dynamics Corp.
|
|
|
311,895
|
|
|
|
19,555,817
|
|
|
|
Lockheed Martin Corp.
|
|
|
168,142
|
|
|
|
11,566,488
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
40,966,179
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Automobiles 0.5%
|
|
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
|
|
|
386,200
|
|
|
$
|
18,892,288
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
18,892,288
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages 1.8%
|
|
Coca-Cola
Co. (The)
|
|
|
141,378
|
|
|
$
|
7,536,861
|
|
|
|
Diageo PLC
|
|
|
2,412,241
|
|
|
|
39,290,565
|
|
|
|
PepsiCo, Inc.
|
|
|
327,945
|
|
|
|
19,857,070
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
66,684,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biotechnology 1.0%
|
|
Amgen,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
305,222
|
|
|
$
|
16,399,578
|
|
|
|
Celgene
Corp.(1)
|
|
|
205,502
|
|
|
|
10,490,877
|
|
|
|
Gilead Sciences,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
221,326
|
|
|
|
9,417,421
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
36,307,876
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
Markets 5.0%
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG
|
|
|
1,242,458
|
|
|
$
|
66,418,291
|
|
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
|
302,674
|
|
|
|
21,989,714
|
|
|
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
|
|
227,364
|
|
|
|
38,690,532
|
|
|
|
Northern Trust Corp.
|
|
|
276,367
|
|
|
|
13,887,442
|
|
|
|
State Street Corp.
|
|
|
279,034
|
|
|
|
11,713,847
|
|
|
|
UBS AG(1)
|
|
|
2,116,226
|
|
|
|
35,108,190
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
187,808,016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chemicals 0.3%
|
|
Monsanto Co.
|
|
|
168,424
|
|
|
$
|
11,314,724
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,314,724
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial
Banks 10.9%
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
|
|
|
2,701,906
|
|
|
$
|
48,296,636
|
|
|
|
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
|
|
|
4,284,379
|
|
|
|
68,945,407
|
|
|
|
Barclays
PLC(1)
|
|
|
4,495,850
|
|
|
|
23,563,035
|
|
|
|
BNP Paribas SA
|
|
|
538,908
|
|
|
|
40,598,213
|
|
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC
|
|
|
9,308,330
|
|
|
|
102,857,832
|
|
|
|
Intesa Sanpaolo
SpA(1)
|
|
|
6,203,150
|
|
|
|
26,105,851
|
|
|
|
Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR
|
|
|
2,154,511
|
|
|
|
41,237,340
|
|
|
|
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
|
|
|
307,682
|
|
|
|
15,057,957
|
|
|
|
U.S. Bancorp
|
|
|
453,479
|
|
|
|
10,529,782
|
|
|
|
Wells Fargo & Co.
|
|
|
1,000,478
|
|
|
|
27,533,155
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
404,725,208
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial
Services & Supplies 0.4%
|
|
Waste Management, Inc.
|
|
|
564,279
|
|
|
$
|
16,860,656
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,860,656
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Communications
Equipment 2.4%
|
|
Cisco Systems,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
646,942
|
|
|
$
|
14,782,625
|
|
|
|
Nokia Oyj ADR
|
|
|
1,498,597
|
|
|
|
18,897,308
|
|
|
|
QUALCOMM, Inc.
|
|
|
603,236
|
|
|
|
24,980,003
|
|
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR
|
|
|
995,693
|
|
|
|
10,355,207
|
|
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B
|
|
|
1,998,142
|
|
|
|
20,876,254
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
89,891,397
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Computers
& Peripherals 3.3%
|
|
Apple,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
237,234
|
|
|
$
|
44,718,609
|
|
|
|
Hewlett-Packard Co.
|
|
|
904,470
|
|
|
|
42,926,146
|
|
|
|
International Business Machines Corp.
|
|
|
306,980
|
|
|
|
37,024,858
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
124,669,613
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer
Finance 0.6%
|
|
American Express Co.
|
|
|
329,893
|
|
|
$
|
11,493,472
|
|
|
|
Capital One Financial Corp.
|
|
|
305,510
|
|
|
|
11,181,666
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
22,675,138
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified
Financial Services 1.3%
|
|
Bank of America Corp.
|
|
|
567,440
|
|
|
$
|
8,273,275
|
|
|
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
|
|
986,401
|
|
|
|
41,201,970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
49,475,245
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified
Telecommunication Services 3.1%
|
|
AT&T, Inc.
|
|
|
730,507
|
|
|
$
|
18,752,115
|
|
|
|
BCE, Inc.
|
|
|
973,275
|
|
|
|
23,339,134
|
|
|
|
France Telecom SA
|
|
|
1,012,728
|
|
|
|
25,094,169
|
|
|
|
Koninklijke KPN NV
|
|
|
1,667,044
|
|
|
|
30,238,073
|
|
|
|
Verizon Communications, Inc.
|
|
|
562,997
|
|
|
|
16,659,081
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
114,082,572
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to financial statements
4
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
PORTFOLIO OF
INVESTMENTS CONTD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric
Utilities 2.5%
|
|
American Electric Power Co., Inc.
|
|
|
356,951
|
|
|
$
|
10,787,059
|
|
|
|
E.ON AG
|
|
|
1,190,762
|
|
|
|
45,635,851
|
|
|
|
FirstEnergy Corp.
|
|
|
240,680
|
|
|
|
10,416,631
|
|
|
|
Iberdrola SA
|
|
|
2,970,164
|
|
|
|
26,905,487
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
93,745,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electrical
Equipment 1.5%
|
|
ABB, Ltd.
|
|
|
1,852,591
|
|
|
$
|
34,460,686
|
|
|
|
Emerson Electric Co.
|
|
|
525,077
|
|
|
|
19,821,657
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
54,282,343
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electronic
Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.2%
|
|
Corning, Inc.
|
|
|
477,879
|
|
|
$
|
6,981,812
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,981,812
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy
Equipment & Services 0.3%
|
|
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.
|
|
|
108,827
|
|
|
$
|
10,365,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,365,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Food
& Staples Retailing 2.6%
|
|
Carrefour SA
|
|
|
501,009
|
|
|
$
|
21,504,676
|
|
|
|
CVS Caremark Corp.
|
|
|
615,902
|
|
|
|
21,741,341
|
|
|
|
Tesco PLC
|
|
|
3,998,926
|
|
|
|
26,663,571
|
|
|
|
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
|
|
|
527,020
|
|
|
|
26,182,354
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
96,091,942
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Food
Products 5.5%
|
|
Danone
|
|
|
336,591
|
|
|
$
|
20,220,473
|
|
|
|
Nestle SA
|
|
|
2,720,138
|
|
|
|
126,490,657
|
|
|
|
Unilever NV
|
|
|
1,824,586
|
|
|
|
56,221,049
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
202,932,179
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health
Care Equipment & Supplies 1.3%
|
|
Baxter International, Inc.
|
|
|
256,865
|
|
|
$
|
13,886,122
|
|
|
|
Boston Scientific
Corp.(1)
|
|
|
1,322,278
|
|
|
|
10,736,897
|
|
|
|
Covidien PLC
|
|
|
381,432
|
|
|
|
16,065,916
|
|
|
|
Zimmer Holdings,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
182,165
|
|
|
|
9,576,414
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
50,265,349
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health
Care Providers & Services 0.3%
|
|
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA ADR
|
|
|
196,282
|
|
|
$
|
9,492,198
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,492,198
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure 0.7%
|
|
Carnival Corp.
|
|
|
255,837
|
|
|
$
|
7,449,973
|
|
|
|
McDonalds Corp.
|
|
|
338,227
|
|
|
|
19,823,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
27,273,458
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Household
Products 2.0%
|
|
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
|
|
|
361,923
|
|
|
$
|
28,458,005
|
|
|
|
Procter & Gamble Co.
|
|
|
577,163
|
|
|
|
33,475,454
|
|
|
|
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
|
|
|
292,187
|
|
|
|
14,514,311
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
76,447,770
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industrial
Conglomerates 3.0%
|
|
General Electric Co.
|
|
|
1,989,925
|
|
|
$
|
28,376,330
|
|
|
|
Philips Electronics NV
|
|
|
1,112,367
|
|
|
|
27,943,590
|
|
|
|
Siemens AG
|
|
|
594,426
|
|
|
|
53,716,459
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
110,036,379
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance 2.4%
|
|
Allianz SE
|
|
|
238,074
|
|
|
$
|
27,288,973
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
|
|
454,165
|
|
|
|
15,455,235
|
|
|
|
Prudential Financial, Inc.
|
|
|
337,087
|
|
|
|
15,246,445
|
|
|
|
Prudential PLC
|
|
|
3,414,027
|
|
|
|
31,010,872
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
89,001,525
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internet
& Catalog Retail 0.6%
|
|
Amazon.com,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
179,806
|
|
|
$
|
21,362,751
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
21,362,751
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internet
Software & Services 0.9%
|
|
Google, Inc.,
Class A(1)
|
|
|
60,955
|
|
|
$
|
32,679,195
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
32,679,195
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IT
Services 0.6%
|
|
MasterCard, Inc., Class A
|
|
|
59,916
|
|
|
$
|
13,122,802
|
|
|
|
Western Union Co.
|
|
|
586,387
|
|
|
|
10,654,652
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
23,777,454
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to financial statements
5
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
PORTFOLIO OF
INVESTMENTS CONTD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Machinery 1.1%
|
|
Danaher Corp.
|
|
|
328,927
|
|
|
$
|
22,442,689
|
|
|
|
Deere & Co.
|
|
|
243,715
|
|
|
|
11,101,219
|
|
|
|
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
|
|
|
198,786
|
|
|
|
9,128,253
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
42,672,161
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media 0.3%
|
|
Walt Disney Co. (The)
|
|
|
365,557
|
|
|
$
|
10,005,295
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,005,295
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metals
& Mining 4.2%
|
|
ArcelorMittal
|
|
|
340,227
|
|
|
$
|
11,514,160
|
|
|
|
BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR
|
|
|
914,183
|
|
|
|
59,952,121
|
|
|
|
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold,
Inc.(1)
|
|
|
104,557
|
|
|
|
7,670,301
|
|
|
|
Goldcorp, Inc.
|
|
|
2,012,302
|
|
|
|
73,992,345
|
|
|
|
United States Steel Corp.
|
|
|
136,418
|
|
|
|
4,705,057
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
157,833,984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Multi-Utilities 2.6%
|
|
GDF Suez
|
|
|
1,305,979
|
|
|
$
|
54,599,653
|
|
|
|
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
|
|
|
532,461
|
|
|
|
15,867,338
|
|
|
|
RWE AG
|
|
|
317,525
|
|
|
|
27,851,024
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
98,318,015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Multiline
Retail 0.4%
|
|
Target Corp.
|
|
|
290,566
|
|
|
$
|
14,072,111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,072,111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels 13.8%
|
|
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
|
|
|
600,653
|
|
|
$
|
36,597,787
|
|
|
|
BP PLC
|
|
|
11,512,421
|
|
|
|
107,874,162
|
|
|
|
Chevron Corp.
|
|
|
454,239
|
|
|
|
34,767,453
|
|
|
|
ENI SpA
|
|
|
3,260,169
|
|
|
|
80,743,908
|
|
|
|
Exxon Mobil Corp.
|
|
|
526,415
|
|
|
|
37,728,163
|
|
|
|
Hess Corp.
|
|
|
402,692
|
|
|
|
22,043,360
|
|
|
|
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
|
|
|
366,286
|
|
|
|
27,793,782
|
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B
|
|
|
2,351,757
|
|
|
|
67,701,029
|
|
|
|
Total SA
|
|
|
1,445,455
|
|
|
|
86,496,460
|
|
|
|
XTO Energy, Inc.
|
|
|
251,378
|
|
|
|
10,447,270
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
512,193,374
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals 9.4%
|
|
Abbott Laboratories
|
|
|
606,326
|
|
|
$
|
30,661,906
|
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC
|
|
|
682,861
|
|
|
|
30,654,585
|
|
|
|
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
|
|
|
626,478
|
|
|
|
13,657,220
|
|
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
|
|
3,103,653
|
|
|
|
63,664,181
|
|
|
|
Johnson & Johnson
|
|
|
227,425
|
|
|
|
13,429,446
|
|
|
|
Merck & Co., Inc.
|
|
|
716,196
|
|
|
|
22,151,942
|
|
|
|
Novartis AG
|
|
|
1,681,722
|
|
|
|
87,574,254
|
|
|
|
Pfizer, Inc.
|
|
|
1,361,326
|
|
|
|
23,183,382
|
|
|
|
Sanofi-Aventis
|
|
|
661,325
|
|
|
|
48,476,592
|
|
|
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR
|
|
|
326,388
|
|
|
|
16,476,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
349,929,574
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real
Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.6%
|
|
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
|
|
|
141,477
|
|
|
$
|
9,730,788
|
|
|
|
Boston Properties, Inc.
|
|
|
179,747
|
|
|
|
10,923,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
20,654,013
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Road
& Rail 0.4%
|
|
CSX Corp.
|
|
|
331,936
|
|
|
$
|
14,001,060
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,001,060
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semiconductors
& Semiconductor Equipment 0.8%
|
|
ASML Holding NV
|
|
|
615,500
|
|
|
$
|
16,581,570
|
|
|
|
NVIDIA
Corp.(1)
|
|
|
967,051
|
|
|
|
11,565,930
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
28,147,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software 2.0%
|
|
Microsoft Corp.
|
|
|
1,416,502
|
|
|
$
|
39,279,600
|
|
|
|
Oracle Corp.
|
|
|
1,063,609
|
|
|
|
22,442,150
|
|
|
|
SAP AG
|
|
|
314,170
|
|
|
|
14,230,381
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
75,952,131
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty
Retail 2.7%
|
|
Best Buy Co., Inc.
|
|
|
646,224
|
|
|
$
|
24,672,832
|
|
|
|
Gap, Inc. (The)
|
|
|
440,276
|
|
|
|
9,395,490
|
|
|
|
Hennes & Mauritz AB
|
|
|
318,475
|
|
|
|
18,089,903
|
|
|
|
Home Depot, Inc.
|
|
|
869,982
|
|
|
|
21,827,849
|
|
|
|
Staples, Inc.
|
|
|
666,309
|
|
|
|
14,458,905
|
|
|
|
TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
|
|
|
297,951
|
|
|
|
11,128,470
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
99,573,449
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to financial statements
6
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
PORTFOLIO OF
INVESTMENTS CONTD
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Textiles,
Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.3%
|
|
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA
|
|
|
304,755
|
|
|
$
|
31,557,762
|
|
|
|
NIKE, Inc., Class B
|
|
|
257,527
|
|
|
|
16,013,029
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
47,570,791
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tobacco 0.8%
|
|
British American Tobacco PLC
|
|
|
487,955
|
|
|
$
|
15,549,143
|
|
|
|
Philip Morris International, Inc.
|
|
|
268,377
|
|
|
|
12,710,335
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
28,259,478
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wireless
Telecommunication Services 2.0%
|
|
American Tower Corp.,
Class A(1)
|
|
|
196,042
|
|
|
$
|
7,218,267
|
|
|
|
Vodafone Group PLC
|
|
|
30,112,650
|
|
|
|
66,363,063
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
73,581,330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Common Stocks
|
|
|
(identified
cost $3,772,359,606)
|
|
$
|
3,661,852,829
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term
Investments 1.5%
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description
|
|
(000s
omitted)
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Management Portfolio,
0.00%(2)
|
|
$
|
56,982
|
|
|
$
|
56,981,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Short-Term Investments
|
|
|
(identified
cost $56,981,999)
|
|
$
|
56,981,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Investments 100.0%
|
|
|
(identified
cost $3,829,341,605)
|
|
$
|
3,718,834,828
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Covered Call
Options Written (0.3)%
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Strike
|
|
|
Expiration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description
|
|
Contracts
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Date
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
AMEX EUROTOP 100 Index
|
|
|
21,902
|
|
|
$
|
215
|
|
|
|
11/17/09
|
|
|
$
|
(3,831,755
|
)
|
|
|
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index
|
|
|
63,213
|
|
|
EUR
|
2,900
|
|
|
|
11/20/09
|
|
|
|
(1,544,231
|
)
|
|
|
FTSE 100 Index
|
|
|
18,574
|
|
|
GBP
|
5,200
|
|
|
|
11/20/09
|
|
|
|
(1,356,563
|
)
|
|
|
S&P 500 Index
|
|
|
2,233
|
|
|
$
|
1,075
|
|
|
|
11/21/09
|
|
|
|
(1,853,390
|
)
|
|
|
S&P 500 Index
|
|
|
1,130
|
|
|
$
|
1,085
|
|
|
|
11/21/09
|
|
|
|
(791,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Strike
|
|
|
Expiration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description
|
|
Contracts
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Date
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
S&P 500 Index
|
|
|
5,304
|
|
|
$
|
1,090
|
|
|
|
11/21/09
|
|
|
$
|
(2,598,960
|
)
|
|
|
SMI Index
|
|
|
8,233
|
|
|
CHF
|
6,450
|
|
|
|
11/20/09
|
|
|
|
(369,157
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Covered Call Options Written
(premiums
received $42,754,859)
|
|
$
|
(12,345,056
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Assets, Less Liabilities 0.3%
|
|
$
|
13,238,748
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Assets 100.0%
|
|
$
|
3,719,728,520
|
|
|
|
|
|
The percentage shown for each investment category in the
Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
CHF - Swiss Franc
EUR - Euro
GBP - British Pound Sterling
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Non-income producing security. |
|
(2)
|
|
Affiliated investment company available to Eaton Vance
portfolios and funds which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar
denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the
annualized
seven-day
yield as of October 31, 2009. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Country
Concentration of Portfolio
|
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Country
|
|
of Net
Assets
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States
|
|
|
41.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
1,521,360,343
|
|
|
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
16.1
|
|
|
|
599,550,223
|
|
|
|
Switzerland
|
|
|
9.4
|
|
|
|
350,052,078
|
|
|
|
France
|
|
|
8.8
|
|
|
|
328,547,998
|
|
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
5.9
|
|
|
|
219,096,888
|
|
|
|
Spain
|
|
|
3.9
|
|
|
|
144,147,530
|
|
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
|
130,984,282
|
|
|
|
Italy
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
|
|
106,849,759
|
|
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
97,331,479
|
|
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
1.6
|
|
|
|
59,952,121
|
|
|
|
Sweden
|
|
|
1.3
|
|
|
|
49,321,364
|
|
|
|
Brazil
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
|
41,237,340
|
|
|
|
Finland
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
18,897,308
|
|
|
|
Israel
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
16,476,066
|
|
|
|
Ireland
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
16,065,916
|
|
|
|
Luxembourg
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
11,514,160
|
|
|
|
Panama
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
7,449,973
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
$
|
3,718,834,828
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to financial statements
7
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of
October 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
Unaffiliated investments, at value
(identified cost, $3,772,359,606)
|
|
$
|
3,661,852,829
|
|
|
|
Affiliated investment, at value
(identified cost, $56,981,999)
|
|
|
56,981,999
|
|
|
|
Restricted cash*
|
|
|
3,719,430
|
|
|
|
Dividends receivable
|
|
|
2,519,153
|
|
|
|
Receivable for investments sold
|
|
|
620,423
|
|
|
|
Tax reclaims receivable
|
|
|
10,332,640
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
3,736,026,474
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
Written options outstanding, at value
(premiums received, $42,754,859)
|
|
$
|
12,345,056
|
|
|
|
Payable to affiliates:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment adviser fee
|
|
|
3,179,777
|
|
|
|
Trustees fees
|
|
|
4,208
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
768,913
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
$
|
16,297,954
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
$
|
3,719,728,520
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources
of Net Assets
|
|
Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares
authorized, 302,498,199 shares issued and outstanding
|
|
$
|
3,024,982
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
4,840,776,520
|
|
|
|
Accumulated net realized loss
|
|
|
(1,044,812,271
|
)
|
|
|
Net unrealized depreciation
|
|
|
(79,260,711
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
$
|
3,719,728,520
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Asset Value
|
|
($3,719,728,520
¸
302,498,199 common shares issued and outstanding)
|
|
$
|
12.30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
Represents
restricted cash on deposit at the custodian for written options.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Year
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 31,
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
Income
|
|
Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $9,381,259)
|
|
$
|
113,118,345
|
|
|
|
Interest income allocated from affiliated investment
|
|
|
953,563
|
|
|
|
Expenses allocated from affiliated investment
|
|
|
(539,843
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
$
|
113,532,065
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
Investment adviser fee
|
|
$
|
33,564,393
|
|
|
|
Trustees fees and expenses
|
|
|
50,891
|
|
|
|
Custodian fee
|
|
|
1,054,912
|
|
|
|
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees
|
|
|
24,248
|
|
|
|
Legal and accounting services
|
|
|
148,835
|
|
|
|
Printing and postage
|
|
|
709,532
|
|
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
356,711
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
$
|
35,909,522
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deduct
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction of custodian fee
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expense reductions
|
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
$
|
35,909,508
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$
|
77,622,557
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment transactions
|
|
$
|
(804,507,829
|
)
|
|
|
Written options
|
|
|
120,428,418
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency transactions
|
|
|
(6,331
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized loss
|
|
$
|
(684,085,742
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
$
|
1,155,260,783
|
|
|
|
Written options
|
|
|
11,845,792
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency
|
|
|
1,445,249
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
$
|
1,168,551,824
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain
|
|
$
|
484,466,082
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in net assets from operations
|
|
$
|
562,088,639
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to financial statements
8
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
Statements
of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
(Decrease)
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
|
Year Ended
|
|
|
|
in Net Assets
|
|
October 31,
2009
|
|
|
October 31,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
From operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$
|
77,622,557
|
|
|
$
|
114,115,511
|
|
|
|
Net realized loss from investment transactions, written options
and foreign currency transactions
|
|
|
(684,085,742
|
)
|
|
|
(33,547,452
|
)
|
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from
investments, written options and foreign currency
|
|
|
1,168,551,824
|
|
|
|
(1,698,266,055
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
|
|
$
|
562,088,639
|
|
|
$
|
(1,617,697,996
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From net investment income
|
|
$
|
(77,467,818
|
)
|
|
$
|
(140,124,250
|
)
|
|
|
Tax return of capital
|
|
|
(496,873,431
|
)
|
|
|
(434,216,999
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributions
|
|
$
|
(574,341,249
|
)
|
|
$
|
(574,341,249
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Capital share transactions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reinvestment of distributions
|
|
$
|
2,623,971
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
|
|
$
|
2,623,971
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in net assets
|
|
$
|
(9,628,639
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,192,039,245
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Assets
|
|
At beginning of year
|
|
$
|
3,729,357,159
|
|
|
$
|
5,921,396,404
|
|
|
|
|
|
At end of year
|
|
$
|
3,719,728,520
|
|
|
$
|
3,729,357,159
|
|
|
|
|
|
See
notes to financial statements
9
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
Financial
Highlights
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended
October 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
October 31,
2007(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value Beginning of period
|
|
$
|
12.340
|
|
|
$
|
19.590
|
|
|
$
|
19.100
|
(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
(Loss) From Operations
|
|
Net investment
income(3)
|
|
$
|
0.257
|
|
|
$
|
0.378
|
|
|
$
|
1.096
|
|
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
1.603
|
|
|
|
(5.728
|
)
|
|
|
0.349
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total income (loss) from operations
|
|
$
|
1.860
|
|
|
$
|
(5.350
|
)
|
|
$
|
1.445
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less
Distributions
|
|
From net investment income
|
|
$
|
(0.256
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.464
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.950
|
)
|
|
|
Tax return of capital
|
|
|
(1.644
|
)
|
|
|
(1.436
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributions
|
|
$
|
(1.900
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1.900
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.950
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Offering costs charged to paid-in
capital(3)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(0.005
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value End of period
|
|
$
|
12.300
|
|
|
$
|
12.340
|
|
|
$
|
19.590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market value End of period
|
|
$
|
12.060
|
|
|
$
|
10.450
|
|
|
$
|
17.330
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investment Return on Net Asset
Value(4)
|
|
|
21.14
|
%
|
|
|
(29.21
|
)%
|
|
|
7.80
|
%(5)(6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investment Return on Market
Value(4)
|
|
|
40.26
|
%
|
|
|
(32.23
|
)%
|
|
|
(4.64
|
)%(5)(6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios/Supplemental
Data
|
|
Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)
|
|
$
|
3,719,729
|
|
|
$
|
3,729,357
|
|
|
$
|
5,921,396
|
|
|
|
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses(7)
|
|
|
1.06
|
%
|
|
|
1.07
|
%
|
|
|
1.06
|
%(8)
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
2.25
|
%
|
|
|
2.23
|
%
|
|
|
8.47
|
%(8)
|
|
|
Portfolio Turnover
|
|
|
44
|
%
|
|
|
86
|
%
|
|
|
142
|
%(6)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
For the period from the start of business, February 27,
2007, to October 31, 2007. |
|
(2)
|
|
Net asset value at beginning of period reflects the deduction of
the sales load of $0.90 per share paid by the shareholder from
the $20.00 offering price. |
|
(3)
|
|
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
|
(4)
|
|
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the
percentage change in net asset value or market value with all
distributions reinvested. |
|
(5)
|
|
Total investment return on net asset value is calculated
assuming a purchase at the offering price of $20.00 less the
sales load of $0.90 per share paid by the shareholder on the
first day and a sale at the net asset value on the last day of
the period reported with all distributions reinvested. Total
investment return on market value is calculated assuming a
purchase at the offering price of $20.00 less the sales load of
$0.90 per share paid by the shareholder on the first day and a
sale at the current market price on the last day of the period
reported with all distributions reinvested. |
|
(6)
|
|
Not annualized. |
|
(7)
|
|
Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than
0.005%. |
|
(8)
|
|
Annualized. |
See
notes to financial statements
10
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1 Significant
Accounting Policies
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
(the Fund) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act),
as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The
Funds primary investment objective is to provide current
income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital
appreciation. The Fund pursues its investment objectives by
investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of domestic and
foreign common stocks. Under normal market conditions, the Fund
seeks to generate current earnings in part by employing an
options strategy of writing index call options with respect to a
portion of its common stock portfolio.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of
the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. A
source of authoritative accounting principles applied in the
preparation of the Funds financial statements is the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards
Codification (the Codification), which superseded existing
non-Securities and Exchange Commission accounting and reporting
standards for interim and annual reporting periods ending after
September 15, 2009. The adoption of the Codification for
the current reporting period did not impact the Funds
application of generally accepted accounting principles.
A Investment
Valuation Equity securities (including common
shares of closed-end investment companies) listed on a U.S.
securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale price
on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date,
at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices therefore
on the exchange where such securities are principally traded.
Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select
Market generally are valued at the NASDAQ official closing
price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales
prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the
mean between the latest available bid and asked prices 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 will use 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. Exchange-traded options
are valued at the last sale price for the day of valuation as
quoted on any exchange on which the option is listed or, in the
absence of sales on such date, at the mean between the closing
bid and asked prices therefore as reported by the Options Price
Reporting Authority.
Over-the-counter
options are valued by a third party pricing service using
techniques that consider factors including the value of the
underlying instrument, the volatility of the underlying
instrument and the time until option expiration. Short-term debt
securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are
generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market
value. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S.
dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations
supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service
uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate. Inputs
to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask
spreads. The daily valuation of exchange-traded foreign
securities generally is determined as of the close of trading on
the principal exchange on which such securities trade. Events
occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may
result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to
more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of
regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. When valuing
foreign equity securities that meet certain criteria, the
Trustees have approved the use of a fair value service that
values such securities to reflect market trading that occurs
after the close of the applicable foreign markets of comparable
securities or other instruments that have a strong correlation
to the fair-valued securities. Investments for which valuations
or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed
unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in
good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Fund in
a manner that most fairly reflects the securitys value, or
the amount that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for
the security upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each
such determination is based on a consideration of all 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 securitys 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 companys or entitys financial
condition, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the
issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and
sold.
The Fund may invest in Cash Management Portfolio (Cash
Management), an affiliated investment company managed by Boston
Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of Eaton Vance
Management (EVM). Cash Management generally values its
investment securities utilizing the amortized cost valuation
technique permitted by
Rule 2a-7
of the 1940 Act, pursuant to which Cash Management must comply
with certain conditions. This technique involves initially
valuing a portfolio security at its cost and thereafter assuming
a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium.
If amortized cost is determined not to approximate fair value,
Cash Management may value its investment securities based on
available market quotations provided by a third party pricing
service.
11
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
B Investment
Transactions Investment transactions for
financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date
basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are
determined on the basis of identified cost.
C Income
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for
dividends received in cash
and/or
securities. However, if the ex-dividend date has passed, certain
dividends from foreign securities are recorded as the Fund is
informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign
dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance
with the Funds understanding of the applicable
countries tax rules and rates. Interest income is recorded
on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of
premium or accretion of discount.
D Federal
Taxes The Funds policy is to comply
with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to
regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders
each year substantially all of its net investment income, and
all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains.
Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is
necessary.
At October 31, 2009, the Fund, for federal income tax
purposes, had a capital loss carryforward of $1,021,338,213
which will reduce its taxable income arising from future net
realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent
permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus will reduce the
amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise
be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal
income or excise tax. Such capital loss carryforward will expire
on October 31, 2015 ($343,361,757), October 31, 2016
($14,048,943) and October 31, 2017 ($663,927,513).
As of October 31, 2009, the Fund had no uncertain tax
positions that would require financial statement recognition,
de-recognition, or disclosure. Each of the Funds federal
tax returns filed since the start of business on
February 27, 2007 to October 31, 2009 remains subject
to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
E Expense
Reduction State Street Bank and
Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Fund.
Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced
by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash
balance the Fund maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if
any, used to reduce the Funds custodian fees are reported
as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.
F 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.
G Use
of Estimates The preparation of the financial
statements in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America 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 Funds organizational documents, its
officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain
liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their
duties to the Fund, and shareholders are indemnified against
personal liability for the obligations of the Fund.
Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters
into agreements with service providers that may contain
indemnification clauses. The Funds maximum exposure under
these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future
claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet
occurred.
I Written
Options Upon the writing of a call or a put
option, the premium received by the Fund is included in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount
of the liability is subsequently
marked-to-market
to reflect the current market value of the option written, in
accordance with the Funds policies on investment
valuations discussed above. Premiums received from writing
options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums
received from writing options which are exercised or are closed
are added to or offset against the proceeds or amount paid on
the transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. If a put
option on a security is exercised, the premium reduces the cost
basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as a
writer of an option, may have no control over whether the
underlying securities or other assets may be sold (call) or
purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an
unfavorable change in the price of the securities or other
assets underlying the written option. The Fund may also bear the
risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a
liquid secondary market does not exist.
12
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
J Purchased
Options Upon the purchase of a call or put
option, the premium paid by the Fund is included in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment. The amount
of the investment is subsequently
marked-to-market
to reflect the current market value of the option purchased, in
accordance with the Funds policies on investment
valuations discussed above. If an option which the Fund had
purchased expires on the stipulated expiration date, the Fund
will realize a loss in the amount of the cost of the option. If
the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the Fund will
realize a gain or loss, depending on whether the sales proceeds
from the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the
cost of the option. If the Fund exercises a put option, it will
realize a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security,
and the proceeds from such sale will be decreased by the premium
originally paid. If the Fund exercises a call option, the cost
of the security which the Fund purchases upon exercise will be
increased by the premium originally paid. The risk associated
with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally
paid.
2 Distributions
to Shareholders
Subject to its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund intends to
make quarterly distributions from its cash available for
distribution, which consists of the Funds dividends and
interest income after payment of Fund expenses, net option
premiums and net realized and unrealized gains on stock
investments. The Fund intends to distribute all or substantially
all of its net realized capital gains (reduced by available
capital loss carryforwards from prior years, if any).
Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund
distinguishes between distributions on a tax basis and a
financial reporting basis. Accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America require that only
distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits be
reported in the financial statements as a return of capital.
Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating
to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax
purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are
considered to be from ordinary income. Distributions in any year
may include a substantial return of capital component.
The tax character of distributions declared for the years ended
October 31, 2009 and October 31, 2008 was
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended
October 31,
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions declared from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary income
|
|
$
|
77,467,818
|
|
|
$
|
140,124,250
|
|
|
|
Tax return of capital
|
|
$
|
496,873,431
|
|
|
$
|
434,216,999
|
|
|
|
During the year ended October 31, 2009, accumulated net
realized loss was decreased by $154,739 and accumulated
undistributed net investment income was decreased by $154,379
due to differences between book and tax accounting, primarily
for foreign currency gain (loss) and distributions from real
estate investment trusts. These reclassifications had no effect
on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Fund.
As of October 31, 2009, the components of distributable
earnings (accumulated losses) and unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on a tax basis were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital loss carryforward
|
|
$
|
(1,021,338,213
|
)
|
|
|
Net unrealized depreciation
|
|
$
|
(102,734,769
|
)
|
|
|
The differences between components of distributable earnings
(accumulated losses) on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in
the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to
wash sales and written options contracts.
3 Investment
Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The investment adviser fee is earned by EVM as compensation for
management and investment advisory services rendered to the
Fund. Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement and
subsequent fee reduction agreement, the fee is computed at an
annual rate of 1.00% of its average daily gross assets up to and
including $1.5 billion, 0.98% (0.985% prior to May 1,
2009) over $1.5 billion up to and including
$3 billion, 0.96% (0.97% prior to May 1,
2009) over $3 billion up to and including
$5 billion, and 0.94% (0.955% prior to May 1,
2009) on average daily gross assets over $5 billion,
and is payable monthly. Gross assets as referred to herein
represent net assets plus obligations attributable to investment
leverage, if any. The fee reduction cannot be terminated without
the consent of the Trustees and shareholders. The portion of the
adviser fee payable by Cash Management on the Funds
investment of cash therein is credited against the Funds
investment adviser fee. For the year ended October 31,
2009, the Funds investment adviser fee totaled $34,079,357
of which $514,964 was allocated from Cash Management and
$33,564,393 was paid or accrued directly by the Fund. For the
year ended October 31, 2009, the Funds investment
adviser fee, including the portion allocated from Cash
Management, was 0.99% of the Funds average daily gross
assets. Prior to October 20, 2009, EVM delegated the
investment management of the Funds options strategy to
Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. (Rampart) pursuant
to a
sub-advisory
agreement. EVM paid Rampart a portion of its adviser fee for
sub-advisory
services provided to the Fund. As of October 20, 2009, EVM
gave notice of its termination of the
sub-advisory
agreement with Rampart with respect to the Fund and EVM assumed
the investment management of the Funds options strategy.
EVM also serves as administrator of the Fund, but receives no
compensation.
13
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
Except for Trustees of the Fund who are not members of
EVMs organization, officers and Trustees receive
remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the
investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Fund who are not
affiliated with EVM may elect to defer receipt of all or a
percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of
the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the year ended
October 31, 2009, no significant amounts have been
deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers
of EVM.
4 Purchases
and Sales of Investments
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term
obligations, aggregated $1,503,629,724 and $1,901,612,915,
respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2009.
5 Common
Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Fund may issue common shares pursuant to its dividend
reinvestment plan. Common shares issued pursuant to the
Funds dividend reinvestment plan for the year ended
October 31, 2009 were 213,331. There were no transactions
in common shares for the year ended October 31, 2008.
6 Federal
Income Tax Basis of Investments
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments of the Fund at October 31, 2009, as determined
on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aggregate cost
|
|
$
|
3,829,927,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross unrealized appreciation
|
|
$
|
306,788,886
|
|
|
|
Gross unrealized depreciation
|
|
|
(417,881,758
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized depreciation
|
|
$
|
(111,092,872
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
7 Financial Instruments
The Fund may trade in financial instruments with off-balance
sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities.
These financial instruments may include written options and may
involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the
amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The
notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent
the investment the Fund has in particular classes of financial
instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts
potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks
associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all
related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of
written call options at October 31, 2009 is included in the
Portfolio of Investments.
Written call options activity for the year ended
October 31, 2009 was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of
|
|
|
Premiums
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts
|
|
|
Received
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
145,492
|
|
|
$
|
122,260,511
|
|
|
|
Options written
|
|
|
1,641,742
|
|
|
|
716,195,099
|
|
|
|
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions
|
|
|
(1,506,073
|
)
|
|
|
(680,739,793
|
)
|
|
|
Options expired
|
|
|
(160,572
|
)
|
|
|
(114,960,958
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding, end of year
|
|
|
120,589
|
|
|
$
|
42,754,859
|
|
|
|
|
|
All of the assets of the Fund are subject to segregation to
satisfy the requirements of the escrow agent. At
October 31, 2009, the Fund had sufficient cash
and/or
securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
The Fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 161 (FAS 161), Disclosures about
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, (currently
FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)
815-10),
effective May 1, 2009. Such standard requires enhanced
disclosures about an entitys derivative and hedging
activities, including qualitative disclosures about the
objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative
disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on
derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk
related contingent features in derivative instruments. The
disclosure below includes additional information as a result of
implementing FAS 161.
The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of
pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund generally intends
to write index call options above the current value of the index
to generate premium income. In writing index call options, the
Fund in effect, sells potential appreciation in the value of the
applicable index above the exercise price in exchange for the
option premium received. The Fund retains the risk of loss,
minus the premium received, should the price of the underlying
index decline. The Fund is not subject to counterparty credit
risk with respect to its written options as the Fund, not the
counterparty, is obligated to perform under such derivatives.
The fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be
hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and
whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk at
October 31, 2009 was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
|
|
Derivative
|
|
Asset
Derivatives
|
|
|
Liability
Derivatives(1)
|
|
|
|
|
Written Options
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,345,056
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Written options
outstanding, at value. |
14
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
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 equity price risk for the six months ended
October 31, 2009 was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized Gain
|
|
|
Appreciation
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) on
|
|
|
(Depreciation)
on
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
Derivatives
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
Recognized in
|
|
|
|
Derivative
|
|
Income(1)
|
|
|
Income(2)
|
|
|
|
|
Written Options
|
|
$
|
(169,524,695
|
)
|
|
$
|
59,987,422
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain
(loss) written options. |
|
(2)
|
|
Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized
appreciation (depreciation) written options. |
8 Risks
Associated with Foreign Investments
Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal
business activities are outside the United States may involve
significant risks not present in domestic investments. For
example, there is generally less publicly available information
about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the
disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities
laws. Certain foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform
accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and
standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic
issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk
of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control
regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitation
on the removal of funds or other assets of the Fund, political
or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments
which could affect such investments. Foreign securities markets,
while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as
developed as those in the United States, and securities of some
foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing
countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than securities
of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall
governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities
markets, broker-dealers and issuers than in the United States.
9 Fair
Value Measurements
The Fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), Fair Value
Measurements, (currently FASB ASC
820-10),
effective November 1, 2008. Such standard established a
three-tier
hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs,
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 funds own assumptions in determining the fair
value of investments)
|
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not
necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing
in those securities.
At October 31, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the
Funds investments, which are carried at value, were as
follows:
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Quoted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prices in
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Markets for
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identical
|
|
|
Observable
|
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
Description
|
|
(Level
1)
|
|
|
(Level
2)
|
|
|
(Level
3)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stocks
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Discretionary
|
|
$
|
170,210,190
|
|
|
$
|
68,539,953
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
238,750,143
|
|
|
|
Consumer Staples
|
|
|
149,961,420
|
|
|
|
320,454,445
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
470,415,865
|
|
|
|
Energy
|
|
|
179,743,587
|
|
|
|
342,815,559
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
522,559,146
|
|
|
|
Financials
|
|
|
317,264,321
|
|
|
|
457,074,824
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
774,339,145
|
|
|
|
Health Care
|
|
|
215,625,385
|
|
|
|
230,369,612
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
445,994,997
|
|
|
|
Industrials
|
|
|
152,854,169
|
|
|
|
125,964,609
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
278,818,778
|
|
|
|
Information Technology
|
|
|
346,992,467
|
|
|
|
35,106,635
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
382,099,102
|
|
|
|
Materials
|
|
|
157,634,548
|
|
|
|
11,514,160
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
169,148,708
|
|
|
|
Telecommunication Services
|
|
|
65,968,597
|
|
|
|
121,695,305
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
187,663,902
|
|
|
|
Utilities
|
|
|
37,071,028
|
|
|
|
154,992,015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
192,063,043
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Common Stocks
|
|
$
|
1,793,325,712
|
|
|
$
|
1,868,527,117
|
*
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,661,852,829
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term Investments
|
|
$
|
56,981,999
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
56,981,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
$
|
1,850,307,711
|
|
|
$
|
1,868,527,117
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,718,834,828
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liability Description
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Covered Call Options Written
|
|
$
|
(8,513,301
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,831,755
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(12,345,056
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(8,513,301
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,831,755
|
)
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
(12,345,056
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to
reflect market trading that occurred after the close of trading
in their applicable foreign markets. |
The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as
of October 31, 2008 whose fair value was determined using
Level 3 inputs.
15
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS CONTD
10 Review
for Subsequent Events
In connection with the preparation of the financial statements
of the Fund as of and for the year ended October 31, 2009,
events and transactions subsequent to October 31, 2009
through December 14, 2009, the date the financial
statements were issued, have been evaluated by the Funds
management for possible adjustment
and/or
disclosure. Management has not identified any subsequent events
requiring financial statement disclosure as of the date these
financial statements were issued.
16
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Trustees
and Shareholders of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global
Diversified Equity Income Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and
liabilities of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity
Income Fund (the Fund), including the portfolio of
investments, as of October 31, 2009, and the related
statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements
of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period
then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the two
years in the period then ended and the period from the start of
business, February 27, 2007, to October 31, 2007.
These financial statements and financial highlights are the
responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements and
financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements and financial highlights are free of material
misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we
engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of
internal control over financial reporting as a basis for
designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion
on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An
audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures
included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31,
2009, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial
highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed
Global Diversified Equity Income Fund as of October 31,
2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the
changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the
period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the
two years in the period then ended and the period from the start
of business, February 27, 2007, to October 31, 2007,
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 14, 2009
17
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
FEDERAL TAX
INFORMATION (Unaudited)
The
Form 1099-DIV
you receive in January 2010 will show the tax status of all
distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2009.
Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax adviser with
respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.
As required by the Internal Revenue Code regulations,
shareholders must be notified within 60 days of the
Funds fiscal year end regarding the status of qualified
dividend income for individuals, the dividends received
deduction for corporations and the foreign tax credit.
Qualified Dividend Income. The Fund designates
$121,326,963, or up to the maximum amount of such dividends
allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, as qualified
dividend income eligible for the reduced tax rate of 15%.
Dividends Received Deduction. Corporate shareholders
are generally entitled to take the dividends received deduction
on the portion of the Funds dividend distribution that
qualifies under tax law. For the Funds fiscal 2009
ordinary income dividends, 40.32% qualifies for the corporate
dividends received deduction.
Foreign Tax Credit. The Fund paid foreign taxes of
$9,172,911 and recognized foreign source income of $89,762,650.
18
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund as
of October 31, 2009
ANNUAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)
The Fund held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on
August 28, 2009. The following action was taken by the
shareholders:
Item 1: The election of Helen Frame Peters,
Lynn A. Stout and Ralph F. Verni as Class III Trustees of
the Fund, each Trustee to hold office for a three year term and
until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nominee for
Trustee
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
|
|
Elected by All
Shareholders
|
|
For
|
|
|
Withheld
|
|
|
|
|
|
Helen Frame Peters
|
|
|
279,016,490
|
|
|
|
9,811,365
|
|
|
|
Lynn A. Stout
|
|
|
279,132,345
|
|
|
|
9,695,510
|
|
|
|
Ralph F. Verni
|
|
|
279,253,199
|
|
|
|
9,574,656
|
|
|
|
19
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
The Fund offers a dividend reinvestment plan (the Plan) pursuant
to which shareholders automatically have distributions
reinvested in common shares (the Shares) of the Fund unless they
elect otherwise through their investment dealer. On the
distribution payment date, if the net asset value per Share is
equal to or less than the market price per Share plus estimated
brokerage commissions, then new Shares will be issued. The
number of Shares shall be determined by the greater of the net
asset value per Share or 95% of the market price. Otherwise,
Shares generally will be purchased on the open market by the
Plan Agent. Distributions subject to income tax (if any) are
taxable whether or not shares are reinvested.
If your shares are in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or
other nominee, you can ask the firm or nominee to participate in
the Plan on your behalf. If the nominee does not offer the Plan,
you will need to request that your shares be re-registered in
your name with the Funds transfer agent, American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company (AST), or you will not
be able to participate.
The Plan Agents service fee for handling distributions
will be paid by the Fund. Each participant will be charged their
pro rata share of brokerage commissions on all open-market
purchases.
Plan participants may withdraw from the Plan at any time by
writing to the Plan Agent at the address noted on the following
page. If you withdraw, you will receive shares in your name for
all Shares credited to your account under the Plan. If a
participant elects by written notice to the Plan Agent to have
the Plan Agent sell part or all of his or her Shares and remit
the proceeds, the Plan Agent is authorized to deduct a $5.00 fee
plus brokerage commissions from the proceeds.
If you wish to participate in the Plan and your shares are held
in your own name, you may complete the form on the following
page and deliver it to the Plan Agent.
Any inquiries regarding the Plan can be directed to the Plan
Agent, AST, at 1-866-439-6787.
20
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
This form is for shareholders who hold their common shares in
their own names. If your common shares are held in the name of a
brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should contact your
nominee to see if it will participate in the Plan on your
behalf. If you wish to participate in the Plan, but your
brokerage firm, bank, or nominee is unable to participate on
your behalf, you should request that your common shares be
re-registered in your own name which will enable your
participation in the Plan.
The following authorization and appointment is given with the
understanding that I may terminate it at any time by terminating
my participation in the Plan as provided in the terms and
conditions of the Plan.
Please print exact name on account:
Shareholder
signature
Date
Shareholder
signature
Date
Please sign exactly as your common shares are registered. All
persons whose names appear on the share certificate must sign.
YOU SHOULD NOT RETURN THIS FORM IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE
YOUR DISTRIBUTIONS IN CASH. THIS IS NOT A PROXY.
This authorization form, when signed, should be mailed to the
following address:
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
P.O. Box 922
Wall Street Station
New York, NY
10269-0560
Number of
Employees
The Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
as a diversified, closed-end management investment company and
has no employees.
Number of
Shareholders
As of October 31, 2009, our records indicate that there are
176 registered shareholders and approximately 191,147
shareholders owning the Fund shares in street name, such as
through brokers, banks, and financial intermediaries.
If you are a street name shareholder and wish to receive our
reports directly, which contain important information about the
Fund, please write or call:
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
1-800-262-1122
New York
Stock Exchange symbol
The New York Stock Exchange symbol is EXG.
21
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNUAL
APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
Overview
of the Contract Review Process
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940
Act), provides, in substance, that each investment
advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser
will continue in effect from year to year only if its
continuance is approved at least annually by the funds
board of trustees, including by a vote of a majority of the
trustees who are not interested persons of the fund
(Independent Trustees), cast in person at a meeting
called for the purpose of considering such approval.
At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a
Board) of the Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the
Eaton Vance Funds) held on April 27, 2009, the
Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted
to approve continuation of existing advisory and sub-advisory
agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year
period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the
affirmative recommendation of the Contract Review Committee of
the Board (formerly the Special Committee), which is a committee
comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making
its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed
information furnished for a series of meetings of the Contract
Review Committee held in February, March and April 2009. Such
information included, among other things, the following:
Information
about Fees, Performance and Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
An independent report comparing the advisory and related fees
paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds;
|
|
|
An independent report comparing each funds total expense
ratio and its components to comparable funds;
|
|
|
An independent report comparing the investment performance of
each fund to the investment performance of comparable funds over
various time periods;
|
|
|
Data regarding investment performance in comparison to relevant
peer groups of funds and appropriate indices;
|
|
|
Comparative information concerning fees charged by each adviser
for managing other mutual funds and institutional accounts using
investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in
managing the fund;
|
|
|
Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each
fund;
|
Information
about Portfolio Management
|
|
|
|
|
Descriptions of the investment management services provided to
each fund, including the investment strategies and processes
employed, and any changes in portfolio management processes and
personnel;
|
|
|
Information concerning the allocation of brokerage and the
benefits received by each adviser as a result of brokerage
allocation, including information concerning the acquisition of
research through soft dollar benefits received in
connection with the funds brokerage, and the
implementation of a soft dollar reimbursement program
established with respect to the funds;
|
|
|
Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;
|
|
|
The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of
fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the
effectiveness of such procedures and processes;
|
Information
about each Adviser
|
|
|
|
|
Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each
adviser;
|
|
|
Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of
the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities
include portfolio management and investment research for the
funds, and information relating to their compensation and
responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and
investment accounts;
|
|
|
Copies of the Codes of Ethics of each adviser and its
affiliates, together with information relating to compliance
with and the administration of such codes;
|
|
|
Copies of or descriptions of each advisers proxy voting
policies and procedures;
|
|
|
Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance
efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates on behalf
of the funds (including descriptions of various compliance
programs) and their record of compliance with investment
policies and restrictions, including policies with respect to
market-timing, late trading and selective portfolio disclosure,
and with policies on personal securities transactions;
|
|
|
Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery
plans of each adviser and its affiliates;
|
Other
Relevant Information
|
|
|
|
|
Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the
administrative and other non-investment management services
provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;
|
|
|
Information concerning management of the relationship with the
custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or
the funds administrator; and
|
|
|
The terms of each advisory agreement.
|
22
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNUAL
APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY
AGREEMENT CONTD
In addition to the information identified above, the Contract
Review Committee considered information provided from time to
time by each adviser throughout the year at meetings of the
Board and its committees. Over the course of the twelve-month
period ended April 30, 2009, the Board met eighteen times
and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the
Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the
Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of
which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees,
met seven, five, six, six and six times, respectively. At such
meetings, the Trustees received, among other things,
presentations by the portfolio managers and other investment
professionals of each adviser relating to the investment
performance of each fund and the investment strategies used in
pursuing the funds investment objective.
For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios,
the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s)
when considering the approval of advisory agreements. In
addition, in cases where the funds investment adviser has
engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information
about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any
sub-advisory agreement.
The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the
contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, legal counsel
for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review
Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own
business judgment in determining the material factors to be
considered in evaluating each advisory and sub-advisory
agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The
conclusions reached with respect to each advisory and
sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation
of all the information provided and not any single factor.
Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have
placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching
conclusions with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory
agreement.
Results
of the Process
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other
information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and
conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee
concluded that the continuance of the investment advisory
agreement of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity
Income Fund (the Fund) with Eaton Vance Management
(the Adviser), and the sub-advisory agreement with
Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc.
(Rampart, or the Sub-adviser) including
the fee structure of each agreement, is in the interests of
shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee
recommended to the Board approval of the respective agreements.
The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review
Committee as well as the factors considered and conclusions
reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the
agreements. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the
Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the
investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreement for
the Fund.
Nature,
Extent and Quality of Services
In considering whether to approve the investment advisory and
sub-advisory agreements of the Fund, the Board evaluated the
nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by
the Adviser and the Sub-adviser.
The Board considered the Advisers and the
Sub-advisers management capabilities and investment
process with respect to the types of investments held by the
Fund, including the education, experience and number of its
investment professionals and other personnel who provide
portfolio management, investment research, and similar services
to the Fund. With respect to the Adviser, the Board considered
the Advisers responsibilities supervising the Sub-adviser
and coordinating the Sub-advisers activities in
implementing the Funds investment strategy. In particular,
the Board evaluated the abilities and experience of such
investment personnel in analyzing factors such as tax efficiency
and special considerations relevant to investing in stocks and
selling call options on various indexes. The Board also took
into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and
other services, including the compensation paid to recruit and
retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted
to the Fund by senior management. With respect to Rampart, the
Board considered Ramparts business reputation and its
options strategy and its past experience in implementing this
strategy.
The Board also reviewed the compliance programs of the Adviser
and Sub-adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other
matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters
relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective
disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent
trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the
allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also evaluated
the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests from
regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
The Board considered shareholder and other administrative
services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its
affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services.
The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in
a fund that is a part of a large family of funds.
23
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNUAL
APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY
AGREEMENT CONTD
The Board considered the Advisers recommendations for
Board action and other steps taken in response to the
unprecedented dislocations experienced in the capital markets
over recent periods, including sustained periods of high
volatility, credit disruption and government intervention. In
particular, the Board considered the Advisers efforts and
expertise with respect to each of the following matters as they
relate to the Fund
and/or other
funds within the Eaton Vance family of funds:
(i) negotiating and maintaining the availability of bank
loan facilities and other sources of credit used for investment
purposes or to satisfy liquidity needs; (ii) establishing
the fair value of securities and other instruments held in
investment portfolios during periods of market volatility and
issuer-specific disruptions; and (iii) the ongoing
monitoring of investment management processes and risk controls.
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the
Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services
provided by the Adviser and Sub-adviser, taken as a whole, are
appropriate and consistent with the terms of the respective
investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.
Fund Performance
The Board compared the Funds investment performance to a
relevant universe of similarly managed funds identified by an
independent data provider and appropriate benchmark indices. The
Board reviewed comparative performance data for the one-year
period ended September 30, 2008 for the Fund. In light of
the Funds relatively brief operating history, the Board
concluded that additional time was required to evaluate longer
term performance of the Fund.
Management
Fees and Expenses
The Board reviewed contractual investment advisory fee rates,
including any administrative fee rates, payable by the Fund
(referred to as management fees). As part of its
review, the Board considered the Funds management fees and
total expense ratio for the year ended September 30, 2008
as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an
independent data provider.
After reviewing the foregoing information, and in light of the
nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the
Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged
for advisory and related services and the Funds total
expense ratio are reasonable.
Profitability
The Board reviewed the level of profits realized by the Adviser
and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser, in
providing investment advisory and administrative services to the
Fund and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board
considered the level of profits realized with and without regard
to revenue sharing or other payments by the Adviser and its
affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services.
The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits
received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with
its relationship with the Fund, including the benefits of
research services that may be available to the Adviser as a
result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and
other investment advisory clients.
The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and
the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the
profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates, including
the Sub-adviser, are reasonable.
Economies
of Scale
In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also
considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates,
including the Sub-adviser, on the one hand, and the Fund, on the
other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of
scale as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board acknowledged
the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting
from the economies of scale 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 and
decreases. The Board also considered the fact that the Fund is
not continuously offered, and noted that, at its request, the
Adviser had agreed to add breakpoints to the Funds
advisory fee effective May 1, 2008. Based upon the
foregoing, the Board concluded that the benefits from economies
of scale are currently being shared equitably by the Adviser and
its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, and the Fund and
that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of
the Fund, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes
breakpoints at several asset levels, can be expected to cause
the Adviser and its affiliates and the Fund to continue to share
such benefits equitably.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund (the Fund) are
responsible for the overall management and supervision of the
Funds affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Fund are
listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the
office shown or other offices in the same company for the last
five years. The Noninterested Trustees consist of
those Trustees who are not interested persons of the
Fund, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business
address of each Trustee and officer is Two International Place,
Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, EVC
refers to Eaton Vance Corp., EV refers to Eaton
Vance, Inc., EVM refers to Eaton Vance Management,
BMR refers to Boston Management and Research, and
EVD refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EVC and
EV are the corporate parent and trustee, respectively, of EVM
and BMR. EVD is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EVC. Each officer
affiliated with Eaton Vance may hold a position with other Eaton
Vance affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with
EVM listed below.
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Office and
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in Fund
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Occupation(s)
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Overseen By
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Date of
Birth
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Fund
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Service
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During Past Five
Years
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Trustee(1)
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Other
Directorships Held
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Interested
Trustee
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Thomas E. Faust Jr.
5/31/58
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Class I
Trustee and
Vice
President
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Trustee until 2010. 3 years.
Trustee since 2007 and Vice President since 2006.
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVC, Director
and President of EV, Chief Executive Officer and President of
EVM and BMR, and Director of EVD. Trustee
and/or
officer of 176 registered investment companies and 4 private
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR. Mr. Faust is an
interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD,
EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Fund.
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176
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Director of EVC
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Noninterested
Trustees
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Benjamin C. Esty
1/2/63
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Class I
Trustee
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Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2006.
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Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration
and Finance Unit Head, Harvard University Graduate School of
Business Administration.
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176
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None
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Allen R. Freedman
4/3/40
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Class I
Trustee
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Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.
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Former Chairman
(2002-2004)
and a Director
(1983-2004)
of Systems & Computer Technology Corp. (provider of
software to higher education). Formerly, a Director of Loring
Ward International (fund distributor)
(2005-2007).
Formerly, Chairman and a Director of Indus International, Inc.
(provider of enterprise management software to the power
generating industry)
(2005-2007).
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176
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Director of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) and Stonemor
Partners, L.P. (owner and operator of cemeteries)
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William H. Park
9/19/47
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Class II
Trustee
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Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2006.
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Vice Chairman, Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty
finance company) (since 2006). Formerly, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment
management firm)
(2002-2005).
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176
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None
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Ronald A. Pearlman
7/10/40
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Class II
Trustee
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Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2006.
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Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center.
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176
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None
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Helen Frame Peters
3/22/48
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Class III
Trustee
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Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2008.
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Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston
College. Adjunct Professor of Finance, Peking University,
Beijing, China (since 2005).
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176
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Director of BJs Wholesale Club, Inc. (wholesale club
retailer)
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Heidi L. Steiger
7/8/53
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Class II
Trustee
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Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.
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Managing Partner, Topridge Associates LLC (global wealth
management firm) (since 2008); Senior Advisor (since 2008),
President
(2005-2008),
Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, LLC (global wealth management firm).
Formerly, President and Contributing Editor, Worth Magazine
(2004-2005).
Formerly, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Private
Asset Management (and various other positions), Neuberger Berman
(investment firm)
(1986-2004).
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176
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Director of Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. (nuclear insurance
provider), Aviva USA (insurance provider) and CIFG (family of
financial guaranty companies) and Advisory Director of Berkshire
Capital Securities LLC (private investment banking firm)
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25
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income
Fund
MANAGEMENT AND
ORGANIZATION CONTD
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Term of
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Number of
Portfolios
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Position(s)
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Office and
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in Fund
Complex
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Name and
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with the
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Length of
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Principal
Occupation(s)
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Overseen By
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Date of
Birth
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Fund
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Service
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During Past Five
Years
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Trustee(1)
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Other
Directorships Held
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Noninterested
Trustees (continued)
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Lynn A. Stout
9/14/57
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Class III
Trustee
|
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Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2006.
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|
Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate and Securities Law (since
2006) and Professor of Law
(2001-2006),
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.
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176
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None
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Ralph F. Verni
1/26/43
|
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Chairman of
the Board
and Class III
Trustee
|
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Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2006; Chairman of the Board
since 2007.
|
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Consultant and private investor.
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176
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None
|
Principal Officers
who are not Trustees
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Term of
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Position(s)
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|
Office and
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Name and
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with the
|
|
Length of
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|
Principal
Occupation(s)
|
Date of
Birth
|
|
Fund
|
|
Service
|
|
During Past Five
Years
|
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Duncan W. Richardson
10/26/57
|
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President
|
|
Since 2006
|
|
Director of EVC and Executive Vice President and Chief Equity
Investment Officer of EVC, EVM and BMR. Officer of 82 registered
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
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Michael A. Allison
10/26/64
|
|
Vice President
|
|
Since 2006
|
|
Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 22 registered
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
|
|
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|
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Walter A. Row, III
7/20/57
|
|
Vice President
|
|
Since 2006
|
|
Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 23 registered
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
|
|
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|
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|
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Barbara E. Campbell
6/19/57
|
|
Treasurer
|
|
Since 2006
|
|
Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 176 registered
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Maureen A. Gemma
5/24/60
|
|
Secretary and
Chief Legal
Officer
|
|
Secretary since 2007 and Chief Legal Officer since 2008
|
|
Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 176 registered
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
|
|
|
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|
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Paul M. ONeil
7/11/53
|
|
Chief
Compliance
Officer
|
|
Since 2006
|
|
Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 176 registered
investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
|
|
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(1)
|
|
Includes both master and feeder funds in a master-feeder
structure. |
In accordance with Section 303A.12(a) of the New York
Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Funds Annual CEO
Certification certifying as to compliance with NYSEs
corporate governance listing standards was submitted to the
Exchange on March 15, 2009. The Fund has also filed its CEO
and CFO certifications required by Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act with the SEC as an exhibit to its most recent
Form N-CSR.
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IMPORTANT
NOTICE ABOUT PRIVACY
The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your
financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified
below has in effect the following policy (Privacy Policy) with
respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:
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|
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Only such information received from you, through application
forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund
transactions will be collected. This may include information
such as name, address, social security number, tax status,
account balances and transactions.
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|
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None of such information about you (or former customers) will be
disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes
disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In
the normal course of servicing a customers account, Eaton
Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that
perform various required services such as transfer agents,
custodians and broker/dealers.
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Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and
procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect
the confidentiality of such information.
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We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time
upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review
our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the
link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.
|
Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within
the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds,
Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Boston
Management and Research, and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton
Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct
relationship with us. If a customers account (i.e., fund
shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial
adviser/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such
advisers privacy policies apply to the customer. This
notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures.
For more information about Eaton Vances Privacy Policy,
please call
1-800-262-1122.
Investment
Adviser and Administrator of
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
Eaton Vance
Management
Two International
Place
Boston, MA 02110
Custodian
State Street
Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon
Street
Boston, MA 02116
Transfer
Agent
American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte &
Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA
02116-5022
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Item 2. Code of Ethics
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its Principal Executive Officer,
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide
a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling
1-800-262-1122.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The registrants Board has designated William H. Park, an independent trustee, as its audit
committee financial expert. Mr. Park is a certified public accountant who is the Vice Chairman of
Commercial
Industrial Finance Corp (specialty finance company). Previously, he served as President and Chief
Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) and as Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (UAM) (a
holding company owning institutional investment management firms).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a) (d)
The following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the registrants
fiscal years ended October 31, 2008 and October 31, 2009 by the Funds principal accountant,
Deloitte & Touche LLP (D&T), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrants
annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by the principal accountant
during such period.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Years Ended |
|
10/31/08 |
|
10/31/09 |
|
Audit Fees |
|
$ |
94,705 |
|
|
$ |
93,670 |
|
Audit-Related Fees(1) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Tax Fees(2) |
|
$ |
10,350 |
|
|
$ |
10,350 |
|
All Other Fees(3) |
|
$ |
4,926 |
|
|
$ |
2,500 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
109,981 |
|
|
$ |
106,520 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related
services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrants
financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees. |
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(2) |
|
Tax fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by
the principal accountant relating to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and
specifically include fees for tax return preparation and other related tax compliance/planning
matters. |
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(3) |
|
All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services
provided by the registrants principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax
services. |
For both the fiscal years ended October 31, 2008 and October 31, 2009, the registrant was billed
$40,000, by D&T, for work done in connection with its Rule 17Ad-13 examination of Eaton Vance
Managements assertion that it has maintained an effective internal control structure over
sub-transfer agent and registrar functions, such services being pre-approved in accordance with
Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.
(e)(1) The registrants audit committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the
pre-approval of services provided by the registrants principal accountant (the Pre-Approval
Policies). The Pre-Approval Policies establish a framework intended to assist the audit committee
in the proper discharge of its pre-approval responsibilities. As a general matter, the
Pre-Approval Policies (i) specify certain types of audit, audit-related, tax, and other services
determined to be pre-approved by the audit committee; and (ii) delineate specific procedures
governing the mechanics of the pre-approval process,
including the approval and monitoring of audit and non-audit service fees. Unless a service is
specifically pre-approved under the Pre-Approval Policies, it must be separately pre-approved by
the audit committee.
The Pre-Approval Policies and the types of audit and non-audit services pre-approved therein must
be reviewed and ratified by the registrants audit committee at least annually. The registrants
audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of
the work of the registrants principal accountant.
(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrants audit
committee pursuant to the de minimis exception set forth in Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation
S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related,
tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by the registrants principal accountant for the
registrants fiscal year ended October 31, 2008 and the fiscal year ended October 31, 2009; and
(ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to
the Eaton Vance organization by the registrants principal accountant for the same time periods.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Years Ended |
|
10/31/08 |
|
10/31/09 |
|
Registrant |
|
$ |
15,276 |
|
|
$ |
12,850 |
|
Eaton Vance(1) |
|
$ |
325,329 |
|
|
$ |
280,861 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The investment adviser to the registrant, as well as any of its affiliates that
provide ongoing services to the registrant, are subsidiaries of Eaton Vance Corp. |
(h) The registrants audit committee has considered whether the provision by the registrants
principal accountant of non-audit services to the registrants investment adviser and any entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services
to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is
compatible with maintaining the principal accountants independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants
The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with
Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. William H. Park
(Chair), Lynn A. Stout, Heidi L. Steiger and Ralph F. Verni are the members of the registrants
audit committee.
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
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted a proxy voting policy and procedure (the Fund
Policy), pursuant to which the Trustees have delegated proxy voting responsibility to the Funds
investment adviser and adopted the investment advisers proxy voting policies and procedures (the
Policies) which are described below. The Trustees will review the Funds proxy voting records
from time to time and will annually consider approving the Policies for the upcoming year. In the
event that a conflict of interest arises between the Funds shareholders and the investment
adviser, the administrator, or any of their affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund, the investment
adviser will generally refrain from voting the proxies related to the companies giving rise to such
conflict until it consults with the Boards Special Committee except as contemplated under the Fund
Policy. The Boards Special Committee will instruct the investment adviser on the appropriate
course of action.
The Policies are designed to promote accountability of a companys management to its shareholders
and to align the interests of management with those shareholders. An independent proxy voting
service (Agent), currently Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., has been retained to assist
in the voting of proxies through the provision of vote analysis, implementation and recordkeeping
and disclosure services. The investment adviser will generally vote proxies through the Agent.
The Agent is required to vote all proxies and/or refer then back to the investment adviser pursuant
to the Policies. It is generally the policy of the investment adviser to vote in accordance with
the recommendation of the Agent. The Agent shall refer to the investment adviser proxies relating
to mergers and restructurings, and the disposition of assets, termination, liquidation and mergers
contained in mutual fund proxies. The investment adviser will normally vote against anti-takeover
measures and other proposals designed to limit the ability of shareholders to act on possible
transactions, except in the case of closed-end management investment companies. The investment
adviser generally supports management on social and environmental proposals. The investment
adviser may abstain from voting from time to time where it determines that the costs associated
with voting a proxy outweighs the benefits derived from exercising the right to vote or the
economic effect on shareholders interests or the value of the portfolio holding is indeterminable
or insignificant.
In addition, the investment adviser will monitor situations that may result in a conflict of
interest between the Funds shareholders and the investment adviser, the administrator, or any of
their affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund by maintaining a list of significant existing and
prospective corporate clients. The investment advisers personnel responsible for reviewing and
voting proxies on behalf of the Fund will report any proxy received or expected to be received from
a company included on that list to the personal of the investment adviser identified in the
Policies. If such personnel expects to instruct the Agent to vote such proxies in a manner
inconsistent with the guidelines of the Policies or the recommendation of the Agent, the personnel
will consult with members of senior management of the investment adviser to determine if a material
conflict of interests exists. If it is determined that a
material conflict does exist, the investment adviser will seek instruction on how to vote from the
Special Committee.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent
12 month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling
1-800-262-1122, and (2) on the Securities and Exchange Commissions website at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Walter A. Row, Michael A. Allison and other Eaton Vance Management (EVM) investment professionals
comprise the investment team responsible for the overall and day-to-day management of the Funds
investments. Mr. Row is a Vice President and the Director of Equity Research at EVM and Boston
Management and Research (BMR). He is a member of EVMs Equity Strategy Committee, manages other
Eaton Vance registered investment companies and has been an equity analyst and member of EVMs
equity research team since 1996. Mr. Allison is a Vice President of EVM and BMR and co-manages
other Eaton Vance registered investment companies. He joined Eaton Vance in 2000. This information
is provided as of the date of filing of this report.
Effective October 20, 2009, EVM internalized the Funds options strategy, replacing Rampart
Investment Management Company, Inc.
The following tables show, as of the Funds most recent fiscal year end, the number of accounts
each portfolio manager managed in each of the listed categories and the total assets in the
accounts managed within each category. The table also shows the number of accounts with respect to
which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account, if any, and the total assets in
those accounts.
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Number of |
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Total Assets of |
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Accounts |
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Accounts Paying |
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Number |
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Total Assets |
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Paying a |
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a |
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of All |
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of All |
|
Performance |
|
Performance |
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Accounts |
|
Accounts* |
|
Fee |
|
Fee* |
Walter A. Row |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered Investment Companies |
|
|
10 |
|
|
$ |
10,645.5 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles |
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Other Accounts |
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
0.4 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Michael A. Allison |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered Investment Companies |
|
|
8 |
|
|
$ |
9,939.9 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles** |
|
|
16 |
|
|
$ |
13,646.1 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
Other Accounts |
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
0.4 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
In millions of dollars. |
|
** |
|
Mr. Allison serves as portfolio manager for pooled investment vehicles that invest a substantial
portion of their assets in either another pooled investment vehicle or a registered investment company
for which Mr. Allison serves as portfolio manager. |
The following table shows the dollar range of Fund shares beneficially owned by each portfolio
manager as of the Funds most recent fiscal year end.
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Walter A. Row |
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Michael A. Allison |
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$50,001 - $100,000 |
Potential for Conflicts of Interest. It is possible that conflicts of interest may arise in
connection with a portfolio managers management of the Funds investments on the one hand and
investments of other accounts for which a portfolio manager is responsible on the other. For
example, a portfolio manager may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time,
resources and investment opportunities among the Fund and other accounts he or she advises. In
addition, due to differences in the investment strategies or restrictions between the Fund and the
other accounts, a portfolio manager may take action with respect to another account that differs
from the action taken with respect to the Fund. In some cases, another account managed by a
portfolio manager may compensate the investment adviser or sub-adviser based on the performance of
the securities held by that account. The existence of such a performance based fee may create
additional conflicts of interest for a portfolio manager in the allocation of management time,
resources and investment opportunities. Whenever conflicts of interest arise, a portfolio manager
will endeavor to exercise his or her discretion in a manner that he or she believes is equitable to
all interested persons. EVM has adopted several policies and procedures designed to address these
potential conflicts including: a code of ethics; and policies which govern the investment
advisers trading practices, including among other things the aggregation and allocation of trades
among clients, brokerage allocation, cross trades and best execution.
Compensation Structure for EVM
Compensation of EVMs portfolio managers and other investment professionals has three primary
components: (1) a base salary, (2) an annual cash bonus, and (3) annual stock-based compensation
consisting of options to purchase shares of EVCs nonvoting common stock and restricted shares of
EVCs nonvoting common stock. EVMs investment professionals also receive certain retirement,
insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to EVMs employees. Compensation of EVMs
investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses, stock-based
compensation awards, and adjustments in base salary are typically paid or put into effect at or
shortly after the October 31st fiscal year end of EVC.
Method to Determine Compensation. EVM compensates its portfolio managers based primarily on the
scale and complexity of their portfolio responsibilities and the total return performance of
managed funds and accounts versus appropriate peer groups or benchmarks. In addition to rankings
within peer groups of funds on the basis of absolute performance, consideration may also be given
to relative risk-adjusted performance. Risk-adjusted performance measures include, but are not
limited to, the Sharpe Ratio. Performance is normally based on periods ending on the September
30th preceding fiscal year end of EVC. Fund performance is normally evaluated primarily versus
peer groups of funds as
determined by Lipper Inc. and/or Morningstar, Inc. When a funds peer
group as determined by Lipper
or Morningstar is deemed by EVMs management not to provide a fair comparison, performance may
instead be evaluated primarily against a custom peer group. In evaluating the performance of a
fund and its manager, primary emphasis is normally placed on three-year performance, with secondary
consideration of performance over longer and shorter periods. For funds that are tax-managed or
otherwise have an objective of after-tax returns, performance is measured net of taxes. For other
funds, performance is evaluated on a pre-tax basis. For funds with an investment objective other
than total return (such as current income), consideration will also be given to the funds success
in achieving its objective. For managers responsible for multiple funds and accounts, investment
performance is evaluated on an aggregate basis, based on averages or weighted averages among
managed funds and accounts. Funds and accounts that have performance-based advisory fees are not
accorded disproportionate weightings in measuring aggregate portfolio manager performance.
The compensation of portfolio managers with other job responsibilities (such as heading an
investment group or providing analytical support to other portfolios) will include consideration of
the scope of such responsibilities and the managers performance in meeting them.
EVM seeks to compensate portfolio managers commensurate with their responsibilities and
performance, and competitive with other firms within the investment management industry. EVM
participates in investment-industry compensation surveys and utilizes survey data as a factor in
determining salary, bonus and stock-based compensation levels for portfolio managers and other
investment professionals. Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by
the operating performance of EVM and its parent company. The overall annual cash bonus pool is
based on a substantially fixed percentage of pre-bonus operating income. While the salaries of
EVMs portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may
fluctuate significantly from year to year, based on changes in manager performance and other
factors as described herein. For a high performing portfolio manager, cash bonuses and stock-based
compensation may represent a substantial portion of total compensation.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
No such purchases this period.
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 registrants principal executive officer and principal financial
officer that the effectiveness of the registrants 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
Commissions rules and forms and that
the information required to be disclosed by the registrant
has been accumulated and communicated to
the registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There have been no changes in the registrants internal controls over financial reporting
during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial
reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits
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Registrants Code of Ethics Not applicable (please see Item 2). |
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Treasurers Section 302 certification. |
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Presidents Section 302 certification. |
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Combined Section 906 certification. |
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Registrants notices to shareholders pursuant to Registrants exemptive order granting an
exemption from Section 19(b) of the 1940 Act and Rule 19b-1 thereunder regarding distributions
paid pursuant to the Registrants Managed Distribution Plan. |
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-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income 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 |
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Date:
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December 14, 2009 |
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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/ Barbara E. Campbell
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Barbara E. Campbell |
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Treasurer |
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Date:
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December 14, 2009 |
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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 |
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December 14, 2009 |
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