UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number

 

811-21470

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

The Eaton Vance Building,
255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip code)

Alan R. Dynner, Esq.
Eaton Vance Management, 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code):

 

(617) 482-8260

Date of Fiscal Year End:

 

December 31

Date of Reporting Period:

 

March 31, 2006

 

 




Item 1. Schedule of Investments




Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund                                                   as of March 31, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 116.7%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Beverages — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Diageo PLC

 

2,000,000

 

$

31,414,740

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,414,740

 

Capital Markets — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

200,000

 

15,752,000

 

UBS AG

 

200,000

 

21,925,884

 

 

 

 

 

$

37,677,884

 

Chemicals — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Tronox, Inc., Class B (1)

 

30,105

 

511,484

 

 

 

 

 

$

511,484

 

Commercial Banks — 18.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Irish Banks PLC

 

1,000,000

 

23,759,036

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

400,000

 

18,216,000

 

Bank of Montreal

 

400,000

 

22,728,000

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

 

1,150,000

 

46,161,000

 

Barclays PLC

 

2,000,000

 

23,318,277

 

BNP Paribas SA (1)

 

500,000

 

46,208,486

 

Credit Agricole SA

 

100,000

 

3,870,189

 

HSBC Holdings PLC

 

2,500,000

 

41,774,304

 

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

 

1,500,000

 

14,318,970

 

Nordea Bank AB

 

1,750,000

 

21,584,891

 

Societe Generale

 

300,000

 

44,889,969

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

350,000

 

22,354,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

329,183,622

 

Construction Materials — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Cemex SA de CV ADR

 

400,000

 

26,112,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

26,112,000

 

Distributors — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

400,000

 

17,532,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,532,000

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Coinmach Service Corp., Class A

 

500,000

 

4,700,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,700,000

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

400,000

 

18,892,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

200,000

 

8,328,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,220,000

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

1,400,000

 

37,856,000

 

BCE, Inc.

 

1,200,000

 

28,872,000

 

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BellSouth Corp.

 

600,000

 

$

20,790,000

 

BT Group PLC

 

4,000,000

 

15,394,652

 

Citizens Communications Co.

 

200,000

 

2,654,000

 

PanAmSat Holding Corp.

 

438,009

 

10,871,383

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

200,000

 

6,812,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

123,250,035

 

Electric Utilities — 15.0%

 

 

 

 

 

E.ON AG

 

500,000

 

54,849,319

 

Edison International

 

650,000

 

26,767,000

 

Enel SPA

 

500,000

 

4,220,086

 

Entergy Corp.

 

500,000

 

34,470,000

 

Exelon Corp.

 

660,000

 

34,914,000

 

FPL Group, Inc.

 

700,000

 

28,098,000

 

Scottish and Southern Energy PLC

 

2,500,000

 

48,952,357

 

Scottish Power PLC

 

2,300,000

 

23,164,948

 

Southern Co.

 

500,000

 

16,385,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

271,820,710

 

Electrical Equipment — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A

 

225,000

 

19,552,500

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

450,000

 

37,633,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

57,186,000

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

102,936

 

9,212,772

 

 

 

 

 

$

9,212,772

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Boots Group PLC

 

2,689,655

 

33,476,057

 

 

 

 

 

$

33,476,057

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Ladbrokes PLC

 

3,173,000

 

21,383,796

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

800,000

 

27,488,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

48,871,796

 

Household Durables — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Stanley Works

 

250,000

 

12,665,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,665,000

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

TransAlta Corp.

 

300,000

 

5,739,000

 

TXU Corp.

 

400,200

 

17,912,952

 

 

 

 

 

$

23,651,952

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Co.

 

100,000

 

3,478,000

 

Siemens AG

 

300,000

 

27,938,576

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,416,576

 

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Insurance — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

 

600,000

 

$

17,940,000

 

PartnerRe, Ltd.

 

78,500

 

4,874,065

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

465,000

 

35,251,650

 

 

 

 

 

$

58,065,715

 

IT Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

301,400

 

12,221,770

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,221,770

 

Machinery — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Deere & Co.

 

400,000

 

31,620,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

31,620,000

 

Media — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd.

 

100,000

 

1,233,217

 

Reed Elsevier NV

 

100,000

 

1,428,445

 

Wolters Kluwer NV

 

200,000

 

4,969,888

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,631,550

 

Metals & Mining — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Fording Canadian Coal Trust

 

750,000

 

28,492,500

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B

 

350,000

 

20,919,500

 

Southern Copper Corp.

 

200,000

 

16,896,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

66,308,000

 

Multi-Utilities — 7.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

268,000

 

13,351,760

 

RWE AG

 

650,000

 

56,355,600

 

United Utilities PLC

 

1,471,400

 

17,548,346

 

Veolia Environnement

 

813,234

 

44,998,107

 

 

 

 

 

$

132,253,813

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 17.6%

 

 

 

 

 

BP PLC ADR

 

800,000

 

55,152,000

 

Chevron Corp.

 

650,000

 

37,680,500

 

ENI SPA

 

1,280,000

 

36,396,879

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

 

149,305

 

14,255,641

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

550,000

 

41,893,500

 

Neste Oil Oyj

 

500,000

 

17,212,841

 

Statoil ASA

 

2,200,000

 

62,901,125

 

Total SA ADR

 

400,000

 

52,692,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

318,184,486

 

Pharmaceuticals — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

AstraZeneca PLC

 

400,000

 

20,063,301

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

 

1,500,000

 

39,150,233

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

500,000

 

12,460,000

 

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Sanofi-Aventis ADR

 

400,000

 

$

18,980,000

 

Wyeth

 

1,050,000

 

50,946,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

141,599,534

 

Real Estate — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

200,000

 

21,820,000

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

170,000

 

15,852,500

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

 

375,000

 

20,531,250

 

Equity Residential Properties Trust

 

260,000

 

12,165,400

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

260,000

 

21,876,400

 

SL Green Realty Corp.

 

200,000

 

20,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

112,545,550

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, Class A

 

700,000

 

33,416,895

 

 

 

 

 

$

33,416,895

 

Tobacco — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

850,000

 

60,231,000

 

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

 

200,000

 

5,907,887

 

 

 

 

 

$

66,138,887

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Alltel Corp.

 

450,000

 

29,137,500

 

Bouygues SA

 

150,000

 

7,934,298

 

Sprint Corp. (FON Group)

 

300,000

 

7,752,000

 

Vodafone Group PLC ADR

 

100,000

 

2,090,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

46,913,798

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $1,663,679,463)

 

 

 

$

2,112,802,626

 

 

Preferred Stocks — 23.5%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Capital Markets — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (2)(3)

 

150,000

 

$

17,394,375

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust III, 7.25%

 

253,500

 

6,378,060

 

 

 

 

 

$

23,772,435

 

Commercial Banks — 11.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbey National PLC, 7.375%

 

395,000

 

10,115,950

 

ABN AMRO Capital Funding Trust VII, 6.08%

 

149,000

 

3,568,550

 

ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (3)(4)

 

3,300

 

3,429,938

 

Banco Santander, 6.41%

 

908,600

 

22,987,580

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (2)(3)(4)

 

218,600

 

25,165,647

 

BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (2)(3)(4)

 

150,000

 

17,286,975

 

CA Preferred Fund Trust, 7.00% (2)

 

250,000

 

25,482,750

 

CA Preferred Fund Trust II, 7.00% (2)

 

50,000

 

5,093,450

 

4




 

 

 

Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (2)(3)(4)

 

50,000

 

$

5,556,735

 

First Tennessee Bank, 5.40% (3)(4)

 

11,000

 

11,147,125

 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (2)(3)(4)

 

210,000

 

24,496,836

 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90% (2)

 

220,000

 

22,223,784

 

Nordbanken AB, 8.95% (2)(3)(4)

 

15,700

 

1,788,924

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 9.118% (2)

 

235,750

 

27,512,827

 

US Bancorp, Series B, 5.56% (3)

 

400,000

 

10,120,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

215,977,071

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

BBVA Preferred Capital Ltd., 7.75%

 

372,500

 

9,353,475

 

ING Groep NV, 6.125%

 

155,000

 

3,782,000

 

ING Groep NV, 7.20%

 

330,000

 

8,464,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

21,599,975

 

Food Products — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (4)

 

222,480

 

21,572,039

 

 

 

 

 

$

21,572,039

 

Insurance — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE Ltd., 7.80%

 

265,000

 

6,943,000

 

Aegon NV, 6.375%

 

400,000

 

9,960,000

 

Aegon NV, 6.50%

 

70,000

 

1,753,500

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., 8.00%

 

88,000

 

2,263,254

 

AXA, 7.10% (2)

 

225,000

 

22,798,845

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75%

 

212,200

 

5,139,484

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.439% (2)(3)

 

170,000

 

19,262,547

 

MetLife, Inc., 5.91% (3)

 

240,000

 

6,216,000

 

Prudential PLC, 6.50% (2)

 

207,000

 

20,814,864

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08%

 

447,500

 

9,621,250

 

Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust VI, 5.459% (3)(4)

 

12,500

 

12,644,531

 

 

 

 

 

$

117,417,275

 

Multi-Utilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Southern California Edison, 6.000%

 

80,000

 

7,976,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,976,000

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series F, 5.00%

 

80,000

 

3,412,000

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series M, 3.93% (3)

 

100,000

 

4,210,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series K, 5.396% (3)

 

55,000

 

2,780,250

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series M, 4.75%

 

100,000

 

4,085,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series O, 7.065% (3)

 

60,000

 

3,241,878

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,729,128

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $442,460,169)

 

 

 

$

426,043,923

 

 

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Rights — 0.3%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Commercial Banks — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

50,000

 

$

4,480,581

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,480,581

 

Total Rights
(identified cost $3,953,920)

 

 

 

$

4,480,581

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 0.4%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Investors Bank and Trust Company Time Deposit, 4.86%, 4/3/06

 

2,000

 

$

2,000,000

 

Royal Bank of Canada Time Deposit, 4.85%, 4/3/06

 

5,251

 

5,251,000

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(at amortized cost, $7,251,000)

 

 

 

$

7,251,000

 

Total Investments — 140.9%
(identified cost $2,117,344,552)

 

 

 

$

2,550,578,130

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.5%

 

 

 

$

10,332,033

 

Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative
Unpaid Dividends — (41.4)%

 

 

 

$

(750,277,257

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

1,810,632,906

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

(1)

 

Non-income producing security.

(2)

 

Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.

(3)

 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at March 31, 2006.

(4)

 

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2006, the aggregate value of the securities is $146,076,330 or 8.1% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

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Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Country

 

Total Investments

 

Value

 

United States

 

39.7

%

$

1,011,646,192

 

United Kingdom

 

20.5

 

523,439,777

 

France

 

11.5

 

294,715,649

 

Germany

 

5.5

 

139,143,495

 

Canada

 

5.4

 

137,243,500

 

Switzerland

 

3.6

 

91,759,746

 

Norway

 

2.7

 

68,457,860

 

Bermuda

 

2.6

 

66,333,553

 

Netherlands

 

2.1

 

53,189,429

 

Italy

 

1.6

 

40,616,965

 

Spain

 

1.3

 

32,341,055

 

Mexico

 

1.0

 

26,112,000

 

Ireland

 

0.9

 

23,759,036

 

Sweden

 

0.9

 

23,373,815

 

Finland

 

0.7

 

17,212,841

 

Australia

 

0.0

 

1,233,217

 

 

 

100.00

%

$

2,550,578,130

 

 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at March 31, 2006.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of investments owned by the Fund at March 31, 2006, as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Aggregate cost

 

$

2,117,344,552

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

470,742,617

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(37,509,039

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

433,233,578

 

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures

(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this Form N-Q has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date:

 

May 24, 2006

 

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

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date:

 

May 24, 2006

 

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

May 24, 2006