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

 

811-21519

Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities 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:

 

March 31

Date of Reporting Period:

 

June 30, 2006

 

 




Item 1. Schedule of Investments




Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund                                          as of June 30, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 115.2%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Capital Markets — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

UBS AG

 

100,000

 

$

10,970,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,970,000

 

Commercial Banks — 7.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of Nova Scotia

 

300,000

 

11,925,000

 

Danske Bank A/S

 

250,000

 

9,490,619

 

Societe Generale

 

50,000

 

7,339,014

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,754,633

 

Communications Equipment — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Nokia Oyj ADR

 

400,000

 

8,104,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,104,000

 

Diversified Financial Services — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

250,000

 

12,060,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,060,000

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

350,000

 

9,761,500

 

Telefonos de Mexico SA ADR

 

300,000

 

6,249,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,010,500

 

Electric Utilities — 9.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Edison International

 

100,000

 

3,900,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

125,000

 

8,843,750

 

Exelon Corp.

 

200,000

 

11,366,000

 

Fortum Oyj

 

150,000

 

3,830,995

 

Scottish Power PLC

 

992,063

 

10,688,595

 

 

 

 

 

$

38,629,340

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Halliburton Co.

 

150,000

 

11,131,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,131,500

 

Food Products — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Nestle SA ADR

 

100,000

 

7,836,730

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,836,730

 

Household Products — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SA de CV

 

1,500,000

 

4,773,359

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,773,359

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Siemens AG ADR

 

50,000

 

4,341,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,341,000

 

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Insurance — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

 

100,000

 

$

3,895,000

 

PartnerRe, Ltd.

 

125,000

 

8,006,250

 

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

 

100,000

 

3,210,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,111,250

 

Machinery — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

100,000

 

7,448,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,448,000

 

Metals & Mining — 15.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo American PLC ADR

 

250,000

 

5,110,000

 

BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR

 

250,000

 

10,767,500

 

Fording Canadian Coal Trust

 

400,000

 

12,680,000

 

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

 

225,000

 

12,467,250

 

Phelps Dodge Corp.

 

50,000

 

4,108,000

 

Rio Tinto PLC ADR

 

50,000

 

10,485,500

 

Southern Copper Corp.

 

100,000

 

8,913,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

64,531,250

 

Multiline Retail — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc.

 

100,000

 

6,751,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,751,000

 

Multi-Utilities — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

150,000

 

11,218,500

 

Veolia Environnement

 

200,000

 

10,316,217

 

 

 

 

 

$

21,534,717

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 30.5%

 

 

 

 

 

BP PLC ADR

 

150,000

 

10,441,500

 

ChevronTexaco Corp.

 

200,000

 

12,412,000

 

Enbridge, Inc.

 

400,000

 

12,228,000

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

 

200,000

 

13,870,000

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

150,000

 

15,382,500

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

150,000

 

8,362,500

 

Statoil ASA ADR

 

425,000

 

12,119,339

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

175,000

 

14,176,750

 

Total SA ADR

 

200,000

 

13,104,000

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

200,000

 

13,304,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

125,400,589

 

Pharmaceuticals — 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

AstraZeneca PLC ADR

 

100,000

 

5,982,000

 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR

 

150,000

 

8,370,000

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

100,000

 

5,992,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

20,344,000

 

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 6.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

50,000

 

$

5,531,000

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

 

25,000

 

2,260,000

 

Federal Realty Investment Trust

 

50,000

 

3,500,000

 

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

 

175,000

 

6,212,500

 

Public Storage, Inc.

 

75,000

 

5,692,500

 

Rayonier, Inc.

 

112,500

 

4,264,875

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,460,875

 

Road & Rail — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian National Railway Co.

 

125,000

 

5,468,750

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,468,750

 

Specialty Retail — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Home Depot, Inc.

 

200,000

 

7,158,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,158,000

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

VF Corp.

 

100,000

 

6,792,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,792,000

 

Tobacco — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

150,000

 

11,014,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,014,500

 

Water Utilities — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Severn Trent PLC

 

200,000

 

4,325,056

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,325,056

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

400,000

 

7,996,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,996,000

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $336,049,200)

 

 

 

$

473,947,049

 

 

Preferred Stocks — 19.2%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Capital Markets — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust I, 8.622% (1)(2)

 

43,700

 

4,877,318

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,877,318

 

Commercial Banks — 9.6%

 

 

 

 

 

ABN AMRO North America Capital Funding Trust, 6.968% (2)(3)

 

950

 

982,656

 

Banco Santander, 6.41%

 

140,000

 

3,360,000

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 8.55% (1)(2)(3)

 

55,000

 

6,090,287

 

BNP Paribas Capital Trust, 9.003% (1)(2)(3)

 

35,000

 

4,056,573

 

CA Preferred Fund Trust, 7.00% (1)

 

55,000

 

5,449,835

 

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Den Norske Bank, 7.729% (1)(2)(3)

 

36,000

 

$

4,011,012

 

First Republic Bank, 6.70%

 

30,000

 

753,000

 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 9.547% (1)(2)(3)

 

40,000

 

4,677,228

 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, 6.90% (1)

 

40,000

 

3,950,788

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 9.118% (1)

 

50,000

 

5,608,725

 

US Bancorp, Series B, 5.56% (2)

 

20,000

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

39,440,104

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

ING Group NV, 6.125%

 

35,000

 

797,650

 

ING Group NV, 7.20%

 

30,000

 

765,300

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,562,950

 

Food Products — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Dairy Farmers of America, 7.875% (3)

 

45,000

 

4,095,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,095,000

 

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Union Co., 7.55%

 

40,000

 

1,019,600

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,019,600

 

Insurance — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE, Ltd., 7.80%

 

11,000

 

284,350

 

Aegon NV, 6.375%

 

80,000

 

1,875,200

 

Aegon NV, 6.50%

 

15,000

 

357,300

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., 8.00%

 

13,000

 

330,720

 

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., Series B, 7.875%

 

2,000

 

49,400

 

AXA, 7.10% (1)

 

45,000

 

4,445,775

 

Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd., 7.75%

 

18,750

 

452,063

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 8.439% (1)(2)

 

37,500

 

4,265,400

 

MetLife, Inc., 6.329% (2)

 

81,000

 

2,087,370

 

MetLife, Inc., 6.50%

 

39,000

 

960,570

 

PartnerRe, Ltd., 6.50%

 

120,000

 

2,742,000

 

Prudential PLC, 6.50% (1)

 

18,000

 

1,662,599

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd., 6.08%

 

148,000

 

3,235,280

 

Zurich Regcaps Fund Trust V, 5.88% (2)(3)

 

2,500

 

2,544,531

 

 

 

 

 

$

25,292,558

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, Series K, 5.396% (2)

 

60,000

 

3,006,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,006,000

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $83,938,919)

 

 

 

$

79,293,530

 

 

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Short-Term Investments — 1.3%

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Investors Bank and Trust Company Time Deposit, 5.30%, 7/3/06

 

$

2,000

 

$

2,000,000

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc., Commercial Paper, 5.32%, 7/3/06

 

656

 

655,806

 

Societe Generale Time Deposit, 5.281%, 7/3/06

 

2,684

 

2,684,000

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(at amortized cost $5,339,806)

 

 

 

$

5,339,806

 

Total Investments — 135.7%
(identified cost $425,327,925)

 

 

 

$

558,580,385

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.5)%

 

 

 

$

(1,986,678

)

Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (35.2)%

 

 

 

$

(145,096,166

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

411,497,541

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

(1)

 

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

(2)

 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at June 30, 2006.

(3)

 

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 June 30, 2006, the aggregate value of the securities is $26,457,287 or 6.4% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

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Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund                                          as of June 30, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Country

 

Total Investments

 

Value

 

United States

 

67.33

%

$

376,086,104

 

Canada

 

10.11

%

56,478,500

 

United Kingdom

 

7.28

%

40,696,051

 

France

 

3.96

%

22,101,006

 

Bermuda

 

3.23

%

18,025,712

 

Switzerland

 

1.96

%

10,970,000

 

Denmark

 

1.70

%

9,490,619

 

Other countries, less than 1%

 

4.43

%

24,732,393

 

 

 

100.00

%

$

558,580,385

 

 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at June 30, 2006.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at June 30, 2006, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Aggregate cost

 

$

425,327,925

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

139,735,867

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(6,483,407

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

133,252,460

 

 

The unrealized gain on foreign currency as of June 30, 2006 is $12,589.

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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 Opportunities Fund

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date:

 

August 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:

 

August 24, 2006

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

August 24, 2006