Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

811-21676

Investment Company Act File Number

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write 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

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

December 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

September 30, 2018

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

September 30, 2018

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 100.7%

 

                                                 
Security    Shares      Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 3.5%

 

Boeing Co. (The)(1)

     17,785      $ 6,614,241  

Northrop Grumman Corp.(1)

     12,027        3,817,009  

Textron, Inc.(1)

     11,648        832,483  

United Technologies Corp.(1)

     26,008        3,636,178  
     

 

 

 
   $ 14,899,911  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%

 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     5,324      $ 521,326  
     

 

 

 
   $ 521,326  
     

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.5%

 

Southwest Airlines Co.(1)

     36,616      $ 2,286,669  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,286,669  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components — 0.3%

 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     3,713      $ 86,847  

Lear Corp.(1)

     7,250        1,051,250  
     

 

 

 
   $ 1,138,097  
     

 

 

 

Banks — 6.3%

 

Bank of America Corp.(1)

     96,896      $ 2,854,556  

Citigroup, Inc.(1)

     56,054        4,021,314  

Fifth Third Bancorp(1)

     57,446        1,603,892  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.(1)

     85,013        9,592,867  

KeyCorp(1)

     85,122        1,693,076  

M&T Bank Corp.(1)

     4,618        759,846  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)(1)

     13,046        1,776,735  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     5,538        369,883  

Wells Fargo & Co.(1)

     86,859        4,565,309  
     

 

 

 
   $ 27,237,478  
     

 

 

 

Beverages — 2.3%

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)(1)

     122,893      $ 5,676,427  

PepsiCo, Inc.(1)

     38,171        4,267,518  
     

 

 

 
   $ 9,943,945  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 2.9%

 

AbbVie, Inc.(1)

     19,355      $ 1,830,596  

Amgen, Inc.(1)

     18,988        3,936,022  

Celgene Corp.(1)(2)

     37,323        3,340,035  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.(1)

     38,604        2,980,615  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2)

     1,850        356,569  
     

 

 

 
   $ 12,443,837  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 1.8%

 

Invesco, Ltd.(1)

     38,480      $ 880,422  

Lazard, Ltd., Class A(1)

     9,511        457,765  

Legg Mason, Inc.

     3,441        107,463  

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

S&P Global, Inc.(1)

     20,139      $ 3,934,959  

State Street Corp.(1)

     27,413        2,296,661  
     

 

 

 
   $ 7,677,270  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals — 2.3%

 

AdvanSix, Inc.(2)

     1,530      $ 51,943  

DowDuPont, Inc.(1)

     80,552        5,180,299  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     3,608        345,358  

Ingevity Corp.(2)

     2,787        283,940  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)(1)

     8,406        3,826,495  
     

 

 

 
   $ 9,688,035  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

 

Waste Management, Inc.

     4,649      $ 420,084  
     

 

 

 
   $ 420,084  
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment — 1.1%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.(1)

     98,957      $ 4,814,258  
     

 

 

 
   $ 4,814,258  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 1.3%

 

American Express Co.(1)

     23,394      $ 2,491,227  

Discover Financial Services(1)

     40,754        3,115,643  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,606,870  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.6%

 

Avery Dennison Corp.(1)

     15,307      $ 1,658,513  

WestRock Co.(1)

     16,727        893,891  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,552,404  
     

 

 

 

Distributors — 0.6%

 

Genuine Parts Co.(1)

     27,494      $ 2,732,904  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,732,904  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1)(2)

     24,462      $ 5,237,559  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,237,559  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

 

AT&T, Inc.(1)

     144,091      $ 4,838,576  

CenturyLink, Inc.

     19,521        413,845  

Verizon Communications, Inc.(1)

     36,516        1,949,589  
     

 

 

 
   $ 7,202,010  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 1.1%

 

Duke Energy Corp.(1)

     23,843      $ 1,907,917  

Edison International(1)

     20,090        1,359,691  

Exelon Corp.

     5,174        225,897  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.(1)

     7,168        567,562  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     12,009        566,945  
     

 

 

 
   $ 4,628,012  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.6%

 

Emerson Electric Co.(1)

     32,303      $ 2,473,764  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,473,764  
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%

 

Halliburton Co.(1)

     30,502      $ 1,236,246  

Schlumberger, Ltd.(1)

     39,317        2,395,192  
     

 

 

 
   $ 3,631,438  
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Entertainment — 1.9%

 

Netflix, Inc.(1)(2)

     4,333      $ 1,621,105  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(1)

     54,115        6,328,208  
     

 

 

 
   $ 7,949,313  
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.8%

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(1)

     12,428      $ 548,448  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.(1)

     11,002        1,993,012  

Equity Residential(1)

     14,774        978,925  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(1)

     58,590        1,236,249  

Kimco Realty Corp.(1)

     78,276        1,310,340  

ProLogis, Inc.(1)

     22,296        1,511,446  

Realty Income Corp.

     4,920        279,899  
     

 

 

 
   $ 7,858,319  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     802      $ 188,374  

Kroger Co. (The)

     16,415        477,840  

Walmart, Inc.

     1,859        174,579  
     

 

 

 
   $ 840,793  
     

 

 

 

Food Products — 1.2%

 

Kellogg Co.(1)

     14,423      $ 1,009,898  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)(1)

     8,326        458,846  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A(1)

     46,954        2,017,144  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A(1)

     28,696        1,708,273  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,194,161  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.1%

 

Abbott Laboratories(1)

     78,922      $ 5,789,718  

Baxter International, Inc.(1)

     37,878        2,920,015  

Stryker Corp.(1)

     23,912        4,248,684  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     3,848        505,897  
     

 

 

 
   $ 13,464,314  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%

 

Centene Corp.(1)(2)

     7,212      $ 1,044,153  

CVS Health Corp.(1)

     47,515        3,740,381  

Envision Healthcare Corp.(1)(2)

     23,323        1,066,561  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(1)

     29,540        7,858,822  
     

 

 

 
   $ 13,709,917  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.7%

 

Marriott International, Inc., Class A(1)

     12,488      $ 1,648,791  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     2,064        230,652  

McDonald’s Corp.(1)

     25,653        4,291,490  

Wyndham Destinations, Inc.(1)

     11,235        487,150  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(1)

     11,235        624,329  
     

 

 

 
   $ 7,282,412  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables — 0.6%

 

Leggett & Platt, Inc.(1)

     11,383      $ 498,462  

Lennar Corp., Class A(1)

     18,642        870,395  

Lennar Corp., Class B

     372        14,322  

Newell Brands, Inc.(1)

     61,788        1,254,296  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,637,475  
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Household Products — 1.2%

 

Clorox Co. (The)(1)

     6,843      $ 1,029,256  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.(1)

     19,850        2,255,754  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)(1)

     21,335        1,775,712  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,060,722  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 2.3%

 

3M Co.(1)

     21,663      $ 4,564,611  

Honeywell International, Inc.(1)

     32,197        5,357,581  
     

 

 

 
   $ 9,922,192  
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 3.7%

 

Allstate Corp. (The)(1)

     36,105      $ 3,563,564  

Chubb, Ltd.

     2,741        366,307  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.(1)

     18,908        1,452,324  

Lincoln National Corp.(1)

     39,818        2,694,086  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.(1)

     44,342        3,667,970  

MetLife, Inc.

     6,849        319,985  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.(1)

     29,001        1,699,169  

Prudential Financial, Inc.(1)

     14,482        1,467,316  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)(1)

     3,902        506,128  
     

 

 

 
   $ 15,736,849  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services — 5.6%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(1)(2)

     7,724      $ 9,323,486  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(1)(2)

     7,534        8,991,603  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(1)(2)

     35,046        5,763,665  
     

 

 

 
   $ 24,078,754  
     

 

 

 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 3.5%  

Amazon.com, Inc.(1)(2)

     5,154      $ 10,323,462  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(1)(2)

     1,797        3,565,248  

Shutterfly, Inc.(1)(2)

     19,125        1,260,146  
     

 

 

 
   $ 15,148,856  
     

 

 

 

IT Services — 4.4%

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.(1)

     26,132      $ 2,850,217  

International Business Machines Corp.(1)

     22,338        3,377,729  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A(1)

     31,324        6,973,036  

VeriSign, Inc.(1)(2)

     22,310        3,572,277  

Visa, Inc., Class A(1)

     13,804        2,071,842  
     

 

 

 
   $ 18,845,101  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.2%

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(1)

     20,985      $ 5,122,019  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,122,019  
     

 

 

 

Machinery — 0.7%

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

     2,706      $ 412,638  

Dover Corp.(1)

     1,045        92,514  

Snap-on, Inc.(1)

     6,380        1,171,368  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.(1)

     8,690        1,272,563  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,949,083  
     

 

 

 

Media — 1.3%

 

Comcast Corp., Class A(1)

     153,659      $ 5,441,065  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,441,065  
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Metals & Mining — 0.4%

 

Nucor Corp.(1)

     25,287      $ 1,604,460  
     

 

 

 
   $ 1,604,460  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities — 1.8%

 

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

     14,223      $ 393,266  

CMS Energy Corp.(1)

     65,445        3,206,805  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     1,997        140,349  

DTE Energy Co.(1)

     10,342        1,128,623  

NiSource, Inc.(1)

     49,999        1,245,975  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.(1)

     34,219        1,806,421  
     

 

 

 
   $ 7,921,439  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail — 0.8%

 

Kohl’s Corp.(1)

     22,868      $ 1,704,809  

Macy’s, Inc.(1)

     48,228        1,674,959  
     

 

 

 
   $ 3,379,768  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.1%

 

Andeavor(1)

     19,643      $ 3,015,201  

Chevron Corp.(1)

     49,190        6,014,953  

EOG Resources, Inc.(1)

     26,155        3,336,593  

Exxon Mobil Corp.(1)

     50,316        4,277,866  

Newfield Exploration Co.(1)(2)

     24,202        697,744  

Phillips 66(1)

     24,334        2,742,928  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)(1)

     58,161        1,581,398  
     

 

 

 
   $ 21,666,683  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products — 0.1%

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A(1)

     3,326      $ 483,334  
     

 

 

 
   $ 483,334  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 4.8%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(1)

     70,886      $ 4,400,603  

Johnson & Johnson(1)

     51,433        7,106,498  

Merck & Co., Inc.(1)

     70,172        4,978,002  

Pfizer, Inc.(1)

     90,780        4,000,674  
     

 

 

 
   $ 20,485,777  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services — 0.3%

 

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

     1,193      $ 102,550  

Robert Half International, Inc.(1)

     13,943        981,309  
     

 

 

 
   $ 1,083,859  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%

 

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(2)

     8,158      $ 359,768  
     

 

 

 
   $ 359,768  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail — 1.4%

 

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     3,521      $ 418,788  

Kansas City Southern(1)

     11,539        1,307,138  

Norfolk Southern Corp.(1)

     22,948        4,142,114  
     

 

 

 
   $ 5,868,040  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.2%

 

Analog Devices, Inc.(1)

     16,160      $ 1,494,154  

Applied Materials, Inc.(1)

     15,313        591,847  

Broadcom, Inc.(1)

     8,718        2,150,992  

Intel Corp.(1)

     49,395        2,335,889  

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

NVIDIA Corp.(1)

     22,728      $ 6,387,023  

QUALCOMM, Inc.(1)

     53,656        3,864,842  

Teradyne, Inc.(1)

     32,470        1,200,741  
     

 

 

 
   $ 18,025,488  
     

 

 

 

Software — 5.7%

 

Microsoft Corp.(1)

     164,181      $ 18,777,381  

Oracle Corp.(1)

     93,841        4,838,442  

salesforce.com, inc.(1)(2)

     5,712        908,379  
     

 

 

 
   $ 24,524,202  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail — 2.3%

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     3,365      $ 566,430  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)(1)

     35,644        7,383,655  

Tiffany & Co.(1)

     14,641        1,888,250  
     

 

 

 
   $ 9,838,335  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 5.3%

 

Apple, Inc.(1)

     101,439      $ 22,898,840  
     

 

 

 
   $ 22,898,840  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B(1)

     30,243      $ 2,562,187  

Tapestry, Inc.

     6,923        348,019  
     

 

 

 
   $ 2,910,206  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco — 0.9%

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.(1)

     48,980      $ 3,993,829  
     

 

 

 
   $ 3,993,829  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

 

Fastenal Co.(1)

     10,080      $ 584,842  
     

 

 

 
   $ 584,842  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 100.7%
(identified cost $126,491,447)

 

   $ 432,006,086  
     

 

 

 

Total Written Call Options — (0.8)%
(premiums received $3,528,886)

 

   $ (3,354,450
     

 

 

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

   $ 588,241  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 429,239,877  
     

 

 

 

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

 

(1)

Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for written options.

 

(2)

Non-income producing security.

 

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Written Call Options — (0.8)%

 

Exchange-Traded Options — (0.8)%

 

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Value  

S&P 500 Index

     115      $ 33,510,770      $ 2,900        10/1/18      $ (197,225

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,900        10/3/18        (240,350

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,885        10/5/18        (417,450

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,885        10/8/18        (432,400

S&P 500 Index

     120        34,967,760        2,880        10/10/18        (522,000

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,915        10/12/18        (222,525

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,900        10/15/18        (354,775

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,920        10/17/18        (225,400

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,940        10/19/18        (134,550

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,925        10/22/18        (227,700

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,950        10/24/18        (115,000

S&P 500 Index

     115        33,510,770        2,925        10/26/18        (265,075
              

 

 

 

Total

 

   $     (3,354,450
              

 

 

 

At September 30, 2018, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.

The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund writes 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.

At September 30, 2018, the aggregate fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in a liability position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk was $3,354,450.

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

 

 

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

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

In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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At September 30, 2018, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks

   $     432,006,086    $     —      $     —      $     432,006,086  

Total Investments

   $ 432,006,086      $      $      $ 432,006,086  
Liability Description                          

Written Call Options

   $ (3,354,450    $      $      $ (3,354,450

Total

   $ (3,354,450    $      $      $ (3,354,450

 

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The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.

 

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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.

Item 3. Exhibits

A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act is attached hereto.


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 Buy-Write Income Fund

 

By:   /s/ Edward J. Perkin
  Edward J. Perkin
  President
Date:   November 26, 2018

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/ Edward J. Perkin
  Edward J. Perkin
  President
Date:   November 26, 2018

 

By:   /s/ James F. Kirchner
  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   November 26, 2018