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: 811-04015
Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust
(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)
December 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
December 31, 2020
Date of Reporting Period
Item 1. |
Reports to Stockholders |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
Annual Report
December 31, 2020
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted regulations that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The investment adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to its management of the Fund. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Funds adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator. The adviser is also registered as a commodity trading advisor.
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.
This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial intermediary. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.
Annual Report December 31, 2020
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Managements Discussion of Fund Performance1
Economic and Market Conditions
The 12-month period that began January 1, 2020, included some of the best and worst U.S. equity performances in over a decade.
As the period opened, news of a novel coronavirus outbreak in China began to raise investor concerns. As the virus turned into a global pandemic in February and March, it ended the longest-ever U.S. economic expansion and triggered a global economic slowdown. Economic activity declined dramatically and equity markets plunged in value amid unprecedented volatility.
In response, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) announced two emergency rate cuts in March 2020 lowering the federal funds rate to 0.00%-0.25% along with other measures designed to shore up equity and credit markets. At its July meeting, the Fed provided additional reassurances that it would use all the tools at its disposal to support the U.S. economy.
These actions helped calm markets and initiated a new equity rally that began in April and lasted through most of the summer. As consumers started to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and factories gradually resumed production, stock prices reflected investor optimism. In the second quarter of 2020, U.S. stocks reported their best quarterly returns since 1998 on the heels of the worst first quarter for American stocks since the 2007-2008 global financial crisis.
In September 2020, however, the equity rally stalled, as stock prices on Wall Street began to reflect the reality on Main Street, where coronavirus cases were on the rise in nearly every state. In September and October 2020, most U.S. stock indexes reported negative returns, reflecting concerns about the economic outlook for fall and winter, uncertainties related to the presidential election, and the failure of Congress to pass additional financial relief for struggling businesses and workers facing unemployment.
In the final two months of the period, however, stocks reversed course again. Joe Bidens victory in the November presidential election eased political uncertainties that had dogged investment markets through much of the fall. Additionally, the announcement that two COVID-19 vaccine candidates had proven more than 90% effective in late-stage trials boosted investor optimism that powered a new stock market rally. Unlike the largely tech-centered rally of the previous spring and summer, this rally was more broad-based, with strong participation by value and growth stocks across the market cap range. As both vaccines were approved for emergency use and vaccinations began in December 2020, an eventual end to the pandemic seemed to be in sight and the equity rally continued.
For the period as a whole, positive equity returns belied the dramatic volatility during the period, but demonstrated the dominance of technology stocks. The S&P 500® Index, a broad measure of U.S. stocks, returned 18.40%; the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average® returned 9.72%; and the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index returned 44.92%. Small-cap U.S. stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index, kept pace with their large-cap counterparts, as measured by the S&P 500® Index and Russell 1000® Index. As a group, growth stocks significantly outpaced value stocks, as measured by the Russell growth and value indexes.
Fund Performance
For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2020, Eaton Vance Stock Fund (the Fund) returned 18.22% for Class A shares at net asset value (NAV), underperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500® Index (the Index), which returned 18.40%.
Stock selections in the materials, financials, and real estate sectors detracted from Fund performance versus the Index during the period. In the materials sector, the Funds out-of-Index position in Franco-Nevada Corp. (Franco-Nevada) declined in price and was sold from the Fund. Franco-Nevada offers investors gold exposure through royalties and streams in gold mining and exploration operations, and its stock price has generally tracked the price of gold. Franco-Nevadas stock price rose in the first half of the period as government stimulus programs prompted investors to seek out gold as an inflation hedge. The price of gold, however, peaked for the period in August 2020, and subsequently declined as Bitcoin gained traction as an alternate inflation hedge.
In financials, the Funds overweight position in American International Group, Inc. (AIG), an international finance and insurance company, also detracted from relative performance. AIGs stock price fell on investor concerns over a lack of transparency in the companys insurance business. The potential for escalating life insurance liabilities due to deaths from COVID-19 weighed on AIGs share price as well.
Elsewhere in financials, the Funds overweight position in Bank of America Corp. (BofA) also declined in value. Like many banking firms during the period and despite being an established bank with diverse lines of business BofA was negatively affected by the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic and by falling interest rates, which lowered its revenue from loan operations.
In contrast, stock selections in the health care and consumer discretionary sectors, along with stock selections and an overweight position in the information technology (IT) sector, contributed to performance versus the Index during the period. Within health care, the Funds overweight position in Catalent, Inc. (Catalent), which provides services that help pharmaceutical and biotech firms develop and manufacture drugs, contributed to performance versus the Index. Catalents stock price rose during the period as the search for a COVID-19 vaccine increased demand for the companys services.
By period-end, AIG, BofA and Catalent were sold from the Fund.
In consumer discretionary, the Funds overweight position in e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) aided returns relative to the Index during the period. As the coronavirus pandemic forced consumers in its U.S. and overseas markets to stay at home, Amazon benefited from an accelerating shift to online purchasing and a significant rise in subscriptions to its Amazon Prime service, which offers fast shipping and streaming online entertainment.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PayPal), an overweight Fund position in the IT sector, also benefited from changing behaviors during the pandemic. Like Amazon, online payments processor PayPal saw its business increase as consumers shifted from in-store to online shopping leading PayPal to report several quarters of better-than-projected revenues and profitability.
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Portfolio Manager Charles B. Gaffney
% Average Annual Total Returns |
Class
Inception Date |
Performance Inception Date |
One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | |||||||||||||||
Class A at NAV |
11/01/2001 | 11/01/2001 | 18.22 | % | 13.96 | % | 12.96 | % | ||||||||||||
Class A with 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge |
| | 11.40 | 12.63 | 12.29 | |||||||||||||||
Class C at NAV |
10/01/2009 | 11/01/2001 | 17.36 | 13.11 | 12.12 | |||||||||||||||
Class C with 1% Maximum Sales Charge |
| | 16.36 | 13.11 | 12.12 | |||||||||||||||
Class I at NAV |
09/03/2008 | 11/01/2001 | 18.52 | 14.24 | 13.23 | |||||||||||||||
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S&P 500® Index |
| | 18.40 | % | 15.20 | % | 13.87 | % | ||||||||||||
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios4 | Class A | Class C | Class I | |||||||||||||||||
Gross |
1.10 | % | 1.85 | % | 0.85 | % | ||||||||||||||
Net |
0.98 | 1.73 | 0.73 |
Growth of $10,000
This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A of the Fund for the period indicated. For comparison, the same investment is shown in the indicated index.
Growth of Investment | Amount Invested | Period Beginning | At NAV | With Maximum Sales Charge | ||||||||||||
Class C |
$10,000 | 12/31/2010 | $31,417 | N.A. | ||||||||||||
Class I |
$250,000 | 12/31/2010 | $867,076 | N.A. |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Sector Allocation (% of net assets)6
Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets)6
Microsoft Corp. |
6.8 | % | ||
Apple, Inc. |
6.4 | |||
Amazon.com, Inc. |
6.4 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C |
4.5 | |||
Facebook, Inc., Class A |
3.3 | |||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
3.3 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
2.8 | |||
PepsiCo, Inc. |
2.3 | |||
Sysco Corp. |
2.3 | |||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) |
2.2 | |||
Total |
40.3 | % |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Endnotes and Additional Disclosures
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The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) and are current only through the date stated at the top of this page. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Eaton Vance and the Fund(s) disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions are based on many factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. This commentary may contain statements that are not historical facts, referred to as forward looking statements. The Funds actual future results may differ significantly from those stated in any forward looking statement, depending on factors such as changes in securities or financial markets or general economic conditions, the volume of sales and purchases of Fund shares, the continuation of investment advisory, administrative and service contracts, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Funds filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index of large-cap stocks commonly used as a measure of U.S. stock market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices are a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (S&P DJI) and have been licensed for use. S&P® and S&P 500® are registered trademarks of S&P DJI; Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones); S&P DJI, Dow Jones and their respective affiliates do not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Fund, will not have any liability with respect thereto and do not have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
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Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. |
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Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratios reflect a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 4/30/21. Without the reimbursement, performance would have been lower. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. |
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Fund invests in an affiliated investment company (Portfolio) with the same objective(s) and policies as the Fund. References to investments are to the Portfolios holdings. |
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Excludes cash and cash equivalents. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management.
Additional Information
Dow Jones Industrial Average® is a price-weighted average of 30 blue-chip stocks that are generally the leaders in their industry. Nasdaq Composite Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of all domestic and international securities listed on Nasdaq. Source: Nasdaq, Inc. The information is provided by Nasdaq (with its affiliates, are referred to as the Corporations) and Nasdaqs third party licensors on an as is basis and the Corporations make no guarantees and bear no liability of any kind with respect to the information or the Fund. Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index of 2,000 U.S. small-cap stocks. Russell 1000® Index is an unmanaged index of 1,000 U.S. large-cap stocks.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Example: As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and redemption fees (if applicable); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2020 December 31, 2020).
Actual Expenses: The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled Expenses Paid During Period to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes: The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees (if applicable). Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would be higher.
Beginning
Account Value (7/1/20) |
Ending
Account Value (12/31/20) |
Expenses Paid
During Period* (7/1/20 12/31/20) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio |
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Actual |
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Class A |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,205.50 | $ | 5.43 | ** | 0.98 | % | |||||||
Class C |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,201.40 | $ | 9.57 | ** | 1.73 | % | |||||||
Class I |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,206.70 | $ | 4.05 | ** | 0.73 | % | |||||||
Hypothetical |
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(5% return per year before expenses) |
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Class A |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.20 | $ | 4.98 | ** | 0.98 | % | |||||||
Class C |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,016.40 | $ | 8.77 | ** | 1.73 | % | |||||||
Class I |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.50 | $ | 3.71 | ** | 0.73 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the Funds annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on June 30, 2020. The Example reflects the expenses of both the Fund and the Portfolio. |
** |
Absent an allocation of certain expenses to an affiliate, expenses would be higher. |
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Assets | December 31, 2020 | |||
Investment in Stock Portfolio, at value (identified cost, $62,988,194) |
$ | 107,874,506 | ||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
17,820 | |||
Receivable from affiliate |
8,414 | |||
Total assets |
$ | 107,900,740 | ||
Liabilities |
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Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
$ | 12,764 | ||
Payable to affiliates: |
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Distribution and service fees |
18,130 | |||
Trustees fees |
125 | |||
Accrued expenses |
50,887 | |||
Total liabilities |
$ | 81,906 | ||
Net Assets |
$ | 107,818,834 | ||
Sources of Net Assets |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 65,574,825 | ||
Distributable earnings |
42,244,009 | |||
Total |
$ | 107,818,834 | ||
Class A Shares | ||||
Net Assets |
$ | 60,148,475 | ||
Shares Outstanding |
2,719,156 | |||
Net Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share |
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(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 22.12 | ||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share |
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(100 ÷ 94.25 of net asset value per share) |
$ | 23.47 | ||
Class C Shares |
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Net Assets |
$ | 6,727,813 | ||
Shares Outstanding |
314,405 | |||
Net Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share* |
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(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 21.40 | ||
Class I Shares |
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Net Assets |
$ | 40,942,546 | ||
Shares Outstanding |
1,849,723 | |||
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share |
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(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 22.13 |
On sales of $50,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced.
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Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
7 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Statement of Operations
Investment Income |
Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
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Dividends allocated from Portfolio (net of foreign taxes, $16,914) |
$ | 1,459,585 | ||
Expenses allocated from Portfolio |
(623,443 | ) | ||
Total investment income from Portfolio |
$ | 836,142 | ||
Expenses | ||||
Distribution and service fees |
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Class A |
$ | 129,571 | ||
Class C |
96,706 | |||
Trustees fees and expenses |
500 | |||
Custodian fee |
17,205 | |||
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees |
64,650 | |||
Legal and accounting services |
28,295 | |||
Printing and postage |
18,466 | |||
Registration fees |
53,605 | |||
Miscellaneous |
9,874 | |||
Total expenses |
$ | 418,872 | ||
Deduct |
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Allocation of expenses to affiliate |
$ | 102,033 | ||
Total expense reductions |
$ | 102,033 | ||
Net expenses |
$ | 316,839 | ||
Net investment income |
$ | 519,303 | ||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Portfolio |
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Net realized gain (loss) |
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Investment transactions |
$ | 2,241,522 | ||
Foreign currency transactions |
(1,007 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
$ | 2,240,515 | ||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
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Investments |
$ | 13,484,925 | ||
Foreign currency |
933 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
$ | 13,485,858 | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain |
$ | 15,726,373 | ||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 16,245,676 |
8 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
From operations |
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Net investment income |
$ | 519,303 | $ | 605,950 | ||||
Net realized gain |
2,240,515 | 5,540,149 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
13,485,858 | 21,451,033 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 16,245,676 | $ | 27,597,132 | ||||
Distributions to shareholders |
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Class A |
$ | (1,138,968 | ) | $ | (2,001,151 | ) | ||
Class C |
(209,512 | ) | (392,938 | ) | ||||
Class I |
(860,335 | ) | (1,485,075 | ) | ||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
$ | (2,208,815 | ) | $ | (3,879,164 | ) | ||
Transactions in shares of beneficial interest |
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Proceeds from sale of shares |
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Class A |
$ | 5,471,439 | $ | 4,661,998 | ||||
Class C |
1,020,161 | 1,277,411 | ||||||
Class I |
13,482,298 | 7,532,472 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
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Class A |
1,105,764 | 1,931,979 | ||||||
Class C |
208,098 | 389,163 | ||||||
Class I |
860,279 | 1,483,659 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
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Class A |
(11,491,645 | ) | (10,007,314 | ) | ||||
Class C |
(3,021,646 | ) | (2,603,422 | ) | ||||
Class I |
(15,796,778 | ) | (9,618,672 | ) | ||||
Net asset value of shares converted |
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Class A |
4,018,356 | 2,126,996 | ||||||
Class C |
(4,018,356 | ) | (2,126,996 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions |
$ | (8,162,030 | ) | $ | (4,952,726 | ) | ||
Other capital |
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Portfolio transaction fee contributed to Portfolio |
$ | (41,788 | ) | $ | (34,918 | ) | ||
Portfolio transaction fee allocated from Portfolio |
40,066 | 47,687 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from other capital |
$ | (1,722 | ) | $ | 12,769 | |||
Net increase in net assets |
$ | 5,873,109 | $ | 18,778,011 | ||||
Net Assets |
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At beginning of year |
$ | 101,945,725 | $ | 83,167,714 | ||||
At end of year |
$ | 107,818,834 | $ | 101,945,725 |
9 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights
Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 19.110 | $ | 14.720 | $ | 17.490 | $ | 15.740 | $ | 15.160 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1) |
$ | 0.097 | $ | 0.114 | $ | 0.144 | $ | 0.178 | $ | 0.193 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
3.346 | 5.023 | (1.133 | ) | 2.933 | 0.834 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 3.443 | $ | 5.137 | $ | (0.989 | ) | $ | 3.111 | $ | 1.027 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.041 | ) | $ | (0.096 | ) | $ | (0.145 | ) | $ | (0.168 | ) | $ | (0.140 | ) | |||||
From net realized gain |
(0.392 | ) | (0.653 | ) | (1.637 | ) | (1.191 | ) | (0.311 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.433 | ) | $ | (0.749 | ) | $ | (1.782 | ) | $ | (1.359 | ) | $ | (0.451 | ) | |||||
Portfolio transaction fee, net(1) |
$ | | (2) | $ | 0.002 | $ | 0.001 | $ | (0.002 | ) | $ | 0.004 | ||||||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 22.120 | $ | 19.110 | $ | 14.720 | $ | 17.490 | $ | 15.740 | ||||||||||
Total Return(3)(4) |
18.22 | % | 35.01 | % | (5.89 | )% | 19.91 | % | 6.80 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 60,148 | $ | 53,153 | $ | 42,087 | $ | 51,999 | $ | 58,620 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) |
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Expenses(4) |
0.98 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.98 | % | 0.98 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.51 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.80 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.26 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio |
70 | % | 55 | % | 90 | % | 101 | % | 118 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Amount is less than $(0.0005). |
(3) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges. |
(4) |
The administrator waived its fees and/or reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.10%, 0.12%, 0.12%, 0.13% and 0.12% of average daily net assets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively). Absent the waivers and reimbursement, total return would be lower. |
(5) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
10 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 18.610 | $ | 14.380 | $ | 17.100 | $ | 15.420 | $ | 14.870 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(1) |
$ | (0.040 | ) | $ | (0.018 | ) | $ | 0.008 | $ | 0.050 | $ | 0.076 | ||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
3.235 | 4.899 | (1.096 | ) | 2.851 | 0.813 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 3.195 | $ | 4.881 | $ | (1.088 | ) | $ | 2.901 | $ | 0.889 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.013 | ) | $ | | $ | (0.010 | ) | $ | (0.028 | ) | $ | (0.034 | ) | ||||||
From net realized gain |
(0.392 | ) | (0.653 | ) | (1.623 | ) | (1.191 | ) | (0.309 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.405 | ) | $ | (0.653 | ) | $ | (1.633 | ) | $ | (1.219 | ) | $ | (0.343 | ) | |||||
Portfolio transaction fee, net(1) |
$ | | (2) | $ | 0.002 | $ | 0.001 | $ | (0.002 | ) | $ | 0.004 | ||||||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 21.400 | $ | 18.610 | $ | 14.380 | $ | 17.100 | $ | 15.420 | ||||||||||
Total Return(3)(4) |
17.36 | % | 34.04 | % | (6.60 | )% | 18.94 | % | 6.00 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 6,728 | $ | 11,418 | $ | 11,627 | $ | 16,196 | $ | 15,370 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) |
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Expenses(4) |
1.73 | % | 1.73 | % | 1.73 | % | 1.73 | % | 1.73 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
(0.22 | )% | (0.11 | )% | 0.05 | % | 0.30 | % | 0.51 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio |
70 | % | 55 | % | 90 | % | 101 | % | 118 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Amount is less than $(0.0005). |
(3) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges. |
(4) |
The administrator waived its fees and/or reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.10%, 0.12%, 0.12%, 0.13% and 0.12% of average daily net assets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively). Absent the waivers and reimbursement, total return would be lower. |
(5) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
11 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Class I | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 19.110 | $ | 14.720 | $ | 17.490 | $ | 15.750 | $ | 15.170 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1) |
$ | 0.146 | $ | 0.158 | $ | 0.190 | $ | 0.219 | $ | 0.233 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
3.354 | 5.023 | (1.132 | ) | 2.931 | 0.834 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 3.500 | $ | 5.181 | $ | (0.942 | ) | $ | 3.150 | $ | 1.067 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.088 | ) | $ | (0.140 | ) | $ | (0.192 | ) | $ | (0.217 | ) | $ | (0.180 | ) | |||||
From net realized gain |
(0.392 | ) | (0.653 | ) | (1.637 | ) | (1.191 | ) | (0.311 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.480 | ) | $ | (0.793 | ) | $ | (1.829 | ) | $ | (1.408 | ) | $ | (0.491 | ) | |||||
Portfolio transaction fee, net(1) |
$ | | (2) | $ | 0.002 | $ | 0.001 | $ | (0.002 | ) | $ | 0.004 | ||||||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 22.130 | $ | 19.110 | $ | 14.720 | $ | 17.490 | $ | 15.750 | ||||||||||
Total Return(3)(4) |
18.52 | % | 35.32 | % | (5.63 | )% | 20.14 | % | 7.05 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 40,943 | $ | 37,375 | $ | 29,455 | $ | 35,068 | $ | 28,121 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(5) |
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Expenses(4) |
0.73 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.73 | % | 0.73 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.76 | % | 0.89 | % | 1.06 | % | 1.28 | % | 1.51 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio |
70 | % | 55 | % | 90 | % | 101 | % | 118 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Amount is less than $(0.0005). |
(3) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested. |
(4) |
The administrator waived its fees and/or reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.10%, 0.12%, 0.12%, 0.13% and 0.12% of average daily net assets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively). Absent the waivers and reimbursement, total return would be lower. |
(5) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
12 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements
1 Significant Accounting Policies
Eaton Vance Stock Fund (the Fund) is a diversified series of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund offers three classes of shares. Class A shares are generally sold subject to a sales charge imposed at time of purchase. Class C shares are sold at net asset value and are generally subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (see Note 5). Effective January 25, 2019, Class C shares generally automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after their purchase and, effective November 5, 2020, automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after their purchase as described in the Funds prospectus. Class I shares are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. The Fund invests all of its investable assets in interests in Stock Portfolio (the Portfolio), a Massachusetts business trust, having the same investment objective and policies as the Fund. The value of the Funds investment in the Portfolio reflects the Funds proportionate interest in the net assets of the Portfolio (13.4% at December 31, 2020). The performance of the Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolio, including the portfolio of investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Funds financial statements.
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 (U.S. GAAP). The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.
A Investment Valuation Valuation of securities by the Portfolio is discussed in Note 1A of the Portfolios Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.
B Income The Funds net investment income or loss consists of the Funds pro-rata share of the net investment income or loss of the Portfolio, less all actual and accrued expenses of the Fund.
C 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.
As of December 31, 2020, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.
D Expenses The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.
E Use of Estimates The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.
F Indemnifications Under the Trusts 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. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trusts Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume, upon request by the shareholder, the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. 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.
G Other Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.
2 Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information
It is the present policy of the Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, at the election of the shareholder, receive distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
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.
The tax character of distributions declared for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 290,052 | $ | 517,874 | ||||
Long-term capital gains |
$ | 1,918,763 | $ | 3,361,290 |
During the year ended December 31, 2020, distributable earnings was decreased by $612,754 and paid-in capital was increased by $612,754 due to the Funds use of equalization accounting. Tax equalization accounting allows the Fund to treat as a distribution that portion of redemption proceeds representing a redeeming shareholders portion of undistributed taxable income and net capital gains. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Fund.
As of December 31, 2020, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income |
$ | 250,213 | ||
Undistributed long-term capital gains |
$ | 2,674,701 | ||
Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 39,319,095 |
3 Transactions with Affiliates
Eaton Vance Management (EVM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., serves as the administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation. EVM has agreed to reimburse the Funds expenses to the extent that total annual operating expenses (relating to ordinary operating expenses only) exceed 0.98%, 1.73% and 0.73% of the Funds average daily net assets for Class A, Class C and Class I, respectively. This agreement may be changed or terminated after April 30, 2021. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM was allocated $102,033 of the Funds operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Portfolio has engaged Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, to render investment advisory services. See Note 2 of the Portfolios Notes to Financial Statements which are included elsewhere in this report.
EVM provides sub-transfer agency and related services to the Fund pursuant to a Sub-Transfer Agency Support Services Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2020, EVM earned $10,127 from the Fund pursuant to such agreement, which is included in transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees on the Statement of Operations. The Fund was informed that Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), an affiliate of EVM and the Funds principal underwriter, received $6,379 as its portion of the sales charge on sales of Class A shares for the year ended December 31, 2020. EVD also received distribution and service fees from Class A and Class C shares (see Note 4) and contingent deferred sales charges (see Note 5).
Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVMs or BMRs organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund and the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.
4 Distribution Plans
The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Class A shares (Class A Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution and service fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares for distribution services and facilities provided to the Fund by EVD, as well as for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Distribution and service fees paid or accrued to EVD for the year ended December 31, 2020 amounted to $129,571 for Class A shares.
The Fund also has in effect a distribution plan for Class C shares (Class C Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class C Plan, the Fund pays EVD amounts equal to 0.75% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares for providing ongoing distribution services and facilities to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Fund paid or accrued to EVD $72,530 for Class C shares.
Pursuant to the Class C Plan, the Fund also makes payments of service fees to EVD, financial intermediaries and other persons in amounts equal to 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to that class. Service fees paid or accrued are for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. They are separate and distinct from the sales commissions and distribution fees payable to EVD. Service fees paid or accrued for the year ended December 31, 2020 amounted to $24,176 for Class C shares.
Distribution and service fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2341(d).
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
5 Contingent Deferred Sales Charges
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1% generally is imposed on redemptions of Class C shares made within 12 months of purchase. Class A shares may be subject to a 1% CDSC if redeemed within 18 months of purchase (depending on the circumstances of purchase). Generally, the CDSC is based upon the lower of the net asset value at date of redemption or date of purchase. No charge is levied on shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Fund was informed that EVD received approximately $1,000 of CDSCs paid by Class C shareholders and no CDSCs paid by Class A shareholders.
6 Investment Transactions
For the year ended December 31, 2020, increases and decreases in the Funds investment in the Portfolio aggregated $9,290,100 and $19,936,648, respectively. In addition, a Portfolio transaction fee is imposed by the Portfolio on the combined daily inflows or outflows of the Fund and the Portfolios other investors as more fully described at Note 1H of the Portfolios financial statements included herein. Such fee is allocated to the Fund based on its pro-rata interest in the Portfolio. The amount of the Portfolio transaction fee imposed on the Fund, if any, and the allocation of such fee are presented as Other capital on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
7 Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Funds Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Class A | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Sales |
300,201 | 259,131 | ||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
54,382 | 103,094 | ||||||
Redemptions |
(610,510 | ) | (572,212 | ) | ||||
Converted from Class C shares |
193,561 | 131,539 | ||||||
Net decrease |
(62,366 | ) | (78,448 | ) | ||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Class C | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Sales |
57,033 | 71,557 | ||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
10,608 | 21,312 | ||||||
Redemptions |
(166,542 | ) | (152,996 | ) | ||||
Converted to Class A shares |
(200,172 | ) | (134,746 | ) | ||||
Net decrease |
(299,073 | ) | (194,873 | ) | ||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Class I | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Sales |
711,979 | 420,905 | ||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
42,001 | 79,171 | ||||||
Redemptions |
(859,557 | ) | (546,176 | ) | ||||
Net decrease |
(105,577 | ) | (46,100 | ) |
8 Additional Information
On November 24, 2020, the Funds Board of Trustees approved an investment advisory agreement between EVM and the Fund pursuant to which fees will be based on average daily net assets per annum that are not invested in other investment companies for which the adviser or its affiliates (i) serves as adviser and (ii) receives an advisory fee. The investment advisory agreement was approved by Fund shareholders at a joint meeting of shareholders held on February 18, 2021, and would become effective upon the consummation of the acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. by Morgan Stanley or on another date determined by an officer of the Fund.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust and Shareholders of Eaton Vance Stock Fund:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Eaton Vance Stock Fund (the Fund) (one of the funds constituting Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust), as of December 31, 2020, 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, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2020, and 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 five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting 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.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 22, 2021
We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)
The Form 1099-DIV you received in February 2021 showed the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2020. 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 and/or regulations, shareholders must be notified regarding the status of qualified dividend income for individuals, the dividends received deduction for corporations and capital gains dividends.
Qualified Dividend Income. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, the Fund designates approximately $1,382,569, 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 2020 ordinary income dividends, 100% qualifies for the corporate dividends received deduction.
Capital Gains Dividends. The Fund hereby designates as a capital gain dividend with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2020, $3,253,895 or, if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gain of such year.
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Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Portfolio of Investments
Common Stocks 99.9% |
|
|||||||
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks 5.0% | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
176,020 | $ | 22,366,861 | |||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) |
121,240 | 18,064,760 | ||||||
$ | 40,431,621 | |||||||
Beverages 2.3% | ||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. |
125,100 | $ | 18,552,330 | |||||
$ | 18,552,330 | |||||||
Biotechnology 3.1% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
154,300 | $ | 16,533,245 | |||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1) |
34,300 | 8,106,462 | ||||||
$ | 24,639,707 | |||||||
Building Products 1.6% | ||||||||
Trane Technologies PLC |
90,600 | $ | 13,151,496 | |||||
$ | 13,151,496 | |||||||
Capital Markets 5.3% | ||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. |
19,900 | $ | 14,358,646 | |||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
124,500 | 14,353,605 | ||||||
Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A |
224,739 | 14,034,951 | ||||||
$ | 42,747,202 | |||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies 1.2% | ||||||||
Waste Management, Inc. |
81,082 | $ | 9,562,000 | |||||
$ | 9,562,000 | |||||||
Communications Equipment 1.1% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. |
199,300 | $ | 8,918,675 | |||||
$ | 8,918,675 | |||||||
Containers & Packaging 1.1% | ||||||||
AptarGroup, Inc. |
66,100 | $ | 9,048,429 | |||||
$ | 9,048,429 | |||||||
Electric Utilities 1.5% | ||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc. |
155,084 | $ | 11,964,731 | |||||
$ | 11,964,731 | |||||||
Electrical Equipment 1.9% | ||||||||
AMETEK, Inc. |
125,400 | $ | 15,165,876 | |||||
$ | 15,165,876 |
18 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Portfolio of Investments continued
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
IT Services 11.2% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. |
67,300 | $ | 11,858,260 | |||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A |
181,612 | 14,883,103 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. |
57,700 | 8,162,242 | ||||||
Nuvei Corp.(1) |
99,300 | 5,980,839 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(1) |
65,700 | 15,386,940 | ||||||
Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(1) |
104,000 | 7,841,600 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
119,800 | 26,203,854 | ||||||
$ | 90,316,838 | |||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.8% | ||||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. |
31,400 | $ | 14,625,492 | |||||
$ | 14,625,492 | |||||||
Machinery 2.4% | ||||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(1) |
182,520 | $ | 8,315,611 | |||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. |
60,900 | 10,874,304 | ||||||
$ | 19,189,915 | |||||||
Multi-Utilities 1.1% | ||||||||
Sempra Energy |
66,542 | $ | 8,478,116 | |||||
$ | 8,478,116 | |||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.5% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. |
81,700 | $ | 6,899,565 | |||||
Phillips 66 |
78,825 | 5,513,021 | ||||||
$ | 12,412,586 | |||||||
Pharmaceuticals 1.0% | ||||||||
Zoetis, Inc. |
49,300 | $ | 8,159,150 | |||||
$ | 8,159,150 | |||||||
Road & Rail 1.4% | ||||||||
Union Pacific Corp. |
55,000 | $ | 11,452,100 | |||||
$ | 11,452,100 | |||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 3.0% | ||||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR |
114,923 | $ | 12,531,204 | |||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
71,479 | 11,731,848 | ||||||
$ | 24,263,052 | |||||||
Software 8.3% | ||||||||
Intuit, Inc. |
18,836 | $ | 7,154,855 | |||||
Microsoft Corp. |
246,820 | 54,897,704 | ||||||
nCino, Inc.(1) |
61,286 | 4,437,719 | ||||||
$ | 66,490,278 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Specialty Retail 3.8% | ||||||||
Lowes Cos., Inc. |
98,700 | $ | 15,842,337 | |||||
TJX Cos., Inc. (The) |
218,540 | 14,924,097 | ||||||
$ | 30,766,434 | |||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 6.4% | ||||||||
Apple, Inc. |
388,388 | $ | 51,535,204 | |||||
$ | 51,535,204 | |||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.6% | ||||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc.(1) |
93,020 | $ | 12,543,747 | |||||
$ | 12,543,747 | |||||||
Total Common Stocks
|
|
$ | 803,758,737 | |||||
Short-Term Investments 0.8% |
|
|||||||
Description | Units | Value | ||||||
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.11%(2) |
6,475,259 | $ | 6,475,259 | |||||
Total Short-Term Investments
|
|
$ | 6,475,259 | |||||
Total Investments 100.7%
|
|
$ | 810,233,996 | |||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (0.7)% |
|
$ | (5,788,027 | ) | ||||
Net Assets 100.0% |
|
$ | 804,445,969 |
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
(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 December 31, 2020. |
Abbreviations:
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt |
19 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Assets | December 31, 2020 | |||
Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $531,141,104) |
$ | 803,758,737 | ||
Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $6,475,259) |
6,475,259 | |||
Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $313) |
314 | |||
Dividends receivable |
443,202 | |||
Dividends receivable from affiliated investment |
546 | |||
Tax reclaims receivable |
167,997 | |||
Total assets |
$ | 810,846,055 | ||
Liabilities |
|
|||
Payable for investments purchased |
$ | 5,864,591 | ||
Payable to affiliates: |
||||
Investment adviser fee |
393,198 | |||
Trustees fees |
9,150 | |||
Accrued expenses |
133,147 | |||
Total liabilities |
$ | 6,400,086 | ||
Net Assets applicable to investors interest in Portfolio |
$ | 804,445,969 |
20 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Statement of Operations
Investment Income |
Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
|||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $117,697) |
$ | 10,219,798 | ||
Dividends from affiliated investment |
26,840 | |||
Total investment income |
$ | 10,246,638 | ||
Expenses | ||||
Investment adviser fee |
$ | 4,102,456 | ||
Trustees fees and expenses |
44,450 | |||
Custodian fee |
180,632 | |||
Legal and accounting services |
56,519 | |||
Miscellaneous |
24,647 | |||
Total expenses |
$ | 4,408,704 | ||
Net investment income |
$ | 5,837,934 | ||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
||||
Investment transactions |
$ | 18,281,136 | ||
Investment transactions affiliated investment |
721 | |||
Foreign currency transactions |
(6,658 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
$ | 18,275,199 | ||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
||||
Investments |
$ | 96,269,641 | ||
Investments affiliated investment |
(264 | ) | ||
Foreign currency |
6,762 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
$ | 96,276,139 | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain |
$ | 114,551,338 | ||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 120,389,272 |
21 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
From operations |
||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 5,837,934 | $ | 6,172,602 | ||||
Net realized gain |
18,275,199 | 37,236,935 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
96,276,139 | 139,853,795 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 120,389,272 | $ | 183,263,332 | ||||
Capital transactions |
||||||||
Contributions |
$ | 78,327,454 | $ | 63,196,014 | ||||
Withdrawals |
(78,095,172 | ) | (79,842,250 | ) | ||||
Portfolio transaction fee |
276,897 | 315,199 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions |
$ | 509,179 | $ | (16,331,037 | ) | |||
Net increase in net assets |
$ | 120,898,451 | $ | 166,932,295 | ||||
Net Assets |
|
|||||||
At beginning of year |
$ | 683,547,518 | $ | 516,615,223 | ||||
At end of year |
$ | 804,445,969 | $ | 683,547,518 |
22 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets): |
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Expenses |
0.64 | % | 0.63 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.64 | % | 0.65 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.84 | % | 0.99 | % | 1.14 | % | 1.38 | % | 1.60 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover |
70 | % | 55 | % | 90 | % | 101 | % | 118 | % | ||||||||||
Total Return |
18.61 | % | 35.47 | % | (5.57 | )% | 20.31 | % | 7.14 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 804,446 | $ | 683,548 | $ | 516,615 | $ | 647,405 | $ | 640,973 |
23 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements
1 Significant Accounting Policies
Stock Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Portfolios investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At December 31, 2020, Eaton Vance Stock Fund, Eaton Vance Stock NextShares and Eaton Vance Balanced Fund held an interest of 13.4%, 0.9% and 85.6%, respectively, in the Portfolio.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Portfolio. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.
A Investment Valuation The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.
Equity Securities. Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices 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 ask prices.
Foreign Securities and Currencies. 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 Portfolios 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.
Affiliated Fund. The Portfolio may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). While Cash Reserves Fund is not a registered money market mutual fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Investments in Cash Reserves Fund are valued at the closing net asset value per unit on the valuation day. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities based on available market quotations provided by a third party pricing service.
Fair Valuation. 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 Portfolio in a manner that most fairly reflects the securitys fair value, which is the amount that the Portfolio 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 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 statements, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.
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 Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolios understanding of the applicable countries tax rules and rates.
D Federal Taxes The Portfolio has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes. No provision is made by the Portfolio for federal or state taxes on any taxable income of the Portfolio because each investor in the Portfolio is ultimately responsible for the payment of any taxes on its share of taxable income. Since at least one of the Portfolios investors is a regulated investment company that invests all or substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio, the Portfolio normally must satisfy the applicable source of income and diversification requirements (under the Internal Revenue Code) in order for its investors to satisfy them. The Portfolio will allocate, at least annually among its investors, each investors distributive share of the Portfolios net investment income, net realized capital gains and losses and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.
As of December 31, 2020, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Portfolio files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.
E 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
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Notes to Financial Statements continued
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.
F Use of Estimates The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.
G Indemnifications Under the Portfolios organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, interestholders in the Portfolio could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Portfolio. However, the Portfolios Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Portfolio interestholders. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Portfolios maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet occurred.
H Capital Transactions To seek to protect the Portfolio (and, indirectly, other investors in the Portfolio) against the costs of accommodating investor inflows and outflows, the Portfolio imposes a fee (Portfolio transaction fee) on inflows and outflows by Portfolio investors. The Portfolio transaction fee is sized to cover the estimated cost to the Portfolio of, in connection with issuing interests, converting the cash and/or other instruments it receives to the desired composition and, in connection with redeeming its interests, converting Portfolio holdings to cash and/or other instruments to be distributed. Such fee, which may vary over time, is limited to amounts that have been authorized by the Board of Trustees and determined by EVM to be appropriate. The maximum Portfolio transaction fee is 2% of the amount of net contributions or withdrawals. The Portfolio transaction fee is recorded as a component of capital transactions on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
2 Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The investment adviser fee is earned by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM and an indirect subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Portfolio and BMR, the fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Portfolios average daily net assets up to $500 million and 0.575% from $500 million but less than $1 billion, and is payable monthly. On net assets of $1 billion or over, the annual fee is reduced. The fee reduction cannot be terminated or reduced without the approval of a majority vote of the Trustees of the Portfolio who are not interested persons of BMR or the Portfolio and by the vote of a majority of the holders of interest in the Portfolio. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Portfolios investment adviser fee amounted to $4,102,456 or 0.59% of the Portfolios average daily net assets. The Portfolio invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund.
Trustees and officers of the Portfolio who are members of EVMs or BMRs organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Portfolio out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Portfolio who are not affiliated with the investment adviser 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 December 31, 2020, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.
3 Purchases and Sales of Investments
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $496,240,065 and $484,697,281, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2020.
4 Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at December 31, 2020, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
Aggregate cost |
$ | 540,800,566 | ||
Gross unrealized appreciation |
$ | 272,459,067 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(3,025,637 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 269,433,430 |
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December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
5 Line of Credit
The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in an $800 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through October 26, 2021. Borrowings are made by the Portfolio solely for temporary purposes related to redemptions and other short-term cash needs. Interest is charged to the Portfolio based on its borrowings at an amount above either the Eurodollar rate or Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.15% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated among the participating portfolios and funds at the end of each quarter. In connection with the renewal of the agreement in October 2020, an upfront fee and arrangement fee totaling $950,000 was incurred that was allocated to the participating portfolios and funds. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Portfolio, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Portfolio did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the year ended December 31, 2020.
6 Investments in Affiliated Funds
At December 31, 2020, the value of the Portfolios investment in affiliated funds was $6,475,259, which represents 0.8% of the Portfolios net assets. Transactions in affiliated funds by the Portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:
Name of
affiliated fund |
Value,
beginning of
|
Purchases |
Sales proceeds |
Net
realized
|
Change in
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value, end
of period |
Dividend
income |
Units, end
of period |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
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Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC |
$ | 5,512,026 | $ | 136,211,330 | $ | (135,248,554 | ) | $ | 721 | $ | (264 | ) | $ | 6,475,259 | $ | 26,840 | 6,475,259 |
7 Fair Value Measurements
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.
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Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
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Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
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Level 3 significant unobservable inputs (including a funds 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.
At December 31, 2020, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolios investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | 803,758,737 | * | $ | | $ | | $ | 803,758,737 | |||||||
Short-Term Investments |
| 6,475,259 | | 6,475,259 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 803,758,737 | $ | 6,475,259 | $ | | $ | 810,233,996 |
* |
The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments. |
8 Risks and Uncertainties
Pandemic Risk
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, the economies of individual countries, individual companies, and the market in
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Notes to Financial Statements continued
general, and may continue to do so in significant and unforeseen ways, as may other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future. Any such impact could adversely affect the Portfolios performance, or the performance of the securities in which the Portfolio invests.
9 Additional Information
On October 8, 2020, Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. (Eaton Vance) announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which Morgan Stanley would acquire Eaton Vance. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consummation of this transaction may be deemed to result in the automatic termination of an Eaton Vance Funds investment advisory agreement, and, where applicable, any related sub-advisory agreement. On November 24, 2020, the Portfolios Board approved a new investment advisory agreement. The new investment advisory agreement was approved by Portfolio interest holders at a joint special meeting of interest holders held on February 19, 2021, and would take effect upon consummation of the transaction.
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Stock Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees and Investors of Stock Portfolio:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Stock Portfolio (the Portfolio), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2020, 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, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio as of December 31, 2020, and 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 five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolios management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolios financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Portfolio in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. The Portfolio is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolios internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 22, 2021
We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.
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Eaton Vance
Stock Fund
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval
Overview of the Contract Review Process
Even though the following description of the Boards (as defined below) consideration of investment advisory and, as applicable, sub-advisory agreements covers multiple funds, for purposes of this shareholder report, the description is only relevant as to Eaton Vance Stock Fund and Stock Portfolio. As defined below, Eaton Vance Stock Fund is a New IAA Series.
Fund |
Investment Adviser |
Investment
Sub-Adviser |
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Eaton Vance Stock Fund |
Eaton Vance Management | None | ||
Stock Portfolio |
Boston Management and Research | None |
At a meeting held on November 24, 2020 (the November Meeting), the Board of each Eaton Vance open-end Fund, including the portfolios (each, a Portfolio) in which each such Fund invests, as applicable (each, a Fund and, collectively, the Funds), which also includes each Fund organized as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure that does not currently have an investment advisory agreement or, as applicable, an investment sub-advisory agreement in place (the New IAA Series), including a majority of the Board members (the Independent Trustees) who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act)) of the Funds, Eaton Vance Management (EVM) or Boston Management and Research (BMR and, together with EVM, the Advisers), voted to approve a new investment advisory agreement between each Fund and either EVM or BMR (the New Investment Advisory Agreements) and, for certain Funds, a new investment sub-advisory agreement between an Adviser and the applicable Sub-Adviser (the New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements(1) and, together with the New Investment Advisory Agreements, the New Agreements), each of which is intended to go into effect upon the completion of the Transaction (as defined below), as more fully described below. In voting its approval of the New Agreements at the November Meeting, the Board relied on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that provided temporary relief from the in-person meeting requirements under Section 15 of the 1940 Act.
In voting its approval of the New Agreements, the Board of each Fund relied upon the recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to and during meetings leading up to the November Meeting, the Contract Review Committee reviewed and discussed information furnished by the Advisers, the Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley, as requested by the Independent Trustees, that the Contract Review Committee considered reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the New Agreements and to form its recommendation. Such information included, among other things, the terms and anticipated impacts of Morgan Stanleys pending acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (the Transaction) on the Funds and their shareholders. In addition to considering information furnished specifically to evaluate the impact of the Transaction on the Funds and their respective shareholders, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information furnished for prior meetings of the Board and its committees, including information provided in connection with the annual contract review process for the Funds, which most recently culminated in April 2020 (the 2020 Annual Approval Process).
The Board of each Fund, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the applicable New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the fees payable thereunder, was fair and reasonable, and it voted to approve the New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement and to recommend that shareholders do so as well.
Shortly after the announcement of the Transaction, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, met with senior representatives from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley at its meeting held on October 13, 2020 to discuss certain aspects of the Transaction and the expected impacts of the Transaction on the Funds and their shareholders. As part of the Boards evaluation process, counsel to the Independent Trustees, on behalf of the Contract Review Committee, requested additional information to assist the Independent Trustees in their evaluation of the New Agreements and the implications of the Transaction, as well as other contractual arrangements that may be affected by the Transaction. The Contract Review Committee considered information furnished by the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, their respective affiliates, and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers during meetings on November 5, 2020, November 10, 2020, November 13, 2020, November 17, 2020 and November 24, 2020.
During its meetings on November 10, 2020 and November 17, 2020, the Contract Review Committee further discussed the approval of the New Agreements with senior representatives of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley. The representatives from the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley each made presentations to, and responded to questions from, the Independent Trustees. The Contract Review Committee considered the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Morgan Stanleys responses related to the Transaction and specifically to the Funds,
(1) |
With respect to certain of the Funds, the applicable Adviser is currently a party to a sub-advisory agreement (collectively, the Current Sub-Advisory Agreements) with Atlanta Capital Management Company, LLC (Atlanta Capital), BMO Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. (EVAIL), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., Hexavest Inc. (Hexavest), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) or Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC (collectively, the Sub-Advisers and, with respect to Atlanta Capital, EVAIL, Hexavest and Parametric, each an affiliate of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers). Accordingly, references to the Sub-Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers or the New Sub-Advisory Agreements are not applicable to all Funds. |
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December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval continued
as well as information received in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, with respect to its evaluation of the New Agreements. Among other information, the Board considered:
Information about the Transaction and its Terms
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Information about the material terms and conditions, and expected impacts, of the Transaction that relate to the Funds, including the expected impacts on the businesses conducted by the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., as the distributor of Fund shares; |
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Information about the advantages of the Transaction as they relate to the Funds and their shareholders; |
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A commitment that the Funds would not bear any expenses, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Transaction; |
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A commitment that, for a period of three years after the Closing, at least 75% of each Funds Board members must not be interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the investment adviser (or predecessor investment adviser, if applicable) pursuant to Section 15(f)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act; |
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A commitment that Morgan Stanley would use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that it did not impose any unfair burden (as that term is used in section 15(f)(1)(B) of the 1940 Act) on the Funds as a result of the Transaction; |
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Information with respect to personnel and/or other resources of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as a result of the Transaction, as well as any expected changes to compensation, including any retention-based compensation intended to incentivize key personnel at the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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Information regarding any changes that are expected with respect to the Funds slate of officers as a result of the Transaction; |
Information about Morgan Stanley
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Information about Morgan Stanleys overall business, including information about the advisory, brokerage and related businesses that Morgan Stanley operates; |
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Information about Morgan Stanleys financial condition, including its access to capital and other resources required to support the investment advisory businesses related to the Funds; |
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Information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy, and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates implementing to the Funds in the short- or long-term following the closing of the Transaction (the Closing); |
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Information regarding risk management functions at Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including how existing risk management protocols and procedures may impact the Funds and/or the businesses of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as they relate to the Funds; |
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Information on the anticipated benefits of the Transaction to the Funds with respect to potential additional distribution capabilities and the ability to access new markets and customer segments through Morgan Stanleys distribution network, including, in particular, its institutional client base; |
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Information regarding the financial condition and reputation of Morgan Stanley, its worldwide presence, experience as a fund sponsor and manager, commitment to maintain a high level of cooperation with, and support to, the Funds, strong client service capabilities, and relationships in the asset management industry; |
Information about the New Agreements for Funds other than the New IAA Series
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A representation that, after the Closing, all of the Funds will continue to be advised by their current Adviser and Sub-Adviser, as applicable; |
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Information regarding the terms of the New Agreements, including certain changes as compared to the current investment advisory agreement between each Fund and its Adviser (collectively, the Current Advisory Agreements) and, as applicable, the current investment sub-advisory agreement between a Fund and a Sub-Adviser (together with the Current Advisory Agreements, the Current Agreements); |
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Information confirming that the fee rates payable under the New Agreements are not changed as compared to the Current Agreements; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about the New Agreements for the New IAA Series
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Information confirming that no increase in management fees will result from the New Agreements because the Adviser will not charge a management fee with respect to New IAA Series assets invested in an underlying Portfolio or other investment company for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as investment adviser and receive an advisory fee; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about Fund Performance, Fees and Expenses
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A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each Fund (including, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices, over various time periods as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as performance information as of a more recent date; |
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A report from an independent data provider comparing each Funds total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as fee and expense information as of a more recent date; |
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In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the Advisers in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as corresponding performance information as of a more recent date; |
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Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser to each Fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such Fund(s), if any; |
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Profitability analyses of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as applicable, with respect to each of the Funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information regarding the impact of the Transaction on profitability; |
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Descriptions of the investment management services currently provided and expected to be provided to each Fund after the Transaction, as well as each of the Funds investment strategies and policies; |
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The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of Fund assets, when necessary, and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes; |
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Information about any changes to the policies and practices of the Advisers and, as applicable, each Funds Sub-Adviser with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions; |
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Information regarding the impact on trading and access to capital markets associated with the Funds affiliations with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including potential restrictions with respect to the Funds ability to execute portfolio transactions with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates; |
Information about the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers
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Information about the financial results and condition of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers since the culmination of the 2020 Annual Approval Process and any material changes in financial condition that are reasonably expected to occur before and after the Closing; |
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Information regarding contemplated changes to the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the Funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, as applicable, post-Closing; |
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The Code of Ethics of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes; |
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Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions; |
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Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance; |
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Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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A description of the Advisers oversight of the Sub-Advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters; |
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Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by the Advisers and their affiliates; |
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Information concerning oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by EVM and/or administrator to each of the Funds; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers intend to continue to manage the Funds in a manner materially consistent with each Funds current investment objective(s) and principal investment strategies; |
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Information regarding Morgan Stanleys commitment to maintaining competitive compensation arrangements to attract and retain highly qualified personnel; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers current senior management teams have indicated their strong support of the Transaction; and |
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As indicated above, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information received at its regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year, which included information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the Funds investment objectives. The Board also received information regarding risk management techniques employed in connection with the management of the Funds. The Board and its committees evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the Funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, with respect to such matters.
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The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the evaluation process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating the New Agreements and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to the New Agreements were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to the New Agreements.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering whether to approve the New Agreements, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services currently provided to each Fund by the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers under the Current Agreements (for the New IAA Series, the Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the respective Portfolios, as applicable). In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers under the New Agreements, the Board considered, among other information, the expected impact, if any, of the Transaction on the operations, facilities, organization and personnel of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, and that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers have advised the Board that, following the Transaction, there is not expected to be any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, to the Funds and their shareholders, including compliance and other non-advisory services, and that there are not expected to be any changes in portfolio management personnel as a result of the Transaction.
The Board also considered the financial resources of Morgan Stanley and the Advisers and the importance of having a Fund manager with, or with access to, significant organizational and financial resources. The Board considered the benefits to the Funds of being part of a larger combined organization with greater financial resources following the Transaction, particularly during periods of market disruptions and volatility. In this regard, the Board considered information provided by Morgan Stanley regarding its business and operating structure, scale of operation, leadership and reputation, distribution capabilities, and financial condition, as well as information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates in the short- or long-term following the Closing. The Board also noted Morgan Stanleys and the Advisers commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers management capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by each Fund, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to each Fund. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers investment professionals in implementing each Funds investment strategies. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Advisers and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Advisers to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. With respect to the recruitment and retention of key personnel, the Board noted information from Morgan Stanley and the Advisers regarding the benefits of joining Morgan Stanley. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Funds by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Funds, including the provision of administrative services. With respect to the foregoing, the Board also considered information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley regarding the anticipated impact of the Transaction on such matters. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Advisers or their affiliates may be subject in managing the Funds and in connection with the Transaction.
The Board considered the compliance programs of the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Advisers and their affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The Board also considered certain information relating to the compliance record of Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including information requests in recent years from regulatory authorities. With respect to the foregoing, including the compliance programs of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board noted information regarding the impacts of the Transaction, as well as the Advisers and Morgan Stanleys commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered other administrative services provided and to be provided or overseen by the Advisers and their 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 fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges. The Board noted information that the Transaction was not expected to have any material impact on such matters in the near-term.
In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided under the New Agreements, the Board also considered investment performance information provided for each Fund in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. In this regard, the Board compared each Funds investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as appropriate benchmark indices and, for certain Funds, a custom peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board also considered, where applicable, Fund-specific performance explanations based on criteria established by the Board in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process and,
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where applicable, performance explanations as of a more recent date. In addition to the foregoing information, it was also noted that the Board has received and discussed with management information throughout the year at periodic intervals comparing each Funds performance against applicable benchmark indices and peer groups. In addition, the Board considered each Funds performance in light of overall financial market conditions. Where a Funds relative underperformance to its peers was significant during one or more specified periods, the Board noted the explanation from the applicable Adviser concerning the Funds relative performance versus its peer group.
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, and based on their review of the materials provided and the assurances received from, and recommendations of, the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, the Board determined that the Transaction was not expected to adversely affect the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and that the Transaction was not expected to have an adverse effect on the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, to provide those services. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, taken as a whole, are appropriate and expected to be consistent with the terms of the New Agreements.
Management Fees and Expenses
The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by each Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as management fees) in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. As part of its review, the Board considered each Funds management fees and total expense ratio over various periods, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered factors, and, where applicable, certain Fund-specific factors, that had an impact on a Funds total expense ratio relative to comparable funds, as identified by the Advisers in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee. The Board considered that the New Agreements do not change a Funds management fee rate or the computation method for calculating such fees, including any separately executed permanent contractual management fee reduction currently in place for the Fund. The Board also considered that, for the New IAA Series, no increase in management fees will result from the New Agreements because the Adviser will not charge a management fee with respect to New IAA Series assets invested in an underlying Portfolio or other investment company for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as investment adviser and receive an advisory fee.
The Board also received and considered, where applicable, information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to other types of accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as a Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, provide to the Funds as compared to other types of accounts and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Advisers and such Sub-Advisers as between each Fund and other types of accounts.
After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable with respect to its approval of the New Agreements.
Profitability and Fall-Out Benefits
During the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board considered the level of profits realized by the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Funds and to all Eaton Vance funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Advisers and their affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services. In light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, were not deemed to be excessive by the Board.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to realize, over time, cost savings from the Transaction based on eliminating duplicate corporate overhead expenses. The Board considered, however, information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley that such cost savings are not expected to be realized immediately upon the Closing and that, accordingly, there are currently no specific expected changes in the levels of profitability associated with the advisory and other services provided to the Funds that are contemplated as a result of the Transaction. The Board noted that it will continue to receive information regarding profitability during its annual contract review processes, including the extent to which cost savings and/or other efficiencies result in changes to profitability levels.
The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in connection with their respective relationships with the Funds, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Advisers and their affiliates as a result of securities transactions effected for the Funds and other investment advisory clients. In evaluating the fall-out benefits to be received by the Advisers and their affiliates under the New Agreements, the Board considered whether the Transaction would have an impact on the fall-out benefits currently realized by the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with services provided pursuant to the Current Advisory Agreements.
The Board of each Fund considered that Morgan Stanley may derive reputational and other benefits from its ability to use the names of the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with operating and marketing the Funds. The Board considered that the Transaction, if completed, would significantly increase Morgan Stanleys assets under management and expand Morgan Stanleys investment capabilities.
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Economies of Scale
The Board also considered the extent to which the Advisers and their affiliates, on the one hand, and the Funds, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Funds increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any specific Fund or group of funds. As part of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Funds and of all Eaton Vance funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of each Fund and the profitability of the Advisers and their affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to benefit from possible growth of the Funds resulting from enhanced distribution capabilities, including with respect to the Funds potential access to Morgan Stanleys institutional client base. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Funds currently share in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Advisers, and that the Transaction is not expected to impede a Fund from continuing to benefit from any future economies of scale realized by its Adviser.
Conclusion
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described above, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the New Agreements. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously voted to approve the New Agreements for the Funds and recommended that shareholders approve the New Agreements.
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Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) and Stock Portfolio (the Portfolio) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trusts and Portfolios affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio 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. Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio hold indefinite terms of office. The noninterested Trustees consist of those Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust and the Portfolio, 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 the Funds principal underwriter, the Portfolios placement agent and 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. Each Trustee oversees 144 portfolios (with the exception of Messrs. Faust and Wennerholm and Ms. Frost who oversee 143 portfolios) in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds. Each Trustee and officer serves until his or her successor is elected.
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Year first appointed to serve as Trustee for a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. |
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Year first elected to serve as officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds when the officer has served continuously. Otherwise, year of most recent election as an officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Titles may have changed since initial election. |
The SAI for the Fund includes additional information about the Trustees and officers of the Fund and the Portfolio and can be obtained without charge on Eaton Vances website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-262-1122.
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Privacy. The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each entity listed below has adopted privacy policy and procedures (Privacy Program) Eaton Vance believes is reasonably designed to protect your personal information and to govern when and with whom Eaton Vance may share your personal information.
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At the time of opening an account, Eaton Vance generally requires you to provide us with certain information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account numbers, and account balances. This information is necessary for us to both open an account for you and to allow us to satisfy legal requirements such as applicable anti-money laundering reviews and know-your-customer requirements. |
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On an ongoing basis, in the normal course of servicing your account, Eaton Vance may share your information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various services for Eaton Vance and/or your account. These third parties include transfer agents, custodians, broker/dealers and our professional advisers including auditors, accountants, and legal counsel. Eaton Vance may share your personal information with our affiliates. Eaton Vance may also share your information as required or permitted by applicable law. |
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We have adopted a Privacy Program we believe is reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to your information. |
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We reserve the right to change our Privacy Program at any time upon proper notification to you. You may want to review our Privacy Program periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com. |
Our pledge of protecting your personal information applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance WaterOak Advisors, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Managements Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, and Calvert Funds. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vances Privacy Program or about how your personal information may be used, please call 1-800-262-1122.
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission (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 intermediary, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial intermediary, 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 intermediary. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial intermediary.
Portfolio Holdings. Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) files a schedule of portfolio holdings on Part F to Form N-PORT with the SEC. Certain information filed on Form N-PORT may be viewed 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.
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 and by accessing the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
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Investment Adviser of Stock Portfolio
Boston Management and Research
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Administrator of Eaton Vance Stock Fund
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Principal Underwriter*
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-8260
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Attn: Eaton Vance Funds
P.O. Box 9653
Providence, RI 02940-9653
(800) 262-1122
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
Fund Offices
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
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FINRA BrokerCheck. Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to investors at www.FINRA.org. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
Annual Report
December 31, 2020
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted regulations that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The investment adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to its management of each Fund. Accordingly, neither the Funds nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Funds is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Funds adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator. The adviser is also registered as a commodity trading advisor.
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.
This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial intermediary. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.
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December 31, 2020
Managements Discussion of Fund Performance1
Economic and Market Conditions
The 12-month period that began January 1, 2020, included some of the best and worst U.S. equity performances in over a decade.
As the period opened, news of a novel coronavirus outbreak in China began to raise investor concerns. As the virus turned into a global pandemic in February and March, it ended the longest-ever U.S. economic expansion and triggered a global economic slowdown. Economic activity declined dramatically and equity markets plunged in value amid unprecedented volatility.
In response, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) announced two emergency rate cuts in March 2020 lowering the federal funds rate to 0.00%-0.25% along with other measures designed to shore up equity and credit markets. At its July meeting, the Fed provided additional reassurances that it would use all the tools at its disposal to support the U.S. economy.
These actions helped calm markets and initiated a new equity rally that began in April and lasted through most of the summer. As consumers started to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and factories gradually resumed production, stock prices reflected investor optimism. In the second quarter of 2020, U.S. stocks reported their best quarterly returns since 1998 on the heels of the worst first quarter for American stocks since the 2007-2008 global financial crisis.
In September 2020, however, the equity rally stalled, as stock prices on Wall Street began to reflect the reality on Main Street, where coronavirus cases were on the rise in nearly every state. In September and October 2020, most U.S. stock indexes reported negative returns, reflecting concerns about the economic outlook for fall and winter, uncertainties related to the presidential election, and the failure of Congress to pass additional financial relief for struggling businesses and workers facing unemployment.
In the final two months of the period, however, stocks reversed course again. Joe Bidens victory in the November presidential election eased political uncertainties that had dogged investment markets through much of the fall. Additionally, the announcement that two COVID-19 vaccine candidates had proven more than 90% effective in late-stage trials boosted investor optimism that powered a new stock market rally. Unlike the largely tech-centered rally of the previous spring and summer, this rally was more broad-based, with strong participation by value and growth stocks across the market cap range. As both vaccines were approved for emergency use and vaccinations began in December 2020, an eventual end to the pandemic seemed to be in sight and the equity rally continued.
For the period as a whole, positive equity returns belied the dramatic volatility during the period, but demonstrated the dominance of technology stocks. The S&P 500® Index, a broad measure of U.S. stocks, returned 18.40%; the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average® returned 9.72%; and the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index returned 44.92%. Small-cap U.S. stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index, kept pace with their large-cap counterparts, as measured by the S&P 500® Index and Russell 1000® Index. As a group, growth stocks significantly outpaced value stocks, as measured by the Russell growth and value indexes.
Fund Performance
For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2020, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (collectively, the Funds) returned 23.05% and 22.84%, respectively, for Class A shares at net asset value (NAV), outperforming their benchmark, the S&P 500® Index (the Index), which returned 18.40%.
Stock selections in the information technology (IT) and communication services sectors contributed to the Funds performance versus the Index during the period. Respective underweight positions relative to the Index in the energy sector where stock prices were battered by a steep decline in demand and commodity prices during the COVID-19 pandemic helped performance versus the Index as well.
Within IT, the Funds out-of-Index position in DocuSign, Inc. (DocuSign), a cloud-based provider of electronic signature technology for digital documents, contributed to relative returns. DocuSigns stock performed strongly as demand for the firms digital workflow solutions increased during the pandemic, due to offices closing and employees switching to working remotely.
Elsewhere in IT, the Funds overweight positions in QUALCOMM, Inc. (Qualcomm), which produces and licenses chip technology for mobile devices, rose in value as companies introduced 5G cellphones using Qualcomm technology. The favorable resolution of an antitrust suit before the Federal Communications Commission was an additional tailwind for Qualcomms stock price during the period.
In communication services, underweighting AT&T, Inc. (AT&T) also helped performance relative to the Index. The telecom giants stock price declined during the period due to competitive pressures in its wireless business. Rising expenses for the rollout of premium video streaming services and its new 5G network weighed on AT&Ts stock price as well.
In contrast, the Funds overweight positions in the financials sector and stock selections, and underweight positions in the materials sector detracted from performance versus the Index. In financials, the Funds overweight positions in Wells Fargo & Co. (Wells Fargo) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. declined in value and detracted from performance relative to the Index. Like many other banking firms during the period, both firms were negatively affected by falling interest rates, which lowered profits on lending, and by concerns about worsening corporate and consumer credit trends. In addition, Wells Fargos new management team struggled to turn the business around after legal issues surfaced under its previous leadership.
Not owning Index component Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. (Freeport-McMoRan), a copper and gold mining firm in the materials sector, hurt relative performance as well. As the ongoing global shift from internal combustion to electric vehicles accelerated during the period, Freeport-McMoRans stock price benefited from increased demand for copper, a key material in electric vehicle batteries.
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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December 31, 2020
Portfolio Managers Lewis R. Piantedosi, Michael A. Allison, CFA and Yana S. Barton, CFA
% Average Annual Total Returns |
Class Inception Date |
Performance Inception Date |
One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | |||||||||||||||
Class A at NAV |
03/28/1996 | 03/29/1966 | 23.05 | % | 14.90 | % | 13.35 | % | ||||||||||||
Class A with 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge |
| | 15.98 | 13.55 | 12.69 | |||||||||||||||
Class C at NAV |
08/02/1996 | 03/29/1966 | 22.11 | 14.04 | 12.50 | |||||||||||||||
Class C with 1% Maximum Sales Charge |
| | 21.11 | 14.04 | 12.50 | |||||||||||||||
Class I at NAV |
07/02/1999 | 03/29/1966 | 23.31 | 15.18 | 13.63 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
| | 18.40 | % | 15.20 | % | 13.87 | % | ||||||||||||
% After-Tax Returns |
Class Inception Date |
Performance Inception Date |
One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | |||||||||||||||
Class A After Taxes on Distributions |
03/28/1996 | 03/29/1966 | 15.83 | % | 13.34 | % | 12.45 | % | ||||||||||||
Class A After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
| | 9.61 | 11.27 | 10.90 | |||||||||||||||
Class C After Taxes on Distributions |
08/02/1996 | 03/29/1966 | 21.11 | 13.99 | 12.42 | |||||||||||||||
Class C After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
| | 12.50 | 11.73 | 10.80 | |||||||||||||||
Class I After Taxes on Distributions |
07/02/1999 | 03/29/1966 | 23.08 | 14.88 | 13.32 | |||||||||||||||
Class I After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
| | 14.02 | 12.65 | 11.73 | |||||||||||||||
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios4 | Class A | Class C | Class I | |||||||||||||||||
0.78 | % | 1.55 | % | 0.53 | % |
Growth of $10,000
This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A of the Fund for the period indicated. For comparison, the same investment is shown in the indicated index.
Growth of Investment | Amount Invested | Period Beginning | At NAV | With Maximum Sales Charge | ||||||||||||
Class C |
$10,000 | 12/31/2010 | $32,504 | N.A. | ||||||||||||
Class I |
$250,000 | 12/31/2010 | $898,176 | N.A. |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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December 31, 2020
Performance2,3
Portfolio Managers Lewis R. Piantedosi, Michael A. Allison, CFA and Yana S. Barton, CFA
% Average Annual Total Returns |
Class Inception Date |
Performance Inception Date |
One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | |||||||||||||||
Class A at NAV |
02/28/2001 | 03/29/1966 | 22.84 | % | 14.72 | % | 13.17 | % | ||||||||||||
Class A with 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge |
| | 15.80 | 13.37 | 12.51 | |||||||||||||||
Class C at NAV |
02/28/2001 | 03/29/1966 | 21.94 | 13.88 | 12.33 | |||||||||||||||
Class C with 1% Maximum Sales Charge |
| | 20.94 | 13.88 | 12.33 | |||||||||||||||
Class I at NAV |
02/28/2001 | 03/29/1966 | 23.13 | 15.01 | 13.45 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
S&P 500® Index |
| | 18.40 | % | 15.20 | % | 13.87 | % | ||||||||||||
% After-Tax Returns |
Class Inception Date |
Performance Inception Date |
One Year | Five Years | Ten Years | |||||||||||||||
Class A After Taxes on Distributions |
02/28/2001 | 03/29/1966 | 15.68 | % | 13.20 | % | 12.31 | % | ||||||||||||
Class A After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
| | 9.46 | 11.12 | 10.75 | |||||||||||||||
Class C After Taxes on Distributions |
02/28/2001 | 03/29/1966 | 20.94 | 13.86 | 12.29 | |||||||||||||||
Class C After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
| | 12.40 | 11.61 | 10.66 | |||||||||||||||
Class I After Taxes on Distributions |
02/28/2001 | 03/29/1966 | 22.96 | 14.77 | 13.19 | |||||||||||||||
Class I After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares |
| | 13.86 | 12.52 | 11.59 | |||||||||||||||
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios4 | Class A | Class C | Class I | |||||||||||||||||
0.93 | % | 1.68 | % | 0.68 | % |
Growth of $10,000
This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Class A of the Fund for the period indicated. For comparison, the same investment is shown in the indicated index.
Growth of Investment | Amount Invested | Period Beginning | At NAV | With Maximum Sales Charge | ||||||||||||
Class C |
$10,000 | 12/31/2010 | $32,023 | N.A. | ||||||||||||
Class I |
$250,000 | 12/31/2010 | $883,904 | N.A. |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Sector Allocation (% of net assets)6
Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets)6
Amazon.com, Inc. |
4.7 | % | ||
Apple, Inc. |
4.5 | |||
Microsoft Corp. |
3.4 | |||
Facebook, Inc., Class A |
3.3 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C |
2.5 | |||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
2.2 | |||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A |
2.0 | |||
Walt Disney Co. (The) |
2.0 | |||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
1.8 | |||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B |
1.6 | |||
Total |
28.0 | % |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Endnotes and Additional Disclosures
1 |
The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) and are current only through the date stated at the top of this page. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Eaton Vance and the Fund(s) disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions are based on many factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. This commentary may contain statements that are not historical facts, referred to as forward looking statements. The Funds actual future results may differ significantly from those stated in any forward looking statement, depending on factors such as changes in securities or financial markets or general economic conditions, the volume of sales and purchases of Fund shares, the continuation of investment advisory, administrative and service contracts, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Funds filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
2 |
S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index of large-cap stocks commonly used as a measure of U.S. stock market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices are a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (S&P DJI) and have been licensed for use. S&P® and S&P 500® are registered trademarks of S&P DJI; Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (Dow Jones); S&P DJI, Dow Jones and their respective affiliates do not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Fund, will not have any liability with respect thereto and do not have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
3 |
Total Returns at NAV do not include applicable sales charges. If sales charges were deducted, the returns would be lower. Total Returns shown with maximum sales charge reflect the stated maximum sales charge. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Funds or oldest share class inception, as applicable. After-tax returns are calculated using certain assumptions, including using the highest historical individual federal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state/local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholders tax situation and the actual characterization of distributions and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to shareholders who hold shares in tax-deferred accounts or shares held by nontaxable entities. Return After Taxes on Distributions may be the same as Return Before Taxes for the same period because no taxable distributions were made during that period. Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be greater than or equal to Return After Taxes on Distributions for the same period because of losses realized on the sale of Fund shares. The Funds after-tax returns also may reflect foreign tax credits passed by the Fund to its shareholders. |
4 |
Source: Fund prospectus. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. |
5 |
Fund invests in an affiliated investment company (Portfolio) with the same objective(s) and policies as the Fund. References to investments are to the Portfolios holdings. |
6 |
Excludes cash and cash equivalents. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management.
Additional Information
Dow Jones Industrial Average® is a price-weighted average of 30 blue-chip stocks that are generally the leaders in their industry. Nasdaq Composite Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of all domestic and international securities listed on Nasdaq. Source: Nasdaq, Inc. The information is provided by Nasdaq (with its affiliates, are referred to as the Corporations) and Nasdaqs third party licensors on an as is basis and the Corporations make no guarantees and bear no liability of any kind with respect to the information or the Fund. Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index of 2,000 U.S. small-cap stocks. Russell 1000® Index is an unmanaged index of 1,000 U.S. large-cap stocks.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Example: As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and redemption fees (if applicable); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2020 December 31, 2020).
Actual Expenses: The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled Expenses Paid During Period to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes: The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees (if applicable). Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would be higher.
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
Beginning
Account Value (7/1/20) |
Ending
Account Value (12/31/20) |
Expenses Paid
During Period* (7/1/20 12/31/20) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,253.70 | $ | 4.19 | 0.74 | % | ||||||||
Class C |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,248.80 | $ | 8.42 | 1.49 | % | ||||||||
Class I |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,255.30 | $ | 2.78 | 0.49 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical |
||||||||||||||||
(5% return per year before expenses) |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.40 | $ | 3.76 | 0.74 | % | ||||||||
Class C |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,017.60 | $ | 7.56 | 1.49 | % | ||||||||
Class I |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.70 | $ | 2.49 | 0.49 | % |
* |
Expenses are equal to the Funds annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on June 30, 2020. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Fund Expenses continued
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
Beginning
Account Value (7/1/20) |
Ending
Account Value (12/31/20) |
Expenses Paid
During Period* (7/1/20 12/31/20) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio |
|||||||||||||
Actual |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,252.30 | $ | 5.10 | 0.90 | % | ||||||||
Class C |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,248.00 | $ | 9.32 | 1.65 | % | ||||||||
Class I |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,254.30 | $ | 3.68 | 0.65 | % | ||||||||
Hypothetical |
||||||||||||||||
(5% return per year before expenses) |
||||||||||||||||
Class A |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.60 | $ | 4.57 | 0.90 | % | ||||||||
Class C |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,016.80 | $ | 8.36 | 1.65 | % | ||||||||
Class I |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.90 | $ | 3.30 | 0.65 | % |
* |
Expenses are equal to the Funds annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on June 30, 2020. |
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2020 | ||||||||
Assets |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
||||||
Investment in Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio, at value (identified cost, $330,237,757 and $304,413,496, respectively) |
$ | 2,023,472,175 | $ | 1,048,883,755 | ||||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
464,019 | 208,603 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 2,023,936,194 | $ | 1,049,092,358 | ||||
Liabilities |
|
|||||||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
$ | 1,598,146 | $ | 880,312 | ||||
Payable to affiliates: |
|
|||||||
Administration fee |
| 131,034 | ||||||
Distribution and service fees |
380,660 | 198,719 | ||||||
Trustees fees |
125 | 125 | ||||||
Accrued expenses |
256,711 | 147,266 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
$ | 2,235,642 | $ | 1,357,456 | ||||
Net Assets |
$ | 2,021,700,552 | $ | 1,047,734,902 | ||||
Sources of Net Assets |
|
|||||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 1,185,030,682 | $ | 788,805,841 | ||||
Distributable earnings |
836,669,870 | 258,929,061 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 2,021,700,552 | $ | 1,047,734,902 | ||||
Class A Shares |
|
|||||||
Net Assets |
$ | 1,784,382,698 | $ | 736,813,721 | ||||
Shares Outstanding |
23,630,289 | 21,702,517 | ||||||
Net Asset Value and Redemption Price Per Share |
|
|||||||
(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 75.51 | $ | 33.95 | ||||
Maximum Offering Price Per Share |
|
|||||||
(100 ÷ 94.25 of net asset value per share) |
$ | 80.12 | $ | 36.02 | ||||
Class C Shares |
|
|||||||
Net Assets |
$ | 9,516,668 | $ | 54,118,775 | ||||
Shares Outstanding |
140,341 | 1,642,055 | ||||||
Net Asset Value and Offering Price Per Share* |
|
|||||||
(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 67.81 | $ | 32.96 | ||||
Class I Shares |
|
|||||||
Net Assets |
$ | 227,801,186 | $ | 256,802,406 | ||||
Shares Outstanding |
3,238,011 | 7,547,160 | ||||||
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share |
|
|||||||
(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 70.35 | $ | 34.03 |
On sales of $50,000 or more, the offering price of Class A shares is reduced.
* |
Redemption price per share is equal to the net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. |
9 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Statements of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||
Investment Income |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
||||||
Dividends allocated from Portfolio (net of foreign taxes, $242,072 and $124,485, respectively) |
$ | 26,396,202 | $ | 13,579,718 | ||||
Expenses allocated from Portfolio |
(7,704,647 | ) | (3,964,689 | ) | ||||
Total investment income from Portfolio |
$ | 18,691,555 | $ | 9,615,029 | ||||
Expenses |
|
|||||||
Administration fee |
$ | | $ | 1,337,221 | ||||
Distribution and service fees |
||||||||
Class A |
3,828,718 | 1,551,670 | ||||||
Class C |
116,698 | 559,052 | ||||||
Trustees fees and expenses |
500 | 502 | ||||||
Custodian fee |
56,801 | 53,053 | ||||||
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees |
614,944 | 308,621 | ||||||
Professional fees |
49,228 | 39,790 | ||||||
Printing and postage |
72,503 | 43,185 | ||||||
Registration fees |
51,470 | 56,718 | ||||||
Miscellaneous |
232,291 | 135,374 | ||||||
Total expenses |
$ | 5,023,153 | $ | 4,085,186 | ||||
Net investment income |
$ | 13,668,402 | $ | 5,529,843 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) from Portfolio | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
||||||||
Investment transactions(1) |
$ | 44,404,216 | $ | 22,850,026 | ||||
Foreign currency transactions |
(491 | ) | (251 | ) | ||||
Net realized gain |
$ | 44,403,725 | $ | 22,849,775 | ||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
||||||||
Investments |
$ | 321,045,318 | $ | 164,958,613 | ||||
Foreign currency |
6,169 | 3,153 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
$ | 321,051,487 | $ | 164,961,766 | ||||
Net realized and unrealized gain |
$ | 365,455,212 | $ | 187,811,541 | ||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 379,123,614 | $ | 193,341,384 |
(1) |
Includes $43,849,844 and $22,562,105, respectively, of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind. |
10 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
||||||
From operations |
||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 13,668,402 | $ | 5,529,843 | ||||
Net realized gain |
44,403,725 | 22,849,775 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
321,051,487 | 164,961,766 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 379,123,614 | $ | 193,341,384 | ||||
Distributions to shareholders |
||||||||
Class A |
$ | (11,041,230 | ) | $ | (3,510,456 | ) | ||
Class I |
(2,050,655 | ) | (1,762,143 | ) | ||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
$ | (13,091,885 | ) | $ | (5,272,599 | ) | ||
Transactions in shares of beneficial interest |
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
||||||||
Class A |
$ | 7,517,031 | $ | 21,867,314 | ||||
Class C |
387,441 | 5,471,936 | ||||||
Class I |
130,916,056 | 89,296,181 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
||||||||
Class A |
9,427,329 | 3,120,209 | ||||||
Class I |
1,705,626 | 1,599,069 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
||||||||
Class A |
(125,737,102 | ) | (60,045,744 | ) | ||||
Class C |
(3,067,331 | ) | (13,312,766 | ) | ||||
Class I |
(128,707,418 | ) | (103,028,577 | ) | ||||
Net asset value of shares converted |
||||||||
Class A |
3,592,526 | 10,121,805 | ||||||
Class C |
(3,592,526 | ) | (10,121,805 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions |
$ | (107,558,368 | ) | $ | (55,032,378 | ) | ||
Net increase in net assets |
$ | 258,473,361 | $ | 133,036,407 | ||||
Net Assets |
|
|||||||
At beginning of year |
$ | 1,763,227,191 | $ | 914,698,495 | ||||
At end of year |
$ | 2,021,700,552 | $ | 1,047,734,902 |
11 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Statements of Changes in Net Assets continued
Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
||||||
From operations |
||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 15,884,634 | $ | 6,661,253 | ||||
Net realized gain |
42,571,421 | 21,558,538 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
355,782,177 | 180,249,655 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 414,238,232 | $ | 208,469,446 | ||||
Distributions to shareholders |
||||||||
Class A |
$ | (12,891,964 | ) | $ | (4,346,325 | ) | ||
Class I |
(2,075,519 | ) | (2,037,988 | ) | ||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
$ | (14,967,483 | ) | $ | (6,384,313 | ) | ||
Transactions in shares of beneficial interest |
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
||||||||
Class A |
$ | 7,444,769 | $ | 18,357,473 | ||||
Class B |
5 | 28 | ||||||
Class C |
473,288 | 6,587,230 | ||||||
Class I |
166,808,130 | 74,629,417 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
||||||||
Class A |
11,063,702 | 3,897,004 | ||||||
Class I |
1,680,754 | 1,852,484 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
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Class A |
(116,662,699 | ) | (53,203,916 | ) | ||||
Class B |
(40,812 | ) | (53,050 | ) | ||||
Class C |
(3,508,546 | ) | (11,669,202 | ) | ||||
Class I |
(160,424,924 | ) | (52,588,935 | ) | ||||
Net asset value of shares converted(1) |
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Class A |
201,454,316 | 95,861,467 | ||||||
Class B |
(908,387 | ) | (736,564 | ) | ||||
Class C |
(200,545,930 | ) | (95,124,903 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions |
$ | (93,166,334 | ) | $ | (12,191,467 | ) | ||
Net increase in net assets |
$ | 306,104,415 | $ | 189,893,666 | ||||
Net Assets |
|
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At beginning of year |
$ | 1,457,122,776 | $ | 724,804,829 | ||||
At end of year |
$ | 1,763,227,191 | $ | 914,698,495 |
(1) |
Includes the conversion of Class B to Class A shares at the close of business on October 15, 2019 upon the termination of Class B. |
12 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 61.750 | $ | 48.150 | $ | 51.300 | $ | 42.300 | $ | 39.330 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1) |
$ | 0.481 | $ | 0.539 | $ | 0.491 | $ | 0.467 | $ | 0.455 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
13.748 | 13.572 | (3.192 | ) | 8.982 | 2.964 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 14.229 | $ | 14.111 | $ | (2.701 | ) | $ | 9.449 | $ | 3.419 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.469 | ) | $ | (0.511 | ) | $ | (0.449 | ) | $ | (0.449 | ) | $ | (0.449 | ) | |||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.469 | ) | $ | (0.511 | ) | $ | (0.449 | ) | $ | (0.449 | ) | $ | (0.449 | ) | |||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 75.510 | $ | 61.750 | $ | 48.150 | $ | 51.300 | $ | 42.300 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2) |
23.05 | % | 29.45 | % | (5.36 | )% | 22.35 | % | 8.68 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 1,784,383 | $ | 1,565,795 | $ | 1,116,349 | $ | 1,257,823 | $ | 1,068,182 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(3) |
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Expenses |
0.76 | % | 0.78 | % | 0.79 | % | 0.79 | % | 0.81 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.77 | % | 0.96 | % | 0.92 | % | 1.00 | % | 1.14 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio(4) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(5) | 1 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges. |
(3) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
(4) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(5) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
13 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 55.530 | $ | 43.280 | $ | 46.100 | $ | 38.040 | $ | 35.440 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(1) |
$ | 0.015 | $ | (0.018 | ) | $ | 0.082 | $ | 0.114 | $ | 0.140 | |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
12.265 | 12.268 | (2.832 | ) | 8.047 | 2.645 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 12.280 | $ | 12.250 | $ | (2.750 | ) | $ | 8.161 | $ | 2.785 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | | $ | | $ | (0.070 | ) | $ | (0.101 | ) | $ | (0.185 | ) | |||||||
Total distributions |
$ | | $ | | $ | (0.070 | ) | $ | (0.101 | ) | $ | (0.185 | ) | |||||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 67.810 | $ | 55.530 | $ | 43.280 | $ | 46.100 | $ | 38.040 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2) |
22.11 | % | 28.34 | % | (5.99 | )% | 21.46 | % | 7.85 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 9,517 | $ | 13,730 | $ | 202,974 | $ | 248,201 | $ | 265,708 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(3) |
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Expenses |
1.51 | % | 1.55 | % | 1.54 | % | 1.54 | % | 1.56 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.03 | % | (0.04 | )% | 0.17 | % | 0.27 | % | 0.39 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio(4) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(5) | 1 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges. |
(3) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
(4) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(5) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
14 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 Class I | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 57.570 | $ | 44.920 | $ | 47.920 | $ | 39.530 | $ | 36.790 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1) |
$ | 0.594 | $ | 0.628 | $ | 0.584 | $ | 0.542 | $ | 0.516 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
12.817 | 12.675 | (2.996 | ) | 8.414 | 2.776 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 13.411 | $ | 13.303 | $ | (2.412 | ) | $ | 8.956 | $ | 3.292 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.631 | ) | $ | (0.653 | ) | $ | (0.588 | ) | $ | (0.566 | ) | $ | (0.552 | ) | |||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.631 | ) | $ | (0.653 | ) | $ | (0.588 | ) | $ | (0.566 | ) | $ | (0.552 | ) | |||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 70.350 | $ | 57.570 | $ | 44.920 | $ | 47.920 | $ | 39.530 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2) |
23.31 | % | 29.74 | % | (5.11 | )% | 22.67 | % | 8.93 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 227,801 | $ | 183,702 | $ | 136,976 | $ | 114,276 | $ | 69,864 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(3) |
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Expenses |
0.51 | % | 0.53 | % | 0.54 | % | 0.54 | % | 0.56 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
1.01 | % | 1.20 | % | 1.17 | % | 1.24 | % | 1.38 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio(4) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(5) | 1 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested. |
(3) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
(4) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(5) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
15 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 27.770 | $ | 21.650 | $ | 23.060 | $ | 19.020 | $ | 17.690 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1) |
$ | 0.171 | $ | 0.205 | $ | 0.184 | $ | 0.177 | $ | 0.176 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
6.171 | 6.108 | (1.432 | ) | 4.035 | 1.326 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 6.342 | $ | 6.313 | $ | (1.248 | ) | $ | 4.212 | $ | 1.502 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.162 | ) | $ | (0.193 | ) | $ | (0.162 | ) | $ | (0.172 | ) | $ | (0.172 | ) | |||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.162 | ) | $ | (0.193 | ) | $ | (0.162 | ) | $ | (0.172 | ) | $ | (0.172 | ) | |||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 33.950 | $ | 27.770 | $ | 21.650 | $ | 23.060 | $ | 19.020 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2) |
22.84 | % | 29.28 | % | (5.50 | )% | 22.15 | % | 8.48 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 736,814 | $ | 629,530 | $ | 427,333 | $ | 472,741 | $ | 403,485 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(3) |
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Expenses |
0.92 | % | 0.93 | % | 0.94 | % | 0.95 | % | 0.97 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.61 | % | 0.81 | % | 0.77 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.98 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(4) |
| | | 1 | % | | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio(5) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(6) | 1 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges. |
(3) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
(4) |
Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017. |
(5) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(6) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
16 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 Class C | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 27.030 | $ | 21.080 | $ | 22.460 | $ | 18.530 | $ | 17.240 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(1) |
$ | (0.037 | ) | $ | 0.003 | $ | 0.004 | $ | 0.022 | $ | 0.041 | |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
5.967 | 5.947 | (1.384 | ) | 3.912 | 1.289 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 5.930 | $ | 5.950 | $ | (1.380 | ) | $ | 3.934 | $ | 1.330 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | (0.004 | ) | $ | (0.040 | ) | ||||||||
Total distributions |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | (0.004 | ) | $ | (0.040 | ) | ||||||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 32.960 | $ | 27.030 | $ | 21.080 | $ | 22.460 | $ | 18.530 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2) |
21.94 | % | 28.22 | % | (6.14 | )% | 21.23 | % | 7.71 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 54,119 | $ | 61,397 | $ | 142,020 | $ | 173,289 | $ | 175,072 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(3) |
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Expenses |
1.67 | % | 1.68 | % | 1.69 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.72 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
(0.14 | )% | 0.01 | % | 0.02 | % | 0.11 | % | 0.23 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(4) |
| | | 1 | % | | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio(5) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(6) | 1 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges. |
(3) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
(4) |
Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017. |
(5) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(6) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
17 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Financial Highlights continued
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 Class I | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 27.830 | $ | 21.690 | $ | 23.110 | $ | 19.060 | $ | 17.720 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(1) |
$ | 0.242 | $ | 0.266 | $ | 0.244 | $ | 0.229 | $ | 0.221 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
6.192 | 6.130 | (1.439 | ) | 4.046 | 1.336 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 6.434 | $ | 6.396 | $ | (1.195 | ) | $ | 4.275 | $ | 1.557 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.234 | ) | $ | (0.256 | ) | $ | (0.225 | ) | $ | (0.225 | ) | $ | (0.217 | ) | |||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.234 | ) | $ | (0.256 | ) | $ | (0.225 | ) | $ | (0.225 | ) | $ | (0.217 | ) | |||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 34.030 | $ | 27.830 | $ | 21.690 | $ | 23.110 | $ | 19.060 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2) |
23.13 | % | 29.61 | % | (5.25 | )% | 22.44 | % | 8.77 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 256,802 | $ | 223,771 | $ | 154,772 | $ | 134,355 | $ | 78,948 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):(3) |
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Expenses |
0.67 | % | 0.68 | % | 0.69 | % | 0.70 | % | 0.72 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
0.85 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.02 | % | 1.09 | % | 1.23 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Fund(4) |
| | | 1 | % | | ||||||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover of the Portfolio(5) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(6) | 1 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested. |
(3) |
Includes the Funds share of the Portfolios allocated expenses. |
(4) |
Excludes the value of Fund securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Fund including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 3% for the year ended December 31, 2017. |
(5) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(6) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
18 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements
1 Significant Accounting Policies
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 (Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1) and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2) (each a Fund, and collectively the Funds) are diversified series of the Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. Each Fund currently offers Class A, Class C and Class I shares. Class A shares are generally sold subject to a sales charge imposed at time of purchase. Class C shares are sold at net asset value and are generally subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (see Note 5). Effective January 25, 2019, Class C shares generally automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after their purchase and, effective November 5, 2020, automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after their purchase as described in the Funds prospectus. Class I shares are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 is closed to new investors. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in each Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. Each Fund typically invests all of its investable assets in interests in Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio), a Massachusetts business trust, having the same investment objective and policies as the Funds. The value of each Funds investment in the Portfolio reflects the Funds proportionate interest in the net assets of the Portfolio (7.2% and 3.7% for Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2, respectively, at December 31, 2020). The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of the Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolio, including the portfolio of investments, are included elsewhere in this report and should be read in conjunction with the Funds financial statements.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Funds. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). Each Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services Investment Companies.
A Investment Valuation Valuation of securities by the Portfolio is discussed in Note 1A of the Portfolios Notes to Financial Statements, which are included elsewhere in this report.
B Income Each Funds net investment income or loss consists of the Funds pro-rata share of the net investment income or loss of the Portfolio, less all actual and accrued expenses of the Fund.
C Federal Taxes Each 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.
As of December 31, 2020, the Funds had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each Fund files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.
D Expenses The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.
E Use of Estimates The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.
F Indemnifications Under the Trusts organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to each Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trusts Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume, upon request by the shareholder, the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, each Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. Each Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against each Fund that have not yet occurred.
G Other Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
2 Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information
It is the present policy of each Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains (reduced by available capital loss carryforwards from prior years). Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest
19 |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of a Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, at the election of the shareholder, receive distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are 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.
The tax character of distributions declared for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:
Year Ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Distributions declared from: |
||||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 13,091,885 | $ | 5,272,599 | ||||
Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ||||||||
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Distributions declared from: |
||||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 14,967,483 | $ | 6,384,313 |
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the following amounts were reclassified due to Funds use of equalization accounting and differences between book and tax accounting for the Funds investment in the Portfolio. Tax equalization accounting allows the Funds to treat as a distribution that portion of redemption proceeds representing a redeeming shareholders portion of undistributed taxable income and net capital gains.
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Change in: |
||||||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 104,722,022 | $ | 50,309,745 | ||||
Distributable earnings |
$ | (104,722,022 | ) | $ | (50,309,745 | ) |
These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Funds.
As of December 31, 2020, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated loss) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a tax basis were as follows:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Deferred capital losses |
$ | (2,391,579 | ) | $ | (405,438 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 839,061,449 | $ | 259,334,499 |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
At December 31, 2020, the Funds, for federal income tax purposes, had deferred capital losses which would reduce the respective Funds taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus would reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Funds of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the respective Funds next taxable year and retain the same short-term or long-term character as when originally deferred. The amounts of the deferred capital losses are as follows:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Deferred capital losses |
||||||||
Short-term |
$ | 2,391,579 | $ | 405,438 |
3 Transactions with Affiliates
Eaton Vance Management (EVM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., serves as the administrator to the Funds. EVM receives no compensation from Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 for such services and a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.15% of average daily net assets from Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 for such services. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the administration fee for Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 amounted to $1,337,221. The Portfolio has engaged Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, to render investment advisory services. See Note 2 of the Portfolios Notes to Financial Statements which are included elsewhere in this report.
EVM provides sub-transfer agency and related services to the Funds pursuant to a Sub-Transfer Agency Support Services Agreement. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), an affiliate of EVM and the Funds principal underwriter, received a portion of the sales charge on sales of Class A shares of the Funds. EVD also received distribution and service fees from Class A and Class C shares (see Note 4) and contingent deferred sales charges (see Note 5). Sub-transfer agent fees earned by EVM, which are included in transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees on the Statements of Operations, and Class A sales charges that the Funds were informed were received by EVD for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
|||||||
EVMs Sub-Transfer Agent Fees |
$ | 57,593 | $ | 21,413 | ||||
EVDs Class A Sales Charges |
$ | 13,041 | $ | 58,741 |
Trustees and officers of the Funds who are members of EVMs or BMRs organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Funds out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Funds and the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.
4 Distribution Plans
Each Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Class A shares (Class A Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class A Plan, each Fund pays EVD a distribution and service fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares for distribution services and facilities provided to each Fund by EVD, as well as for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Distribution and service fees paid or accrued to EVD for the year ended December 31, 2020 for Class A shares amounted to the following:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
|||||||
Class A Distribution and Service Fees |
$ | 3,828,718 | $ | 1,551,670 |
Each Fund also has in effect distribution plans for Class C shares (Class C Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Class C Plan, each Fund pays EVD amounts equal to 0.75% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Class C shares for providing ongoing distribution services and facilities to the respective Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds paid or accrued to EVD the following distribution fees:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Class C Distribution Fees |
$ | 87,523 | $ | 419,289 |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
Pursuant to the Class C Plan, each Fund also makes payments of service fees to EVD, financial intermediaries and other persons in amounts equal to 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to that class. Service fees paid or accrued are for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. They are separate and distinct from the sales commissions and distribution fees payable to EVD. Service fees paid or accrued for the year ended December 31, 2020 amounted to the following:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
|||||||
Class C Service Fees |
$ | 29,175 | $ | 139,763 |
Distribution and service fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2341(d).
5 Contingent Deferred Sales Charges
A contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) generally is imposed on redemptions of Class C shares made within one year of purchase. Class A shares may be subject to a 1% CDSC if redeemed within 18 months of purchase (depending on the circumstances of purchase). Generally, the CDSC is based upon the lower of the net asset value at date of redemption or date of purchase. No charge is levied on shares acquired by reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions. Class C shares are subject to a 1% CDSC if redeemed within one year of purchase. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds were informed that EVD received approximately the following amounts of CDSCs paid by Class A and Class C shareholders:
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.1 |
Tax-Managed
Growth Fund 1.2 |
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Class A |
$ | | $ | 3,000 | ||||
Class C |
$ | 200 | $ | 4,000 |
6 Investment Transactions
For the year ended December 31, 2020, increases and decreases in each Funds investment in the Portfolio aggregated, as follows:
Fund | Increases | Decreases | ||||||
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 |
$ | 805,434 | $ | 132,079,577 | ||||
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 |
$ | 6,396,742 | $ | 72,066,878 |
Decreases in each Funds investment in the Portfolio include distributions of securities as the result of redemptions in-kind, as follows:
Fund | Redemptions in-kind | |||
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 |
$ | 103,442,887 | ||
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 |
53,761,317 |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
7 Shares of Beneficial Interest
Each Funds Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Funds) and classes. Sales and redemptions of Class I shares include shares purchased and redeemed in connection with the ReFlow liquidity program, a program designed to provide an alternative liquidity source for mutual funds experiencing net redemptions of their shares. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 |
||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class C | Class I | ||||||||||||||
Sales |
116,260 | 7,045 | 2,263,887 | |||||||||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
126,236 | | 24,517 | |||||||||||||
Redemptions |
(2,021,959 | ) | (53,714 | ) | (2,241,216 | ) | ||||||||||
Converted from Class C shares |
53,896 | | | |||||||||||||
Converted to Class A shares |
| (60,247 | ) | | ||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) |
(1,725,567 | ) | (106,916 | ) | 47,188 | |||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B(1) | Class C | Class I | |||||||||||||
Sales |
131,208 | | 9,884 | 3,202,823 | ||||||||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
180,191 | | | 29,363 | ||||||||||||
Redemptions |
(2,089,668 | ) | (439 | ) | (71,725 | ) | (3,090,733 | ) | ||||||||
Converted from Class B shares |
16,311 | | | | ||||||||||||
Converted from Class C shares |
3,934,421 | | | | ||||||||||||
Converted to Class A shares |
| (16,908 | ) | (4,381,065 | ) | | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) |
2,172,463 | (17,347 | ) | (4,442,906 | ) | 141,453 |
(1) |
At the close of business on October 15, 2019, Class B shares were converted into Class A and Class B was terminated. |
23 |
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Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 |
||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class C | Class I | ||||||||||||||
Sales |
791,267 | 207,023 | 3,272,236 | |||||||||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
92,919 | | 47,521 | |||||||||||||
Redemptions |
(2,182,387 | ) | (495,055 | ) | (3,814,580 | ) | ||||||||||
Converted from Class C shares |
330,502 | | | |||||||||||||
Converted to Class A shares |
| (341,400 | ) | | ||||||||||||
Net decrease |
(967,699 | ) | (629,432 | ) | (494,823 | ) | ||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B(1) | Class C | Class I | |||||||||||||
Sales |
732,485 | 1 | 269,131 | 2,932,826 | ||||||||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
141,145 | | | 66,973 | ||||||||||||
Redemptions |
(2,110,088 | ) | (2,261 | ) | (478,274 | ) | (2,093,275 | ) | ||||||||
Converted from Class B shares |
30,189 | | | | ||||||||||||
Converted from Class C shares |
4,139,683 | | | | ||||||||||||
Converted to Class A shares |
| (29,380 | ) | (4,255,437 | ) | | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) |
2,933,414 | (31,640 | ) | (4,464,580 | ) | 906,524 |
(1) |
At the close of business on October 15, 2019, shares were converted into Class A and Class B was terminated. |
8 Risks and Uncertainties
Pandemic Risk
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, the economies of individual countries, individual companies, and the market in general, and may continue to do so in significant and unforeseen ways, as may other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future. Any such impact could adversely affect the Funds performance, or the performance of the securities in which the Funds invests.
9 Additional Information
On November 24, 2020, each Funds Board of Trustees approved an investment advisory agreement between EVM and the Fund pursuant to which fees will be based on average daily net assets per annum that are not invested in other investment companies for which the adviser or its affiliates (i) serves as adviser and (ii) receives an advisory fee. The investment advisory agreement was approved by Fund shareholders at a joint meeting of shareholders held on February 18, 2021, and would become effective upon the consummation of the acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. by Morgan Stanley or on another date determined by an officer of the Fund.
24 |
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust and Shareholders of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (collectively the Funds) (each a fund constituting Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust), as of December 31, 2020, the related statements 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, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of December 31, 2020, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting 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.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 22, 2021
We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
December 31, 2020
Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)
The Form 1099-DIV you received in February 2021 showed the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2020. 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 and/or regulations, shareholders must be notified regarding the status of qualified dividend income for individuals and the dividends received deduction for corporations.
Qualified Dividend Income. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds designate approximately the following amounts, 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%.
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 |
$ | 26,358,921 | ||
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 |
$ | 13,560,487 |
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 2020 ordinary income dividends, the following amounts qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction.
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 |
100 | % | ||
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 |
100 | % |
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Portfolio of Investments
Common Stocks 99.2% |
|
|||||||
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Aerospace & Defense 1.2% | ||||||||
Boeing Co. (The) |
882,743 | $ | 188,959,967 | |||||
General Dynamics Corp. |
141,321 | 21,031,391 | ||||||
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. |
4 | 114 | ||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. |
1,274 | 217,192 | ||||||
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. |
5,971 | 1,128,638 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. |
122,831 | 43,602,548 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
50,885 | 15,505,678 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp.(1) |
2,913 | 887,427 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
1,024,406 | 73,255,273 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. |
9,022 | 436,033 | ||||||
TransDigm Group, Inc. |
2,016 | 1,247,602 | ||||||
$ | 346,271,863 | |||||||
Air Freight & Logistics 1.6% | ||||||||
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. |
939,486 | $ | 88,189,551 | |||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. |
12,800 | 1,217,408 | ||||||
FedEx Corp. |
345,061 | 89,584,737 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B |
1,512,501 | 254,705,168 | ||||||
XPO Logistics, Inc.(2) |
57,458 | 6,848,994 | ||||||
$ | 440,545,858 | |||||||
Airlines 0.0%(3) | ||||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc. |
66,989 | $ | 1,056,417 | |||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
60,606 | 2,436,967 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co. |
27,758 | 1,293,800 | ||||||
$ | 4,787,184 | |||||||
Auto Components 0.7% | ||||||||
Adient PLC(2) |
15,053 | $ | 523,393 | |||||
Aptiv PLC |
1,015,600 | 132,322,524 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. |
800 | 30,912 | ||||||
Dorman Products, Inc.(2) |
20,730 | 1,799,779 | ||||||
Garrett Motion, Inc.(2) |
36,184 | 160,295 | ||||||
Gentex Corp. |
1,443,192 | 48,967,504 | ||||||
$ | 183,804,407 | |||||||
Automobiles 0.2% | ||||||||
Daimler AG |
38,000 | $ | 2,671,400 | |||||
Ford Motor Co. |
1,212,501 | 10,657,884 | ||||||
General Motors Co. |
82,498 | 3,435,217 | ||||||
Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
20,162 | 739,945 | ||||||
Tesla, Inc.(2) |
36,985 | 26,099,205 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. ADR |
5,000 | 772,850 | ||||||
$ | 44,376,501 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks 3.9% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
3,980,104 | $ | 120,636,952 | |||||
Bank of Hawaii Corp. |
557 | 42,677 | ||||||
Bank of Montreal |
4 | 304 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. |
1,490 | 53,491 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. |
860,832 | 53,078,901 | ||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. |
69,629 | 4,574,625 | ||||||
CVB Financial Corp. |
608,432 | 11,864,424 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bancorp |
1,719,235 | 47,399,309 | ||||||
First Republic Bank |
1,652 | 242,729 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC |
220,592 | 1,145,184 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC ADR |
424 | 10,986 | ||||||
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. |
144,510 | 1,825,161 | ||||||
ING Groep NV ADR |
125 | 1,180 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
4,052,886 | 515,000,224 | ||||||
KeyCorp |
112,574 | 1,847,339 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. |
151,517 | 19,288,114 | ||||||
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. |
34,686 | 2,233,779 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) |
107,711 | 16,048,939 | ||||||
Regions Financial Corp. |
714,736 | 11,521,544 | ||||||
Signature Bank |
3,359 | 454,439 | ||||||
Societe Generale S.A.(2) |
405,793 | 8,435,871 | ||||||
Sterling Bancorp |
103,627 | 1,863,214 | ||||||
SVB Financial Group(2) |
29,245 | 11,342,088 | ||||||
Synovus Financial Corp. |
1,565 | 50,659 | ||||||
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) |
569 | 32,103 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. |
1,713,775 | 82,141,236 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp |
859,714 | 40,054,075 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
4,123,713 | 124,453,658 | ||||||
Western Alliance Bancorp |
23,987 | 1,438,021 | ||||||
$ | 1,077,081,226 | |||||||
Beverages 2.1% | ||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV ADR |
75,379 | $ | 5,269,746 | |||||
Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(2) |
4,730 | 4,702,992 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class A |
17,399 | 1,278,304 | ||||||
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B |
378,835 | 30,090,864 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. (The) |
3,506,980 | 192,322,783 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A |
106,872 | 23,410,312 | ||||||
Diageo PLC ADR |
8,721 | 1,384,982 | ||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. |
2,700 | 86,400 | ||||||
Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B |
186,000 | 8,405,340 | ||||||
Monster Beverage Corp.(2) |
171,250 | 15,837,200 | ||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. |
2,056,881 | 305,035,452 | ||||||
$ | 587,824,375 |
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Portfolio of Investments continued
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Biotechnology 2.5% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. |
818,966 | $ | 87,752,207 | |||||
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) |
74,972 | 3,248,537 | ||||||
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) |
469,856 | 73,410,301 | ||||||
Alkermes PLC(2) |
5,000 | 99,750 | ||||||
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) |
117,352 | 15,252,239 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. |
737,078 | 169,468,974 | ||||||
argenx SE ADR(2) |
308,910 | 90,847,342 | ||||||
Biogen, Inc.(2) |
100,682 | 24,652,995 | ||||||
Bluebird Bio, Inc.(2) |
500 | 21,635 | ||||||
Blueprint Medicines Corp.(2) |
255,000 | 28,598,250 | ||||||
Exact Sciences Corp.(2) |
181,454 | 24,040,840 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. |
1,099,221 | 64,040,615 | ||||||
Incyte Corp.(2) |
103,220 | 8,978,076 | ||||||
Moderna, Inc.(2) |
4,723 | 493,412 | ||||||
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(2) |
64,045 | 6,138,713 | ||||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) |
22,695 | 10,964,181 | ||||||
Seattle Genetics, Inc.(2) |
5,662 | 991,643 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(2) |
346,315 | 81,848,087 | ||||||
$ | 690,847,797 | |||||||
Building Products 0.5% | ||||||||
A.O. Smith Corp. |
31,693 | $ | 1,737,410 | |||||
Carrier Global Corp. |
569,759 | 21,491,309 | ||||||
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. |
2,923 | 250,560 | ||||||
Johnson Controls International PLC |
348,024 | 16,214,438 | ||||||
Lennox International, Inc. |
339,213 | 92,934,186 | ||||||
Masco Corp. |
38,156 | 2,095,909 | ||||||
Resideo Technologies, Inc.(2) |
14,542 | 309,163 | ||||||
Trane Technologies PLC |
26,539 | 3,852,401 | ||||||
$ | 138,885,376 | |||||||
Capital Markets 4.3% | ||||||||
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. |
58,716 | $ | 5,971,417 | |||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
214,951 | 41,771,428 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) |
709,152 | 30,096,411 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. |
41,065 | 29,630,040 | ||||||
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A |
192,123 | 7,928,916 | ||||||
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. |
175,414 | 16,334,552 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. (The) |
3,911,424 | 207,461,929 | ||||||
CME Group, Inc. |
225,113 | 40,981,822 | ||||||
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. |
97,299 | 32,351,918 | ||||||
Federated Hermes, Inc., Class B |
549 | 15,861 | ||||||
Franklin Resources, Inc. |
211,191 | 5,277,663 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) |
1,011,714 | 266,799,099 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. |
153,966 | 17,750,740 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Capital Markets (continued) | ||||||||
Invesco, Ltd. |
11,064 | $ | 192,846 | |||||
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. |
209,488 | 21,832,839 | ||||||
Moodys Corp. |
257,675 | 74,787,592 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley |
2,676,704 | 183,434,525 | ||||||
Morningstar, Inc. |
4,694 | 1,086,990 | ||||||
Nasdaq, Inc. |
71,203 | 9,451,486 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. |
2,500 | 232,850 | ||||||
Raymond James Financial, Inc. |
55,363 | 5,296,578 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. |
279,873 | 92,002,651 | ||||||
SEI Investments Co. |
150,000 | 8,620,500 | ||||||
State Street Corp. |
215,676 | 15,696,899 | ||||||
Stifel Financial Corp. |
169,194 | 8,537,529 | ||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. |
513,634 | 77,759,051 | ||||||
UBS Group AG(2) |
9 | 127 | ||||||
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A |
9,248 | 235,547 | ||||||
$ | 1,201,539,806 | |||||||
Chemicals 1.1% | ||||||||
AdvanSix, Inc.(2) |
1,768 | $ | 35,342 | |||||
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. |
13,331 | 3,642,296 | ||||||
Albemarle Corp. |
93,722 | 13,825,870 | ||||||
Balchem Corp. |
17,292 | 1,992,384 | ||||||
Celanese Corp. |
16,713 | 2,171,687 | ||||||
Chemours Co. (The) |
1 | 25 | ||||||
Corteva, Inc. |
242,479 | 9,388,787 | ||||||
Dow, Inc. |
80,280 | 4,455,540 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. |
498,374 | 35,439,375 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. |
650 | 65,182 | ||||||
Ecolab, Inc. |
594,981 | 128,730,089 | ||||||
FMC Corp. |
817 | 93,898 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. |
5,000 | 544,200 | ||||||
Linde PLC |
8,469 | 2,231,666 | ||||||
Linde PLC(1) |
12,068 | 3,178,528 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A |
4,274 | 391,755 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. |
13,626 | 5,427,100 | ||||||
PPG Industries, Inc. |
410,670 | 59,226,827 | ||||||
RPM International, Inc. |
3,433 | 311,648 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) |
52,823 | 38,820,151 | ||||||
Westlake Chemical Corp. |
1,000 | 81,600 | ||||||
$ | 310,053,950 | |||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.1% | ||||||||
Brady Corp., Class A |
258 | $ | 13,627 | |||||
Cintas Corp. |
395 | 139,617 | ||||||
Copart, Inc.(2) |
4,771 | 607,110 |
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Becton, Dickinson and Co. |
90,691 | $ | 22,692,702 | |||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(2) |
444,159 | 15,967,516 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. |
171,936 | 38,193,863 | ||||||
DexCom, Inc.(2) |
95,592 | 35,342,274 | ||||||
DexCom, Inc.(1)(2) |
30,000 | 11,087,441 | ||||||
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(2) |
31,284 | 2,854,039 | ||||||
Haemonetics Corp.(2) |
110,000 | 13,062,500 | ||||||
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. |
36,482 | 3,574,142 | ||||||
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(2) |
13,040 | 6,518,305 | ||||||
Insulet Corp.(2) |
9,898 | 2,530,226 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(2) |
1,011,345 | 65,656,517 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(1)(2) |
200,000 | 12,976,210 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(1)(2) |
200,000 | 12,980,754 | ||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.(1)(2) |
600,000 | 38,952,000 | ||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(2) |
173,309 | 141,784,093 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC |
543,055 | 63,613,463 | ||||||
Penumbra, Inc.(2) |
91,462 | 16,005,850 | ||||||
ResMed, Inc. |
21,305 | 4,528,591 | ||||||
Smith & Nephew PLC ADR |
5,500 | 231,935 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. |
305,404 | 74,836,196 | ||||||
Teleflex, Inc. |
14,325 | 5,895,740 | ||||||
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(2) |
45,609 | 7,982,031 | ||||||
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. |
5,623 | 1,593,052 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
152,758 | 23,538,480 | ||||||
$ | 883,801,389 | |||||||
Health Care Providers & Services 1.9% | ||||||||
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(2) |
32,000 | $ | 1,608,320 | |||||
Anthem, Inc. |
145,701 | 46,783,134 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. |
29,103 | 1,558,757 | ||||||
Centene Corp.(2) |
167,893 | 10,078,617 | ||||||
Cigna Corp. |
39,731 | 8,271,200 | ||||||
Cigna Corp.(1) |
7,416 | 1,542,937 | ||||||
Covetrus, Inc.(2) |
10,538 | 302,862 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. |
1,187,193 | 81,085,282 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc.(2) |
157,055 | 18,438,257 | ||||||
Guardant Health, Inc.(2) |
83,152 | 10,716,630 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. |
188,518 | 31,003,670 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(2) |
26,384 | 1,764,034 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. |
2,438 | 1,000,238 | ||||||
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(2) |
745 | 151,645 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. |
150,389 | 26,155,655 | ||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc.(2) |
18,585 | 3,952,658 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. |
807,436 | 283,151,656 | ||||||
$ | 527,565,552 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Technology 0.0%(3) | ||||||||
Cerner Corp. |
18,346 | $ | 1,439,794 | |||||
Teladoc Health, Inc.(2) |
26,210 | 5,240,952 | ||||||
$ | 6,680,746 | |||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 3.4% | ||||||||
Aramark |
137,669 | $ | 5,297,503 | |||||
Carnival Corp. |
22,069 | 478,014 | ||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(2) |
121,117 | 167,954,155 | ||||||
Choice Hotels International, Inc. |
49,631 | 5,297,117 | ||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
66,114 | 7,875,500 | ||||||
Dominos Pizza, Inc. |
2,815 | 1,079,440 | ||||||
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. |
106,201 | 11,815,923 | ||||||
Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A |
1,353,442 | 100,493,068 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc., Class A |
1,575,495 | 207,839,300 | ||||||
McDonalds Corp. |
104,208 | 22,360,953 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International |
892,202 | 28,113,285 | ||||||
Penn National Gaming, Inc.(2) |
30,956 | 2,673,670 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. |
1,900 | 141,911 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. |
3,057,660 | 327,108,467 | ||||||
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. |
416,807 | 32,577,635 | ||||||
Yum China Holdings, Inc. |
367,698 | 20,991,879 | ||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. |
123,810 | 13,440,814 | ||||||
$ | 955,538,634 | |||||||
Household Durables 0.1% | ||||||||
D.R. Horton, Inc. |
19,682 | $ | 1,356,483 | |||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. |
92,079 | 4,079,100 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class A |
8,688 | 662,286 | ||||||
Lennar Corp., Class B |
21 | 1,285 | ||||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(2) |
4,820 | 679,379 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. |
123,465 | 2,621,162 | ||||||
NVR, Inc.(2) |
1,822 | 7,433,505 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. |
221,275 | 9,541,378 | ||||||
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.(2) |
540,100 | 14,582,700 | ||||||
Toll Brothers, Inc. |
4,378 | 190,312 | ||||||
Whirlpool Corp. |
1,391 | 251,062 | ||||||
$ | 41,398,652 | |||||||
Household Products 2.0% | ||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. |
172,129 | $ | 15,014,813 | |||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.(1) |
17,504 | 1,525,958 | ||||||
Clorox Co. (The) |
16,257 | 3,282,613 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. |
2,420,348 | 206,963,957 | ||||||
Energizer Holdings, Inc. |
10,496 | 442,721 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. |
85,688 | 11,553,313 |
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Interactive Media & Services 8.8% | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(2) |
313,841 | $ | 550,050,290 | |||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(2) |
400,182 | 701,070,842 | ||||||
Baidu, Inc. ADR(2) |
72,500 | 15,677,400 | ||||||
CarGurus, Inc.(2) |
37,803 | 1,199,489 | ||||||
Cars.com, Inc.(2) |
400 | 4,520 | ||||||
Facebook, Inc., Class A(2) |
3,396,333 | 927,742,322 | ||||||
IAC/InterActiveCorp.(2) |
6,680 | 1,264,858 | ||||||
Match Group, Inc.(2) |
123,667 | 18,697,215 | ||||||
Match Group, Inc.(1)(2) |
260,261 | 39,321,316 | ||||||
Pinterest, Inc., Class A(2) |
2,540,426 | 167,414,074 | ||||||
Snap, Inc., Class A(2) |
19,362 | 969,455 | ||||||
Twitter, Inc.(2) |
550,134 | 29,789,756 | ||||||
Yelp, Inc.(2) |
149,508 | 4,884,426 | ||||||
$ | 2,458,085,963 | |||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 5.5% | ||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR(2) |
287,257 | $ | 66,853,322 | |||||
Altaba, Inc.(4) |
114,070 | 1,665,422 | ||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(2) |
405,828 | 1,321,753,388 | ||||||
Booking Holdings, Inc.(2) |
52,136 | 116,120,949 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. |
255,728 | 12,850,332 | ||||||
Expedia Group, Inc. |
2,670 | 353,508 | ||||||
Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A |
99,802 | 1,094,828 | ||||||
Trip.com Group, Ltd. ADR(2) |
5,200 | 175,396 | ||||||
Wayfair, Inc., Class A(2) |
51,793 | 11,695,377 | ||||||
$ | 1,532,562,522 | |||||||
IT Services 5.2% | ||||||||
Accenture PLC, Class A |
963,901 | $ | 251,780,580 | |||||
Akamai Technologies, Inc.(2) |
239,108 | 25,103,949 | ||||||
Alliance Data Systems Corp. |
686 | 50,833 | ||||||
Amdocs, Ltd. |
43,944 | 3,116,948 | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. |
268,307 | 47,275,693 | ||||||
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp., Class A |
43,691 | 3,808,981 | ||||||
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. |
91,705 | 14,049,206 | ||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(2) |
13,584 | 3,386,899 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A |
24,598 | 2,015,806 | ||||||
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. |
18,757 | 2,653,365 | ||||||
Fiserv, Inc.(2) |
606,600 | 69,067,476 | ||||||
Global Payments, Inc. |
31,828 | 6,856,388 | ||||||
International Business Machines Corp. |
647,631 | 81,523,790 | ||||||
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. |
2,196 | 355,730 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A |
195,157 | 69,659,340 | ||||||
Okta, Inc.(2) |
319,829 | 81,319,721 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. |
14,638 | 1,363,969 |
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PayPal Holdings, Inc.(2) |
1,089,057 | $ | 255,057,149 | |||||
Sabre Corp. |
157,290 | 1,890,626 | ||||||
Shopify, Inc., Class A(2) |
12,524 | 14,176,542 | ||||||
Square, Inc., Class A(2) |
381,727 | 83,079,064 | ||||||
Twilio, Inc., Class A(2) |
531,036 | 179,755,686 | ||||||
VeriSign, Inc.(2) |
5,654 | 1,223,526 | ||||||
Visa, Inc., Class A |
1,189,221 | 260,118,309 | ||||||
Western Union Co. (The) |
27,606 | 605,676 | ||||||
$ | 1,459,295,252 | |||||||
Leisure Products 0.0%(3) | ||||||||
Hasbro, Inc. |
1,383 | $ | 129,366 | |||||
Mattel, Inc.(2) |
3,941 | 68,770 | ||||||
Polaris, Inc. |
52,104 | 4,964,469 | ||||||
$ | 5,162,605 | |||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.6% | ||||||||
10X Genomics, Inc., Class A(2) |
145,021 | $ | 20,534,974 | |||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. |
665,215 | 78,821,325 | ||||||
Avantor, Inc.(2) |
120,000 | 3,378,000 | ||||||
Illumina, Inc.(2) |
86,595 | 32,040,150 | ||||||
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(2) |
57,124 | 10,234,907 | ||||||
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(2) |
1,000 | 1,139,680 | ||||||
NeoGenomics, Inc.(2) |
38,329 | 2,063,633 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. |
9,625 | 1,381,187 | ||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. |
56,834 | 26,472,141 | ||||||
Waters Corp.(2) |
730 | 180,617 | ||||||
$ | 176,246,614 | |||||||
Machinery 1.7% | ||||||||
Caterpillar, Inc. |
356,595 | $ | 64,907,422 | |||||
Cummins, Inc. |
1,178 | 267,524 | ||||||
Deere & Co. |
195,453 | 52,586,630 | ||||||
Donaldson Co., Inc. |
142,204 | 7,946,360 | ||||||
Dover Corp. |
369,407 | 46,637,634 | ||||||
Fortive Corp. |
30,511 | 2,160,789 | ||||||
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. |
1,069,855 | 218,122,037 | ||||||
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(2) |
23,418 | 1,066,924 | ||||||
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. |
53,660 | 6,237,975 | ||||||
Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)(2) |
11,435 | 152,200 | ||||||
Middleby Corp.(2) |
2,000 | 257,840 | ||||||
Otis Worldwide Corp. |
430,984 | 29,112,969 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. |
186,094 | 16,056,190 | ||||||
Parker-Hannifin Corp. |
19,172 | 5,222,645 | ||||||
Pentair PLC |
4 | 212 |
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Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Snap-on, Inc. |
29,674 | $ | 5,078,408 | |||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. |
288 | 51,425 | ||||||
Trinity Industries, Inc. |
11,100 | 292,929 | ||||||
Welbilt, Inc.(2) |
45,741 | 603,781 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. |
14,082 | 1,030,802 | ||||||
Xylem, Inc. |
100,031 | 10,182,156 | ||||||
$ | 467,974,852 | |||||||
Media 0.3% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A |
1,193,814 | $ | 62,555,854 | |||||
Discovery, Inc., Class A(2) |
19,462 | 585,612 | ||||||
Discovery, Inc., Class C(2) |
207 | 5,421 | ||||||
Fox Corp., Class A |
5,412 | 157,597 | ||||||
Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) |
726 | 17,075 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series A(2) |
3,091 | 487,080 | ||||||
Liberty Broadband Corp., Series C(2) |
6,183 | 979,202 | ||||||
Liberty SiriusXM Group, Series A(2) |
12,367 | 534,131 | ||||||
Liberty SiriusXM Group, Series C(2) |
24,734 | 1,076,176 | ||||||
News Corp., Class A |
24 | 431 | ||||||
Omnicom Group, Inc. |
31,882 | 1,988,480 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. |
53,280 | 339,394 | ||||||
TEGNA, Inc. |
1,201 | 16,754 | ||||||
ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B |
613,777 | 22,869,331 | ||||||
$ | 91,612,538 | |||||||
Metals & Mining 0.1% | ||||||||
Alcoa Corp.(2) |
5,862 | $ | 135,119 | |||||
Arconic Corp.(2) |
1 | 30 | ||||||
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. |
527,743 | 7,683,938 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. |
85,788 | 2,232,204 | ||||||
Glencore PLC(2) |
598,405 | 1,900,411 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. |
103 | 6,168 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. |
236,089 | 12,557,574 | ||||||
Southern Copper Corp. |
12,126 | 789,645 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
232,124 | 8,558,412 | ||||||
$ | 33,863,501 | |||||||
Multi-Utilities 0.1% | ||||||||
Consolidated Edison, Inc. |
53,943 | $ | 3,898,461 | |||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. |
13,510 | 1,015,952 | ||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
77,124 | 9,363,625 | ||||||
NiSource, Inc. |
828 | 18,994 | ||||||
Sempra Energy |
66,344 | 8,452,889 | ||||||
WEC Energy Group, Inc. |
15,006 | 1,381,002 | ||||||
$ | 24,130,923 |
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Multiline Retail 0.1% | ||||||||
Dollar General Corp. |
329 | $ | 69,189 | |||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(2) |
146,190 | 15,794,368 | ||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. |
3,192 | 99,622 | ||||||
Target Corp. |
36,389 | 6,423,750 | ||||||
$ | 22,386,929 | |||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 1.3% | ||||||||
Antero Resources Corp.(2) |
1,341,986 | $ | 7,313,824 | |||||
Cheniere Energy, Inc.(2) |
723,716 | 43,444,672 | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp.(2) |
1 | 2 | ||||||
Chevron Corp. |
985,901 | 83,259,339 | ||||||
Concho Resources, Inc. |
40,000 | 2,334,000 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips |
306,529 | 12,258,095 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. |
143,600 | 2,270,316 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
472,114 | 23,544,325 | ||||||
EQT Corp. |
180,474 | 2,293,825 | ||||||
Equitrans Midstream Corp. |
144,379 | 1,160,807 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. |
3,106,785 | 128,061,678 | ||||||
Hess Corp. |
364,574 | 19,245,861 | ||||||
HollyFrontier Corp. |
8,000 | 206,800 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. |
112,401 | 1,536,522 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. |
123,481 | 823,618 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. |
192,770 | 7,972,967 | ||||||
Murphy Oil Corp. |
145,312 | 1,758,275 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. |
22,811 | 394,858 | ||||||
Phillips 66 |
193,043 | 13,501,427 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. |
22,520 | 2,564,803 | ||||||
Range Resources Corp. |
664,831 | 4,454,368 | ||||||
Southwestern Energy Co.(2) |
486 | 1,448 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. |
14,523 | 821,566 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. (The) |
20,025 | 401,501 | ||||||
WPX Energy, Inc.(2) |
666 | 5,428 | ||||||
$ | 359,630,325 | |||||||
Personal Products 0.1% | ||||||||
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A |
45,277 | $ | 12,052,285 | |||||
Unilever PLC ADR |
69,397 | 4,188,803 | ||||||
$ | 16,241,088 | |||||||
Pharmaceuticals 4.3% | ||||||||
AstraZeneca PLC ADR |
217,956 | $ | 10,895,620 | |||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
2,353,836 | 146,008,447 | ||||||
Catalent, Inc.(2) |
45,943 | 4,781,288 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. |
2,259,171 | 381,438,432 | ||||||
GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR |
1,968 | 72,422 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson |
2,549,760 | $ | 401,281,229 | |||||
Mallinckrodt PLC(2) |
6 | 1 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. |
1,761,529 | 144,093,072 | ||||||
Novartis AG ADR |
126,232 | 11,920,088 | ||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S ADR |
262,532 | 18,337,860 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. |
2,330,428 | 85,783,055 | ||||||
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(2) |
4,694 | 580,272 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG ADR |
35,808 | 1,569,823 | ||||||
Sanofi ADR |
5,100 | 247,809 | ||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ADR |
31,905 | 580,671 | ||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR(2) |
5,106 | 49,273 | ||||||
Viatris, Inc.(2) |
287,502 | 5,387,788 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc. |
1,198 | 198,269 | ||||||
$ | 1,213,225,419 | |||||||
Professional Services 0.2% | ||||||||
ASGN, Inc.(2) |
228,139 | $ | 19,056,451 | |||||
ASGN, Inc.(1)(2) |
17,000 | 1,420,010 | ||||||
Equifax, Inc. |
8,854 | 1,707,405 | ||||||
Nielsen Holdings PLC |
61,834 | 1,290,475 | ||||||
Thomson Reuters Corp. |
121,293 | 9,932,684 | ||||||
Verisk Analytics, Inc. |
109,263 | 22,681,906 | ||||||
$ | 56,088,931 | |||||||
Road & Rail 1.8% | ||||||||
Canadian National Railway Co. |
526,084 | $ | 57,790,327 | |||||
Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd. |
192 | 66,565 | ||||||
CSX Corp. |
692,012 | 62,800,089 | ||||||
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. |
10,000 | 1,366,500 | ||||||
Kansas City Southern |
7,899 | 1,612,423 | ||||||
Lyft, Inc., Class A(2) |
112,436 | 5,523,981 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. |
261,802 | 62,206,773 | ||||||
Uber Technologies, Inc.(2) |
3,699,519 | 188,675,469 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. |
563,096 | 117,247,849 | ||||||
$ | 497,289,976 | |||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 6.5% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(2) |
2,697 | $ | 247,342 | |||||
Analog Devices, Inc. |
640,405 | 94,607,031 | ||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. |
200,009 | 17,260,777 | ||||||
ASML Holding NV - NY Shares |
12,459 | 6,076,503 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. |
101,674 | 44,517,961 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc.(1) |
14,025 | 6,137,162 | ||||||
Cirrus Logic, Inc.(2) |
50,000 | 4,110,000 | ||||||
Intel Corp. |
7,368,078 | 367,077,646 |
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KLA Corp. |
225 | $ | 58,255 | |||||
Lam Research Corp. |
78,330 | 36,992,909 | ||||||
Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. |
95,391 | 4,534,888 | ||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. |
581,017 | 80,244,258 | ||||||
Micron Technology, Inc.(2) |
299,972 | 22,551,895 | ||||||
NVIDIA Corp. |
623,066 | 325,365,065 | ||||||
NXP Semiconductors NV |
13,187 | 2,096,865 | ||||||
Qorvo, Inc.(2) |
13,586 | 2,258,944 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. |
4,089,697 | 623,024,441 | ||||||
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(2) |
40,103 | 5,106,716 | ||||||
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. |
1,000 | 152,880 | ||||||
Teradyne, Inc. |
1,200 | 143,868 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
1,076,699 | 176,718,607 | ||||||
Xilinx, Inc. |
84,881 | 12,033,579 | ||||||
$ | 1,831,317,592 | |||||||
Software 9.8% | ||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(2) |
404,740 | $ | 202,418,569 | |||||
ANSYS, Inc.(2) |
150,106 | 54,608,563 | ||||||
Autodesk, Inc.(2) |
27,729 | 8,466,773 | ||||||
Box, Inc., Class A(2) |
176,143 | 3,179,381 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(2) |
698,571 | 95,306,042 | ||||||
CDK Global, Inc. |
3 | 156 | ||||||
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.(2) |
151,951 | 20,195,807 | ||||||
Citrix Systems, Inc. |
11,798 | 1,534,920 | ||||||
Coupa Software, Inc.(2) |
54,504 | 18,471,951 | ||||||
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(2) |
400,567 | 84,848,102 | ||||||
DocuSign, Inc.(2) |
1,158,429 | 257,518,767 | ||||||
Dropbox, Inc., Class A(2) |
2,287,688 | 50,763,797 | ||||||
Envestnet, Inc.(2) |
41,786 | 3,438,570 | ||||||
FireEye, Inc.(2) |
91,308 | 2,105,562 | ||||||
Fortinet, Inc.(2) |
22,529 | 3,346,232 | ||||||
Guidewire Software, Inc.(2) |
67,562 | 8,697,256 | ||||||
Intuit, Inc. |
99,232 | 37,693,275 | ||||||
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(2) |
63,065 | 6,633,177 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. |
4,240,689 | 943,214,047 | ||||||
NortonLifeLock, Inc. |
121,379 | 2,522,256 | ||||||
Nutanix, Inc., Class A(2) |
18,402 | 586,472 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. |
374,251 | 24,210,297 | ||||||
Palantir Technologies, Inc., Class A(2) |
39,250 | 924,338 | ||||||
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(2) |
295,522 | 105,025,564 | ||||||
Paycom Software, Inc.(2) |
551,349 | 249,347,585 | ||||||
Proofpoint, Inc.(2) |
60,744 | 8,286,089 | ||||||
RingCentral, Inc., Class A(2) |
9,657 | 3,659,713 | ||||||
RingCentral, Inc., Class A(1)(2) |
9,178 | 3,478,187 | ||||||
salesforce.com, inc.(2) |
278,629 | 62,003,311 |
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Preferred Stocks 0.0%(3) |
|
|||||||
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 0.0%(3) | ||||||||
Qurate Retail, Inc., Series A, 8.00% |
2,994 | $ | 296,406 | |||||
Total Preferred Stocks
|
|
$ | 296,406 | |||||
Rights 0.0%(3) |
|
|||||||
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals 0.0%(3) | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. CVR, Exp. 3/31/21(2) |
237,107 | $ | 163,627 | |||||
Total Rights
|
|
$ | 163,627 | |||||
Warrants 0.0%(3) |
|
|||||||
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.0%(3) | ||||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Exp. 8/3/27(2) |
2,853 | $ | 19,429 | |||||
Total Warrants
|
|
$ | 19,429 | |||||
Short-Term Investments 0.7% |
|
|||||||
Description | Units | Value | ||||||
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.11%(5) |
202,615,051 | $ | 202,615,051 | |||||
Total Short-Term Investments
|
|
$ | 202,615,051 | |||||
Total Investments 99.9%
|
|
$ | 27,957,548,753 | |||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities 0.1% |
|
$ | 29,165,371 | |||||
Net Assets 100.0% |
|
$ | 27,986,714,124 |
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
(1) |
Restricted security (see Note 5). |
(2) |
Non-income producing security. |
(3) |
Amount is less than 0.05%. |
(4) |
For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 8). |
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Portfolio of Investments continued
(5) |
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 December 31, 2020. |
Abbreviations:
ADR | | American Depositary Receipt | ||
CVR | | Contingent Value Rights |
37 | See Notes to Financial Statements. |
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December 31, 2020
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Assets | December 31, 2020 | |||
Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $13,016,512,411) |
$ | 27,754,933,702 | ||
Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $202,615,051) |
202,615,051 | |||
Cash |
474,511 | |||
Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $1,254) |
1,237 | |||
Dividends and interest receivable |
13,929,065 | |||
Dividends receivable from affiliated investment |
16,406 | |||
Receivable for investments sold |
24,068,905 | |||
Tax reclaims receivable |
2,368,866 | |||
Total assets |
$ | 27,998,407,743 | ||
Liabilities | ||||
Payable to affiliates: |
||||
Investment adviser fee |
$ | 9,643,087 | ||
Trustees fees |
27,125 | |||
Accrued expenses |
2,023,407 | |||
Total liabilities |
$ | 11,693,619 | ||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9) |
||||
Net Assets applicable to investors interest in Portfolio |
$ | 27,986,714,124 |
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December 31, 2020
Statement of Operations
Investment Income |
Year Ended
December 31, 2020 |
|||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $3,158,559) |
$ | 341,124,008 | ||
Dividends from affiliated investment |
1,247,060 | |||
Total investment income |
$ | 342,371,068 | ||
Expenses | ||||
Investment adviser fee |
$ | 95,887,876 | ||
Trustees fees and expenses |
108,500 | |||
Custodian fee |
3,049,238 | |||
Professional fees |
523,404 | |||
Miscellaneous |
791,003 | |||
Total expenses |
$ | 100,360,021 | ||
Net investment income |
$ | 242,011,047 | ||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
|
|||
Investment transactions(1) |
$ | 582,816,933 | ||
Investment transactions affiliated investment |
42,008 | |||
Foreign currency transactions |
(5,790 | ) | ||
Net realized gain |
$ | 582,853,151 | ||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
|
|||
Investments |
$ | 4,456,226,123 | ||
Investments affiliated investment |
(10,545 | ) | ||
Foreign currency |
80,059 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
$ | 4,456,295,637 | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain |
$ | 5,039,148,788 | ||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 5,281,159,835 |
(1) |
Includes $572,823,358 of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind. |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
From operations |
|
|||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 242,011,047 | $ | 242,547,071 | ||||
Net realized gain |
582,853,151 | 489,448,401 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
4,456,295,637 | 4,081,066,263 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 5,281,159,835 | $ | 4,813,061,735 | ||||
Capital transactions |
|
|||||||
Contributions |
$ | 1,891,540,171 | $ | 2,251,431,385 | ||||
Withdrawals |
(1,199,338,464 | ) | (1,067,186,292 | ) | ||||
Net increase in net assets from capital transactions |
$ | 692,201,707 | $ | 1,184,245,093 | ||||
Net increase in net assets |
$ | 5,973,361,542 | $ | 5,997,306,828 | ||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
At beginning of year |
$ | 22,013,352,582 | $ | 16,016,045,754 | ||||
At end of year |
$ | 27,986,714,124 | $ | 22,013,352,582 |
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Financial Highlights
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets): |
||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses |
0.44 | % | 0.45 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.47 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income |
1.07 | % | 1.28 | % | 1.25 | % | 1.33 | % | 1.48 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover(1) |
1 | % | 1 | % | 1 | % | 0 | %(2) | 1 | % | ||||||||||
Total Return |
23.42 | % | 29.87 | % | (5.02 | )% | 22.76 | % | 9.06 | % | ||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 27,986,714 | $ | 22,013,353 | $ | 16,016,046 | $ | 16,224,690 | $ | 12,577,024 |
(1) |
Excludes the value of portfolio securities contributed or distributed as a result of in-kind shareholder transactions. The portfolio turnover of the Portfolio including in-kind contributions and distributions of securities was 6%, 6%, 6%, 5% and 6% for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. |
(2) |
Amount is less than 0.5%. |
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements
1 Significant Accounting Policies
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Portfolios investment objective is to achieve long-term, after-tax returns for interestholders through investing in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At December 31, 2020, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.0, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation Fund held an interest of 4.3%, 7.2%, 3.7%, and 0.8% respectively, in the Portfolio. In addition, an unregistered fund managed by the adviser to the Portfolio held an aggregate interest of 84.0% in the Portfolio.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Portfolio. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services Investment Companies.
A Investment Valuation The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.
Equity Securities. Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices 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 ask prices.
Foreign Securities and Currencies. 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 Portfolios 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.
Affiliated Fund. The Portfolio may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). While Cash Reserves Fund is not a registered money market mutual fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Investments in Cash Reserves Fund are valued at the closing net asset value per unit on the valuation day. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities based on available market quotations provided by a third party pricing service.
Fair Valuation. 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 Portfolio in a manner that most fairly reflects the securitys fair value, which is the amount that the Portfolio 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 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 statements, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.
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 Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolios understanding of the applicable countries tax rules and rates. In consideration of recent decisions rendered by European courts, the Portfolio has filed additional tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain European Union countries. These filings are subject to various administrative and judicial proceedings within these countries. Due to the uncertainty as to the ultimate resolution of these proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment, no amounts are reflected in the financial statements for such reclaims. Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount.
D Federal Taxes The Portfolio has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes. No provision is made by the Portfolio for federal or state taxes on any taxable income of the Portfolio because each investor in the Portfolio is ultimately responsible for the payment of any taxes on its share of taxable income. Since at least one of the Portfolios investors is a regulated investment company that invests all or substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio, the Portfolio normally must satisfy the applicable source of income and diversification requirements (under the Internal Revenue Code) in order for its investors to satisfy them. The Portfolio will allocate, at least annually among its investors, each investors distributive share of the Portfolios net investment income, net realized capital gains and losses and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.
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As of December 31, 2020, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Portfolio files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.
E 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.
F Use of Estimates The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP 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.
G Indemnifications Under the Portfolios organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, interestholders in the Portfolio could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Portfolio. However, the Portfolios Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Portfolio interestholders. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Portfolios maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet occurred.
2 Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The investment adviser fee is earned by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. EVM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. Under the investment advisory agreement, BMR receives a monthly advisory fee at a rate of 0.625% annually of the Portfolios average daily net assets up to $500 million. The advisory fee on net assets of $500 million or more is reduced as follows:
Average Daily Net Assets |
Annual Fee Rate
(for each level) |
|||
$500 million but less than $1 billion |
0.5625 | % | ||
$1 billion but less than $1.5 billion |
0.5000 | % | ||
$1.5 billion but less than $7 billion |
0.4375 | % | ||
$7 billion but less than $10 billion |
0.4250 | % | ||
$10 billion but less than $15 billion |
0.4125 | % | ||
$15 billion but less than $20 billion |
0.4000 | % | ||
$20 billion but less than $25 billion |
0.3900 | % | ||
$25 billion and over |
0.3800 | % |
The Portfolio invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Portfolios investment adviser fee amounted to $95,887,876 or 0.42% of the Portfolios average daily net assets.
Officers and Trustees of the Portfolio who are members of EVMs or BMRs organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Portfolio out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Portfolio who are not affiliated with the investment adviser 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 December 31, 2020, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.
3 Purchases and Sales of Investments
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $600,386,056 and $321,554,470, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2020. In addition, investors contributed securities with an aggregate market value of $1,840,132,133 and investments having an aggregate market value of $1,043,276,593 were distributed in payment for capital withdrawals during the year ended December 31, 2020.
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Notes to Financial Statements continued
4 Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at December 31, 2020, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
Aggregate cost |
$ | 3,702,977,623 | ||
Gross unrealized appreciation |
$ | 24,273,380,350 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(18,809,220 | ) | ||
Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 24,254,571,130 |
5 Restricted Securities
At December 31, 2020, the Portfolio owned the following securities (representing 0.7% of net assets) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The Portfolio has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
Common Stocks |
Date of
Acquisition |
Eligible for
Resale |
Shares | Cost | Value | |||||||||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc. |
6/18/20 | 6/18/21 | 88,600 | $ | 20,060,404 | $ | 25,744,502 | |||||||||||||
Arista Networks, Inc. |
12/17/20 | 12/17/21 | 105,064 | 30,000,276 | 30,510,129 | |||||||||||||||
ASGN, Inc. |
6/18/20 | 6/18/21 | 17,000 | 1,085,308 | 1,420,010 | |||||||||||||||
Broadcom, Inc. |
12/17/20 | 12/17/21 | 14,025 | 5,955,945 | 6,137,162 | |||||||||||||||
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. |
12/17/20 | 12/17/21 | 17,504 | 1,516,161 | 1,525,958 | |||||||||||||||
Cigna Corp. |
12/17/20 | 12/17/21 | 7,416 | 1,500,098 | 1,542,937 | |||||||||||||||
DexCom, Inc. |
9/17/20 | 9/17/21 | 30,000 | 11,808,737 | 11,087,441 | |||||||||||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. |
6/18/20 | 6/18/21 | 600,000 | 29,144,044 | 38,952,000 | |||||||||||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. |
9/17/20 | 9/17/21 | 200,000 | 9,395,300 | 12,980,754 | |||||||||||||||
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. |
12/17/20 | 12/17/21 | 200,000 | 12,154,703 | 12,976,210 | |||||||||||||||
Linde PLC |
9/17/20 | 9/17/21 | 12,068 | 3,000,148 | 3,178,528 | |||||||||||||||
Match Group, Inc. |
12/17/20 | 12/17/21 | 260,261 | 40,028,133 | 39,321,316 | |||||||||||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. |
9/17/20 | 9/17/21 | 2,913 | 1,000,028 | 887,427 | |||||||||||||||
RingCentral, Inc., Class A |
6/18/20 | 6/18/21 | 9,178 | 2,500,146 | 3,478,187 | |||||||||||||||
Total Restricted Securities |
$ | 169,149,431 | $ | 189,742,561 |
6 Line of Credit
The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in an $800 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through October 26, 2021. Borrowings are made by the Portfolio solely for temporary purposes related to redemptions and other short-term cash needs. Interest is charged to the Portfolio based on its borrowings at an amount above either the Eurodollar rate or Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.15% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated among the participating portfolios and funds at the end of each quarter. In connection with the renewal of the agreement in October 2020, an upfront fee and arrangement fee totaling $950,000 was incurred that was allocated to the participating portfolios and funds. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Portfolio, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Portfolio did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the year ended December 31, 2020.
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Notes to Financial Statements continued
7 Investments in Affiliated Funds
At December 31, 2020, the value of the Portfolios investment in affiliated funds was $202,615,051, which represents 0.7% of the Portfolios net assets. Transactions in affiliated funds by the Portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:
Name of affiliated fund |
Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change in
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value, end
of period |
Dividend
income |
Units, end
of period |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC |
$ | 346,625,190 | $ | 530,987,040 | $ | (675,028,642 | ) | $ | 42,008 | $ | (10,545 | ) | $ | 202,615,051 | $ | 1,247,060 | 202,615,051 |
8 Fair Value Measurements
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 funds 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.
At December 31, 2020, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolios investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3* | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
|
|||||||||||||||
Communication Services |
$ | 3,313,896,924 | $ | 39,321,316 | $ | | $ | 3,353,218,240 | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary |
3,805,491,045 | | 1,665,422 | 3,807,156,467 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Staples |
1,979,766,373 | 133,727,291 | | 2,113,493,664 | ||||||||||||
Energy |
391,665,784 | | | 391,665,784 | ||||||||||||
Financials |
3,596,757,912 | 9,581,055 | | 3,606,338,967 | ||||||||||||
Health Care |
3,459,780,175 | 38,587,342 | | 3,498,367,517 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
2,605,994,312 | 887,427 | | 2,606,881,739 | ||||||||||||
Information Technology |
7,840,514,845 | 36,647,291 | | 7,877,162,136 | ||||||||||||
Materials |
379,530,028 | 5,078,939 | | 384,608,967 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate |
27,248,891 | | | 27,248,891 | ||||||||||||
Utilities |
88,311,868 | | | 88,311,868 | ||||||||||||
Total Common Stocks |
$ | 27,488,958,157 | $ | 263,830,661 | ** | $ | 1,665,422 | $ | 27,754,454,240 | |||||||
Preferred Stocks |
$ | 296,406 | $ | | $ | | $ | 296,406 | ||||||||
Rights |
163,627 | | | 163,627 | ||||||||||||
Warrants |
19,429 | | | 19,429 | ||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
| 202,615,051 | | 202,615,051 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | 27,489,437,619 | $ | 466,445,712 | $ | 1,665,422 | $ | 27,957,548,753 |
* |
None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Portfolio. |
** |
Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets. |
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements continued
Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2020 is not presented.
9 Legal Proceedings
In November 2010, the Portfolio was named as defendant and a putative member of the proposed defendant class of shareholders in the case entitled Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (UCC) of the Tribune Company v. FitzSimons, et al. as a result of its ownership of shares in the Tribune Company (Tribune) in 2007 when Tribune effected a leveraged buyout transaction (LBO) and was converted to a privately held company. The UCC, which has been replaced by a Litigation Trustee pursuant to Tribunes plan of reorganization, seeks to recover payments of the proceeds of the LBO. In June 2011, a group of Tribune creditors filed multiple actions against former Tribune shareholders involving state law constructive fraudulent conveyance claims arising out of the LBO (the SLFC actions). The Portfolio has been named as a defendant in one of the SLFC actions filed in United States District Court District of Massachusetts by Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas seeking to recover the proceeds received in connection with the LBO from former shareholders. The FitzSimons action and the SLFC actions are now part of a multi-district litigation proceeding in the Southern District of New York. The value of the proceeds received by the Portfolio is approximately $48,237,000 (equal to 0.2% of net assets at December 31, 2020).
The Portfolio cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings or the effect, if any, on the Portfolios net asset value. The attorneys fees and costs related to these actions are expensed by the Portfolio as incurred.
10 Risks and Uncertainties
Pandemic Risk
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, the economies of individual countries, individual companies, and the market in general, and may continue to do so in significant and unforeseen ways, as may other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future. Any such impact could adversely affect the Portfolios performance, or the performance of the securities in which the Portfolio invests.
11 Additional Information
On October 8, 2020, Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. (Eaton Vance) announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which Morgan Stanley would acquire Eaton Vance. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consummation of this transaction may be deemed to result in the automatic termination of an Eaton Vance Funds investment advisory agreement, and, where applicable, any related sub-advisory agreement. On November 24, 2020, the Portfolios Board approved a new investment advisory agreement. The new investment advisory agreement was approved by Portfolio interest holders at a joint special meeting of interest holders on February 19, 2021, and would take effect upon consummation of the transaction.
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Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
December 31, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees and Investors of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2020, 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, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio as of December 31, 2020, and 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 five years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolios management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolios financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Portfolio in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. The Portfolio is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolios internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 22, 2021
We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval
Overview of the Contract Review Process
Even though the following description of the Boards (as defined below) consideration of investment advisory and, as applicable, sub-advisory agreements covers multiple funds, for purposes of this shareholder report, the description is only relevant as to Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio. As defined below, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 is a New IAA Series.
Fund | Investment Adviser | Investment Sub-Adviser | ||
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 |
Eaton Vance Management | None | ||
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio |
Boston Management and Research | None |
At a meeting held on November 24, 2020 (the November Meeting), the Board of each Eaton Vance open-end Fund, including the portfolios (each, a Portfolio) in which each such Fund invests, as applicable (each, a Fund and, collectively, the Funds), which also includes each Fund organized as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure that does not currently have an investment advisory agreement or, as applicable, an investment sub-advisory agreement in place (the New IAA Series), including a majority of the Board members (the Independent Trustees) who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act)) of the Funds, Eaton Vance Management (EVM) or Boston Management and Research (BMR and, together with EVM, the Advisers), voted to approve a new investment advisory agreement between each Fund and either EVM or BMR (the New Investment Advisory Agreements) and, for certain Funds, a new investment sub-advisory agreement between an Adviser and the applicable Sub-Adviser (the New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements(1) and, together with the New Investment Advisory Agreements, the New Agreements), each of which is intended to go into effect upon the completion of the Transaction (as defined below), as more fully described below. In voting its approval of the New Agreements at the November Meeting, the Board relied on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that provided temporary relief from the in-person meeting requirements under Section 15 of the 1940 Act.
In voting its approval of the New Agreements, the Board of each Fund relied upon the recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to and during meetings leading up to the November Meeting, the Contract Review Committee reviewed and discussed information furnished by the Advisers, the Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley, as requested by the Independent Trustees, that the Contract Review Committee considered reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the New Agreements and to form its recommendation. Such information included, among other things, the terms and anticipated impacts of Morgan Stanleys pending acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (the Transaction) on the Funds and their shareholders. In addition to considering information furnished specifically to evaluate the impact of the Transaction on the Funds and their respective shareholders, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information furnished for prior meetings of the Board and its committees, including information provided in connection with the annual contract review process for the Funds, which most recently culminated in April 2020 (the 2020 Annual Approval Process).
The Board of each Fund, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the applicable New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the fees payable thereunder, was fair and reasonable, and it voted to approve the New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement and to recommend that shareholders do so as well.
Shortly after the announcement of the Transaction, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, met with senior representatives from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley at its meeting held on October 13, 2020 to discuss certain aspects of the Transaction and the expected impacts of the Transaction on the Funds and their shareholders. As part of the Boards evaluation process, counsel to the Independent Trustees, on behalf of the Contract Review Committee, requested additional information to assist the Independent Trustees in their evaluation of the New Agreements and the implications of the Transaction, as well as other contractual arrangements that may be affected by the Transaction. The Contract Review Committee considered information furnished by the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, their respective affiliates, and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers during meetings on November 5, 2020, November 10, 2020, November 13, 2020, November 17, 2020 and November 24, 2020.
During its meetings on November 10, 2020 and November 17, 2020, the Contract Review Committee further discussed the approval of the New Agreements with senior representatives of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley. The representatives from the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley each made presentations to, and responded to questions from, the Independent Trustees. The Contract Review Committee considered the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Morgan Stanleys responses related to the Transaction and specifically to the Funds, as well as information received in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, with respect to its evaluation of the New Agreements. Among other information, the Board considered:
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With respect to certain of the Funds, the applicable Adviser is currently a party to a sub-advisory agreement (collectively, the Current Sub-Advisory Agreements) with Atlanta Capital Management Company, LLC (Atlanta Capital), BMO Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. (EVAIL), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., Hexavest Inc. (Hexavest), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) or Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC (collectively, the Sub-Advisers and, with respect to Atlanta Capital, EVAIL, Hexavest and Parametric, each an affiliate of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers). Accordingly, references to the Sub-Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers or the New Sub-Advisory Agreements are not applicable to all Funds. |
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Information about the Transaction and its Terms
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Information about the material terms and conditions, and expected impacts, of the Transaction that relate to the Funds, including the expected impacts on the businesses conducted by the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., as the distributor of Fund shares; |
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Information about the advantages of the Transaction as they relate to the Funds and their shareholders; |
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A commitment that the Funds would not bear any expenses, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Transaction; |
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A commitment that, for a period of three years after the Closing, at least 75% of each Funds Board members must not be interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the investment adviser (or predecessor investment adviser, if applicable) pursuant to Section 15(f)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act; |
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A commitment that Morgan Stanley would use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that it did not impose any unfair burden (as that term is used in section 15(f)(1)(B) of the 1940 Act) on the Funds as a result of the Transaction; |
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Information with respect to personnel and/or other resources of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as a result of the Transaction, as well as any expected changes to compensation, including any retention-based compensation intended to incentivize key personnel at the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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Information regarding any changes that are expected with respect to the Funds slate of officers as a result of the Transaction; |
Information about Morgan Stanley
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Information about Morgan Stanleys overall business, including information about the advisory, brokerage and related businesses that Morgan Stanley operates; |
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Information about Morgan Stanleys financial condition, including its access to capital and other resources required to support the investment advisory businesses related to the Funds; |
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Information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy, and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates implementing to the Funds in the short- or long-term following the closing of the Transaction (the Closing); |
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Information regarding risk management functions at Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including how existing risk management protocols and procedures may impact the Funds and/or the businesses of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as they relate to the Funds; |
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Information on the anticipated benefits of the Transaction to the Funds with respect to potential additional distribution capabilities and the ability to access new markets and customer segments through Morgan Stanleys distribution network, including, in particular, its institutional client base; |
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Information regarding the financial condition and reputation of Morgan Stanley, its worldwide presence, experience as a fund sponsor and manager, commitment to maintain a high level of cooperation with, and support to, the Funds, strong client service capabilities, and relationships in the asset management industry; |
Information about the New Agreements for Funds other than the New IAA Series
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A representation that, after the Closing, all of the Funds will continue to be advised by their current Adviser and Sub-Adviser, as applicable; |
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Information regarding the terms of the New Agreements, including certain changes as compared to the current investment advisory agreement between each Fund and its Adviser (collectively, the Current Advisory Agreements) and, as applicable, the current investment sub-advisory agreement between a Fund and a Sub-Adviser (together with the Current Advisory Agreements, the Current Agreements); |
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Information confirming that the fee rates payable under the New Agreements are not changed as compared to the Current Agreements; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about the New Agreements for the New IAA Series
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Information regarding the terms of the New Agreements; |
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Information confirming that no increase in management fees will result from the New Agreements because the Adviser will not charge a management fee with respect to New IAA Series assets invested in an underlying Portfolio or other investment company for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as investment adviser and receive an advisory fee; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about Fund Performance, Fees and Expenses
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A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each Fund (including, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices, over various time periods as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as performance information as of a more recent date; |
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A report from an independent data provider comparing each Funds total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as fee and expense information as of a more recent date; |
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In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the Advisers in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as corresponding performance information as of a more recent date; |
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Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser to each Fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such Fund(s), if any; |
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Profitability analyses of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as applicable, with respect to each of the Funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information regarding the impact of the Transaction on profitability; |
Information about Portfolio Management and Trading
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Descriptions of the investment management services currently provided and expected to be provided to each Fund after the Transaction, as well as each of the Funds investment strategies and policies; |
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The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of Fund assets, when necessary, and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes; |
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Information about any changes to the policies and practices of the Advisers and, as applicable, each Funds Sub-Adviser with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions; |
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Information regarding the impact on trading and access to capital markets associated with the Funds affiliations with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including potential restrictions with respect to the Funds ability to execute portfolio transactions with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates; |
Information about the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers
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Information about the financial results and condition of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers since the culmination of the 2020 Annual Approval Process and any material changes in financial condition that are reasonably expected to occur before and after the Closing; |
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Information regarding contemplated changes to the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the Funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, as applicable, post-Closing; |
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The Code of Ethics of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes; |
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Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions; |
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Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance; |
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Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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A description of the Advisers oversight of the Sub-Advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters; |
Other Relevant Information
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Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by the Advisers and their affiliates; |
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Information concerning oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by EVM and/or administrator to each of the Funds; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers intend to continue to manage the Funds in a manner materially consistent with each Funds current investment objective(s) and principal investment strategies; |
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Information regarding Morgan Stanleys commitment to maintaining competitive compensation arrangements to attract and retain highly qualified personnel; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers current senior management teams have indicated their strong support of the Transaction; and |
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Information regarding the fact that Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. will each derive benefits from the Transaction and that, as a result, they have a financial interest in the matters that were being considered. |
As indicated above, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information received at its regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year, which included information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the Funds investment objectives. The Board also received information regarding risk management techniques employed in connection with the management of the Funds. The Board and its committees evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the Funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, with respect to such matters.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval continued
The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the evaluation process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating the New Agreements and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to the New Agreements were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to the New Agreements.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering whether to approve the New Agreements, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services currently provided to each Fund by the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers under the Current Agreements (for the New IAA Series, the Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the respective Portfolios, as applicable). In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers under the New Agreements, the Board considered, among other information, the expected impact, if any, of the Transaction on the operations, facilities, organization and personnel of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, and that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers have advised the Board that, following the Transaction, there is not expected to be any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, to the Funds and their shareholders, including compliance and other non-advisory services, and that there are not expected to be any changes in portfolio management personnel as a result of the Transaction.
The Board also considered the financial resources of Morgan Stanley and the Advisers and the importance of having a Fund manager with, or with access to, significant organizational and financial resources. The Board considered the benefits to the Funds of being part of a larger combined organization with greater financial resources following the Transaction, particularly during periods of market disruptions and volatility. In this regard, the Board considered information provided by Morgan Stanley regarding its business and operating structure, scale of operation, leadership and reputation, distribution capabilities, and financial condition, as well as information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates in the short- or long-term following the Closing. The Board also noted Morgan Stanleys and the Advisers commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers management capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by each Fund, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to each Fund. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers investment professionals in implementing each Funds investment strategies. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Advisers and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Advisers to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. With respect to the recruitment and retention of key personnel, the Board noted information from Morgan Stanley and the Advisers regarding the benefits of joining Morgan Stanley. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Funds by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Funds, including the provision of administrative services. With respect to the foregoing, the Board also considered information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley regarding the anticipated impact of the Transaction on such matters. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Advisers or their affiliates may be subject in managing the Funds and in connection with the Transaction.
The Board considered the compliance programs of the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Advisers and their affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The Board also considered certain information relating to the compliance record of Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including information requests in recent years from regulatory authorities. With respect to the foregoing, including the compliance programs of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board noted information regarding the impacts of the Transaction, as well as the Advisers and Morgan Stanleys commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered other administrative services provided and to be provided or overseen by the Advisers and their 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 fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges. The Board noted information that the Transaction was not expected to have any material impact on such matters in the near-term.
In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided under the New Agreements, the Board also considered investment performance information provided for each Fund in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. In this regard, the Board compared each Funds investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as appropriate benchmark indices and, for certain Funds, a custom peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board also considered, where applicable, Fund-specific performance explanations based on criteria established by the Board in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process and,
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval continued
where applicable, performance explanations as of a more recent date. In addition to the foregoing information, it was also noted that the Board has received and discussed with management information throughout the year at periodic intervals comparing each Funds performance against applicable benchmark indices and peer groups. In addition, the Board considered each Funds performance in light of overall financial market conditions. Where a Funds relative underperformance to its peers was significant during one or more specified periods, the Board noted the explanation from the applicable Adviser concerning the Funds relative performance versus its peer group.
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, and based on their review of the materials provided and the assurances received from, and recommendations of, the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, the Board determined that the Transaction was not expected to adversely affect the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and that the Transaction was not expected to have an adverse effect on the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, to provide those services. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, taken as a whole, are appropriate and expected to be consistent with the terms of the New Agreements.
Management Fees and Expenses
The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by each Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as management fees) in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. As part of its review, the Board considered each Funds management fees and total expense ratio over various periods, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered factors, and, where applicable, certain Fund-specific factors, that had an impact on a Funds total expense ratio relative to comparable funds, as identified by the Advisers in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee. The Board considered that the New Agreements do not change a Funds management fee rate or the computation method for calculating such fees, including any separately executed permanent contractual management fee reduction currently in place for the Fund. The Board also considered that, for the New IAA Series, no increase in management fees will result from the New Agreements because the Adviser will not charge a management fee with respect to New IAA Series assets invested in an underlying Portfolio or other investment company for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as investment adviser and receive an advisory fee.
The Board also received and considered, where applicable, information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to other types of accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as a Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, provide to the Funds as compared to other types of accounts and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Advisers and such Sub-Advisers as between each Fund and other types of accounts.
After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable with respect to its approval of the New Agreements.
Profitability and Fall-Out Benefits
During the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board considered the level of profits realized by the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Funds and to all Eaton Vance funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Advisers and their affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services. In light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, were not deemed to be excessive by the Board.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to realize, over time, cost savings from the Transaction based on eliminating duplicate corporate overhead expenses. The Board considered, however, information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley that such cost savings are not expected to be realized immediately upon the Closing and that, accordingly, there are currently no specific expected changes in the levels of profitability associated with the advisory and other services provided to the Funds that are contemplated as a result of the Transaction. The Board noted that it will continue to receive information regarding profitability during its annual contract review processes, including the extent to which cost savings and/or other efficiencies result in changes to profitability levels.
The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in connection with their respective relationships with the Funds, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Advisers and their affiliates as a result of securities transactions effected for the Funds and other investment advisory clients. In evaluating the fall-out benefits to be received by the Advisers and their affiliates under the New Agreements, the Board considered whether the Transaction would have an impact on the fall-out benefits currently realized by the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with services provided pursuant to the Current Advisory Agreements.
The Board of each Fund considered that Morgan Stanley may derive reputational and other benefits from its ability to use the names of the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with operating and marketing the Funds. The Board considered that the Transaction, if completed, would significantly increase Morgan Stanleys assets under management and expand Morgan Stanleys investment capabilities.
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
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Economies of Scale
The Board also considered the extent to which the Advisers and their affiliates, on the one hand, and the Funds, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Funds increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any specific Fund or group of funds. As part of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Funds and of all Eaton Vance funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of each Fund and the profitability of the Advisers and their affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to benefit from possible growth of the Funds resulting from enhanced distribution capabilities, including with respect to the Funds potential access to Morgan Stanleys institutional client base. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Funds currently share in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Advisers, and that the Transaction is not expected to impede a Fund from continuing to benefit from any future economies of scale realized by its Adviser.
Conclusion
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described above, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the New Agreements. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously voted to approve the New Agreements for the Funds and recommended that shareholders approve the New Agreements.
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval
Overview of the Contract Review Process
Even though the following description of the Boards (as defined below) consideration of investment advisory and, as applicable, sub-advisory agreements covers multiple funds, for purposes of this shareholder report, the description is only relevant as to Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio. As defined below, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 is a New IAA Series.
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 |
Eaton Vance Management | None | ||
Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio |
Boston Management and Research | None |
At a meeting held on November 24, 2020 (the November Meeting), the Board of each Eaton Vance open-end Fund, including the portfolios (each, a Portfolio) in which each such Fund invests, as applicable (each, a Fund and, collectively, the Funds), which also includes each Fund organized as a feeder fund in a master-feeder structure that does not currently have an investment advisory agreement or, as applicable, an investment sub-advisory agreement in place (the New IAA Series), including a majority of the Board members (the Independent Trustees) who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act)) of the Funds, Eaton Vance Management (EVM) or Boston Management and Research (BMR and, together with EVM, the Advisers), voted to approve a new investment advisory agreement between each Fund and either EVM or BMR (the New Investment Advisory Agreements) and, for certain Funds, a new investment sub-advisory agreement between an Adviser and the applicable Sub-Adviser (the New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements(2) and, together with the New Investment Advisory Agreements, the New Agreements), each of which is intended to go into effect upon the completion of the Transaction (as defined below), as more fully described below. In voting its approval of the New Agreements at the November Meeting, the Board relied on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that provided temporary relief from the in-person meeting requirements under Section 15 of the 1940 Act.
In voting its approval of the New Agreements, the Board of each Fund relied upon the recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to and during meetings leading up to the November Meeting, the Contract Review Committee reviewed and discussed information furnished by the Advisers, the Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley, as requested by the Independent Trustees, that the Contract Review Committee considered reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the New Agreements and to form its recommendation. Such information included, among other things, the terms and anticipated impacts of Morgan Stanleys pending acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (the Transaction) on the Funds and their shareholders. In addition to considering information furnished specifically to evaluate the impact of the Transaction on the Funds and their respective shareholders, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information furnished for prior meetings of the Board and its committees, including information provided in connection with the annual contract review process for the Funds, which most recently culminated in April 2020 (the 2020 Annual Approval Process).
The Board of each Fund, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the applicable New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the fees payable thereunder, was fair and reasonable, and it voted to approve the New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement and to recommend that shareholders do so as well.
Shortly after the announcement of the Transaction, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, met with senior representatives from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley at its meeting held on October 13, 2020 to discuss certain aspects of the Transaction and the expected impacts of the Transaction on the Funds and their shareholders. As part of the Boards evaluation process, counsel to the Independent Trustees, on behalf of the Contract Review Committee, requested additional information to assist the Independent Trustees in their evaluation of the New Agreements and the implications of the Transaction, as well as other contractual arrangements that may be affected by the Transaction. The Contract Review Committee considered information furnished by the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, their respective affiliates, and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers during meetings on November 5, 2020, November 10, 2020, November 13, 2020, November 17, 2020 and November 24, 2020.
During its meetings on November 10, 2020 and November 17, 2020, the Contract Review Committee further discussed the approval of the New Agreements with senior representatives of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley. The representatives from the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley each made presentations to, and responded to questions from, the Independent Trustees. The Contract Review Committee considered the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Morgan Stanleys responses related to the Transaction and specifically to the Funds, as well as information received in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, with respect to its evaluation of the New Agreements. Among other information, the Board considered:
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With respect to certain of the Funds, the applicable Adviser is currently a party to a sub-advisory agreement (collectively, the Current Sub-Advisory Agreements) with Atlanta Capital Management Company, LLC (Atlanta Capital), BMO Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. (EVAIL), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., Hexavest Inc. (Hexavest), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) or Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC (collectively, the Sub-Advisers and, with respect to Atlanta Capital, EVAIL, Hexavest and Parametric, each an affiliate of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers). Accordingly, references to the Sub-Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers or the New Sub-Advisory Agreements are not applicable to all Funds. |
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Information about the Transaction and its Terms
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Information about the material terms and conditions, and expected impacts, of the Transaction that relate to the Funds, including the expected impacts on the businesses conducted by the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., as the distributor of Fund shares; |
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Information about the advantages of the Transaction as they relate to the Funds and their shareholders; |
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A commitment that the Funds would not bear any expenses, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Transaction; |
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A commitment that, for a period of three years after the Closing, at least 75% of each Funds Board members must not be interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the investment adviser (or predecessor investment adviser, if applicable) pursuant to Section 15(f)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act; |
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A commitment that Morgan Stanley would use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that it did not impose any unfair burden (as that term is used in section 15(f)(1)(B) of the 1940 Act) on the Funds as a result of the Transaction; |
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Information with respect to personnel and/or other resources of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as a result of the Transaction, as well as any expected changes to compensation, including any retention-based compensation intended to incentivize key personnel at the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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Information regarding any changes that are expected with respect to the Funds slate of officers as a result of the Transaction; |
Information about Morgan Stanley
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Information about Morgan Stanleys overall business, including information about the advisory, brokerage and related businesses that Morgan Stanley operates; |
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Information about Morgan Stanleys financial condition, including its access to capital and other resources required to support the investment advisory businesses related to the Funds; |
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Information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy, and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates implementing to the Funds in the short- or long-term following the closing of the Transaction (the Closing); |
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Information regarding risk management functions at Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including how existing risk management protocols and procedures may impact the Funds and/or the businesses of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as they relate to the Funds; |
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Information on the anticipated benefits of the Transaction to the Funds with respect to potential additional distribution capabilities and the ability to access new markets and customer segments through Morgan Stanleys distribution network, including, in particular, its institutional client base; |
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Information regarding the financial condition and reputation of Morgan Stanley, its worldwide presence, experience as a fund sponsor and manager, commitment to maintain a high level of cooperation with, and support to, the Funds, strong client service capabilities, and relationships in the asset management industry; |
Information about the New Agreements for Funds other than the New IAA Series
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A representation that, after the Closing, all of the Funds will continue to be advised by their current Adviser and Sub-Adviser, as applicable; |
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Information regarding the terms of the New Agreements, including certain changes as compared to the current investment advisory agreement between each Fund and its Adviser (collectively, the Current Advisory Agreements) and, as applicable, the current investment sub-advisory agreement between a Fund and a Sub-Adviser (together with the Current Advisory Agreements, the Current Agreements); |
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Information confirming that the fee rates payable under the New Agreements are not changed as compared to the Current Agreements; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about the New Agreements for the New IAA Series
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Information regarding the terms of the New Agreements; |
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Information confirming that no increase in management fees will result from the New Agreements because the Adviser will not charge a management fee with respect to New IAA Series assets invested in an underlying Portfolio or other investment company for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as investment adviser and receive an advisory fee; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about Fund Performance, Fees and Expenses
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A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each Fund (including, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices, over various time periods as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as performance information as of a more recent date; |
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A report from an independent data provider comparing each Funds total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as fee and expense information as of a more recent date; |
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In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the Advisers in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as corresponding performance information as of a more recent date; |
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Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser to each Fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such Fund(s), if any; |
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Profitability analyses of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as applicable, with respect to each of the Funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information regarding the impact of the Transaction on profitability; |
Information about Portfolio Management and Trading
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Descriptions of the investment management services currently provided and expected to be provided to each Fund after the Transaction, as well as each of the Funds investment strategies and policies; |
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The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of Fund assets, when necessary, and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes; |
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Information about any changes to the policies and practices of the Advisers and, as applicable, each Funds Sub-Adviser with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions; |
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Information regarding the impact on trading and access to capital markets associated with the Funds affiliations with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including potential restrictions with respect to the Funds ability to execute portfolio transactions with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates; |
Information about the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers
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Information about the financial results and condition of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers since the culmination of the 2020 Annual Approval Process and any material changes in financial condition that are reasonably expected to occur before and after the Closing; |
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Information regarding contemplated changes to the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the Funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, as applicable, post-Closing; |
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The Code of Ethics of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes; |
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Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions; |
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Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance; |
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Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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A description of the Advisers oversight of the Sub-Advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters; |
Other Relevant Information
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Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by the Advisers and their affiliates; |
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Information concerning oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by EVM and/or administrator to each of the Funds; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers intend to continue to manage the Funds in a manner materially consistent with each Funds current investment objective(s) and principal investment strategies; |
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Information regarding Morgan Stanleys commitment to maintaining competitive compensation arrangements to attract and retain highly qualified personnel; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers current senior management teams have indicated their strong support of the Transaction; and |
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Information regarding the fact that Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. will each derive benefits from the Transaction and that, as a result, they have a financial interest in the matters that were being considered. |
As indicated above, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information received at its regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year, which included information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the Funds investment objectives. The Board also received information regarding risk management techniques employed in connection with the management of the Funds. The Board and its committees evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the Funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, with respect to such matters.
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
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The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the evaluation process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating the New Agreements and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to the New Agreements were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to the New Agreements.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering whether to approve the New Agreements, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services currently provided to each Fund by the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers under the Current Agreements (for the New IAA Series, the Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the respective Portfolios, as applicable). In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers under the New Agreements, the Board considered, among other information, the expected impact, if any, of the Transaction on the operations, facilities, organization and personnel of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, and that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers have advised the Board that, following the Transaction, there is not expected to be any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, to the Funds and their shareholders, including compliance and other non-advisory services, and that there are not expected to be any changes in portfolio management personnel as a result of the Transaction.
The Board also considered the financial resources of Morgan Stanley and the Advisers and the importance of having a Fund manager with, or with access to, significant organizational and financial resources. The Board considered the benefits to the Funds of being part of a larger combined organization with greater financial resources following the Transaction, particularly during periods of market disruptions and volatility. In this regard, the Board considered information provided by Morgan Stanley regarding its business and operating structure, scale of operation, leadership and reputation, distribution capabilities, and financial condition, as well as information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates in the short- or long-term following the Closing. The Board also noted Morgan Stanleys and the Advisers commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers management capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by each Fund, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to each Fund. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers investment professionals in implementing each Funds investment strategies. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Advisers and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Advisers to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. With respect to the recruitment and retention of key personnel, the Board noted information from Morgan Stanley and the Advisers regarding the benefits of joining Morgan Stanley. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Funds by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Funds, including the provision of administrative services. With respect to the foregoing, the Board also considered information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley regarding the anticipated impact of the Transaction on such matters. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Advisers or their affiliates may be subject in managing the Funds and in connection with the Transaction.
The Board considered the compliance programs of the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Advisers and their affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The Board also considered certain information relating to the compliance record of Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including information requests in recent years from regulatory authorities. With respect to the foregoing, including the compliance programs of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board noted information regarding the impacts of the Transaction, as well as the Advisers and Morgan Stanleys commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered other administrative services provided and to be provided or overseen by the Advisers and their 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 fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges. The Board noted information that the Transaction was not expected to have any material impact on such matters in the near-term.
In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided under the New Agreements, the Board also considered investment performance information provided for each Fund in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. In this regard, the Board compared each Funds investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as appropriate benchmark indices and, for certain Funds, a custom peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board also considered, where applicable, Fund-specific performance explanations based on criteria established by the Board in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process and,
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
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where applicable, performance explanations as of a more recent date. In addition to the foregoing information, it was also noted that the Board has received and discussed with management information throughout the year at periodic intervals comparing each Funds performance against applicable benchmark indices and peer groups. In addition, the Board considered each Funds performance in light of overall financial market conditions. Where a Funds relative underperformance to its peers was significant during one or more specified periods, the Board noted the explanation from the applicable Adviser concerning the Funds relative performance versus its peer group.
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, and based on their review of the materials provided and the assurances received from, and recommendations of, the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, the Board determined that the Transaction was not expected to adversely affect the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and that the Transaction was not expected to have an adverse effect on the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, to provide those services. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, taken as a whole, are appropriate and expected to be consistent with the terms of the New Agreements.
Management Fees and Expenses
The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by each Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as management fees) in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. As part of its review, the Board considered each Funds management fees and total expense ratio over various periods, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered factors, and, where applicable, certain Fund-specific factors, that had an impact on a Funds total expense ratio relative to comparable funds, as identified by the Advisers in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee. The Board considered that the New Agreements do not change a Funds management fee rate or the computation method for calculating such fees, including any separately executed permanent contractual management fee reduction currently in place for the Fund. The Board also considered that, for the New IAA Series, no increase in management fees will result from the New Agreements because the Adviser will not charge a management fee with respect to New IAA Series assets invested in an underlying Portfolio or other investment company for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as investment adviser and receive an advisory fee.
The Board also received and considered, where applicable, information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to other types of accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as a Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, provide to the Funds as compared to other types of accounts and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Advisers and such Sub-Advisers as between each Fund and other types of accounts.
After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable with respect to its approval of the New Agreements.
Profitability and Fall-Out Benefits
During the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board considered the level of profits realized by the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Funds and to all Eaton Vance funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Advisers and their affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services. In light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, were not deemed to be excessive by the Board.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to realize, over time, cost savings from the Transaction based on eliminating duplicate corporate overhead expenses. The Board considered, however, information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley that such cost savings are not expected to be realized immediately upon the Closing and that, accordingly, there are currently no specific expected changes in the levels of profitability associated with the advisory and other services provided to the Funds that are contemplated as a result of the Transaction. The Board noted that it will continue to receive information regarding profitability during its annual contract review processes, including the extent to which cost savings and/or other efficiencies result in changes to profitability levels.
The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in connection with their respective relationships with the Funds, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Advisers and their affiliates as a result of securities transactions effected for the Funds and other investment advisory clients. In evaluating the fall-out benefits to be received by the Advisers and their affiliates under the New Agreements, the Board considered whether the Transaction would have an impact on the fall-out benefits currently realized by the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with services provided pursuant to the Current Advisory Agreements.
The Board of each Fund considered that Morgan Stanley may derive reputational and other benefits from its ability to use the names of the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with operating and marketing the Funds. The Board considered that the Transaction, if completed, would significantly increase Morgan Stanleys assets under management and expand Morgan Stanleys investment capabilities.
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
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Economies of Scale
The Board also considered the extent to which the Advisers and their affiliates, on the one hand, and the Funds, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Funds increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any specific Fund or group of funds. As part of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Funds and of all Eaton Vance funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of each Fund and the profitability of the Advisers and their affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to benefit from possible growth of the Funds resulting from enhanced distribution capabilities, including with respect to the Funds potential access to Morgan Stanleys institutional client base. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Funds currently share in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Advisers, and that the Transaction is not expected to impede a Fund from continuing to benefit from any future economies of scale realized by its Adviser.
Conclusion
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described above, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the New Agreements. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously voted to approve the New Agreements for the Funds and recommended that shareholders approve the New Agreements.
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trusts and Portfolios affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio 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. Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio hold indefinite terms of office. The noninterested Trustees consist of those Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust and the Portfolio, 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 the Funds principal underwriter, the Portfolios placement agent and 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. Each Trustee oversees 144 portfolios (with the exception of Messrs. Faust and Wennerholm and Ms. Frost who oversee 143 portfolios) in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds. Each Trustee and officer serves until his or her successor is elected.
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Thomas E. Faust Jr. 1958 |
Trustee | 2007 |
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 143 registered investment companies. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Trust and the Portfolio. Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of EVC and Hexavest Inc. (investment management firm). |
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Mark R. Fetting 1954 |
Trustee | 2016 |
Private investor. Formerly held various positions at Legg Mason, Inc. (investment management firm) (2000-2012), including President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman (2008-2012), Senior Executive Vice President (2004-2008) and Executive Vice President (2001-2004). Formerly, President of Legg Mason family of funds (2001-2008). Formerly, Division President and Senior Officer of Prudential Financial Group, Inc. and related companies (investment management firm) (1991-2000). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None. |
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Cynthia E. Frost 1961 |
Trustee | 2014 |
Private investor. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer of Brown University (university endowment) (2000-2012). Formerly, Portfolio Strategist for Duke Management Company (university endowment manager) (1995-2000). Formerly, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates (investment consulting company) (1989-1995). Formerly, Consultant, Bain and Company (management consulting firm) (1987-1989). Formerly, Senior Equity Analyst, BA Investment Management Company (1983-1985). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None. |
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George J. Gorman 1952 |
Trustee | 2014 |
Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (consulting firm). Formerly, Senior Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm) (1974-2009). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Formerly, Trustee of the BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds) (2011-2014) and of the Ashmore Funds (9 funds) (2010-2014). |
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Valerie A. Mosley 1960 |
Trustee | 2014 |
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Valmo Ventures (a consulting and investment firm). Formerly, Partner and Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Investment Strategist at Wellington Management Company, LLP (investment management firm) (1992-2012). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, PG Corbin Asset Management (1990-1992). Formerly worked in institutional corporate bond sales at Kidder Peabody (1986-1990). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of DraftKings, Inc. (digital sports entertainment and gaming company) (since September 2020). Director of Groupon, Inc. (e-commerce provider) (since April 2020). Director of Envestnet, Inc. (provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness) (since 2018). Formerly, Director of Dynex Capital, Inc. (mortgage REIT) (2013-2020). |
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization continued
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization continued
(1) |
Year first appointed to serve as Trustee for a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. |
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Year first elected to serve as officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds when the officer has served continuously. Otherwise, year of most recent election as an officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Titles may have changed since initial election. |
The SAI for the Fund includes additional information about the Trustees and officers of the Fund and the Portfolio and can be obtained without charge on Eaton Vances website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-262-1122.
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization
Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) and Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio (the Portfolio) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trusts and Portfolios affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio 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. Trustees and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio hold indefinite terms of office. The noninterested Trustees consist of those Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust and the Portfolio, 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 the Funds principal underwriter, the Portfolios placement agent and 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. Each Trustee oversees 144 portfolios (with the exception of Messrs. Faust and Wennerholm and Ms. Frost who oversee 143 portfolios) in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds. Each Trustee and officer serves until his or her successor is elected.
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Trustee Since(1) |
Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience |
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Thomas E. Faust Jr. 1958 |
Trustee | 2007 |
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 143 registered investment companies. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Trust and the Portfolio. Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of EVC and Hexavest Inc. (investment management firm). |
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Mark R. Fetting 1954 |
Trustee | 2016 |
Private investor. Formerly held various positions at Legg Mason, Inc. (investment management firm) (2000-2012), including President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman (2008-2012), Senior Executive Vice President (2004-2008) and Executive Vice President (2001-2004). Formerly, President of Legg Mason family of funds (2001-2008). Formerly, Division President and Senior Officer of Prudential Financial Group, Inc. and related companies (investment management firm) (1991-2000). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None. |
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Cynthia E. Frost 1961 |
Trustee | 2014 |
Private investor. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer of Brown University (university endowment) (2000-2012). Formerly, Portfolio Strategist for Duke Management Company (university endowment manager) (1995-2000). Formerly, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates (investment consulting company) (1989-1995). Formerly, Consultant, Bain and Company (management consulting firm) (1987-1989). Formerly, Senior Equity Analyst, BA Investment Management Company (1983-1985). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None. |
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George J. Gorman 1952 |
Trustee | 2014 |
Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (consulting firm). Formerly, Senior Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm) (1974-2009). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Formerly, Trustee of the BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds) (2011-2014) and of the Ashmore Funds (9 funds) (2010-2014). |
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Valerie A. Mosley 1960 |
Trustee | 2014 |
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Valmo Ventures (a consulting and investment firm). Formerly, Partner and Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Investment Strategist at Wellington Management Company, LLP (investment management firm) (1992-2012). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, PG Corbin Asset Management (1990-1992). Formerly worked in institutional corporate bond sales at Kidder Peabody (1986-1990). Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of DraftKings, Inc. (digital sports entertainment and gaming company) (since September 2020). Director of Groupon, Inc. (e-commerce provider) (since April 2020). Director of Envestnet, Inc. (provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness) (since 2018). Formerly, Director of Dynex Capital, Inc. (mortgage REIT) (2013-2020). |
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization continued
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Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization continued
(1) |
Year first appointed to serve as Trustee for a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. |
(2) |
Year first elected to serve as officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds when the officer has served continuously. Otherwise, year of most recent election as an officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Titles may have changed since initial election. |
The SAI for the Fund includes additional information about the Trustees and officers of the Fund and the Portfolio and can be obtained without charge on Eaton Vances website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-262-1122.
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At the time of opening an account, Eaton Vance generally requires you to provide us with certain information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account numbers, and account balances. This information is necessary for us to both open an account for you and to allow us to satisfy legal requirements such as applicable anti-money laundering reviews and know-your-customer requirements. |
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We have adopted a Privacy Program we believe is reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to your information. |
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We reserve the right to change our Privacy Program at any time upon proper notification to you. You may want to review our Privacy Program periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com. |
Our pledge of protecting your personal information applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance WaterOak Advisors, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Managements Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, and Calvert Funds. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vances Privacy Program or about how your personal information may be used, please call 1-800-262-1122.
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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 and by accessing the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
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Investment Adviser of Tax-Managed Growth Portfolio
Boston Management and Research
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Administrator of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Funds 1.1 and 1.2
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Principal Underwriter*
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-8260
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Attn: Eaton Vance Funds
P.O. Box 9653
Providence, RI 02940-9653
(800) 262-1122
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
Fund Offices
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
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FINRA BrokerCheck. Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to investors at www.FINRA.org. |
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
Annual Report
December 31, 2020
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted regulations that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The adviser and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), the sub-adviser to the Fund are registered with the CFTC as commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors. As the commodity pool operator of the Fund, the adviser has claimed relief under the Commodity Exchange Act from certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
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.
This report must be preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial intermediary. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-260-0761.
Annual Report December 31, 2020
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Managements Discussion of Fund Performance1
Economic and Market Conditions
The commodity asset class declined in 2020, reflecting the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2020, the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return (the Index) returned 3.12%. Steep losses in the energy sector proved too much to overcome, despite gains in agriculture and aggregate metals during the period.
Demand for crude oil took an unprecedented hit during the first quarter with billions of people in lockdown globally to slow the spread of COVID-19. Turmoil then intensified in April 2020 following spot crude oil prices briefly turning negative, before supply-side responses began taking effect in May and June. The plunge in the oil market took the broader energy complex with it, weighing heavily on gasoline and heating oil prices, both of which experienced deteriorating demand during the period.
Conversely, the substantial pickup in global volatility provided a tailwind for safe-haven precious metals. Prices for gold and silver gained an average of 32%, resulting in the sector being a top performer during the period. Industrial metals collectively advanced as well. Copper, often referred to as the global economic bellwether, reached a seven-year high as global manufacturing activity displayed surprising resilience despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic.
Within the agriculture sector, corn, wheat, and soybeans experienced double-digit returns during the period. Grain prices soared during the second half of the year as U.S. inventories were unexpectedly drawn down, driven in part by resurgent purchases from China. A La Niña weather pattern, which brought scorching temperatures and dry weather to key growing regions of South America, added an additional tailwind to the performance of soybean meal and coffee during the period.
Fund Performance
For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2020, the Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund (the Fund) returned 7.73% for Investor Class shares at net asset value (NAV), outperforming its benchmark, the Index, which returned 3.12%.
An underweight position in crude oil contributed to the Funds relative performance versus the Index during the period. Crude oil prices suffered disproportionately from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as global oil demand cratered, while the supply-side took much longer to adjust. The Funds underweight exposure to natural gas contributed to relative performance, as did the ownership of longer-dated contracts. Persistently warmer-than-average temperatures pressured natural gas prices throughout the period. The Funds overweight exposure to silver also contributed to performance relative to the Index during the period.
A main detractor from the Funds relative performance versus the Index was its underweight position in gold. Weakness in the U.S. dollar, low short-term interest rates, and elevated market volatility boosted gold prices during the period. An underweight exposure to soybeans also weighed on relative returns, as drought conditions in Argentina a top exporter of soybean products threatened supply and lifted prices. Additionally, the Funds overweight exposure to heating oil detracted from performance relative to the Index during the period.
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Portfolio Managers Thomas C. Seto and Gregory J. Liebl, CFA, each of Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
% Average Annual Total Returns |
Class
Inception Date |
Performance
Inception Date |
One Year | Five Years |
Since Inception |
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Investor Class at NAV |
01/03/2012 | 05/25/2011 | 7.73 | % | 5.24 | % | 4.06 | % | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class at NAV |
05/25/2011 | 05/25/2011 | 7.79 | 5.48 | 3.85 | |||||||||||||||
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Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return |
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% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios4 |
Investor Class |
Institutional
Class |
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0.96 | % | 0.71 | % |
Growth of $10,0003
This graph shows the change in value of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in Investor Class of the Fund for the period indicated. For comparison, the same investment is shown in the indicated index.
Growth of Investment | Amount Invested | Period Beginning | At NAV | With Maximum Sales Charge | ||||||||||||
Institutional Class |
$50,000 | 05/25/2011 | $34,274 | N.A. |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Commodity Exposure (% of net assets)5
Agriculture |
26.56 | % | ||
Corn |
3.73 | |||
Soybean |
3.68 | |||
Coffee |
3.66 | |||
Soybean Oil |
3.64 | |||
Sugar |
1.84 | |||
Wheat |
1.83 | |||
Soybean Meal |
1.83 | |||
Cocoa |
1.82 | |||
Cotton |
1.80 | |||
Kansas Wheat |
0.92 | |||
White Sugar |
0.91 | |||
Robusta Coffee |
0.90 |
Energy |
25.29 | % | ||
Natural Gas |
7.38 | |||
RBOB Gasoline |
7.29 | |||
Gasoil |
3.55 | |||
Heating Oil |
3.52 | |||
Brent Crude Oil |
1.79 | |||
WTI Crude Oil |
1.76 |
Industrial Metals |
23.84 | % | ||
Aluminum |
7.08 | |||
Zinc |
3.55 | |||
Nickel |
3.53 | |||
Copper |
3.50 | |||
New York Copper |
3.47 | |||
Lead |
1.80 | |||
Tin |
0.91 |
Precious Metals |
17.99 | % | ||
Gold |
7.20 | |||
Silver |
7.12 | |||
Palladium |
1.85 | |||
Platinum |
1.82 |
Livestock |
6.32 | % | ||
Live Cattle |
3.59 | |||
Lean Hogs |
1.83 | |||
Feeder Cattle |
0.90 |
Asset Allocation (% of net assets)6
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Short-Term Investments are held as collateral for the Funds futures contracts positions. |
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Endnotes and Additional Disclosures
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The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) and are current only through the date stated at the top of this page. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Eaton Vance and the Fund(s) disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions are based on many factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. This commentary may contain statements that are not historical facts, referred to as forward looking statements. The Funds actual future results may differ significantly from those stated in any forward looking statement, depending on factors such as changes in securities or financial markets or general economic conditions, the volume of sales and purchases of Fund shares, the continuation of investment advisory, administrative and service contracts, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Funds filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return is designed to provide diversified commodity exposure, with weightings based on each underlying commoditys liquidity and economic significance. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
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Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) with all distributions reinvested. Unless otherwise stated, performance does not reflect the deduction of taxes on Fund distributions or redemptions of Fund shares. |
Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is adjusted for any applicable sales charge, but is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. The performance of Investor Class is linked to Institutional Class. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Funds or oldest share class inception, as applicable. Performance presented in the Financial Highlights included in the financial statements is not linked.
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Source: Fund prospectus. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report. |
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Commodity Exposure reflects the Funds net exposure to commodities through its investment in commodity-linked derivative instruments. |
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Other Net Assets represents other assets less liabilities and includes any investment type that represents less than 1% of net assets. |
Fund profile subject to change due to active management.
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Example: As a Fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and redemption fees (if applicable); and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (July 1, 2020 December 31, 2020).
Actual Expenses: The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled Expenses Paid During Period to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes: The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption fees (if applicable). Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would be higher.
Beginning
Account Value (7/1/20) |
Ending
Account Value (12/31/20) |
Expenses Paid
During Period* (7/1/20 12/31/20) |
Annualized
Expense Ratio |
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Investor Class |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,228.90 | $ | 5.27 | 0.94 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,230.90 | $ | 3.87 | 0.69 | % | ||||||||
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(5% return per year before expenses) |
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Investor Class |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,020.40 | $ | 4.77 | 0.94 | % | ||||||||
Institutional Class |
$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,021.70 | $ | 3.51 | 0.69 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the Funds annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on June 30, 2020. |
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Portfolio of Investments
Short-Term Investments 108.5% |
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U.S. Treasury Obligations 90.9% |
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Security |
Principal
Amount (000s omitted) |
Value | ||||||
U.S. Cash Management Bill, 0.00%, 4/27/21 |
$ | 16,000 | $ | 15,996,585 | ||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 3/4/21 |
17,800 | 17,798,250 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 3/25/21 |
27,500 | 27,496,028 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 4/22/21(1) |
1,000 | 999,790 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 5/20/21(1) |
26,500 | 26,492,867 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 6/17/21 |
54,500 | 54,482,000 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 7/15/21 |
37,400 | 37,385,289 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 8/12/21(1) |
10,000 | 9,995,325 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 9/9/21 |
29,500 | 29,484,454 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 10/7/21(1) |
52,800 | 52,767,616 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 11/4/21(1) |
46,000 | 45,968,439 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 12/2/21 |
16,200 | 16,186,703 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.00%, 12/30/21 |
50,000 | 49,950,000 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Note, 0.625%, 7/15/21(2) |
12,708 | 12,873,761 | ||||||
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
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$ | 397,877,107 |
Other 17.6% |
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Description | Units | Value | ||||||
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.11%(3) |
77,222,587 | $ | 77,222,587 | |||||
Total Other
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$ | 77,222,587 | |||||
Total Short-Term Investments
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$ | 475,099,694 | |||||
Total Investments 108.5%
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$ | 475,099,694 | |||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities (8.5)% |
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$ | (37,087,927 | ) | ||||
Net Assets 100.0% |
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$ | 438,011,767 |
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
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Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open futures contracts. |
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Inflation-linked security whose principal is adjusted for inflation based on changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index. Interest is calculated based on the inflation-adjusted principal. |
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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 December 31, 2020. |
Futures Contracts | ||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Number of
Contracts |
Position |
Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Commodity Futures |
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Brent Crude Oil | 151 | Long | 2/26/21 | $ | 7,824,820 | $ | 494,058 | |||||||||||||
Cocoa | 306 | Long | 3/16/21 | 7,965,180 | 493,540 | |||||||||||||||
Coffee | 333 | Long | 3/19/21 | 16,015,219 | 2,343,692 | |||||||||||||||
Copper | 173 | Long | 3/29/21 | 15,219,675 | 2,232,403 | |||||||||||||||
Corn | 676 | Long | 3/12/21 | 16,359,200 | 3,109,563 | |||||||||||||||
Cotton No. 2 | 202 | Long | 3/9/21 | 7,890,120 | 1,074,945 | |||||||||||||||
Feeder Cattle | 56 | Long | 3/25/21 | 3,926,300 | 142,502 | |||||||||||||||
Gold | 166 | Long | 4/28/21 | 31,533,360 | 869,013 | |||||||||||||||
Hard Red Winter Wheat | 134 | Long | 3/12/21 | 4,043,450 | 533,563 | |||||||||||||||
Lean Hogs | 277 | Long | 4/15/21 | 8,005,300 | 199,140 | |||||||||||||||
Live Cattle | 330 | Long | 4/30/21 | 15,741,000 | 366,170 | |||||||||||||||
LME Copper | 82 | Long | 1/18/21 | 15,903,388 | 2,472,381 | |||||||||||||||
LME Copper | 79 | Long | 2/15/21 | 15,329,456 | 1,820,456 | |||||||||||||||
LME Copper | 79 | Long | 3/15/21 | 15,339,331 | 164,279 | |||||||||||||||
LME Lead | 154 | Long | 1/18/21 | 7,635,513 | 858,865 | |||||||||||||||
LME Lead | 148 | Long | 2/15/21 | 7,360,225 | 537,425 |
7 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Portfolio of Investments continued
Futures Contracts (continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Number of
Contracts |
Position |
Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Commodity Futures (continued) |
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LME Lead | 158 | Long | 3/15/21 | $ | 7,879,263 | $ | (141,626 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Nickel | 146 | Long | 1/18/21 | 14,512,254 | 1,674,036 | |||||||||||||||
LME Nickel | 145 | Long | 2/15/21 | 14,430,690 | 1,073,145 | |||||||||||||||
LME Nickel | 160 | Long | 3/15/21 | 15,943,680 | 570,267 | |||||||||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum | 570 | Long | 1/18/21 | 28,200,750 | 2,867,813 | |||||||||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum | 577 | Long | 2/15/21 | 28,489,375 | 896,775 | |||||||||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum | 627 | Long | 3/15/21 | 30,997,313 | (783,951 | ) | ||||||||||||||
LME Tin | 35 | Long | 1/18/21 | 3,590,038 | 428,138 | |||||||||||||||
LME Tin | 37 | Long | 2/15/21 | 3,778,533 | 413,198 | |||||||||||||||
LME Tin | 39 | Long | 3/15/21 | 3,969,323 | 286,163 | |||||||||||||||
LME Zinc | 216 | Long | 1/18/21 | 14,759,982 | 2,179,062 | |||||||||||||||
LME Zinc | 208 | Long | 2/15/21 | 14,257,516 | 763,516 | |||||||||||||||
LME Zinc | 232 | Long | 3/15/21 | 15,946,114 | (64,509 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Low Sulphur Gasoil | 366 | Long | 3/11/21 | 15,555,000 | 728,833 | |||||||||||||||
Natural Gas | 1,075 | Long | 12/29/21 | 32,314,500 | 670,663 | |||||||||||||||
NY Harbor ULSD | 247 | Long | 2/26/21 | 15,409,540 | 833,050 | |||||||||||||||
Palladium | 33 | Long | 3/29/21 | 8,097,540 | 447,965 | |||||||||||||||
Platinum | 148 | Long | 4/28/21 | 7,986,080 | 277,939 | |||||||||||||||
RBOB Gasoline | 537 | Long | 2/26/21 | 31,922,932 | 2,907,592 | |||||||||||||||
Robusta Coffee | 284 | Long | 3/25/21 | 3,936,240 | 41,279 | |||||||||||||||
Silver | 236 | Long | 3/29/21 | 31,166,160 | 2,046,406 | |||||||||||||||
Soybean | 246 | Long | 3/12/21 | 16,125,300 | 2,783,163 | |||||||||||||||
Soybean Meal | 187 | Long | 3/12/21 | 8,029,780 | 1,124,899 | |||||||||||||||
Soybean Oil | 627 | Long | 3/12/21 | 15,950,880 | 3,047,490 | |||||||||||||||
Sugar No. 11 | 465 | Long | 2/26/21 | 8,067,192 | 1,139,202 | |||||||||||||||
Wheat | 251 | Long | 3/12/21 | 8,038,275 | 723,212 | |||||||||||||||
White Sugar | 189 | Long | 2/12/21 | 3,977,505 | 249,621 | |||||||||||||||
WTI Crude Oil | 159 | Long | 2/22/21 | 7,732,170 | 430,339 | |||||||||||||||
LME Copper | (82 | ) | Short | 1/18/21 | (15,903,388 | ) | (1,889,588 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Copper | (79 | ) | Short | 2/15/21 | (15,329,456 | ) | (172,813 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Lead | (154 | ) | Short | 1/18/21 | (7,635,513 | ) | (550,550 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Lead | (148 | ) | Short | 2/15/21 | (7,360,225 | ) | 154,475 | |||||||||||||
LME Nickel | (146 | ) | Short | 1/18/21 | (14,512,254 | ) | (1,075,509 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Nickel | (145 | ) | Short | 2/15/21 | (14,430,690 | ) | (558,105 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Nickel | (5 | ) | Short | 3/15/21 | (498,240 | ) | (6,390 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum | (570 | ) | Short | 1/18/21 | (28,200,750 | ) | (986,813 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Primary Aluminum | (577 | ) | Short | 2/15/21 | (28,489,375 | ) | 746,494 | |||||||||||||
LME Tin | (35 | ) | Short | 1/18/21 | (3,590,038 | ) | (404,381 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Tin | (37 | ) | Short | 2/15/21 | (3,778,533 | ) | (280,738 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Zinc | (216 | ) | Short | 1/18/21 | (14,759,982 | ) | (772,633 | ) | ||||||||||||
LME Zinc | (208 | ) | Short | 2/15/21 | (14,257,516 | ) | 63,283 | |||||||||||||
LME Zinc | (6 | ) | Short | 3/15/21 | (412,400 | ) | 5,651 | |||||||||||||
$ | 39,598,058 |
8 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Portfolio of Investments continued
Abbreviations:
LME | | London Metal Exchange | ||
RBOB | | Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending | ||
ULSD | | Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel | ||
WTI | | West Texas Intermediate |
9 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Assets | December 31, 2020 | |||
Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $397,805,360) |
$ | 397,877,107 | ||
Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $77,222,587) |
77,222,587 | |||
Interest receivable |
36,691 | |||
Dividends receivable from affiliated investment |
3,698 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold |
1,637,926 | |||
Receivable for variation margin on open futures contracts |
12,453,059 | |||
Total assets |
$ | 489,231,068 | ||
Liabilities | ||||
Payable for investments purchased |
$ | 49,948,500 | ||
Payable for Fund shares redeemed |
891,114 | |||
Payable to affiliates: |
||||
Investment adviser and administration fee |
189,750 | |||
Distribution and service fees |
5,007 | |||
Trustees fees |
4,145 | |||
Accrued expenses |
180,785 | |||
Total liabilities |
$ | 51,219,301 | ||
Net Assets |
$ | 438,011,767 | ||
Sources of Net Assets | ||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 437,992,616 | ||
Distributable earnings |
19,151 | |||
Total |
$ | 438,011,767 | ||
Investor Class Shares | ||||
Net Assets |
$ | 27,473,176 | ||
Shares Outstanding |
4,984,481 | |||
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share |
||||
(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 5.51 | ||
Institutional Class Shares | ||||
Net Assets |
$ | 410,538,591 | ||
Shares Outstanding |
73,957,530 | |||
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share |
||||
(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding) |
$ | 5.55 |
10 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Statement of Operations
Investment Income |
Year Ended
December 31, 2020 |
|||
Interest |
$ | 3,363,194 | ||
Dividends from affiliated investment |
122,565 | |||
Total investment income |
$ | 3,485,759 | ||
Expenses |
|
|||
Investment adviser and administration fee |
$ | 1,838,286 | ||
Distribution and service fees |
||||
Investor Class |
28,268 | |||
Trustees fees and expenses |
17,060 | |||
Custodian fee |
120,060 | |||
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees |
135,736 | |||
Legal and accounting services |
110,272 | |||
Printing and postage |
19,397 | |||
Registration fees |
57,533 | |||
Miscellaneous |
19,446 | |||
Total expenses |
$ | 2,346,058 | ||
Deduct |
||||
Allocation of expenses to affiliates |
$ | 50,109 | ||
Total expense reductions |
$ | 50,109 | ||
Net expenses |
$ | 2,295,949 | ||
Net investment income |
$ | 1,189,810 | ||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|||
Net realized gain (loss) |
||||
Investment transactions |
$ | 555,053 | ||
Investment transactions affiliated investment |
(4,578 | ) | ||
Futures contracts |
598,969 | |||
Net realized gain |
$ | 1,149,444 | ||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
||||
Investments |
$ | (200,653 | ) | |
Investments affiliated investment |
(329 | ) | ||
Futures contracts |
28,957,046 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
$ | 28,756,064 | ||
Net realized and unrealized gain |
$ | 29,905,508 | ||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 31,095,318 |
11 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
From operations |
||||||||
Net investment income |
$ | 1,189,810 | $ | 5,351,117 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) |
1,149,444 | (2,242,033 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
28,756,064 | 25,278,117 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets from operations |
$ | 31,095,318 | $ | 28,387,201 | ||||
Distributions to shareholders |
||||||||
Investor Class |
$ | (734,657 | ) | $ | (107,065 | ) | ||
Institutional Class |
(11,928,514 | ) | (5,051,252 | ) | ||||
Total distributions to shareholders |
$ | (12,663,171 | ) | $ | (5,158,317 | ) | ||
Transactions in shares of beneficial interest |
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares |
||||||||
Investor Class |
$ | 25,200,743 | $ | 8,789,352 | ||||
Institutional Class |
202,428,071 | 142,780,714 | ||||||
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared |
||||||||
Investor Class |
734,657 | 107,065 | ||||||
Institutional Class |
11,873,945 | 4,983,406 | ||||||
Cost of shares redeemed |
||||||||
Investor Class |
(9,234,175 | ) | (19,877,810 | ) | ||||
Institutional Class |
(153,363,151 | ) | (106,981,195 | ) | ||||
Net increase in net assets from Fund share transactions |
$ | 77,640,090 | $ | 29,801,532 | ||||
Net increase in net assets |
$ | 96,072,237 | $ | 53,030,416 | ||||
Net Assets |
|
|||||||
At beginning of year |
$ | 341,939,530 | $ | 288,909,114 | ||||
At end of year |
$ | 438,011,767 | $ | 341,939,530 |
12 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Financial Highlights
Investor Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 5.270 | $ | 4.880 | $ | 5.420 | $ | 5.340 | $ | 5.000 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(1) |
$ | (0.002 | ) | $ | 0.077 | $ | 0.043 | $ | (0.000 | )(2) | $ | (0.023 | ) | |||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
0.408 | 0.372 | (0.563 | ) | 0.350 | 0.710 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 0.406 | $ | 0.449 | $ | (0.520 | ) | $ | 0.350 | $ | 0.687 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.161 | ) | $ | (0.059 | ) | $ | (0.020 | ) | $ | (0.270 | ) | $ | (0.347 | ) | |||||
From net realized gain |
(0.005 | ) | | | | | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.166 | ) | $ | (0.059 | ) | $ | (0.020 | ) | $ | (0.270 | ) | $ | (0.347 | ) | |||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 5.510 | $ | 5.270 | $ | 4.880 | $ | 5.420 | $ | 5.340 | ||||||||||
Total Return(3)(4) |
7.73 | % | 9.18 | % | (9.60 | )% | 6.70 | % | 13.78 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 27,473 | $ | 9,700 | $ | 19,709 | $ | 47,621 | $ | 31,373 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets): |
||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses(4) |
0.93 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.94 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
(0.03 | )% | 1.51 | % | 0.81 | % | (0.01 | )% | (0.43 | )% | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover |
0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Amount represents less than $(0.0005) per share. |
(3) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested and do not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any. |
(4) |
The investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.01%, 0.06%, 0.08%, 0.09% and 0.19% of average daily net assets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively). Absent this reimbursement, total return would be lower. |
13 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Consolidated Financial Highlights continued
Institutional Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Net asset value Beginning of year |
$ | 5.310 | $ | 4.930 | $ | 5.480 | $ | 5.390 | $ | 5.040 | ||||||||||
Income (Loss) From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)(1) |
$ | 0.018 | $ | 0.088 | $ | 0.064 | $ | 0.013 | $ | (0.011 | ) | |||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
0.394 | 0.374 | (0.571 | ) | 0.359 | 0.716 | ||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations |
$ | 0.412 | $ | 0.462 | $ | (0.507 | ) | $ | 0.372 | $ | 0.705 | |||||||||
Less Distributions | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income |
$ | (0.167 | ) | $ | (0.082 | ) | $ | (0.043 | ) | $ | (0.282 | ) | $ | (0.355 | ) | |||||
From net realized gain |
(0.005 | ) | | | | | ||||||||||||||
Total distributions |
$ | (0.172 | ) | $ | (0.082 | ) | $ | (0.043 | ) | $ | (0.282 | ) | $ | (0.355 | ) | |||||
Net asset value End of year |
$ | 5.550 | $ | 5.310 | $ | 4.930 | $ | 5.480 | $ | 5.390 | ||||||||||
Total Return(2)(3) |
7.79 | % | 9.58 | % | (9.44 | )% | 7.06 | % | 14.04 | % | ||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of year (000s omitted) |
$ | 410,539 | $ | 332,240 | $ | 269,200 | $ | 205,973 | $ | 123,822 | ||||||||||
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets): |
||||||||||||||||||||
Expenses(3) |
0.68 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.65 | % | 0.69 | % | ||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.37 | % | 1.70 | % | 1.20 | % | 0.24 | % | (0.20 | )% | ||||||||||
Portfolio Turnover |
0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % |
(1) |
Computed using average shares outstanding. |
(2) |
Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested. |
(3) |
The investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser reimbursed certain operating expenses (equal to 0.01%, 0.06%, 0.08%, 0.09% and 0.19% of average daily net assets for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively). Absent this reimbursement, total return would be lower. |
14 | See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1 Significant Accounting Policies
Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund (the Fund) is a diversified series of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Funds investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund offers Investor Class and Institutional Class shares, which are offered at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses.
The Fund seeks to gain exposure to the commodity markets, in whole or in part, through investments in PSC Commodity Subsidiary, Ltd. (the Subsidiary), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands with the same objective and investment policies and restrictions as the Fund. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. The net assets of the Subsidiary at December 31, 2020 were $75,724,688 or 17.3% of the Funds consolidated net assets. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Subsidiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
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 (U.S. GAAP). The Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.
A Investment Valuation The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.
Debt Obligations. Debt obligations are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and ask prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, interest rates, anticipated prepayments, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term debt obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less for which a valuation from a third party pricing service is not readily available may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
Derivatives. Financial and commodities futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.
Affiliated Fund. The Fund may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). While Cash Reserves Fund is not a registered money market mutual fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Investments in Cash Reserves Fund are valued at the closing net asset value per unit on the valuation day. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities based on available market quotations provided by a third party pricing service.
Fair Valuation. 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 fair value, which is 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 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 statements, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.
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 Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Inflation adjustments to the principal amount of inflation-adjusted bonds and notes are reflected as interest income. Deflation adjustments to the principal amount of an inflation-adjusted bond or note are reflected as reductions to interest income to the extent of interest income previously recorded on such bond or note.
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.
The Subsidiary is treated as a controlled foreign corporation under the Internal Revenue Code and is not expected to be subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Fund is treated as a U.S. shareholder of the Subsidiary. As a result, the Fund is required to include in gross income for U.S. federal tax purposes all of the Subsidiarys income, whether or not such income is distributed by the Subsidiary. If a net loss is realized by the Subsidiary, such loss is not generally available to offset the income earned by the Fund.
15 |
Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements continued
As of December 31, 2020, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.
E Expenses The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.
F Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
G Indemnifications Under the Trusts 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. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trusts Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume, upon request by the shareholder, the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. 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.
H Financial and Commodities Futures Contracts Upon entering into a financial or commodities futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or securities, an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin). Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Fund each business day (except for futures contracts traded on the London Metal Exchange, which make payments at contract expiration), depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security, commodity or currency, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or closing of the financial or commodities futures contracts. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial or commodities futures contracts and may realize a loss. Futures contracts have minimal counterparty risk as they are exchange traded and the clearinghouse for the exchange is substituted as the counterparty, guaranteeing counterparty performance.
2 Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information
It is the present policy of the Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, at the election of the shareholder, receive distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are 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.
The tax character of distributions declared for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Ordinary income |
$ | 12,663,171 | $ | 5,158,317 |
During the year ended December 31, 2020, distributable earnings was decreased by $2,576,716 and paid-in capital was increased by $2,576,716 due to the Funds use of equalization accounting and differences between book and tax accounting for the Funds investment in the Subsidiary. Tax equalization accounting allows the Fund to treat as a distribution that portion of redemption proceeds representing a redeeming shareholders portion of undistributed taxable income and net capital gains. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Fund.
As of December 31, 2020, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:
Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 19,151 |
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements continued
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund, including open derivative contracts and the Funds investment in the Subsidiary, at December 31, 2020, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
Aggregate cost |
$ | 519,796,279 | ||
Gross unrealized appreciation |
$ | 2,353,635 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(39,662,758 | ) | ||
Net unrealized depreciation |
$ | (37,309,123 | ) |
3 Investment Adviser and Administration Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The investment adviser and administration fee is earned by EVM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., as compensation for investment advisory and administrative services rendered to the Fund and the Subsidiary.
Pursuant to the investment advisory and administrative agreement and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Trust and EVM and the investment advisory agreement and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Subsidiary and EVM, the Fund and Subsidiary pay EVM an aggregate fee at an annual rate of 0.55% of the Funds consolidated average daily net assets up to $1 billion and at reduced rates on consolidated net assets of $1 billion and over, and is payable monthly. The fee reductions cannot be terminated or reduced without the approval of a majority vote of the Trustees of the Fund who are not interested persons of EVM or the Fund and by the vote of a majority of shareholders. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the investment adviser and administration fee amounted to $1,838,286 or 0.55% of the Funds consolidated average daily net assets. Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement, EVM has delegated the investment management of the Fund to Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. EVM pays Parametric a portion of its investment adviser and administration fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Fund. Prior to May 1, 2020, EVM and Parametric had agreed to reimburse the Funds expenses, including expenses of the Subsidiary, to the extent that total annual operating expenses (relating to ordinary operating expenses only) exceeded 0.90% and 0.65% of the Funds consolidated average daily net assets of Investor Class and Institutional Class, respectively. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM and Parametric were allocated $50,109 in total of the Funds operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020.
EVM provides sub-transfer agency and related services to the Fund pursuant to a Sub-Transfer Agency Support Services Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2020, EVM earned $3,353 from the Fund pursuant to such agreement, which is included in transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), an affiliate of EVM and the Funds principal underwriter, received distribution and service fees from Investor Class (see Note 4).
Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVMs organization receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser and administration 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 December 31, 2020, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of the above organizations.
4 Distribution Plan
The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Investor Class shares (Investor Class Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Investor Class Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution and service fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Investor Class shares for distribution services and facilities provided to the Fund by EVD, as well as for personal services and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Distribution and service fees paid or accrued to EVD for the year ended December 31, 2020 amounted to $28,268 for Investor Class shares.
Distribution and service fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 2341(d).
5 Purchases and Sales of Investments
There were no purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, for the year ended December 31, 2020.
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December 31, 2020
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements continued
6 Shares of Beneficial Interest
The Funds Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Investor Class | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Sales |
4,956,125 | 1,710,967 | ||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
134,800 | 20,201 | ||||||
Redemptions |
(1,945,325 | ) | (3,927,543 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) |
3,145,600 | (2,196,375 | ) | |||||
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
Institutional Class | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Sales |
41,847,624 | 27,642,349 | ||||||
Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares |
2,162,831 | 934,973 | ||||||
Redemptions |
(32,656,133 | ) | (20,632,315 | ) | ||||
Net increase |
11,354,322 | 7,945,007 |
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 futures contracts 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 obligations under these financial instruments at December 31, 2020 is included in the Consolidated Portfolio of Investments. At December 31, 2020, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
The Fund is subject to commodity risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Commodity risk is the risk that the value of a commodity or commodity index will fluctuate based on increases or decreases in the commodities market and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity. The Fund invests primarily in commodities-linked derivative investments, including commodity futures contracts that provide exposure to the investment returns of the commodities markets, without investing directly in physical commodities.
The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is commodity risk at December 31, 2020 was as follows:
Fair Value | ||||||||
Derivative | Asset Derivative | Liability Derivative | ||||||
Futures contracts |
$ | 47,285,664 | (1) | $ | (7,687,606 | )(1) | ||
Total |
$ | 47,285,664 | $ | (7,687,606 | ) |
(1) |
Amount represents cumulative unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on futures contracts. The variation margin on open futures contracts is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin on open futures contracts, as applicable. |
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December 31, 2020
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements continued
The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is commodity risk for the year ended December 31, 2020 was as follows:
Derivative |
Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized in Income |
Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income |
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Futures contracts |
$ | 598,969 | (1) | $ | 28,957,046 | (2) |
(1) |
Consolidated Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) Futures contracts. |
(2) |
Consolidated Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) Futures contracts. |
The average notional cost of futures contracts outstanding during the year ended December 31, 2020, which are indicative of the volume of these derivative types, were approximately as follows:
Futures
Contracts Long |
Futures
Contracts Short |
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$470,882,000 | $ | 139,943,000 |
8 Line of Credit
The Fund participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in an $800 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through October 26, 2021. Borrowings are made by the Fund solely for temporary purposes related to redemptions and other short-term cash needs. Interest is charged to the Fund based on its borrowings at an amount above either the Eurodollar rate or Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.15% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated among the participating portfolios and funds at the end of each quarter. In connection with the renewal of the agreement in October 2020, an upfront fee and arrangement fee totaling $950,000 was incurred that was allocated to the participating portfolios and funds. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Fund, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Fund did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the year ended December 31, 2020.
9 Investments in Affiliated Funds
At December 31, 2020, the value of the Funds investment in affiliated funds was $77,222,587, which represents 17.6% of the Funds net assets. Transactions in affiliated funds by the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:
Name of affiliated fund |
Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases | Sales proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change in
unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value, end
of period |
Dividend
income |
Units, end
of period |
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Short-Term Investments |
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Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC |
$ | 18,055,234 | $ | 788,136,374 | $ | (728,964,114 | ) | $ | (4,578 | ) | $ | (329 | ) | $ | 77,222,587 | $ | 122,565 | 77,222,587 |
10 Fair Value Measurements
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.
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Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
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Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
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Level 3 significant unobservable inputs (including a funds own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements continued
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.
At December 31, 2020, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Funds investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
Asset Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments |
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U.S. Treasury Obligations |
$ | | $ | 397,877,107 | $ | | $ | 397,877,107 | ||||||||
Other |
| 77,222,587 | | 77,222,587 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments |
$ | | $ | 475,099,694 | $ | | $ | 475,099,694 | ||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | 47,285,664 | $ | | $ | | $ | 47,285,664 | ||||||||
Total |
$ | 47,285,664 | $ | 475,099,694 | $ | | $ | 522,385,358 | ||||||||
Liability Description |
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Futures Contracts |
$ | (7,687,606 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | (7,687,606 | ) | ||||||
Total |
$ | (7,687,606 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | (7,687,606 | ) |
11 Risks and Uncertainties
Risks Associated with Commodities
The commodities which underlie commodity-linked derivatives in which the Fund invests may be subject to additional economic and non-economic variables, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs, and international economic, political and regulatory developments. These factors may have a larger impact on commodity prices and commodity-linked instruments than on traditional securities. Certain commodities are also subject to limited pricing flexibility because of supply and demand factors. Others are subject to broad price fluctuations as a result of the volatility of the prices for certain raw materials and the instability of supplies of other materials. These additional variables may create additional investment risks which subject the Funds investments to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities.
Pandemic Risk
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, the economies of individual countries, individual companies, and the market in general, and may continue to do so in significant and unforeseen ways, as may other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future. Any such impact could adversely affect the Funds performance, or the performance of the securities in which the Fund invests.
12 Additional Information
On October 8, 2020, Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. (Eaton Vance) announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which Morgan Stanley would acquire Eaton Vance. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consummation of this transaction may be deemed to result in the automatic termination of an Eaton Vance Funds investment advisory agreement, and, where applicable, any related sub-advisory agreement. On November 24, 2020, the Funds Board approved a new investment advisory and administrative agreement and a new sub-advisory agreement. The new investment advisory and administrative agreement and new sub-advisory agreement were approved by Fund shareholders at a joint special meeting of shareholders held on February 18, 2021, and would take effect upon consummation of the transaction.
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust and Shareholders of Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund and subsidiary (the Fund) (one of the funds constituting Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust), including the consolidated portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2020, the related consolidated statement of operations for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the consolidated financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements and financial highlights). In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2020, and 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 five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting 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.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 23, 2021
We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)
The Form 1099-DIV you received in February 2021 showed the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2020. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax adviser with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund.
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval
Overview of the Contract Review Process
Even though the following description of the Boards (as defined below) consideration of investment advisory and, as applicable, sub-advisory agreements covers multiple funds, for purposes of this shareholder report, the description is only relevant as to Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund.
Fund | Investment Adviser | Investment Sub-Adviser | ||
Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund |
Eaton Vance Management | Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC |
At a meeting held on November 24, 2020 (the November Meeting), the Board of each Eaton Vance open-end Fund and portfolios in which each such Fund invests, as applicable (each, a Fund and, collectively, the Funds), including a majority of the Board members (the Independent Trustees) who are not interested persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act)) of the Funds, Eaton Vance Management (EVM) or Boston Management and Research (BMR and, together with EVM, the Advisers), voted to approve a new investment advisory agreement between each Fund and either EVM or BMR (the New Investment Advisory Agreements) and, for certain Funds, a new investment sub-advisory agreement between an Adviser and the applicable Sub-Adviser (the New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements(1) and, together with the New Investment Advisory Agreements, the New Agreements), each of which is intended to go into effect upon the completion of the Transaction (as defined below), as more fully described below. In voting its approval of the New Agreements at the November Meeting, the Board relied on an order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that provided temporary relief from the in-person meeting requirements under Section 15 of the 1940 Act.
In voting its approval of the New Agreements, the Board of each Fund relied upon the recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to and during meetings leading up to the November Meeting, the Contract Review Committee reviewed and discussed information furnished by the Advisers, the Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley, as requested by the Independent Trustees, that the Contract Review Committee considered reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the New Agreements and to form its recommendation. Such information included, among other things, the terms and anticipated impacts of Morgan Stanleys pending acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (the Transaction) on the Funds and their shareholders. In addition to considering information furnished specifically to evaluate the impact of the Transaction on the Funds and their respective shareholders, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information furnished for prior meetings of the Board and its committees, including information provided in connection with the annual contract review process for the Funds, which most recently culminated in April 2020 (the 2020 Annual Approval Process).
The Board of each Fund, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the applicable New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement, including the fees payable thereunder, was fair and reasonable, and it voted to approve the New Investment Advisory Agreement and, as applicable, New Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement and to recommend that shareholders do so as well.
Shortly after the announcement of the Transaction, the Board, including all of the Independent Trustees, met with senior representatives from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley at its meeting held on October 13, 2020 to discuss certain aspects of the Transaction and the expected impacts of the Transaction on the Funds and their shareholders. As part of the Boards evaluation process, counsel to the Independent Trustees, on behalf of the Contract Review Committee, requested additional information to assist the Independent Trustees in their evaluation of the New Agreements and the implications of the Transaction, as well as other contractual arrangements that may be affected by the Transaction. The Contract Review Committee considered information furnished by the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, their respective affiliates, and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers during meetings on November 5, 2020, November 10, 2020, November 13, 2020, November 17, 2020 and November 24, 2020.
During its meetings on November 10, 2020 and November 17, 2020, the Contract Review Committee further discussed the approval of the New Agreements with senior representatives of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley. The representatives from the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and Morgan Stanley each made presentations to, and responded to questions from, the Independent Trustees. The Contract Review Committee considered the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Morgan Stanleys responses related to the Transaction and specifically to the Funds, as well as information received in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, with respect to its evaluation of the New Agreements. Among other information, the Board considered:
Information about the Transaction and its Terms
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Information about the material terms and conditions, and expected impacts, of the Transaction that relate to the Funds, including the expected impacts on the businesses conducted by the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., as the distributor of Fund shares; |
(1) |
With respect to certain of the Funds, the applicable Adviser is currently a party to a sub-advisory agreement (collectively, the Current Sub-Advisory Agreements) with Atlanta Capital Management Company, LLC (Atlanta Capital), BMO Global Asset Management (Asia) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. (EVAIL), Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., Hexavest Inc. (Hexavest), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric) or Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC (collectively, the Sub-Advisers and, with respect to Atlanta Capital, EVAIL, Hexavest and Parametric, each an affiliate of the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers). Accordingly, references to the Sub-Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers or the New Sub-Advisory Agreements are not applicable to all Funds. |
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Board of Trustees Contract Approval continued
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Information about the advantages of the Transaction as they relate to the Funds and their shareholders; |
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A commitment that the Funds would not bear any expenses, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Transaction; |
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A commitment that, for a period of three years after the Closing, at least 75% of each Funds Board members must not be interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the investment adviser (or predecessor investment adviser, if applicable) pursuant to Section 15(f)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act; |
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A commitment that Morgan Stanley would use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that it did not impose any unfair burden (as that term is used in section 15(f)(1)(B) of the 1940 Act) on the Funds as a result of the Transaction; |
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Information with respect to personnel and/or other resources of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as a result of the Transaction, as well as any expected changes to compensation, including any retention-based compensation intended to incentivize key personnel at the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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Information regarding any changes that are expected with respect to the Funds slate of officers as a result of the Transaction; |
Information about Morgan Stanley
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Information about Morgan Stanleys overall business, including information about the advisory, brokerage and related businesses that Morgan Stanley operates; |
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Information about Morgan Stanleys financial condition, including its access to capital and other resources required to support the investment advisory businesses related to the Funds; |
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Information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy, and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates implementing to the Funds in the short- or long-term following the closing of the Transaction (the Closing); |
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Information regarding risk management functions at Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including how existing risk management protocols and procedures may impact the Funds and/or the businesses of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as they relate to the Funds; |
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Information on the anticipated benefits of the Transaction to the Funds with respect to potential additional distribution capabilities and the ability to access new markets and customer segments through Morgan Stanleys distribution network, including, in particular, its institutional client base; |
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Information regarding the financial condition and reputation of Morgan Stanley, its worldwide presence, experience as a fund sponsor and manager, commitment to maintain a high level of cooperation with, and support to, the Funds, strong client service capabilities, and relationships in the asset management industry; |
Information about the New Agreements for Funds
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A representation that, after the Closing, all of the Funds will continue to be advised by their current Adviser and Sub-Adviser, as applicable; |
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Information regarding the terms of the New Agreements, including certain changes as compared to the current investment advisory agreement between each Fund and its Adviser (collectively, the Current Advisory Agreements) and, as applicable, the current investment sub-advisory agreement between a Fund and a Sub-Adviser (together with the Current Advisory Agreements, the Current Agreements); |
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Information confirming that the fee rates payable under the New Agreements are not changed as compared to the Current Agreements; |
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A representation that the New Agreements will not cause any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to the Funds and their respective shareholders, including with respect to compliance and other non-advisory services; |
Information about Fund Performance, Fees and Expenses
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A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each Fund (including, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices, over various time periods as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as performance information as of a more recent date; |
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A report from an independent data provider comparing each Funds total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as fee and expense information as of a more recent date; |
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In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the Advisers in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as corresponding performance information as of a more recent date; |
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Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser to each Fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such Fund(s), if any; |
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Profitability analyses of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, as applicable, with respect to each of the Funds as of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information regarding the impact of the Transaction on profitability; |
Information about Portfolio Management and Trading
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Descriptions of the investment management services currently provided and expected to be provided to each Fund after the Transaction, as well as each of the Funds investment strategies and policies; |
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The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of Fund assets, when necessary, and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes; |
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Information about any changes to the policies and practices of the Advisers and, as applicable, each Funds Sub-Adviser with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions; |
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Information regarding the impact on trading and access to capital markets associated with the Funds affiliations with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including potential restrictions with respect to the Funds ability to execute portfolio transactions with Morgan Stanley and its affiliates; |
Information about the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers
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Information about the financial results and condition of the Advisers and the Affiliated Sub-Advisers since the culmination of the 2020 Annual Approval Process and any material changes in financial condition that are reasonably expected to occur before and after the Closing; |
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Information regarding contemplated changes to the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the Funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, as applicable, post-Closing; |
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The Code of Ethics of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes; |
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Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions; |
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Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance; |
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Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers; |
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A description of the Advisers oversight of the Sub-Advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters; |
Other Relevant Information
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Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by the Advisers and their affiliates; |
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Information concerning oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by EVM and/or administrator to each of the Funds; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers intend to continue to manage the Funds in a manner materially consistent with each Funds current investment objective(s) and principal investment strategies; |
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Information regarding Morgan Stanleys commitment to maintaining competitive compensation arrangements to attract and retain highly qualified personnel; |
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Confirmation that the Advisers current senior management teams have indicated their strong support of the Transaction; and |
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Information regarding the fact that Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. will each derive benefits from the Transaction and that, as a result, they have a financial interest in the matters that were being considered. |
As indicated above, the Board and its Contract Review Committee also considered information received at its regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year, which included information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the Funds investment objectives. The Board also received information regarding risk management techniques employed in connection with the management of the Funds. The Board and its committees evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the Funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, with respect to such matters.
The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the evaluation process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating the New Agreements and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to the New Agreements were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each Independent Trustee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to the New Agreements.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering whether to approve the New Agreements, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services currently provided to each Fund by the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers under the Current Agreements. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers under the New Agreements, the Board considered, among other information, the expected impact, if any, of the Transaction on the operations, facilities, organization and personnel of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, and that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers have advised the Board that, following the Transaction, there is not expected to be any diminution in the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, to the Funds and their shareholders, including compliance and other non-advisory services, and that there are not expected to be any changes in portfolio management personnel as a result of the Transaction.
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval continued
The Board also considered the financial resources of Morgan Stanley and the Advisers and the importance of having a Fund manager with, or with access to, significant organizational and financial resources. The Board considered the benefits to the Funds of being part of a larger combined organization with greater financial resources following the Transaction, particularly during periods of market disruptions and volatility. In this regard, the Board considered information provided by Morgan Stanley regarding its business and operating structure, scale of operation, leadership and reputation, distribution capabilities, and financial condition, as well as information on how the Funds are expected to fit within Morgan Stanleys overall business strategy and any changes that Morgan Stanley contemplates in the short- or long-term following the Closing. The Board also noted Morgan Stanleys and the Advisers commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers management capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by each Fund, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to each Fund. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Advisers and, as applicable, the Sub-Advisers investment professionals in implementing each Funds investment strategies. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Advisers and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Advisers to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. With respect to the recruitment and retention of key personnel, the Board noted information from Morgan Stanley and the Advisers regarding the benefits of joining Morgan Stanley. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Funds by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Funds, including the provision of administrative services. With respect to the foregoing, the Board also considered information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley regarding the anticipated impact of the Transaction on such matters. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Advisers or their affiliates may be subject in managing the Funds and in connection with the Transaction.
The Board considered the compliance programs of the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Advisers and their affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The Board also considered certain information relating to the compliance record of Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including information requests in recent years from regulatory authorities. With respect to the foregoing, including the compliance programs of the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board noted information regarding the impacts of the Transaction, as well as the Advisers and Morgan Stanleys commitment to keep the Board apprised of developments with respect to its long-term integration plans for the Advisers, the Affiliated Sub-Advisers and existing Morgan Stanley affiliates and their respective personnel.
The Board considered other administrative services provided and to be provided or overseen by the Advisers and their 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 fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges. The Board noted information that the Transaction was not expected to have any material impact on such matters in the near-term.
In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided under the New Agreements, the Board also considered investment performance information provided for each Fund in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. In this regard, the Board compared each Funds investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as appropriate benchmark indices and, for certain Funds, a custom peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board also considered, where applicable, Fund-specific performance explanations based on criteria established by the Board in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process and, where applicable, performance explanations as of a more recent date. In addition to the foregoing information, it was also noted that the Board has received and discussed with management information throughout the year at periodic intervals comparing each Funds performance against applicable benchmark indices and peer groups. In addition, the Board considered each Funds performance in light of overall financial market conditions. Where a Funds relative underperformance to its peers was significant during one or more specified periods, the Board noted the explanation from the applicable Adviser concerning the Funds relative performance versus its peer group.
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, and based on their review of the materials provided and the assurances received from, and recommendations of, the Advisers and Morgan Stanley, the Board determined that the Transaction was not expected to adversely affect the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Funds by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, and that the Transaction was not expected to have an adverse effect on the ability of the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, to provide those services. The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, taken as a whole, are appropriate and expected to be consistent with the terms of the New Agreements.
Management Fees and Expenses
The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by each Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as management fees) in connection with the 2020 Annual Approval Process, as well as information provided as of a more recent date. As part of its review, the Board considered each Funds management fees and total expense ratio over various periods, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Board of Trustees Contract Approval continued
undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered factors, and, where applicable, certain Fund-specific factors, that had an impact on a Funds total expense ratio relative to comparable funds, as identified by the Advisers in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee. The Board considered that the New Agreements do not change a Funds management fee rate or the computation method for calculating such fees, including any separately executed permanent contractual management fee reduction currently in place for the Fund.
The Board also received and considered, where applicable, information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers to other types of accounts with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as a Fund. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, as applicable, provide to the Funds as compared to other types of accounts and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Advisers and such Sub-Advisers as between each Fund and other types of accounts.
After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided by the Advisers and the Sub-Advisers, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable with respect to its approval of the New Agreements.
Profitability and Fall-Out Benefits
During the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board considered the level of profits realized by the Advisers and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Funds and to all Eaton Vance funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Advisers and their affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services. In light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Sub-Advisers, were not deemed to be excessive by the Board.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to realize, over time, cost savings from the Transaction based on eliminating duplicate corporate overhead expenses. The Board considered, however, information from the Advisers and Morgan Stanley that such cost savings are not expected to be realized immediately upon the Closing and that, accordingly, there are currently no specific expected changes in the levels of profitability associated with the advisory and other services provided to the Funds that are contemplated as a result of the Transaction. The Board noted that it will continue to receive information regarding profitability during its annual contract review processes, including the extent to which cost savings and/or other efficiencies result in changes to profitability levels.
The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Advisers and their affiliates, including the Affiliated Sub-Advisers, in connection with their respective relationships with the Funds, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Advisers and their affiliates as a result of securities transactions effected for the Funds and other investment advisory clients. In evaluating the fall-out benefits to be received by the Advisers and their affiliates under the New Agreements, the Board considered whether the Transaction would have an impact on the fall-out benefits currently realized by the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with services provided pursuant to the Current Advisory Agreements.
The Board of each Fund considered that Morgan Stanley may derive reputational and other benefits from its ability to use the names of the Advisers and their affiliates in connection with operating and marketing the Funds. The Board considered that the Transaction, if completed, would significantly increase Morgan Stanleys assets under management and expand Morgan Stanleys investment capabilities.
Economies of Scale
The Board also considered the extent to which the Advisers and their affiliates, on the one hand, and the Funds, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Funds increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any specific Fund or group of funds. As part of the 2020 Annual Approval Process, the Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Funds and of all Eaton Vance funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of each Fund and the profitability of the Advisers and their affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases.
The Board noted that Morgan Stanley and the Advisers are expected to benefit from possible growth of the Funds resulting from enhanced distribution capabilities, including with respect to the Funds potential access to Morgan Stanleys institutional client base. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Funds currently share in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Advisers, and that the Transaction is not expected to impede a Fund from continuing to benefit from any future economies of scale realized by its Adviser.
Conclusion
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described above, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the New Agreements. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, unanimously voted to approve the New Agreements for the Funds and recommended that shareholders approve the New Agreements.
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trusts affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust 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. Trustees and officers of the Trust hold indefinite terms of office. The noninterested Trustees consist of those Trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust, 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 the Funds principal underwriter and 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. Each Trustee oversees 144 portfolios (with the exception of Messrs. Faust and Wennerholm and Ms. Frost who oversee 143 portfolios) in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds. Each Trustee and officer serves until his or her successor is elected.
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Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization continued
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Parametric
Commodity Strategy Fund
December 31, 2020
Management and Organization continued
(1) |
Year first appointed to serve as Trustee for a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. |
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Year first elected to serve as officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds when the officer has served continuously. Otherwise, year of most recent election as an officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Titles may have changed since initial election. |
The SAI for the Fund includes additional information about the Trustees and officers of the Fund and can be obtained without charge on Eaton Vances website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-260-0761.
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Privacy. The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each entity listed below has adopted privacy policy and procedures (Privacy Program) Eaton Vance believes is reasonably designed to protect your personal information and to govern when and with whom Eaton Vance may share your personal information.
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At the time of opening an account, Eaton Vance generally requires you to provide us with certain information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account numbers, and account balances. This information is necessary for us to both open an account for you and to allow us to satisfy legal requirements such as applicable anti-money laundering reviews and know-your-customer requirements. |
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On an ongoing basis, in the normal course of servicing your account, Eaton Vance may share your information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various services for Eaton Vance and/or your account. These third parties include transfer agents, custodians, broker/dealers and our professional advisers including auditors, accountants, and legal counsel. Eaton Vance may share your personal information with our affiliates. Eaton Vance may also share your information as required or permitted by applicable law. |
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We have adopted a Privacy Program we believe is reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to your information. |
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We reserve the right to change our Privacy Program at any time upon proper notification to you. You may want to review our Privacy Program periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com. |
Our pledge of protecting your personal information applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance WaterOak Advisors, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Managements Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, and Calvert Funds. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vances Privacy Program or about how your personal information may be used, please call 1-800-262-1122.
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission (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 intermediary, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial intermediary, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact Eaton Vance at 1-800-260-0761, or contact your financial intermediary. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial intermediary.
Portfolio Holdings. Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) files a schedule of portfolio holdings on Part F to Form N-PORT with the SEC. Certain information filed on Form N-PORT may be viewed on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-260-0761 or in the EDGAR database on the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
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 1-800-260-0761 and by accessing the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
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Investment Adviser and Administrator
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Investment Sub-Adviser
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800
Seattle, WA 98104
Principal Underwriter*
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-8260
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Attn: Eaton Vance Funds
P.O. Box 9653
Providence, RI 02940-9653
(800) 260-0761
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
Fund Offices
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
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FINRA BrokerCheck. Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to investors at www.FINRA.org. |
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Code of Ethics |
The registrant (sometimes referred to as the Fund) 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. The registrant has not amended the code of ethics as described in Form N-CSR during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not granted any waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics as described in Form N-CSR during the period covered by this report.
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Audit Committee Financial Expert |
The registrants Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated George J. Gorman and William H. Park, each an independent trustee, as audit committee financial experts. Mr. Gorman is a certified public accountant who is the Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (a consulting firm). Previously, Mr. Gorman served in various capacities at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm), including as Senior Partner. Mr. Gorman also has experience serving as an independent trustee and audit committee financial expert of other
mutual fund complexes. Mr. Park is a certified public accountant who is a private investor. Previously, he served as a consultant, as the Chief Financial Officer of Aveon Group, L.P. (an investment management firm), as the Vice Chairman of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company), as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm), as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (an institutional investment management firm) and as a Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (a registered public accounting firm).
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Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund, Eaton Vance Stock Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1 and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2 (the Fund(s)) are series of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust), a Massachusetts business trust, which, including the Funds, contains a total of 34 series (the Series). The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management investment company. This Form N-CSR relates to the Funds annual reports.
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The following tables present the aggregate fees billed to each Fund for the Funds fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020 by the registrants principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (D&T), for professional services rendered for the audit of the Funds annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by D&T during such periods.
Parametric Commodity Strategy Fund
Fiscal Years Ended |
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Audit Fees |
$ | 52,950 | $ | 52,950 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees(1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Tax Fees(2) |
$ | 37,914 | $ | 37,129 | ||||
All Other Fees(3) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
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Audit Fees |
$ | 16,050 | $ | 16,050 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees(1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Tax Fees(2) |
$ | 9,140 | $ | 8,355 | ||||
All Other Fees(3) |
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Fiscal Years Ended |
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Audit Fees |
$ | 18,850 | $ | 18,850 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees(1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Tax Fees(2) |
$ | 8,212 | $ | 7,427 | ||||
All Other Fees(3) |
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Audit Fees |
$ | 18,850 | $ | 18,850 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees(1) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
Tax Fees(2) |
$ | 8,212 | $ | 7,427 | ||||
All Other Fees(3) |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
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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 financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees. |
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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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All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services. |
The various Series comprising the Trust have differing fiscal year ends (January 31, February 28/29, July 31, September 30, October 31 or December 31). The following table presents the aggregate audit, audit-related, tax, and other fees billed to all of the Series in the Trust by D&T for the last two fiscal years of each Series.
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$ | 191,680 | $ | 25,850 | $ | 37,050 | $ | 98,300 | $ | 661,708 | $ | 106,700 | $ | 156,850 | $ | 26,250 | $ | 110,800 | $ | 719,575 | $ | 106,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 85,957 | $ | 11,190 | $ | 16,000 | $ | 24,768 | $ | 345,480 | $ | 63,478 | $ | 69,073 | $ | 11,413 | $ | 24,948 | $ | 260,719 | $ | 60,338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 277,637 | $ | 37,040 | $ | 53,050 | $ | 123,068 | $ | 1,007,188 | $ | 170,178 | $ | 225,923 | $ | 37,663 | $ | 135,748 | $ | 980,294 | $ | 167,038 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Information is not presented for the fiscal year ended 7/31/20, as no Series in the Trust with such fiscal year end was in operation during such period. |
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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 financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees. |
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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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All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services. |
(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 for services rendered to all of the Series in the Trust by D&T for the last two fiscal years of each Series; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Eaton Vance organization by D&T for the last two fiscal years of each Series.
Fiscal Years Ended* |
1/31/19 | 2/28/19 | 7/31/19 | 9/30/19 | 10/31/19 | 12/31/19 | 1/31/20 | 2/29/20 | 9/30/20 | 10/31/20 | 12/31/20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Registrant(1) |
$ | 85,957 | $ | 11,190 | $ | 16,000 | $ | 24,768 | $ | 345,480 | $ | 63,478 | $ | 69,073 | $ | 11,413 | $ | 24,948 | $ | 260,719 | $ | 60,338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Eaton Vance(2) |
$ | 126,485 | $ | 126,485 | $ | 60,130 | $ | 59,903 | $ | 59,903 | $ | 59,903 | $ | 59,903 | $ | 59,903 | $ | 51,800 | $ | 51,800 | $ | 150,300 |
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Information is not presented for the fiscal year ended 7/31/20, as no Series in the Trust with such fiscal year end was in operation during such period. |
(1) |
Includes all of the Series of the Trust. During the fiscal years reported above, certain of the Funds were feeder funds in a master-feeder fund structure or funds of funds. |
(2) |
Various subsidiaries of Eaton Vance Corp. act in either an investment advisory and/or service provider capacity with respect to the Series and/or their respective master funds (if applicable). |
(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 |
Not applicable.
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 |
Not applicable.
Item 8. |
Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
Not applicable.
Item 9. |
Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers |
Not applicable.
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 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. |
Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
Not applicable.
Item 13. |
Exhibits |
(a)(1) |
Registrants Code of Ethics Not applicable (please see Item 2). | |
(a)(2)(i) |
Treasurers Section 302 certification. | |
(a)(2)(ii) |
Presidents Section 302 certification. | |
(b) |
Combined Section 906 certification. |
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 Mutual Funds Trust
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By: |
/s/ Eric A. Stein |
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Eric A. Stein | ||
President
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Date: February 24, 2021 |
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/ James F. Kirchner |
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James F. Kirchner | ||
Treasurer | ||
Date: February 24, 2021 |
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By: |
/s/ Eric A. Stein |
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Eric A. Stein | ||
President | ||
Date: February 24, 2021 |
EATON VANCE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
FORM N-CSR
Exhibit 13(a)(2)(i)
CERTIFICATION
I, James F. Kirchner, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Date: February 24, 2021 |
/s/ James F. Kirchner |
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James F. Kirchner | ||||||
Treasurer |
EATON VANCE MUTUAL FUNDS TRUST
FORM N-CSR
Exhibit 13(a)(2)(ii)
CERTIFICATION
I, Eric A. Stein, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
Date: February 24, 2021 |
/s/ Eric A. Stein |
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Eric A. Stein | ||||||
President |
Form N-CSR Item 13(b) Exhibit
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned hereby certify in their capacity as Treasurer and President, respectively, of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) that:
(a) |
the Annual Report of the Trust on Form N-CSR for the period ended December 31, 2020 (the Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
(b) |
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations of the Trust for such period. |
A signed original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust |
Date: February 24, 2021 |
/s/ James F. Kirchner |
James F. Kirchner |
Treasurer |
Date: February 24, 2021 |
/s/ Eric A. Stein |
Eric A. Stein |
President |