UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

811-21470

Investment Company Act File Number

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

October 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

 

July 31, 2009

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

Common Stocks⁽¹⁾ — 113.3%

 

 

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Preferred Stocks — 17.9%

 

 

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Corporate Bonds & Notes — 0.4%

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 1.6%

 

 

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Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at July 31, 2009.

 

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at July 31, 2009, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost		$	1,151,426,375
Gross unrealized appreciation		$	273,731,962
Gross unrealized depreciation			(90,072,174	)
Net unrealized appreciation		$	183,659,788

 

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements”, effective November 1, 2008. FAS 157 established a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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At July 31, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

		Quoted Prices in
		Active Markets for				Significant Other				Significant
		Identical Assets				Observable Inputs				Unobservable Inputs
Asset Description		(Level 1)				(Level 2)				(Level 3)				Total
Common Stocks
Consumer Discretionary		$	44,048,000			$	—			$	—			$	44,048,000
Consumer Staples			60,792,000				94,909,192				—				155,701,192
Energy			112,534,350				47,037,849				—				159,572,199
Financials			71,214,716				40,889,178				—				112,103,894
Health Care			25,416,500				16,356,808				—				41,773,308
Industrials			30,618,000				16,893,362				—				47,511,362
Information Technology			37,172,800				5,744,945				—				42,917,745
Materials			30,912,000				50,155,123				—				81,067,123
Telecommunication Services			69,700,220				45,367,617				—				115,067,837
Utilities			122,899,100				213,771,250				—				336,670,350
Total Common Stocks		$	605,307,686			$	531,125,324	*		$	—			$	1,136,433,010
Preferred Stocks
Consumer Staples		$	—			$	4,904,056			$	—			$	4,904,056
Energy			—				6,457,937				—				6,457,937
Financials			44,078,882				122,068,806				—				166,147,688
Utilities			—				1,763,126				—				1,763,126
Total Preferred Stocks		$	44,078,882			$	135,193,925			$	—			$	179,272,807
Corporate Bonds & Notes		$	—			$	3,569,636			$	—			$	3,569,636
Short-Term Investments			15,810,710				—				—				15,810,710
Total Investments		$	665,197,278			$	669,888,885			$	—			$	1,335,086,163

 

 

 

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of October 31, 2008 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs.

 

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

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

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

 

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

 

Signatures

 

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

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

 

 

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.