-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CxGFE3ZJHECuVMYefmfNbmGWYAtgKsSwLbnN8RiU5HUalsLjQ5MoE8ILEDsTohbo 7nazRXZUWE62urORajp8hA== 0001104659-08-005399.txt : 20080129 0001104659-08-005399.hdr.sgml : 20080129 20080129145139 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-005399 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080129 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080129 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20080129 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GLOBAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000946464 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07303 FILM NUMBER: 08557501 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE EATON VANCE BUILDING STREET 2: 255 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 6174828260 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE EATON VANCE BUILDING STREET 2: 255 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INFORMATION AGE PORTFOLIO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950608 0000946464 S000005231 GLOBAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO C000014256 GLOBAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO N-Q 1 a07-31526_1nq.htm N-Q

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act File Number

 

811-7303

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Growth Portfolio

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

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

 

02109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

 

 

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

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

(617) 482-8260

 

 

 

Date of Fiscal Year End:

 

August 31

 

 

 

Date of Reporting Period:

 

November 30, 2007

 

 


 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 


 

Global Growth Portfolio

 

as of November 30, 2007

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks — 98.3%

 

 

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Ceradyne, Inc. (1)

 

24,800

 

$

1,226,112

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,226,112

 

Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

 

6,000

 

$

243,235

 

 

 

 

 

$

243,235

 

Automobiles — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

 

8,000

 

$

454,351

 

 

 

 

 

$

454,351

 

Beverages — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Diageo PLC ADR

 

5,000

 

$

452,900

 

Fomento Economico Mexicano SA de C.V. ADR

 

21,000

 

680,400

 

Heineken Holding NV

 

6,500

 

366,320

 

InBev NV

 

6,000

 

527,445

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,027,065

 

Biotechnology — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Genzyme Corp. (1)

 

8,000

 

$

599,440

 

 

 

 

 

$

599,440

 

Capital Markets — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Invesco PLC ADR (2)

 

17,000

 

$

446,250

 

LYXOR ETF CAC 40

 

6,000

 

500,948

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

10,000

 

599,400

 

UBS AG

 

15,000

 

762,125

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,308,723

 

Chemicals — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Agrium, Inc.

 

12,000

 

$

694,080

 

BASF AG ADR

 

4,500

 

626,355

 

Makhteshim-Agan Industries, Ltd. (1)

 

32,000

 

272,843

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,593,278

 

Commercial Banks — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC

 

16,000

 

$

279,292

 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.

 

15,000

 

375,249

 

 

1


 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA ADR

 

20,000

 

$

496,800

 

Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA ADR

 

9,484

 

261,189

 

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA ADR (2)

 

47,000

 

1,006,740

 

Bank of Ireland

 

18,000

 

286,579

 

Barclays PLC ADR

 

10,400

 

482,144

 

BNP Paribas SA

 

4,500

 

508,929

 

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.

 

53,000

 

737,976

 

Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG

 

5,500

 

400,951

 

Societe Generale

 

2,200

 

340,011

 

Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (2)

 

6,050

 

357,555

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,533,415

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Manpower, Inc.

 

8,200

 

$

501,020

 

 

 

 

 

$

501,020

 

Communications Equipment — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

BigBand Networks, Inc. (1)

 

238

 

$

1,426

 

Nokia Oyj ADR

 

22,000

 

865,260

 

Research In Motion, Ltd. (1) (2)

 

14,892

 

1,695,007

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,561,693

 

Computer Peripherals — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

3PAR, Inc. (1) (2)

 

495

 

$

7,009

 

Apple, Inc. (1)

 

2,600

 

473,772

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (1)

 

162,000

 

1,180,980

 

Lenovo Group, Ltd.

 

530,000

 

473,998

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,135,759

 

Construction & Engineering — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Foster Wheeler, Ltd. (1)

 

15,500

 

$

2,309,500

 

Vinci SA

 

8,000

 

637,509

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,947,009

 

Construction Materials — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Lafarge Malayan Cement BHD

 

270,000

 

$

424,295

 

 

 

 

 

$

424,295

 

Consumer Finance — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Orix Corp.

 

3,000

 

$

621,007

 

 

 

 

 

$

621,007

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (1) (2)

 

21,000

 

$

942,690

 

 

 

 

 

$

942,690

 

 

2


 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

ING Groep NV ADR

 

28,400

 

$

1,101,352

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,101,352

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

BT Group PLC ADR

 

12,000

 

$

706,440

 

France Telecom SA ADR

 

31,000

 

1,176,450

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

 

48,000

 

885,484

 

Maxcom Telecomunicaciones SAB de CV ADR (1) (2)

 

9,308

 

151,348

 

Telefonica SA

 

17,000

 

571,410

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,491,132

 

Electric Utilities — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

E. ON AG ADR

 

18,600

 

$

1,262,940

 

Enel SPA (2)

 

60,000

 

720,783

 

Scottish and Southern Energy PLC

 

17,000

 

555,663

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,539,386

 

Electrical Equipment — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

ABB, Ltd. ADR

 

31,000

 

$

910,780

 

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR (1)

 

20,500

 

1,216,470

 

Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA (1)

 

4,839

 

145,017

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,272,267

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Ibiden Co., Ltd.

 

6,300

 

$

498,106

 

 

 

 

 

$

498,106

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Acergy SA ADR

 

38,500

 

$

816,970

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

12,500

 

1,455,375

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,272,345

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.

 

14,200

 

$

779,324

 

Susser Holdings Corp. (1)

 

11,721

 

276,381

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,055,705

 

Food Products — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Nestle SA

 

2,400

 

$

1,157,510

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,157,510

 

 

3


 

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Samchully Co., Ltd.

 

1,000

 

$

217,747

 

 

 

 

 

$

217,747

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Schein, Inc. (1) (2)

 

10,200

 

$

603,330

 

 

 

 

 

$

603,330

 

Health Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Healthways, Inc. (1)

 

9,700

 

$

566,189

 

 

 

 

 

$

566,189

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (1) (2)

 

12,500

 

$

291,125

 

 

 

 

 

$

291,125

 

Household Durables — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Garmin, Ltd. (2)

 

5,700

 

$

611,895

 

 

 

 

 

$

611,895

 

Household Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Energizer Holdings, Inc. (1)

 

5,600

 

$

636,328

 

 

 

 

 

$

636,328

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

 

160,000

 

$

1,491,348

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,491,348

 

Insurance — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Axa ADR

 

27,200

 

$

1,111,120

 

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG

 

1,500

 

274,706

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,385,826

 

Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Priceline.com, Inc. (1) (2)

 

17,600

 

$

2,002,880

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,002,880

 

Internet Software & Services — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Ariba, Inc. (1)

 

52,688

 

$

625,407

 

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (1)

 

12,418

 

528,262

 

Equinix, Inc. (1) (2)

 

3,000

 

312,330

 

Google Inc., Class A (1)

 

2,447

 

1,695,771

 

SAVVIS, Inc. (1) (2)

 

15,000

 

480,600

 

Switch & Data Facilities Co., Inc. (1) (2)

 

17,035

 

323,495

 

VeriSign, Inc. (1) (2)

 

6,000

 

245,400

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,211,265

 

 

4


 

IT Services — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Class A (1)

 

16,000

 

$

671,360

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (1) (2)

 

21,500

 

704,340

 

MasterCard, Inc., Class A (2)

 

6,950

 

1,394,518

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,770,218

 

Machinery — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

 

41,000

 

$

561,680

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

5,900

 

555,131

 

Komatsu, Ltd.

 

32,000

 

981,302

 

Titan International, Inc. (2)

 

17,000

 

466,820

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,564,933

 

Marine — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

American Commercial Lines, Inc. (1)

 

18,000

 

$

313,020

 

Cosco Corp., Ltd.

 

65,000

 

319,989

 

 

 

 

 

$

633,009

 

Media — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Central European Media Enterprises, Ltd., Class A (1)

 

1,214

 

$

133,188

 

CTC Media, Inc. (1)

 

1,027

 

24,710

 

Live Nation, Inc. (1) (2)

 

8,400

 

112,728

 

Tribune Co.

 

1,224

 

37,993

 

Virgin Media, Inc. (2)

 

18,000

 

342,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

650,619

 

Metals & Mining — 10.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo American PLC ADR

 

19,110

 

$

643,816

 

BHP Billiton, Ltd.

 

8,000

 

305,391

 

Century Aluminum Co. (1)

 

5,200

 

298,168

 

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce ADR (2)

 

48,000

 

1,388,640

 

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce ADR

 

7,800

 

269,724

 

Gammon Gold, Inc. (1) (2)

 

200,342

 

1,482,531

 

Golden Star Resources, Ltd. (1)

 

214,000

 

646,280

 

Harry Winston Diamond Corp.

 

4,836

 

179,899

 

IAMGOLD Corp.

 

61,000

 

522,770

 

JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR (2)

 

2,300

 

671,600

 

Patriot Coal Corp. (1)

 

610

 

20,624

 

Rio Tinto PLC ADR (2)

 

4,400

 

2,056,912

 

Roca Mines, Inc. (1) (2)

 

41,254

 

121,335

 

Silver Wheaton Corp. (1) (2)

 

39,900

 

597,303

 

Teck Cominco, Ltd., Class B

 

10,000

 

382,100

 

Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. (1)

 

83,298

 

1,664,127

 

Western Copper Corp. (1)

 

32,000

 

36,495

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,287,715

 

 

5


 

Multi-Utilities — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

RWE AG

 

8,400

 

$

1,151,263

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,151,263

 

Office Electronics — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Canon, Inc.

 

17,350

 

$

916,733

 

 

 

 

 

$

916,733

 

Oil and Gas-Equipment and Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Sandridge Energy, Inc. (1) (2)

 

4,908

 

$

155,829

 

 

 

 

 

$

155,829

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal, Inc.

 

7,218

 

$

273,273

 

CNX Gas Corp. (1)

 

11,000

 

338,800

 

ConocoPhillips

 

11,900

 

952,476

 

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

 

4,640

 

275,059

 

Hess Corp.

 

30,700

 

2,186,454

 

Massey Energy Co.

 

19,293

 

654,997

 

Nexen, Inc.

 

16,000

 

454,400

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

11,316

 

629,622

 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR

 

12,000

 

974,040

 

Quicksilver Resources, Inc. (1) (2)

 

17,000

 

860,200

 

Sibir Energy PLC

 

25,000

 

282,098

 

StatoilHydro ASA ADR (2)

 

13,795

 

445,854

 

Total SA ADR

 

18,000

 

1,456,560

 

 

 

 

 

$

9,783,833

 

Personal Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Herbalife, Ltd.

 

1,621

 

$

67,871

 

 

 

 

 

$

67,871

 

Pharmaceuticals — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

8,400

 

$

483,084

 

Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. (1) (2)

 

5,000

 

215,700

 

Elan Corp. PLC ADR (1) (2)

 

52,000

 

1,197,560

 

Ipsen SA

 

4,100

 

233,499

 

Novartis AG ADR

 

8,000

 

452,160

 

Roche Holding AG

 

5,000

 

957,809

 

Shire PLC ADR

 

17,900

 

1,270,005

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,809,817

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

 

145,886

 

$

2,510,698

 

MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc.

 

18,904

 

165,977

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,676,675

 

 

6


 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Atheros Communications, Inc. (1)

 

23,800

 

$

701,862

 

Cavium Networks, Inc. (1) (2)

 

480

 

12,312

 

Intersil Corp., Class A

 

21,000

 

523,740

 

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. (1)

 

18,000

 

268,920

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (1)

 

20,900

 

1,621,422

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,128,256

 

Software — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Glu Mobile, Inc. (1)

 

1,000

 

$

5,460

 

i2 Technologies, Inc. (1) (2)

 

19,000

 

307,420

 

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

 

4,500

 

2,767,923

 

UbiSoft Entertainment SA (1)

 

8,000

 

697,927

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,778,730

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Crocs, Inc. (1) (2)

 

27,700

 

$

1,081,131

 

Stella International Holdings, Ltd.

 

100,000

 

215,820

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,296,951

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

 

17,000

 

$

258,740

 

 

 

 

 

$

258,740

 

Tobacco — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

British American Tobacco PLC

 

15,000

 

$

582,650

 

Loews Corp. - Carolina Group

 

26,435

 

2,351,393

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,934,043

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Mitsubishi Corp.

 

30,000

 

$

872,608

 

 

 

 

 

$

872,608

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

3,000

 

$

269,441

 

China Mobile, Ltd. ADR

 

7,500

 

687,450

 

Millicom International Cellular SA (1) (2)

 

8,600

 

1,025,808

 

NII Holdings, Inc., Class B (1)

 

10,364

 

571,678

 

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. ADR

 

10,000

 

726,300

 

 

7


 

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS ADR

 

50,000

 

$

1,367,000

 

Vodafone Group PLC ADR

 

12,000

 

447,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,094,677

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $79,834,077)

 

 

 

$

105,357,348

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 24.7%

 

 

 

Shares/Interest

 

 

 

Description

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Eaton Vance Cash Collateral Fund, LLC, 5.011% (3) (4)

 

$

22,350

 

$

22,349,787

 

Investment in Cash Management Portfolio, 4.52% (3)

 

4,150

 

4,149,964

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $26,499,750)

 

 

 

$

26,499,751

 

Total Investments — 123.0%
(identified cost $106,333,827)

 

 

 

$

131,857,099

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (23.0)%

 

 

 

$

(24,692,868

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

107,164,231

 

 

ADR

—

American Depository Receipt

(1)

 

Non-income producing security.

(2)

 

All or a portion of these securities were on loan at November 30, 2007.

(3)

 

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  November 30, 2007. Income earned from investments in the Eaton Vance Cash Collateral Fund, LLC (excluding loan rebate fees) and net income allocated from the Investment in Cash Management Porfolio for the fiscal year to date ended November 30, 2007 were $284,464 and $44,998, respectively.

(4)

 

The amount invested in Eaton Vance Cash Collateral Fund, LLC represents cash collateral received for securities on loan as of November 30, 2007.  Other Assets, Less Liabilities includes an equal and offsetting liability of the Portfolio to repay collateral amounts upon the return of loaned securities. As of  November 30, 2007, the Portfolio loaned securities having a market value of $22,447,680 and received $21,666,084 of cash collateral for the loans.

 

8


 

Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

 

 

Percentage

 

 

 

Country

 

of Net Assets

 

Value

 

United States

 

60.1

%

$

64,400,982

 

Canada

 

8.4

 

9,075,752

 

United Kingdom

 

7.4

 

7,925,878

 

Japan

 

6.9

 

7,355,265

 

France

 

6.4

 

6,932,394

 

Switzerland

 

3.9

 

4,240,384

 

Germany

 

3.1

 

3,315,264

 

Brazil

 

2.7

 

2,893,593

 

Bermuda

 

2.5

 

2,711,608

 

China

 

2.4

 

2,593,738

 

Singapore

 

2.4

 

2,549,313

 

Netherlands

 

2.2

 

2,353,156

 

Spain

 

2.1

 

2,219,967

 

Ireland

 

1.6

 

1,763,431

 

Turkey

 

1.3

 

1,367,000

 

Norway

 

1.2

 

1,262,824

 

Luxembourg

 

1.0

 

1,025,808

 

Finland

 

0.8

 

865,260

 

Mexico

 

0.8

 

831,748

 

Philippines

 

0.7

 

726,300

 

Italy

 

0.7

 

720,783

 

Australia

 

0.6

 

680,640

 

Russia

 

0.6

 

671,600

 

Cayman Islands

 

0.6

 

611,895

 

Republic of Korea

 

0.5

 

575,302

 

Sweden

 

0.5

 

561,680

 

Belgium

 

0.5

 

527,445

 

Malaysia

 

0.4

 

424,295

 

Austria

 

0.4

 

400,951

 

Israel

 

0.3

 

272,843

 

 

 

123.0

% 

$

131,857,099

 

 

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The Portfolio did not have any open financial instruments at November 30, 2007.

 

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the investments owned at November 30, 2007, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

106,471,028

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

27,737,400

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(2,351,329

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

25,386,071

 

 

The net unrealized appreciation on foreign currency transactions, including foreign capital gain taxes, at November 30, 2007 on a federal income tax basis was $13,344.

 

10


 

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.

 

Global Growth Portfolio

 

By:

/s/Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

January 18, 2008

 

 

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

 

By:

/s/Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

Date:

January 18, 2008

 

 

By:

/s/William J. Austin, Jr.

 

 

William J. Austin, Jr.

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

January 18, 2008

 

 

 

 EX-99.CERT 2 a07-31526_1ex99dcert.htm EX-99.CERT

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

Global Growth Portfolio

 

Certification

Pursuant to Rule 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003

 

I, Duncan W. Richardson, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Global Growth Portfolio;

 

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 schedule of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed;

 

4.             The registrant’s 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

By:

/s/Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

President

 

 

Date:

January 18, 2008

 

 


 

Global Growth Portfolio

 

Certification

Pursuant to Rule 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003

 

I, William J. Austin, Jr., certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Global Growth Portfolio;

 

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 schedule of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed;

 

4.             The registrant’s 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s 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 registrant’s 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 registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

By:

/s/William J. Austin, Jr.

 

 

William J. Austin, Jr.

 

Treasurer

 

 

Date:

January 18, 2008

 

 

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