-----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, CpRHWrEMy/srsPY7kOzLvRkBqEHTsNJGYc6utaAQ/OnV1svPMv5z5d1tulGWAzDo z47MGB1k3jC14KbheezDPw== 0001104659-07-015449.txt : 20070301 0001104659-07-015449.hdr.sgml : 20070301 20070301145548 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-015449 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070301 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070301 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070301 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EATON VANCE GROWTH TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000102816 IRS NUMBER: 042325690 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01241 FILM NUMBER: 07662652 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE EATON VANCE BUILDING STREET 2: 255 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-598-8880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: THE EATON VANCE BUILDING STREET 2: 255 STATE STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EATON VANCE GROWTH FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VANCE SANDERS COMMON STOCK FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19820915 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BOSTON STOCK FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19730619 0000102816 S000005196 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Bond Fund C000014176 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Bond Fund Class I EIINX 0000102816 S000005197 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Large-Cap Growth Fund C000014177 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Large-Cap Growth Fund Class A EAALX C000014178 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Large-Cap Growth Fund Class I EILGX 0000102816 S000005198 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund C000014179 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund Class A EAASX C000014180 Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund Class I EISMX N-Q 1 a07-3277_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 COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number

811-01241

 

 

Eaton Vance Growth Trust

(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:

September 30

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

December 31, 2006

 

 



Item 1. Schedule of Investments



Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Bond Fund                                                                                 as of December 31, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Asset Backed Securities — 3.4%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Carmax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2003-2, Class A4, 3.07%, 10/15/10

 

$

203

 

$

201,534

 

Countrywide Home Loan, Series 2004-7, Class AF3, 3.903%, 1/25/31

 

22

 

21,776

 

Total Asset Backed Securities
(identified cost, $225,162)

 

 

 

$

223,310

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — 15.4%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Citigroup, Inc., 6.50%, 1/18/11

 

$

250

 

$

261,805

 

Countrywide Home Loan, 5.625%, 7/15/09

 

250

 

252,168

 

Emerson Electric, 7.125%, 8/15/10

 

200

 

212,352

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp., 7.375%, 9/1/12

 

250

 

273,649

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost, $978,482)

 

 

 

$

999,974

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 24.9%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Countrywide Home Loan, Series 2006-J2, Class A3, 6.00%, 4/25/36

 

$

156

 

$

157,303

 

Federal Home Loan Morgage Corp., Series 2689, Class PC, 4.00%, 9/15/15

 

210

 

203,553

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 1589, Class N, 6.25%, 4/15/23

 

5

 

5,306

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2631, Class LA, 4.00%, 6/15/11

 

107

 

106,641

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2676, Class JA, 4.00%, 8/15/13

 

83

 

82,378

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2707, Class PD, 5.00%, 11/15/17

 

100

 

98,264

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2720, Class DA, 4.50%, 4/15/12

 

160

 

159,078

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 2836, Class DG, 5.00%, 6/15/16

 

47

 

46,662

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Series 2003-128, Class KG, 4.00%, 12/25/11

 

144

 

141,914

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Series 2003-14, Class AQ, 3.50%, 3/25/33

 

79

 

73,089

 

1



 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Series 2003-57, Class KB, 4.50%, 12/25/12

 

$

343

 

$

340,096

 

Prime Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-1, Class 2A4, 6.00%, 6/25/36

 

56

 

55,881

 

Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, Series 2002-S16, Class A10, 5.50%, 10/25/17

 

140

 

138,745

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(identified cost, $1,645,910)

 

 

 

$

1,608,910

 

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities — 26.6%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool #G01857, 5.00%, 10/1/33

 

$

166

 

$

160,977

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool #G08067, 5.00%, 7/1/35

 

45

 

43,829

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #190341, 5.00%, 9/1/18

 

149

 

147,430

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #357412, 4.50%, 7/1/18

 

213

 

205,497

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #555783, 4.50%, 10/1/33

 

166

 

155,847

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #725546, 4.50%, 6/1/19

 

293

 

282,636

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #725584, 5.00%, 7/1/34

 

175

 

169,315

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #725705, 5.00%, 8/1/34

 

85

 

81,721

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #735222, 5.00%, 2/1/35

 

226

 

218,589

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #735899, 5.50%, 10/1/35

 

154

 

152,482

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., Pool #793257, 5.00%, 12/1/34

 

106

 

102,655

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
(identified cost, $1,748,331)

 

 

 

$

1,720,978

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 10.9%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 4.75%, 1/19/16

 

$

175

 

$

172,377

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 5.00%, 7/15/14

 

200

 

200,556

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., 4.375%, 9/15/12

 

265

 

257,794

 

Federal National Mortgage Assn., 5.00%, 3/15/16

 

75

 

75,317

 

Total U.S. Government Agencies
(identified cost, $712,723)

 

 

 

$

706,044

 

 

2



 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 5.8%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Note, 3.875%, 2/15/13

 

$

100

 

$

95,738

 

U.S. Treasury Note, 4.75%, 5/15/14

 

150

 

150,434

 

U.S. Treasury Note, 4.875%, 2/15/12

 

42

 

42,397

 

U.S. Treasury Strip, 0.00%, 5/15/09

 

95

 

84,988

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(identified cost, $372,147)

 

 

 

$

373,557

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 10.0%

 

 

Principal

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

(000’s omitted)

 

Value

 

US Treasury Bill, 4.83%, 1/11/07

 

$

250

 

$

249,598

 

US Treasury Bill, 4.878%, 4/5/07

 

400

 

394,960

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(amortized cost, $644,558)

 

 

 

$

644,558

 

Total Investments — 97.0%
(identified cost $6,327,313)

 

 

 

$

6,277,331

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 3.0%

 

 

 

$

197,269

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

6,474,600

 

 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at December 31, 2006.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the investments owned by the Fund at December 31, 2006, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Aggregate cost

 

$

6,353,314

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

28,302

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(104,285

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(75,983

)

 

3



Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Large-Cap Growth Fund  as of December 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Large-Cap Growth Fund (the Fund), a diversified series of Eaton Vance Growth Trust, invests substantially all of its investable assets in Large-Cap Portfolio (the Portfolio) and owns a pro rata interest in the Portfolio’s net assets. At December 31, 2006, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio was $28,607,457 and the Fund owned approximately 99.6% of the Portfolio’s outstanding interests. The Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments is set forth below.



Large-Cap Portfolio                                                                                                                      as of December 31, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 98.0%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp.

 

9,000

 

$

562,680

 

 

 

 

 

$

562,680

 

Beverages — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Coca Cola Co. (The)

 

11,000

 

$

530,750

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

11,000

 

688,050

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,218,800

 

Biotechnology — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen, Inc. (1)

 

9,200

 

$

628,452

 

Genentech, Inc. (1)

 

5,000

 

405,650

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,034,102

 

Capital Markets — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc. (The)

 

15,000

 

$

590,550

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

7,200

 

670,320

 

SEI Investments Co.

 

5,500

 

327,580

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,588,450

 

Chemicals — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

 

10,000

 

$

702,800

 

 

 

 

 

$

702,800

 

Commercial Banks — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Wachovia Corp.

 

7,400

 

$

421,430

 

 

 

 

 

$

421,430

 

Communications Equipment — 6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (1)

 

41,000

 

$

1,120,530

 

Motorola, Inc.

 

28,600

 

588,016

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,708,546

 

Computer Peripherals — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Computer, Inc. (1)

 

3,700

 

$

313,908

 

 

 

 

 

$

313,908

 

Consumer Finance — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co.

 

9,000

 

$

546,030

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

5,500

 

422,510

 

SLM Corp.

 

7,000

 

341,390

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,309,930

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

9,000

 

$

501,300

 

 

 

 

 

$

501,300

 

1



 

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Industries, Inc.

 

4,000

 

$

361,720

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

14,000

 

616,980

 

 

 

 

 

$

978,700

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

CDW Corp.

 

5,000

 

$

351,600

 

Molex, Inc.

 

8,000

 

253,040

 

 

 

 

 

$

604,640

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

 

8,500

 

$

634,610

 

National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (1)

 

9,300

 

568,974

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,203,584

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

11,000

 

$

581,570

 

CVS Corp.

 

13,000

 

401,830

 

Sysco Corp.

 

8,000

 

294,080

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,277,480

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 8.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Biomet, Inc.

 

9,100

 

$

375,557

 

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

 

14,400

 

429,840

 

Medtronic, Inc.

 

15,500

 

829,405

 

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (1)

 

9,500

 

347,320

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (1)

 

9,000

 

428,130

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,410,252

 

Household Products — 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

6,500

 

$

424,060

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

 

13,000

 

835,510

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,259,570

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

5,000

 

$

389,650

 

General Electric Co.

 

31,000

 

1,153,510

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,543,160

 

Insurance — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AFLAC, Inc.

 

13,000

 

$

598,000

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

6,600

 

472,956

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,070,956

 

Internet Software & Services — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

eBay, Inc. (1)

 

14,000

 

$

420,980

 

 

 

 

 

$

420,980

 

2



 

 

 

IT Services — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

8,000

 

$

394,000

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (1)

 

3,500

 

270,060

 

First Data Corp.

 

10,331

 

263,647

 

Fiserv, Inc. (1)

 

6,000

 

314,520

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,242,227

 

Machinery — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Dover Corp.

 

8,400

 

$

411,768

 

 

 

 

 

$

411,768

 

Media — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

2,700

 

$

282,258

 

 

 

 

 

$

282,258

 

Multiline Retail — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Kohl’s Corp. (1)

 

7,800

 

$

533,754

 

Target Corp.

 

10,000

 

570,500

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,104,254

 

Office Electronics — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A (1)

 

10,000

 

$

347,900

 

 

 

 

 

$

347,900

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Apache Corp.

 

9,000

 

$

598,590

 

 

 

 

 

$

598,590

 

Pharmaceuticals — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

8,000

 

$

389,680

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

10,200

 

673,404

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,063,084

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Linear Technology Corp.

 

16,000

 

$

485,120

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

12,000

 

345,600

 

 

 

 

 

$

830,720

 

Software — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

23,500

 

$

701,710

 

 

 

 

 

$

701,710

 

Specialty Retail — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

 

16,000

 

$

498,400

 

Staples, Inc.

 

20,000

 

534,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,032,400

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

 

4,000

 

$

396,120

 

 

 

 

 

$

396,120

 

3



 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $22,817,701)

 

 

 

$

28,142,299

 

Total Investments — 98.0%
(identified cost $22,817,701)

 

 

 

$

28,142,299

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.0%

 

 

 

$

586,204

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

28,728,503

 

 

(1)          Non-income producing security.

The Portfolio did not have any open financial instruments at December 31, 2006.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the investments owned at December 31, 2006, as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Aggregate cost

 

$

22,862,160

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

5,621,913

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(341,774

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

5,280,139

 

 

4



Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Small-Cap Fund (1) as of December 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Small-Cap Fund (the Fund), a diversified series of Eaton Vance Growth Trust, invests substantially all of its investable assets in Small-Cap Portfolio (2) (the Portfolio) and owns a pro rata interest in the Portfolio’s net assets. At December 31, 2006, the value of the Fund’s investment in the Portfolio was $22,494,129 and the Fund owned approximately 90.1% of the Portfolio’s outstanding interests. The Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments is set forth below.

(1)          Effective January 1, 2007, Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital Small-Cap Fund will change its name to Eaton Vance-Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund.

(2)          Effective January 1, 2007, Small-Cap Portfolio will change its name to SMID-Cap Portfolio.



Small-Cap Portfolio (1)                                                                                                               as of December 31, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 92.4%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Air Corp.

 

13,700

 

$

396,341

 

 

 

 

 

$

396,341

 

Airlines — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

SkyWest, Inc.

 

18,000

 

$

459,180

 

 

 

 

 

$

459,180

 

Automobiles — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Winnebago Industries

 

6,800

 

$

223,788

 

 

 

 

 

$

223,788

 

Building Products — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

 

7,900

 

$

250,035

 

 

 

 

 

$

250,035

 

Capital Markets — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2)

 

5,400

 

$

567,702

 

 

 

 

 

$

567,702

 

Commercial Banks — 7.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Capital City Bank Group, Inc.

 

13,500

 

$

476,550

 

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

 

9,000

 

374,670

 

Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida

 

19,000

 

471,200

 

UCBH Holdings, Inc.

 

20,000

 

351,200

 

Westamerica Bancorporation

 

4,500

 

227,835

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,901,455

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

ABM Industries, Inc.

 

14,500

 

$

329,295

 

Adesa, Inc.

 

14,100

 

391,275

 

Advisory Board Co., (The) (2)

 

5,500

 

294,470

 

Brady Corp., Class A

 

9,300

 

346,704

 

FTI Consulting, Inc. (2)

 

11,000

 

306,790

 

McGrath Rentcorp

 

10,500

 

321,615

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,990,149

 

Containers & Packaging — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

AptarGroup, Inc.

 

8,000

 

$

472,320

 

 

 

 

 

$

472,320

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (2)

 

7,500

 

$

289,950

 

Matthews International Corp., Class A

 

11,700

 

460,395

 

 

 

 

 

$

750,345

 

1



 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Federal Corp.

 

20,000

 

$

588,200

 

 

 

 

 

$

588,200

 

Electric Utilities — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

ALLETE, Inc.

 

5,133

 

$

238,890

 

 

 

 

 

$

238,890

 

Electrical Equipment — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Genlyte Group, Inc. (The) (2)

 

8,600

 

$

671,746

 

 

 

 

 

$

671,746

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

National Instruments Corp.

 

14,000

 

$

381,360

 

Scansource, Inc. (2)

 

18,000

 

547,200

 

 

 

 

 

$

928,560

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Hydril Co. (2)

 

6,000

 

$

451,140

 

 

 

 

 

$

451,140

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

 

12,000

 

$

282,600

 

Ruddick Corp.

 

8,400

 

233,100

 

 

 

 

 

$

515,700

 

Food Products — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

 

7,700

 

$

251,790

 

 

 

 

 

$

251,790

 

Gas Utilities — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Energen Corp.

 

4,200

 

$

197,148

 

Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc.

 

8,600

 

230,050

 

 

 

 

 

$

427,198

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

ICU Medical, Inc. (2)

 

11,300

 

$

459,684

 

Mentor Corp.

 

7,500

 

366,525

 

Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

 

15,500

 

380,215

 

Young Innovations, Inc.

 

12,500

 

416,250

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,622,674

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 7.4%

 

 

 

 

 

CorVel Corp. (2)

 

4,950

 

$

235,471

 

inVentiv Health, Inc. (2)

 

8,000

 

282,800

 

Landauer, Inc.

 

11,000

 

577,170

 

Owens & Minor, Inc.

 

13,000

 

406,510

 

PSS World Medical, Inc. (2)

 

17,500

 

341,775

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,843,726

 

2



 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Ambassadors Group, Inc.

 

11,000

 

$

333,850

 

Applebee’s International, Inc.

 

10,500

 

259,035

 

IHOP Corp.

 

5,000

 

263,500

 

International Speedway Corp., Class A

 

6,700

 

341,968

 

Sonic Corp. (2)

 

18,000

 

431,100

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,629,453

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Raven Industries, Inc.

 

9,000

 

$

241,200

 

 

 

 

 

$

241,200

 

Insurance — 5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Alfa Corp.

 

15,500

 

$

291,555

 

Midland Co.

 

9,000

 

377,550

 

RLI Corp.

 

13,000

 

733,460

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,402,565

 

Media — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

 

17,900

 

$

496,009

 

 

 

 

 

$

496,009

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Petroleum Co.

 

10,000

 

$

310,100

 

Holly Corp.

 

4,400

 

226,160

 

 

 

 

 

$

536,260

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Universal Health Realty Income Trust

 

9,100

 

$

354,718

 

 

 

 

 

$

354,718

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (2)

 

5,750

 

$

261,740

 

 

 

 

 

$

261,740

 

Software — 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

ANSYS, Inc. (2)

 

13,500

 

$

587,115

 

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

 

14,000

 

790,720

 

Fair Isaac Corp.

 

5,800

 

235,770

 

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

 

20,200

 

432,280

 

Kronos, Inc. (2)

 

11,200

 

411,488

 

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (2)

 

10,000

 

300,800

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,758,173

 

Specialty Retail — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron Rents, Inc.

 

22,000

 

$

633,160

 

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (2)

 

25,500

 

198,900

 

 

 

 

 

$

832,060

 

 

3



 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $16,383,081)

 

 

 

$

23,063,117

 

Total Investments — 92.4%
(identified cost $16,383,081)

 

 

 

$

23,063,117

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 7.6%

 

 

 

$

1,893,831

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

$

24,956,948

 

 

(1)

 

Effective January 1, 2007, Small-Cap Portfolio will change its name to SMID-Cap Portfolio.

(2)

 

Non-income producing security.

 

The Portfolio did not have any open financial instruments at December 31, 2006.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of the investments owned at December 31, 2006, as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

Aggregate cost

 

$

16,566,433

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

6,560,825

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(64,141

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

6,496,684

 

 

4



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 Growth Trust

By:

 

/s/ Thomas E. Faust, Jr.

 

 

 

Thomas E. Faust, Jr.

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:

 

February 26, 2007

 

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/ Thomas E. Faust, Jr.

 

 

 

Thomas E. Faust, Jr.

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:

 

February 26, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date:

 

February 26, 2007

 


 EX-99.CERT 2 a07-3277_1ex99dcert.htm EX-99.CERT

Eaton Vance Growth Trust

Certification

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

I, Thomas E. Faust, Jr., certify that:

1.                                       I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Eaton Vance Growth 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 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/ Thomas E. Faust, Jr.

 

 

 

Thomas E. Faust, Jr.

 

 

President

 

 

 

Date:

 

February 26, 2007

 



Eaton Vance Growth Trust

Certification

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

I, Barbara E. Campbell, certify that:

1.                                       I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Eaton Vance Growth 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 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/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Date:

 

February 26, 2007

 


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