N-Q 1 a06-8458_1nq.htm QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

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

 

811-21676

Eaton Vance Tax Managed
Buy-Write Income Fund

(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 Services)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

(617) 482-8260

Date of Fiscal Year End:

 

December 31

Date of Reporting Period:

 

March 31, 2006

 

 



Item 1. Schedule of Investments



Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund                                                                   as of March 31, 2006

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 100.5%

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

General Dynamics Corp.

 

8,076

 

$

516,702

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

64,761

 

2,769,828

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

26,780

 

1,828,806

 

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

 

7,248

 

408,425

 

United Technologies Corp.

 

82,514

 

4,783,337

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,307,098

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

 

36,301

 

2,881,573

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,881,573

 

Auto Components — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

BorgWarner, Inc.

 

16,316

 

979,613

 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (1)

 

14,940

 

216,331

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

 

13,713

 

1,041,228

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,237,172

 

Beverages — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.

 

79,253

 

3,389,651

 

Coca-Cola Co.

 

130,353

 

5,457,880

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

79,815

 

4,612,509

 

 

 

 

 

$

13,460,040

 

Biotechnology — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen, Inc. (1)

 

57,391

 

4,175,195

 

Applera Corp.-Applied Biosystems Group

 

10,719

 

290,914

 

Biogen Idec, Inc. (1)

 

22,055

 

1,038,790

 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1)

 

54,847

 

912,106

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,417,005

 

Capital Markets — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

 

0

 

9

 

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

 

117,692

 

4,241,620

 

Federated Investors, Inc.

 

38,097

 

1,487,688

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

 

26,139

 

3,777,870

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

31,837

 

2,507,482

 

Morgan Stanley

 

49,306

 

3,097,403

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,112,072

 

Chemicals — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ashland, Inc.

 

6,811

 

484,126

 

Dow Chemical Co.

 

79,461

 

3,226,117

 

Eastman Chemical Co.

 

31,031

 

1,588,167

 

Rohm and Haas Co.

 

7,911

 

386,611

 

Tronox, Inc., Class B (1)

 

2,680

 

45,537

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,730,558

 

1



 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

256,325

 

$

11,673,040

 

Comerica, Inc.

 

6,819

 

395,297

 

Compass Bancshares, Inc.

 

5,081

 

257,149

 

First Horizon National Corp.

 

5,141

 

214,123

 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

 

9,423

 

227,377

 

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

 

8,458

 

368,600

 

National City Corp.

 

94,603

 

3,301,645

 

North Fork Bancorp, Inc.

 

76,283

 

2,199,239

 

Sterling Bancorp

 

10,063

 

207,298

 

Wachovia Corp.

 

105,100

 

5,890,855

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

41,402

 

2,644,346

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,378,969

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Acco Brands Corp. (1)

 

4,260

 

94,572

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

 

13,376

 

782,228

 

Cendant Corp.

 

107,820

 

1,870,677

 

Cintas Corp.

 

28,120

 

1,198,474

 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

 

57,895

 

1,894,324

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

85,069

 

3,002,936

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,843,211

 

Communications Equipment — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (1)

 

343,090

 

7,434,760

 

Corning, Inc. (1)

 

112,580

 

3,029,528

 

Juniper Networks, Inc. (1)

 

9,251

 

176,879

 

Motorola, Inc.

 

126,363

 

2,894,976

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

90,295

 

4,569,830

 

Research in Motion, Ltd. (1)

 

5,364

 

455,296

 

 

 

 

 

$

18,561,269

 

Computer Peripherals — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Computer, Inc. (1)

 

3,751

 

235,263

 

Dell, Inc. (1)

 

92,890

 

2,764,406

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

84,861

 

2,791,927

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

100,265

 

8,268,855

 

McDATA Corp., Class A (1)

 

101,125

 

467,197

 

NCR Corp. (1)

 

7,529

 

314,637

 

Network Appliance, Inc. (1)

 

18,516

 

667,131

 

Palm, Inc. (1)

 

41,248

 

955,304

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,464,720

 

Construction & Engineering — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Fluor Corp.

 

8,580

 

736,164

 

 

 

 

 

$

736,164

 

2



 

 

 

Construction Materials — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Vulcan Materials Co.

 

4,180

 

$

362,197

 

 

 

 

 

$

362,197

 

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co.

 

47,841

 

2,514,045

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,514,045

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Bemis Co., Inc.

 

8,256

 

260,724

 

Temple-Inland, Inc.

 

20,807

 

926,952

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,187,676

 

Distributors — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

7,145

 

313,165

 

 

 

 

 

$

313,165

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

58,152

 

1,258,991

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,258,991

 

Diversified Financial Services — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

269,410

 

12,724,234

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

144,915

 

6,034,261

 

 

 

 

 

$

18,758,495

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

165,778

 

4,482,637

 

Citizens Communications Co.

 

161,433

 

2,142,216

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

185,478

 

6,317,381

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,942,234

 

Electric Utilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Cinergy Corp.

 

63,535

 

2,885,124

 

PPL Corp.

 

46,448

 

1,365,571

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

 

67,182

 

2,954,664

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,205,359

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

38,120

 

3,187,976

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,187,976

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Flextronics International, Ltd. (1)

 

17,737

 

183,578

 

 

 

 

 

$

183,578

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

BJ Services Co.

 

14,716

 

509,174

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

17,247

 

1,543,606

 

Halliburton Co.

 

61,493

 

4,490,219

 

3



 

 

 

National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (1)

 

17,795

 

$

1,141,015

 

Noble Corp.

 

42,070

 

3,411,877

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,095,891

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Corp.

 

24,000

 

716,880

 

SUPERVALU, Inc.

 

6,564

 

202,302

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

164,273

 

7,760,257

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,679,439

 

Food Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

24,975

 

535,964

 

Kellogg Co.

 

10,675

 

470,127

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,006,091

 

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Nicor, Inc.

 

16,441

 

650,406

 

Peoples Energy Corp.

 

5,183

 

184,722

 

 

 

 

 

$

835,128

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Baxter International, Inc.

 

58,113

 

2,255,366

 

Fisher Scientific International, Inc. (1)

 

12,780

 

869,679

 

Medtronic, Inc.

 

65,992

 

3,349,094

 

Thoratec Corp. (1)

 

23,295

 

448,895

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,923,034

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

 

8,636

 

416,860

 

Genesis HealthCare Corp. (1)

 

9,286

 

408,027

 

Health Management Associates, Inc., Class A

 

10,012

 

215,959

 

Humana, Inc. (1)

 

14,697

 

773,797

 

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (1)

 

22,885

 

1,338,315

 

Manor Care, Inc.

 

20,903

 

927,048

 

McKesson Corp.

 

42,880

 

2,235,334

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

7,288

 

373,874

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

61,522

 

3,436,619

 

WellPoint, Inc. (1)

 

25,106

 

1,943,958

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,069,791

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Carnival Corp.

 

45,019

 

2,132,550

 

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

 

32,472

 

1,332,326

 

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

 

25,739

 

2,006,612

 

International Game Technology

 

14,037

 

494,383

 

Six Flags, Inc. (1)

 

48,146

 

490,126

 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

 

17,410

 

1,179,179

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

 

19,547

 

955,066

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,590,242

 

4



 

 

 

Household Durables — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Fortune Brands, Inc.

 

18,128

 

$

1,461,661

 

KB HOME

 

8,156

 

529,977

 

Stanley Works

 

29,637

 

1,501,410

 

Whirlpool Corp.

 

3,293

 

301,211

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,794,259

 

Household Products — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

 

158,855

 

9,153,225

 

 

 

 

 

$

9,153,225

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

TXU Corp.

 

28,608

 

1,280,494

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,280,494

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

31,515

 

2,385,370

 

General Electric Co.

 

504,008

 

17,529,398

 

Tyco International, Ltd.

 

96,017

 

2,580,937

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,495,705

 

Insurance — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE, Ltd.

 

8,497

 

441,929

 

Allstate Corp.

 

66,029

 

3,440,771

 

American International Group, Inc.

 

106,169

 

7,016,709

 

AON Corp.

 

12,982

 

538,883

 

Lincoln National Corp.

 

7,151

 

390,373

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 

106,798

 

3,135,589

 

MetLife, Inc.

 

68,155

 

3,296,657

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

59,022

 

4,474,458

 

UnumProvident Corp.

 

13,120

 

268,698

 

 

 

 

 

$

23,004,067

 

Internet Software & Services — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

eBay, Inc. (1)

 

47,414

 

1,851,991

 

Google, Inc., Class A (1)

 

7,018

 

2,737,020

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,589,011

 

IT Services — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

37,355

 

1,706,376

 

CheckFree Corp. (1)

 

23,654

 

1,194,527

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (1)

 

7,444

 

281,607

 

Paychex, Inc.

 

41,448

 

1,726,724

 

Sapient Corp. (1)

 

29,607

 

225,901

 

Unisys Corp. (1)

 

33,075

 

227,887

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,363,022

 

5



 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Eastman Kodak Co.

 

11,414

 

$

324,614

 

 

 

 

 

$

324,614

 

Machinery — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Deere & Co.

 

45,546

 

3,600,411

 

Eaton Corp.

 

41,406

 

3,021,396

 

Parker Hannifin Corp.

 

15,868

 

1,279,119

 

Trinity Industries, Inc.

 

9,569

 

520,458

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,421,384

 

Media — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

CBS Corp., Class B

 

24,994

 

599,356

 

Comcast Corp., Class A (1)

 

50,092

 

1,310,407

 

Cox Radio, Inc., Class A (1)

 

13,580

 

182,244

 

Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

 

67,688

 

2,660,138

 

Meredith Corp.

 

4,689

 

261,599

 

NTL, Inc. (1)

 

46,957

 

1,366,918

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

256,667

 

4,309,439

 

Viacom, Inc., Class B (1)

 

24,994

 

969,767

 

Walt Disney Co.

 

165,951

 

4,628,373

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,288,241

 

Metals & Mining — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Alcan, Inc.

 

19,051

 

871,202

 

Alcoa, Inc.

 

36,102

 

1,103,277

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B

 

55,448

 

3,314,127

 

Nucor Corp.

 

23,121

 

2,422,850

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,711,456

 

Multiline Retail — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp.

 

103,376

 

1,826,654

 

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

 

20,961

 

1,530,153

 

Nordstrom, Inc.

 

44,718

 

1,752,051

 

Sears Holdings Corp. (1)

 

7,626

 

1,008,462

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,117,320

 

Multi-Utilities — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

53,912

 

2,685,896

 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

 

17,504

 

208,823

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

18,179

 

790,787

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

4,649

 

186,378

 

NiSource, Inc.

 

111,431

 

2,253,135

 

NorthWestern Corp.

 

25,000

 

778,500

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

 

51,991

 

3,329,504

 

TECO Energy, Inc.

 

13,039

 

210,189

 

Xcel Energy, Inc.

 

12,009

 

217,963

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,661,175

 

6



 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Chevron Corp.

 

139,315

 

$

8,076,091

 

ConocoPhillips

 

101,097

 

6,384,276

 

El Paso Corp.

 

26,406

 

318,192

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

 

32,118

 

2,312,496

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

273,409

 

16,639,672

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

 

13,292

 

1,269,120

 

Parallel Petroleum Corp. (1)

 

15,000

 

276,750

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

30,355

 

1,814,622

 

Williams Co., Inc.

 

78,113

 

1,670,837

 

 

 

 

 

$

38,762,056

 

Paper and Forest Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

 

8,955

 

243,576

 

MeadWestvaco Corp.

 

33,483

 

914,421

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,157,997

 

Personal Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Alberto-Culver Co.

 

4,761

 

210,579

 

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

 

12,797

 

224,331

 

 

 

 

 

$

434,910

 

Pharmaceuticals — 7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

71,142

 

3,021,401

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

180,914

 

4,452,294

 

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (1)

 

91,226

 

574,724

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

 

43,712

 

2,417,274

 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (1)

 

14,014

 

625,445

 

Johnson & Johnson Co.

 

123,184

 

7,294,956

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

 

80,974

 

2,852,714

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

366,772

 

9,139,958

 

Wyeth

 

82,703

 

4,012,750

 

 

 

 

 

$

34,391,516

 

Real Estate — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

 

13,395

 

494,677

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

38,407

 

3,231,565

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,726,242

 

Road & Rail — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

 

5,364

 

446,982

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

2,222

 

207,424

 

 

 

 

 

$

654,406

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Altera Corp. (1)

 

14,716

 

303,738

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

31,200

 

1,194,648

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

104,209

 

1,824,700

 

Broadcom Corp., Class A (1)

 

17,775

 

767,169

 

7



 

 

 

Intel Corp.

 

360,053

 

$

6,967,026

 

KLA-Tencor Corp.

 

23,763

 

1,149,179

 

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

 

35,056

 

1,302,330

 

PMC-Sierra, Inc. (1)

 

25,020

 

307,496

 

STMicroelectronics N.V.

 

69,724

 

1,282,224

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,098,510

 

Software — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Business Objects S.A. ADR (1)

 

6,318

 

230,417

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

486,605

 

13,240,522

 

Oracle Corp. (1)

 

162,224

 

2,220,847

 

Quest Software, Inc. (1)

 

17,700

 

295,590

 

Symantec Corp. (1)

 

75,245

 

1,266,373

 

Wind River Systems, Inc. (1)

 

15,557

 

193,685

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,447,434

 

Specialty Retail — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Bed Bath and Beyond, Inc. (1)

 

29,749

 

1,142,362

 

Best Buy Co., Inc.

 

15,110

 

845,102

 

Home Depot, Inc.

 

123,241

 

5,213,094

 

Office Depot, Inc. (1)

 

12,839

 

478,124

 

Sherwin-Williams Co.

 

5,094

 

251,847

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

14,641

 

549,623

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,480,152

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

 

36,327

 

3,091,428

 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

 

9,575

 

580,341

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,671,769

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Capital Bancorp

 

12,562

 

176,622

 

Countrywide Financial Corp.

 

79,997

 

2,935,890

 

MGIC Investment Corp.

 

30,567

 

2,036,679

 

PFF Bancorp, Inc.

 

7,488

 

252,420

 

R&G Financial Corp., Class B

 

9,175

 

116,156

 

W Holding Co., Inc.

 

21,120

 

166,214

 

Washington Mutual, Inc.

 

1,784

 

76,034

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,760,015

 

Tobacco — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

97,480

 

6,907,433

 

Reynolds American, Inc.

 

13,562

 

1,430,791

 

UST, Inc.

 

32,881

 

1,367,850

 

 

 

 

 

$

9,706,074

 

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Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Alltel Corp.

 

49,391

 

$

3,198,067

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

34,516

 

891,893

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,089,960

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $442,437,849)

 

 

 

$

487,828,197

 

Total Investments — 100.5%
(identified cost $442,437,849)

 

 

 

$

487,828,197

 

 

Covered Call Options Written — (0.9)%

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Premium
Received

 

Value

 

S & P 500 Index, Expires 4/22/06, Strike 1,290.00 

 

728

 

$

1,250,704

 

$

(1,266,720

)

S & P 500 Index, Expires 4/22/06, Strike 1,295.00 

 

445

 

755,388

 

(720,900

)

S & P 500 Index, Expires 4/22/06, Strike 1,305.00

 

1,364

 

2,043,272

 

(1,432,200

)

S & P 500 Index, Expires 4/22/06, Strike 1,315.00

 

1,175

 

1,671,150

 

(740,250

)

Total Call Options Written
(premiums received $5,720,514)

 

 

 

 

 

$

(4,160,070

)

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,753,720

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

$

485,421,847

 

 

(1)

 

Non-income producing security.

 

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

Aggregate cost

 

$

442,437,849

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

55,280,783

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(9,890,435

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

45,390,348

 

 

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Summary of options outstanding at March 31, 2006:

Written call options activity for the period ended March 31, 2006 was as follows:

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Premiums
Received

 

Outstanding, beginning of period

 

3,813

 

$

6,086,874

 

Options written

 

11,121

 

16,485,947

 

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

 

(11,222

)

(16,852,307

)

Outstanding, end of period

 

3,712

 

$

5,720,514

 

 

All of the assets of the Fund are subject to segregation to satisfy the requirements of the escrow agent. At March 31, 2006, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

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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 Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

By:

 

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date:

 

May 24, 2006

 

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:

 

May 24, 2006

By:

 

/s/ Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

May 24, 2006