N-CSR 1 d420891dncsr.htm GLOBAL INCOME BUILDER PORTFOLIO Global Income Builder Portfolio

 

 

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: 811-23145

 

 

Global Income Builder Portfolio

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Deidre E. Walsh

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

October 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

October 31, 2022

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments

 

 

Common Stocks — 58.7%

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%                     

Safran S.A.

            15,665     $ 1,744,609  
                    $ 1,744,609  
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%                     

GXO Logistics, Inc.(1)

            27,738     $ 1,013,547  
                    $ 1,013,547  
Automobiles — 0.4%                     

Stellantis NV

            61,872     $ 834,750  
                    $ 834,750  
Banks — 2.7%                     

Banco Santander S.A.

      581,915     $ 1,509,182  

Citigroup, Inc.

      19,891       912,201  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

      22,606       924,586  

HDFC Bank, Ltd.

      65,884       1,195,053  

ING Groep NV

      21,302       209,603  

M&T Bank Corp.

      3,936       662,704  

Standard Chartered PLC

            104,185       622,478  
                    $ 6,035,807  
Beverages — 2.3%                     

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

      51,744     $ 3,096,878  

Diageo PLC

            46,546       1,915,483  
                    $ 5,012,361  
Biotechnology — 0.5%                     

CSL, Ltd.

            5,787     $ 1,035,962  
                    $ 1,035,962  
Building Products — 0.4%                     

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

            41,989     $ 847,845  
                    $ 847,845  
Capital Markets — 1.4%                     

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      8,377     $ 352,756  

State Street Corp.

      26,629       1,970,546  

Stifel Financial Corp.

            10,745       664,793  
                    $ 2,988,095  
Security        Shares     Value  
Chemicals — 0.2%                   

Sika AG

        2,412     $ 543,847  
                $ 543,847  
Consumer Finance — 0.2%                   

Capital One Financial Corp.

        4,078     $ 432,350  
                $ 432,350  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%                   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1)

        5,465     $ 1,612,667  
                $ 1,612,667  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%                   

Iberdrola S.A.

      158,553     $ 1,612,369  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

        20,455       1,585,262  
                $ 3,197,631  
Electrical Equipment — 1.4%                   

AMETEK, Inc.

      12,139     $ 1,573,943  

Schneider Electric SE

        11,379       1,438,946  
                $ 3,012,889  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 2.7%         

CDW Corp.

      12,312     $ 2,127,637  

Halma PLC

      37,153       900,933  

Keyence Corp.

      1,870       705,112  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(1)

      5,325       927,349  

Riverbed Technology, Inc.(2)

      3,977       1,998  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

      10,606       1,296,371  

Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(1)

        8       2,266  
                $ 5,961,666  
Entertainment — 1.3%                   

Walt Disney Co. (The)(1)

        26,531     $ 2,826,613  
                $ 2,826,613  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%         

American Tower Corp.

      2,955     $ 612,246  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

        19,485       462,379  
                $ 1,074,625  
Food Products — 2.4%                   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

      36,703     $ 2,256,500  

Nestle S.A.

        28,517       3,104,327  
                $ 5,360,827  
 

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security        Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.1%                   

Alcon, Inc.

      9,732     $ 592,536  

Boston Scientific Corp.(1)

      49,310       2,125,754  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(1)

      5,640       1,390,091  

Straumann Holding AG

        6,492       617,852  
                $ 4,726,233  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.0%                   

Elevance Health, Inc.(1)

        4,192     $ 2,292,060  
                $ 2,292,060  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.4%                   

Compass Group PLC

      110,338     $ 2,323,919  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

        16,248       873,016  
                $ 3,196,935  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%                   

Siemens AG

        13,710     $ 1,497,255  
                $ 1,497,255  
Insurance — 1.4%                   

AIA Group, Ltd.

      124,092     $ 939,971  

Allstate Corp. (The)

      3,512       443,390  

Aviva PLC

      2       10  

AXA S.A.

      35,341       872,742  

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

        5,720       884,769  
                $ 3,140,882  
Interactive Media & Services — 2.7%                   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(1)

        63,380     $ 5,999,551  
                $ 5,999,551  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.5%                   

Amazon.com, Inc.(1)

        32,242     $ 3,302,870  
                $ 3,302,870  
IT Services — 2.4%                   

Amadeus IT Group S.A.(1)

      15,592     $ 813,205  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

      22,304       1,851,009  

Global Payments, Inc.

      7,929       905,968  

Visa, Inc., Class A

        7,964       1,649,822  
                $ 5,220,004  
Leisure Products — 0.5%                   

Yamaha Corp.

        31,333     $ 1,182,954  
                $ 1,182,954  
Security        Shares     Value  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.6%                   

Danaher Corp.

      2,894     $ 728,333  

Lonza Group AG

        1,051       541,038  
                $ 1,269,371  
Machinery — 1.0%                   

Graco, Inc.

      11,106     $ 772,755  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

        28,004       1,414,202  
                $ 2,186,957  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%                   

Alleima AB(1)

      1,121     $ 3,819  

Rio Tinto, Ltd.

        13,256       752,273  
                $ 756,092  
Multi-Utilities — 0.2%                   

CMS Energy Corp.

        8,069     $ 460,336  
                $ 460,336  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.4%                   

Chevron Corp.

      13,558     $ 2,452,642  

EOG Resources, Inc.

      30,347       4,142,973  

Phillips 66

      2,171       226,414  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

        2,523       646,922  
                $ 7,468,951  
Personal Products — 0.3%                   

Kose Corp.

        6,101     $ 609,005  
                $ 609,005  
Pharmaceuticals — 5.9%                   

AstraZeneca PLC

      12,755     $ 1,496,571  

Eli Lilly & Co.

      10,732       3,885,950  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

      24,134       2,624,120  

Roche Holding AG PC

      5,541       1,838,493  

Sanofi

      18,821       1,619,694  

Zoetis, Inc.

        9,931       1,497,396  
                $ 12,962,224  
Professional Services — 1.6%                   

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

      26,791     $ 824,391  

RELX PLC

      61,295       1,646,413  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

        5,788       1,058,220  
                $ 3,529,024  
 

 

  22   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.5%         

ASML Holding NV

      4,161     $ 1,951,869  

Infineon Technologies AG

      47,793       1,159,719  

Micron Technology, Inc.

      24,254       1,312,142  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR

            18,045       1,110,670  
                    $ 5,534,400  
Software — 4.0%                     

Adobe, Inc.(1)

      5,104     $ 1,625,624  

Dassault Systemes SE

      25,680       860,762  

Intuit, Inc.

      3,022       1,291,905  

Microsoft Corp.

            22,225       5,159,089  
                    $ 8,937,380  
Specialty Retail — 1.7%                     

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

      9,071     $ 1,768,391  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

            28,068       2,023,703  
                    $ 3,792,094  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.9%         

Apple, Inc.

            28,022     $ 4,296,893  
                    $ 4,296,893  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%                     

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

            2,261     $ 1,426,679  
                    $ 1,426,679  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%                     

Ashtead Group PLC

            21,543     $ 1,122,240  
                    $ 1,122,240  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%                     

Vodafone Group PLC

            1,242,622     $ 1,450,639  
                    $ 1,450,639  

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $97,043,807)

                  $ 129,897,120  
Convertible Bonds — 0.1%      
Security         

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Leisure Products — 0.1%                     

Peloton Interactive, Inc., 0.00%, 2/15/26

          $ 310     $ 223,213  
                    $ 223,213  
Security         

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Software — 0.0%(3)                     

1Life Healthcare, Inc., 3.00%, 6/15/25

          $ 81     $ 78,813  
                    $ 78,813  

Total Convertible Bonds
(identified cost $345,465)

                  $ 302,026  
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.1%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%                     

Becton Dickinson and Co., Series B, 6.00%

            3,268     $ 159,282  
                    $ 159,282  
Software — 0.0%(3)                     

Riverbed Technology, Inc., Series A, 6.50%, (1.50% cash, 5.00% PIK)(1)(2)

            2,480     $ 2,480  
                    $ 2,480  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $244,405)

                  $ 161,762  
Corporate Bonds — 36.6%      
Security  

Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*

    Value  
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%                     

Moog, Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/27(4)

      170     $ 152,397  

Rolls-Royce PLC, 5.75%, 10/15/27(4)

      492       445,919  

TransDigm UK Holdings PLC, 6.875%, 5/15/26

      200       195,480  
TransDigm, Inc.:                  

4.625%, 1/15/29

      185       157,833  

5.50%, 11/15/27

      106       96,867  

6.25%, 3/15/26(4)

      419       414,029  

7.50%, 3/15/27

            327       322,710  
                    $ 1,785,235  
Airlines — 0.4%                     

Air Canada, 3.875%, 8/15/26(4)

      101     $ 89,516  

Air France-KLM, 1.875%, 1/16/25(5)

    EUR       100       88,429  
American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP, Ltd.:                  

5.50%, 4/20/26(4)

      314       299,534  

5.75%, 4/20/29(4)

      144       131,297  
 

 

  23   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Airlines (continued)                     

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, 2.875%, 2/11/25(5)

    EUR       200     $ 184,792  

United Airlines, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/29(4)

            193       165,406  
                    $ 958,974  
Auto Components — 0.6%                     
Clarios Global, L.P./Clarios US Finance Co.:                  

4.375%, 5/15/26(5)

    EUR       681     $ 631,104  

8.50%, 5/15/27(4)

      194       190,449  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 6.375%, (6.375% cash or 7.125% PIK), 5/15/29(4)(6)

      200       171,614  

Real Hero Merger Sub 2, Inc., 6.25%, 2/1/29(4)

      54       38,844  

TI Automotive Finance PLC, 3.75%, 4/15/29(5)

    EUR       200       143,664  

Wheel Pros, Inc., 6.50%, 5/15/29(4)

            213       100,566  
                    $ 1,276,241  
Automobiles — 0.7%                     

Allison Transmission, Inc., 3.75%, 1/30/31(4)

      54     $ 43,213  
Ford Motor Co.:                  

3.25%, 2/12/32

      364       273,919  

4.75%, 1/15/43

      197       137,540  

9.625%, 4/22/30

      26       29,059  
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC:                  

3.087%, 1/9/23

      231       230,188  

3.37%, 11/17/23

      200       193,318  

4.125%, 8/17/27

      555       494,055  

5.125%, 6/16/25

            200       193,278  
                    $ 1,594,570  
Automotives — 0.3%                     
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The):                  

5.00%, 7/15/29

      336     $ 292,243  

5.25%, 7/15/31

      270       229,122  

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, 2.20%, 1/15/24(5)

    EUR       100       93,021  
                    $ 614,386  
Banks — 2.0%                     

Banco Mercantil del Norte S.A./Grand Cayman, 7.625% to 1/10/28(4)(7)(8)

      200     $ 164,490  

Bank of America Corp., Series TT, 6.125% to 4/27/27(7)(8)

      89       84,328  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 8.625% to 10/27/27, 10/27/82(8)

      200       201,223  

Barclays PLC, 8.00% to 3/15/29(7)(8)

      200       179,671  

BNP Paribas S.A., 7.75% to 8/16/29(4)(7)(8)

      200       189,067  

Citigroup, Inc., Series W, 4.00% to 12/10/25(7)(8)

      51       43,146  

Credit Suisse Group AG, 9.75% to 6/23/27(4)(7)(8)

      200       190,525  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Banks (continued)                     

Farm Credit Bank of Texas, Series 3, 6.20% to 6/15/28(4)(7)(8)

      220     $ 195,056  

HSBC Holdings PLC, 4.60% to 12/17/30(7)(8)

      200       132,440  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Series F, 5.625% to 7/15/30(7)(8)

      125       114,231  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.:                  

Series KK, 3.65% to 6/1/26(7)(8)

      251       208,317  

Series S, 6.75%, to 2/1/24(7)(8)

      215       215,134  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 7.50% to 9/27/25(7)(8)

      200       186,000  

Natwest Group PLC, 4.60% to 6/28/31(7)(8)

      200       129,630  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), Series V, 6.20% to 9/15/27(7)(8)

      100       94,970  

Societe Generale S.A., 5.375% to
11/18/30(4)(7)(8)

      200       145,370  

Standard Chartered PLC, 4.75% to
1/14/31(4)(7)(8)

      229       152,942  
SVB Financial Group:                  

4.10% to 2/15/31(7)(8)

      311       192,737  

Series C, 4.00% to 5/15/26(7)(8)

      58       40,661  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 8.125% to 10/31/27, 10/31/82(8)

      200       202,750  

Truist Financial Corp., Series Q, 5.10% to 3/1/30(7)(8)

      77       67,766  

UBS Group AG, 4.375% to 2/10/31(4)(7)(8)

      200       139,430  

UniCredit SpA, 7.296% to 4/2/29, 4/2/34(4)(8)

      200       169,851  

Vivion Investments S.a.r.l., 3.00%, 8/8/24(5)

    EUR       600       510,571  

Wells Fargo & Co., Series BB, 3.90% to 3/15/26(7)(8)

      167       141,887  

Zions Bancorp NA, 5.80% to 6/15/23(7)(8)

            268       253,304  
                    $ 4,345,497  
Biotechnology — 0.4%                     
Grifols Escrow Issuer S.A.:                  

3.875%, 10/15/28(5)

    EUR       925     $ 698,942  

4.75%, 10/15/28(4)

            280       219,121  
                    $ 918,063  
Building Products — 1.2%                     
Builders FirstSource, Inc.:                  

4.25%, 2/1/32(4)

      204     $ 163,584  

5.00%, 3/1/30(4)

      90       77,429  

HT Troplast GmbH, 9.25%, 7/15/25(5)

    EUR       650       562,035  
KB Home:                  

4.00%, 6/15/31

      11       8,348  

4.80%, 11/15/29

      71       58,059  

Oscar AcquisitionCo, LLC/Oscar Finance, Inc., 9.50%, 4/15/30(4)

      85       72,177  
Standard Industries, Inc.:                  

2.25%, 11/21/26(5)

    EUR       400       328,959  
 

 

  24   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Building Products (continued)                     
Standard Industries, Inc.: (continued)                  

4.375%, 7/15/30(4)

      275     $ 222,863  

5.00%, 2/15/27(4)

      78       70,700  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/28(4)

      196       179,906  

Victoria PLC, 3.625%, 8/24/26(5)

    EUR       806       622,173  

WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/26(4)

            346       323,170  
                    $ 2,689,403  
Capital Markets — 0.2%                     

AerCap Holdings NV, 5.875% to 10/10/24, 10/10/79(8)

      150     $ 135,174  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The), Series I, 4.00% to 6/1/26(7)(8)

            259       213,261  
                    $ 348,435  
Casino & Gaming — 0.1%                     
Cinemark USA, Inc.:                  

5.875%, 3/15/26(4)

      67     $ 56,505  

8.75%, 5/1/25(4)

      48       48,201  

Speedway Motorsports, LLC/Speedway Funding II, Inc., 4.875%, 11/1/27(4)

            250       217,583  
                    $ 322,289  
Chemicals — 0.5%                     

ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 9/30/28(4)

      88     $ 70,195  

Avient Corp., 7.125%, 8/1/30(4)

      102       97,675  

Herens Holdco S.a.r.l., 4.75%, 5/15/28(4)

      201       164,958  
NOVA Chemicals Corp.:                  

4.25%, 5/15/29(4)

      203       166,034  

4.875%, 6/1/24(4)

      56       54,586  

Nufarm Australia, Ltd./Nufarm Americas, Inc., 5.00%, 1/27/30(4)

      172       145,737  
Valvoline, Inc.:                  

3.625%, 6/15/31(4)

      128       101,172  

4.25%, 2/15/30(4)

            224       215,938  
                    $ 1,016,295  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.9%                     

Adtalem Global Education, Inc., 5.50%, 3/1/28(4)

      266     $ 243,121  

APi Group DE, Inc., 4.75%, 10/15/29(4)

      55       46,442  
Clean Harbors, Inc.:                  

4.875%, 7/15/27(4)

      101       95,197  

5.125%, 7/15/29(4)

      61       56,643  

EC Finance PLC, 3.00%, 10/15/26(5)

    EUR       274       239,898  
Gartner, Inc.:                  

3.75%, 10/1/30(4)

      187       157,548  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued)                     
Gartner, Inc.: (continued)                  

4.50%, 7/1/28(4)

      151     $ 140,240  
GFL Environmental, Inc.:                  

3.50%, 9/1/28(4)

      265       225,368  

3.75%, 8/1/25(4)

      130       123,167  

4.75%, 6/15/29(4)

      343       299,726  

HealthEquity, Inc., 4.50%, 10/1/29(4)

      153       133,875  
Hertz Corp. (The):                  

4.625%, 12/1/26(4)

      29       24,766  

5.00%, 12/1/29(4)

      230       182,821  

Korn Ferry, 4.625%, 12/15/27(4)

      233       212,282  

Madison IAQ, LLC, 5.875%, 6/30/29(4)

      323       222,148  

Metis Merger Sub, LLC, 6.50%, 5/15/29(4)

      167       134,420  

MoneyGram International, Inc., 5.375%, 8/1/26(4)

      249       244,887  

NESCO Holdings II, Inc., 5.50%, 4/15/29(4)

      206       181,061  

Paprec Holding S.A., 3.50%, 7/1/28(5)

    EUR       352       279,030  

PROG Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/29(4)

      139       113,807  

Team Health Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 2/1/25(4)

      235       177,940  

Terminix Co., LLC (The), 7.45%, 8/15/27

      536       598,326  

Tervita Corp., 11.00%, 12/1/25(4)

            123       133,816  
                    $ 4,266,529  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%                     

Cellnex Finance Co. S.A., 2.25%, 4/12/26(5)

    EUR       200     $ 180,321  

TopBuild Corp., 4.125%, 2/15/32(4)

            263       206,299  
                    $ 386,620  
Construction Materials — 0.2%                     

Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, LLC, 6.00%, 11/1/28(4)

            641     $ 540,248  
                    $ 540,248  
Consumer Finance — 0.3%                     

CPUK Finance, Ltd., 4.875%, 8/28/25(5)

    GBP       278     $ 289,668  
PRA Group, Inc.:                  

5.00%, 10/1/29(4)

      115       92,399  

7.375%, 9/1/25(4)

            261       250,033  
                    $ 632,100  
Containers & Packaging — 0.6%                     

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA, LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 3.00%, 9/1/29(5)

    EUR       200     $ 141,923  

Canpack S.A./Canpack US, LLC, 3.875%, 11/15/29(4)

      312       248,393  

Kleopatra Finco S.a.r.l., 4.25%, 3/1/26(5)

    EUR       479       391,407  

LABL, Inc., 5.875%, 11/1/28(4)

      66       57,455  
 

 

  25   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Containers & Packaging (continued)                     

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 7.25%, 4/15/25(4)

      82     $ 73,929  

Schoeller Packaging B.V., 6.375%, 11/1/24(5)

    EUR       450       359,469  

Verallia S.A., 1.875%, 11/10/31(5)

    EUR       100       73,234  
                    $ 1,345,810  
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 0.1%                     
Edgewell Personal Care Co.:                  

4.125%, 4/1/29(4)

      74     $ 63,307  

5.50%, 6/1/28(4)

            180       169,642  
                    $ 232,949  
Distributors — 0.5%                     

BCPE Empire Holdings, Inc., 7.625%, 5/1/27(4)

      451     $ 413,034  

Parts Europe S.A., 5.456%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 7/20/27(5)(9)

    EUR       350       337,275  
Performance Food Group, Inc.:                  

4.25%, 8/1/29(4)

      315       267,608  

5.50%, 10/15/27(4)

            169       160,188  
                    $ 1,178,105  
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%                     

GEMS MENASA Cayman, Ltd./GEMS Education Delaware, LLC, 7.125%, 7/31/26(5)

            750     $ 710,602  
                    $ 710,602  
Diversified Financial Services — 1.8%                     

AG TTMT Escrow Issuer, LLC, 8.625%, 9/30/27(4)

      145     $ 145,738  
Allied Universal Holdco, LLC/Allied Universal Finance
Corp.:
                 

6.625%, 7/15/26(4)

      485       464,094  

9.75%, 7/15/27(4)

      203       176,985  

Ally Financial, Inc., Series B, 4.70% to 5/15/26(7)(8)

      270       196,594  

Alpha Holding S.A. de CV, 9.00%, 2/10/25(4)(10)

      190       2,855  

American AgCredit Corp., Series QIB, 5.25% to 6/15/26(4)(7)(8)

      250       229,687  

Bread Financial Holdings, Inc., 4.75%, 12/15/24(4)

      194       169,820  

Compass Group Diversified Holdings, LLC, 5.25%, 4/15/29(4)

      65       56,065  
Encore Capital Group, Inc.:                  

4.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.25%), 1/15/28(5)(9)

    EUR       479       426,591  

5.375%, 2/15/26(5)

    GBP       180       180,621  
Icahn Enterprises, L.P./Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.:                  

6.25%, 5/15/26

      99       95,222  

6.375%, 12/15/25

      120       116,767  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Diversified Financial Services (continued)                     

Jane Street Group/JSG Finance, Inc., 4.50%, 11/15/29(4)

      305     $ 270,274  

Jefferson Capital Holdings, LLC, 6.00%, 8/15/26(4)

      343       286,062  

Louvre Bidco S.A.S., 6.50%, 9/30/24(5)

    EUR       310       287,546  

Oxford Finance, LLC/Oxford Finance Co-Issuer II, Inc., 6.375%, 2/1/27(4)

      160       146,667  
Rocket Mortgage, LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc.:                  

2.875%, 10/15/26(4)

      156       130,606  

3.625%, 3/1/29(4)

      133       103,422  

4.00%, 10/15/33(4)

      30       21,026  

Sherwood Financing PLC, 6.00%, 11/15/26(5)

    GBP       420       352,090  

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC/XO Management Holding, Inc., 6.375%, 2/1/30(4)

            256       213,150  
                    $ 4,071,882  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%                     

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 4.25%, 7/1/28(4)

      324     $ 268,185  

Lorca Telecom Bondco S.A., 4.00%, 9/18/27(5)

    EUR       650       566,568  
                    $ 834,753  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%                     

Dominion Energy, Inc., Series C, 4.35% to 1/15/27(7)(8)

      93     $ 77,403  

Enviva Partners, L.P./Enviva Partners Finance Corp., 6.50%, 1/15/26(4)

      435       418,311  
FirstEnergy Corp.:                  

2.65%, 3/1/30

      53       42,965  

Series B, 4.40% to 1/15/23, 7/15/27(11)

      257       241,778  

Imola Merger Corp., 4.75%, 5/15/29(4)

      370       319,660  
NextEra Energy Operating Partners, L.P.:                  

4.25%, 9/15/24(4)

      9       8,498  

4.50%, 9/15/27(4)

      205       190,952  
NRG Energy, Inc.:                  

3.375%, 2/15/29(4)

      106       88,449  

3.625%, 2/15/31(4)

      177       141,092  

3.875%, 2/15/32(4)

      195       154,157  

5.25%, 6/15/29(4)

      122       111,005  

Pattern Energy Operations, L.P./Pattern Energy Operations, Inc., 4.50%, 8/15/28(4)

      199       179,435  

Sempra Energy, 4.125% to 1/1/27, 4/1/52(8)

      167       125,979  

Southern California Edison Co., Series E, 8.639%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.199%), 12/5/22(9)

      101       99,255  
Southern Co. (The):                  

Series 21-A, 3.75% to 6/15/26, 9/15/51(8)

      120       95,412  

Series B, 4.00% to 10/15/25, 1/15/51(8)

      56       48,831  

Series B, 6.923%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.63%), 3/15/57(9)

      192       191,040  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 5.00%, 1/31/28(4)

      237       220,095  
 

 

  26   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)                     
Vistra Operations Co., LLC:                  

4.375%, 5/1/29(4)

      173     $ 148,384  

5.00%, 7/31/27(4)

            232       214,425  
                    $ 3,117,126  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%                

Coherent Corp., 5.00%, 12/15/29(4)

      138     $ 118,721  

Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.00%, 10/1/25(4)

      57       55,356  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 7.25%, 6/15/28(4)

            153       155,434  
                    $ 329,511  
Entertainment — 0.9%                     
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.:                  

6.25%, 7/1/25(4)

      417     $ 407,512  

8.125%, 7/1/27(4)

      56       54,558  

CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc., 5.75%, 4/1/30(4)

      233       210,632  

Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/28(4)

      206       156,892  

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., 6.75%, 2/15/29(4)

      278       245,567  

LHMC Finco 2 S.a.r.l., 7.25%, (7.25% cash or 8.00% PIK), 10/2/25(5)(6)

    EUR       542       461,994  

Lottomatica SpA, 6.25%, 7/15/25(5)

    EUR       200       188,121  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.00%, 5/15/28(4)

      216       209,501  

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., 5.25%, 8/15/29(4)

            65       55,998  
                    $ 1,990,775  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%         

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc./BPR Cumulus, LLC/BPR Nimbus, LLC/GGSI Sellco, LLC, 4.50%, 4/1/27(4)

      307     $ 261,846  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 3.375%, 6/15/26(4)

            200       163,052  
                    $ 424,898  
Food Products — 0.6%                     
Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, L.P./
Albertsons, LLC:
                 

4.875%, 2/15/30(4)

      138     $ 122,807  

5.875%, 2/15/28(4)

      181       169,456  

Darling Ingredients, Inc., 6.00%, 6/15/30(4)

      110       106,024  
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.:                  

4.375%, 6/1/46

      44       34,427  

5.50%, 6/1/50

      34       31,209  

Land O’ Lakes, Inc., 8.00%(4)(7)

      235       233,288  

Nomad Foods Bondco PLC, 2.50%, 6/24/28(5)

    EUR       571       454,903  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 3.50%, 3/1/32(4)

            316       242,756  
                    $ 1,394,870  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Gas Utilities — 0.1%                     

NiSource, Inc., 5.65% to 6/15/23(7)(8)

            280     $ 259,000  
                    $ 259,000  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%                     
Centene Corp.:                  

2.50%, 3/1/31

      311     $ 239,193  

3.00%, 10/15/30

      377       304,100  

3.375%, 2/15/30

      308       256,333  

4.625%, 12/15/29

      319       289,218  

Compass Minerals International, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/27(4)

      399       375,925  

LifePoint Health, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/29(4)

      110       70,433  

Medline Borrower, L.P., 5.25%, 10/1/29(4)

      531       414,451  

ModivCare Escrow Issuer, Inc., 5.00%, 10/1/29(4)

      101       86,089  
Molina Healthcare, Inc.:                  

3.875%, 11/15/30(4)

      245       208,772  

3.875%, 5/15/32(4)

      189       158,125  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc./LifePoint Health, Inc., 9.75%, 12/1/26(4)

      55       43,965  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:                  

4.375%, 1/15/30(4)

      102       85,757  

6.125%, 10/1/28(4)

      289       250,599  

6.875%, 11/15/31

      133       113,070  

US Acute Care Solutions, LLC, 6.375%, 3/1/26(4)

      400       363,642  

Varex Imaging Corp., 7.875%, 10/15/27(4)

            219       214,069  
                    $ 3,473,741  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%                     
HCA, Inc.:                  

5.375%, 9/1/26

      270     $ 262,828  

5.625%, 9/1/28

      245       235,596  

Legacy LifePoint Health, LLC, 4.375%, 2/15/27(4)

      173       136,813  

ModivCare, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/25(4)

      182       173,158  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.:                  

4.625%, 9/1/24(4)

      49       47,415  

4.875%, 1/1/26(4)

      290       274,604  

5.125%, 11/1/27(4)

            138       127,447  
                    $ 1,257,861  
Healthcare-Products — 0.1%                     

Avantor Funding, Inc., 3.875%, 7/15/28(5)

    EUR       150     $ 130,264  
                    $ 130,264  
 

 

  27   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5%                     
1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company/New Red
Finance, Inc.:
                 

3.875%, 1/15/28(4)

      286     $ 251,915  

4.375%, 1/15/28(4)

      182       160,053  

5.75%, 4/15/25(4)

      66       65,841  

Lithia Motors, Inc., 4.625%, 12/15/27(4)

      91       81,108  

MGM Resorts International, 4.75%, 10/15/28

      184       159,956  

Viking Cruises, Ltd., 5.875%, 9/15/27(4)

            399       316,268  
                    $ 1,035,141  
Household Products — 0.2%                     

Central Garden & Pet Co., 4.125%, 10/15/30

      55     $ 45,539  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.50%, 7/15/30(4)

      56       45,043  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 3.875%, 10/15/31(4)

            397       298,913  
                    $ 389,495  
Housewares — 0.2%                     

ProGroup AG, 3.00%, 3/31/26(5)

    EUR       460     $ 401,008  
                    $ 401,008  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3%         

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., 4.75% to 1/18/27, 1/18/82(8)

      113     $ 91,248  
Calpine Corp.:                  

5.125%, 3/15/28(4)

      273       242,642  

5.25%, 6/1/26(4)

      50       47,526  

NRG Energy, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/28

            210       200,795  
                    $ 582,211  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%                     

Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 2/1/26(4)

      162     $ 146,858  

Gatwick Airport Finance PLC, 4.375%, 4/7/26(5)

    GBP       245       234,508  

Paprec Holding S.A., 4.00%, 3/31/25(5)

    EUR       115       105,409  
                    $ 486,775  
Insurance — 0.7%                     

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC/Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 6.75%, 10/15/27(4)

      458     $ 418,564  

Corebridge Financial, Inc., 6.875% to 9/15/27, 12/15/52(4)(8)

      187       168,934  

Galaxy Finco, Ltd., 9.25%, 7/31/27(5)

    GBP       525       481,656  

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.125% to 9/15/26, 12/15/51(4)(8)

      216       162,291  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Insurance (continued)                     

Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.125% to 11/28/31, 3/1/52(8)

      60     $ 51,293  

QBE Insurance Group, Ltd., 5.875% to 5/12/25(4)(7)(8)

            222       202,653  
                    $ 1,485,391  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%                     
Arches Buyer, Inc.:                  

4.25%, 6/1/28(4)

      82     $ 67,460  

6.125%, 12/1/28(4)

      83       64,117  

Match Group Holdings II, LLC, 3.625%, 10/1/31(4)

            210       160,377  
                    $ 291,954  
Leisure Products — 0.7%                     

Carnival Corp., 5.75%, 3/1/27(4)

      207     $ 143,824  
Life Time, Inc.:                  

5.75%, 1/15/26(4)

      199       185,578  

8.00%, 4/15/26(4)

      252       220,095  

Lindblad Expeditions, LLC, 6.75%, 2/15/27(4)

      154       137,223  
NCL Corp., Ltd.:                  

5.875%, 3/15/26(4)

      106       87,009  

5.875%, 2/15/27(4)

      67       59,904  

7.75%, 2/15/29(4)

      56       44,741  

NCL Finance, Ltd., 6.125%, 3/15/28(4)

      55       42,845  

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 11.625%, 8/15/27(4)

      201       193,105  

Sabre GLBL, Inc., 9.25%, 4/15/25(4)

      259       251,420  

Viking Cruises, Ltd., 7.00%, 2/15/29(4)

      104       82,663  

Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII, Ltd., 5.625%, 2/15/29(4)

            66       51,547  
                    $ 1,499,954  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%                     

W.R. Grace Holdings, LLC, 4.875%, 6/15/27(4)

            245     $ 214,681  
                    $ 214,681  
Machinery — 0.1%                     

IMA Industria Macchine Automatiche SpA, 3.75%, 1/15/28(5)

    EUR       381     $ 310,551  
                    $ 310,551  
Media — 2.0%                     

Altice France S.A., 8.125%, 2/1/27(4)

      458     $ 419,986  

Audacy Capital Corp., 6.75%, 3/31/29(4)

      261       74,620  

Beasley Mezzanine Holdings, LLC, 8.625%, 2/1/26(4)

      308       222,145  
CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.:                  

4.25%, 2/1/31(4)

      338       267,579  

4.50%, 8/15/30(4)

      343       278,955  
 

 

  28   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Media (continued)                     
CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.: (continued)        

4.75%, 3/1/30(4)

      322     $ 271,177  

4.75%, 2/1/32(4)

      139       111,536  

5.375%, 6/1/29(4)

      110       98,450  

6.375%, 9/1/29(4)

      253       233,542  

CMG Media Corp., 8.875%, 12/15/27(4)

      178       151,331  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 7.50%, 4/1/28(4)

      200       173,647  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 5.125%, 7/15/29(4)

      205       173,211  
McGraw-Hill Education, Inc.:                  

5.75%, 8/1/28(4)

      84       74,188  

8.00%, 8/1/29(4)

      365       311,590  
National CineMedia, LLC:                  

5.75%, 8/15/26

      189       16,310  

5.875%, 4/15/28(4)

      245       98,832  
Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital
Corp.:
                 

4.625%, 3/15/30(4)

      54       44,745  

6.25%, 6/15/25(4)

      137       135,272  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.:                  

3.125%, 9/1/26(4)

      125       111,968  

3.875%, 9/1/31(4)

      126       101,043  

5.00%, 8/1/27(4)

      218       200,997  

Summer (BC) Holdco A S.a.r.l., 9.25%, 10/31/27(5)

    EUR       129       99,627  

Summer (BC) Holdco B S.a.r.l., 5.75%, 10/31/26(5)

    EUR       400       343,843  

Townsquare Media, Inc., 6.875%, 2/1/26(4)

      141       133,388  

Univision Communications, Inc., 7.375%, 6/30/30(4)

      142       137,556  

UPCB Finance VII, Ltd., 3.625%, 6/15/29(5)

    EUR       116       97,453  

Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes III DAC, 4.875%, 7/15/28(5)

    GBP       100       92,254  
                    $ 4,475,245  
Metals & Mining — 1.9%                     

Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, 6.95%, 12/15/25

      598     $ 585,867  

Arconic Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/28(4)

      101       94,867  
BWX Technologies, Inc.:                  

4.125%, 6/30/28(4)

      159       139,357  

4.125%, 4/15/29(4)

      118       102,194  

Centennial Resource Production, LLC, 5.375%, 1/15/26(4)

      225       208,426  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 6.75%, 3/15/26(4)

      460       457,431  

Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.25%, 9/1/29(4)

      251       203,438  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.45%, 3/15/43

      267       219,737  
Hudbay Minerals, Inc.:                  

4.50%, 4/1/26(4)

      204       179,473  

6.125%, 4/1/29(4)

      96       79,711  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)                     

Infrabuild Australia Pty, Ltd., 12.00%, 10/1/24(4)

      1,024     $ 952,535  

New Gold, Inc., 7.50%, 7/15/27(4)

      491       419,442  

Novelis Corp., 3.25%, 11/15/26(4)

      89       78,124  

Novelis Sheet Ingot GmbH, 3.375%, 4/15/29(5)

    EUR       200       162,420  

Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc., 4.375%, 10/15/29(4)

      253       222,319  

TMS International Corp., 6.25%, 4/15/29(4)

            196       137,752  
                    $ 4,243,093  
Oil and Gas — 0.0%(3)                     

Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.50%, 3/13/27

            100     $ 87,878  
                    $ 87,878  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.5%                     

Aethon United BR, L.P./Aethon United Finance Corp., 8.25%, 2/15/26(4)

      555     $ 564,922  
Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC:                  

5.875%, 7/1/29(4)

      260       243,040  

7.75%, 2/15/26(4)

      190       189,464  

CrownRock, L.P./CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.00%, 5/1/29(4)

      173       157,405  

CVR Energy, Inc., 5.75%, 2/15/28(4)

      439       397,942  

DCP Midstream, L.P., Series A, 7.375% to 12/15/22(7)(8)

      298       294,292  

EnLink Midstream Partners, L.P., Series C, 6.00% to 12/15/22(7)(8)

      145       111,737  
EQT Corp.:                  

5.00%, 1/15/29

      53       49,307  

6.125%, 2/1/25

      69       69,245  

7.00%, 2/1/30

      102       104,680  
Nabors Industries, Ltd.:                  

7.50%, 1/15/28(4)

      118       109,611  

9.00%, 2/1/25(4)

      151       153,333  

Neptune Energy Bondco PLC, 6.625%, 5/15/25(4)

      200       194,681  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.:                  

6.20%, 3/15/40

      81       78,107  

6.375%, 9/1/28

      93       94,607  

6.45%, 9/15/36

      93       92,404  

6.625%, 9/1/30

      254       264,635  

Odebrecht Oil & Gas Finance, Ltd.,
0.00%(4)(7)

      862       1,508  
Parkland Corp.:                  

4.50%, 10/1/29(4)

      110       92,847  

4.625%, 5/1/30(4)

      202       168,529  

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Series B, 6.125% to 12/5/22(7)(8)

      97       81,528  
Precision Drilling Corp.:                  

6.875%, 1/15/29(4)

      152       140,002  
 

 

  29   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)                     
Precision Drilling Corp.: (continued)                  

7.125%, 1/15/26(4)

      99     $ 97,391  
Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd.:                  

8.25%, 2/15/25(4)

      245       206,956  

8.875%, 11/15/24(4)

      71       70,032  

Southwestern Energy Co., 4.75%, 2/1/32

      194       167,748  
Sunoco, L.P./Sunoco Finance Corp.:                  

4.50%, 5/15/29

      209       180,017  

4.50%, 4/30/30

      226       192,768  

Tap Rock Resources, LLC, 7.00%, 10/1/26(4)

      292       273,095  
Targa Resources Partners, L.P./Targa Resources Partners
Finance Corp.:
                 

4.00%, 1/15/32

      169       138,875  

4.875%, 2/1/31

      37       32,692  

5.50%, 3/1/30

      36       33,294  

Transocean Poseidon, Ltd., 6.875%, 2/1/27(4)

      158       151,887  

Wintershall Dea Finance 2 B.V., 2.499% to 4/20/26(5)(7)(8)

    EUR       500       392,266  
                    $ 5,590,847  
Paper and Forest Products — 0.0%(3)                     

Glatfelter Corp., 4.75%, 11/15/29(4)

            31     $ 20,010  
                    $ 20,010  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%                     
AdaptHealth, LLC:                  

4.625%, 8/1/29(4)

      65     $ 54,916  

5.125%, 3/1/30(4)

      133       115,669  

6.125%, 8/1/28(4)

      310       287,137  

BellRing Brands, Inc., 7.00%, 3/15/30(4)

      336       318,036  

Endo DAC/Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 5.875%, 10/15/24(4)(10)

      200       159,038  

Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I S.a.r.l./Endo US, Inc., 6.125%, 4/1/29(4)(10)

      247       187,177  

Herbalife Nutrition, Ltd./HLF Financing, Inc., 7.875%, 9/1/25(4)

      420       393,059  

Option Care Health, Inc., 4.375%, 10/31/29(4)

      97       83,898  

P&L Development, LLC/PLD Finance Corp., 7.75%, 11/15/25(4)

      122       94,345  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co., 4.40% to 12/15/22, 6/15/30(11)

            400       335,188  
                    $ 2,028,463  
Pipelines — 1.2%                     
Antero Midstream Partners, L.P./Antero Midstream
Finance Corp.:
                 

5.75%, 3/1/27(4)

      102     $ 97,365  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Pipelines (continued)                     
Antero Midstream Partners, L.P./Antero Midstream
Finance Corp.: (continued)
                 

7.875%, 5/15/26(4)

      109     $ 111,321  

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., 4.00%, 3/1/31

      519       438,231  

Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/28

      239       220,969  

DT Midstream, Inc., 4.125%, 6/15/29(4)

      172       149,121  

Energy Transfer, L.P., Series B, 6.625% to 2/15/28(7)(8)

      147       105,840  
EQM Midstream Partners, L.P.:                  

4.50%, 1/15/29(4)

      364       310,292  

6.00%, 7/1/25(4)

      43       41,701  

6.50%, 7/1/27(4)

      116       113,383  

7.50%, 6/1/30(4)

      126       122,705  

Kinetik Holdings, L.P., 5.875%, 6/15/30(4)

      237       222,624  

New Fortress Energy, Inc., 6.50%, 9/30/26(4)

      382       371,306  

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, 3.875%, 8/15/29(4)

      146       125,588  
Western Midstream Operating, L.P.:                  

4.30%, 2/1/30

      207       182,476  

4.50%, 3/1/28

      27       24,810  

4.75%, 8/15/28

            24       22,184  
                    $ 2,659,916  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.6%                     

ADLER Group S.A., 2.75%, 11/13/26(5)

    EUR       200     $ 85,978  
HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC:                  

3.75%, 9/15/30(4)

      151       104,420  

6.00%, 4/15/25(4)

      127       121,247  

Heimstaden Bostad AB, 3.00% to 10/29/27(5)(7)(8)

    EUR       415       224,732  
VICI Properties, L.P./VICI Note Co., Inc.:                  

3.75%, 2/15/27(4)

      27       23,717  

4.125%, 8/15/30(4)

      198       163,792  

4.25%, 12/1/26(4)

      300       273,642  

4.50%, 9/1/26(4)

      100       91,145  

4.625%, 12/1/29(4)

      66       57,544  

5.625%, 5/1/24(4)

            200       197,662  
                    $ 1,343,879  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%         

ON Semiconductor Corp., 3.875%, 9/1/28(4)

            258     $ 227,960  
                    $ 227,960  
Software — 0.5%                     

Black Knight InfoServ, LLC, 3.625%, 9/1/28(4)

      152     $ 132,050  

Fair Isaac Corp., 4.00%, 6/15/28(4)

      165       149,733  

Minerva Merger Sub, Inc., 6.50%, 2/15/30(4)

      306       239,222  

Open Text Corp., 3.875%, 2/15/28(4)

      37       31,745  
 

 

  30   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Software (continued)                     

Open Text Holdings, Inc., 4.125%, 2/15/30(4)

      37     $ 29,548  

Playtika Holding Corp., 4.25%, 3/15/29(4)

      248       207,011  

SS&C Technologies, Inc., 5.50%, 9/30/27(4)

            296       275,733  
                    $ 1,065,042  
Specialty Retail — 2.3%                     

Arko Corp., 5.125%, 11/15/29(4)

      271     $ 214,957  
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.:                  

4.625%, 11/15/29(4)

      27       22,274  

4.75%, 3/1/30

      228       187,156  

5.00%, 2/15/32(4)

      28       22,646  
Bath & Body Works, Inc.:                  

6.625%, 10/1/30(4)

      144       129,182  

6.75%, 7/1/36

      80       66,296  

6.875%, 11/1/35

      233       196,199  

6.95%, 3/1/33

      168       138,566  

7.60%, 7/15/37

      75       59,427  

9.375%, 7/1/25(4)

      31       32,202  

Dave & Buster’s, Inc., 7.625%, 11/1/25(4)

      457       456,408  

Dufry One B.V., 3.375%, 4/15/28(5)

    EUR       479       391,547  

eG Global Finance PLC, 6.25%, 10/30/25(5)

    EUR       150       128,789  

Fertitta Entertainment, LLC/Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/29(4)

      100       87,156  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 4.00%, 8/15/28(4)

      203       167,220  

IRB Holding Corp., 7.00%, 6/15/25(4)

      98       98,058  

Ken Garff Automotive, LLC, 4.875%, 9/15/28(4)

      155       128,915  

LCM Investments Holdings II, LLC, 4.875%, 5/1/29(4)

      257       217,457  

Lithia Motors, Inc., 3.875%, 6/1/29(4)

      86       69,529  

Midco GB SASU, 7.75%, (7.75% cash or 8.50% PIK), 11/1/27(5)(6)

    EUR       285       266,555  

Patrick Industries, Inc., 7.50%, 10/15/27(4)

      30       27,631  
PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp.:                  

4.75%, 2/15/28(4)

      250       228,752  

7.75%, 2/15/29(4)

      264       248,453  

Punch Finance PLC, 6.125%, 6/30/26(5)

    GBP       340       341,239  
Sonic Automotive, Inc.:                  

4.625%, 11/15/29(4)

      172       135,164  

4.875%, 11/15/31(4)

      143       108,169  

SRS Distribution, Inc., 6.00%, 12/1/29(4)

      141       115,296  

Suburban Propane Partners, L.P./Suburban Energy

     

Finance Corp., 5.00%, 6/1/31(4)

      135       113,804  

Superior Plus, L.P./Superior General Partner, Inc., 4.50%, 3/15/29(4)

      254       215,920  
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Specialty Retail (continued)                     

Victoria’s Secret & Co., 4.625%, 7/15/29(4)

      261     $ 208,260  

Yum! Brands, Inc., 3.625%, 3/15/31

            340       273,547  
                    $ 5,096,774  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%                

Almaviva-The Italian Innovation Co. SpA, 4.875%, 10/30/26(5)

    EUR       305     $ 271,746  
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.:                  

3.875%, 9/1/28(4)

      410       361,989  

4.00%, 7/1/29(4)

      97       84,920  
NCR Corp.:                  

5.125%, 4/15/29(4)

      22       18,512  

5.25%, 10/1/30(4)

      17       13,756  

Presidio Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 2/1/28(4)

      158       140,843  

Science Applications International Corp., 4.875%, 4/1/28(4)

      260       237,107  
Seagate HDD Cayman:                  

3.125%, 7/15/29

      139       102,980  

3.375%, 7/15/31

            56       40,052  
                    $ 1,271,905  
Telecommunications — 1.3%                     

Altice France Holding S.A., 10.50%, 5/15/27(4)

      200     $ 156,286  

Ciena Corp., 4.00%, 1/31/30(4)

      117       99,054  

Connect Finco S.a.r.l./Connect US Finco, LLC, 6.75%, 10/1/26(4)

      421       396,435  

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28

      305       315,214  

Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/23

      375       381,654  
Telecom Italia SpA:                  

1.625%, 1/18/29(5)

    EUR       170       121,923  

2.75%, 4/15/25(5)

    EUR       140       126,999  

4.00%, 4/11/24(5)

    EUR       200       192,812  
T-Mobile USA, Inc.:                  

2.25%, 2/15/26

      132       118,719  

2.625%, 2/15/29

      165       136,661  

2.875%, 2/15/31

      99       79,816  

4.75%, 2/1/28

      170       161,160  

Viasat, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/27(4)

      61       56,508  
Vodafone Group PLC:                  

2.625% to 5/27/26, 8/27/80(5)(8)

    EUR       220       190,524  

4.875% to 7/3/25, 10/3/78(5)(8)

    GBP       215       219,320  

Wp/ap Telecom Holdings III B.V., 5.50%, 1/15/30(5)

    EUR       259       199,571  
                    $ 2,952,656  
 

 

  31   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)*
    Value  
Transportation — 0.2%                     

Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc., 4.75%, 2/1/28(4)

      249     $ 222,687  

Seaspan Corp., 5.50%, 8/1/29(4)

            213       164,593  
                    $ 387,280  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%                     

Altice France S.A., 5.50%, 10/15/29(4)

      200     $ 152,885  

Iliad Holding SASU, 6.50%, 10/15/26(4)

      258       239,344  

Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26

            157       164,125  
                    $ 556,354  

Total Corporate Bonds
(identified cost $96,436,330)

 

  $ 81,151,495  
Exchange-Traded Funds — 0.1%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Equity Funds — 0.1%                     

Global X U.S. Preferred ETF

      3,235     $ 63,503  

iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF

            2,402       73,285  

Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(identified cost $167,497)

                  $ 136,788  
Preferred Stocks — 1.1%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Banks — 0.1%                     

Farm Credit Bank of Texas, 6.75% to 9/15/23(4)(8)

      669     $ 66,733  
First Republic Bank:                  

Series M, 4.00%

      6,280       94,263  

Series N, 4.50%

      2,083       35,077  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series LL, 4.625%

      4,150       76,941  

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, 7.50% (Convertible)

            23       26,807  
                    $ 299,821  
Capital Markets — 0.1%                     

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., 4.75%

      5,486     $ 93,756  

KKR Group Finance Co. IX, LLC, 4.625%

      7,175       125,060  

Stifel Financial Corp., Series D, 4.50%

            4,600       74,474  
                    $ 293,290  
Electric Utilities — 0.1%                     

Brookfield BRP Holdings Canada, Inc., 4.625%

      7,000     $ 101,990  
Security        Shares     Value  
Electric Utilities (continued)                   

SCE Trust III, Series H, 5.75% to 3/15/24(8)

      4,892     $ 94,611  

SCE Trust IV, Series J, 5.375% to 9/15/25(8)

      1,911       34,283  

SCE Trust V, Series K, 5.45% to 3/15/26(8)

      3,551       68,108  

SCE Trust VI, 5.00%

        357       6,123  
                $ 305,115  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%(3)         

SITE Centers Corp., Series A, 6.375%

        4,730     $ 94,884  
                $ 94,884  
Insurance — 0.1%                   

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., Series B,
6.625% to 9/1/25(8)

      5,959     $ 138,011  

Arch Capital Group, Ltd., Series G, 4.55%

        7,143       125,431  
                $ 263,442  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%                   

NuStar Energy, L.P., Series B, 9.126%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.643%)(9)

        15,478     $ 328,753  
                $ 328,753  
Pipelines — 0.1%                   
Energy Transfer, L.P.:                

Series C, 7.375% to 5/15/23(8)

      3,000     $ 67,200  

Series E, 7.60% to 5/15/24(8)

        4,970       114,459  
                $ 181,659  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%                   
Brookfield Property Partners, L.P.:                

Series A, 5.75%

      6,429     $ 97,271  

Series A2, 6.375%

        8,191       133,513  
                $ 230,784  
Telecommunications — 0.1%                   

United States Cellular Corp., 5.50%

        11,360     $ 193,915  
                $ 193,915  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%                   

WESCO International, Inc., Series A, 10.625% to 6/22/25(8)

        12,788     $ 345,276  
                $ 345,276  

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $3,239,078)

 

  $ 2,536,939  
 

 

  32   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Senior Floating-Rate Loans — 1.2%(12)

 

Borrower/Description       

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Airlines — 0.3%                   

Air Canada, Term Loan, 6.421%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 8/11/28

    $ 203     $ 199,060  

Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.777%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%), 6/21/27

        405       414,253  
                $ 613,313  
Health Care — 0.0%(3)                   

Pluto Acquisition I, Inc.Term Loan, 6.076%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 6/22/26

      $ 140     $ 121,937  
                $ 121,937  
Health Care Technology — 0.1%                   

Verscend Holding Corp., Term Loan, 7.754%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 8/27/25

      $ 247     $ 243,845  
                $ 243,845  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%                   

Spectacle Gary Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.004%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), 11/19/28

      $ 206     $ 198,540  
                $ 198,540  
IT Services — 0.1%                   

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 12.42%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.75%), 5.17% cash, 7.25% PIK, 2/28/25

      $ 231     $ 229,085  
                $ 229,085  
Leisure Products — 0.1%                   

Peloton Interactive, Inc.Term Loan, 8.346%, (SOFR + 6.50%), 5/25/27

      $ 140     $ 135,693  
                $ 135,693  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%                   

Jazz Financing Lux S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.254%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 5/5/28

      $ 373     $ 369,057  
                $ 369,057  
Software — 0.0%(3)                   

GoTo Group, Inc., Term Loan, 8.322%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 8/31/27(13)

    $ 0     $ 63  
Borrower/Description         

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  
Software (continued)                     

Riverbed Technology, Inc., Term Loan, 11.20%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.00%), 9.20% cash, 2.00% PIK, 12/7/26

          $ 136     $ 52,863  
                    $ 52,926  
Specialty Retail — 0.2%                     

PetSmart, Inc., Term Loan, 7.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 2/11/28

          $ 382     $ 368,707  
                    $ 368,707  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%                     

Spin Holdco, Inc., Term Loan, 7.144%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 3/4/28

          $ 295     $ 261,316  
                    $ 261,316  

Total Senior Floating-Rate Loans
(identified cost $2,732,298)

                  $ 2,594,419  
Miscellaneous — 0.0%(3)      
Security          Principal
Amount
    Value  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%                     

Alpha Holding S.A., Escrow Certificates(1)(14)

          $ 400,000     $ 0  
                    $ 0  
Transportation — 0.0%(3)                     

Hertz Corp., Escrow Certificates(1)

    $ 58,000     $ 4,350  

Hertz Corp., Escrow Certificates(1)

            110,000       1,375  
                    $ 5,725  

Total Miscellaneous
(identified cost $44,604)

                  $ 5,725  
 

 

  33   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 0.6%      
Security          Shares     Value  

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%(15)

            1,319,217     $ 1,319,217  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $1,319,217)

 

  $ 1,319,217  

Total Investments — 98.5%
(identified cost $201,572,701)

                  $ 218,105,491  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.5%

 

  $ 3,284,236  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 221,389,727  

The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.

 

  *

In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

  (1) 

Non-income producing security.

 

  (2) 

Security was acquired in connection with a restructuring of a Senior Loan and may be subject to restrictions on resale.

 

  (3) 

Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

  (4) 

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be sold in certain transactions in reliance on an exemption from registration (normally to qualified institutional buyers). At October 31, 2022, the aggregate value of these securities is $48,921,259 or 22.1% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (5) 

Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At October 31, 2022, the aggregate value of these securities is $15,397,945 or 7.0% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (6) 

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest in additional principal at the issuer’s discretion.

 

  (7) 

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date but may be subject to calls by the issuer.

 

  (8) 

Security converts to variable rate after the indicated fixed-rate coupon period.

 

  (9) 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at October 31, 2022.

 

(10)

Issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

 

(11) 

Multi-step coupon security. Interest rate represents the rate in effect at October 31, 2022.

(12)

Senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. However, Senior Loans will typically have an expected average life of approximately two to four years. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined periodically by reference to a base lending rate, plus a spread. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”).Base lending rates may be subject to a floor, or minimum rate. Rates for SOFR are generally 1 or 3-month tenors and may also be subject to a credit spread adjustment. Senior Loans are generally subject to contractual restrictions that must be satisfied before they can be bought or sold.

 

(13)

Principal amount is less than $500.

 

(14)

For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 8).

 

(15)

May be deemed to be an affiliated investment company. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of October 31, 2022.

 

 

  34   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

Country   Percentage of
Total Investments
    Value  

United States

    69.1   $ 150,789,755  

United Kingdom

    8.2       17,909,463  

France

    4.2       9,108,616  

Spain

    2.6       5,599,708  

Switzerland

    2.1       4,526,296  

Germany

    1.9       4,062,401  

Canada

    1.7       3,820,901  

Japan

    1.5       3,321,462  

Netherlands

    1.5       3,210,231  

Denmark

    1.2       2,624,120  

Luxembourg

    1.1       2,357,771  

Australia

    0.9       2,053,198  

Italy

    0.6       1,382,003  

India

    0.5       1,195,053  

Taiwan

    0.5       1,110,670  

Hong Kong

    0.5       1,104,564  

Sweden

    0.5       1,076,396  

United Arab Emirates

    0.5       987,590  

Bermuda

    0.4       884,769  

Mexico

    0.1       255,223  

Poland

    0.1       248,393  

Turkey

    0.1       203,438  

Ireland

    0.1       135,174  

Brazil

    0.0 (1)       1,508  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    0.1       136,788  

Total Investments

    100.0   $ 218,105,491  

(1) Amount is less than 0.05%.

   

Abbreviations:

 

ADR     American Depositary Receipt
EURIBOR     Euro Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
PC     Participation Certificate
PIK     Payment In Kind
SOFR     Secured Overnight Financing Rate

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR     Euro
GBP     British Pound Sterling
USD     United States Dollar
 

 

  35   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

 

Assets    October 31, 2022  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost $200,253,484)

   $ 216,786,274  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost $1,319,217)

     1,319,217  

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost $24,225)

     24,167  

Interest and dividends receivable

     1,356,945  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     4,016  

Receivable for investments sold

     1,377,062  

Tax reclaims receivable

     999,680  

Total assets

   $ 221,867,361  
Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

   $ 139,664  

Due to custodian

     69,156  

Payable to affiliate:

  

Investment adviser fee

     97,620  

Trustees’ fees

     1,490  

Accrued foreign capital gains taxes

     31,836  

Accrued expenses

     137,868  

Total liabilities

   $ 477,634  

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

   $ 221,389,727  

 

  36   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Investment Income    Year Ended
October 31, 2022
 

Dividend income (net of foreign taxes withheld of $720,176)

   $ 5,920,030  

Dividend income from affiliated investments

     20,231  

Interest income (net of foreign taxes withheld of $6,360)

     5,756,552  

Other income

     355,618  

Total investment income

   $ 12,052,431  
Expenses         

Investment adviser fee

   $ 1,442,542  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     16,949  

Custodian fee

     141,327  

Legal and accounting services

     72,659  

Miscellaneous

     18,325  

Total expenses

   $ 1,691,802  

Deduct:

  

Waiver and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliate

   $ 1,373  

Total expense reductions

   $ 1,373  

Net expenses

   $ 1,690,429  

Net investment income

   $ 10,362,002  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)         

Net realized gain (loss):

  

Investment transactions (net of foreign capital gains taxes of $3,123)

   $ (3,582,980

Investment transactions - affiliated investment

     315,268  

Futures contracts

     (1,114,142

Foreign currency transactions

     (146,038

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     10,666  

Net realized loss

   $ (4,517,226

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation):

  

Investments (including net increase in accrued foreign capital gains taxes of $31,836)

   $ (56,235,365

Investments - affiliated investment

     (198,834

Foreign currency

     (184,767

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (1,059

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (56,620,025

Net realized and unrealized loss

   $ (61,137,251

Net decrease in net assets from operations

   $ (50,775,249

 

  37   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    2022      2021  

From operations:

     

Net investment income

   $ 10,362,002      $ 9,077,852  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (4,517,226      14,965,170 (1)  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (56,620,025      51,333,373  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (50,775,249    $ 75,376,395  

Capital transactions:

     

Contributions

   $ 6,061,895      $ 13,442,582  

Withdrawals

     (40,558,475      (45,523,591

Portfolio transaction fee

     116,357        154,785  

Net decrease in net assets from capital transactions

   $ (34,380,223    $ (31,926,224

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

   $ (85,155,472    $ 43,450,171  
Net Assets

 

At beginning of year

   $ 306,545,199      $ 263,095,028  

At end of year

   $ 221,389,727      $ 306,545,199  

 

(1) 

Includes $2,723,051 of net realized gains from redemptions in-kind.

 

  38   See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

 

Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data    2022      2021      2020      2019     2018  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):

             

Expenses

     0.64 %(1)        0.65      0.66      0.70     0.75

Net investment income

     3.94      3.01      4.12      4.72     3.47

Portfolio Turnover

     59      60      118      86     102

Total Return

     (17.42 )%       29.74      2.64      11.57     (1.00 )% 

Net assets, end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 221,390      $ 306,545      $ 263,095      $ 302,020     $ 323,437  

 

(1)

Includes a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its adviser fee due to the Portfolio’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the year ended October 31, 2022).

 

  39  


Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Global Income Builder 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 Portfolio’s investment objective is to achieve total return. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At October 31, 2022, Eaton Vance Global Income Builder Fund and Eaton Vance Global Income Builder NextShares held an interest of 99.5% and 0.5%, 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 National Market System 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 or, in the case of preferred equity securities that are not listed or traded in the over-the-counter market, by a third party pricing service that uses various techniques that consider factors including, but not limited to, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, quotes of underlying common stock, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic events.

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.

Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service.

Derivatives. Futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded, with adjustments for fair valuation for certain foreign futures contracts as described below. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average ask prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Portfolio’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service.

Foreign Securities, Futures Contracts and Currencies. Foreign securities, futures contracts 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 and certain exchange-traded foreign futures contracts generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on which such securities and contracts trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities and certain foreign futures contracts 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 and foreign futures contracts that meet certain criteria, the Portfolio’s Trustees have approved the use of a fair value service that values such securities and foreign futures contracts 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 and foreign futures contracts.

Other. Investments in management investment companies (including money market funds) that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day.

Fair Valuation. In connection with Rule 2a-5 of the 1940 Act, which became effective September 8, 2022, the Trustees have designated the Portfolio’s investment adviser as its valuation designee. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued by the investment adviser, as valuation designee, at fair value using methods that most fairly reflect the security’s “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 security’s 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 company’s or entity’s 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.

 

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Global Income Builder Portfolio

October 31, 2022

 

Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

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, interest and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Portfolio’s 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. During the year ended October 31, 2022, the Portfolio received approximately $355,000 from Finland for previously withheld foreign taxes and interest thereon. Such amount is included in other income on the Statement of Operations. No other amounts for additional tax reclaims are reflected in the financial statements due to the uncertainty as to the ultimate resolution of proceedings, the likelihood of receipt of these reclaims, and the potential timing of payment. Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Distributions from investment companies are recorded as dividend income, capital gains or return of capital based on the nature of the distribution.

D  Federal and Other 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 Portfolio’s 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 investor’s distributive share of the Portfolio’s net investment income, net realized capital gains and losses and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.

In addition to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, the Portfolio may also be subject to local taxes on the recognition of capital gains in certain countries. In determining the daily net asset value, the Portfolio estimates the accrual for such taxes, if any, based on the unrealized appreciation on certain portfolio securities and the related tax rates. Taxes attributable to unrealized appreciation are included in the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments. Capital gains taxes on securities sold are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments.

As of October 31, 2022, 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  Unfunded Loan Commitments — The Portfolio may enter into certain loan agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Portfolio is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments, if any, are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments.

G  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.

H  Indemnifications — Under the Portfolio’s 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 Portfolio’s 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 Portfolio’s 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.

I  Futures Contracts — Upon entering into a futures contract, the Portfolio 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 Portfolio each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security or index, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Portfolio. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or closing of the futures contracts. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Portfolio may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the 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.

J  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Portfolio may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized until such time as the contracts have been closed. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

 

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K  When-Issued Securities and Delayed Delivery Transactions — The Portfolio may purchase securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. At the time the transaction is negotiated, the price of the security that will be delivered is fixed. The Portfolio maintains cash and/or security positions for these commitments such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payments upon settlement. Securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and begin earning interest on settlement date. Such security purchases are subject to the risk that when delivered they will be worth less than the agreed upon payment price. Losses may also arise if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

L  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 Eaton Vance Management (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), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. The fee is computed at an annual rate as a percentage of average daily net assets as follows and is payable monthly:

 

Average Daily Net Assets    Annual Fee Rate  

Up to $500 million

     0.550

$500 million but less than $1 billion

     0.525

$1 billion but less than $2.5 billion

     0.500

$2.5 billion and over

     0.475

For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $1,442,542 or 0.55% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

Pursuant to an investment sub-advisory agreement, BMR has delegated a portion of the investment management of the Portfolio to Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. (EVAIL), an affiliate of BMR and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. BMR pays EVAIL a portion of its investment adviser fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Portfolio. Effective April 26, 2022, the Portfolio may invest in a money market fund, the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio (the “Liquidity Fund”), an open-end management investment company managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. The investment adviser fee paid by the Portfolio is reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Portfolio due to its investment in the Liquidity Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2022, the investment adviser fee paid was reduced by $1,373 relating to the Portfolio’s investment in the Liquidity Fund. Prior to April 26, 2022, the Portfolio may have invested its cash in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by EVM, an affiliate of BMR. EVM did not receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund.

Trustees and officers of the Portfolio who are members of EVM’s or BMR’s 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 October 31, 2022, 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 and including maturities and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $150,707,015 and $175,955,302, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2022.

 

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4  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at October 31, 2022, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 203,265,441  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 35,350,154  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (20,510,104 ) 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 14,840,050  

5  Financial Instruments

The Portfolio may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts and 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 Portfolio 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. At October 31, 2022, there were no obligations outstanding under these financial instruments.

In the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives, the Portfolio is subject to the following risks:

Equity Price Risk: During the year ended October 31, 2022, the Portfolio entered into equity futures contracts on securities indices to gain or limit exposure to certain markets, particularly in connection with engaging in the dividend capture trading strategy.

Foreign Exchange Risk: Because the Portfolio holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, during the year ended October 31, 2022, the Portfolio entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would trigger a payment by the Portfolio for those derivatives in a liability position. At October 31, 2022, the Portfolio had no open derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position.

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in which the Portfolio invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Portfolio has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Portfolio and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Portfolio may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Portfolio’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Portfolio fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Portfolio of any net liability owed to it.

The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Portfolio and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Portfolio’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion of such collateral representing cash, if any, is reflected as deposits for derivatives collateral and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Portfolio, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged by the Portfolio as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations by risk exposure for the year ended October 31, 2022 was as follows:

 

Risk    Derivative      Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized
in Income
(1)
     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in Income
(2)
 

Equity Price

     Futures contracts      $ (1,114,142    $  

Foreign Exchange

     Forward foreign currency exchange contracts        10,666        (1,059

Total

            $ (1,103,476    $ (1,059

 

(1) 

Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss): Futures contracts and Forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively.

 

(2) 

Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): Futures contracts and Forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively.

The average notional cost of futures contracts and average notional amounts of other derivative contracts outstanding during the year ended October 31, 2022, which are indicative of the volume of these derivative types, were approximately as follows:

 

Futures
Contracts — Long
    Futures
Contracts — Short
    Forward
Foreign Currency
Exchange Contracts*
 
  $5,900,000     $ 5,803,000     $ 128,000  

 

*

The average notional amount for forward foreign currency exchange contracts is based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold.

6  Line of Credit

The Portfolio participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in a $725 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through October 24, 2023. In connection with the renewal of the agreement on October 25, 2022, the borrowing limit was decreased from $800 million. 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 Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) 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. Also in connection with the renewal of the agreement, an arrangement fee totaling $150,000 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 October 31, 2022.

 

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7  Investments in Affiliated Issuers and Funds

The Portfolio invested in issuers that may be deemed to be affiliated with Morgan Stanley. At October 31, 2022, the value of the Portfolio’s investment in affiliated issuers and funds was $1,319,217, which represents 0.6% of the Portfolio’s net assets. Transactions in affiliated issuers and funds by the Portfolio for the year ended October 31, 2022 were as follows:

 

Name   Value,
beginning
of period
    Purchases     Sales
proceeds
    Net
realized
gain (loss)
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
    Value, end
of period
    Dividend
income
    Units/Shares,
end of period
 

Common Stocks

               

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

  $ 1,471,139     $     $ (1,587,520   $ 315,215     $ (198,834   $     $        

Short-Term Investments

               

Cash Reserves Fund

    1,432,849       37,244,468       (38,677,370     53                   1,407        

Liquidity Fund

          44,728,085       (43,408,868                 1,319,217       18,824       1,319,217  

Total

                          $ 315,268     $ (198,834   $ 1,319,217     $ 20,231          

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 fund’s 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 October 31, 2022, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Common Stocks:

           

Communication Services

   $ 8,826,164      $ 1,450,639      $     —      $ 10,276,803  

Consumer Discretionary

     7,094,964        6,641,318               13,736,282  

Consumer Staples

     5,353,378        5,628,815               10,982,193  

Energy

     7,468,951                      7,468,951  

Financials

     8,860,762        5,349,039               14,209,801  

Health Care

     11,919,584        10,366,266               22,285,850  

Industrials

     5,832,667        9,121,699               14,954,366  

Information Technology

     23,556,745        6,393,598               29,950,343  

Materials

     3,819        1,296,120               1,299,939  

Real Estate

     1,074,625                      1,074,625  

Utilities

     2,045,598        1,612,369               3,657,967  

Total Common Stocks

   $ 82,037,257      $ 47,859,863 **     $      $ 129,897,120  

Convertible Bonds

   $      $ 302,026      $      $ 302,026  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

     159,282        2,480               161,762  

Corporate Bonds

            81,151,495               81,151,495  

 

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Asset Description (continued)    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Exchange-Traded Funds

   $ 136,788      $      $     —      $ 136,788  

Preferred Stocks:

           

Communication Services

     193,915                      193,915  

Energy

     510,412                      510,412  

Financials

     789,820        66,733               856,553  

Industrials

     345,276                      345,276  

Real Estate

     325,668                      325,668  

Utilities

     305,115                      305,115  

Total Preferred Stocks

   $ 2,470,206      $ 66,733      $      $ 2,536,939  

Senior Floating-Rate Loans

   $      $ 2,594,419      $      $ 2,594,419  

Miscellaneous

            5,725        0        5,725  

Short-Term Investments

     1,319,217                      1,319,217  

Total Investments

   $ 86,122,750      $ 131,982,741      $ 0      $ 218,105,491  

 

*

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.

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 October 31, 2022 is not presented.

9  Risks and Uncertainties

Risks Associated with Foreign Investments

Foreign investments can be adversely affected by political, economic and market developments abroad, including the imposition of economic and other sanctions by the United States or another country. There may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers because they may not be subject to reporting practices, requirements or regulations comparable to those to which United States companies are subject. Foreign markets may be smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major markets in the United States. Trading in foreign markets typically involves higher expense than trading in the United States. The Portfolio may have difficulties enforcing its legal or contractual rights in a foreign country. Securities that trade or are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar may be adversely affected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

Pandemic Risk

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in late 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 of disease, 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, as well as the economies of individual countries and industries, and could continue to affect the market in significant and unforeseen ways. Other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future may have similar effects. Any such impact could adversely affect the Portfolio’s performance, or the performance of the securities in which the Portfolio invests.

 

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October 31, 2022

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Trustees and Investors of Global Income Builder Portfolio:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Global Income Builder Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2022, 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 October 31, 2022, 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 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 Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio’s 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 Portfolio’s 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 and senior loans owned as of October 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and selling or agent banks; when replies were not received from brokers and selling or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 22, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.

 

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October 31, 2022

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

 

 

Overview of the Contract Review Process

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that the investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year-to-year only if its continuation is approved on an annual basis by a vote of the fund’s board of trustees, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“independent trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.

At a meeting held on June 8, 2022, the Boards of Trustees/Directors (collectively, the “Board”) that oversee the registered investment companies advised by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research (the “Eaton Vance Funds”), including a majority of the independent trustees (the “Independent Trustees”), voted to approve the continuation of existing investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements1 for each of the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. The Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee exclusively comprised of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of formal meetings held between April and June 2022. Members of the Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, to the extent such information was relevant to the Contract Review Committee’s annual evaluation of the investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements.

In connection with its evaluation of the investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements, the Board considered various information relating to the Eaton Vance Funds. This included information applicable to all or groups of Eaton Vance Funds, which is referenced immediately below, and information applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report (additional fund-specific information is referenced below under “Results of the Contract Review Process”). (For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, references to “each fund” in this section may include information that was considered at the portfolio-level.)

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

   

A report from an independent data provider comparing advisory and other fees paid by each fund to such fees paid by comparable funds, as identified by the independent data provider (“comparable funds”);

 

   

A report from an independent data provider comparing each fund’s total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds;

 

   

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;

 

   

In certain instances, data regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the adviser in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board (a committee exclusively comprised of Independent Trustees);

 

   

Comparative information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the adviser and 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;

 

   

Profitability analyses with respect to the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the funds;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

   

Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, as well as each of the funds’ investment strategies and policies;

 

   

The procedures and processes used to determine the value of fund assets, including, when necessary, the determination of “fair value” and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

 

   

Information about the policies and practices of each fund’s adviser and sub-adviser with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

   

Information about the allocation of brokerage transactions and the benefits, if any, received by the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund as a result of brokerage allocation, including, as applicable, information concerning the acquisition of research through client commission arrangements and policies with respect to “soft dollars”;

 

   

Data relating to the portfolio turnover rate of each fund and related information regarding active management in the context of particular strategies;

Information about each Adviser and Sub-adviser

 

   

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund;

 

1 

Not all Eaton Vance Funds have entered into a sub-advisory agreement with a sub-adviser. Accordingly, references to “sub-adviser” or “sub-advisory agreement” in this “Overview” section may not be applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report. Following the “Overview” section, further information regarding the Board’s evaluation of a fund’s contractual arrangements is included under the “Results of the Contract Review Process” section.

 

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Global Income Builder Fund

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Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

 

Information regarding 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;

 

 

Information regarding the adviser’s and its parent company’s (Morgan Stanley’s) efforts to retain and attract talented investment professionals, including in the context of a particularly competitive marketplace for talent, as well as the ongoing unique environment presented by hybrid, remote and other alternative work arrangements;

 

 

The Code of Ethics of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes;

 

 

Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting, including regular reporting with respect to fund proxy voting activities;

 

 

Information regarding the handling of corporate actions and class actions, as well as information regarding litigation and other regulatory matters;

 

 

Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, if any, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance;

 

 

Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, if any;

 

 

A description of Eaton Vance Management’s and Boston Management and Research’s oversight of sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

Other Relevant Information

 

 

Information regarding ongoing initiatives to further integrate and harmonize, where applicable, the investment management and other departments of the adviser and its affiliates with the overall investment management infrastructure of Morgan Stanley, in light of Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of Eaton Vance on March 1, 2021;

 

 

Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;

 

 

Information concerning oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians, fund accountants, and other third-party service providers by the adviser and/or administrator to each of the funds;

 

 

Information concerning efforts to implement policies and procedures with respect to various new regulations applicable to the funds, including Rule 12d1-4 (the Fund-of-Funds Rule), Rule 18f-4 (the Derivatives Rule) and Rule 2a-5 (the Fair Valuation Rule);

 

 

For an Eaton Vance Fund structured as an exchange-listed closed-end fund, information concerning the benefits of the closed-end fund structure, as well as, where relevant, the closed-end fund’s market prices (including as compared to the closed-end fund’s net asset value (NAV)), trading volume data, continued use of auction preferred shares (where applicable), distribution rates and other relevant matters;

 

 

The risks which the adviser and/or its affiliates incur in connection with the management and operation of the funds, including, among others, litigation, regulatory, entrepreneurial, and other business risks (and the associated costs of such risks); and

 

 

The terms of each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement.

During the various meetings of the Board and its committees over the course of the year leading up to the June 8, 2022 meeting, the Trustees received information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the advisers and sub-advisers of the funds regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the funds’ investment objectives. The Trustees 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 Eaton Vance Management, Boston Management and Research and fund sub-advisers, with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its committees, the Independent Trustees held regular teleconferences to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements.

The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the contract review 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 each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement, including the fee structures and other terms contained in such agreements, the members of the Contract Review Committee were also informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion with the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the Eaton Vance Funds.

Results of the Contract Review Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuation of the investment advisory agreement between Eaton Vance Global Income Builder Fund (the “Fund”), as well as the investment advisory agreement between Global Income Builder Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which the Fund invests, and Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), and the sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd.

 

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Eaton Vance

Global Income Builder Fund

October 31, 2022

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

(the “Sub-adviser”), an affiliate of Eaton Vance Management, with respect to the Fund, as well as the sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Sub-adviser with respect to the Portfolio, including their respective fee structures, are in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, recommended to the Board approval of each agreement. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreements and the sub-advisory agreements for the Fund and the Portfolio (collectively, the “investment advisory agreements”).

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreements for the Fund and the Portfolio, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund and the Portfolio by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s and the Sub-adviser’s management capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by the Fund and the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Fund and the Portfolio, including recent changes to such personnel. Regarding the Adviser, the Board considered the Adviser’s responsibilities with respect to oversight of the Sub-adviser and coordinating activities in implementing the investment strategies of the Fund and the Portfolio. The Board also considered the Adviser’s in-house equity research capabilities and experience in managing funds that seek to maximize after-tax returns. With respect to the Sub-adviser, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Sub-adviser’s investment professionals in investing in equity securities, including investing in both U.S. and foreign common stocks. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Adviser’s and the Sub-adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing factors such as special considerations relevant to investing in dividend-paying common and preferred stocks and foreign markets. The Board considered the international investment capabilities of the Sub-adviser, which is based in London, and the benefits to the Fund of having portfolio management services involving investments in international equities provided by investment professionals located abroad. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of the Adviser and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Adviser to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Eaton Vance Funds, including the Fund and the Portfolio, 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 Fund and the Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Fund and the Portfolio.

The Board noted that under the terms of the investment advisory agreement of the Fund, the Adviser may invest assets of the Fund directly in securities, for which it would receive a fee, or in the Portfolio, for which it receives no separate fee but for which the Adviser receives an advisory fee from the Portfolio.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser. 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 Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board considered other administrative services provided or overseen by Eaton Vance Management and its 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.

After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the applicable investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as appropriate benchmark indices and a customized peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board’s review included comparative performance data with respect to the Fund for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2021. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was higher than the median performance of the Fund’s peer group and custom peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than its primary benchmark and blended benchmark indexes for the three-year period. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by the Portfolio and by the Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratio for the one-year period ended December 31, 2021, 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 that had an impact on the Fund’s total expense ratio relative to comparable funds.

 

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Global Income Builder Fund

October 31, 2022

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.

Profitability and “Fall-Out” Benefits

The Board considered the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including the Sub-adviser, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio 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 Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, are deemed not to be excessive.

The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Sub-adviser, in connection with their respective relationships with the Fund and the Portfolio, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser or the Sub-adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio 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. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of the Fund and the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund and the Portfolio currently share in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Adviser. The Board also concluded that the structure of the advisory fees, which include breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund and the Portfolio to continue to benefit from any economies of scale in the future.

 

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Eaton Vance

Global Income Builder Fund

October 31, 2022

 

Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

 

The Fund has implemented a written liquidity risk management program (Program) and related procedures to manage its liquidity in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (Liquidity Rule). The Liquidity Rule defines “liquidity risk” as the risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of the remaining investors’ interests in the fund. The Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors has designated the investment adviser to serve as the administrator of the Program and the related procedures. The administrator has established a Liquidity Risk Management Oversight Committee (Committee) to perform the functions necessary to administer the Program. As part of the Program, the administrator is responsible for identifying illiquid investments and categorizing the relative liquidity of the Fund’s investments in accordance with the Liquidity Rule. Under the Program, the administrator assesses, manages, and periodically reviews the Fund’s liquidity risk, and is responsible for making certain reports to the Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the liquidity of the Fund’s investments, and to notify the Board of Trustees/Directors and the SEC of certain liquidity events specified in the Liquidity Rule. The liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio investments is determined based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, relevant market, trading and investment-specific considerations under the Program.

At a meeting of the Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors on June 7, 2022, the Committee provided a written report to the Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program, as well as the operation of the highly liquid investment minimum (if applicable) for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 (Review Period). The Program operated effectively during the Review Period, supporting the administrator’s ability to assess, manage and monitor Fund liquidity risk, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions. During the Review Period, the Fund met redemption requests on a timely basis.

There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Fund may be subject.

 

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Global Income Builder Fund

October 31, 2022

 

Management and Organization

 

 

Fund Management.  The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) and Global Income Builder Portfolio (the Portfolio) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trust’s and the Portfolio’s affairs. The Board members 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. Board members hold indefinite terms of office. Each Trustee holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, subject to a prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Under the terms of the Fund’s and the Portfolio’s current Trustee retirement policy, an Independent Trustee must retire and resign as a Trustee on the earlier of: (i) the first day of July following his or her 74th birthday; or (ii), with limited exception, December 31st of the 20th year in which he or she has served as a Trustee. However, if such retirement and resignation would cause the Fund and the Portfolio to be out of compliance with Section 16 of the 1940 Act or any other regulations or guidance of the SEC, then such retirement and resignation will not become effective until such time as action has been taken for the Fund and the Portfolio to be in compliance therewith. 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 Board member and officer is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, “BMR” refers to Boston Management and Research, “EVC” refers to Eaton Vance Corp., “EV” refers to EV LLC, “EVM” refers to Eaton Vance Management and “EVD” refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EV is the trustee of each of EVM and BMR. Effective March 1, 2021, each of EVM, BMR, EVD and EV are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley. Each officer affiliated with EVM may hold a position with other EVM affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with EVM listed below. Each Trustee oversees 135 funds (with the exception of Mr. Bowser who oversees 110 funds) in the Eaton Vance Fund Complex (including both funds and portfolios in a hub and spoke structure).

 

Name and Year of Birth    Trust/Portfolio
Position(s)
     Length of Service     

Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships

During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience

Interested Trustee                   

Thomas E. Faust Jr.

1958

   Trustee      Since 2007     

Chairman of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM), member of the Board of Managers and President of EV (since 2021), Chief Executive Officer of EVM and BMR. Formerly, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (2007-2021) and President (2006-2021) of EVC and Director of EVD (2007-2022). Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with MSIM, BMR, EVM and EV, which are affiliates of the Trust and the Portfolio.

Other Directorships. Formerly, Director of EVC (2007-2021) and Hexavest Inc. (investment management firm) (2012-2021).

Noninterested Trustees                   

Alan C. Bowser(1)

1962

   Trustee      Since 2022     

Chief Diversity Officer, Partner and a member of the Operating Committee, and formerly served as Senior Advisor on Diversity and Inclusion for the firm’s chief executive officer, Co-Head of the Americas Region, and Senior Client Advisor of Bridgewater Associates, an asset management firm (2011- present).

Other Directorships. None.

Mark R. Fetting

1954

   Trustee      Since 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. None.

Cynthia E. Frost

1961

   Trustee      Since 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. None.

George J. Gorman

1952

   Chairperson
of the Board and Trustee
     Since 2021 (Chairperson) and 2014 (Trustee)     

Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (consulting firm). Formerly, Senior Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm) (1974-2009).

Other Directorships. None.

 

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Global Income Builder Fund

October 31, 2022

 

Management and Organization — continued

 

 

Name and Year of Birth    Trust/Portfolio
Position(s)
     Length of Service     

Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships

During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience

Noninterested Trustees (continued)

Valerie A. Mosley

1960

   Trustee      Since 2014     

Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Valmo Ventures (a consulting and investment firm). Founder of Upward Wealth, Inc., dba BrightUp, a fintech platform. 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. Director of DraftKings, Inc. (digital sports entertainment and gaming company) (since September 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) and Director of Groupon, Inc. (e-commerce provider) (2020-2022).

Keith Quinton

1958

   Trustee      Since 2018     

Private investor, researcher and lecturer. Formerly, Independent Investment Committee Member at New Hampshire Retirement System (2017-2021). Formerly, Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst at Fidelity Investments (investment management firm) (2001-2014).

Other Directorships. Formerly, Director (2016-2021) and Chairman (2019-2021) of New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank.

Marcus L. Smith

1966

   Trustee      Since 2018     

Private investor and independent corporate director. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Canada (2012-2017), Chief Investment Officer, Asia (2010-2012), Director of Asian Research (2004-2010) and portfolio manager (2001-2017) at MFS Investment Management (investment management firm).

Other Directorships. Director of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (an industrial REIT) (since 2021). Director of MSCI Inc. (global provider of investment decision support tools) (since 2017). Formerly, Director of DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (logistics real estate company) (2017-2018).

Susan J. Sutherland

1957

   Trustee      Since 2015     

Private investor. Director of Ascot Group Limited and certain of its subsidiaries (insurance and reinsurance) (since 2017). Formerly, Director of Hagerty Holding Corp. (insurance) (2015-2018) and Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (insurance and reinsurance) (2013-2015). Formerly, Associate, Counsel and Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (law firm) (1982-2013).

Other Directorships. Director of Kairos Acquisition Corp. (insurance/InsurTech acquisition company) (since 2021).

Scott E. Wennerholm

1959

   Trustee      Since 2016     

Private investor. Formerly, Trustee at Wheelock College (postsecondary institution) (2012-2018). Formerly, Consultant at GF Parish Group (executive recruiting firm) (2016-2017). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Management (investment management firm) (2005-2011). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Natixis Global Asset Management (investment management firm) (1997-2004). Formerly, Vice President at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services (investment management firm) (1994-1997).

Other Directorships. None.

Nancy A. Wiser(1)

1967

   Trustee      Since 2022     

Formerly, Executive Vice President and the Global Head of Operations at Wells Fargo Asset Management (2011-2021).

Other Directorships. None.

 

Name and Year of Birth    Trust/Portfolio
Position(s)
     Length of Service     

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Principal Officers who are not Trustees

Eric A. Stein

1980

   President of the Trust      Since 2020      Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income of EVM and BMR. Prior to November 1, 2020, Mr. Stein was a co-Director of Eaton Vance’s Global Income Investments. Also Vice President of Calvert Research and Management (“CRM”).

Edward J. Perkin

1972

   President of the Portfolio      Since 2014      Chief Equity Investment Officer and Vice President of EVM and BMR since 2014. Also Vice President of CRM.

Deidre E. Walsh

1971

   Vice President and Chief Legal Officer      Since 2009      Vice President of EVM and BMR. Also Vice President of CRM.

 

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Global Income Builder Fund

October 31, 2022

 

Management and Organization — continued

 

 

Name and Year of Birth    Trust/Portfolio
Position(s)
     Length of Service     

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Principal Officers who are not Trustees (continued)

James F. Kirchner

1967

   Treasurer      Since 2007      Vice President of EVM and BMR. Also Vice President of CRM.

Nicholas Di Lorenzo

1987

   Secretary      Since 2022      Formerly, associate (2012-2021) and counsel (2022) at Dechert LLP.

Richard F. Froio

1968

   Chief Compliance Officer      Since 2017      Vice President of EVM and BMR since 2017. Formerly, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (Adviser/Funds) and Chief Compliance Officer (Distribution) at PIMCO (2012-2017) and Managing Director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors (2009-2012).

 

(1) 

Mr. Bowser and Ms. Wiser began serving as Trustees effective April 4, 2022.

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 Vance’s website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-262-1122.

 

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Privacy Notice    April 2021

 

 

FACTS    WHAT DOES EATON VANCE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
      
  
Why?    Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
   
      
What?   

The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:

 

   Social Security number and income

   investment experience and risk tolerance

   checking account number and wire transfer instructions

   
      
How?    All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Eaton Vance chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
   
      

 

Reasons we can share your
personal information
   Does Eaton Vance share?    Can you limit this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus    Yes    No
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you    Yes    No
For joint marketing with other financial companies    No    We don’t share
For our investment management affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions, experiences, and creditworthiness    Yes    Yes
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences    Yes    No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness    No    We don’t share
For our investment management affiliates to market to you    Yes    Yes
For our affiliates to market to you    No    We don’t share
For nonaffiliates to market to you    No    We don’t share

 

To limit our sharing   

Call toll-free 1-800-262-1122 or email: EVPrivacy@eatonvance.com

 

Please note:

 

If you are a new customer, we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact us at any time to limit our sharing.

   
      
   
Questions?    Call toll-free 1-800-262-1122 or email: EVPrivacy@eatonvance.com
   
      

 

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Privacy Notice — continued    April 2021

 

 

Page 2     

 

Who we are
Who is providing this notice?   Eaton Vance Management, 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 Management’s Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, Eaton Vance and Calvert Fund Families and our investment advisory affiliates (“Eaton Vance”) (see Investment Management Affiliates definition below)
What we do
How does Eaton Vance protect my personal information?   To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information.
How does Eaton Vance collect my personal information?  

We collect your personal information, for example, when you

 

   open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your account

   buy securities from us or make a wire transfer

   give us your contact information

 

We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.

Why can’t I limit all sharing?  

Federal law gives you the right to limit only

 

   sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness

   affiliates from using your information to market to you

   sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you

 

State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See below for more on your rights under state law.

Definitions
Investment Management Affiliates   Eaton Vance Investment Management Affiliates include registered investment advisers, registered broker- dealers, and registered and unregistered funds. Investment Management Affiliates does not include entities associated with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.
Affiliates  

Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

 

   Our affiliates include companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co.

Nonaffiliates  

Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.

 

   Eaton Vance does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.

Joint marketing  

A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.

 

   Eaton Vance doesn’t jointly market.

Other important information

Vermont: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such information.

 

California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us.

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

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 SEC’s 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 SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Investment Adviser

Boston Management and Research

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Administrator of Eaton Vance Global Income Builder Fund

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Investment Sub-Adviser

Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd.

125 Old Broad St.

London, EC2N 1AR

United Kingdom

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

 
*

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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Item 2. 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.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The registrant’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has designated George J. Gorman and Scott E. Wennerholm, 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. Wennerholm is a private investor. Previously, Mr. Wennerholm served as a Trustee at Wheelock College (postsecondary institution), as a Consultant at GF Parish Group (executive recruiting firm), Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Management (investment management firm), Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Natixis Global Asset Management (investment management firm), and Vice President at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services (investment management firm).

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(a)-(d)

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2022 by the registrant’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by D&T during such periods.

 

Fiscal Years Ended

   10/31/21      10/31/22  

Audit Fees

   $ 40,811      $ 45,100  

Audit-Related Fees(1)

   $ 0      $ 0  

Tax Fees(2)

   $ 18,319      $ 4,550  

All Other Fees(3)

   $ 0      $ 0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 59,130      $ 49,650  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) 

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 the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees.

(2) 

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 tax related compliance/planning matters.

(3) 

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 registrant’s audit committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the pre-approval of services provided by the registrant’s 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 registrant’s audit committee at least annually. The registrant’s audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the registrant’s principal accountant.

(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrant’s 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 to the registrant by D&T for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2022; 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 same time periods.

 

Fiscal Years Ended

   10/31/21      10/31/22  

Registrant

   $ 18,319      $ 4,550  

Eaton Vance(1)

   $ 51,800      $ 52,836  

 

(1)

Certain subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley. provide ongoing services to the registrant.

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision by the registrant’s principal accountant of non-audit services to the registrant’s 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 accountant’s 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 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 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 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 period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s 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)   Registrant’s Code of Ethics – Not applicable (please see Item 2).
(a)(2)(i)   Treasurer’s Section 302 certification.
(a)(2)(ii)   President’s 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.

Global Income Builder Portfolio

 

By:  

/s/ Edward J. Perkin

  Edward J. Perkin
  President

Date:    December 28, 2022

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

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer

Date:    December 28, 2022

 

By:  

/s/ Edward J. Perkin

  Edward J. Perkin
  President

Date:    December 28, 2022