SEC Info  
    Home      Search      My Interests      Help      Sign In      Please Sign In

Eaton Vance Variable Trust – ‘N-CSRS’ for 6/30/15

On:  Wednesday, 8/26/15, at 4:57pm ET   ·   Effective:  8/26/15   ·   For:  6/30/15   ·   Accession #:  1193125-15-303374   ·   File #:  811-10067

Previous ‘N-CSRS’:  ‘N-CSRS’ on 8/27/14 for 6/30/14   ·   Next:  ‘N-CSRS’ on 8/25/16 for 6/30/16   ·   Latest:  ‘N-CSRS’ on 8/24/23 for 6/30/23

Find Words in Filings emoji
 
  in    Show  and   Hints

  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 8/26/15  Eaton Vance Variable Trust        N-CSRS      6/30/15    3:2.4M                                   RR Donnelley/FAEaton Vance VT Bond Fund Eaton Vance VT Bond Fund ADV ClassEaton Vance VT Bond Fund Initial ClassEaton Vance VT Floating-Rate Income Fund 2 Classes/ContractsEaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund Eaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund ADV ClassEaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund Initial Class

Certified Semi-Annual Shareholder Report of a Management Investment Company   —   Form N-CSR
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: N-CSRS      Eaton Vance Variable Trust                          HTML   1.51M 
 3: EX-99.906CERT  EX-99.906CERT Section 906 Certification          HTML      6K 
 2: EX-99.CERT  EX-99.CERT Section 302 Certification                HTML     12K 


N-CSRS   —   Eaton Vance Variable Trust


This is an HTML Document rendered as filed.  [ Alternative Formats ]



  Eaton Vance Variable Trust  

 

 

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: 811-10067

 

 

Eaton Vance Variable Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

December 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

June 30, 2015

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders


LOGO

 

 

Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

LOGO


 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator and a commodity trading advisor.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.

This report is prepared for the general information of contract owners. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of the Fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial advisor. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.


Semiannual Report June 30, 2015

Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

Table of Contents

 

Performance

     2   

Fund Profile

     2   

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     3   

Fund Expenses

     4   

Financial Statements

     5   

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     20   

Officers and Trustees

     22   

Important Notices

     23   


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Managers Kathleen C. Gaffney, CFA, Stephen C. Concannon, CFA, Michael J. Turgel, CFA and Henry Peabody, CFA

 

% Cumulative Total Returns   

Class

Inception Date

     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years    

Since

Inception

 

Initial Class at NAV

     09/15/2014         09/15/2014         –0.57                     –1.96

ADV Class at NAV

     09/15/2014         09/15/2014         –0.45                     –1.76

Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index

                     –0.30      1.69      3.51     1.82
                
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3                                    Initial Class     ADV Class  

Gross

                 2.08     1.83

Net

                 1.20        0.95   

Fund Profile

 

 

Credit Quality (% of bond holdings)4

 

 

LOGO

Asset Mix (% of total investments)

 

 

LOGO

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted.

 

  2  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index measures the performance of U.S. Treasuries, government-related and investment-grade U.S. corporate securities with a maturity of one year or more. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

There is no sales charge. Insurance-related charges are not included in the calculation of returns. Such expenses would reduce the overall return shown. Please refer to the report for your insurance contract for performance data reflecting insurance-related charges. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable.

 

3 

Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratio reflects a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 4/30/16. Without the reimbursement, if applicable, performance would have been lower.

 

4 

Ratings are based on Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the higher rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of a bond based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P or Fitch (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above.

 

   Fund profile subject to change due to active management.
            
 

 

  3  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Fund Expenses

 

 

Example:  As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2015June 30, 2015).

Actual Expenses:  The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:  The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect expenses and charges which are, or may be imposed under the variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy (variable contracts) (if applicable) through which your investment in the Fund is made. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs associated with an investment in vehicles which fund benefits under variable contracts and to qualified pension and retirement plans, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of investing in the Fund through variable contracts. In addition, if these expenses and charges imposed under the variable contracts were included, your costs would be higher.

 

     

Beginning

Account Value
(1/1/15)

    

Ending

Account Value
(6/30/15)

    

Expenses Paid

During Period*
(1/1/15 – 6/30/15)

    

Annualized

Expense
Ratio

 
           

Actual

  

        

Initial Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 994.30       $ 5.93 **       1.20

ADV Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 995.50       $ 4.70 **       0.95
                                     
           

Hypothetical

           

(5% return per year before expenses)

           

Initial Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,018.80       $ 6.01 **       1.20

ADV Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,020.10       $ 4.76 **       0.95

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2014. Expenses shown do not include insurance-related charges.

 

** Absent an allocation of certain expenses to an affiliate, expenses would be higher.

 

  4  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — 18.6%   
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Banks — 0.6%

  

Citigroup, Inc., 6.25%, 6/29/17

  NZD     16      $ 11,372   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.25%, 11/2/18

  NZD     90        61,593   

Morgan Stanley, 7.60%, 8/8/17

  NZD     66        47,914   
                     
  $ 120,879   
                     

Commercial Services — 1.0%

  

Western Union Co. (The), 6.20%, 11/17/36

      181      $ 181,263   
                     
  $ 181,263   
                     

Computers — 0.8%

  

SunGard Availability Services Capital, Inc., 8.75%, 4/1/22(1)

      216      $ 158,760   
                     
  $ 158,760   
                     

Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%

  

Jefferies Group, LLC, 6.50%, 1/20/43

      195      $ 190,554   

Navient Corp., 5.625%, 8/1/33

      115        93,725   
                     
  $ 284,279   
                     

Home Builders — 1.5%

  

MDC Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 1/15/43

      329      $ 278,005   
                     
  $ 278,005   
                     

Insurance — 0.9%

  

XLIT Ltd., Series E, 6.50% to 4/15/17, 10/29/49(2)

      200      $ 171,626   
                     
  $ 171,626   
                     

Iron & Steel — 0.7%

  

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., 6.25%, 10/1/40

      241      $ 108,450   

JMC Steel Group, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/18(1)

      20        18,375   
                     
  $ 126,825   
                     

Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.1%

  

Valmont Industries, Inc., 5.00%, 10/1/44

      31      $ 28,082   
                     
  $ 28,082   
                     

Mining — 3.0%

  

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

      225      $ 187,881   

Southern Copper Corp., 5.25%, 11/8/42

      255        222,574   

Teck Resources, Ltd., 5.20%, 3/1/42

      170        123,472   
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Mining (continued)

  

Teck Resources, Ltd., 5.40%, 2/1/43

      48      $ 35,784   
                     
  $ 569,711   
                     

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 1.2%

  

Trinity Industries, Inc., 4.55%, 10/1/24

      242      $ 233,565   
                     
  $ 233,565   
                     

Oil & Gas — 3.5%

  

Apache Corp., 4.25%, 1/15/44

      177      $ 153,750   

Continental Resources, Inc., 3.80%, 6/1/24

      106        96,550   

Noble Energy, Inc., 5.05%, 11/15/44

      146        139,919   

Rowan Cos., Inc., 5.40%, 12/1/42

      339        276,345   
                     
  $ 666,564   
                     

Retail — 2.3%

  

JC Penney Corp., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/36

      580      $ 433,550   
                     
  $ 433,550   
                     

Telecommunications — 1.5%

  

Avaya, Inc., 10.50%, 3/1/21(1)

      345      $ 286,350   
                     
  $ 286,350   
                     

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost $3,838,552)

   

  $ 3,539,459   
                     
Foreign Corporate Bonds — 18.7%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Banks — 2.7%

  

ANZ Bank New Zealand, Ltd., 5.43%, 2/27/19

  NZD     720      $ 513,767   
                     
  $ 513,767   
                     

Engineering & Construction — 1.8%

  

Empresas ICA SAB de CV, 8.875%, 5/29/24(1)

    330      $ 248,325   

Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, Ltd., 6.75%, 10/1/22(1)

    119        86,028   
                     
  $ 334,353   
                     

Foods — 1.0%

  

ESAL GmbH, 6.25%, 2/5/23(1)

    200      $ 197,500   
                     
  $ 197,500   
                     
 

 

  5   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Mining — 2.6%

  

Barrick Gold Corp., 5.25%, 4/1/42

      215      $ 192,539   

Newcrest Finance Pty, Ltd.,
4.20%, 10/1/22(1)

      160        149,933   

Newcrest Finance Pty, Ltd., 5.75%, 11/15/41(1)

      167        143,593   
                     
  $ 486,065   
                     

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 2.0%

  

Bombardier, Inc., 7.45%, 5/1/34(1)

    400      $ 378,000   
                     
  $ 378,000   
                     

Oil & Gas — 4.3%

  

Ecopetrol SA, 5.875%, 5/28/45

      158      $ 140,225   

Ensco PLC, 5.75%, 10/1/44

      260        231,750   

Pacific Drilling SA, 5.375%, 6/1/20(1)

      155        118,188   

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., 5.625%, 1/19/25(1)

      230        167,037   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.625%, 5/20/43

      220        171,138   
                     
  $ 828,338   
                     

Telecommunications — 4.3%

  

America Movil SAB de CV, 6.45%, 12/5/22

  MXN     2,000      $ 122,539   

Axtel SAB de CV, 9.00%, 1/31/20(1)

      210        211,050   

Colombia Telecomunicaciones SA ESP, 8.50% to 3/30/20, 12/29/49(1)(2)

      100        103,920   

Oi SA, 5.75%, 2/10/22(1)

      350        304,937   

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.00%, 9/30/34

      87        84,608   
                     
  $ 827,054   
                     

Total Foreign Corporate Bonds
(identified cost $3,813,560)

   

  $ 3,565,077   
                     
Foreign Government Bonds — 13.7%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Brazil — 3.1%

  

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, 10.00%, 1/1/21

  BRL     1,730      $ 500,913   

Federative Republic of Brazil, 12.50%, 1/5/16

  BRL     250        80,217   
                     
  $ 581,130   
                     

Mexico — 3.3%

  

Mexican Bonos, 7.75%, 5/29/31

  MXN     7,520      $ 534,598   

Mexican Bonos, 7.75%, 11/13/42

  MXN     1,382        98,227   
                     
  $ 632,825   
                     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

New Zealand — 0.7%

  

New Zealand Government Bond, 6.00%, 12/15/17(3)

  NZD     170      $ 123,772   
                     
  $ 123,772   
                     

Supranational — 6.6%

  

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 7.375%, 4/15/19

  IDR     1,140,000      $ 82,513   

European Investment Bank,
7.20%, 7/9/19(1)

  IDR     1,170,000        83,197   

Inter-American Development Bank, 7.20%, 11/14/17

  IDR     4,920,000        354,948   

International Finance Corp., 6.30%, 11/25/24

  INR     3,910        58,461   

International Finance Corp., 6.45%, 10/30/18

  INR     24,400        382,780   

International Finance Corp., 7.80%, 6/3/19

  INR     1,500        24,350   

International Finance Corp., 8.25%, 6/10/21

  INR     16,650        277,902   
                     
  $ 1,264,151   
                     

Total Foreign Government Bonds
(identified cost $2,901,786)

   

  $ 2,601,878   
                     
Convertible Bonds — 11.9%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Home Builders — 9.4%

  

KB Home, 1.375%, 2/1/19

  $ 520      $ 508,625   

Lennar Corp., 3.25%, 11/15/21(1)

    230        502,693   

Ryland Group, Inc. (The), 0.25%, 6/1/19

    485        470,450   

Standard Pacific Corp., 1.25%, 8/1/32

    255        311,419   
                     
  $ 1,793,187   
                     

Machinery – Diversified — 1.0%

  

Chart Industries, Inc., 2.00%, 8/1/18

  $ 190      $ 184,538   
                     
  $ 184,538   
                     

Oil & Gas — 0.4%

  

American Energy - Permian Basin, LLC, 8.00%, 5/1/22(1)(4)

  $ 50      $ 27,500   

American Energy - Utica, LLC,
3.50%, 3/1/21(1)(4)

    110        50,416   
                     
  $ 77,916   
                     
 

 

  6   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Telecommunications — 1.1%

  

Ciena Corp., 3.75%, 10/15/18(1)

  $ 155      $ 211,769   
                     
  $ 211,769   
                     

Total Convertible Bonds
(identified cost $2,156,286)

   

  $ 2,267,410   
                     
Asset-Backed Securities — 1.7%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

CAH, Series 2014-2A, Class D, 2.537%, 7/17/31(1)(5)

    $ 110      $ 108,687   

SCFT, Series 2014-AA, Class B, 4.61%, 10/25/27(1)

      205        209,761   
                     

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(identified cost $311,990)

   

  $ 318,448   
                     
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 3.6%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

ACRE, Series 2010-ARTA, Class D, 7.443%, 1/14/29(1)

    $ 100      $ 114,354   

COMM, Series 2013-CR10, Class D, 4.953%, 8/10/46(1)(6)

      150        142,069   

COMM, Series 2014-CR21, Class D, 4.067%, 12/10/47(1)(6)

      200        170,739   

JPMBB, Series 2014-C23, Class D, 4.109%, 9/15/47(1)(6)

      100        87,217   

JPMBB, Series 2014-C25, Class D, 4.098%, 11/15/47(1)(6)

      200        172,535   
                     

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(identified cost $691,702)

   

  $ 686,914   
                     
Senior Floating-Rate Interests — 1.8%(7)   
     
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Business Equipment and Services — 1.0%

  

AlixPartners, LLP, Term Loan - Second Lien, 9.00%, Maturing 7/10/21

    $ 200      $ 202,375   
                     
  $ 202,375   
                     
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Food Services — 0.8%

  

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Term Loan, Maturing 4/2/20(8)

    $ 300      $ 146,025   
                     
  $ 146,025   
                     

Total Senior Floating-Rate Interests
(identified cost $356,572)

   

  $ 348,400   
                     
Tax-Exempt Investments — 0.2%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Insured-Special Tax Revenue — 0.2%

  

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/44

    $ 95      $ 13,301   

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/45

      235        30,752   
                     

Total Tax-Exempt Investments
(identified cost $48,420)

   

  $ 44,053   
                     
U.S. Treasury Obligations — 7.1%   
     
Security  

Principal

Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.25%, 9/15/15

    $ 1,350      $ 1,350,316   
                     

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(identified cost $1,350,615)

   

  $ 1,350,316   
                     
Common Stocks — 17.5%   
     
Security        Shares     Value  

Banks — 2.3%

                   

Bank of America Corp.

      10,303      $ 175,357   

Regions Financial Corp.

      25,067        259,694   
                     
  $ 435,051   
                     

Beverages — 1.0%

                   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

      1,664      $ 193,057   
                     
  $ 193,057   
                     
 

 

  7   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security        Shares     Value  

Chemicals — 1.7%

  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

      1,886      $ 195,239   

PPG Industries, Inc.

      1,032        118,391   
                     
  $ 313,630   
                     

Health Care – Services — 1.1%

  

AmSurg Corp.(9)

      1,518      $ 106,184   

Humana, Inc.

      564        107,882   
                     
  $ 214,066   
                     

Machinery – Construction & Mining — 1.4%

  

Caterpillar, Inc.

      3,160      $ 268,031   
                     
  $ 268,031   
                     

Media — 1.1%

  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

      1,799      $ 205,338   
                     
  $ 205,338   
                     

Mining — 0.5%

  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

      4,908      $ 91,387   
                     
  $ 91,387   
                     

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 1.0%

  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

      2,904      $ 195,788   
                     
  $ 195,788   
                     

Oil & Gas — 0.9%

  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

      1,755      $ 136,486   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.(9)

      1,758        1,542   

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd., Class A(9)

      3,182        41,578   
                     
  $ 179,606   
                     

Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%

  

Eli Lilly & Co.

      2,273      $ 189,773   
                     
  $ 189,773   
                     

Pipelines — 0.9%

  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

      4,648      $ 178,437   
                     
  $ 178,437   
                     

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%

  

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

      8,641      $ 70,251   
                     
  $ 70,251   
                     
Security        Shares     Value  

Semiconductors — 1.5%

  

Intel Corp.

      9,324      $ 283,589   
                     
  $ 283,589   
                     

Software — 0.7%

  

Oracle Corp.

      3,315      $ 133,594   
                     
  $ 133,594   
                     

Telecommunications — 2.0%

  

Corning, Inc.

      9,352      $ 184,515   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR

      18,940        197,734   
                     
  $ 382,249   
                     

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $3,259,433)

   

  $ 3,333,847   
                     
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 3.6%   
     
Security        Shares     Value  

Health Care – Products — 0.3%

  

Alere, Inc., 3.00%

      140      $ 50,645   
                     
  $ 50,645   
                     

Iron & Steel — 0.3%

  

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., 7.00%

      10,865      $ 50,984   
                     
  $ 50,984   
                     

Oil & Gas — 1.8%

  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.75%

      440      $ 300,575   

SandRidge Energy, Inc., 7.00%

      930        19,995   

SandRidge Energy, Inc., 8.50%

      1,000        23,188   
                     
  $ 343,758   
                     

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%

  

iStar Financial, Inc., Series J, 4.50%

      4,135      $ 236,687   
                     
  $ 236,687   
                     

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $1,000,022)

   

  $ 682,074   
                     
 

 

  8   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Preferred Stocks — 1.4%   
     
Security        Shares   Value  

Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%

  

SLM Corp., 1.986%(5)

    4,350   $ 265,132   
                 

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $295,425)

  $ 265,132   
                 

Total Investments — 99.8%
(identified cost $20,024,363)

  $ 19,003,008   
                 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.2%

  $ 38,296   
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

  $ 19,041,304   
                 

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

 

ADR     American Depositary Receipt
ACRE     Americold LLC Trust
CAH     Colony American Homes
COMM     Commercial Mortgage Trust
JPMBB     JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
NPFG     National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.
SCFT     SpringCastle Funding Trust
   
BRL     Brazilian Real
IDR     Indonesian Rupiah
INR     Indian Rupee
MXN     Mexican Peso
NZD     New Zealand Dollar

 

  * In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

(1) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in certain transactions (normally to qualified institutional buyers) and remain exempt from registration. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities is $4,452,933 or 23.4% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

(2) 

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

 

(3) 

Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, 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. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities is $123,772 or 0.7% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

(4) 

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

 

(5) 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at June 30, 2015.

 

(6) 

Weighted average fixed-rate coupon that changes/updates monthly. Rate shown is the rate at June 30, 2015.

(7) 

Senior floating-rate interests (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. The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate of all contracts within the senior loan facility and includes commitment fees on unfunded loan commitments, if any. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined either daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate, plus a premium. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”) and the certificate of deposit (“CD”) rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders.

 

(8) 

This Senior Loan will settle after June 30, 2015, at which time the interest rate will be determined.

 

(9) 

Non-income producing security.

 

Country Concentration of Portfolio (based on country of risk)   
   
Country   Percentage
of Net Assets
    Value  

United States

    65.1   $ 12,393,223   

Brazil

    7.0        1,340,733   

Supranational

    6.6        1,264,151   

Mexico

    6.4        1,214,739   

Canada

    4.1        771,373   

New Zealand

    3.3        637,539   

Colombia

    2.2        411,182   

Australia

    1.6        293,526   

Peru

    1.1        222,574   

Sweden

    1.0        197,734   

Ireland

    0.9        171,626   

Italy

    0.5        84,608   
                 

Total Investments

    99.8   $ 19,003,008   
                 

 

Currency Concentration of Portfolio   
Currency   Percentage
of Net Assets
    Value  

United States Dollar

    81.9   $ 15,602,367   

New Zealand Dollar

    4.0        758,418   

Mexican Peso

    4.0        755,364   

Indian Rupee

    3.9        743,493   

Brazilian Real

    3.1        581,130   

Indonesian Rupiah

    2.7        520,658   

Canadian Dollar

    0.2        41,578   
                 

Total Investments

    99.8   $ 19,003,008   
                 
 

 

  9   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets   June 30, 2015  

Investments, at value (identified cost, $20,024,363)

  $ 19,003,008   

Cash

    9,633   

Dividends receivable

    3,420   

Interest receivable

    209,800   

Receivable from affiliate

    10,990   

Total assets

  $ 19,236,851   
Liabilities        

Payable for investments purchased

  $ 153,000   

Payable to affiliates:

 

Investment adviser fee

    8,759   

Distribution fees

    2   

Trustees’ fees

    360   

Accrued expenses

    33,426   

Total liabilities

  $ 195,547   

Net Assets

  $ 19,041,304   
Sources of Net Assets        

Paid-in capital

  $ 19,996,609   

Accumulated net realized gain

    119,216   

Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income

    (50,109

Net unrealized depreciation

    (1,024,412

Total

  $ 19,041,304   
Initial Class Shares        

Net Assets

  $ 9,520   

Shares Outstanding

    1,000   

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

 

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

  $ 9.52   
ADV Class Shares        

Net Assets

  $ 19,031,784   

Shares Outstanding

    1,999,000   

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

 

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

  $ 9.52   

 

  10   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015

 

Interest (net of foreign taxes, $289)

  $ 383,652   

Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $1,111)

    79,330   

Total investment income

  $ 462,982   
Expenses        

Investment adviser fee

  $ 53,439   

Distribution fees

 

Initial Class

    12   

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    957   

Custodian fee

    17,058   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

    5,928   

Legal and accounting services

    30,255   

Printing and postage

    4,562   

Miscellaneous

    3,297   

Total expenses

  $ 115,508   

Deduct —

 

Allocation of expenses to affiliate

  $ 23,167   

Reduction of custodian fee

    28   

Total expense reductions

  $ 23,195   

Net expenses

  $ 92,313   

Net investment income

  $ 370,669   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)        

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

  $ 184,783   

Foreign currency transactions

    (4,371

Net realized gain

  $ 180,412   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

  $ (619,626

Foreign currency

    (1,214

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ (620,840

Net realized and unrealized loss

  $ (440,428

Net decrease in net assets from operations

  $ (69,759

 

  11   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)

   

Period Ended

December 31, 2014(1)

 

From operations —

   

Net investment income

  $ 370,669      $ 146,338   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment and foreign currency transactions

    180,412        (14,324

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency

    (620,840     (403,572

Net decrease in net assets from operations

  $ (69,759   $ (271,558

Distributions to shareholders —

   

From net investment income

   

Initial Class

  $ (197   $ (89

ADV Class

    (419,190     (194,516

Tax return of capital

   

Initial Class

           (2

ADV Class

           (3,385

Total distributions to shareholders

  $ (419,387   $ (197,992

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

   

Proceeds from sale of shares

   

Initial Class

  $      $ 10,000   

ADV Class

           19,990,000   

Net increase in net assets from Fund share transactions

  $      $ 20,000,000   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ (489,146   $ 19,530,450   
Net Assets                

At beginning of period

  $ 19,530,450      $   

At end of period

  $ 19,041,304      $ 19,530,450   
Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income
included in net assets
               

At end of period

  $ (50,109   $ (1,391

 

(1) 

For the period from the start of business, September 15, 2014, to December 31, 2014.

 

  12   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Initial Class  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
   

Period Ended

December 31, 2014(1)

 

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 9.760      $ 10.000   
Income (Loss) From Operations                

Net investment income(2)

  $ 0.173      $ 0.065   

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (0.216     (0.214

Total loss from operations

  $ (0.043   $ (0.149
Less Distributions                

From net investment income

  $ (0.197   $ (0.089

Tax return of capital

           (0.002

Total distributions

  $ (0.197   $ (0.091

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 9.520      $ 9.760   

Total Return(3)

    (0.57 )%(4)      (1.39 )%(4) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data                

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

  $ 10      $ 10   

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

   

Expenses(5)(6)

    1.20 %(7)      1.20 %(7) 

Net investment income

    3.56 %(7)      2.26 %(7) 

Portfolio Turnover

    20 %(4)      5 %(4) 

 

(1) 

For the period from the start of business, September 15, 2014, to December 31, 2014.

 

(2) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(4) 

Not annualized.

 

(5) 

The investment adviser and administrator subsidized certain operating expenses (equal to 0.24% and 0.63% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and the period ended December 31, 2014, respectively). Absent this subsidy, total return would be lower.

 

(6) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.

 

(7) 

Annualized.

 

  13   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    ADV Class  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
   

Period Ended

December 31, 2014(1)

 

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 9.770      $ 10.000   
Income (Loss) From Operations                

Net investment income(2)

  $ 0.185      $ 0.073   

Net realized and unrealized loss

    (0.225     (0.204

Total loss from operations

  $ (0.040   $ (0.131
Less Distributions                

From net investment income

  $ (0.210   $ (0.097

Tax return of capital

           (0.002

Total distributions

  $ (0.210   $ (0.099

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 9.520      $ 9.770   

Total Return(3)

    (0.45 )%(4)      (1.32 )%(4) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data                

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

  $ 19,032      $ 19,521   

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

   

Expenses(5)(6)

    0.95 %(7)      0.95 %(7) 

Net investment income

    3.82 %(7)      2.53 %(7) 

Portfolio Turnover

    20 %(4)      5 %(4) 

 

(1) 

For the period from the start of business, September 15, 2014, to December 31, 2014.

 

(2) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(4) 

Not annualized.

 

(5) 

The investment adviser and administrator subsidized certain operating expenses (equal to 0.24% and 0.63% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and the period ended December 31, 2014, respectively). Absent this subsidy, total return would be lower.

 

(6) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.

 

(7) 

Annualized.

 

  14   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance VT Bond Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified series of Eaton Vance Variable Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is total return. The Fund offers Initial Class and ADV Class shares, which are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. The Fund is generally made available for purchase only to separate accounts established by participating insurance companies and qualified pension or retirement plans.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund 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.

Debt Obligations. Debt obligations (including short-term obligations with a remaining maturity of more than sixty days) 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 asked 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 obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) for which reliable market quotations are readily available are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Other Senior Loans are valued at fair value by the investment adviser under procedures approved by the Trustees. In fair valuing a Senior Loan, the investment adviser utilizes one or more of the valuation techniques described in (i) through (iii) below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to: (i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Fair value determinations are made by the portfolio managers of the Fund based on information available to such managers. The portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may not possess the same information about a Senior Loan borrower as the portfolio managers of the Fund. At times, the fair value of a Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may vary from the fair value of the same Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of the Fund. The fair value of each Senior Loan is periodically reviewed and approved by the investment adviser’s Valuation Committee and by the Trustees based upon procedures approved by the Trustees. Junior Loans (i.e., subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.

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 asked prices therefore on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally 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 asked 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. The value of preferred equity securities that are valued by a pricing service on a bond basis is adjusted by an income factor, as determined by the investment adviser, to reflect the next anticipated regular dividend.

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

 

  15  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Affiliated Fund. The Fund may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). The value of the Fund’s investment in Cash Reserves Fund reflects the Fund’s proportionate interest in its net assets. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities utilizing the amortized cost valuation technique in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. This technique involves initially valuing a portfolio security at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium. If amortized cost is determined not to approximate fair value, Cash Reserves Fund may value its investment securities in the same manner as debt obligations described above.

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Fund in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Fund 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 condition, 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.

C  Income — Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Withholding taxes on foreign interest, dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Fees associated with loan amendments are recognized immediately. 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 Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date.

D  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund 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  Expenses — The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.

F  Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Fund. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Fund maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Fund’s custodian fees are reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.

G  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.

H  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.

I  Indemnifications — Under the Trust’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 Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

 

  16  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

J  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2015 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Fund’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

It is the present policy of the Fund to make monthly distributions of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the ex-dividend date or, if an election is made on behalf of a separate account, to receive some or all distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

At December 31, 2014, the Fund, for federal income tax purposes, had deferred capital losses of $24,364, which will reduce its taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the Fund’s next taxable year and retain the same short-term or long-term character as when originally deferred. Of the deferred capital losses at December 31, 2014, $24,364 are short-term.

Additionally, at December 31, 2014, the Fund had a late year ordinary loss of $1,391, related to certain specified losses realized after October 31, 2014, which it has elected to defer to the following taxable year pursuant to income tax regulations.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at June 30, 2015, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

  $ 20,086,527   

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 501,540   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (1,585,059

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (1,083,519

3  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by EVM as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Fund. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.55% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion and at reduced rates on daily net assets of $1 billion or more, and is payable monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the investment adviser fee amounted to $53,439 or 0.55% (annualized) of the Fund’s average daily net assets. EVM has agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses to the extent that total annual operating expenses (relating to ordinary operating expenses only) exceed 1.20% and 0.95% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Initial Class and ADV Class, respectively. This agreement may be changed or terminated after April 30, 2016. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM was allocated $23,167 of the Fund’s operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2015. EVM also serves as administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), the Fund’s principal underwriter and an affiliate of EVM, received distribution fees (see Note 4).

Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of EVM.

4  Distribution Plan

The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Initial Class shares (Initial Class Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Initial Class Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Initial Class shares for the sale and distribution of Initial Class shares. Distribution fees paid or accrued to EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2015 amounted to $12. Insurance companies receive such fees from EVD based on the value of shares held by such companies. The insurance companies through which investors hold shares of the Fund may also pay fees to third parties in connection with the sale of variable contracts and for services provided to variable contract owners. The Fund, EVM or EVD are not a party to these arrangements. Investors should consult the prospectus and statement of additional information for their variable contracts for a discussion of these payments. EVD may, at its expense, provide promotional incentives to dealers that sell variable insurance products.

 

  17  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Distribution fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s NASD Conduct Rule 2830(d).

5  Shareholder Servicing Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan (Servicing Plan) for Initial Class and ADV Class. The Servicing Plan allows the Trust to enter into shareholder servicing agreements with insurance companies, investment dealers, broker/dealers or other financial intermediaries that provide shareholder services relating to Fund shares and their shareholders, including variable contract owners or plan participants with interests in the Fund. Under the Servicing Plan, the Fund may make payments at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets attributable to each class that are subject to shareholder servicing agreements. No shareholder servicing fees are levied on shares owned by EVM, its affiliates, or their respective employees or clients and may be waived under certain other limited conditions. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, there were no shareholder servicing fees accrued for Initial Class and ADV Class shares.

6  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations and including maturities, paydowns and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $4,750,073 and $3,562,560, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2015.

7  Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

Initial Class  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)

    

Period Ended

December 31, 2014(1)

 

Sales

            1,000   

Net increase

            1,000   
    
ADV Class  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)

    

Period Ended

December 31, 2014(1)

 

Sales

            1,999,000   

Net increase

            1,999,000   

 

(1) 

For the period from the start of business, September 15, 2014, to December 31, 2014.

At June 30, 2015, EVM owned 100% of the value of the outstanding shares of the Fund.

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.

 

  18  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

At June 30, 2015, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

  $       $ 3,539,459       $         —       $ 3,539,459   

Foreign Corporate Bonds

            3,565,077                 3,565,077   

Foreign Government Bonds

            2,601,878                 2,601,878   

Convertible Bonds

            2,267,410                 2,267,410   

Asset-Backed Securities

            318,448                 318,448   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

            686,914                 686,914   

Senior Floating-Rate Interests

            348,400                 348,400   

Tax-Exempt Investments

            44,053                 44,053   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

            1,350,316                 1,350,316   

Common Stocks

    3,333,847                         3,333,847   

Convertible Preferred Stocks

            682,074                 682,074   

Preferred Stocks

            265,132                 265,132   

Total Investments

  $ 3,333,847       $ 15,669,161       $       $ 19,003,008   

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2014 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At June 30, 2015, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

 

  19  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

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 for a fund to enter into an investment advisory agreement with an investment adviser, the fund’s board of trustees, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“Independent Trustees”), must approve the agreement and its terms at an in-person meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.

At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on August 11, 2014, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the investment advisory agreement of Eaton Vance VT Bond Fund (the “Fund”), with Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”). The Board reviewed information furnished for the August 11, 2014 meeting as well as information previously furnished throughout the year at meetings of the Board and its committees, including with respect to the approval of other investment advisory agreements for other Eaton Vance Funds. Such information included, among other things, the following:

Information about Fees and Expenses

 

 

The advisory and related fees to be paid by the Fund and the anticipated expense ratio of the Fund;

 

 

Comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by the Adviser in managing other accounts (including mutual funds, other collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those to be used in managing the Fund, if applicable, and concerning fees charged by other advisers for managing funds similar to the Fund;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

 

Descriptions of the investment management services to be provided to the Fund, including the investment strategies and processes to be employed;

 

 

Information concerning the allocation of brokerage and the benefits expected to be received by the Adviser as a result of brokerage allocation for the Fund, including information concerning the acquisition of research through client commission arrangements and the Fund’s policies with respect to “soft dollar” arrangements;

 

 

Information about the Adviser’s processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions, and other policies and practices of the Adviser with respect to trading;

 

 

The procedures and processes to be used to determine the fair value of the Fund’s assets and actions to be taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

Information about the Adviser

 

 

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of the Adviser;

 

 

Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the Fund, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;

 

 

Copies of the Codes of Ethics of the Adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;

 

 

Copies of or descriptions of the Adviser’s policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions;

 

 

Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the Adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the Eaton Vance Funds (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance with investment policies and restrictions, including policies with respect to market-timing, late trading and selective portfolio disclosure, and with policies on personal securities transactions;

 

 

Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the Adviser and its affiliates;

Other Relevant Information

 

 

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

 

 

Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by the Adviser; and

 

 

The terms of the investment advisory agreement of the Fund.

Results of the Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Board concluded that the terms of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement with the Adviser, including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the terms of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund.

 

  20  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement of the Fund, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided to the Fund by the Adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments to be held by the Fund, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who will provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Fund. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of such personnel in investing in securities and other instruments to establish investment exposures to a wide variety of bonds and other income instruments, including corporate bonds, commercial mortgage-backed securities and senior floating rate loans. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, including the compensation methods of the Adviser to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention expected to be devoted to Fund matters by senior management. In addition, the Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by the Adviser and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services.

The Board reviewed the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also evaluated 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.

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

Fund Performance

Because the Fund had not yet commenced operations when the advisory agreement was approved, it had no performance record.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board reviewed contractual fee rates to be payable by the Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an independent data provider and the Fund’s estimated expense ratio for a one-year period.

After reviewing the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees proposed to be charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.

Profitability

The Board reviewed the level of profits projected to be realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory services and administrative services to the Fund. The Board considered the level of profits expected to be realized without regard to revenue sharing or other payments expected to be made by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits expected to be received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their relationships with the Fund, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and other investment advisory clients.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services to be rendered, the profits expected to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are reasonable.

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, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Fund, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, can be expected to allow the Fund to benefit from economies of scale in the future.

 

  21  


Eaton Vance

VT Bond Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance VT Bond Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance VT Bond Fund

 

 

Ralph F. Verni

Chairman

Scott E. Eston

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

William H. Park

Helen Frame Peters

Susan J. Sutherland**

Harriett Tee Taggart

 

 

* Interested Trustee

 

** Ms. Sutherland began serving as a Trustee effective May 1, 2015.

 

  22  


Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy.  The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the following policy (“Privacy Policy”) with respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:

 

 

Only such information received from you, through application forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund transactions will be collected. This may include information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account balances and transactions.

 

 

None of such information about you (or former customers) will be disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the normal course of servicing a customer’s account, Eaton Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and broker-dealers.

 

 

Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect the confidentiality of such information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group and Boston Management and Research. In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a customer’s account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial advisor/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such advisor’s privacy policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vance’s Privacy Policy, please call 1-800-262-1122.

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 advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, 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 advisor. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available 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. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).

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.

 

  23  


 

 

This Page Intentionally Left Blank


Investment Adviser and Administrator

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

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

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

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.


LOGO

19056    6.30.15


LOGO

 

 

Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

LOGO


 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator and a commodity trading advisor.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.

This report is prepared for the general information of contract owners. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of the Fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial advisor. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.


Semiannual Report June 30, 2015

Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

Table of Contents

 

Performance

     2   

Fund Profile

     2   

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     3   

Fund Expenses

     4   

Financial Statements

     5   

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     29   

Officers and Trustees

     32   

Important Notices

     33   


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Managers Scott H. Page, CFA, Craig P. Russ and Andrew Sveen, CFA

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years     Ten Years  

Initial Class at NAV

     05/02/2001         05/02/2001         2.11      1.36      4.34     3.97

ADV Class at NAV

     04/15/2014         05/02/2001         2.35         1.61         4.40        3.99   

S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index

                     2.83      1.82      5.47     4.98
                
% Total Annual Operating Expense Ratios3                                    Initial Class     ADV Class  
                 1.16     0.91

Fund Profile

 

 

Top 10 Issuers (% of total investments)4

 

Community Health Systems, Inc.

    1.3

Asurion, LLC

    1.1   

Transdigm, Inc.

    1.1   

Avago Technologies Cayman Ltd.

    1.1   

Michaels Stores, Inc.

    1.1   

First Data Corporation

    1.1   

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.

    1.0   

Supervalu, Inc.

    1.0   

Infor (US), Inc.

    0.9   

Berry Plastics Holding Corporation

    0.9   

Total

    10.6

 

Top 10 Sectors (% of total investments)4

 

Electronics/Electrical

    9.8

Health Care

    9.6   

Business Equipment & Services

    6.7   

Retailers (Except Food & Drug)

    6.2   

Chemicals & Plastics

    5.6   

Financial Intermediaries

    4.2   

Automotive

    3.8   

Oil & Gas

    3.6   

Leisure Goods/Activities/Movies

    3.4   

Lodging & Casinos

    3.3   

Total

    56.2

 

 

 

Credit Quality (% of bond and loan holdings)5

 

 

LOGO

    

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted.

 

  2  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index is an unmanaged index of the institutional leveraged loan market. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

There is no sales charge. Insurance-related charges are not included in the calculation of returns. Such expenses would reduce the overall return shown. Please refer to the report for your insurance contract for performance data reflecting insurance-related charges.

 

  

Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. Performance presented in the financial highlights included in the financial statements is not linked. In the performance table, the performance of ADV Class is linked to Initial Class. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable.

 

3 

Source: Fund prospectus.

 

4 

Excludes cash and cash equivalents.

 

5 

Ratings are based on Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, as applicable. If securities are rated differently by the ratings agencies, the higher rating is applied. Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of a bond based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P or Fitch (Baa or higher by Moody’s) are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” are not rated by the national ratings agencies stated above.

 

  

Fund profile subject to change due to active management.

    

 

 

  3  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Fund Expenses

 

 

Example:  As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2015 – June 30, 2015).

Actual Expenses:  The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:  The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect expenses and charges which are, or may be imposed under the variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy (variable contracts) (if applicable) through which your investment in the Fund is made. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs associated with an investment in vehicles which fund benefits under variable contracts and to qualified pension and retirement plans, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of investing in the Fund through variable contracts. In addition, if these expenses and charges imposed under the variable contracts were included, your costs would be higher.

 

      Beginning
Account Value
(1/1/15)
     Ending
Account Value
(6/30/15)
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
(1/1/15 – 6/30/15)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
           

Actual

  

        

Initial Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,021.10       $ 5.76         1.15

ADV Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,023.50       $ 4.52         0.90
                                     
           

Hypothetical

           

(5% return per year before expenses)

           

Initial Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,019.10       $ 5.76         1.15

ADV Class

   $ 1,000.00       $ 1,020.30       $ 4.51         0.90

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2014. Expenses shown do not include insurance-related charges.

 

  4  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Senior Floating-Rate Interests — 92.1%(1)   
   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Aerospace and Defense — 1.9%

  

BE Aerospace, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 16, 2021

  $ 746      $ 752,081   

DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing November 2, 2018

    302        302,947   

IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.

   

Revolving Loan, Maturing July 18,
2018
(2)

    133        128,842   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.00%, Maturing
July 18, 2019(3)

    182        145,248   

Silver II US Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 13, 2019

    3,207        3,109,698   

Standard Aero Limited

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing November 2, 2018

    136        136,909   

Transdigm, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing February 28, 2020

    5,093        5,063,618   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 4, 2021

    1,188        1,180,297   
                 
  $ 10,819,640   
                 

Automotive — 3.6%

  

Affinia Group Intermediate Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing April 27, 2020

  $ 469      $ 470,399   

Chrysler Group, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing May 24, 2017

    2,740        2,740,287   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing December 31, 2018

    1,816        1,814,093   

CS Intermediate Holdco 2, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 4, 2021

    2,401        2,400,251   

Dayco Products, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 12, 2019

    617        620,273   

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing April 15, 2021

    2,605        2,579,911   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The)

   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 3.75%, Maturing April 30, 2019

    3,313        3,322,852   

Horizon Global Corporation

   

Term Loan, Maturing May 11, 2022(2)

    300        297,187   

INA Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 15, 2020

    641        645,822   

MPG Holdco I, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing October 20, 2021

    1,537        1,537,976   

TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC

   

Term Loan, Maturing June 24, 2022(2)

    750        751,406   

Tower Automotive Holdings USA, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 23, 2020

    2,488        2,489,389   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Automotive (continued)

  

Visteon Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing April 9, 2021

  $ 379      $ 379,344   
                 
  $ 20,049,190   
                 

Beverage and Tobacco — 0.3%

               

Flavors Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing April 3, 2020

  $ 553      $ 533,375   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 11.00%, Maturing October 3, 2021

    1,000        965,000   
                 
    $ 1,498,375   
                 

Brokerage / Securities Dealers / Investment Houses — 0.1%

  

Astro AB Borrower, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing April 30, 2022

  $ 225      $ 227,537   

Salient Partners L.P.

   

Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing May 19, 2021

    500        492,500   
                 
    $ 720,037   
                 

Building and Development — 2.2%

  

ABC Supply Co., Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing April 16, 2020

  $ 663      $ 662,496   

Auction.com, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing May 8, 2022

    648        645,133   

CPG International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing September 30, 2020

    393        390,544   

Gates Global, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 5, 2021

    968        954,468   

Headwaters, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 24, 2022

    125        125,547   

Ply Gem Industries, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 1, 2021

    2,475        2,464,419   

Quikrete Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing September 28, 2020

    591        591,826   

RE/MAX International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 31, 2020

    1,771        1,776,063   

Realogy Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 5, 2020

    3,692        3,689,596   

Summit Materials Companies I, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing January 30, 2019

    703        704,472   

WireCo WorldGroup, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing February 15, 2017

    276        276,372   
                 
    $ 12,280,936   
                 
 

 

  5   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Business Equipment and Services — 6.5%

  

Acosta Holdco, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing September 26, 2021

  $ 2,488      $ 2,484,908   

Altisource Solutions S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 9, 2020

    2,015        1,798,736   

Brock Holdings III, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing March 16, 2017

    474        472,007   

CCC Information Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 20, 2019

    220        219,078   

Ceridian, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 15, 2020

    2,401        2,384,212   

ClientLogic Corporation

   

Term Loan, 7.53%, Maturing January 30, 2017

    1,132        1,120,934   

Corporate Capital Trust, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 15, 2019

    617        617,558   

CPM Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing April 11, 2022

    175        175,547   

Crossmark Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 20, 2019

    1,269        1,150,004   

Education Management, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing July 2, 2020

    196        148,684   

Term Loan, 8.50%, (2.00% Cash, 6.50% PIK), Maturing July 2, 2020

    333        213,677   

EIG Investors Corp.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing November 9, 2019

    2,715        2,710,839   

Emdeon Business Services, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing November 2, 2018

    3,665        3,669,608   

Expert Global Solutions, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing April 3, 2018

    38        38,569   

Extreme Reach, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing February 7, 2020

    456        455,381   

Garda World Security Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 6, 2020

    70        70,110   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 6, 2020

    625        623,482   

IG Investment Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing October 29, 2021

    1,009        1,013,021   

IMS Health Incorporated

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 17, 2021

    509        506,592   

Information Resources, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing September 30, 2020

    761        765,321   

ION Trading Technologies S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 10, 2021

    794        787,831   

Italics Merger Sub, Inc.

   

Term Loan, Maturing May 29, 2022(2)

    1,400        1,398,541   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 11, 2021

    1,346        1,349,686   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Business Equipment and Services (continued)

  

Kronos Incorporated

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 30, 2019

  $ 1,220      $ 1,222,141   

Language Line, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing June 20, 2016

    938        938,024   

MCS AMS Sub-Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing October 15, 2019(3)

    340        261,612   

Monitronics International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 23, 2018

    274        274,983   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 2, 2022

    349        350,325   

National CineMedia, LLC

   

Term Loan, 2.94%, Maturing November 26, 2019

    250        247,813   

PGX Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 29, 2020

    385        387,926   

RCS Capital Corporation

   

Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing April 29, 2019

    1,416        1,412,647   

Sensus USA, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 9, 2017

    335        333,675   

ServiceMaster Company

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 1, 2021

    1,563        1,567,508   

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.93%, Maturing February 28, 2017

    424        424,940   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 8, 2020

    3,203        3,207,449   

TNS, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing February 14, 2020

    511        513,333   

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing September 2, 2021

    871        874,615   

WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 14, 2022

    30        29,694   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 14, 2022

    170        169,556   
                 
    $ 36,390,567   
                 

Cable and Satellite Television — 0.6%

  

MCC Iowa, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 30, 2021

  $ 569      $ 569,069   

Mediacom Illinois, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 30, 2021

    323        323,033   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing June 30, 2023

    2,188        2,169,831   
                 
  $ 3,061,933   
                 

Chemicals and Plastics — 5.0%

               

Allnex (Luxembourg) & Cy S.C.A.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 3, 2019

  $ 145      $ 145,495   
 

 

  6   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Chemicals and Plastics (continued)

  

Allnex USA, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 3, 2019

  $ 75      $ 75,490   

Aruba Investments, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing February 2, 2022

    209        209,852   

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing February 1, 2020

    2,716        2,716,084   

AZ Chem US, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 12, 2021

    429        429,472   

Chemours Company Co. (The)

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 22, 2022

    650        648,646   

Colouroz Investment 1, GmbH

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 7, 2021

    250        249,884   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 7, 2021

    1,532        1,536,259   

ECO Services Operations, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 4, 2021

    299        297,754   

Emerald Performance Materials, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing August 1, 2021

    372        372,808   

Gemini HDPE, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing August 7, 2021

    819        818,818   

Huntsman International, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing August 12, 2021

    1,244        1,246,341   

Ineos US Finance, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 4, 2018

    4,133        4,124,087   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 31, 2022

    449        449,295   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 18, 2020

    198        197,911   

MacDermid, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 7, 2020

    789        791,839   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing June 7, 2020

    423        425,103   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 9, 2021

    898        902,825   

Omnova Solutions, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 31, 2018

    1,363        1,363,828   

Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing July 25, 2021

    422        426,031   

OXEA Finance, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing January 15, 2020

    345        333,977   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.25%, Maturing July 15, 2020

    500        474,219   

Polarpak, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 7, 2020

    950        947,915   

PQ Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 7, 2017

    2,024        2,024,853   

Royal Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 18, 2022

    375        376,289   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Chemicals and Plastics (continued)

  

Solenis International L.P.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 31, 2021

  $ 223      $ 222,335   

Sonneborn Refined Products B.V.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 10, 2020

    49        48,729   

Sonneborn, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 10, 2020

    275        276,128   

Tata Chemicals North America, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing August 7, 2020

    714        713,392   

Trinseo Materials Operating S.C.A.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 13, 2021

    200        200,536   

Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) B.V.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 19, 2020

    2,006        2,009,639   

Univar, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.01%, Maturing June 30, 2017

    2,147        2,146,783   

WNA Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 7, 2020

    732        729,932   

Zep, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing June 16, 2022

    225        225,844   
                 
    $ 28,158,393   
                 

Conglomerates — 0.5%

  

RGIS Services, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing October 18, 2017

  $ 1,565      $ 1,453,285   

Spectrum Brands, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 9, 2022

    1,400        1,404,959   
                 
    $ 2,858,244   
                 

Containers and Glass Products — 2.1%

  

Berry Plastics Holding Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing February 8, 2020

  $ 3,108      $ 3,097,583   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing January 6, 2021

    1,989        1,986,131   

Hilex Poly Co., LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing December 5, 2021

    1,072        1,083,371   

Libbey Glass, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing April 9, 2021

    272        272,676   

Pelican Products, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 10, 2020

    1,633        1,633,176   

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 1, 2018

    3,524        3,537,344   

TricorBraun, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 3, 2018

    275        275,149   
                 
    $ 11,885,430   
                 
 

 

  7   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Cosmetics / Toiletries — 0.4%

  

Prestige Brands, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing September 3, 2021

  $ 652      $ 651,591   

Revlon Consumer Products Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 8, 2019

    701        702,489   

Sun Products Corporation (The)

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing March 23, 2020

    1,116        1,085,566   
                 
    $ 2,439,646   
                 

Drugs — 2.2%

  

Alkermes, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing September 18, 2019

  $ 195      $ 195,272   

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing November 12, 2020

    404        408,797   

DPx Holdings B.V.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 11, 2021

    1,287        1,281,024   

Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 19, 2021

    868        867,231   

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing September 30, 2019

    4,789        4,790,008   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing December 11, 2019

    853        852,142   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing August 5, 2020

    1,190        1,187,013   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 1, 2022

    2,394        2,395,633   
                 
    $ 11,977,120   
                 

Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.8%

  

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing October 9, 2019

  $ 4,078      $ 4,036,446   

EnergySolutions, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing May 29, 2020

    516        518,830   
                 
    $ 4,555,276   
                 

Electronics / Electrical — 9.6%

  

Allflex Holdings III, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 17, 2020

  $ 344      $ 344,090   

Answers Corporation

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing October 3, 2021

    796        690,530   

Applied Systems, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing January 25, 2021

    526        526,820   

Avago Technologies Cayman Ltd.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 6, 2021

    6,113        6,130,587   

Campaign Monitor Finance Pty Limited

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing March 18, 2021

    469        466,717   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Electronics / Electrical (continued)

  

Carros Finance Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 30, 2021

  $ 1,216      $ 1,215,433   

CommScope, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing January 14, 2018

    500        500,229   

Term Loan, Maturing May 21, 2022(2)

    575        575,270   

CompuCom Systems, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 11, 2020

    398        371,863   

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing February 28, 2021

    310        309,910   

Dell International, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 29, 2020

    3,725        3,728,658   

Entegris, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing April 30, 2021

    236        235,430   

Excelitas Technologies Corp.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing October 31, 2020

    510        512,096   

Eze Castle Software, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 6, 2020

    318        317,218   

FIDJI Luxembourg (BC4) S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing December 24, 2020

    469        469,336   

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 28, 2020

    1,269        1,271,555   

Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 13, 2021

    3,211        3,218,111   

Hyland Software, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing February 19, 2021

    1,183        1,187,848   

Infor (US), Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 3, 2020

    239        236,206   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 3, 2020

    4,986        4,927,265   

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 10, 2021

    374        375,465   

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 7, 2021

    322        322,554   

MA FinanceCo., LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 20, 2019

    800        800,334   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing November 19, 2021

    706        708,151   

Magic Newco, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 12, 2018

    1,737        1,741,917   

MH Sub I, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing July 8, 2021

    769        769,664   

NXP B.V.

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing January 11, 2020

    1,204        1,201,908   

Orbotech, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing August 6, 2020

    325        323,292   

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 9, 2021

    469        462,808   
 

 

  8   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Electronics / Electrical (continued)

  

Rocket Software, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing February 8, 2018

  $ 215      $ 215,786   

RP Crown Parent, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing December 21, 2018

    3,301        3,187,345   

SGS Cayman L.P.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing April 23, 2021

    141        141,785   

Shield Finance Co. S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing January 29, 2021

    444        446,875   

Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing December 7, 2018

    195        196,571   

SkillSoft Corporation

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing April 28, 2021

    1,489        1,458,576   

Smart Technologies ULC

   

Term Loan, 10.50%, Maturing January 31, 2018

    348        347,500   

Sophia L.P.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 19, 2018

    983        985,248   

Southwire Company

   

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing February 10, 2021

    247        246,412   

SS&C Technologies, Inc.

   

Term Loan, Maturing June 23, 2022(2)

    323        323,412   

Term Loan, Maturing June 23, 2022(2)

    1,277        1,279,588   

SunEdison Semiconductor B.V.

   

Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing May 27, 2019

    545        547,222   

SurveyMonkey.com, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing February 5, 2019

    1,254        1,265,421   

Sutherland Global Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing April 23, 2021

    604        609,103   

Sybil Software, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 20, 2020

    1,578        1,581,563   

Vantiv, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 13, 2021

    508        510,669   

VeriFone, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing July 8, 2021

    1,980        1,961,437   

Vertafore, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 3, 2019

    455        455,805   

Wall Street Systems Delaware, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 30, 2021

    2,343        2,345,920   

Zebra Technologies Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing October 27, 2021

    1,470        1,488,629   
                 
    $ 53,536,132   
                 

Financial Intermediaries — 3.9%

  

Armor Holding II, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing June 26, 2020

  $ 1,349      $ 1,346,002   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Financial Intermediaries (continued)

  

CITCO Funding, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 29, 2018

  $ 1,011      $ 1,013,242   

Clipper Acquisitions Corp.

   

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing February 6, 2020

    268        266,316   

First Data Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.69%, Maturing March 24, 2017

    500        499,375   

Term Loan, 3.69%, Maturing March 24, 2018

    3,455        3,447,773   

Term Loan, 3.69%, Maturing September 24, 2018

    1,125        1,123,243   

Term Loan, Maturing June 23, 2022(2)

    475        473,590   

Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings, LLP

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing January 4, 2021

    2,702        2,693,764   

Guggenheim Partners, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 22, 2020

    862        866,784   

Hamilton Lane Advisors, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 28, 2018

    255        255,218   

Harbourvest Partners, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing February 4, 2021

    1,080        1,074,301   

LPL Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing March 29, 2019

    896        896,722   

Medley, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing June 15, 2019

    367        367,045   

MIP Delaware, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 9, 2020

    490        491,481   

Moneygram International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 27, 2020

    220        209,215   

NXT Capital, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 4, 2018

    74        74,428   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 4, 2018

    424        426,041   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 4, 2018

    442        444,336   

Ocwen Financial Corporation

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing February 15, 2018

    1,899        1,895,530   

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing April 17, 2020

    1,569        1,563,432   

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 11, 2020

    386        389,143   

Walter Investment Management Corp.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 19, 2020

    2,129        2,016,575   
                 
    $ 21,833,556   
                 

Food Products — 2.9%

  

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing July 10, 2017

  $ 2,589      $ 2,595,867   

Charger OpCo B.V.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 23, 2021

    1,600        1,608,000   
 

 

  9   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Food Products (continued)

  

Del Monte Foods, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 18, 2021

  $ 941      $ 899,455   

Diamond Foods, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 20, 2018

    1,111        1,110,937   

Dole Food Company, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 1, 2018

    681        682,765   

High Liner Foods, Incorporated

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing April 24, 2021

    543        543,464   

JBS USA Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 25, 2018

    2,593        2,589,906   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing September 18, 2020

    958        959,422   

NBTY, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing October 1, 2017

    3,727        3,708,088   

Onex Wizard US Acquisition, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 13, 2022

    848        847,950   

Post Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 2, 2021

    374        372,955   
                 
    $ 15,918,809   
                 

Food Service — 2.3%

  

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 10, 2021

  $ 3,407      $ 3,408,857   

Aramark Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.68%, Maturing July 26, 2016

    48        48,074   

Term Loan, 3.69%, Maturing July 26, 2016

    216        215,089   

ARG IH Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing November 15, 2020

    169        169,995   

CEC Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 14, 2021

    988        963,224   

Landry’s, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 24, 2018

    1,579        1,586,320   

NPC International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 28, 2018

    1,300        1,294,319   

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 2, 2019

    190        188,103   

Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing May 14, 2020

    147        146,786   

US Foods, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 31, 2019

    3,406        3,416,142   

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 2, 2020

    3,226        1,570,134   
                 
    $ 13,007,043   
                 
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Food / Drug Retailers — 3.0%

  

Albertson’s Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing August 25, 2019

  $ 1,654      $ 1,661,643   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing August 25, 2021

    673        677,559   

Albertson’s, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.38%, Maturing March 21, 2019

    1,117        1,123,146   

General Nutrition Centers, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing March 4, 2019

    2,904        2,867,304   

New Albertson’s, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing June 27, 2021

    4,640        4,652,117   

Rite Aid Corporation

   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.75%, Maturing August 21, 2020

    250        252,708   

Supervalu, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 21, 2019

    5,323        5,341,793   
                 
    $ 16,576,270   
                 

Health Care — 9.2%

  

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 11, 2022

  $ 174      $ 175,286   

ADMI Corp.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing April 30, 2022

    225        226,125   

Akorn, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 16, 2021

    670        672,869   

Alere, Inc.

   

Term Loan, Maturing June 3, 2022(2)

    1,100        1,102,674   

Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 3, 2019

    630        628,667   

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.51%, Maturing June 7, 2020

    1,212        1,215,194   

Amsurg Corp.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing July 16, 2021

    470        471,793   

Ardent Medical Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing July 2, 2018

    702        704,517   

ATI Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 20, 2019

    220        220,659   

Auris Luxembourg III S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing January 17, 2022

    549        547,939   

CareCore National, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing March 5, 2021

    323        324,163   

CeramTec Acquisition Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 30, 2020

    90        90,061   

CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 19, 2019

    1,473        1,475,111   
 

 

  10   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Health Care (continued)

  

Community Health Systems, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 31, 2019

  $ 2,060      $ 2,063,055   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing January 27, 2021

    3,791        3,800,967   

Concordia Healthcare Corp.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing April 21, 2022

    175        176,094   

Convatec, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 15, 2020

    485        485,723   

CPI Buyer, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing August 18, 2021

    744        744,377   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing June 24, 2021

    2,079        2,082,250   

DJO Finance, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 8, 2020

    1,425        1,429,275   

Envision Healthcare Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 25, 2018

    2,357        2,360,811   

Faenza Acquisition GmbH

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 30, 2020

    267        267,243   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 30, 2020

    886        887,655   

Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.19%, Maturing February 27, 2021

    3,160        3,164,114   

Halyard Health, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 1, 2021

    413        415,818   

Horizon Pharma Holdings USA, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 22, 2021

    150        150,703   

Iasis Healthcare, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 3, 2018

    790        792,397   

Indivior Finance S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing December 19, 2019

    658        643,317   

inVentiv Health, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing May 15, 2018

    331        331,141   

Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing May 15, 2018

    1,340        1,341,379   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing April 9, 2021

    990        992,778   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 4, 2018

    1,317        1,323,381   

LHP Hospital Group, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 9.00%, Maturing July 3, 2018

    398        389,554   

MedAssets, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 13, 2019

    174        174,136   

Millennium Health, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 16, 2021

    1,361        570,024   

MJ Acquisition Corp.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 22, 2022

    200        199,998   

MMM Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 9.75%, Maturing December 12, 2017

    258        210,070   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Health Care (continued)

  

MSO of Puerto Rico, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 9.75%, Maturing December 12, 2017

  $ 187      $ 152,720   

National Mentor Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing January 31, 2021

    346        345,625   

Onex Carestream Finance L.P.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 7, 2019

    1,315        1,316,650   

Opal Acquisition, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing November 27, 2020

    1,429        1,408,384   

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing June 30, 2021

    1,533        1,505,363   

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 5, 2018

    2,803        2,807,506   

Physio-Control International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing May 5, 2022

    275        276,203   

PRA Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 23, 2020

    2,211        2,217,880   

Radnet Management, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.27%, Maturing October 10, 2018

    1,030        1,032,754   

RegionalCare Hospital Partners, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 19, 2019

    1,511        1,511,938   

Sage Products Holdings III, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 13, 2019

    917        920,019   

Select Medical Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.03%, Maturing December 20, 2016

    169        169,392   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 1, 2018

    869        869,247   

Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 15, 2022

    450        451,125   

Steward Health Care System, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing April 12, 2020

    1,449        1,439,475   

Tecomet, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing December 5, 2021

    821        812,153   

Truven Health Analytics, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 6, 2019

    802        801,643   

U.S. Renal Care, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 3, 2019

    197        196,685   
                 
  $ 51,086,080   
                 

Home Furnishings — 0.6%

  

Interline Brands, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 17, 2021

  $ 148      $ 148,033   

Serta Simmons Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 1, 2019

    3,215        3,222,104   
                 
  $ 3,370,137   
                 
 

 

  11   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Industrial Equipment — 2.8%

  

Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 10, 2018

  $ 150      $ 150,582   

Apex Tool Group, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 31, 2020

    3,270        3,216,420   

Delachaux S.A.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 28, 2021

    305        305,005   

Doosan Infracore International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 28, 2021

    2,488        2,511,461   

Filtration Group Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 21, 2020

    169        170,153   

Gardner Denver, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 30, 2020

    1,081        1,057,514   

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 30, 2021

    1,795        1,791,243   

Milacron, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 28, 2020

    759        761,688   

NN, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing August 27, 2021

    480        482,753   

Paladin Brands Holding, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing August 16, 2019

    409        409,824   

Rexnord, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 21, 2020

    2,751        2,747,561   

Signode Industrial Group US, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 1, 2021

    690        689,307   

STS Operating, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing February 12, 2021

    198        197,377   

Tank Holding Corp.

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 16, 2022

    771        774,690   

VAT Lux III S.a.r.l

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 11, 2021

    242        241,694   
                 
    $ 15,507,272   
                 

Insurance — 2.7%

  

Alliant Holdings I, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 20, 2019

  $ 1,688      $ 1,691,617   

AmWINS Group, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing September 6, 2019

    2,302        2,322,568   

Asurion, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing May 24, 2019

    5,546        5,562,971   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, Maturing March 3, 2021

    675        686,981   

CGSC of Delaware Holding Corporation

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing April 16, 2020

    270        247,940   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Insurance (continued)

  

Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 10, 2019

  $ 454      $ 445,033   

Hub International Limited

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 2, 2020

    1,991        1,979,518   

USI, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 27, 2019

    2,275        2,279,731   
                 
    $ 15,216,359   
                 

Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 3.3%

  

AMC Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing April 30, 2020

  $ 1,271      $ 1,270,585   

Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing January 30, 2019

    1,603        1,604,146   

CDS U.S. Intermediate Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, Maturing June 10, 2022(2)

    275        275,344   

ClubCorp Club Operations, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 24, 2020

    818        821,354   

Emerald Expositions Holding, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing June 17, 2020

    549        548,980   

Equinox Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing January 31, 2020

    485        488,392   

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing April 3, 2019

    164        163,902   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing August 16, 2020

    170        170,430   

LTF Merger Sub, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 10, 2022

    850        844,820   

Nord Anglia Education Finance, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 31, 2021

    1,833        1,837,833   

Regal Cinemas Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing April 1, 2022

    2,490        2,496,169   

Sabre, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 19, 2019

    634        633,750   

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing May 14, 2020

    1,474        1,425,722   

SRAM, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.03%, Maturing April 10, 2020

    896        895,584   

Town Sports International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 15, 2020

    731        583,922   

WMG Acquisition Corp.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing July 1, 2020

    1,020        1,007,558   

Zuffa, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing February 25, 2020

    3,427        3,388,189   
                 
    $ 18,456,680   
                 
 

 

  12   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Lodging and Casinos — 2.6%

  

Amaya Holdings B.V.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing August 1, 2021

  $ 2,308      $ 2,307,083   

Boyd Gaming Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 14, 2020

    271        272,035   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company

   

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing March 1, 2017(4)

    785        705,023   

CityCenter Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 16, 2020

    500        501,033   

Four Seasons Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing June 27, 2020

    392        391,669   

Golden Nugget, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing November 21, 2019

    87        87,729   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing November 21, 2019

    203        204,702   

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing October 26, 2020

    3,479        3,482,378   

MGM Resorts International

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing December 20, 2019

    1,901        1,891,348   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing August 13, 2020

    410        410,488   

Playa Resorts Holding B.V.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 9, 2019

    1,280        1,278,113   

RHP Hotel Properties L.P.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing January 15, 2021

    421        422,131   

Scientific Games International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing October 18, 2020

    1,872        1,873,489   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing October 1, 2021

    622        622,193   

Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 27, 2020

    221        220,510   
                 
    $ 14,669,924   
                 

Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 2.0%

  

Alpha Natural Resources, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing May 22, 2020

  $ 1,393      $ 1,008,139   

Arch Coal, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 16, 2018

    2,407        1,666,575   

Dynacast International, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 28, 2022

    424        426,587   

Fairmount Minerals Ltd.

   

Term Loan, 3.81%, Maturing March 15, 2017

    245        241,873   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 5, 2019

    2,213        2,107,043   

Murray Energy Corporation

   

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing April 7, 2017

    200        199,083   

Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing March 19, 2021

    1,225        1,137,719   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Nonferrous Metals / Minerals (continued)

  

Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corporation

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing February 28, 2019

  $ 484      $ 406,350   

Novelis, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing June 2, 2022

    1,675        1,668,719   

Oxbow Carbon, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing July 19, 2019

    1,171        1,168,382   

Walter Energy, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing April 2, 2018

    1,603        884,260   
                 
    $ 10,914,730   
                 

Oil and Gas — 3.5%

  

       

Ameriforge Group, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 19, 2019

  $ 2,181      $ 1,829,611   

Bronco Midstream Funding, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing August 15, 2020

    977        964,994   

CITGO Holding, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 9.50%, Maturing May 12, 2018

    1,100        1,105,372   

CITGO Petroleum Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing July 29, 2021

    720        720,612   

Crestwood Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing June 19, 2019

    1,210        1,199,891   

Drillships Ocean Ventures, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing July 25, 2021

    794        679,664   

Energy Transfer Equity L.P.

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing December 2, 2019

    1,025        1,019,555   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 2, 2019

    256        255,953   

Fieldwood Energy, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.88%, Maturing September 28, 2018

    639        609,766   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.38%, Maturing September 30, 2020

    425        326,188   

Floatel International Ltd.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing June 27, 2020

    1,681        1,337,275   

MEG Energy Corp.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 31, 2020

    3,192        3,130,022   

Obsidian Natural Gas Trust

   

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing November 2, 2015

    155        155,462   

Paragon Offshore Finance Company

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing July 18, 2021

    645        497,822   

Samson Investment Company

   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.00%, Maturing September 25, 2018

    1,425        573,563   

Seadrill Partners Finco, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 21, 2021

    2,439        1,852,993   

Seventy Seven Operating, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 25, 2021

    347        321,379   
 

 

  13   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Oil and Gas (continued)

  

       

Sheridan Investment Partners II L.P.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 16, 2020

  $ 22      $ 20,021   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 16, 2020

    60        53,684   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 16, 2020

    432        385,915   

Sheridan Production Partners I, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 1, 2019

    77        68,404   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 1, 2019

    127        111,990   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 1, 2019

    957        845,155   

Southcross Energy Partners L.P.

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing August 4, 2021

    495        492,525   

Southcross Holdings Borrower L.P.

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing August 4, 2021

    297        288,833   

Targa Resources Corp.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing February 25, 2022

    177        178,677   

Tervita Corporation

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 15, 2018

    774        727,553   
                 
    $ 19,752,879   
                 

Publishing — 1.8%

  

Ascend Learning, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing July 31, 2019

  $ 813      $ 815,672   

Getty Images, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing October 18, 2019

    3,783        2,821,209   

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 11, 2022

    225        224,297   

Interactive Data Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing May 2, 2021

    1,040        1,043,832   

Laureate Education, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 15, 2018

    2,289        2,145,654   

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing March 22, 2019

    356        357,767   

Merrill Communications, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing June 1, 2022

    375        375,000   

Nelson Education Ltd.

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing July 7, 2016

    302        220,482   

Penton Media, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 3, 2019

    394        395,990   

ProQuest, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing October 24, 2021

    497        500,192   

Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH

  

 

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing August 14, 2020

    863        866,256   
                 
    $ 9,766,351   
                 
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Radio and Television — 2.2%

  

ALM Media Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing July 31, 2020

  $ 319      $ 308,669   

AP NMT Acquisition B.V.

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing August 13, 2021

    323        319,740   

Block Communications, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 7, 2021

    149        149,619   

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 6.94%, Maturing January 30, 2019

    453        419,286   

Term Loan, 7.69%, Maturing July 30, 2019

    146        136,822   

Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 23, 2020

    2,609        2,483,455   

Entercom Radio, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 23, 2018

    174        174,182   

Entravision Communications Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing May 31, 2020

    2,143        2,130,935   

Gray Television, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 10, 2021

    156        156,014   

Hubbard Radio, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 15, 2020

    444        443,334   

Media General, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 31, 2020

    884        884,393   

Mission Broadcasting, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing October 1, 2020

    426        425,676   

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing October 1, 2020

    483        482,724   

Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing August 4, 2021

    433        432,685   

TWCC Holding Corp.

   

Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.00%, Maturing June 26, 2020

    375        350,937   

Univision Communications, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 1, 2020

    489        486,548   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 1, 2020

    2,739        2,725,383   
                 
    $ 12,510,402   
                 

Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 6.1%

  

99 Cents Only Stores

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 11, 2019

  $ 1,260      $ 1,171,960   

Bass Pro Group, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing June 5, 2020

    1,498        1,501,027   

CDW, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing April 29, 2020

    2,158        2,143,006   

David’s Bridal, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 11, 2019

    597        574,574   
 

 

  14   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Retailers (Except Food and Drug) (continued)

  

Dollar Tree, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 9, 2022

  $ 1,979      $ 1,982,413   

Evergreen Acqco 1 L.P.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing July 9, 2019

    316        295,933   

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing July 26, 2019

    1,583        1,593,559   

Hudson’s Bay Company

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing November 4, 2020

    821        823,922   

J. Crew Group, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 5, 2021

    1,906        1,652,047   

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 16, 2018

    2,004        1,951,440   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 18, 2021

    598        600,902   

Michaels Stores, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing January 28, 2020

    5,457        5,446,907   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing January 28, 2020

    645        647,410   

Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. (The)

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 25, 2020

    2,684        2,672,467   

Party City Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 27, 2019

    731        731,420   

Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (The)

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 11, 2018

    219        219,992   

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 24, 2017

    1,456        1,458,423   

PetSmart, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 11, 2022

    3,250        3,250,552   

PFS Holding Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 31, 2021

    1,136        1,057,551   

Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 30, 2021

    347        343,035   

Pilot Travel Centers, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 1, 2021

    1,436        1,454,084   

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 19, 2021

    346        344,761   

Spin Holdco, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 14, 2019

    910        908,760   

Toys ‘R’ Us Property Company I, LLC

   

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing August 21, 2019

    983        931,034   
                 
    $ 33,757,179   
                 

Steel — 1.5%

  

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 30, 2019

  $ 4,516      $ 4,020,265   
Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Steel (continued)

  

JMC Steel Group, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing April 1, 2017

  $ 3,106      $ 3,086,864   

Neenah Foundry Company

   

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing April 26, 2017

    645        642,097   

Patriot Coal Corporation

   

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing December 15, 2018(3)(4)

    1,481        813,354   
                 
    $ 8,562,580   
                 

Surface Transport — 0.8%

  

Hertz Corporation (The)

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 11, 2018

  $ 1,124      $ 1,120,350   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 11, 2018

    1,000        991,875   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 11, 2018

    878        879,008   

Stena International S.a.r.l.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 3, 2021

    1,012        949,769   

Swift Transportation Co., LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 9, 2021

    765        768,342   
                 
    $ 4,709,344   
                 

Telecommunications — 2.7%

  

Ciena Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing July 15, 2019

  $ 2,481      $ 2,490,555   

CWC Cayman Finance Limited

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing April 28, 2017

    275        275,688   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 30, 2019

    4,750        4,722,293   

IPC Systems, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing August 6, 2021

    1,147        1,143,540   

Mitel US Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing March 31, 2022

    500        502,812   

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 23, 2019

    654        620,070   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 23, 2019

    864        818,492   

Telesat Canada

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 28, 2019

    3,769        3,764,443   

Windstream Corporation

   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing August 8, 2019

    438        436,022   
                 
    $ 14,773,915   
                 

Utilities — 2.4%

  

Calpine Construction Finance Company L.P.

   

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing January 31, 2022

  $ 590      $ 582,684   
 

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Utilities (continued)

  

Calpine Corporation

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 9, 2019

  $ 909      $ 910,552   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 30, 2020

    222        221,729   

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing May 27, 2022

    2,000        1,985,156   

Dynegy Holdings, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 23, 2020

    528        529,287   

EFS Cogen Holdings I, LLC

   

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 17, 2020

    292        293,478   

Electrical Components International, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing May 28, 2021

    248        249,458   

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC

   

DIP Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 19, 2016

    1,125        1,127,813   

Granite Acquisition, Inc.

   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 19, 2021

    78        78,943   

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 19, 2021

    1,763        1,785,196   

La Frontera Generation, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 30, 2020

    319        317,459   

Lonestar Generation, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing February 20, 2021

    397        392,026   

Longview Power, LLC

   

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing April 13, 2021

    175        176,641   

PowerTeam Services, LLC

   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 6, 2020

    8        8,171   

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 6, 2020

    152        152,635   

TPF II Power, LLC

   

Term Loan, 5.51%, Maturing October 2, 2021

    970        979,462   

WTG Holdings III Corp.

   

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing January 15, 2021

    3,711        3,706,435   
                 
    $ 13,497,125   
                 

Total Senior Floating-Rate Interests
(identified cost $525,630,141)

    $ 514,117,554   
                 
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 1.9%   
   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Cable and Satellite Television — 0.1%

  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC

   

5.375%, 4/15/21(5)

  $ 450      $ 465,469   
                 
    $ 465,469   
                 
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Chemicals and Plastics — 0.5%

  

Hexion, Inc.

   

6.625%, 4/15/20

  $ 2,975      $ 2,744,437   
                 
    $ 2,744,437   
                 

Containers and Glass Products — 0.4%

  

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.

   

5.75%, 10/15/20

  $ 1,925      $ 1,977,937   

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions

   

4.875%, 9/15/18(5)

    225        236,813   
                 
    $ 2,214,750   
                 

Financial Intermediaries — 0.1%

  

First Data Corp.

   

6.75%, 11/1/20(5)

  $ 423      $ 448,118   
                 
    $ 448,118   
                 

Health Care — 0.2%

  

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

   

5.125%, 8/15/18

  $ 1,050      $ 1,079,400   
                 
    $ 1,079,400   
                 

Industrial Equipment — 0.0%(6)

  

Erikson Air-Crane, Inc., Promissory Note

   

6.00%, 11/2/20(3)(7)

  $ 35      $ 19,445   
                 
    $ 19,445   
                 

Lodging and Casinos — 0.3%

  

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

   

8.50%, 2/15/20(4)

  $ 1,125      $ 911,250   

9.00%, 2/15/20(4)

    625        509,375   
   
    $ 1,420,625   
   

Radio and Television — 0.1%

  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

  

9.00%, 12/15/19

  $ 181      $ 173,172   

Univision Communications, Inc.

  

6.75%, 9/15/22(5)

    384        407,520   
                 
    $ 580,692   
                 

Telecommunications — 0.0%(6)

  

Wind Acquisition Finance SA

  

6.50%, 4/30/20(5)

  $ 250      $ 263,250   
                 
    $ 263,250   
                 
 

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Utilities — 0.2%

  

Calpine Corp.

  

7.875%, 1/15/23(5)

  $ 1,029      $ 1,116,465   
                 
    $ 1,116,465   
                 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost $10,561,759)

    $ 10,352,651   
                 
Common Stocks — 0.8%    
   
Security   Shares     Value  

Aerospace and Defense — 0.0%(6)

  

IAP Worldwide Services, LLC(3)(7)(8)

    24      $ 25,861   
                 
    $ 25,861   
                 

Automotive — 0.1%

  

Dayco Products, LLC(3)(7)

    15,250      $ 621,437   
                 
    $ 621,437   
                 

Business Equipment and Services — 0.0%(6)

  

Education Management Corp.(3)(7)(8)

    2,351,823      $ 63,499   
                 
    $ 63,499   
                 

Food Service — 0.0%

  

Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Inc.(3)(7)(8)

    3,663      $ 0   
                 
    $ 0   
                 

Lodging and Casinos — 0.3%

  

Affinity Gaming, LLC(3)(7)(8)

    41,797      $ 480,667   

Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.(7)(8)

    71,982        1,155,311   
                 
    $ 1,635,978   
                 

Publishing — 0.4%

  

ION Media Networks, Inc.(3)(7)

    399      $ 143,636   

MediaNews Group, Inc.(3)(7)(8)

    45,600        1,755,605   
                 
    $ 1,899,241   
                 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $2,472,868)

    $ 4,246,016   
                 
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.0%(6)   
   
Security   Shares     Value  

Business Equipment and Services — 0.0%(6)

  

Education Management Corp.,
Series A-1, 7.50%(7)(8)

    2,617      $ 137,392   
                 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $184,700)

    $ 137,392   
                 
Short-Term Investments — 2.7%   
U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 2.7%   
   
Description   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  

Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.00%, 7/6/15

  $ 6,900      $ 6,899,962   

Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.00%, 8/4/15

    8,355        8,354,684   
                 

Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations
(identified cost $15,254,646)

   

  $ 15,254,646   
                 

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $15,254,646)

   

  $ 15,254,646   
                 

Total Investments — 97.5%
(identified cost $554,104,114)

   

  $ 544,108,259   
                 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.5%

  

  $ 13,909,664   
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

  

  $ 558,017,923   
                 

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

 

DIP     Debtor in Possession
PIK     Payment In Kind

 

(1) 

Senior floating-rate interests (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. The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate of all contracts within the senior loan facility and includes commitment fees on unfunded loan commitments, if any. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined either daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate, plus a premium. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”) and the certificate of deposit (“CD”) rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders.

 

(2) 

This Senior Loan will settle after June 30, 2015, at which time the interest rate will be determined.

 

 

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

(3) 

For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (See Note 10).

 

(4) 

Currently the issuer is in default with respect to interest payments. For a variable rate security, interest rate has been adjusted to reflect non-accrual status.

 

(5) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in certain transactions (normally to qualified institutional buyers) and remain exempt from registration. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities is $2,937,635 or 0.5% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

(6) 

Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

(7) 

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

 

(8) 

Non-income producing security.

 

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets   June 30, 2015  

Investments, at value (identified cost, $554,104,114)

  $ 544,108,259   

Cash

    19,384,443   

Interest receivable

    1,498,116   

Receivable for investments sold

    849,547   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    451,715   

Prepaid expenses

    64,894   

Total assets

  $ 566,356,974   
Liabilities        

Payable for investments purchased

  $ 7,426,040   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    236,594   

Payable to affiliates:

 

Investment adviser fee

    267,500   

Distribution fees

    116,167   

Trustees’ fees

    7,683   

Payable for shareholder servicing fees

    200,801   

Accrued expenses

    84,266   

Total liabilities

  $ 8,339,051   

Net Assets

  $ 558,017,923   
Sources of Net Assets        

Paid-in capital

  $ 564,928,172   

Accumulated net realized loss

    (793,724

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

    3,879,330   

Net unrealized depreciation

    (9,995,855

Total

  $ 558,017,923   
Initial Class Shares        

Net Assets

  $ 557,350,887   

Shares Outstanding

    60,377,578   

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

 

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

  $ 9.23   
ADV Class Shares        

Net Assets

  $ 667,036   

Shares Outstanding

    72,215   

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

 

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

  $ 9.24   

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015

 

Interest and other income

  $ 13,158,336   

Total investment income

  $ 13,158,336   
Expenses        

Investment adviser fee

  $ 1,685,081   

Distribution fees

 

Initial Class

    731,863   

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Initial Class

    683,579   

ADV Class

    731   

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    16,207   

Custodian fee

    113,300   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

    5,973   

Legal and accounting services

    45,375   

Printing and postage

    3,386   

Interest expense and fees

    72,062   

Miscellaneous

    14,268   

Total expenses

  $ 3,371,825   

Deduct —

 

Reduction of custodian fee

  $ 1,044   

Total expense reductions

  $ 1,044   

Net expenses

  $ 3,370,781   

Net investment income

  $ 9,787,555   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)        

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

  $ (494,681

Net realized loss

  $ (494,681

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

  $ 3,672,855   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 3,672,855   

Net realized and unrealized gain

  $ 3,178,174   

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 12,965,729   

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

December 31, 2014

 

From operations —

   

Net investment income

  $ 9,787,555      $ 19,797,955   

Net realized loss from investment transactions

    (494,681     (272,558

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments

    3,672,855        (17,048,860

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 12,965,729      $ 2,476,537   

Distributions to shareholders —

   

From net investment income

   

Initial Class

  $ (9,778,656   $ (19,788,083

ADV Class

    (11,228     (7,528

Total distributions to shareholders

  $ (9,789,884   $ (19,795,611

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

   

Proceeds from sale of shares

   

Initial Class

  $ 50,916,395      $ 206,484,771   

ADV Class

    61,504        1,135,244   

Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared

   

Initial Class

    9,778,656        19,788,083   

ADV Class

    11,228        7,528   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

Initial Class

    (132,155,707     (169,211,032

ADV Class

    (22,631     (520,503

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

  $ (71,410,555   $ 57,684,091   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ (68,234,710   $ 40,365,017   
Net Assets                

At beginning of period

  $ 626,252,633      $ 585,887,616   

At end of period

  $ 558,017,923      $ 626,252,633   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

included in net assets

               

At end of period

  $ 3,879,330      $ 3,881,659   

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Initial Class  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
      2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 9.190      $ 9.430      $ 9.460      $ 9.300      $ 9.460      $ 9.050   
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.153      $ 0.295      $ 0.327      $ 0.396      $ 0.399      $ 0.369   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.040        (0.240     0.031        0.270        (0.161     0.442   

Total income from operations

  $ 0.193      $ 0.055      $ 0.358      $ 0.666      $ 0.238      $ 0.811   
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $ (0.153   $ (0.295   $ (0.332   $ (0.396   $ (0.398   $ (0.401

From net realized gain

                  (0.056     (0.110              

Total distributions

  $ (0.153   $ (0.295   $ (0.388   $ (0.506   $ (0.398   $ (0.401

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 9.230      $ 9.190      $ 9.430      $ 9.460      $ 9.300      $ 9.460   

Total Return(2)

    2.11 %(3)      0.57     3.85     7.33     2.54     9.12
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 557,351      $ 625,638      $ 585,888      $ 419,898      $ 354,692      $ 354,097   

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

           

Expenses

    1.15 %(4)(5)      1.15 %(4)      1.15 %(6)      1.16 %(4)      1.17 %(4)      1.15 %(4) 

Net investment income

    3.34 %(5)      3.15     3.45     4.21     4.24     3.98

Portfolio Turnover

    8 %(3)      29     38     42     53     35

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(3) 

Not annualized.

 

(4) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.

 

(5) 

Annualized.

 

(6) 

Expenses after custodian fee reduction were 1.14%.

 

  22   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    ADV Class  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
   

Period Ended

December 31, 2014(1)

 

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 9.190      $ 9.400   
Income (Loss) From Operations   

Net investment income(2)

  $ 0.165      $ 0.234   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.050        (0.216

Total income from operations

  $ 0.215      $ 0.018   
Less Distributions   

From net investment income

  $ (0.165   $ (0.228

Total distributions

  $ (0.165   $ (0.228

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 9.240      $ 9.190   

Total Return(3)

    2.35 %(4)      0.18 %(4) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data   

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

  $ 667      $ 615   

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

   

Expenses

    0.90 %(5)(6)      0.90 %(5)(6) 

Net investment income

    3.59 %(6)      3.52 %(6) 

Portfolio Turnover

    8 %(4)      29 %(7) 

 

(1) 

For the period from commencement of operations on April 15, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

 

(2) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(4) 

Not annualized.

 

(5) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.

 

(6) 

Annualized.

 

(7) 

For the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

  23   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance VT Floating-Rate Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified series of Eaton Vance Variable Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Fund offers Initial Class and ADV Class shares which are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Net investment income, other than class-specific expenses, is allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the ratio of the value of each class’ paid shares to the total value of all paid shares. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. The Fund is generally made available for purchase only to separate accounts established by participating insurance companies and qualified pension or retirement plans.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund 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.

Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) for which reliable market quotations are readily available are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Other Senior Loans are valued at fair value by the investment adviser under procedures approved by the Trustees. In fair valuing a Senior Loan, the investment adviser utilizes one or more of the valuation techniques described in (i) through (iii) below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to: (i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Fair value determinations are made by the portfolio managers of the Fund based on information available to such managers. The portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may not possess the same information about a Senior Loan borrower as the portfolio managers of the Fund. At times, the fair value of a Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may vary from the fair value of the same Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of the Fund. The fair value of each Senior Loan is periodically reviewed and approved by the investment adviser’s Valuation Committee and by the Trustees based upon procedures approved by the Trustees. Junior Loans (i.e., subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.

Debt Obligations. Debt obligations (including short-term obligations with a remaining maturity of more than sixty days) 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 asked 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 obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

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 asked prices therefore on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally 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 asked 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.

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Fund in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Fund 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 condition, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

 

  24  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

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.

C  Income — Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Fees associated with loan amendments are recognized immediately. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.

D  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund 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  Expenses — The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.

F  Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Fund. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Fund maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Fund’s custodian fees are reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.

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

H  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.

I  Indemnifications — Under the Trust’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 Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

J  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2015 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Fund’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

The Fund declares dividends daily to shareholders of record at the time of declaration. Distributions are generally paid monthly. Distributions of realized capital gains are made at least annually. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the reinvestment date or, if an election is made on behalf of a separate account, to receive some or all of the distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

At December 31, 2014, the Fund, for federal income tax purposes, had deferred capital losses of $221,896, which will reduce its taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the Fund’s next taxable year, and retain the same short-term or long-term character as when originally deferred. Of the deferred capital losses at December 31, 2014, $221,896 are long-term.

 

  25  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at June 30, 2015, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

  $ 554,181,261   

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 3,584,985   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (13,657,987

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (10,073,002

3  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by Eaton Vance Management (EVM) as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Fund. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.575% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $1 billion, 0.525% of average daily net assets from $1 billion but less than $2 billion, and at reduced rates on daily net assets of $2 billion or more, and is payable monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the investment adviser fee amounted to $1,685,081 or 0.575% (annualized) of the Fund’s average daily net assets. EVM also serves as administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), the Fund’s principal underwriter and an affiliate of EVM, received distribution fees (see Note 4).

Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of EVM.

4  Distribution Plan

The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Initial Class shares (Initial Class Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Initial Class Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Initial Class shares for the sale and distribution of Initial Class shares. Distribution fees paid or accrued to EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2015 amounted to $731,863. Insurance companies receive such fees from EVD based on the value of shares held by such companies. The insurance companies through which investors hold shares of the Fund may also pay fees to third parties in connection with the sale of variable contracts and for services provided to variable contract owners. The Fund, EVM or EVD are not a party to these arrangements. Investors should consult the prospectus and statement of additional information for their variable contracts for a discussion of these payments. EVD may, at its expense, provide promotional incentives to dealers that sell variable insurance products.

Distribution fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s NASD Conduct Rule 2830(d).

5  Shareholder Servicing Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan (Servicing Plan) for Initial Class and ADV Class. The Servicing Plan allows the Trust to enter into shareholder servicing agreements with insurance companies, investment dealers, broker/dealers or other financial intermediaries that provide shareholder services relating to Fund shares and their shareholders, including variable contract owners or plan participants with interests in the Fund. Under the Servicing Plan, the Fund may make payments at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets attributable to each class that are subject to shareholder servicing agreements. No shareholder servicing fees are levied on shares owned by EVM, its affiliates, or their respective employees or clients and may be waived under certain other limited conditions. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, shareholder servicing fees were equivalent to 0.23% per annum of each class’ average daily net assets and amounted to $683,579 and $731 for Initial Class and ADV Class, respectively.

6  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 $47,553,609 and $139,684,764, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2015.

 

  26  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

7  Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

Initial Class   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
     Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Sales

    5,495,241         22,002,049   

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

    1,056,100         2,115,606   

Redemptions

    (14,270,667      (18,130,331

Net increase (decrease)

    (7,719,326      5,987,324   
    
ADV Class   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
     Period Ended
December 31, 2014
(1)
 

Sales

    6,608         121,464   

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

    1,210         807   

Redemptions

    (2,453      (55,421

Net increase

    5,365         66,850   

 

(1) 

For the period from commencement of operations on April 15, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

At June 30, 2015, separate accounts of 3 insurance companies each owned more than 10% of the value of the outstanding shares of the Fund aggregating 85.3%.

8  Line of Credit

The Fund participates with other portfolios managed by EVM and its affiliates in a $1.175 billion unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through March 14, 2016. Borrowings are made by the Fund solely to facilitate the handling of unusual and/or unanticipated short-term cash requirements. Interest is charged to the Fund based on its borrowings at a prime rate or an amount above either the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or the Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.08% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated between the Fund and the other participating portfolios at the end of each quarter. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Fund, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Fund did not have any significant borrowings during the six months ended June 30, 2015.

9  Credit Risk

The Fund invests primarily in below investment grade floating-rate loans, which are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to reduce the capacity of issuers of these securities to make principal and interest payments. Such companies are more likely to default on their payments of interest and principal owed than issuers of investment grade bonds. An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a loan or other debt obligation may lose significant value before a default occurs. Lower rated investments also may be subject to greater price volatility than higher rated investments. Moreover, the specific collateral used to secure a loan may decline in value or become illiquid, which would adversely affect the loan’s value.

10  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)

 

  27  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

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 June 30, 2015, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Senior Floating-Rate Interests

  $       $ 512,897,340       $ 1,220,214       $ 514,117,554   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

            10,333,206         19,445         10,352,651   

Common Stocks

    1,155,311                 3,090,705         4,246,016   

Convertible Preferred Stocks

            137,392                 137,392   

Short-Term Investments

            15,254,646                 15,254,646   

Total Investments

  $ 1,155,311       $ 538,622,584       $ 4,330,364       $ 544,108,259   

 

* None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Fund.

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 six months ended June 30, 2015 is not presented.

At June 30, 2015, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

11  Legal Proceedings

In May 2015, the Fund was served with an amended complaint filed in an adversary proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The adversary proceeding was filed by the Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust (“AAT”) against the former holders of a $1.5 billion term loan issued by General Motors Corp. (“GM”) in 2006 (the “Term Loan Lenders”) who received a full repayment of the term loan pursuant to a court order in the GM bankruptcy proceeding. The court order was made with the understanding that the term loan was fully secured at the time of GM’s bankruptcy filing in June 2009. The AAT is seeking (1) a determination from the Bankruptcy Court that the security interest held by the Term Loan Lenders was not perfected at the time GM filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and thus the Term Loan Lenders should have been treated in the same manner as GM’s unsecured creditors, (2) disgorgement of any interest payments made to the Term Loan Lenders within ninety days of GM’s filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, and (3) disgorgement of the $1.5 billion term loan repayment that was made to the Term Loan Lenders. The value of the payment received under the term loan agreement by the Fund is approximately $5,613,000 (equal to 1.00% of net assets at June 30, 2015). The Fund cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings or the effect, if any, on the Fund’s net asset value. The attorneys’ fees and costs related to these actions will be expensed by the Fund as incurred.

 

  28  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

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 each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuation is approved at least annually by the fund’s board of trustees, including by a vote of 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 of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the registered investment companies advised, administered and/or distributed by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliates (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 27, 2015, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by each adviser to the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2015. The Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, as relevant to its annual evaluation of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

The information that the Board considered included, among other things, the following:

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each fund (including, where relevant, yield data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;

 

 

Data regarding investment performance in comparison to benchmark indices and customized peer groups identified by the adviser in consultation with the Board;

 

 

For each fund, comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by each adviser in managing other accounts (including mutual funds, other collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund;

 

 

Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

 

Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes it employs;

 

 

The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

 

 

Information about each adviser’s policies and practices with respect to trading, including each adviser’s processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

 

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

 

 

 

Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;

Information about each Adviser

 

 

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;

 

 

Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;

 

 

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

 

 

Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions;

 

 

Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance;

 

 

Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of each adviser and its affiliates;

 

 

A description of Eaton Vance Management’s procedures for overseeing third party advisers and sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

 

  29  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Other Relevant Information

 

 

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

 

 

Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or the funds’ administrator; and

 

 

The terms of each investment advisory agreement.

Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2015, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met nine times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met eight, seventeen, seven, eleven and thirteen times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees participated in investment and performance reviews with the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to each fund, and considered the investment and trading strategies used in pursuing each fund’s investment objective, including, where relevant, the use of derivative instruments, as well as processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions and risk management techniques. The Board and its Committees also 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 and other fund advisers with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its Committees, the Independent Trustees hold regular teleconferences in between meetings to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, in cases where the fund’s investment adviser has engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any sub-advisory agreement.

The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory 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 and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement, including the specific fee structures and other terms of the agreements, the Contract Review Committee was informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion among the Independent Trustees and the Eaton Vance Funds’ advisers and sub-advisers.

Results of the Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuation of the investment advisory agreement of Eaton Vance VT Floating-Rate Income Fund (the “Fund”) with Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee as well as the factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement of the Fund, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Fund, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Fund. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of such investment personnel in analyzing the special considerations relevant to investing in senior floating rate loans. Specifically, the Board noted the experience of the Adviser’s large group of bank loan investment professionals and other personnel who provide services to the Fund, including portfolio managers and analysts. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the Adviser and other factors, such as the reputation and resources of the Adviser to recruit and retain investment personnel. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Fund by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the management of the Fund, including the provision of administrative services.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio

 

  30  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

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 shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed 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 family of funds, including 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, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices, as well as a customized peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2014 for the Fund. On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information provided by the Adviser in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, the Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable 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 year ended September 30, 2014, 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 Fund expense ratios, as identified by management in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, as well as actions taken by management in recent years to reduce expenses at the fund complex level.

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

Profitability

The Board considered the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to revenue sharing or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their relationships with the Fund, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and other investment advisory clients.

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 are reasonable.

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, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale 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 currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Fund, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund to continue to benefit from economies of scale in the future.

 

  31  


Eaton Vance

VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance VT Floating-Rate Income Fund

 

 

Ralph F. Verni

Chairman

Scott E. Eston

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

William H. Park

Helen Frame Peters

Susan J. Sutherland**

Harriett Tee Taggart

 

 

* Interested Trustee
** Ms. Sutherland began serving as a Trustee effective May 1, 2015.

 

  32  


Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy.  The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the following policy (“Privacy Policy”) with respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:

 

 

Only such information received from you, through application forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund transactions will be collected. This may include information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account balances and transactions.

 

 

None of such information about you (or former customers) will be disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the normal course of servicing a customer’s account, Eaton Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and broker-dealers.

 

 

Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect the confidentiality of such information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group and Boston Management and Research. In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a customer’s account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial advisor/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such advisor’s privacy policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vance’s Privacy Policy, please call 1-800-262-1122.

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 advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, 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 advisor. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available 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. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).

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.

 

  33  


 

 

This Page Intentionally Left Blank


 

 

This Page Intentionally Left Blank


 

 

This Page Intentionally Left Blank


Investment Adviser and Administrator

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

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

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

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.


LOGO

7733    6.30.15


LOGO

 

 

Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

Semiannual Report

June 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

LOGO


 

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator and a commodity trading advisor.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.

This report is prepared for the general information of contract owners. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by a current summary prospectus or prospectus. Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objective, risks, and charges and expenses of the Fund. This and other important information is contained in the summary prospectus and prospectus, which can be obtained from a financial advisor. Prospective investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing. For further information, please call 1-800-262-1122.


Semiannual Report June 30, 2015

Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

Table of Contents

Performance

     2   

Fund Profile

     2   

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     3   

Fund Expenses

     4   

Financial Statements

     5   

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     16   

Officers and Trustees

     19   

Important Notices

     20   


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Performance1,2

 

Portfolio Managers Edward J. Perkin, CFA and John D. Crowley

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Class
Inception Date
     Performance
Inception Date
     Six Months      One Year      Five Years    

Since

Inception

 

Initial Class at NAV

     03/30/2007         03/30/2007         0.30      2.60      15.16     5.11

ADV Class at NAV

     04/15/2014         03/30/2007         0.42         2.79         15.25        5.17   

Russell 1000 Value Index

                     –0.61      4.13      16.49     5.18
                
% Total Annual Operating Expense  Ratios3                                    Initial Class     ADV Class  

Gross

                 1.78     1.53

Net

                 1.20        0.95   

Fund Profile

 

 

Sector Allocation (% of net assets)4    

 

LOGO

Top 10 Holdings (% of net assets)4        

General Electric Co.

    5.6

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    4.9   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    4.1   

Reynolds American, Inc.

    3.1   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    2.9   

Citigroup, Inc.

    2.6   

Oracle Corp.

    2.5   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2.5   

Microsoft Corp.

    2.4   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    2.3   

Total

    32.9
 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or offering price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. Returns are before taxes unless otherwise noted.

 

  2  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. large-cap value stocks. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

2 

There is no sales charge. Insurance-related charges are not included in the calculation of returns. Such expenses would reduce the overall return shown. Please refer to the report for your insurance contract for performance data reflecting insurance-related charges. Large redemptions from the Fund on 3/31/14 and 9/30/10 positively impacted Fund performance for the five years and since inception periods.

 

   Performance prior to the inception date of a class may be linked to the performance of an older class of the Fund. This linked performance is not adjusted for class expense differences. If adjusted for such differences, the performance would be different. Performance presented in the financial highlights included in the financial statements is not linked. In the performance table, the performance of ADV Class is linked to Initial Class. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable.

 

3 

Source: Fund prospectus. Net expense ratio reflects a contractual expense reimbursement that continues through 4/30/16. Without the reimbursement, if applicable, performance would have been lower.

 

4 

Excludes cash and cash equivalents.

 

   Fund profile subject to change due to active management.

    

 

 

  3  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Fund Expenses

 

 

Example:  As a Fund shareholder, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of Fund investing and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2015June 30, 2015).

Actual Expenses:  The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes:  The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual Fund expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year (before expenses), which is not the actual Fund return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect expenses and charges which are, or may be imposed under the variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy (variable contracts) (if applicable) through which your investment in the Fund is made. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs associated with an investment in vehicles which fund benefits under variable contracts and to qualified pension and retirement plans, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of investing in the Fund through variable contracts. In addition, if these expenses and charges imposed under the variable contracts were included, your costs would be higher.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
(1/1/15)
       Ending
Account Value
(6/30/15)
       Expenses Paid
During Period*
(1/1/15 – 6/30/15)
     Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
              

Actual

  

            

Initial Class

  $ 1,000.00         $ 1,003.00         $ 6.31 **       1.27

ADV Class

  $ 1,000.00         $ 1,004.20         $ 5.07 **       1.02
                                        
              

Hypothetical

  

            

(5% return per year before expenses)

              

Initial Class

  $ 1,000.00         $ 1,018.50         $ 6.36 **       1.27

ADV Class

  $ 1,000.00         $ 1,019.70         $ 5.11 **       1.02

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for the indicated Class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The Example assumes that the $1,000 was invested at the net asset value per share determined at the close of business on December 31, 2014. Expenses shown do not include insurance-related charges.

 

** Absent an allocation of certain expenses to an affiliate, the expenses would be higher.

 

  4  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Common Stocks — 98.9%   
   
Security   Shares     Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 2.3%

  

United Technologies Corp.

    960      $ 106,493   
   
    $ 106,493   
   

Air Freight & Logistics — 1.4%

  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    1,078      $ 67,256   
   
    $ 67,256   
   

Banks — 11.8%

  

Citigroup, Inc.

    2,215      $ 122,357   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,809        190,338   

KeyCorp

    4,569        68,626   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

    855        81,781   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    1,564        87,959   
   
    $ 551,061   
   

Capital Markets — 6.5%

  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.(1)

    210      $ 45,906   

Credit Suisse Group AG ADR(1)

    3,060        84,456   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

    520        108,571   

Invesco, Ltd.

    1,642        61,558   
   
    $ 300,491   
   

Chemicals — 4.0%

  

Monsanto Co.

    669      $ 71,309   

PPG Industries, Inc.

    400        45,888   

Praxair, Inc.

    595        71,132   
   
    $ 188,329   
   

Communications Equipment — 2.3%

               

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    1,680      $ 105,218   
   
    $ 105,218   
   

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.9%

  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,937      $ 90,284   
   
    $ 90,284   
   

Electric Utilities — 2.0%

  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    946      $ 92,736   
   
    $ 92,736   
   
Security   Shares     Value  

Electrical Equipment — 1.1%

  

Hubbell, Inc., Class B

    455      $ 49,267   
   
    $ 49,267   
   

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%

  

Kroger Co. (The)

    505      $ 36,618   
   
    $ 36,618   
   

Food Products — 1.9%

  

General Mills, Inc.

    1,557      $ 86,756   
   
    $ 86,756   
   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.0%

  

Medtronic PLC

    1,262      $ 93,514   

Stryker Corp.

    466        44,536   
   
    $ 138,050   
   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.5%

  

McKesson Corp.

    106      $ 23,830   
   
    $ 23,830   
   

Industrial Conglomerates — 5.6%

  

General Electric Co.

    9,802      $ 260,439   
   
    $ 260,439   
   

Insurance — 6.9%

  

ACE, Ltd.

    608      $ 61,822   

Aflac, Inc.

    1,046        65,061   

Lincoln National Corp.

    544        32,216   

Prudential PLC

    3,177        76,564   

XL Group PLC

    2,316        86,155   
   
    $ 321,818   
   

Internet Software & Services — 1.3%

  

Google, Inc., Class C(1)

    112      $ 58,297   
   
    $ 58,297   
   

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    461      $ 59,819   
   
    $ 59,819   
   
 

 

  5   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Media — 3.2%

  

CBS Corp., Class B

    1,861      $ 103,286   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    421        48,053   
   
    $ 151,339   
   

Metals & Mining — 0.6%

  

Nucor Corp.

    658      $ 28,998   
   
    $ 28,998   
   

Multi-Utilities — 3.6%

  

PG&E Corp.

    1,575      $ 77,333   

Sempra Energy

    917        90,728   
   
    $ 168,061   
   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 13.6%

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    1,020      $ 79,621   

Devon Energy Corp.

    1,360        80,906   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    2,762        229,799   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    1,720        133,765   

Phillips 66

    870        70,087   

Range Resources Corp.

    777        38,368   
   
    $ 632,546   
   

Pharmaceuticals — 5.9%

  

AbbVie, Inc.

    617      $ 41,456   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    434        36,235   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2,008        114,315   

Roche Holding AG PC

    102        28,600   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR

    940        55,554   
   
    $ 276,160   
   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 4.3%

  

Equity Residential

    956      $ 67,083   

Public Storage

    355        65,451   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    398        68,862   
   
    $ 201,396   
   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.3%

  

Intel Corp.

    3,527      $ 107,274   
   
    $ 107,274   
   
Security   Shares     Value  

Software — 5.8%

  

Microsoft Corp.

    2,493      $ 110,066   

Oracle Corp.

    2,901        116,910   

SAP AG ADR

    647        45,439   
   
    $ 272,415   
   

Specialty Retail — 0.5%

  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    214      $ 23,782   
   
    $ 23,782   
   

Tobacco — 4.5%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,293      $ 63,240   

Reynolds American, Inc.

    1,930        144,094   
   
    $ 207,334   
   

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $4,035,947)

   

  $ 4,606,067   
   

Total Investments — 98.9%
(identified cost $4,035,947)

   

  $ 4,606,067   
   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.1%

  

  $ 49,387   
   

Net Assets — 100.0%

  

  $ 4,655,454   
   

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

 

ADR     American Depositary Receipt
PC     Participation Certificate

 

(1) 

Non-income producing security.

 

 

  6   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets   June 30, 2015  

Investments, at value (identified cost, $4,035,947)

  $ 4,606,067   

Cash

    34,694   

Dividends receivable

    10,047   

Receivable for investments sold

    47,699   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    3,992   

Tax reclaims receivable

    18,124   

Receivable from affiliate

    8,858   

Total assets

  $ 4,729,481   
Liabilities   

Payable for investments purchased

  $ 42,394   

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    82   

Payable to affiliates:

 

Investment adviser fee

    2,445   

Distribution fees

    978   

Trustees’ fees

    205   

Payable for shareholder servicing fees

    1,730   

Accrued expenses

    26,193   

Total liabilities

  $ 74,027   

Net Assets

  $ 4,655,454   
Sources of Net Assets   

Paid-in capital

  $ 3,631,831   

Accumulated net realized gain

    423,446   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

    30,460   

Net unrealized appreciation

    569,717   

Net Assets

  $ 4,655,454   
Initial Class Shares        

Net Assets

  $ 4,654,768   

Shares Outstanding

    547,109   

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

 

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

  $ 8.51   
ADV Class Shares   

Net Assets

  $ 686   

Shares Outstanding

    81   

Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share

 

(net assets ÷ shares of beneficial interest outstanding, including fractional shares)

  $ 8.45   

 

  7   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
 

Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $541)

  $ 64,780   

Total investment income

  $ 64,780   
Expenses        

Investment adviser fee

  $ 17,047   

Distribution fees

 

Initial Class

    6,817   

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Initial Class

    4,791   

ADV Class

    1   

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    359   

Custodian fee

    17,831   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

    5,973   

Legal and accounting services

    19,141   

Printing and postage

    3,077   

Miscellaneous

    5,286   

Total expenses

  $ 80,323   

Deduct —

 

Allocation of expenses to affiliate

  $ 45,516   

Reduction of custodian fee

    13   

Total expense reductions

  $ 45,529   

Net expenses

  $ 34,794   

Net investment income

  $ 29,986   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)        

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

  $ 463,188   

Foreign currency transactions

    367   

Net realized gain

  $ 463,555   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

  $ (460,357

Foreign currency

    1,048   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ (459,309

Net realized and unrealized gain

  $ 4,246   

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 34,232   

 

  8   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

December 31, 2014

 

From operations —

   

Net investment income

  $ 29,986      $ 163,421   

Net realized gain from investment and foreign currency transactions

    463,555        12,571,660   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and foreign currency

    (459,309     (10,714,531

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 34,232      $ 2,020,550   

Distributions to shareholders —

   

From net investment income

   

Initial Class

  $ (19,808   $   

ADV Class

    (14       

From net realized gain

   

Initial Class

    (1,707,760     (126,155

ADV Class

    (395     (21

Total distributions to shareholders

  $ (1,727,977   $ (126,176

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest —

   

Proceeds from sale of shares

   

Initial Class

  $ 1,095,048      $ 3,077,771   

ADV Class

           1,000   

Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared

   

Initial Class

    1,727,568        126,155   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

Initial Class

    (3,007,911     (47,757,322

Net decrease in net assets from Fund share transactions

  $ (185,295   $ (44,552,396

Net decrease in net assets

  $ (1,879,040   $ (42,658,022
Net Assets   

At beginning of period

  $ 6,534,494      $ 49,192,516   

At end of period

  $ 4,655,454      $ 6,534,494   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

included in net assets

  

  

At end of period

  $ 30,460      $ 20,296   

 

  9   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Initial Class  
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended December 31,  
      2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 13.230      $ 11.790      $ 9.240      $ 8.140      $ 8.770      $ 8.000   
Income (Loss) From Operations                                                

Net investment income

  $ 0.066 (1)    $ 0.118 (1)    $ 0.101      $ 0.129      $ 0.107      $ 0.467   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.142        1.580        2.551        1.101        (0.631     0.768 (2) 

Total income (loss) from operations

  $ 0.208      $ 1.698      $ 2.652      $ 1.230      $ (0.524   $ 1.235   
Less Distributions                                                

From net investment income

  $ (0.057   $      $ (0.101   $ (0.130   $ (0.106   $ (0.465

From net realized gain

    (4.871     (0.258     (0.001                     

Tax return of capital

                         (0.000 )(3)               

Total distributions

  $ (4.928   $ (0.258   $ (0.102   $ (0.130   $ (0.106   $ (0.465

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 8.510      $ 13.230      $ 11.790      $ 9.240      $ 8.140      $ 8.770   

Total Return(4)

    0.30 %(5)      14.43     28.74 %(6)      15.12     (5.97 )%      15.44
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                                

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

  $ 4,655      $ 6,533      $ 49,193      $ 49,002      $ 60,003      $ 74,409   

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

           

Expenses(7)

    1.27 %(8)(9)      1.30 %(9)      1.30 %(9)      1.30 %(9)      1.28     1.34 %(9)(10) 

Net investment income

    1.10 %(8)      0.97     0.88     1.25     1.17     0.70

Portfolio Turnover

    53 %(5)      57     63     39     70     55

 

  (1)

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

  (2)

The per share amount is not in accord with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period because of the timing of sales of Fund shares and the amount of the per share realized and unrealized gains and losses at such time.

 

  (3)

Amount is less than $(0.0005).

 

  (4)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

  (5)

Not annualized.

 

  (6)

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund received a payment made by an affiliate for a trading error which amounted to $0.02 per share. Had the Fund not received this payment, total return would have been lower by 0.21%.

 

  (7)

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.

 

  (8)

Annualized.

 

  (9)

The investment adviser subsidized certain operating expenses (equal to 1.67%, 0.42%, 0.01%, 0.01% and 0.10% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2010, respectively). Absent this subsidy, total return would be lower.

 

(10) 

Includes interest expense of 0.04%.

 

  10   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    ADV Class  
     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
December 31,  2014
(1)
 

Net asset value — Beginning of period

  $ 13.270      $ 12.320   
Income (Loss) From Operations   

Net investment income(2)

  $ 0.083      $ 0.101   

Net realized and unrealized gain

    0.146        1.107   

Total income from operations

  $ 0.229      $ 1.208   
Less Distributions   

From net investment income

  $ (0.178   $   

From net realized gain

    (4.871     (0.258

Total distributions

  $ (5.049   $ (0.258

Net asset value — End of period

  $ 8.450      $ 13.270   

Total Return(3)

    0.42 %(4)      9.83 %(4) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data   

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

  $ 1      $ 1   

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

   

Expenses(5)

    1.02 %(6)(7)      1.05 %(6)(7) 

Net investment income

    1.35 %(6)      1.08 %(6) 

Portfolio Turnover

    53 %(4)      57 %(8) 

 

(1) 

For the period from commencement of operations on April 15, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

 

(2) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(3) 

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value with all distributions reinvested.

 

(4) 

Not annualized.

 

(5) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.

 

(6) 

Annualized.

 

(7) 

The investment adviser subsidized certain operating expenses (equal to 1.67% and 0.42% of average daily net assets for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and the period ended December 31, 2014, respectively). Absent this subsidy, total return would be lower.

 

(8) 

For the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

  11   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund (the Fund) is a diversified series of Eaton Vance Variable Trust (the Trust). The Trust is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. The Fund offers Initial Class and ADV Class shares which are sold at net asset value and are not subject to a sales charge. Each class represents a pro-rata interest in the Fund, but votes separately on class-specific matters and (as noted below) is subject to different expenses. Realized and unrealized gains and losses and net investment income and losses, other than class-specific expenses, are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund. Each class of shares differs in its distribution plan and certain other class-specific expenses. The Fund is generally made available for purchase only to separate accounts established by participating insurance companies and qualified pension or retirement plans.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund 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 asked prices therefore on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally 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 asked prices.

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

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Fund in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Fund 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 condition, 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.

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 Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates.

D  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Fund 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  Expenses — The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific fund are allocated taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of the funds.

F  Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Fund. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Fund maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Fund’s custodian fees are reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.

 

  12  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

G  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.

H  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.

I  Indemnifications — Under the Trust’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 Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

J  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to June 30, 2015 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Fund’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

2  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

It is the present policy of the Fund to make at least one distribution annually (normally in December) of all or substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute annually all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are declared separately for each class of shares. Shareholders may reinvest income and capital gain distributions in additional shares of the same class of the Fund at the net asset value as of the reinvestment date or, if an election is made on behalf of a separate account, to receive some or all of the distributions in cash. Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at June 30, 2015, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

  $ 4,073,803   

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 587,042   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (54,778

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 532,264   

3  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by Eaton Vance Management (EVM) as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Fund. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.625% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $2 billion and at reduced rates on daily net assets of $2 billion or more, and is payable monthly. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the investment adviser fee amounted to $17,047 or 0.625% (annualized) of the Fund’s average daily net assets. EVM has agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses to the extent that total annual operating expenses (relating to ordinary operating expenses only) exceed 1.20% and 0.95% (1.30% and 1.05% prior to May 1, 2015) of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Initial Class and ADV Class, respectively. This agreement may be changed or terminated after April 30, 2016. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM was allocated $45,516 of the Fund’s operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2015. EVM also serves as administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation. Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (EVD), the Fund’s principal underwriter and an affiliate of EVM, received distribution fees (see Note 4).

Trustees and officers of the Fund who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of EVM.

 

  13  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

4  Distribution Plans

The Fund has in effect a distribution plan for Initial Class shares (Initial Class Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Pursuant to the Initial Class Plan, the Fund pays EVD a distribution fee of 0.25% per annum of its average daily net assets attributable to Initial Class shares for the sale and distribution of Initial Class shares. Distribution fees paid or accrued to EVD for the six months ended June 30, 2015 amounted to $6,817. Insurance companies receive such fees from EVD based on the value of shares held by such companies. The insurance companies through which investors hold shares of the Fund may also pay fees to third parties in connection with the sale of variable contracts and for services provided to variable contract owners. The Fund, EVM or EVD are not a party to these arrangements. Investors should consult the prospectus and statement of additional information for their variable contracts for a discussion of these payments. EVD may, at its expense, provide promotional incentives to dealers that sell variable insurance products.

Distribution fees are subject to the limitations contained in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s NASD Conduct Rule 2830(d).

5  Shareholder Servicing Plan

The Trust, on behalf of the Fund, has adopted a Shareholder Servicing Plan (Servicing Plan) for Initial Class and ADV Class. The Servicing Plan allows the Trust to enter into shareholder servicing agreements with insurance companies, investment dealers, broker/dealers or other financial intermediaries that provide shareholder services relating to Fund shares and their shareholders, including variable contract owners or plan participants with interests in the Fund. Under the Servicing Plan, the Fund may make payments at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets attributable to each class that are subject to shareholder servicing agreements. No shareholder servicing fees are levied on shares owned by EVM, its affiliates, or their respective employees or clients and may be waived under certain other limited conditions. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, shareholder servicing fees were equivalent to 0.18% per annum of each class’ average daily net assets and amounted to $4,791 and $1 for Initial Class and ADV Class, respectively.

6  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $2,811,739 and $4,662,674, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2015.

7  Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest (without par value). Such shares may be issued in a number of different series (such as the Fund) and classes. Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

Initial Class   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Sales

    83,325        240,067   

Issued to shareholders electing to receive payments of distributions in Fund shares

    196,092        9,667   

Redemptions

    (226,247     (3,929,165

Net increase (decrease)

    53,170        (3,679,431

 

ADV Class   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2015
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
December 31,  2014
(1)
 

Sales

           81   

Net increase

           81   

 

(1) 

For the period from commencement of operations on April 15, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

At June 30, 2015, separate accounts of 3 insurance companies each owned more than 10% of the value of the outstanding shares of the Fund aggregating 99.1%.

 

  14  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

8  Line of Credit

The Fund participates with other portfolios and funds managed by EVM and its affiliates in a $750 million unsecured line of credit agreement with a group of banks, which is in effect through September 7, 2015. Borrowings are made by the Fund solely to facilitate the handling of unusual and/or unanticipated short-term cash requirements. Interest is charged to the Fund based on its borrowings at an amount above either the Eurodollar rate or Federal Funds rate. In addition, a fee computed at an annual rate of 0.08% on the daily unused portion of the line of credit is allocated among the participating portfolios and funds at the end of each quarter. Because the line of credit is not available exclusively to the Fund, it may be unable to borrow some or all of its requested amounts at any particular time. The Fund did not have any significant borrowings or allocated fees during the six months ended June 30, 2015.

9  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 June 30, 2015, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks

          

Consumer Discretionary

  $ 175,121       $       $         —       $ 175,121   

Consumer Staples

    330,708                         330,708   

Energy

    632,546                         632,546   

Financials

    1,298,202         76,564                 1,374,766   

Health Care

    469,259         28,600                 497,859   

Industrials

    483,455                         483,455   

Information Technology

    543,204                         543,204   

Materials

    217,327                         217,327   

Telecommunication Services

    90,284                         90,284   

Utilities

    260,797                         260,797   

Total Common Stocks

  $ 4,500,903       $ 105,164    $       $ 4,606,067   

Total Investments

  $ 4,500,903       $ 105,164       $       $ 4,606,067   

 

* 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.

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2014 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At June 30, 2015, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

 

  15  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

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 each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuation is approved at least annually by the fund’s board of trustees, including by a vote of 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 of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the registered investment companies advised, administered and/or distributed by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliates (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 27, 2015, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by each adviser to the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2015. The Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, as relevant to its annual evaluation of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

The information that the Board considered included, among other things, the following:

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each fund (including, where relevant, yield data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;

 

 

Data regarding investment performance in comparison to benchmark indices and customized peer groups identified by the adviser in consultation with the Board;

 

 

For each fund, comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by each adviser in managing other accounts (including mutual funds, other collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund;

 

 

Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

 

Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes it employs;

 

 

The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

 

 

Information about each adviser’s policies and practices with respect to trading, including each adviser’s processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

 

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

 

 

Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;

Information about each Adviser

 

 

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;

 

 

Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;

 

 

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

 

 

Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions;

 

 

Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance;

 

 

Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of each adviser and its affiliates;

 

 

A description of Eaton Vance Management’s procedures for overseeing third party advisers and sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

 

  16  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Other Relevant Information

 

 

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

 

 

Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or the funds’ administrator; and

 

 

The terms of each investment advisory agreement.

Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2015, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met nine times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met eight, seventeen, seven, eleven and thirteen times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees participated in investment and performance reviews with the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to each fund, and considered the investment and trading strategies used in pursuing each fund’s investment objective, including, where relevant, the use of derivative instruments, as well as processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions and risk management techniques. The Board and its Committees also 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 and other fund advisers with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its Committees, the Independent Trustees hold regular teleconferences in between meetings to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, in cases where the fund’s investment adviser has engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any sub-advisory agreement.

The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory 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 and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement, including the specific fee structures and other terms of the agreements, the Contract Review Committee was informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion among the Independent Trustees and the Eaton Vance Funds’ advisers and sub-advisers.

Results of the Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuation of the investment advisory agreement of Eaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) with Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee as well as the factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement of the Fund, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Fund, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Fund, including recent changes to such personnel. The Board specifically noted that the Adviser has devoted extensive resources to in-house equity research and also draws upon independent research available from third-party sources. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the Adviser and other factors, such as the reputation and resources of the Adviser to recruit and retain investment personnel. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Fund by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the management of the Fund, including the provision of administrative services.

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective 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.

 

  17  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed 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 family of funds, including 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, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended September 30, 2014 for the Fund. The Board considered various factors that contributed to the Fund’s relative underperformance during the three-year period, as well as the active and ongoing steps the Adviser had taken to improve performance, including changes in the equity group’s leadership, portfolio management and analysts staffing. In considering the relative underperformance of the Fund over the longer term, the Board noted that the Fund’s performance record had improved relative to its peers in more recent periods. On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information provided by the Adviser in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, the Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable 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 year ended September 30, 2014, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board considered certain Fund specific factors that had an impact on Fund expense ratios relative to comparable funds, as identified by management in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee. The Board also considered actions taken by management in recent years to reduce expenses at the fund complex level.

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

Profitability

The Board considered the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to revenue sharing or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their relationships with the Fund, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and other investment advisory clients.

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 are reasonable.

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, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale 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 currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Fund, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund to continue to benefit from economies of scale in the future.

 

  18  


Eaton Vance

VT Large-Cap Value Fund

June 30, 2015

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance VT Large-Cap Value Fund

 

 

Ralph F. Verni

Chairman

Scott E. Eston

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

William H. Park

Helen Frame Peters

Susan J. Sutherland**

Harriett Tee Taggart

 

 

* Interested Trustee

 

** Ms. Sutherland began serving as a Trustee effective May 1, 2015.

 

  19  


Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy.  The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the following policy (“Privacy Policy”) with respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:

 

 

Only such information received from you, through application forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund transactions will be collected. This may include information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account balances and transactions.

 

 

None of such information about you (or former customers) will be disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the normal course of servicing a customer’s account, Eaton Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and broker-dealers.

 

 

Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect the confidentiality of such information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group and Boston Management and Research. In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a customer’s account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial advisor/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such advisor’s privacy policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vance’s Privacy Policy, please call 1-800-262-1122.

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 advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, 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 advisor. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available 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. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).

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.

 

  20  


Investment Adviser and Administrator

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

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

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

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.


LOGO

7755    6.30.15


Item 2. Code of Ethics

Not required in this filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

Not required in this filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Not required in this filing.

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 second fiscal quarter of 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. 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.

 

Eaton Vance Variable Trust
By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   August 17, 2015

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:   August 17, 2015
By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   August 17, 2015

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘N-CSRS’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
6/30/23
6/24/22
6/23/22
6/16/22
6/10/22
6/9/22
6/3/22
6/2/22
6/1/22
5/29/22
5/27/22
5/22/22
5/21/22
5/18/22
5/15/22
5/14/22
5/11/22
5/8/22
5/5/22
4/30/22
4/22/22
4/21/22
4/11/22
4/2/22
4/1/22
3/31/22
3/24/22
3/16/22
3/13/22
3/11/22
3/9/22
2/25/22
2/11/22
2/2/22
1/31/22
1/28/22
1/17/22
12/19/21
12/16/21
12/10/21
12/5/21
12/4/21
11/19/21
11/7/21
11/1/21
10/29/21
10/28/21
10/27/21
10/24/21
10/20/21
10/13/21
10/3/21
10/2/21
10/1/21
9/30/21
9/26/21
9/7/21
9/3/21
9/2/21
8/27/21
8/25/21
8/18/21
8/13/21
8/12/21
8/7/21
8/6/21
8/4/21
8/1/21
7/31/21
7/29/21
7/25/21
7/23/21
7/18/21
7/16/21
7/8/21
7/5/21
7/1/21
6/30/21
6/27/21
6/25/21
6/24/21
6/18/21
6/13/21
6/12/21
6/10/21
6/9/21
6/4/21
6/2/21
5/28/21
5/19/21
5/13/21
5/9/21
5/7/21
5/6/21
5/2/21
5/1/21
4/30/21
4/28/21
4/24/21
4/23/21
4/22/21
4/16/21
4/15/21
4/13/21
4/9/21
4/4/21
3/31/21
3/19/21
3/18/21
3/17/21
3/11/21
3/10/21
3/5/21
3/3/21
2/28/21
2/27/21
2/21/21
2/20/21
2/19/21
2/18/21
2/14/21
2/12/21
2/11/21
2/10/21
2/4/21
2/1/21
1/31/21
1/29/21
1/27/21
1/25/21
1/15/21
1/6/21
1/4/21
12/24/20
12/23/20
12/19/20
12/17/20
12/16/20
12/11/20
12/10/20
12/9/20
11/27/20
11/21/20
11/15/20
11/12/20
11/6/20
11/4/20
10/31/20
10/30/20
10/26/20
10/25/20
10/18/20
10/16/20
10/2/20
10/1/20
9/30/20
9/29/20
9/28/20
9/23/20
9/18/20
9/15/20
8/30/20
8/21/20
8/16/20
8/15/20
8/14/20
8/13/20
8/7/20
8/6/20
8/5/20
7/31/20
7/30/20
7/22/20
7/17/20
7/15/20
7/2/20
7/1/20
6/27/20
6/26/20
6/24/20
6/17/20
6/15/20
6/8/20
6/7/20
6/5/20
6/3/20
5/31/20
5/29/20
5/22/20
5/15/20
5/14/20
5/11/20
5/6/20
4/30/20
4/29/20
4/27/20
4/23/20
4/17/20
4/16/20
4/12/20
4/10/20
4/6/20
4/3/20
4/2/20
3/31/20
3/27/20
3/23/20
3/20/20
3/19/20
3/9/20
3/8/20
3/5/20
3/1/20
2/28/20
2/25/20
2/18/20
2/14/20
2/8/20
2/7/20
2/6/20
2/1/20
1/31/20
1/28/20
1/15/20
1/11/20
12/31/19
12/27/19
12/20/19
12/19/19
12/13/19
12/12/19
12/11/19
12/10/19
12/2/19
11/26/19
11/21/19
11/20/19
11/19/19
11/14/19
11/9/19
10/30/19
10/18/19
10/15/19
10/11/19
10/9/19
10/8/19
10/3/19
10/1/19
9/30/19
9/18/19
9/6/19
9/5/19
8/25/19
8/21/19
8/16/19
8/9/19
8/8/19
7/31/19
7/30/19
7/27/19
7/26/19
7/19/19
7/18/19
7/15/19
7/9/19
7/3/19
7/2/19
6/30/19
6/19/19
6/15/19
6/7/19
6/6/19
6/3/19
5/27/19
5/24/19
5/15/19
4/30/19
4/29/19
4/23/19
4/19/19
4/3/19
3/31/19
3/29/19
3/28/19
3/22/19
3/21/19
3/4/19
2/28/19
2/19/19
2/5/19
1/30/19
1/11/19
12/31/18
12/28/18
12/21/18
12/15/18
12/12/18
12/10/18
12/7/18
12/5/18
12/1/18
11/23/18
11/2/18
11/1/18
10/11/18
10/10/18
9/28/18
9/25/18
9/24/18
9/4/18
8/20/18
7/19/18
7/18/18
7/3/18
7/2/18
6/29/18
6/15/18
6/1/18
5/31/18
5/25/18
5/16/18
5/15/18
5/12/18
5/4/18
5/3/18
4/24/18
4/3/18
4/2/18
3/24/18
3/23/18
3/16/18
3/11/18
2/28/18
2/15/18
2/8/18
1/31/18
1/14/18
12/12/17
11/24/17
10/18/17
10/1/17
8/7/17
7/10/17
6/30/17
5/24/17
5/9/17
4/28/17
4/26/17
4/7/17
4/1/17
3/24/17
3/16/17
3/15/17
3/1/17
2/28/17
2/15/17
1/30/17
12/20/16
7/26/16
7/7/16
6/20/16
6/19/16
4/30/16
3/14/16
11/2/15
9/7/15
Filed on / Effective on:8/26/15
8/17/15
For Period End:6/30/15N-PX
5/1/15485BPOS,  497,  497J
4/30/15
4/27/15485BPOS
1/1/15
12/31/1424F-2NT,  N-CSR,  NSAR-B
10/31/14
9/30/14485BPOS,  N-Q
9/15/14485BPOS,  497K
8/11/14
4/15/14485BPOS,  497K
12/31/1324F-2NT,  N-CSR,  NSAR-B,  NSAR-B/A
12/31/1224F-2NT,  N-CSR,  NSAR-B
12/31/1024F-2NT,  N-CSR,  NSAR-B
 List all Filings 
Top
Filing Submission 0001193125-15-303374   –   Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Copyright © 2024 Fran Finnegan & Company LLC – All Rights Reserved.
AboutPrivacyRedactionsHelp — Thu., May 16, 1:54:13.2am ET