Eaton vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
Item 2. Code of Ethics
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
Item 12. Exhibits
Signatures
EX-99.CERT Section 302 Certification
EX-99.906CERT Section 906 Certification


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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- 21411
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate 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)
October 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
October 31, 2009
Date of Reporting Period
 
 

 


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


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IMPORTANT NOTICES REGARDING PRIVACY,
DELIVERY OF SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS,
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AND PROXY VOTING
 
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, Boston Management and Research, and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
 
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 adviser/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such adviser’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 (the “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 adviser, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial adviser, 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 adviser.
 
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 adviser.
 
 
 
 
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. This description is also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.


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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Economic and Market Conditions
(PHOTO OF SCOTT H. PAGE)
Scott H. Page, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
(PHOTO OF PETER M. CAMPO)
Peter M. Campo, CFA
Co-Portfolio Manager
  During the year ending October 31, 2009, global credit markets experienced unprecedented volatility in the early months of the period but staged a remarkable turnaround beginning in January 2009. In the first two months of the period, there was little doubt that a recession would bring higher default rates; but it was difficult to reconcile bank loan and high-yield bond prices with market fundamentals. By the turn of the New Year, however, the markets began to rebound as credit spreads tightened from record levels and investors returned to the credit markets.
 
  The loan market, as measured by the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index (the Index), returned 30.44% during the year ending October 31, 2009, and 46.90% for the first 10 months of the year—the highest 10-month performance in the history of the asset class.1 Performance was driven by a combination of technical factors, which improved the market’s supply and demand picture. On the supply side, limited new loan issuance and a contraction of the existing supply through loan repayments reduced the available universe of purchasable loans. Matched with little selling activity and modest, steady inflows, loan prices improved significantly. More significant investor flows into the high-yield bond market also contributed to the improvement in bank loans. Increased high-yield bond issuance contributed to meaningful bank loan repayments, which lowered the available supply of loans and provided cash to bank loan managers. In addition, direct crossover buying into the asset class by high-yield bond managers bolstered demand.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. The Trust’s performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV. Although market price performance generally reflects investment results over time, during shorter periods, returns at market price can also be affected by factors such as changing perceptions about the Trust, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for the Trust’s shares, or changes in Trust distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Trust’s current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month end, please refer to www.eatonvance.com.

Trust 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.
Management Discussion
(PHOTO OF CRAIG P. RUSS)
Craig P. Russ
Co-Portfolio Manager
  The Trust is a closed-end fund and trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “EFR.” The Trust’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, it may also seek preservation of capital to the extent consistent with its primary goal of high current income. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its total assets in senior, secured floating-rate loans (senior loans). In managing the Trust, the investment adviser seeks to invest in a portfolio of senior loans that it believes will be less volatile over time than the general loan market. The Trust may also invest in second lien loans and high-yield bonds, and, as discussed below, employs leverage, which may increase risk.
 
  As of October 31, 2009, the Trust’s investments included senior loans to 377 borrowers spanning 39 industries, with an average loan size of 0.25% of total investments, and no industry constituting more than 11% of total investments. Health care, cable and satellite television, and business equipment and services were among the top industry weightings.
 
  The Trust outperformed the Index during the past fiscal year. Its larger, higher-quality loans helped perfor-
Total Return Performance 10/31/08 — 10/31/09
             
NYSE Symbol       EFR
 
At Net Asset Value (NAV)2
        46.90 %
At Market Price2
        49.61  
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index1
        30.44  
 
           
Premium/(Discount) to NAV (10/31/09)
        -5.26 %
Total Distributions per common share
      $ 0.863  
Distribution Rate3
  At NAV     6.39 %
 
  At Market Price     6.75 %
 
See page 3 for more performance information.
 
1   It is not possible to invest directly in an Index. The Index’s total return reflects changes in value of the loans constituting the Index and accrual of interest and does not reflect the commissions or expenses that would have been incurred if an investor individually purchased or sold the loans represented in the Index. Unlike the Trust, the Index’s return does not reflect the effect of leverage.
 
2   Performance results reflect the effects of leverage.
 
3   The Distribution Rate is based on the Trust’s most recent monthly distribution per share (annualized) divided by the Trust’s NAV or market price at the end of the period. The Trust’s monthly distributions may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and return of capital.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
    mance in the earlier part of 2009 as these loans were the first to benefit from price recovery. Management’s use of leverage was also a significant factor in the Trust’s outperformance, as its borrowings were bolstered by the strong credit market rally. The past six months witnessed a “junk rally,” with the market’s lowest-quality loans skyrocketing back to life. As a result, our relative underweight to the lowest-quality loans, including second-lien loans and those rated below CCC, hampered relative performance.
 
  The Trust had a 6.5% exposure to European loans as of October 31, 2009. The Trust’s involvement in the European leveraged loan market represented further opportunity for diversification, and while this market was affected slightly more than the U.S. bank loan market by the credit market turmoil, we believed it offered an attractive appreciation opportunity at then-current price levels.
 
  In terms of industries, a relative overweight to the cable and satellite television; leisure goods, activities and movies; and business equipment and services industries benefited performance relative to the Index. Detractors included underweights to the automotive and lodging and casino industries. The Trust’s diversification was an important risk mitigator during the fiscal year.
  As concerns about inflation and the uncertainty of the potential interest-rate impact of historic stimulus financing persists, we believe the floating-rate asset class remains attractive, especially relative to duration-exposed fixed-income alternatives. We continue to believe the Trust is well-positioned to weather this difficult economic environment, and our view is that our credit selection and portfolio-construction process combine for an approach to the asset class that may be appropriate for many investors.
 
  As of October 31, 2009, the Trust employed leverage of 37.9% of total assets — 17.7% auction preferred shares (APS)1 and 20.2% borrowings. Use of leverage creates an opportunity for income, but at the same time creates special risks (including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value and market price of common shares).

The views expressed throughout this report are those of the portfolio managers and are current only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and the investment adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on many factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. Portfolio information provided in the report may not be representative of the Trust’s current or future investments and may change due to active management.
 
1   APS percentage represents the liquidation value of the Trust’s APS outstanding at 10/31/09 as a percentage of the Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares plus APS and borrowings outstanding. In the event of a rise in long-term interest rates, the value of the Trust’s investment portfolio could decline, which would reduce the asset coverage for its APS and borrowings.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
FUND PERFORMANCE
Trust Performance1
         
NYSE Symbol   EFR
Average Annual Total Returns (by market price, NYSE)
       
One Year
    49.61 %
Five Years
    -0.25  
Life of Trust (11/28/03)
    1.32  
 
       
Average Annual Total Returns (at net asset value)
       
One Year
    46.90 %
Five Years
    1.84  
Life of Trust (11/28/03)
    2.25  
 
1   Performance results reflect the effects of leverage.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. The Trust’s performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV. Although market price performance generally reflects investment results over time, during shorter periods, returns at market price can also be affected by factors such as changing perceptions about the Trust, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for the Trust’s shares, or changes in Trust distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Trust’s current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month end, please refer to www.eatonvance.com.
Portfolio Composition
Top 10 Holdings2
By total investments
         
Georgia-Pacific Corp.
    1.4 %
Community Health Systems, Inc.
    1.3  
UPC Broadband Holding B.V.
    1.3  
HCA, Inc.
    1.3  
Rite Aid Corp.
    1.2  
SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
    1.2  
Aramark Corp.
    1.1  
Cequel Communications, LLC
    1.1  
Charter Communications Operating, Inc.
    0.9  
Intelsat Corp.
    0.9  
 
2   Top 10 Holdings represented 11.7% of the Trust’s total investments as of 10/31/09.
Top Five Industries3
By total investments
         
Health Care
    10.6 %
Cable and Satellite Television
    7.7  
Business Equipment and Services
    7.5  
Publishing
    5.8  
Leisure Goods/Activities/Movies
    5.6  
 
3   Industries are shown as a percentage of the Trust’s total investments as of 10/31/09.
Credit Quality Ratings for
Total Loan Investments
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By total loan investments
         
Baa
    1.4 %
Ba
    36.9  
B
    37.4  
Ca
    0.8  
Caa
    6.2  
Defaulted
    7.6  
Non-Rated5
    9.7  
 
4   Credit Quality ratings are those provided by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., a nationally recognized bond rating service. Reflects the Trust’s total loan investments as of 10/31/09. Although the investment adviser considers ratings when making investment decisions, it performs its own credit and investment analysis and does not rely primarily on the ratings assigned by the rating services. Credit quality can change from time to time, and recently issued credit ratings may not fully reflect the actual risks posed by a particular security or the issuer’s current financial condition. The rating assigned to a security by a rating agency 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.
 
5   Certain loans in which the Trust invests are not rated by a rating agency. In management’s opinion, such securities are comparable to securities rated by a rating agency in the categories listed above.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS 
 
                     
Senior Floating-Rate Interests — 152.9%(1)
 
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
 
Aerospace and Defense — 3.1%
 
ACTS Aero Technical Support & Service, Inc.
  709     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing October 5, 2014(2)   $ 200,396      
AWAS Capital, Inc.
  651     Term Loan, 2.06%, Maturing March 22, 2013     601,775      
  1,623     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.31%, Maturing March 22, 2013     1,123,804      
DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc.
  407     Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing July 31, 2014     383,008      
  416     Term Loan, 4.04%, Maturing July 31, 2014     391,500      
Evergreen International Aviation
  1,370     Term Loan, 12.00%, Maturing October 31, 2011     1,088,832      
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition
  4,331     Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing March 26, 2014     3,443,312      
  256     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing March 26, 2014     203,746      
Hexcel Corp.
  773     Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing May 21, 2014     779,238      
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
  886     Term Loan, 9.25%, Maturing December 30, 2012(3)     745,211      
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
  1,581     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing December 31, 2011     1,531,841      
TransDigm, Inc.
  1,625     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing June 23, 2013     1,562,612      
Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.
  909     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing December 17, 2011     911,286      
  215     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing December 22, 2011     213,736      
Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp.
  1,143     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing September 29, 2013     1,084,125      
 
 
            $ 14,264,422      
 
 
 
 
Air Transport — 0.6%
 
Airport Development and Investment, Ltd.
GBP 783     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.56%, Maturing April 7, 2011   $ 1,179,997      
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  750     Term Loan, 2.20%, Maturing April 30, 2012     640,313      
  1,173     Term Loan - Second Lien, 3.53%, Maturing April 30, 2014     988,839      
 
 
            $ 2,809,149      
 
 
 
 
Automotive — 6.0%
 
Accuride Corp.
  1,958     Term Loan, 10.00%, Maturing January 31, 2012   $ 1,948,790      
  475     Term Loan, Maturing September 30, 2013(4)     485,545      
Adesa, Inc.
  2,544     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing October 18, 2013     2,442,053      
Allison Transmission, Inc.
  1,893     Term Loan, 3.01%, Maturing September 30, 2014     1,703,473      
Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.
  232     Revolving Loan, 6.75%, Maturing December 23, 2011     212,490      
  1,413     Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing December 23, 2010     1,296,693      
  72     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing December 23, 2011     66,406      
Dayco Products, LLC
  1,728     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing June 21, 2011(2)     792,206      
Federal-Mogul Corp.
  2,483     Term Loan, 2.19%, Maturing December 27, 2014     1,913,088      
  3,120     Term Loan, 2.19%, Maturing December 27, 2015     2,404,078      
Ford Motor Co.
  2,217     Term Loan, 3.29%, Maturing December 15, 2013     1,981,301      
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  5,400     Term Loan - Second Lien, 2.34%, Maturing April 30, 2010     4,950,644      
HLI Operating Co., Inc.
  540     DIP Loan, 26.00%, Maturing November 30, 2009(3)     544,950      
EUR 109     Term Loan, 11.00%, Maturing May 30, 2014     12,041      
EUR 1,853     Term Loan, 11.50%, Maturing May 30, 2014     422,701      
Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc.
  1,323     Term Loan, 3.78%, Maturing January 12, 2012     810,611      
LKQ Corp.
  938     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing October 12, 2014     923,445      
TriMas Corp.
  426     Term Loan, 2.52%, Maturing August 2, 2011     392,600      
  2,776     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing August 2, 2013     2,557,450      
TRW Automotive, Inc.
  916     Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing February 2, 2014     917,826      
United Components, Inc.
  1,137     Term Loan, 2.72%, Maturing June 30, 2010     1,054,709      
 
 
            $ 27,833,100      
 
 
 
 
Beverage and Tobacco — 0.3%
 
Culligan International Co.
EUR 975     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.19%, Maturing May 31, 2013   $ 534,485      
Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc.
  997     Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing May 31, 2012     976,195      
 
 
            $ 1,510,680      
 
 
 

 
See notes to financial statements

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
 
Brokers, Dealers and Investment Houses — 0.2%
 
AmeriTrade Holding Corp.
  730     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing December 31, 2012   $ 710,089      
 
 
            $ 710,089      
 
 
 
 
Building and Development — 3.3%
 
Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc.
  1,140     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing September 30, 2013   $ 1,075,933      
Brickman Group Holdings, Inc.
  1,186     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing January 23, 2014     1,119,559      
Epco/Fantome, LLC
  1,342     Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing November 23, 2010     1,026,630      
Forestar USA Real Estate Group, Inc.
  1,377     Revolving Loan, 0.39%, Maturing December 1, 2010(5)     1,156,984      
  1,107     Term Loan, 5.10%, Maturing December 1, 2010     996,429      
LNR Property Corp.
  1,026     Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing July 3, 2011     815,525      
Metroflag BP, LLC
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 0.00%, Maturing October 2, 2009(2)(6)     5,250      
Mueller Water Products, Inc.
  1,088     Term Loan, 5.78%, Maturing May 24, 2014     1,065,192      
NCI Building Systems, Inc.
  283     Term Loan, 4.03%, Maturing June 18, 2010     263,411      
November 2005 Land Investors
  305     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing May 9, 2011(2)     103,646      
Panolam Industries Holdings, Inc.
  1,000     Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing September 30, 2012     902,760      
Re/Max International, Inc.
  608     Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing December 17, 2012     596,106      
  3,312     Term Loan, 9.77%, Maturing December 17, 2012     3,262,606      
Realogy Corp.
  320     Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing September 1, 2014     268,765      
  675     Term Loan, 3.29%, Maturing September 1, 2014     567,671      
South Edge, LLC
  1,588     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing October 31, 2009(2)(6)     488,156      
WCI Communities, Inc.
  1,500     Term Loan, 10.06%, Maturing September 3, 2014     1,481,250      
 
 
            $ 15,195,873      
 
 
 
 
Business Equipment and Services — 12.1%
 
Activant Solutions, Inc.
  1,114     Term Loan, 2.31%, Maturing May 1, 2013   $ 1,039,159      
Affiliated Computer Services
  705     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing March 20, 2013     697,569      
  794     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing March 20, 2013     785,734      
Affinion Group, Inc.
  2,379     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing October 17, 2012     2,287,938      
Allied Barton Security Service
  991     Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing February 21, 2015     1,004,380      
Education Management, LLC
  4,630     Term Loan, 2.06%, Maturing June 1, 2013     4,351,258      
Info USA, Inc.
  252     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing February 14, 2012     244,049      
Intergraph Corp.
  1,000     Term Loan, 2.37%, Maturing May 29, 2014     959,375      
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.29%, Maturing November 29, 2014     962,500      
iPayment, Inc.
  2,382     Term Loan, 2.27%, Maturing May 10, 2013     2,176,728      
Kronos, Inc.
  1,023     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing June 11, 2014     965,513      
Language Line, LLC
  1,851     Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing June 11, 2011     1,850,579      
  2,025     Term Loan, Maturing October 30, 2015(4)     2,026,266      
Mitchell International, Inc.
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.56%, Maturing March 28, 2015     680,000      
N.E.W. Holdings I, LLC
  1,906     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing May 22, 2014     1,785,755      
Protection One, Inc.
  887     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing March 31, 2012     848,533      
Quantum Corp.
  199     Term Loan, 3.78%, Maturing July 12, 2014     181,558      
Quintiles Transnational Corp.
  995     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing March 31, 2013     949,443      
  1,700     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.28%, Maturing March 31, 2014     1,627,750      
Sabre, Inc.
  6,057     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing September 30, 2014     5,258,491      
Serena Software, Inc.
  477     Term Loan, 2.32%, Maturing March 10, 2013     441,821      
Sitel (Client Logic)
  1,867     Term Loan, 5.77%, Maturing January 29, 2014     1,624,164      
Solera Holdings, LLC
EUR 736     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing May 15, 2014     1,051,267      
SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
  2,238     Term Loan, 1.99%, Maturing February 11, 2013     2,106,998      
  6,862     Term Loan, 4.07%, Maturing February 28, 2016     6,676,719      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Business Equipment and Services (continued)
 
                     
Ticketmaster
  1,750     Term Loan, 3.55%, Maturing July 22, 2014   $ 1,723,750      
Transaction Network Services, Inc.
  492     Term Loan, 9.50%, Maturing May 4, 2012     496,729      
Travelport, LLC
  3,178     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing August 23, 2013     2,899,915      
  437     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing August 23, 2013     398,776      
EUR 1,054     Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing August 23, 2013     1,388,552      
Valassis Communications, Inc.
  459     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing March 2, 2014     429,541      
  1,789     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing March 2, 2014     1,673,953      
VWR International, Inc.
  998     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing June 28, 2013     912,713      
West Corp.
  1,374     Term Loan, 2.62%, Maturing October 24, 2013     1,265,042      
  1,996     Term Loan, 4.12%, Maturing July 15, 2016     1,880,949      
 
 
            $ 55,653,467      
 
 
 
 
Cable and Satellite Television — 12.6%
 
Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC
  2,575     Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing June 8, 2013   $ 2,568,705      
  96     Term Loan, 2.54%, Maturing September 1, 2013     94,527      
Bragg Communications, Inc.
  2,107     Term Loan, 2.86%, Maturing August 31, 2014     2,054,325      
Bresnan Broadband Holdings, LLC
  498     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing March 29, 2014     479,258      
  1,200     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.75%, Maturing March 29, 2014     1,143,000      
Cequel Communications, LLC
  2,486     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing November 5, 2013     2,380,411      
  3,931     Term Loan, 6.29%, Maturing May 5, 2014     3,925,289      
  2,050     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.79%, Maturing May 5, 2014     2,007,975      
Charter Communications Operating, Inc.
  7,856     Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing April 28, 2013     7,162,939      
CSC Holdings, Inc.
  2,922     Term Loan, 2.05%, Maturing March 29, 2013     2,787,673      
CW Media Holdings, Inc.
  613     Term Loan, 3.53%, Maturing February 15, 2015     569,625      
Foxco Acquisition Sub., LLC
  581     Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing July 2, 2015     530,624      
Insight Midwest Holdings, LLC
  3,594     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing April 6, 2014     3,425,569      
MCC Iowa, LLC
  5,733     Term Loan, 1.98%, Maturing January 31, 2015     5,274,659      
Mediacom Illinois, LLC
  3,693     Term Loan, 1.73%, Maturing January 31, 2015     3,396,001      
  1,000     Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing March 31, 2017     1,005,000      
NTL Investment Holdings, Ltd.
GBP 197     Term Loan, 2.90%, Maturing March 30, 2012     314,483      
GBP 2,331     Term Loan, 2.93%, Maturing September 3, 2012     3,714,243      
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG
EUR 410     Term Loan, 3.53%, Maturing March 2, 2015     403,480      
EUR 97     Term Loan, 2.73%, Maturing June 26, 2015     121,035      
EUR 2,187     Term Loan, 2.73%, Maturing June 26, 2015     2,723,423      
EUR 410     Term Loan, 3.78%, Maturing March 2, 2016     403,480      
EUR 365     Term Loan, 8.15%, Maturing March 2, 2017(3)     124,097      
EUR 520     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.90%, Maturing September 2, 2016     291,728      
UPC Broadband Holding B.V.
  1,264     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing December 31, 2014     1,185,678      
  1,686     Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 31, 2016     1,622,620      
EUR 2,353     Term Loan, 4.19%, Maturing December 31, 2016     3,185,566      
EUR 2,697     Term Loan, 4.44%, Maturing December 31, 2017     3,668,470      
Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Ltd.
GBP 240     Term Loan, 4.43%, Maturing March 30, 2012     381,707      
YPSO Holding SA
EUR 209     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing July 28, 2014     238,138      
EUR 249     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing July 28, 2014     284,095      
EUR 542     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing July 28, 2014     617,071      
 
 
            $ 58,084,894      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics — 7.5%
 
Ashland, Inc.
  552     Term Loan, 7.65%, Maturing November 20, 2014   $ 561,465      
Arizona Chemical, Inc.
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.76%, Maturing February 28, 2014     437,500      
Brenntag Holding GmbH and Co. KG
  1,493     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing December 23, 2013     1,422,369      
  365     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing December 23, 2013     347,290      
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.25%, Maturing December 23, 2015     938,333      
Celanese Holdings, LLC
  4,119     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing April 2, 2014     3,863,788      
First Chemical Holding
EUR 965     Term Loan, 3.32%, Maturing December 18, 2014     1,040,549      
Georgia Gulf Corp.
  652     Term Loan, 10.00%, Maturing October 3, 2013     652,098      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics (continued)
 
                     
Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
  489     Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing May 5, 2012   $ 384,891      
  776     Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing May 5, 2013     617,207      
  3,574     Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing May 5, 2013     2,841,281      
Huntsman International, LLC
  2,500     Term Loan, 1.99%, Maturing August 16, 2012     2,289,235      
  1,000     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing June 30, 2016     918,750      
INEOS Group
  2,795     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing December 14, 2013     2,397,799      
  2,700     Term Loan, 10.00%, Maturing December 14, 2014     2,316,258      
EUR 1,250     Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.02%, Maturing December 14, 2012     1,376,799      
ISP Chemco, Inc.
  1,557     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing June 4, 2014     1,477,393      
Kranton Polymers, LLC
  2,744     Term Loan, 2.31%, Maturing May 12, 2013     2,610,740      
MacDermid, Inc.
EUR 724     Term Loan, 2.64%, Maturing April 12, 2014     839,651      
Millenium Inorganic Chemicals
  312     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing April 30, 2014     287,387      
  975     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.03%, Maturing October 31, 2014     804,375      
Momentive Performance Material
  1,678     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing December 4, 2013     1,404,360      
Nalco Co.
  498     Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing May 6, 2016     506,828      
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.
  3,210     Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing May 15, 2014     3,255,184      
Schoeller Arca Systems Holding
EUR 145     Term Loan, 3.68%, Maturing November 16, 2015     136,119      
EUR 412     Term Loan, 3.68%, Maturing November 16, 2015     388,102      
EUR 443     Term Loan, 3.68%, Maturing November 16, 2015     417,635      
 
 
            $ 34,533,386      
 
 
 
 
Clothing / Textiles — 0.3%
 
Hanesbrands, Inc.
  850     Term Loan - Second Lien, 3.99%, Maturing March 5, 2014   $ 823,437      
St. John Knits International, Inc.
  480     Term Loan, 9.25%, Maturing March 23, 2012     388,612      
 
 
            $ 1,212,049      
 
 
 
 
Conglomerates — 4.5%
 
Amsted Industries, Inc.
  1,675     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing October 15, 2010   $ 1,537,032      
Blount, Inc.
  248     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing August 9, 2010     237,684      
Doncasters (Dunde HoldCo 4 Ltd.)
  395     Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing July 13, 2015     320,824      
  395     Term Loan, 4.74%, Maturing July 13, 2015     320,824      
GBP 500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.02%, Maturing January 13, 2016     545,715      
Jarden Corp.
  922     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing January 24, 2012     889,804      
  1,636     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing January 24, 2012     1,582,561      
Johnson Diversey, Inc.
  1,605     Term Loan, 2.48%, Maturing December 16, 2011     1,598,036      
Manitowoc Company, Inc. (The)
  3,234     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing August 21, 2014     3,189,878      
Polymer Group, Inc.
  1,923     Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing November 22, 2014     1,927,389      
RBS Global, Inc.
  784     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing July 19, 2013     752,136      
  3,785     Term Loan, 2.79%, Maturing July 19, 2013     3,646,058      
RGIS Holdings, LLC
  136     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing April 30, 2014     120,778      
  2,710     Term Loan, 2.77%, Maturing April 30, 2014     2,415,569      
US Investigations Services, Inc.
  997     Term Loan, 3.29%, Maturing February 21, 2015     929,622      
Vertrue, Inc.
  822     Term Loan, 3.29%, Maturing August 16, 2014     680,393      
 
 
            $ 20,694,303      
 
 
 
 
Containers and Glass Products — 4.4%
 
Berry Plastics Corp.
  1,990     Term Loan, 2.30%, Maturing April 3, 2015   $ 1,714,541      
Consolidated Container Co.
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.75%, Maturing September 28, 2014     830,833      
Crown Americas, Inc.
  606     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing November 15, 2012     594,630      
Graham Packaging Holdings Co.
  2,187     Term Loan, 2.55%, Maturing October 7, 2011     2,139,022      
  1,943     Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing April 5, 2014     1,948,074      
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
  4,476     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing May 16, 2014     4,266,228      
  478     Term Loan, 3.03%, Maturing May 16, 2014     460,036      
JSG Acquisitions
  1,791     Term Loan, 3.66%, Maturing December 31, 2013     1,723,511      
  1,791     Term Loan, 3.91%, Maturing December 13, 2014     1,723,511      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Containers and Glass Products (continued)
 
                     
Owens-Brockway Glass Container
  1,556     Term Loan, 1.74%, Maturing June 14, 2013   $ 1,520,280      
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
  1,470     Revolving Loan, 2.84%, Maturing July 28, 2010     1,440,367      
  487     Revolving Loan, 3.06%, Maturing July 28, 2010     477,726      
  191     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing November 1, 2011     185,939      
  336     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing November 1, 2011     327,053      
  633     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing November 1, 2011     614,991      
  295     Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 1, 2011     287,386      
 
 
            $ 20,254,128      
 
 
 
 
Cosmetics / Toiletries — 0.6%
 
American Safety Razor Co.
  488     Term Loan, 2.54%, Maturing July 31, 2013   $ 464,842      
  900     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.54%, Maturing July 31, 2014     735,750      
KIK Custom Products, Inc.
  975     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.28%, Maturing November 30, 2014     463,125      
Prestige Brands, Inc.
  1,016     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing April 7, 2011     998,019      
 
 
            $ 2,661,736      
 
 
 
 
Drugs — 1.1%
 
Graceway Pharmaceuticals, LLC
  1,590     Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing May 3, 2012   $ 1,121,223      
  275     Term Loan, 8.49%, Maturing November 3, 2013     57,750      
  1,500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.74%, Maturing May 3, 2013     513,750      
Pharmaceutical Holdings Corp.
  340     Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing January 30, 2012     322,378      
Warner Chilcott Corp.
  751     Term Loan, Maturing October 30, 2014(4)     753,251      
  375     Term Loan, Maturing April 30, 2015(4)     376,625      
  874     Term Loan, Maturing April 30, 2015(4)     877,157      
  826     Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing April 30, 2015     817,671      
 
 
            $ 4,839,805      
 
 
 
 
Ecological Services and Equipment — 2.2%
 
Blue Waste B.V. (AVR Acquisition)
EUR 1,000     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing April 1, 2015   $ 1,362,013      
Cory Environmental Holdings
GBP 500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.49%, Maturing September 30, 2014     512,890      
Environmental Systems Products Holdings, Inc.
  1,042     Term Loan - Second Lien, 13.50%, Maturing December 12, 2010     932,625      
Kemble Water Structure, Ltd.
GBP 4,250     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.49%, Maturing October 13, 2013     5,368,498      
Sensus Metering Systems, Inc.
  2,069     Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing June 3, 2013     2,076,486      
 
 
            $ 10,252,512      
 
 
 
 
Electronics / Electrical — 4.7%
 
Aspect Software, Inc.
  889     Term Loan, 3.31%, Maturing July 11, 2011   $ 815,297      
  1,800     Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.38%, Maturing July 11, 2013     1,521,000      
FCI International S.A.S.
  156     Term Loan, 3.41%, Maturing November 1, 2013     142,646      
  156     Term Loan, 3.41%, Maturing November 1, 2013     142,646      
  162     Term Loan, 3.41%, Maturing November 1, 2013     148,170      
  162     Term Loan, 3.41%, Maturing November 1, 2013     148,170      
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  2,985     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing December 1, 2013     2,433,237      
Infor Enterprise Solutions Holdings
  1,506     Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 28, 2012     1,329,171      
  2,887     Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 28, 2012     2,547,577      
  500     Term Loan, 5.74%, Maturing January 28, 2014     340,625      
  183     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.49%, Maturing January 28, 2014     127,417      
  317     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.49%, Maturing March 2, 2014     216,917      
Network Solutions, LLC
  621     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing March 7, 2014     559,226      
Open Solutions, Inc.
  2,048     Term Loan, 2.41%, Maturing January 23, 2014     1,662,187      
Sensata Technologies Finance Co.
  2,729     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing April 27, 2013     2,349,151      
Spectrum Brands, Inc.
  255     Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing March 30, 2013     250,453      
  4,002     Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing March 30, 2013     3,924,371      
VeriFone, Inc.
  2,059     Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing October 31, 2013     1,966,226      
Vertafore, Inc.
  1,204     Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing July 31, 2014     1,185,936      
 
 
            $ 21,810,423      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
 
Equipment Leasing — 0.2%
 
Hertz Corp.
  1,075     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing December 21, 2012   $ 1,006,156      
  15     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing December 21, 2012     13,853      
 
 
            $ 1,020,009      
 
 
 
 
Farming / Agriculture — 0.6%
 
BF Bolthouse HoldCo, LLC
  1,150     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.74%, Maturing December 16, 2013   $ 1,089,625      
Central Garden & Pet Co.
  1,853     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing February 28, 2014     1,763,098      
 
 
            $ 2,852,723      
 
 
 
 
Financial Intermediaries — 2.2%
 
Citco III, Ltd.
  2,612     Term Loan, 2.85%, Maturing June 30, 2014   $ 2,285,417      
Grosvenor Capital Management
  1,414     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing December 5, 2013     1,286,978      
Jupiter Asset Management Group
GBP 405     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing June 30, 2015     627,910      
LPL Holdings, Inc.
  3,990     Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing December 18, 2014     3,770,816      
Nuveen Investments, Inc.
  1,330     Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing November 2, 2014     1,151,655      
Oxford Acquisition III, Ltd.
  898     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing May 24, 2014     747,196      
RJO Holdings Corp. (RJ O’Brien)
  450     Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing July 31, 2014     302,945      
 
 
            $ 10,172,917      
 
 
 
 
Food Products — 4.4%
 
Acosta, Inc.
  3,001     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing July 28, 2013   $ 2,860,393      
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc.
  1,687     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing March 29, 2013     1,606,423      
Dean Foods Co.
  3,381     Term Loan, 1.66%, Maturing April 2, 2014     3,167,242      
Dole Food Company, Inc.
  108     Term Loan, 7.15%, Maturing April 12, 2013     109,003      
  188     Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing April 12, 2013     190,055      
  675     Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing April 12, 2013     682,618      
Pinnacle Foods Finance, LLC
  6,695     Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing April 2, 2014     6,284,916      
Provimi Group SA
  205     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing June 28, 2015     189,617      
  252     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing June 28, 2015     233,347      
EUR 265     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing June 28, 2015     360,931      
EUR 439     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing June 28, 2015     596,940      
EUR 457     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing June 28, 2015     622,020      
EUR 590     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing June 28, 2015     802,125      
EUR 24     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.68%, Maturing June 28, 2015     23,844      
EUR 697     Term Loan - Second Lien, 2.22%, Maturing December 28, 2016(5)     687,686      
  148     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.49%, Maturing December 28, 2016     99,319      
Reddy Ice Group, Inc.
  1,970     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing August 9, 2012     1,763,150      
 
 
            $ 20,279,629      
 
 
 
 
Food Service — 3.8%
 
AFC Enterprises, Inc.
  339     Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing May 11, 2011   $ 341,898      
Aramark Corp.
  473     Term Loan, 2.14%, Maturing January 26, 2014     434,646      
  7,204     Term Loan, 2.16%, Maturing January 26, 2014     6,624,296      
GBP 973     Term Loan, 2.67%, Maturing January 27, 2014     1,460,445      
Buffets, Inc.
  785     Term Loan, 18.00%, Maturing April 30, 2012     801,335      
  108     Term Loan, 7.53%, Maturing November 1, 2013(3)     95,213      
  542     Term Loan - Second Lien, 17.78%, Maturing November 1, 2013(3)     476,606      
CBRL Group, Inc.
  1,650     Term Loan, 1.97%, Maturing April 27, 2013     1,591,800      
NPC International, Inc.
  350     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing May 3, 2013     333,143      
OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC
  264     Term Loan, 3.03%, Maturing May 9, 2013     220,547      
  3,059     Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing May 9, 2014     2,555,744      
QCE Finance, LLC
  1,213     Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing May 5, 2013     982,042      
  950     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.03%, Maturing November 5, 2013     514,900      
Sagittarius Restaurants, LLC
  352     Term Loan, 9.75%, Maturing March 29, 2013     327,702      
Selecta
EUR 741     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.34%, Maturing December 28, 2015     547,246      
 
 
            $ 17,307,563      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
 
Food / Drug Retailers — 4.6%
 
General Nutrition Centers, Inc.
  6,336     Term Loan, 2.52%, Maturing September 16, 2013   $ 5,880,415      
Iceland Foods Group, Ltd.
GBP 1,250     Term Loan, 3.01%, Maturing May 2, 2015     2,025,790      
Pantry, Inc. (The)
  223     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing May 15, 2014     211,648      
  775     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing May 15, 2014     735,128      
Rite Aid Corp.
  8,301     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing June 1, 2014     7,199,797      
  1,064     Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing June 4, 2014     1,000,395      
  1,000     Term Loan, 9.50%, Maturing June 4, 2014     1,036,667      
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.
  3,331     Term Loan, 6.03%, Maturing November 3, 2011     3,286,545      
 
 
            $ 21,376,385      
 
 
 
 
Forest Products — 2.8%
 
Appleton Papers, Inc.
  1,817     Term Loan, 6.63%, Maturing June 5, 2014   $ 1,653,543      
Georgia-Pacific Corp.
  7,958     Term Loan, 2.32%, Maturing December 20, 2012     7,682,015      
  1,081     Term Loan, 2.33%, Maturing December 20, 2012     1,043,415      
  1,567     Term Loan, 3.59%, Maturing December 23, 2014     1,559,199      
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
  1,205     Term Loan, 5.78%, Maturing May 18, 2012     988,466      
 
 
            $ 12,926,638      
 
 
 
 
Health Care — 17.0%
 
Accellent, Inc.
  2,264     Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing November 22, 2012   $ 2,152,453      
Alliance Imaging, Inc.
  480     Term Loan, 2.86%, Maturing December 29, 2011     465,203      
American Medical Systems
  632     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing July 20, 2012     614,390      
AMN Healthcare, Inc.
  173     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing November 2, 2011     161,404      
AMR HoldCo, Inc.
  1,090     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing February 10, 2012     1,049,527      
Biomet, Inc.
  3,773     Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing December 26, 2014     3,632,710      
EUR 1,201     Term Loan, 3.58%, Maturing December 26, 2014     1,690,895      
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
  938     Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 15, 2015     938,711      
Cardinal Health 409, Inc.
  4,194     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing April 10, 2014     3,656,807      
Carestream Health, Inc.
  2,653     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing April 30, 2013     2,487,626      
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.49%, Maturing October 30, 2013     853,125      
Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH
  1,300     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing March 23, 2015     916,500      
Community Health Systems, Inc.
  524     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing July 25, 2014     489,123      
  10,265     Term Loan, 2.61%, Maturing July 25, 2014     9,585,431      
Concentra, Inc.
  623     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.54%, Maturing June 25, 2015(3)     517,184      
ConMed Corp.
  461     Term Loan, 1.74%, Maturing April 13, 2013     429,092      
Convatec Cidron Healthcare
EUR 746     Term Loan, 4.69%, Maturing July 30, 2016     1,072,642      
CRC Health Corp.
  483     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing February 6, 2013     431,905      
  485     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing February 6, 2013     434,075      
Dako EQT Project Delphi
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.04%, Maturing December 12, 2016     286,250      
DaVita, Inc.
  548     Term Loan, 1.76%, Maturing October 5, 2012     527,142      
DJO Finance, LLC
  786     Term Loan, 3.26%, Maturing May 15, 2014     759,473      
Fenwal, Inc.
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.62%, Maturing August 28, 2014     426,875      
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings
  492     Term Loan, 1.66%, Maturing March 31, 2013     473,328      
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
  701     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing May 30, 2013     667,247      
HCA, Inc.
  10,307     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing November 18, 2013     9,619,329      
Health Management Association, Inc.
  6,134     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing February 28, 2014     5,705,751      
HealthSouth Corp.
  1,255     Term Loan, 2.55%, Maturing March 10, 2013     1,198,450      
  1,033     Term Loan, 4.05%, Maturing March 15, 2014     1,012,197      
Iasis Healthcare, LLC
  288     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing March 14, 2014     272,097      
  834     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing March 14, 2014     786,258      
  78     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing March 14, 2014     73,478      
Ikaria Acquisition, Inc.
  1,484     Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing March 28, 2013     1,392,860      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Health Care (continued)
 
                     
IM U.S. Holdings, LLC
  982     Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing June 26, 2014   $ 930,835      
  625     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.49%, Maturing June 26, 2015     600,000      
Invacare Corp.
  164     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing February 12, 2013     156,415      
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
  2,022     Term Loan, 2.02%, Maturing April 15, 2012     1,964,154      
MultiPlan Merger Corp.
  999     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing April 12, 2013     945,895      
  1,397     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing April 12, 2013     1,322,754      
Mylan, Inc.
  3,582     Term Loan, 3.55%, Maturing October 2, 2014     3,492,450      
National Mentor Holdings, Inc.
  1,005     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing June 29, 2013     904,815      
  62     Term Loan, 2.44%, Maturing June 29, 2013     55,479      
National Renal Institutes, Inc.
  820     Term Loan, 4.31%, Maturing March 31, 2013(3)     701,208      
Nyco Holdings
EUR 500     Term Loan, Maturing December 29, 2014(4)     684,067      
EUR 500     Term Loan, Maturing December 29, 2015(4)     684,067      
Physiotherapy Associates, Inc.
  746     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing June 27, 2013     542,005      
RadNet Management, Inc.
  2,031     Term Loan, 4.54%, Maturing November 15, 2012     1,959,951      
ReAble Therapeutics Finance, LLC
  2,507     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing November 16, 2013     2,394,455      
Renal Advantage, Inc.
  1     Term Loan, 2.79%, Maturing October 5, 2012     788      
Select Medical Holdings Corp.
  2,435     Term Loan, 4.16%, Maturing August 5, 2014     2,441,072      
Sunrise Medical Holdings, Inc.
  416     Term Loan, 8.25%, Maturing May 13, 2010     301,293      
TZ Merger Sub., Inc. (TriZetto)
  746     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing July 24, 2015     749,962      
Vanguard Health Holding Co., LLC
  2,134     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing September 23, 2011     2,085,549      
Viant Holdings, Inc.
  505     Term Loan, 2.54%, Maturing June 25, 2014     492,790      
 
 
            $ 78,189,542      
 
 
 
 
Home Furnishings — 1.6%
 
Hunter Fan Co.
  428     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing April 16, 2014   $ 308,341      
Interline Brands, Inc.
  293     Term Loan, 1.99%, Maturing June 23, 2013     270,533      
  936     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing June 23, 2013     863,037      
National Bedding Co., LLC
  1,469     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing August 31, 2011     1,340,073      
  2,050     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.31%, Maturing August 31, 2012     1,660,500      
Simmons Co.
  2,799     Term Loan, 10.50%, Maturing December 19, 2011     2,776,635      
  1,090     Term Loan, 7.35%, Maturing February 15, 2012(3)     32,709      
 
 
            $ 7,251,828      
 
 
 
 
Industrial Equipment — 4.1%
 
Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, Inc.
  731     Term Loan, 2.31%, Maturing February 7, 2014   $ 661,781      
  784     Term Loan, 3.66%, Maturing February 7, 2014     725,984      
CEVA Group PLC U.S.
  3,465     Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing November 4, 2013     2,925,248      
  2,234     Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing November 4, 2014     1,886,130      
  1,006     Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing November 4, 2014     836,402      
EPD Holdings (Goodyear Engineering Products)
  146     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing July 13, 2014     118,039      
  1,018     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing July 13, 2014     824,171      
  775     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.00%, Maturing July 13, 2015     472,750      
Generac Acquisition Corp.
  1,744     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing November 7, 2013     1,581,501      
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.28%, Maturing April 7, 2014     428,125      
Gleason Corp.
  138     Term Loan, 2.09%, Maturing June 30, 2013     134,948      
  568     Term Loan, 2.09%, Maturing June 30, 2013     554,193      
Jason, Inc.
  398     Term Loan, 5.03%, Maturing April 30, 2010     208,690      
John Maneely Co.
  2,665     Term Loan, 3.51%, Maturing December 8, 2013     2,448,042      
KION Group GmbH
  250     Term Loan, 2.49%, Maturing December 23, 2014     172,188      
  250     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing December 23, 2015     172,188      
Polypore, Inc.
  3,954     Term Loan, 2.46%, Maturing July 3, 2014     3,702,294      
Sequa Corp.
  794     Term Loan, 3.88%, Maturing November 30, 2014     708,952      
TFS Acquisition Corp.
  686     Term Loan, 14.00%, Maturing August 11, 2013(3)     458,004      
 
 
            $ 19,019,630      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
 
Insurance — 3.2%
 
AmWINS Group, Inc.
  985     Term Loan, 2.84%, Maturing June 8, 2013   $ 805,145      
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.79%, Maturing June 8, 2014     350,000      
Applied Systems, Inc.
  2,136     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing September 26, 2013     2,030,710      
CCC Information Services Group, Inc.
  1,563     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing February 10, 2013     1,517,803      
Conseco, Inc.
  3,425     Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing October 10, 2013     3,102,373      
Crawford & Company
  1,208     Term Loan, 3.04%, Maturing October 31, 2013     1,158,170      
Crump Group, Inc.
  805     Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing August 4, 2014     728,846      
Hub International Holdings, Inc.
  497     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing June 13, 2014     438,372      
  2,212     Term Loan, 2.74%, Maturing June 13, 2014     1,950,755      
  575     Term Loan, Maturing June 30, 2014(4)     563,500      
U.S.I. Holdings Corp.
  2,286     Term Loan, 3.04%, Maturing May 4, 2014     1,990,467      
 
 
            $ 14,636,141      
 
 
 
 
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 8.9%
 
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc.
  1,616     Term Loan, 2.77%, Maturing June 8, 2012   $ 1,514,005      
AMC Entertainment, Inc.
  3,787     Term Loan, 1.74%, Maturing January 26, 2013     3,585,580      
AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc.
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.49%, Maturing December 8, 2013     700,000      
Bombardier Recreational Products
  1,823     Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing June 28, 2013     1,280,506      
Butterfly Wendel US, Inc.
  280     Term Loan, 3.22%, Maturing June 22, 2013     207,469      
  280     Term Loan, 2.97%, Maturing June 22, 2014     207,536      
Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
  890     Term Loan, 3.54%, Maturing May 19, 2012     864,128      
  718     Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing May 19, 2012     696,856      
Cedar Fair, L.P.
  306     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing August 30, 2012     294,725      
  2,109     Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing February 17, 2014     2,046,160      
Cinemark, Inc.
  3,505     Term Loan, 2.07%, Maturing October 5, 2013     3,333,104      
Deluxe Entertainment Services
  996     Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing January 28, 2011     931,133      
  59     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing January 28, 2011     55,217      
  103     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing January 28, 2011     95,895      
Easton-Bell Sports, Inc.
  1,061     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing March 16, 2012     1,006,318      
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
  331     Term Loan, 2.54%, Maturing June 9, 2014     283,320      
  653     Term Loan, 2.54%, Maturing June 9, 2014     558,102      
Formula One (Alpha D2, Ltd.)
  2,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, Maturing June 30, 2014(4)     1,632,500      
Mega Blocks, Inc.
  1,580     Term Loan, 9.75%, Maturing July 26, 2012     908,428      
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Holdings, Inc.
  4,799     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing April 8, 2012(2)     2,761,577      
National CineMedia, LLC
  2,750     Term Loan, 2.05%, Maturing February 13, 2015     2,572,969      
Regal Cinemas Corp.
  5,163     Term Loan, 4.03%, Maturing November 10, 2010     5,128,372      
Revolution Studios Distribution Co., LLC
  985     Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 21, 2014     896,455      
  800     Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.25%, Maturing June 21, 2015     460,000      
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.
  1,105     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing April 30, 2015     1,083,730      
Southwest Sports Group, LLC
  1,875     Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing December 22, 2010     1,575,000      
Universal City Development Partners, Ltd.
  1,721     Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing June 9, 2011     1,717,042      
  2,625     Term Loan, Maturing November 6, 2014(4)     2,585,625      
Zuffa, LLC
  2,340     Term Loan, 2.31%, Maturing June 20, 2016     2,111,501      
 
 
            $ 41,093,253      
 
 
 
 
Lodging and Casinos — 2.6%
 
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
  1,059     Term Loan, 3.53%, Maturing November 10, 2012   $ 1,052,574      
Harrah’s Operating Co.
  1,223     Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing January 28, 2015     975,627      
  3,000     Term Loan, 9.50%, Maturing October 31, 2016     2,939,166      
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp.
  1,954     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing April 4, 2014     1,794,189      
New World Gaming Partners, Ltd.
  203     Term Loan, 2.79%, Maturing June 30, 2014     168,357      
  1,003     Term Loan, 2.79%, Maturing June 30, 2014     831,210      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Lodging and Casinos (continued)
 
                     
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
  354     Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing October 3, 2012   $ 342,820      
Venetian Casino Resort/Las Vegas Sands, Inc.
  854     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing May 14, 2014     697,231      
  3,382     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing May 23, 2014     2,760,680      
Wimar OpCo, LLC
  1,883     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing January 3, 2012(2)     601,873      
 
 
            $ 12,163,727      
 
 
 
 
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 1.5%
 
Euramax International, Inc.
  307     Term Loan, 10.00%, Maturing June 29, 2013   $ 185,515      
  301     Term Loan, 14.00%, Maturing June 29, 2013(3)     182,103      
Noranda Aluminum Acquisition
  2,092     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing May 18, 2014     1,699,636      
Novelis, Inc.
  619     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing June 28, 2014     558,607      
  1,361     Term Loan, 2.27%, Maturing June 28, 2014     1,228,971      
Oxbow Carbon and Mineral Holdings
  3,099     Term Loan, 2.27%, Maturing May 8, 2014     2,948,265      
  296     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing May 8, 2014     281,226      
 
 
            $ 7,084,323      
 
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 3.0%
 
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.
  920     Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing July 20, 2014   $ 904,566      
Big West Oil, LLC
  315     Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 1, 2014     305,530      
  396     Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 1, 2014     384,095      
Dresser, Inc.
  1,432     Term Loan, 2.68%, Maturing May 4, 2014     1,342,424      
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.00%, Maturing May 4, 2015     910,000      
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.
  336     Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 2, 2013     323,426      
  5,161     Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 2, 2013     4,970,659      
Enterprise GP Holdings, L.P.
  1,114     Term Loan, 2.52%, Maturing October 31, 2014     1,077,553      
Hercules Offshore, Inc.
  1,614     Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing July 6, 2013     1,558,668      
Niska Gas Storage
  41     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing May 13, 2011     39,596      
  61     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing May 13, 2011     58,454      
  593     Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing May 12, 2013     568,631      
Precision Drilling Corp.
  1,000     Term Loan, 4.58%, Maturing December 23, 2013     985,000      
Targa Resources, Inc.
  119     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing October 31, 2012     116,924      
  228     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing October 31, 2012     224,076      
 
 
            $ 13,769,602      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 9.4%
 
American Media Operations, Inc.
  4,190     Term Loan, 10.00%, Maturing January 31, 2013(3)   $ 3,804,835      
Aster Zweite Beteiligungs GmbH
  1,775     Term Loan, 2.89%, Maturing September 27, 2013     1,540,700      
GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.
  872     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing August 28, 2014     339,252      
  2,078     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing August 28, 2014     808,791      
  675     Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing August 28, 2014     262,688      
Getty Images, Inc.
  3,968     Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing July 2, 2015     3,996,215      
Idearc, Inc.
  7,082     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing November 17, 2014(2)     3,238,745      
Lamar Media Corp.
  986     Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing September 30, 2012     981,974      
Laureate Education, Inc.
  348     Term Loan, 3.53%, Maturing August 17, 2014     317,290      
  2,326     Term Loan, 3.53%, Maturing August 17, 2014     2,119,990      
  1,500     Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing August 31, 2014     1,500,000      
Local Insight Regatta Holdings, Inc.
  1,635     Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing April 23, 2015     1,283,460      
MediaNews Group, Inc.
  703     Term Loan, 6.74%, Maturing August 2, 2013     217,491      
Merrill Communications, LLC
  1,225     Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing December 24, 2012     972,589      
  1,001     Term Loan - Second Lien, 14.75%, Maturing November 15, 2013(3)     578,078      
Nelson Education, Ltd.
  490     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing July 5, 2014     431,200      
Nielsen Finance, LLC
  5,950     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing August 9, 2013     5,553,130      
  997     Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing May 1, 2016     938,535      
PagesJaunes Group, SA
EUR 500     Term Loan, 5.03%, Maturing April 10, 2016     463,570      
Philadelphia Newspapers, LLC
  708     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing June 29, 2013(2)     162,858      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Publishing (continued)
 
                     
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (The)
  1,134     DIP Loan, 13.50%, Maturing August 21, 2010   $ 1,180,927      
  1,246     Revolving Loan, 4.54%, Maturing March 3, 2014     612,182      
  5,016     Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 3, 2014     2,465,345      
  448     Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing March 3, 2014     220,108      
SGS International, Inc.
  598     Term Loan, 2.79%, Maturing December 30, 2011     572,766      
Source Interlink Companies, Inc.
  916     Term Loan, 10.75%, Maturing June 18, 2013     755,668      
  478     Term Loan, 15.00%, Maturing June 18, 2013(3)     167,240      
Trader Media Corp.
GBP 1,315     Term Loan, 2.64%, Maturing March 23, 2015     1,848,224      
Tribune Co.
  1,547     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing April 10, 2010(2)     720,551      
  1,935     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing May 17, 2014(2)     916,890      
  2,990     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing May 17, 2014(2)     1,350,817      
Xsys, Inc.
  1,801     Term Loan, 2.89%, Maturing September 27, 2013     1,562,949      
  1,828     Term Loan, 2.89%, Maturing September 27, 2014     1,586,991      
 
 
            $ 43,472,049      
 
 
 
 
Radio and Television — 5.2%
 
Block Communications, Inc.
  818     Term Loan, 2.28%, Maturing December 22, 2011   $ 756,766      
Citadel Broadcasting Corp.
  1,000     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing June 12, 2014     688,750      
CMP KC, LLC
  956     Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 5, 2013(7)     274,426      
CMP Susquehanna Corp.
  1,570     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing May 5, 2013     1,164,471      
Discovery Communications, Inc.
  995     Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing May 14, 2014     1,011,169      
Emmis Operating Co.
  760     Term Loan, 4.28%, Maturing November 2, 2013     584,706      
Gray Television, Inc.
  1,083     Term Loan, 3.79%, Maturing January 19, 2015     933,630      
HIT Entertainment, Inc.
  750     Term Loan, 2.73%, Maturing March 20, 2012     657,481      
Intelsat Corp.
  2,441     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing January 3, 2014     2,311,898      
  2,440     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing January 3, 2014     2,311,192      
  2,440     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing January 3, 2014     2,311,192      
Ion Media Networks, Inc.
  332     DIP Loan, 10.17%, Maturing May 29, 2010(5)(7)     522,323      
  2,500     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing January 15, 2012(2)     633,332      
NEP II, Inc.
  609     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing February 16, 2014     563,663      
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
  1,758     Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 1, 2012     1,578,100      
  1,663     Term Loan, 5.01%, Maturing October 1, 2012     1,492,205      
Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC
  875     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing June 25, 2014     726,250      
SFX Entertainment
  1,016     Term Loan, 3.51%, Maturing June 21, 2013     939,789      
Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc.
  490     Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing December 19, 2012     453,658      
Univision Communications, Inc.
  4,200     Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing September 29, 2014     3,395,998      
Young Broadcasting, Inc.
  709     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing November 3, 2012(2)     462,802      
 
 
            $ 23,773,801      
 
 
 
 
Rail Industries — 0.4%
 
Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
  1,959     Term Loan, 2.05%, Maturing April 26, 2013   $ 1,861,228      
 
 
            $ 1,861,228      
 
 
 
 
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 3.6%
 
American Achievement Corp.
  207     Term Loan, 6.26%, Maturing March 25, 2011   $ 185,965      
Amscan Holdings, Inc.
  487     Term Loan, 2.65%, Maturing May 25, 2013     442,812      
Cumberland Farms, Inc.
  1,522     Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing September 29, 2013     1,392,548      
Educate, Inc.
  500     Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.54%, Maturing June 14, 2014     426,250      
FTD, Inc.
  1,330     Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing July 31, 2014     1,330,053      
Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
  400     Term Loan, 9.75%, Maturing July 15, 2010     401,359      
Josten’s Corp.
  1,510     Term Loan, 2.32%, Maturing October 4, 2011     1,497,161      
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
  1,984     Term Loan, 2.29%, Maturing April 5, 2013     1,706,465      
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
  1,156     Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing July 25, 2014     1,027,028      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Borrower/Tranche Description   Value      
 
 
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) (continued)
 
                     
Oriental Trading Co., Inc.
  2,530     Term Loan, 9.75%, Maturing July 31, 2013   $ 2,103,305      
  1,125     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.24%, Maturing January 31, 2013     272,812      
Rover Acquisition Corp.
  2,188     Term Loan, 2.52%, Maturing October 26, 2013     2,109,718      
Savers, Inc.
  332     Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing August 11, 2012     320,728      
  364     Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing August 11, 2012     350,928      
Yankee Candle Company, Inc. (The)
  2,958     Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing February 6, 2014     2,769,794      
 
 
            $ 16,336,926      
 
 
 
 
Steel — 0.5%
 
Algoma Acquisition Corp.
  1,530     Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing June 20, 2013   $ 1,444,893      
Niagara Corp.
  1,984     Term Loan, 9.25%, Maturing June 29, 2014     922,723      
 
 
            $ 2,367,616      
 
 
 
 
Surface Transport — 0.5%
 
Gainey Corp.
  1,217     Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing April 20, 2012(2)   $ 258,703      
Oshkosh Truck Corp.
  1,550     Term Loan, 6.32%, Maturing December 6, 2013     1,550,630      
Swift Transportation Co., Inc.
  804     Term Loan, 3.56%, Maturing May 10, 2014     694,254      
 
 
            $ 2,503,587      
 
 
 
 
Telecommunications — 4.8%
 
Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.
  985     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing February 1, 2012   $ 944,209      
Asurion Corp.
  3,900     Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing July 13, 2012     3,708,791      
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.74%, Maturing January 13, 2013     952,188      
Centennial Cellular Operating Co., LLC
  4,021     Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing February 9, 2011     4,004,701      
CommScope, Inc.
  1,336     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing November 19, 2014     1,295,402      
Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co.
  946     Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing July 3, 2013     910,284      
Iowa Telecommunications Services
  1,616     Term Loan, 2.04%, Maturing November 23, 2011     1,558,682      
Macquarie UK Broadcast Ventures, Ltd.
GBP 755     Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing January 12, 2014     1,071,708      
NTelos, Inc.
  1,500     Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing August 13, 2015     1,510,625      
Palm, Inc.
  1,757     Term Loan, 3.79%, Maturing April 24, 2014     1,557,834      
Stratos Global Corp.
  977     Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing February 13, 2012     961,853      
Trilogy International Partners
  850     Term Loan, 3.78%, Maturing June 29, 2012     714,000      
Windstream Corp.
  3,020     Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing December 17, 2015     2,937,851      
 
 
            $ 22,128,128      
 
 
 
 
Utilities — 4.5%
 
AEI Finance Holding, LLC
  270     Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing March 30, 2012   $ 250,194      
  1,857     Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing March 30, 2014     1,722,672      
Astoria Generating Co.
  1,000     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.04%, Maturing August 23, 2013     930,000      
BRSP, LLC
  1,000     Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing June 24, 2014     940,000      
Calpine Corp.
  5,977     DIP Loan, 3.17%, Maturing March 29, 2014     5,511,160      
Electricinvest Holding Co.
GBP 480     Term Loan, 5.02%, Maturing October 24, 2012     630,240      
EUR 477     Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.93%, Maturing October 24, 2012     561,130      
NRG Energy, Inc.
  1,948     Term Loan, 2.02%, Maturing June 1, 2014     1,837,285      
  2,046     Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing June 1, 2014     1,930,090      
Pike Electric, Inc.
  146     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing July 1, 2012     138,197      
  340     Term Loan, 1.75%, Maturing December 10, 2012     321,084      
TXU Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC
  1,000     Term Loan, Maturing October 10, 2014(4)     779,583      
  1,332     Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing October 10, 2014     1,025,430      
  3,813     Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing October 10, 2014     2,963,875      
Vulcan Energy Corp.
  1,093     Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing December 31, 2015     1,104,197      
 
 
            $ 20,645,137      
 
 
     
Total Senior Floating-Rate Interests
   
(identified cost $768,496,358)
  $ 704,552,398      
 
 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 6.4%
 
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value      
 
 
Aerospace and Defense — 0.0%
 
Alion Science and Technologies Corp.
  145     10.25%, 2/1/15   $ 102,950      
Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition
  125     9.75%, 4/1/17     84,063      
 
 
            $ 187,013      
 
 
 
 
Air Transport — 0.0%
 
Continental Airlines
  194     7.033%, 6/15/11   $ 174,195      
 
 
            $ 174,195      
 
 
 
 
Automotive — 0.1%
 
Altra Industrial Motion, Inc.
  335     9.00%, 12/1/11   $ 343,794      
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., Sr. Notes
  100     8.00%, 7/1/13     57,500      
 
 
            $ 401,294      
 
 
 
 
Building and Development — 0.6%
 
Grohe Holding GmbH, Variable Rate
EUR 2,000     3.617%, 1/15/14(8)   $ 2,442,940      
Panolam Industries International, Sr. Sub. Notes
  425     10.75%, 10/1/13(2)     138,125      
Texas Industries, Inc., Sr. Notes
  115     7.25%, 7/15/13(9)     113,275      
 
 
            $ 2,694,340      
 
 
 
 
Business Equipment and Services — 0.3%
 
Affinion Group, Inc.
  95     10.125%, 10/15/13   $ 97,850      
  205     11.50%, 10/15/15     215,250      
Education Management, LLC, Sr. Notes
  390     8.75%, 6/1/14     403,650      
MediMedia USA, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  170     11.375%, 11/15/14(9)     126,650      
Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc.
  185     10.75%, 8/1/16     191,475      
West Corp.
  275     9.50%, 10/15/14     276,375      
 
 
            $ 1,311,250      
 
 
 
Cable and Satellite Television — 0.0%
 
Kabel Deutschland GmbH
  190     10.625%, 7/1/14   $ 201,163      
 
 
            $ 201,163      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics — 0.2%
 
CII Carbon, LLC
  185     11.125%, 11/15/15(9)   $ 183,150      
Reichhold Industries, Inc., Sr. Notes
  445     9.00%, 8/15/14(9)     362,675      
Wellman Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  449     5.00%, 1/29/19(7)     165,232      
 
 
            $ 711,057      
 
 
 
 
Clothing / Textiles — 0.2%
 
Levi Strauss & Co., Sr. Notes
  270     9.75%, 1/15/15   $ 283,500      
  75     8.875%, 4/1/16     76,875      
Perry Ellis International, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  360     8.875%, 9/15/13     350,100      
 
 
            $ 710,475      
 
 
 
 
Conglomerates — 0.1%
 
RBS Global & Rexnord Corp.
  161     9.50%, 8/1/14(9)   $ 160,195      
  155     11.75%, 8/1/16     151,125      
 
 
            $ 311,320      
 
 
 
 
Containers and Glass Products — 0.6%
 
Berry Plastics Corp., Sr. Notes, Variable Rate
  2,000     5.034%, 2/15/15   $ 1,850,000      
Intertape Polymer US, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  310     8.50%, 8/1/14     243,350      
Pliant Corp.
  345     11.625%, 6/15/09(3)(6)     304,627      
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Sr. Notes
  45     8.38%, 7/1/12(2)     35,437      
  250     8.00%, 3/15/17(2)     193,750      
 
 
            $ 2,627,164      
 
 
 
 
Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.2%
 
Environmental Systems Product Holdings, Inc., Jr. Notes
  373     18.00%, 3/31/15(3)(7)     298,205      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value      
 
 
Ecological Services and Equipment (continued)
 
                     
Waste Services, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  440     9.50%, 4/15/14   $ 444,400      
 
 
            $ 742,605      
 
 
 
 
Electronics / Electrical — 0.3%
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sr. Notes
  220     7.75%, 11/1/12   $ 196,350      
Amkor Technologies, Inc., Sr. Notes
  190     9.25%, 6/1/16     199,500      
Avago Technologies Finance
  215     11.875%, 12/1/15     236,500      
Ceridian Corp., Sr. Notes
  195     11.25%, 11/15/15     188,663      
NXP BV/NXP Funding, LLC, Variable Rate
  775     3.034%, 10/15/13     588,031      
 
 
            $ 1,409,044      
 
 
 
 
Equipment Leasing — 0.0%
 
Hertz Corp.
  10     8.875%, 1/1/14   $ 10,175      
 
 
            $ 10,175      
 
 
 
 
Financial Intermediaries — 0.1%
 
Ford Motor Credit Co., Sr. Notes
  230     8.00%, 12/15/16   $ 222,477      
 
 
            $ 222,477      
 
 
 
 
Food Products — 0.1%
 
ASG Consolidated, LLC/ASG Finance, Inc., Sr. Disc. Notes
  520     11.50%, 11/1/11   $ 510,900      
 
 
            $ 510,900      
 
 
 
 
Food Service — 0.1%
 
El Pollo Loco, Inc.
  275     11.75%, 11/15/13   $ 254,375      
NPC International, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  320     9.50%, 5/1/14     317,600      
 
 
            $ 571,975      
 
 
 
 
Food / Drug Retailers — 0.2%
 
General Nutrition Center, Sr. Notes, Variable Rate
  665     5.178%, 3/15/14(3)   $ 595,175      
General Nutrition Center, Sr. Sub. Notes
  385     10.75%, 3/15/15     389,812      
 
 
            $ 984,987      
 
 
 
 
Forest Products — 0.1%
 
Jefferson Smurfit Corp., Sr. Notes
  90     8.25%, 10/1/12(2)   $ 69,750      
  75     7.50%, 6/1/13(2)     58,875      
NewPage Corp.
  165     10.00%, 5/1/12     108,900      
Verso Paper Holdings, LLC/Verso Paper, Inc.
  225     11.375%, 8/1/16     147,375      
 
 
            $ 384,900      
 
 
 
 
Health Care — 0.5%
 
Accellent, Inc.
  285     10.50%, 12/1/13   $ 280,725      
AMR HoldCo, Inc./EmCare HoldCo, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  325     10.00%, 2/15/15     342,875      
DJO Finance, LLC/DJO Finance Corp.
  190     10.875%, 11/15/14     199,025      
HCA, Inc.
  115     9.25%, 11/15/16     120,462      
MultiPlan, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  485     10.375%, 4/15/16(9)     468,025      
National Mentor Holdings, Inc.
  290     11.25%, 7/1/14     289,275      
Res-Care, Inc., Sr. Notes
  195     7.75%, 10/15/13     194,025      
US Oncology, Inc.
  515     10.75%, 8/15/14     540,750      
 
 
            $ 2,435,162      
 
 
 
 
Industrial Equipment — 0.1%
 
Chart Industries, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  195     9.125%, 10/15/15   $ 195,000      
ESCO Corp., Sr. Notes
  145     8.625%, 12/15/13(9)     143,913      
 
 
            $ 338,913      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value      
 
 
 
Insurance — 0.0%
 
Alliant Holdings I, Inc.
  100     11.00%, 5/1/15(9)   $ 98,000      
 
 
            $ 98,000      
 
 
 
 
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 0.2%
 
Bombardier, Inc.
  130     8.00%, 11/15/14(9)   $ 133,900      
HRP Myrtle Beach Operations, LLC/HRP Myrtle Beach Capital Corp.
  195     12.50%, 4/1/13(2)(7)(9)     0      
HRP Myrtle Beach Operations, LLC/HRP Myrtle Beach Capital Corp.,
Variable Rate
  360     0.00%, 4/1/12(2)(7)(9)     0      
Marquee Holdings, Inc., Sr. Disc. Notes
  610     9.505%, 8/15/14     510,112      
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Sr. Notes
  95     7.00%, 6/15/13     92,150      
  35     6.875%, 12/1/13     33,338      
  25     7.25%, 6/15/16     23,375      
  50     7.25%, 3/15/18     45,750      
Universal City Development Partners, Sr. Notes
  240     11.75%, 4/1/10     241,800      
 
 
            $ 1,080,425      
 
 
 
 
Lodging and Casinos — 0.5%
 
Buffalo Thunder Development Authority
  480     9.375%, 12/15/14(2)(9)   $ 91,200      
CCM Merger, Inc.
  325     8.00%, 8/1/13(9)     268,125      
Chukchansi EDA, Sr. Notes, Variable Rate
  280     4.913%, 11/15/12(9)     175,000      
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Casino, LLC
  485     10.25%, 6/15/15(2)(9)     19,400      
Galaxy Entertainment Finance
  300     9.875%, 12/15/12(9)     295,500      
Greektown Holdings, LLC, Sr. Notes
  95     10.75%, 12/1/13(2)(9)     19,475      
Indianapolis Downs, LLC & Capital Corp., Sr. Notes
  115     11.00%, 11/1/12(9)     74,175      
Inn of the Mountain Gods, Sr. Notes
  500     12.00%, 11/15/10(2)     201,250      
Majestic HoldCo, LLC
  140     12.50%, 10/15/11(2)(9)     168      
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Sr. Sub. Notes
  140     8.00%, 4/1/12     119,700      
  215     7.125%, 8/15/14     151,575      
  230     6.875%, 2/15/15     152,950      
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  60     7.50%, 6/15/15     54,300      
Pokagon Gaming Authority, Sr. Notes
  102     10.375%, 6/15/14(9)     106,080      
San Pasqual Casino
  110     8.00%, 9/15/13(9)     105,050      
Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Variable Rate
  175     2.799%, 3/15/14(9)     141,750      
Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Authority, Sr. Notes
  310     9.00%, 11/15/15(9)     280,550      
Waterford Gaming, LLC, Sr. Notes
  274     8.625%, 9/15/14(9)     218,707      
 
 
            $ 2,474,955      
 
 
 
 
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.2%
 
FMG Finance PTY, Ltd.
  675     10.625%, 9/1/16(9)   $ 744,187      
 
 
            $ 744,187      
 
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 0.6%
 
Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc., Sr. Notes
  335     9.00%, 1/15/14   $ 284,750      
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.
  175     7.75%, 8/1/13     153,125      
Compton Pet Finance Corp.
  360     7.625%, 12/1/13     267,300      
Denbury Resources, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  50     7.50%, 12/15/15     50,250      
El Paso Corp., Sr. Notes
  225     9.625%, 5/15/12     235,115      
Forbes Energy Services, Sr. Notes
  310     11.00%, 2/15/15     261,175      
OPTI Canada, Inc., Sr. Notes
  95     7.875%, 12/15/14     74,575      
  175     8.25%, 12/15/14     138,250      
Petroleum Development Corp., Sr. Notes
  115     12.00%, 2/15/18     115,287      
Petroplus Finance, Ltd.
  370     7.00%, 5/1/17(9)     336,700      
Quicksilver Resources, Inc.
  290     7.125%, 4/1/16     261,725      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount*
               
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value      
 
 
Oil and Gas (continued)
 
                     
SandRidge Energy, Inc., Sr. Notes
  165     8.00%, 6/1/18(9)   $ 164,175      
SemGroup, L.P., Sr. Notes
  540     8.75%, 11/15/15(2)(9)     35,100      
SESI, LLC, Sr. Notes
  60     6.875%, 6/1/14     58,800      
Stewart & Stevenson, LLC, Sr. Notes
  215     10.00%, 7/15/14     198,875      
 
 
            $ 2,635,202      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 0.1%
 
Dex Media West/Finance, Series B
  112     9.875%, 8/15/13(2)   $ 22,680      
Local Insight Regatta Holdings, Inc.
  90     11.00%, 12/1/17     44,550      
Nielsen Finance, LLC
  515     10.00%, 8/1/14     533,025      
  70     12.50%, (0.00% until 2011), 8/1/16     60,988      
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (The), Sr. Sub. Notes
  455     9.00%, 2/15/17(2)     6,825      
 
 
            $ 668,068      
 
 
 
 
Rail Industries — 0.2%
 
American Railcar Industry, Sr. Notes
  175     7.50%, 3/1/14   $ 160,125      
Kansas City Southern Mexico, Sr. Notes
  280     7.625%, 12/1/13     270,200      
  100     7.375%, 6/1/14     95,000      
  190     8.00%, 6/1/15     195,700      
 
 
            $ 721,025      
 
 
 
 
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.3%
 
Amscan Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
  400     8.75%, 5/1/14   $ 380,000      
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
  462     9.00%, 10/15/15     409,686      
  105     10.375%, 10/15/15     92,925      
Sally Holdings, LLC, Sr. Notes
  20     10.50%, 11/15/16     21,300      
Yankee Acquisition Corp., Series B
  405     8.50%, 2/15/15     388,800      
 
 
            $ 1,292,711      
 
 
 
Steel — 0.0%
 
RathGibson, Inc., Sr. Notes
  445     11.25%, 2/15/14(2)   $ 163,538      
 
 
            $ 163,538      
 
 
 
 
Surface Transport — 0.0%
 
CEVA Group, PLC, Sr. Notes
  210     10.00%, 9/1/14(9)   $ 197,400      
 
 
            $ 197,400      
 
 
 
 
Telecommunications — 0.4%
 
Digicel Group, Ltd., Sr. Notes
  300     9.25%, 9/1/12(9)   $ 306,000      
  882     9.125%, 1/15/15(9)     851,130      
Qwest Corp., Sr. Notes, Variable Rate
  925     3.549%, 6/15/13     864,875      
 
 
            $ 2,022,005      
 
 
 
 
Utilities — 0.1%
 
AES Corp., Sr. Notes
  55     8.00%, 10/15/17   $ 55,550      
NGC Corp.
  390     7.625%, 10/15/26     267,150      
NRG Energy, Inc.
  165     7.25%, 2/1/14     164,175      
Reliant Energy, Inc., Sr. Notes
  20     7.625%, 6/15/14     19,600      
 
 
            $ 506,475      
 
 
     
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
   
(identified cost $34,514,751)
  $ 29,544,400      
 
 
                     
                     
Asset-Backed Securities — 0.8%
 
Principal
               
Amount
               
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value      
 
 
$ 558     Alzette European CLO SA, Series 2004-1A, Class E2, 7.273%, 12/15/20(10)   $ 55,761      
  696     Avalon Capital Ltd. 3, Series 1A, Class D, 2.357%, 2/24/19(9)(10)     444,172      
  753     Babson Ltd., Series 2005-1A, Class C1, 2.234%, 4/15/19(9)(10)     487,657      
  1,000     Bryant Park CDO Ltd., Series 2005-1A, Class C, 2.334%, 1/15/19(9)(10)     151,900      

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Principal
               
Amount
               
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value      
 
 
$ 1,000     Carlyle High Yield Partners, Series 2004-6A, Class C, 2.911%, 8/11/16(10)   $ 426,200      
  871     Centurion CDO 8 Ltd., Series 2005-8A, Class D, 5.814%, 3/8/17(10)     514,218      
  750     Centurion CDO 9 Ltd., Series 2005-9A, Class D1, 5.034%, 7/17/19(10)     353,025      
  750     Comstock Funding Ltd., Series 2006-1A, Class D, 4.611%, 5/30/20(9)(10)     142,500      
  1,500     Dryden Leveraged Loan, Series 2004-6A, Class C1, 2.831%, 7/30/16(9)(10)     89,400      
  1,000     First CLO Ltd., Series 2004-1A1, Class C, 2.582%, 7/27/16(9)(10)     570,700      
  1,000     Schiller Park CLO Ltd., Series 2007-1A, Class D, 2.032%, 4/25/21(9)(10)     510,500      
 
 
     
Total Asset-Backed Securities
   
(identified cost $9,643,953)
  $ 3,746,033      
 
 
                     
                     
Common Stocks — 0.1%
 
Shares     Security   Value      
 
 
 
Air Transport — 0.0%
 
  1,535     Delta Air Lines, Inc.(11)   $ 10,960      
 
 
            $ 10,960      
 
 
 
 
Building and Development — 0.0%
 
  508     United Subcontractors, Inc.(7)(11)   $ 40,925      
 
 
            $ 40,925      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics — 0.1%
 
  438     Wellman Holdings, Inc.(7)(11)   $ 157,281      
 
 
            $ 157,281      
 
 
 
 
Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.0%
 
  6,211     Environmental Systems Products Holdings, Inc.(7)(11)(12)   $ 86,519      
 
 
            $ 86,519      
 
 
 
 
Food Service — 0.0%
 
  23,029     Buffets, Inc.(11)   $ 149,689      
 
 
            $ 149,689      
 
 
 
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.0%
 
  701     Euramax International, Inc.(7)(11)   $ 0      
 
 
            $ 0      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 0.0%
 
  2,290     Source Interlink Companies, Inc.(7)(11)   $ 16,488      
 
 
            $ 16,488      
 
 
     
Total Common Stocks
   
(identified cost $258,208)
  $ 461,862      
 
 
                     
                     
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.0%
 
Shares     Security   Value      
 
 
 
Telecommunications — 0.0%
 
  484     Crown Castle International Corp., 6.25%(3)   $ 26,257      
 
 
            $ 26,257      
 
 
     
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
   
(identified cost $23,003)
  $ 26,257      
 
 
                     
                     
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%
 
Shares     Security   Value      
 
 
 
Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.1%
 
  2,845     Environmental Systems Products Holdings, Inc., Series A(7)(11)(12)   $ 227,600      
 
 
            $ 227,600      
 
 
     
Total Preferred Stocks
   
(identified cost $49,787)
  $ 227,600      
 
 
                     
                     
Miscellaneous — 0.0%
 
Shares     Security   Value      
 
 
 
Air Transport — 0.0%
 
  1,000,000     Delta Air Lines, Inc., Escrow Certificate(11)   $ 12,500      
 
 
            $ 12,500      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Shares     Security   Value      
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 0.0%
 
  105,000     VeraSun Energy Corp., Escrow Certificate(7)(11)   $ 0      
 
 
             
Total Miscellaneous (identified cost $0)
  $ 12,500      
 
 
                     
                     
Short-Term Investments — 4.5%
 
Interest/
               
Principal
               
Amount
               
(000’s omitted)     Description   Value      
 
 
$ 18,353     Cash Management Portfolio, 0.00%(13)   $ 18,352,976      
  2,098     State Street Bank and Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, 11/2/09     2,098,164      
 
 
     
Total Short-Term Investments
   
(identified cost $20,451,140)
  $ 20,451,140      
 
 
     
Total Investments — 164.8%
   
(identified cost $833,437,200)
  $ 759,022,190      
 
 
 
             
Less Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.5)%
  $   (2,028,440 )    
 
 
             
Net Investments — 164.3%
           
(identified cost $831,408,760)
  $ 756,993,750      
 
 
             
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (35.8)%
  $ (164,980,900 )    
 
 
     
Auction Preferred Shares Plus
   
Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (28.5)%
  $ (131,313,022 )    
 
 
             
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%
  $ 460,699,828      
 
 
 
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets applicable to common shares.
 
DIP - Debtor in Possession
 
EUR - Euro
 
GBP - British Pound Sterling
 
 
* In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
 
(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 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 predetermined either daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate, plus a premium. These base 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) Currently the issuer is in default with respect to interest payments.
 
(3) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay all or a portion of interest/dividends in additional par/shares.
 
(4) This Senior Loan will settle after October 31, 2009, at which time the interest rate will be determined.
 
(5) Unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. See Note 1G for description.
 
(6) Defaulted matured security.
 
(7) Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
 
(8) 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.
 
(9) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2009, the aggregate value of these securities is $8,616,484 or 1.9% of the Trust’s net assets.
 
(10) Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at October 31, 2009.
 
(11) Non-income producing security.
 
(12) Restricted security (see Note 8).
 
(13) Affiliated investment company available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of October 31, 2009.

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
             
As of October 31, 2009          
 
Assets
 
Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $813,055,784)
  $ 738,640,774      
Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $18,352,976)
    18,352,976      
Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $2,006,027)
    1,998,867      
Interest and dividends receivable
    3,605,846      
Receivable for investments sold
    4,332,180      
Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    128,469      
Receivable for closed swap contracts
(net of unrealized depreciation of $5,868)
    5,132      
Prepaid expenses
    113,140      
 
 
Total assets
  $ 767,177,384      
 
 
             
             
 
Liabilities
 
Notes payable
  $ 150,000,000      
Payable for investments purchased
    24,349,486      
Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    81,420      
Payable to affiliates:
           
Investment adviser fee
    344,232      
Trustees’ fees
    1,723      
Accrued expenses
    387,673      
 
 
Total liabilities
  $ 175,164,534      
 
 
Auction preferred shares (5,252 shares outstanding) at liquidation value plus cumulative unpaid dividends
  $ 131,313,022      
 
 
Net assets applicable to common shares
  $ 460,699,828      
 
 
             
             
 
Sources of Net Assets
 
Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized, 33,629,955 shares issued and outstanding
  $ 336,300      
Additional paid-in capital
    642,215,325      
Accumulated net realized loss
    (111,897,028 )    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
    4,480,562      
Net unrealized depreciation
    (74,435,331 )    
 
 
Net assets applicable to common shares
  $ 460,699,828      
 
 
             
             
 
Net Asset Value Per Common Share
 
($460,699,828 ¸ 33,629,955 common shares issued and outstanding)
  $ 13.70      
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Operations
 
             
For the Year Ended
         
October 31, 2009          
 
Investment Income
 
Interest
  $ 41,255,358      
Dividends
    2,848      
Interest income allocated from affiliated investment
    64,896      
Expenses allocated from affiliated investment
    (34,491 )    
 
 
Total investment income
  $ 41,288,611      
 
 
             
             
 
Expenses
 
Investment adviser fee
  $ 4,345,667      
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    21,245      
Custodian fee
    270,363      
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees
    19,591      
Legal and accounting services
    328,431      
Printing and postage
    101,613      
Interest expense and fees
    4,092,532      
Preferred shares service fee
    241,254      
Miscellaneous
    126,535      
 
 
Total expenses
  $ 9,547,231      
 
 
Deduct —
           
Reduction of investment adviser fee
  $ 1,144,300      
Reduction of custodian fee
    392      
 
 
Total expense reductions
  $ 1,144,692      
 
 
             
Net expenses
  $ 8,402,539      
 
 
             
Net investment income
  $ 32,886,072      
 
 
             
             
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) —
           
Investment transactions
  $ (46,643,739 )    
Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions
    (3,137,744 )    
Extinguishment of debt
    (2,123,469 )    
 
 
Net realized loss
  $ (51,904,952 )    
 
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —
           
Investments
  $ 167,909,064      
Swap contracts
    3,110      
Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    (928,114 )    
 
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  $ 166,984,060      
 
 
             
Net realized and unrealized gain
  $ 115,079,108      
 
 
             
Distributions to preferred shareholders
           
 
 
From net investment income
  $ (947,100 )    
 
 
             
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 147,018,080      
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
                     
Increase (Decrease)
  Year Ended
    Year Ended
     
in Net Assets   October 31, 2009     October 31, 2008      
 
From operations —
                   
Net investment income
  $ 32,886,072     $ 55,940,751      
Net realized loss from investment transactions, swap contracts, foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and extinguishment of debt
    (51,904,952 )     (36,470,609 )    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, swap contracts, foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    166,984,060       (220,522,846 )    
Distributions to preferred shareholders —
                   
From net investment income
    (947,100 )     (12,333,061 )    
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
  $ 147,018,080     $ (213,385,765 )    
 
 
Distributions to common shareholders —
                   
From net investment income
  $ (29,016,435 )   $ (38,359,137 )    
Tax return of capital
          (4,011,498 )    
 
 
Total distributions to common shareholders
  $ (29,016,435 )   $ (42,370,635 )    
 
 
Capital share transactions —
                   
Reinvestment of distributions to common shareholders
  $ 240,983     $      
 
 
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
  $ 240,983     $      
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
  $ 118,242,628     $ (255,756,400 )    
 
 
                     
                     
 
Net Assets Applicable to
Common Shares
 
At beginning of year
  $ 342,457,200     $ 598,213,600      
 
 
At end of year
  $ 460,699,828     $ 342,457,200      
 
 
                     
                     
 
Accumulated undistributed
net investment income
included in net assets
applicable to common shares
 
At end of year
  $ 4,480,562     $      
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Cash Flows
 
             
    Year Ended
     
Cash Flows From Operating Activities   October 31, 2009      
 
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 147,018,080      
Distributions to preferred shareholders
    947,100      
 
 
Net increase in net assets from operations excluding distributions to preferred shareholders
  $ 147,965,180      
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
           
Investments purchased
    (249,017,327 )    
Investments sold and principal repayments
    245,617,175      
Increase in short term investments, net
    (12,154,940 )    
Net accretion/amortization of premium (discount)
    (5,248,753 )    
Amortization of structuring fee on notes payable
    347,144      
Decrease in interest and dividends receivable
    2,568,876      
Decrease in interest receivable from affiliated investment
    12,441      
Decrease in receivable for investments sold
    2,569,510      
Decrease in receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    648,805      
Decrease in prepaid expenses
    33,057      
Increase in payable for investments purchased
    21,347,764      
Increase in receivable for closed swap contracts
    (3,110 )    
Increase in payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    81,420      
Decrease in payable to affiliate for investment adviser fee
    (24,774 )    
Increase in payable to affiliate for Trustees’ fees
    120      
Decrease in accrued expenses
    (734,600 )    
Decrease in unfunded loan commitments
    (1,580,420 )    
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of investments
    (167,909,064 )    
Net realized (gain) loss on extinguishment of debt
    2,123,469      
Net realized (gain) loss on investments
    46,643,739      
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 33,285,712      
 
 
             
 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
 
Distributions paid to common shareholders, net of reinvestments
  $ (28,775,452 )    
Cash distributions paid to preferred shareholders
    (1,165,420 )    
Proceeds from notes payable
    158,000,000      
Repayments of notes payable
    (162,200,000 )    
Payment of structuring fee on notes payable
    (225,000 )    
 
 
Net cash used in financing activities
  $ (34,365,872 )    
 
 
             
Net decrease in cash*
  $ (1,080,160 )    
 
 
             
Cash at beginning of year(1)
  $ 3,079,027      
 
 
             
Cash at end of year(1)
  $ 1,998,867      
 
 
             
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow
information:
 
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions
  $ 240,983      
Cash paid for interest and fees on borrowings
    4,615,909      
 
 
 
(1) Balance includes foreign currency, at value.
 
*   Includes net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency of $(6,100).

 
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
 
Financial Highlights
 
Selected data for a common share outstanding during the periods stated
                                             
    Year Ended October 31,
   
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005      
 
Net asset value — Beginning of year (Common shares)
  $ 10.190     $ 17.800     $ 18.690     $ 18.740     $ 18.970      
 
 
                                             
                                             
 
Income (Loss) From Operations
 
Net investment income(1)
  $ 0.978     $ 1.665     $ 2.177     $ 2.053     $ 1.547      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    3.423       (7.647 )     (0.861 )     (0.026 )     (0.193 )    
Distributions to preferred shareholders
                                           
From net investment income(1)
    (0.028 )     (0.367 )     (0.634 )     (0.558 )     (0.354 )    
 
 
Total income (loss) from operations
  $ 4.373     $ (6.349 )   $ 0.682     $ 1.469     $ 1.000      
 
 
                                             
                                             
 
Less Distributions to Common Shareholders
 
From net investment income
  $ (0.863 )   $ (1.142 )   $ (1.542 )   $ (1.519 )   $ (1.230 )    
Tax return of capital
          (0.119 )     (0.030 )                
 
 
Total distributions to common shareholders
  $ (0.863 )   $ (1.261 )   $ (1.572 )   $ (1.519 )   $ (1.230 )    
 
 
                                             
Net asset value — End of year (Common shares)
  $ 13.700     $ 10.190     $ 17.800     $ 18.690     $ 18.740      
 
 
                                             
Market value — End of year (Common shares)
  $ 12.980     $ 9.480     $ 16.200     $ 18.240     $ 17.210      
 
 
                                             
Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)
    46.90 %     (37.33 )%     3.93 %     8.47 %     5.57 %    
 
 
                                             
Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)
    49.61 %     (35.90 )%     (3.13 )%     15.27 %     (7.77 )%    
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
Financial Highlights
 
Selected data for a common share outstanding during the periods stated
                                             
    Year Ended October 31,
   
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005      
 
 
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of year (000’s omitted)
  $ 460,700     $ 342,457     $ 598,214     $ 625,925     $ 627,586      
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets applicable to common shares):(3)
Expenses excluding interest and fees(4)
    1.21 %     1.18 %     1.18 %     1.17 %     1.16 %    
Interest and fee expense(5)
    1.15 %     0.99 %                      
Total expenses
    2.36 %     2.17 %     1.18 %     1.17 %     1.16 %    
Net investment income
    9.21 %     10.66 %     11.79 %     10.95 %     8.18 %    
Portfolio Turnover
    42 %     21 %     58 %     51 %     64 %    
 
 
The ratios reported above are based on net assets applicable solely to common shares. The ratios based on net assets, including amounts related to preferred shares and borrowings, are as follows:
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets applicable to common shares
plus preferred shares and borrowings):(3)
Expenses excluding interest and fees(4)
    0.74 %     0.68 %     0.72 %     0.72 %     0.72 %    
Interest and fee expense(5)
    0.70 %     0.57 %                      
Total expenses
    1.44 %     1.25 %     0.72 %     0.72 %     0.72 %    
Net investment income
    5.63 %     6.12 %     7.21 %     6.73 %     5.04 %    
 
 
Senior Securities:
                                           
Total notes payable outstanding (in 000’s)
  $ 150,000     $ 154,200     $     $     $      
Asset coverage per $1,000 of notes payable(6)
  $ 4,947     $ 4,074     $     $     $      
Total preferred shares outstanding
    5,252       5,252       15,760       15,760       15,760      
Asset coverage per preferred share
  $ 65,945 (7)   $ 55,060 (7)   $ 63,001 (8)   $ 64,753 (8)   $ 64,853 (8)    
Involuntary liquidation preference per preferred share(9)
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000      
Approximate market value per preferred share(9)
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000      
 
 
 
(1) Computed using average shares outstanding.
 
(2) Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market value with all distributions reinvested.
 
(3) Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
 
(4) Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.
 
(5) Interest and fee expense relates to the notes payable incurred to partially redeem the Trust’s APS (see Note 10).
 
(6) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the notes payable and preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, and dividing the result by the notes payable balance in thousands.
 
(7) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the notes payables and preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, dividing the result by the sum of the value of the notes payables and liquidation value of preferred shares, and multiplying the result by the liquidation value of one preferred share. Such amount equates to 264% and 220% at October 31, 2009 and October 31, 2008, respectively.
 
(8) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, and dividing the result by the number of preferred shares outstanding.
 
(9) Plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.

 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1   Significant Accounting Policies
 
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the Trust) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust’s primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Trust may, as a secondary objective, also seek preservation of capital to the extent consistent with its primary objective.
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Trust. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. A source of authoritative accounting principles applied in the preparation of the Trust’s financial statements is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (the Codification), which superseded existing non-Securities and Exchange Commission accounting and reporting standards for interim and annual reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of the Codification for the current reporting period did not impact the Trust’s application of generally accepted accounting principles.
 
A  Investment Valuation — 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 Trust 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 Trust. 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 Trust. 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 are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.
 
Debt obligations (including short-term obligations with a remaining maturity of more than sixty days) will normally be valued on the basis of quotations provided by third party pricing services. The pricing services will use various techniques that consider factors including, but not limited to, reported trades or dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic events. Short-term debt securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
Equity securities (including common shares of closed-end investment companies) listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale 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 will use 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. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average asked prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Trust’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service. Credit default

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
swaps are normally valued using valuations provided by a third party pricing service. The pricing services employ electronic data processing techniques to determine the present value based on credit spread quotations obtained from broker/dealers and expected default recovery rates determined by the pricing service using proprietary models. 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. 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 Trust in a manner that most fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Trust 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 all 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.
 
The Trust may invest in Cash Management Portfolio (Cash Management), an affiliated investment company managed by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Management (EVM). Cash Management generally values its investment securities utilizing the amortized cost valuation technique permitted by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act, pursuant to which Cash Management must comply with certain conditions. 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 Management may value its investment securities in the same manner as debt obligations described above.
 
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 Trust’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.
 
At October 31, 2009, the Trust, for federal income tax purposes, had a capital loss carryforward of $111,382,710 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 Trust of any liability for federal income or excise tax. Such capital loss carryforward will expire on October 31, 2012 ($5,860,075), October 31, 2013 ($4,807,956), October 31, 2014 ($1,142,602), October 31, 2015 ($2,782,217), October 31, 2016 ($63,478,422) and October 31, 2017 ($33,311,438).
 
As of October 31, 2009, the Trust had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each of the Trust’s federal tax returns filed in the 3-year period ended October 31, 2009 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
E  Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Trust. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Trust maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Trust’s custodian fees are reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.
 
F  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

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unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.
 
G  Unfunded Loan Commitments — The Trust may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Trust is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments.
 
H  Use of Estimates — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 Trust, and shareholders are indemnified against personal liability for the obligations of the Trust.
 
Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.
 
J  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Trust may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The Trust may enter into forward contracts for hedging purposes as well as non-hedging purposes. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized until such time as the contracts have been closed or offset by another contract with the same broker for the same settlement date and currency. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.
 
K  Credit Default Swaps — The Trust may enter into credit default swap contacts to manage its credit risk, to gain exposure to a credit in which the Trust may otherwise invest, or to enhance return. When the Trust is the buyer of a credit default swap contract, the Trust is entitled to receive the par (or other agreed-upon) value of a referenced debt obligation (or basket of debt obligations) from the counterparty to the contract if a credit event by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer or sovereign issuer, on the debt obligation occurs. In return, the Trust pays the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event has occurred. If no credit event occurs, the Trust would have spent the stream of payments and received no benefits from the contract. When the Trust is the seller of a credit default swap contract, it receives the stream of payments, but is obligated to pay to the buyer of the protection an amount up to the notional amount of the swap and in certain instances take delivery of securities of the reference entity upon the occurrence of a credit event, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration and repudiation/moratorium. If the Trust is the seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the maximum potential amount of future payments that the Trust could be required to make would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. This potential amount would be partially offset by any recovery value of the respective referenced obligation, or net amount received from the settlement of a buy protection credit default swap agreement entered into by the Trust for the same referenced obligation. As the seller, the Trust effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Trust is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. The interest fee paid or received on the swap contract, which is based on a specified interest rate on a fixed notional amount, is accrued daily as a component of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and is recorded as realized gain upon receipt or realized loss upon payment. The Trust also records an increase or decrease to unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in an amount equal to the daily valuation. Upfront payments or receipts, if any, are recorded as other assets or other liabilities, respectively, and amortized over the life of the swap contract as realized gains or losses. The Trust segregates assets in the form of cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the notional amount of the credit default swaps of which it is the seller. The Trust segregates assets in the form of cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to any unrealized depreciation of the credit default swaps of which it is the buyer, marked to market on a daily basis. These transactions involve certain risks, including the risk that the seller may be unable to fulfill the transaction.
 
L  Statement of Cash Flows — The cash amount shown in the Statement of Cash Flows of the Trust is the amount included in the Trust’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represents the cash on hand at its custodian and does not include any short-term investments.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
2   Auction Preferred Shares
 
The Trust issued Auction Preferred Shares (APS) on January 26, 2004 in a public offering. The underwriting discount and other offering costs incurred in connection with the offering were recorded as a reduction of the paid-in capital of the common shares. Dividends on the APS, which accrue daily, are cumulative at rates which are reset weekly for Series A and Series B, and approximately monthly for Series C and Series D by an auction, unless a special dividend period has been set. Series of APS are identical in all respects except for the reset dates of the dividend rates. If the APS auctions do not successfully clear, the dividend payment rate over the next period for the APS holders is set at a specified maximum applicable rate until such time as the APS auctions are successful. Auctions have not cleared since February 13, 2008 and the rate since that date has been the maximum applicable rate (see Note 3). The maximum applicable rate on the APS is 150% of the “AA” Financial Composite Commercial Paper Rate on the date of the auction.
 
The number of APS issued and outstanding as of October 31, 2009 is as follows:
 
             
    APS Issued and Outstanding    
 
Series A
    1,313      
Series B
    1,313      
Series C
    1,313      
Series D
    1,313      
 
The APS are redeemable at the option of the Trust at a redemption price equal to $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, on any dividend payment date. The APS are also subject to mandatory redemption at a redemption price equal to $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if the Trust is in default for an extended period on its asset maintenance requirements with respect to the APS. If the dividends on the APS remain unpaid in an amount equal to two full years’ dividends, the holders of the APS as a class have the right to elect a majority of the Board of Trustees. In general, the holders of the APS and the common shares have equal voting rights of one vote per share, except that the holders of the APS, as a separate class, have the right to elect at least two members of the Board of Trustees. The APS have a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Trust is required to maintain certain asset coverage with respect to the APS as defined in the Trust’s By-Laws and the 1940 Act. The Trust pays an annual fee up to 0.15% (0.25% prior to March 2009) of the liquidation value of the APS to broker-dealers as a service fee if the auctions are unsuccessful; otherwise, the annual fee is 0.25%.
 
3   Distributions to Shareholders
 
The Trust intends to make monthly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders, after payment of any dividends on any outstanding APS. In addition, at least annually, the Trust intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains (reduced by available capital loss carryforwards from prior years, if any). Distributions to common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions to preferred shareholders are recorded daily and are payable at the end of each dividend period. The dividend rates for the APS at October 31, 2009, and the amount of dividends paid (including capital gains, if any) to APS shareholders, average APS dividend rates, and dividend rate ranges for the year then ended were as follows:
 
                                     
    APS
    Dividends
    Average APS
    Dividend
     
    Dividend Rates at
    Paid to APS
    Dividend
    Rate
     
    October 31, 2009     Shareholders     Rates     Ranges      
 
Series A
    0.24%     $ 218,689       0.67%       0.24%–4.74%      
Series B
    0.24%     $ 218,689       0.67%       0.24%–4.74%      
Series C
    0.26%     $ 261,002       0.80%       0.26%–4.29%      
Series D
    0.27%     $ 248,720       0.76%       0.27%–6.04%      
 
 
 
Beginning February 13, 2008 and consistent with the patterns in the broader market for auction-rate securities, the Trust’s APS auctions were unsuccessful in clearing due to an imbalance of sell orders over bids to buy the APS. As a result, the dividend rates of the APS were reset to the maximum applicable rate. The table above reflects such maximum dividend rate for each series as of October 31, 2009.
 
The Trust distinguishes between distributions on a tax basis and a financial reporting basis. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits be 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 tax character of distributions declared for the years ended October 31, 2009 and October 31, 2008 was as follows:
 
                     
    Year Ended October 31,
    2009     2008      
 
 
Distributions declared from:
                   
Ordinary income
  $ 29,963,535     $ 50,692,198      
Tax return of capital
  $     $ 4,011,498      
 
During the year ended October 31, 2009, accumulated net realized loss was decreased by $18,512,368, accumulated undistributed net investment income was increased by

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
$1,558,025, and paid-in capital was decreased by $20,070,393 due to differences between book and tax accounting, primarily for premium amortization, mixed straddles and foreign currency gain (loss). These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Trust.
 
As of October 31, 2009, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
             
Undistributed ordinary income
  $ 4,924,681      
Capital loss carryforward
  $ (111,382,710 )    
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (75,393,768 )    
 
The differences between components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to wash sales, swap contracts, defaulted bond interest and premium amortization.
 
4   Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
The investment adviser fee is earned by EVM as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Trust. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets and is payable monthly. Gross assets as referred to herein represent net assets plus obligations attributable to investment leverage. The portion of the adviser fee payable by Cash Management on the Trust’s investment of cash therein is credited against the Trust’s investment adviser fee. For the year ended October 31, 2009, the Trust’s investment adviser fee totaled $4,378,214 of which $32,547 was allocated from Cash Management and $4,345,667 was paid or accrued directly by the Trust. EVM also serves as administrator of the Trust, but receives no compensation.
 
In addition, EVM has contractually agreed to reimburse the Trust for fees and other expenses at an annual rate of 0.20% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets during the first five full years of the Trust’s operations, 0.15% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets in year six, 0.10% in year seven and 0.05% in year eight. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM waived $897,759 of its investment adviser fee for the year ended October 31, 2009.
 
EVM has further agreed to waive its investment adviser fee to the extent that the cost of the outstanding borrowings to partially redeem the APS is greater than the dividends and preferred shares service fee that would have been incurred had the APS not been redeemed, hereafter referred to as “incremental cost”. Such waiver was calculated as the lesser of 50% of the Trust’s investment adviser fee on assets attributable to the outstanding borrowings or the incremental cost and remained in effect until the committed financing was terminated (see Note 10). Pursuant to this agreement, EVM waived $246,541 of its investment adviser fee for the year ended October 31, 2009.
 
Except for Trustees of the Trust who are not members of EVM’s organization, officers and Trustees receive remuneration for their services to the Trust out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with EVM may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the year ended October 31, 2009, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Trust are officers of EVM.
 
5   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 $249,017,327 and $245,617,175, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2009.
 
6   Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
The Trust may issue common shares pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan. Common shares issued pursuant to the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan for the year ended October 31, 2009 were 29,134. There were no transactions in common shares for the year ended October 31, 2008.
 
7   Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Trust at October 31, 2009, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
             
Aggregate cost
  $ 832,367,197      
 
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 8,325,976      
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (83,699,423 )    
 
 
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (75,373,447 )    
 
 
 
8   Restricted Securities
 
At October 31, 2009, the Trust owned the following securities (representing less than 0.1% of net assets applicable to common shares) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding Rule 144A securities). The Trust has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
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provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
 
                                     
    Date of
                       
Description   Acquisition     Shares     Cost     Value      
 
Common Stocks
 
Environmental Systems Products Holdings, Inc. 
    10/25/07       6,211     $ 0(1 )   $ 86,519      
 
 
Preferred Stocks
                                   
 
 
Environmental Systems Products Holdings, Inc., Series A
    10/25/07       2,845     $ 49,788     $ 227,600      
 
 
Total Restricted Stocks
                  $ 49,788     $ 314,119      
 
 
 
(1) Less than $0.50.
 
9   Financial Instruments
 
The Trust may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Trust has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered.
 
A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at October 31, 2009 is as follows:
 
                     
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
 
Sales
 
            Net Unrealized
     
            Appreciation
     
Settlement Date   Deliver   In Exchange For   (Depreciation)      
 
11/30/09
  British Pound Sterling
11,953,902
  United States Dollar
19,534,470
  $ (81,420 )    
11/30/09
  Euro
21,707,822
  United States Dollar
32,063,539
    119,157      
11/30/09
  Euro
372,500
  United States Dollar
557,469
    9,312      
 
 
            $ 47,049      
 
 
 
At October 31, 2009, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
 
The Trust adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 (FAS 161), “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, (currently FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 815-10), effective May 1, 2009. Such standard requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities, including qualitative disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk related contingent features in derivative instruments. The disclosure below includes additional information as a result of implementing FAS 161.
 
The Trust is subject to foreign exchange risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Trust holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, the Trust may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The Trust may also enter into such contracts to hedge currency risk of investments it anticipates purchasing.
 
The forward foreign currency exchange contracts in which the Trust invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. At October 31, 2009, the maximum amount of loss the Trust would incur due to counterparty risk was $128,469, representing the fair value of such derivatives in an asset position.
 
The fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at October 31, 2009 was as follows:
 
                     
    Fair Value
Derivative   Asset Derivatives(1)      Liability Derivatives(2)       
 
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts
  $ 128,469     $ (81,420 )    
 
(1) Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts: Net unrealized depreciation.
 
(2) Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts: Net unrealized depreciation.
 
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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk for the six months ended October 31, 2009 was as follows:
 
                     
          Change in
     
          Unrealized
     
    Realized Gain
    Appreciation
     
    (Loss) on
    (Depreciation) on
     
    Derivatives
    Derivatives
     
    Recognized in
    Recognized in
     
Derivative   Income(1)      Income(2)       
 
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts
  $ (3,914,968 )   $ 310,881      
 
(1) Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions.
 
(2) Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
 
The average notional amount of forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding during the six months ended October 31, 2009, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $39,248,000.
 
10   Revolving Credit and Security Agreement
 
Effective March 31, 2009, the Trust entered into a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the Agreement) with a bank to borrow up to $150 million. Borrowings under the Agreement are secured by the assets of the Trust. Interest is charged at a rate above the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and is payable monthly. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Trust pays a commitment fee of 0.15% on the borrowing limit. The Trust also paid an up-front fee of $225,000 which is being amortized to interest expense through March 30, 2010, the termination date of the Agreement. The unamortized balance at October 31, 2009 is approximately $94,000 and is included in prepaid expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust is required to maintain certain net asset levels during the term of the Agreement. At October 31, 2009, the Trust had borrowings outstanding under the Agreement of $150,000,000 at an average interest rate of 1.23%. The carrying amount of the borrowings at October 31, 2009 approximated its fair value. Prior to March 31, 2009, the Trust had a Revolving Credit and Security Agreement with conduit lenders and a bank to borrow up to $262.7 million at a rate above the conduit’s commercial paper issuance rate. Under the terms of such agreement, the Trust paid a program fee of 1.25% per annum on its outstanding borrowings and a liquidity fee of 1.25% per annum on the borrowing limit. In connection with the Trust’s termination of the agreement, unamoritized structuring fees of approximately $2,123,000 were written off as a realized loss and included as extinguishment of debt in the Statement of Operations. For the year ended October 31, 2009, the average borrowings under the agreements and the average interest rate were $95,768,493 and 1.81%, respectively.
 
11   Risks Associated with Foreign Investments
 
Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Certain foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitation on the removal of funds or other assets of the Trust, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Foreign securities markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the United States, and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets, broker-dealers and issuers than in the United States.
 
12   Concentration of Credit Risk
 
The Trust invests primarily in below investment grade floating-rate loans and floating-rate debt obligations, 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.
 
13   Fair Value Measurements
 
The Trust adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements”, (currently FASB ASC 820-10), effective November 1, 2008. Such standard established a three-tier

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hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, 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)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
At October 31, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the Trust’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                 
    Quoted
                   
    Prices in
                   
    Active
    Significant
             
    Markets for
    Other
    Significant
       
    Identical
    Observable
    Unobservable
       
    Assets     Inputs     Inputs        
       
Asset Description   (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     Total  
   
Senior Floating-Rate Interests (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments)
  $     $ 701,727,209     $ 796,749     $ 702,523,958  
Corporate Bonds & Notes
          29,080,963       463,437       29,544,400  
Asset-Backed Securities
          3,746,033             3,746,033  
Common Stocks
    10,960       149,689       301,213       461,862  
Convertible Preferred Stocks
          26,257             26,257  
Preferred Stocks
                227,600       227,600  
Miscellaneous
          12,500       0       12,500  
Short-Term Investments
    18,352,976       2,098,164             20,451,140  
 
 
Total Investments
  $ 18,363,936     $ 736,840,815     $ 1,788,999     $ 756,993,750  
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
  $ 128,469     $     $     $ 128,469  
 
 
Total
  $ 18,492,405     $ 736,840,815     $ 1,788,999     $ 757,122,219  
 
 
                                 
Liability Description
                               
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
  $ (81,420 )   $     $     $ (81,420 )
 
 
Total
  $ (81,420 )   $     $     $ (81,420 )
 
 
 
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
 
                                             
    Investments
                             
    in Senior
    Investments
                       
    Floating-
    in Corporate
    Investments
    Investments
           
    Rate
    Bonds &
    in Common
    in Preferred
           
    Interests     Notes     Stocks     Stocks     Total      
 
Balance as of October 31, 2008
  $ 659,148     $ 269,280     $ 0     $ 65,350     $ 993,778      
Realized gains (losses)
    (803,059 )                       (803,059 )    
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*
    346,759       (160,960 )     71,791       162,250       419,840      
Net purchases (sales)
    264,969       136,778       229,422             631,169      
Accrued discount (premium)
    3,662       16,439                   20,101      
Net transfers to (from) Level 3
    325,270       201,900                   527,170      
 
 
Balance as of October 31, 2009
  $ 796,749     $ 463,437     $ 301,213     $ 227,600     $ 1,788,999      
 
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held as of October 31, 2009*
  $ (150,689 )   $ (160,960 )   $ 71,791     $ 162,250     $ (77,608 )    
 
 
                                             
 
* Amount is included in the related amount on investments in the Statement of Operations.
 
14   Review for Subsequent Events
 
In connection with the preparation of the financial statements of the Trust as of and for the year ended October 31, 2009, events and transactions subsequent to October 31, 2009 through December 28, 2009, the date the financial statements were issued, have been evaluated by the Trust’s management for possible adjustment and/or disclosure. Management has not identified any subsequent events requiring financial statement disclosure as of the date these financial statements were issued.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Trustees and Shareholders of
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the “Trust”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2009, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities and senior loans owned as of October 31, 2009, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers, and selling or agent banks; where replies were not received from brokers and selling or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 28, 2009

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
 
 
The Form 1099-DIV you receive in January 2010 will show the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2009. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax adviser with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Trust.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS 
 
 
In June 2009, the Board approved a clarification to the Trust’s investment policies. Under normal market conditions, the Trust invests at least 80% of its total assets in senior, secured floating-rate loans (“Senior Loans”). The remaining investment assets of the Trust may include, among other types of investments, equity securities that are issued by a borrower of a Senior Loan in which the Trust invests (or such borrower’s affiliates) as part of a package of investments in the borrower or its affiliates. The Trust may accept equity securities in connection with a debt restructuring or reorganization of a borrower either inside or outside of bankruptcy. The clarification provides that if the Trust holds equity securities issued in exchange for a Senior Loan or issued in connection with the debt restructuring or reorganization of a borrower, the Trust may acquire additional equity securities of such borrower (or such borrower’s affiliates) if, in the judgment of the investment adviser, such an investment may enhance the value of a Senior Loan held or would otherwise be consistent with the Trust’s investment policies.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust as of October 31, 2009
 
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)
 
 
The Trust held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 28, 2009. The following action was taken by the shareholders:
 
Item 1: The election of Ronald A. Pearlman, Helen Frame Peters and Heidi L. Steiger as Class III Trustees of the Trust, each Trustee to hold office for a three year term and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
 
                     
Nominee for Trustee
  Number of Shares      
Elected by All Shareholders   For     Withheld      
 
 
Ronald A. Pearlman
    30,507,641       1,060,127      
Helen Frame Peters
    30,504,782       1,062,986      
Heidi L. Steiger
    30,552,983       1,014,785      

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust 
 
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
 
 
The Trust offers a dividend reinvestment plan (the Plan) pursuant to which shareholders may elect to have distributions automatically reinvested in common shares (the Shares) of the Trust. You may elect to participate in the Plan by completing the Dividend Reinvestment Plan Application Form. If you do not participate, you will receive all distributions in cash paid by check mailed directly to you by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (AST) as dividend paying agent. On the distribution payment date, if the net asset value per Share is equal to or less than the market price per Share plus estimated brokerage commissions, then new Shares will be issued. The number of Shares shall be determined by the greater of the net asset value per Share or 95% of the market price. Otherwise, Shares generally will be purchased on the open market by the Plan Agent. Distributions subject to income tax (if any) are taxable whether or not shares are reinvested.
 
If your shares are in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you can ask the firm or nominee to participate in the Plan on your behalf. If the nominee does not offer the Plan, you will need to request that your shares be re-registered in your name with the Trust’s transfer agent, AST or you will not be able to participate.
 
The Plan Agent’s service fee for handling distributions will be paid by the Trust. Each participant will be charged their pro-rata share of brokerage commissions on all open-market purchases.
 
Plan participants may withdraw from the Plan at any time by writing to the Plan Agent at the address noted on the following page. If you withdraw, you will receive shares in your name for all Shares credited to your account under the Plan. If a participant elects by written notice to the Plan Agent to have the Plan Agent sell part or all of his or her Shares and remit the proceeds, the Plan Agent is authorized to deduct a $5.00 fee plus brokerage commissions from the proceeds.
 
If you wish to participate in the Plan and your shares are held in your own name, you may complete the form on the following page and deliver it to the Plan Agent.
 
Any inquiries regarding the Plan can be directed to the Plan Agent, AST, at 1-866-439-6787.

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APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION IN DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
 
 
This form is for shareholders who hold their common shares in their own names. If your common shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should contact your nominee to see if it will participate in the Plan on your behalf. If you wish to participate in the Plan, but your brokerage firm, bank, or nominee is unable to participate on your behalf, you should request that your common shares be re-registered in your own name which will enable your participation in the Plan.
 
The following authorization and appointment is given with the understanding that I may terminate it at any time by terminating my participation in the Plan as provided in the terms and conditions of the Plan.
 
Please print exact name on account:
Shareholder signature                                   Date
Shareholder signature                                   Date
 
Please sign exactly as your common shares are registered. All persons whose names appear on the share certificate must sign.
 
YOU SHOULD NOT RETURN THIS FORM IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR DISTRIBUTIONS IN CASH. THIS IS NOT A PROXY.
 
This authorization form, when signed, should be mailed to the following address:
 
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
P.O. Box 922
Wall Street Station
New York, NY 10269-0560
 
Number of Employees
The Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, closed-end management investment company and has no employees.
 
Number of Shareholders
As of October 31, 2009, our records indicate that there are 53 registered shareholders and approximately 26,465 shareholders owning the Trust shares in street name, such as through brokers, banks, and financial intermediaries.
 
If you are a street name shareholder and wish to receive our reports directly, which contain important information about the Trust, please write or call:
 
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
1-800-262-1122
 
NYSE symbol
 
NYSE symbol is EFR.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
 
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 continuance 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 Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 27, 2009, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing 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 the Contract Review Committee of the Board (formerly the Special Committee), which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held in February, March and April 2009. Such information included, among other things, the following:
 
Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses
 
  •  An independent report comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing the investment performance of each fund to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;
  •  Data regarding investment performance in comparison to relevant peer groups of funds and appropriate indices;
  •  Comparative information concerning fees charged by each adviser for managing other mutual funds and institutional accounts using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing the fund;
  •  Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;
 
Information about Portfolio Management
 
  •  Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes employed, and any changes in portfolio management processes and personnel;
  •  Information concerning the allocation of brokerage and the benefits received by each adviser as a result of brokerage allocation, including information concerning the acquisition of research through “soft dollar” benefits received in connection with the funds’ brokerage, and the implementation of a soft dollar reimbursement program established with respect to the funds;
  •  Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;
  •  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
 
  •  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;
  •  Copies of the Codes of Ethics of each adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;
  •  Copies of or descriptions of each adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures;
  •  Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the 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 each adviser and its affiliates;
 
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 advisory agreement.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT CONT’D
 
 
In addition to the information identified above, the Contract Review Committee considered information provided from time to time by each adviser throughout the year at meetings of the Board and its committees. Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2009, the Board met eighteen 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 seven, five, six, six and six times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees received, among other things, presentations by the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to the investment performance of each fund and the investment strategies used in pursuing the fund’s investment objective.
 
For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of 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 advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each 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 advisory and sub-advisory agreement.
 
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 continuance of the investment advisory agreement between Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the “Fund”), and 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. In particular, the Board evaluated the abilities and experience of such investment personnel in analyzing special considerations relevant to investing in senior secured 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, including the compensation paid to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted to the Fund by senior management.
 
The Board also 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 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.
 
The Board considered the Adviser’s recommendations for Board action and other steps taken in response to the unprecedented dislocations experienced in the capital markets over recent periods, including sustained periods of high volatility, credit disruption and government intervention. In particular, the Board considered the Adviser’s efforts and expertise with respect to each of the following matters as they relate to the Fund and/or other funds within the Eaton Vance family of funds: (i) negotiating and maintaining the

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT CONT’D
 
availability of bank loan facilities and other sources of credit used for investment purposes or to satisfy liquidity needs; (ii) establishing the fair value of securities and other instruments held in investment portfolios during periods of market volatility and issuer-specific disruptions; and (iii) the ongoing monitoring of investment management processes and risk controls. In addition, the Board considered the Adviser’s actions with respect to the Auction Preferred Shares (“APS”) issued by the Fund, including the Adviser’s efforts to seek alternative forms of debt and other leverage that may over time reduce financing costs associated with APS and enable the Fund to restore liquidity for APS holders.
 
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 a relevant universe of similarly managed funds identified by an independent data provider and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board reviewed comparative performance data for the one- and three-year periods ended September 30, 2008 for the Fund. On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded, under the circumstances, that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.
 
Management Fees and Expenses
 
The Board reviewed contractual investment advisory fee rates, including any administrative fee rates, payable by the Fund (referred to as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the management fees and the Fund’s total expense ratio for the year ended September 30, 2008, as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an independent data provider. The Board considered the fact that the Adviser had waived fees and/or paid expenses for the Fund.
 
After reviewing 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 and the Fund’s total expense ratio are reasonable.
 
Profitability
 
The Board reviewed 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 with and 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 its relationship with the Fund.
 
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 also considered the fact that the Fund is not continuously offered and concluded that, in light of the level of the adviser’s profits with respect to the Fund, the implementation of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule is not appropriate at this time. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the benefits from economies of scale are currently being shared equitably by the Adviser and its affiliates and the Fund.

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust 
 
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
 
 
Trust Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the Trust) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trust’s affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust are listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the last five years. Trustees and officers of the Trust hold indefinite terms of office. The “Noninterested Trustees” consist of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business address of each Trustee and officer is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, “EVC” refers to Eaton Vance Corp., “EV” refers to Eaton Vance, Inc., “EVM” refers to Eaton Vance Management, “BMR” refers to Boston Management and Research, and “EVD” refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EVC and EV are the corporate parent and trustee, respectively, of EVM and BMR. EVD is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EVC. Each officer affiliated with Eaton Vance may hold a position with other Eaton Vance affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with EVM listed below.
 
                         
        Term of
      Number of Portfolios
     
    Position(s)
  Office and
      in Fund Complex
     
Name and
  with the
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen By
     
Date of Birth   Trust   Service   During Past Five Years   Trustee(1)     Other Directorships Held
 
 
 
Interested Trustee
                         
Thomas E. Faust Jr.
5/31/58
  Class II
Trustee
  Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVC, Director and President of EV, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVM and BMR, and Director of EVD. Trustee and/or officer of 176 registered investment companies and 4 private investment companies managed by EVM or BMR. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Trust.     176     Director of EVC
 
Noninterested Trustee(s)
                         
Benjamin C. Esty(A)
1/2/63
  Class I
Trustee
  Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2005.   Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration and Finance Unit Head, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.     176     None
                         
Allen R. Freedman
4/3/40
  Class I
Trustee
  Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.   Former Chairman (2002-2004) and a Director (1983-2004) of Systems & Computer Technology Corp. (provider of software to higher education). Formerly, a Director of Loring Ward International (fund distributor) (2005-2007). Formerly, Chairman and a Director of Indus International, Inc. (provider of enterprise management software to the power generating industry) (2005-2007).     176     Director of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) and Stonemor Partners, L.P. (owner and operator of cemeteries)
                         
William H. Park
9/19/47
  Class II
Trustee
  Until 2011. 3 years Trustee since 2003.   Vice Chairman, Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company) (since 2006). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) (2002-2005).     176     None
                         
Ronald A. Pearlman
7/10/40
  Class III
Trustee
  Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2003.   Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center.     176     None
                         
Helen Frame Peters
3/22/48
  Class III
Trustee
  Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2008.   Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Adjunct Professor of Finance, Peking University, Beijing, China (since 2005).     176     Director of BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (wholesale club retailer)
                         
Heidi L. Steiger
7/8/53
  Class III
Trustee
  Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.   Managing Partner, Topridge Associates LLC (global wealth management firm) (since 2008); Senior Advisor (since 2008), President (2005-2008), Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, LLC (global wealth management firm). Formerly, President and Contributing Editor, Worth Magazine (2004-2005). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Private Asset Management (and various other positions), Neuberger Berman (investment firm) (1986-2004).     176     Director of Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. (nuclear insurance provider), Aviva USA (insurance provider) and CIFG (family of financial guaranty companies) and Advisory Director of Berkshire Capital Securities LLC (private investment banking firm)
                         
Lynn A. Stout
9/14/57
  Class I
Trustee
  Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2003.   Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate and Securities Law (since 2006) and Professor of Law (2001-2006), University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.     176     None
                         
Ralph F. Verni(A)
1/26/43
  Chairman of
the Board
and Trustee
  Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2005; Chairman since 2007.   Consultant and private investor.     176     None

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Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust 
 
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION CONT’D
 
Principal Officers who are not Trustees
 
             
        Term of
   
    Position(s)
  Office and
   
Name and
  with the
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
Date of Birth   Trust   Service   During Past Five Years
 
             
Scott H. Page
11/30/59
  President   Since 2008   Vice President EVM and BMR. Officer of 11 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Peter M. Campo
4/9/72
  Vice President   Since 2008   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 1 registered investment company managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Craig P. Russ
10/30/63
  Vice President   Since 2003   Vice President EVM and BMR. Officer of 6 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Michael W. Weilheimer
2/11/61
  Vice President   Since 2003   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 24 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Barbara E. Campbell
6/19/57
  Treasurer   Since 2005   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 176 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Maureen A. Gemma
5/24/60
  Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   Secretary since 2007 and Chief Legal Officer since 2008   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 176 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Paul M. O’Neil
7/11/53
  Chief Compliance Officer   Since 2004   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 176 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
 
(1) Includes both master and feeder funds in a master-feeder structure.
 
(A) APS Trustee
 
 
In accordance with Section 303A.12 (a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, the Fund’s Annual CEO Certification certifying as to compliance with NYSE’s Corporate Governance Listing Standards was submitted to the Exchange on September 14, 2009.
 

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Investment Adviser and Administrator of
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
 
Transfer Agent
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
 
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
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Item 2. Code of Ethics
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-262-1122.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The registrant’s Board has designated William H. Park, an independent trustee, as its audit committee financial expert. Mr. Park is a certified public accountant who is the Vice Chairman of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp (specialty finance company). Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (“UAM”) (a holding company owning institutional investment management firms).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a)-(d)
The following table presents aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2008 and October 31, 2009 by the registrant’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (D&T), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by the principal accountant during those periods.
                 
Fiscal Years Ended   10/31/2008     10/31/2009  
 
Audit Fees
  $ 74,725     $ 76,490  
 
               
Audit-Related Fees(1)
  $ 23,330     $ 5,330  
 
               
Tax Fees(2)
  $ 14,540     $ 14,540  
 
               
All Other Fees(3)
  $ 514     $ 2,500  
     
 
               
Total
  $ 113,109     $ 98,860  
     
 
(1)   Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees and specifically include fees for the performance of certain agreed upon procedures relating to the registrant’s auction preferred shares.
 
(2)   Tax fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant relating to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and specifically include fees for tax return preparation and other related tax compliance/planning matters
 
(3)   All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services.
For both the fiscal years ended October 31, 2008 and October 31, 2009, the registrant was billed $40,000, by D&T, for work done in connection with its Rule 17Ad-13 examination of Eaton Vance Management’s assertion that it has maintained an effective internal control structure over sub-transfer agent and registrar functions, such services being pre-approved in accordance with Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.
(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the pre-approval of services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant (the “Pre-Approval Policies”). The Pre-Approval Policies establish a framework intended to assist the audit committee in the proper discharge of its pre-approval responsibilities. As a general matter, the Pre-Approval Policies (i) specify certain types of audit, audit-related, tax, and other services determined to be pre-approved by the audit

 


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committee; and (ii) delineate specific procedures governing the mechanics of the pre-approval process, including the approval and monitoring of audit and non-audit service fees. Unless a service is specifically pre-approved under the Pre-Approval Policies, it must be separately pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
The Pre-Approval Policies and the types of audit and non-audit services pre-approved therein must be reviewed and ratified by the registrant’s audit committee at least annually. The registrant’s audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the registrant’s principal accountant.
(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to the “de minimis exception” set forth in Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by the registrant’s principal accountant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2008 and October 31, 2009; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Eaton Vance organization by the registrant’s principal accountant for the same time periods, respectively.
                 
Fiscal Years Ended   10/31/2008   10/31/2009
 
Registrant
  $ 38,384     $ 22,370  
 
               
Eaton Vance(1)
  $ 325,329     $ 280,861  
 
(1)   Certain subsidiaries of Eaton Vance Corp. provide ongoing services to the registrant.
(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision by the registrant’s principal accountant of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants
The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. William H. Park (Chair), Lynn A. Stout, Heidi L. Steiger and Ralph F. Verni are the members of the registrant’s audit committee.
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.

 


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Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted a proxy voting policy and procedure (the “Fund Policy”), pursuant to which the Trustees have delegated proxy voting responsibility to the Fund’s investment adviser and adopted the investment adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures (the “Policies”) which are described below. The Trustees will review the Fund’s proxy voting records from time to time and will annually consider approving the Policies for the upcoming year. In the event that a conflict of interest arises between the Fund’s shareholders and the investment adviser, the administrator, or any of their affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund, the investment adviser will generally refrain from voting the proxies related to the companies giving rise to such conflict until it consults with the Board’s Special Committee except as contemplated under the Fund Policy. The Board’s Special Committee will instruct the investment adviser on the appropriate course of action.
The Policies are designed to promote accountability of a company’s management to its shareholders and to align the interests of management with those shareholders. An independent proxy voting service (“Agent”), currently Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., has been retained to assist in the voting of proxies through the provision of vote analysis, implementation and recordkeeping and disclosure services. The investment adviser will generally vote proxies through the Agent. The Agent is required to vote all proxies and/or refer then back to the investment adviser pursuant to the Policies. It is generally the policy of the investment adviser to vote in accordance with the recommendation of the Agent. The Agent shall refer to the investment adviser proxies relating to mergers and restructurings, and the disposition of assets, termination, liquidation and mergers contained in mutual fund proxies. The investment adviser will normally vote against anti-takeover measures and other proposals designed to limit the ability of shareholders to act on possible transactions, except in the case of closed-end management investment companies. The investment adviser generally supports management on social and environmental proposals. The investment adviser may abstain from voting from time to time where it determines that the costs associated with voting a proxy outweighs the benefits derived from exercising the right to vote or the economic effect on shareholders interests or the value of the portfolio holding is indeterminable or insignificant.
In addition, the investment adviser will monitor situations that may result in a conflict of interest between the Fund’s shareholders and the investment adviser, the administrator, or any of their affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund by maintaining a list of significant existing and prospective corporate clients. The investment adviser’s personnel responsible for reviewing and voting proxies on behalf of the Fund will report any proxy received or expected to be received from a company included on that list to the personal of the investment adviser identified in the Policies. If such personnel expects to instruct the Agent to vote such proxies in a manner inconsistent with the guidelines of the Policies or the recommendation of the Agent, the personnel will consult with members of senior management of the investment adviser to determine if a material conflict of interests exists. If it is determined that a material conflict does exist, the investment adviser will seek instruction on how to vote from the Special Committee.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122, and (2) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 


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Senior Floating-Rate Trust
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Scott H. Page, Peter M. Campo, Craig P. Russ and other Eaton Vance Management (“EVM”) investment professionals comprise the investment team responsible for the overall and day-to-day management of the Fund’s investments as well as allocations of the Fund’s assets between common and preferred stocks. Messrs. Page, Campo and Russ are the portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Trust’s investments.
Mr. Page has been an Eaton Vance portfolio manager since 1996 and is a Vice President of EVM and Boston Management and Research, an Eaton Vance subsidiary (“BMR”). He is head of Eaton Vance’s Bank Loan Investment Group. Mr. Campo joined Eaton Vance in 2003 and is a Vice President of EVM and BMR. Mr. Russ has been an Eaton Vance portfolio manager since 2001 and is a Vice President of EVM and BMR. This information is provided as of the date of filing of this report.
The following tables show, as of the Trust’s most recent fiscal year end, the number of accounts each portfolio manager managed in each of the listed categories and the total assets in the accounts managed within each category. The table also shows the number of accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account, if any, and the total assets in those accounts.
                                 
                    Number of    
                    Accounts   Total Assets of
    Number   Total Assets   Paying a   Accounts Paying
    of All   of All   Performance   a Performance
    Accounts   Accounts*   Fee   Fee*
Peter M. Campo
                               
Registered Investment Companies
    1     $ 741.9       0     $ 0  
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
    0     $ 0       0     $ 0  
Other Accounts
    0     $ 0       0     $ 0  
Scott H. Page
                               
Registered Investment Companies**
    11     $ 11,353.7       0     $ 0  
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
    4     $ 2,451.3       1     $ 456.9  
Other Accounts
    5     $ 4,664.1       0     $ 0  
Craig P. Russ
                               
Registered Investment Companies**
    6     $ 6,902.8       0     $ 0  
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
    0     $ 0       0     $ 0  
Other Accounts
    1     $ 3,170.6       0     $ 0  

 


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*   In millions of dollars.
 
**   Numbers provided include an investment company structured as a fund of funds which invests in funds in the Eaton Vance complex advised by other portfolio managers.
The following table shows the dollar range of Fund shares beneficially owned by each portfolio manager as of the Fund’s most recent fiscal year end.
         
    Dollar Range of
    Equity Securities
Portfolio   Owned in the
Manager   Fund
Peter M. Campo
  None
Scott H. Page
  $ 100,001 - $500,000  
Craig P. Russ
  None
Potential for Conflicts of Interest. It is possible that conflicts of interest may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand and investments of other accounts for which a portfolio manager is responsible on the other. For example, a portfolio manager may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time, resources and investment opportunities among the Fund and other accounts he or she advises. In addition, due to differences in the investment strategies or restrictions between the Fund and the other accounts, a portfolio manager may take action with respect to another account that differs from the action taken with respect to the Fund. In some cases, another account managed by a portfolio manager may compensate the investment adviser or sub-adviser based on the performance of the securities held by that account. The existence of such a performance based fee may create additional conflicts of interest for a portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities. Whenever conflicts of interest arise, a portfolio manager will endeavor to exercise his or her discretion in a manner that he or she believes is equitable to all interested persons. EVM has adopted several policies and procedures designed to address these potential conflicts including: a code of ethics; and policies which govern the investment adviser’s trading practices, including among other things the aggregation and allocation of trades among clients, brokerage allocation, cross trades and best execution.
Compensation Structure for EVM
Compensation of EVM’s portfolio managers and other investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) an annual cash bonus, and (3) annual stock-based compensation consisting of options to purchase shares of EVC’s nonvoting common stock and restricted shares of EVC’s nonvoting common stock. EVM’s investment professionals also receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to EVM’s employees. Compensation of EVM’s investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses, stock-based compensation awards, and adjustments in base salary are typically paid or put into effect at or shortly after the October 31st fiscal year end of EVC.

 


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Method to Determine Compensation. EVM compensates its portfolio managers based primarily on the scale and complexity of their portfolio responsibilities and the total return performance of managed funds and accounts versus appropriate peer groups or benchmarks. In addition to rankings within peer groups of funds on the basis of absolute performance, consideration may also be given to relative risk-adjusted performance. Risk-adjusted performance measures include, but are not limited to, the Sharpe Ratio. Performance is normally based on periods ending on the September 30th preceding fiscal year end. Fund performance is normally evaluated primarily versus peer groups of funds as determined by Lipper Inc. and/or Morningstar, Inc. When a fund’s peer group as determined by Lipper or Morningstar is deemed by EVM’s management not to provide a fair comparison, performance may instead be evaluated primarily against a custom peer group. In evaluating the performance of a fund and its manager, primary emphasis is normally placed on three-year performance, with secondary consideration of performance over longer and shorter periods. For funds that are tax-managed or otherwise have an objective of after-tax returns, performance is measured net of taxes. For other funds, performance is evaluated on a pre-tax basis. For funds with an investment objective other than total return (such as current income), consideration will also be given to the fund’s success in achieving its objective. For managers responsible for multiple funds and accounts, investment performance is evaluated on an aggregate basis, based on averages or weighted averages among managed funds and accounts. Funds and accounts that have performance-based advisory fees are not accorded disproportionate weightings in measuring aggregate portfolio manager performance.
The compensation of portfolio managers with other job responsibilities (such as heading an investment group or providing analytical support to other portfolios) will include consideration of the scope of such responsibilities and the managers’ performance in meeting them.
EVM seeks to compensate portfolio managers commensurate with their responsibilities and performance, and competitive with other firms within the investment management industry. EVM participates in investment-industry compensation surveys and utilizes survey data as a factor in determining salary, bonus and stock-based compensation levels for portfolio managers and other investment professionals. Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by the operating performance of EVM and its parent company. The overall annual cash bonus pool is based on a substantially fixed percentage of pre-bonus operating income. While the salaries of EVM’s portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may fluctuate significantly from year to year, based on changes in manager performance and other factors as described herein. For a high performing portfolio manager, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may represent a substantial portion of total compensation.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
No such purchases this period.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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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.

 


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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 Senior Floating-Rate Trust    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Scott H. Page
 
   
 
  Scott H. Page    
 
  President    
 
       
Date: December 15, 2009    
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/ Barbara E. Campbell
 
Barbara E. Campbell
   
 
  Treasurer    
 
       
Date: December 15, 2009    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Scott H. Page
 
Scott H. Page
   
 
  President    
 
       
Date: December 15, 2009