Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund

 

 

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: 811-21148

 

 

Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund

(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)

September 30

Date of Fiscal Year End

September 30, 2013

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders


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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

Annual Report

September 30, 2013

 

 

 

Municipal (EIM)    •    California (EVM)    •     New York (ENX)    

 

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. Each Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of the term “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act and is not subject to the CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, each Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator.

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


Annual Report September 30, 2013

Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

Table of Contents

 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

     2   

Performance and Fund Profile

  
  

Municipal Bond Fund

     4   

California Municipal Bond Fund

     5   

New York Municipal Bond Fund

     6   
  

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     7   

Financial Statements

     8   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     36   

Federal Tax Information

     37   

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

     38   

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

     39   

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

     41   

Management and Organization

     44   

Important Notices

     47   


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance1

 

 

Economic and Market Conditions

During the first seven months of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, interest rates declined to historic lows, driven by highly accommodative monetary policies instituted by central banks around the world. In December 2012, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) replaced Operation Twist, the central bank’s swapping of its short-term holdings for long-term Treasury bonds, with outright purchases of $45 billion of Treasuries each month. This was in addition to the monthly purchase of approximately $40 billion of agency mortgage-backed securities that it had begun just a few months before. These actions combined to put extraordinary downward pressure on yields, driving investors to look for other sources of income. One beneficiary was the municipal bond market, which rallied during the first seven months of the period in response to strong investor demand.

In late May 2013, however, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke surprised the markets by indicating that the Fed’s $85 billion in monthly asset purchases, known collectively as quantitative easing (QE), could be tapered sooner than most investors had expected. The negative effect on the bond market was swift and dramatic. Investors rushed to sell fixed-income assets in anticipation of rising interest rates, causing nearly every fixed-income asset class to decline dramatically in value.

Historic outflows had a particularly significant effect on the municipal bond market because, unlike other domestic fixed-income asset classes, the municipal market is primarily retail based and is generally impacted more by the actions of small individual investors than other fixed-income asset classes. Even after the Fed tried to temper its comments and calm the markets, moderating the outflows in other fixed-income classes, heavy selling in municipals continued through August 2013. The selling abated in September 2013, after the Fed surprised the markets again by postponing its tapering of QE that many investors had thought was imminent. The Barclays Municipal Bond Index2 — an unmanaged index of municipal bonds traded in the United States — declined 2.21% for the one-year period, while the Funds’ benchmark, the Barclays Long (22+) Year Municipal Bond Index (the Index), lost 5.06%.

During the period, additional pressure on the municipal market came from the city of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing on July 18, 2013 and heightened attention to Puerto

Rico’s fiscal woes throughout September 2013. Although Detroit’s bankruptcy was not a surprise, because the city’s fiscal problems had been well-documented for many years, the bankruptcy’s negative headlines injected additional fear into the municipal bond market. That fear, combined with Puerto Rico’s well-publicized fiscal challenges, drove both institutional and retail investors to sell Puerto Rico bonds, exerting additional downward pressure on the market value of the bonds in late August and September 2013 as the Funds’ fiscal year was ending.

Fund Performance

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, Municipal Bond Fund, California Municipal Bond Fund and New York Municipal Bond Fund shares at net asset value (NAV) all underperformed the -5.06% return of the Index.

The Funds’ overall strategy is to invest normally in higher-quality bonds (rated A7 or higher) with maturities of 10 years or more in order to capture their typically higher yields and a greater income stream.

Management hedges to various degrees against the greater potential risk of volatility at the long end of the yield curve by using Treasury futures and/or interest-rate swaps in seeking to mitigate risk. As a risk management tactic within the Funds’ overall strategy, interest-rate hedging is intended to moderate performance on both the upside and the downside of the market. During this period of negative performance by municipal bonds, the Funds’ hedging through Treasury futures mitigated some of the downside and, thus, added to the Funds’ performance relative to the Index.

The Funds’ use of leverage6 hurt performance versus the Index during the period. In managing the Funds, management holds leverage to seek to enhance the Funds’ tax-exempt income. The use of leverage has the effect of achieving additional exposure to the municipal market. Leverage magnifies a fund’s exposure to its underlying investments in both up and down markets. During this period of negative performance by municipal bonds, leverage was a key detractor from the Funds’ performance versus the Index.

Fund-specific Results

Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund shares at NAV returned -7.59%, underperforming the -5.06% return of the Index. The chief detractors from performance versus the Index were leverage, security selection in the education sector and

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested and includes management fees and other expenses. Fund performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV due to factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, or changes in Fund distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund 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.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance — continued

 

 

security selection in bonds with maturities of 10-20 years. The main contributors to performance relative to the Index were an underweighting and security selection in Puerto Rico bonds, security selection in zero-coupon bonds and BBB-rated bonds, and the Fund’s hedging strategy.

Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund shares at NAV returned -6.18%, underperforming the -5.06% return of the Index. In addition to leverage, detractors from results versus the Index included security selection in AAA-rated bonds and an underweighting in the housing sector. Contributors to relative performance versus the Index included an under-weighting and security selection in both Puerto Rico bonds and BBB-rated bonds. Security selection in zero-coupon bonds and the Fund’s hedging strategy aided results versus the Index as well.

Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund shares at NAV returned -7.16%, underperforming the -5.06% return of the Index. Key detractors from performance versus the Index included leverage, security selection in AAA-rated bonds and security selection in electric utility bonds. Significant contributors to performance versus the Index included the Fund’s hedging strategy and underweights in Puerto Rico bonds, BBB-rated bonds and bonds with maturities of 30 years or more.

 

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested and includes management fees and other expenses. Fund performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV due to factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, or changes in Fund distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund 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.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Performance2,3

 

Portfolio Manager William H. Ahern, Jr., CFA

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Inception Date      One Year      Five Years      Ten Years  

Fund at NAV

     08/30/2002         -7.59      9.40      5.14

Fund at Market Price

             -15.17         7.97         5.32   

Barclays Long (22+) Year Municipal Bond Index

             -5.06      7.24      4.82
           
% Premium/Discount to NAV4                                
              -5.86
           
Distributions5                                

Total Distributions per share for the period

            $ 0.766   

Distribution Rate at NAV

              6.24

Taxable-Equivalent Distribution Rate at NAV

              11.02

Distribution Rate at Market Price

              6.63

Taxable-Equivalent Distribution Rate at Market Price

              11.71
           
% Total Leverage6                                

Residual Interest Bond (RIB)

              42.17

Fund Profile

 

 

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The above chart includes the ratings of securities held by special purpose vehicles established in connection with the RIB financing.6 Absent such securities, credit quality (% of total investments) is as follows:7

 

AAA

    10.6   

BBB

    4.9

AA

    59.4      

BB

    0.6   

A

    23.9      

Not Rated

    0.6   

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested and includes management fees and other expenses. Fund performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV due to factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, or changes in Fund distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund 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.

 

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Eaton Vance

California Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Performance2,3

 

Portfolio Manager Cynthia J. Clemson

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Inception Date      One Year      Five Years      Ten Years  

Fund at NAV

     08/30/2002         -6.18      7.29      4.37

Fund at Market Price

             -13.60         5.41         3.82   

Barclays Long (22+) Year Municipal Bond Index

             -5.06      7.24      4.82
           
% Premium/Discount to NAV4                                
              -10.25
           
Distributions5                                

Total Distributions per share for the period

            $ 0.654   

Distribution Rate at NAV

              5.68

Taxable-Equivalent Distribution Rate at NAV

              11.58

Distribution Rate at Market Price

              6.33

Taxable-Equivalent Distribution Rate at Market Price

              12.90
           
% Total Leverage6                                

RIB

              42.46

Fund Profile

 

 

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The above chart includes the ratings of securities held by special purpose vehicles established in connection with the RIB financing.6 Absent such securities, credit quality (% of total investments) is as follows:7

 

AAA

    11.8   

BBB

    3.8

AA

    55.5      

Not Rated

    2.8   

A

    26.1        

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested and includes management fees and other expenses. Fund performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV due to factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, or changes in Fund distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund 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.

 

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Eaton Vance

New York Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Performance2,3

 

Portfolio Manager Craig R. Brandon, CFA

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Inception Date      One Year      Five Years      Ten Years  

Fund at NAV

     08/30/2002         -7.16      8.05      4.60

Fund at Market Price

             -17.05         7.20         4.33   

Barclays Long (22+) Year Municipal Bond Index

             -5.06      7.24      4.82
           
% Premium/Discount to NAV4                                
              -9.42
           
Distributions5                                

Total Distributions per share for the period

            $ 0.688   

Distribution Rate at NAV

              5.40

Taxable-Equivalent Distribution Rate at NAV

              10.46

Distribution Rate at Market Price

              5.96

Taxable-Equivalent Distribution Rate at Market Price

              11.55
           
% Total Leverage6                                

RIB

              41.34

Fund Profile

 

 

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The above chart includes the ratings of securities held by special purpose vehicles established in connection with the RIB financing.6 Absent such securities, credit quality (% of total investments) is as follows:7

 

AAA

    13.8   

BBB

    7.1

AA

    49.4      

Not Rated

    1.5   

A

    28.2        

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested and includes management fees and other expenses. Fund performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV due to factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, or changes in Fund distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund 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.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

 

1 

The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) and are current only through the date stated at the top of this page. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Eaton Vance and the Fund(s) disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions are based on many factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. This commentary may contain statements that are not historical facts, referred to as “forward looking statements”. The Fund’s actual future results may differ significantly from those stated in any forward looking statement, depending on factors such as changes in securities or financial markets or general economic conditions, the volume of sales and purchases of Fund shares, the continuation of investment advisory, administrative and service contracts, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Fund’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

2 

Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index of municipal bonds traded in the U.S. Barclays Long (22+) Year Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index of municipal bonds traded in the U.S. with maturities of 22 years or more. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

3 

Performance results reflect the effects of leverage. Performance since inception for an index, if presented, is the performance since the Fund’s or oldest share class’ inception, as applicable.

 

4 

The shares of the Fund often trade at a discount or premium from their net asset value. The discount or premium of the Fund may vary over time and may be higher or lower than what is quoted in this report. For up-to-date premium/discount information, please refer to http://eatonvance.com/closedend.

5 

The Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s last regular distribution per share in the period (annualized) divided by the Fund’s NAV or market price at the end of the period. The Fund’s distributions may be comprised of amounts characterized for federal income tax purposes as tax-exempt income, ordinary income, net realized capital gains and nondividend distributions, also known as return of capital. For additional information about nondividend distributions, please refer to Eaton Vance Closed-End Fund Distribution Notices (19a) posted on our website, eatonvance.com. The Fund will determine the federal income tax character of distributions paid to a shareholder after the end of the calendar year. This is reported on the IRS form 1099-DIV and provided to the shareholder shortly after each year-end. The Fund’s distributions are determined by the investment adviser based on its current assessment of the Fund’s long-term return potential. As portfolio and market conditions change, the rate of distributions paid by the Fund could change. Taxable-equivalent performance is based on the highest combined federal and state income tax rates, where applicable. Lower tax rates would result in lower tax-equivalent performance. Actual tax rates will vary depending on your income, exemptions and deductions. Rates do not include local taxes.

 

6 

Fund employs RIB financing. The leverage created by RIB investments provides an opportunity for increased income but, at the same time, creates special risks (including the likelihood of greater price volatility). The cost of leverage rises and falls with changes in short-term interest rates. See “Floating Rate Notes Issued in Conjunction with Securities Held” in the notes to the financial statements for more information about RIB financing. RIB leverage represents the amount of Floating Rate Notes outstanding at period end as a percentage of Fund net assets plus Floating Rate Notes.

 

7 

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

 

   Fund profile subject to change due to active management.
 

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments

 

 

Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities — 171.0%   
   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Education — 16.6%

               

California Educational Facilities Authority, (University of Southern California), 5.25%, 10/1/38(1)

  $ 9,750      $ 10,443,127   

Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Wesleyan University), 5.00%, 7/1/39(1)

    14,700        15,244,194   

Houston, TX, Higher Education Finance Corp., (William Marsh Rice University), 5.00%, 5/15/35(1)

    15,000        16,451,550   

Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Boston College), 5.50%, 6/1/27

    5,810        6,867,711   

Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Boston College), 5.50%, 6/1/30

    8,325        9,596,228   

Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvard University), 5.00%, 10/1/38(1)

    2,000        2,102,060   

Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvard University), 5.50%, 11/15/36

    8,790        9,780,633   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Rockefeller University), 5.00%, 7/1/40(1)

    15,300        16,134,615   

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency, (Duke University), 5.00%, 10/1/38(1)

    13,500        14,359,680   

Tennessee School Bond Authority, 5.50%, 5/1/38

    5,000        5,372,550   

University of California, 5.25%, 5/15/39

    4,450        4,729,816   

University of Colorado, (University Enterprise Revenue),
5.25%, 6/1/36(1)

    10,000        10,722,500   

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, 5.00%, 11/1/39(1)

    14,175        14,827,475   

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 5.00%, 4/1/32

    2,090        2,225,432   
                 
    $ 138,857,571   
                 

Electric Utilities — 3.7%

               

JEA St. Johns River Power Park System Revenue, FL, 4.00%, 10/1/32(1)

  $ 10,000      $ 9,689,000   

Pima County, AZ, Industrial Development Authority, (Tucson Electric Power Co.), 5.25%, 10/1/40

    10,000        9,928,600   

South Carolina Public Service Authority, (Santee Cooper), 5.50%, 1/1/38

    7,110        7,517,118   

Wyandotte County/Kansas City, KS, Unified Government Board of Public Utilities, 5.00%, 9/1/36

    3,425        3,542,512   
                 
    $ 30,677,230   
                 
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

General Obligations — 16.1%

               

Bloomfield Hills Schools, MI, 4.00%, 5/1/37

  $ 750      $ 710,437   

Chicago Park District, IL, (Harbor Facilities), 5.25%, 1/1/37(1)

    8,320        8,618,522   

City & County of San Francisco, CA, (Earthquake Safety & Emergency Response), 4.00%, 6/15/27

    9,080        9,300,281   

Delaware Valley, PA, Regional Finance Authority, 5.75%, 7/1/32

    3,000        3,169,950   

Florida Board of Education, 5.00%, 6/1/31

    10,000        10,881,600   

Hawaii, 5.00%, 12/1/29

    7,620        8,402,879   

Hawaii, 5.00%, 12/1/30

    6,500        7,119,515   

Klein, TX, Independent School District, (PSF Guaranteed), 5.00%, 2/1/36(1)

    2,000        2,122,040   

Mississippi, (Capital Improvements Projects), 5.00%, 10/1/30(1)

    10,000        10,871,700   

Mississippi, (Capital Improvements Projects), 5.00%, 10/1/36

    15        15,850   

Mississippi, 5.00%, 10/1/36(1)

    12,075        12,759,411   

New York, 5.00%, 12/15/30

    2,660        2,902,725   

New York, NY, 5.00%, 10/1/32

    10,000        10,679,600   

North East Independent School District, TX, (PSF Guaranteed), 5.25%, 2/1/28

    2,000        2,353,400   

Northside Independent School District, TX, (PSF Guaranteed), 5.00%, 6/15/35

    180        191,353   

Northside Independent School District, TX, (PSF Guaranteed), 5.00%, 6/15/35(1)

    12,250        13,022,607   

Oregon, 5.00%, 8/1/35(1)

    6,750        7,167,217   

Oregon, 5.00%, 8/1/36

    2,000        2,116,740   

Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, TX, 5.00%, 10/1/35

    7,500        8,282,775   

Virginia Beach, VA, 4.00%, 4/1/27

    690        715,958   

Virginia Beach, VA, 4.00%, 4/1/28

    2,820        2,897,832   

Washington, 4.00%, 7/1/28(1)

    10,000        10,169,700   
                 
    $ 134,472,092   
                 

Hospital — 10.0%

               

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 3/1/27

  $ 1,000      $ 1,063,800   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 3/1/28

    1,770        1,864,872   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), 5.00%, 8/15/39

    11,570        11,695,419   

Camden County, NJ, Improvement Authority, (Cooper Health System), 5.00%, 2/15/35

    2,520        2,337,199   

Camden County, NJ, Improvement Authority, (Cooper Health System), 5.25%, 2/15/27

    860        860,086   

Camden County, NJ, Improvement Authority, (Cooper Health System), 5.75%, 2/15/34

    4,535        4,549,013   
 

 

  8   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Hospital (continued)

               

Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, (Hawaii Pacific Health), 5.50%, 7/1/38(2)

  $ 2,790      $ 2,886,618   

Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, (Hawaii Pacific Health), 5.60%, 7/1/33

    3,900        3,901,755   

Highlands County, FL, Health Facilities Authority, (Adventist Health System), 5.25%, 11/15/36

    7,190        7,292,889   

Knox County, TN, Health, Educational and Housing Facilities Board, (Covenant Health), 0.00%, 1/1/38

    8,310        2,057,307   

Knox County, TN, Health, Educational and Housing Facilities Board, (Covenant Health), 0.00%, 1/1/41

    10,000        2,053,900   

Michigan Hospital Finance Authority, (Henry Ford Health System), 5.25%, 11/15/46

    5,355        5,161,684   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital), 5.25%, 7/1/35

    4,385        4,524,837   

Tarrant County, TX, Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., (Cook Children’s Medical Center), 5.25%, 12/1/39

    7,500        7,725,900   

Tarrant County, TX, Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., (Scott & White Healthcare), 5.25%, 8/15/40

    6,105        6,240,592   

West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, (United Health System), 5.375%, 6/1/38(2)

    7,605        7,782,881   

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, (Ascension Health Alliance Senior Credit Group), 5.00%, 11/15/41

    35        35,254   

Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority, (Ascension Health Alliance Senior Credit Group),
5.00%, 11/15/41(1)

    11,500        11,583,375   
                 
    $ 83,617,381   
                 

Industrial Development Revenue — 0.8%

               

Maricopa County, AZ, Pollution Control Corp., (El Paso Electric Co.), 4.50%, 8/1/42

  $ 4,245      $ 3,689,414   

St. John Baptist Parish, LA, (Marathon Oil Corp.), 5.125%, 6/1/37

    2,840        2,818,615   
                 
    $ 6,508,029   
                 

Insured – Education — 3.1%

               

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, (College of the Holy Cross), (AMBAC), 5.25%, 9/1/32(3)

  $ 15,900      $ 17,764,593   

Miami-Dade County, FL, Educational Facilities Authority, (University of Miami), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 4/1/31

    7,865        8,219,318   
                 
    $ 25,983,911   
                 
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Electric Utilities — 3.8%

               

American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., OH, (Prairie State Energy Campus), (AGC), 5.75%, 2/15/39

  $ 5,000      $ 5,312,350   

Long Island Power Authority, NY, Electric System Revenue, (BHAC), 5.50%, 5/1/33

    1,350        1,487,538   

Mississippi Development Bank, (Municipal Energy), (XLCA), 5.00%, 3/1/41

    13,895        13,353,512   

Paducah, KY, Electric Plant Board, (AGC), 5.25%, 10/1/35

    2,735        2,886,054   

South Carolina Public Service Authority, (Santee Cooper), (BHAC), 5.50%, 1/1/38

    7,840        8,641,326   
                 
    $ 31,680,780   
                 

Insured – Escrowed / Prerefunded — 0.6%

               

Centre County, PA, Hospital Authority, (Mount Nittany Medical Center), (AGC), Prerefunded to 11/15/14, 6.125%, 11/15/39

  $ 3,950      $ 4,211,451   

Centre County, PA, Hospital Authority, (Mount Nittany Medical Center), (AGC), Prerefunded to 11/15/14, 6.25%, 11/15/44

    1,050        1,120,980   
                 
    $ 5,332,431   
                 

Insured – General Obligations — 11.2%

               

Cincinnati, OH, City School District, (AGM), (FGIC), 5.25%, 12/1/30

  $ 3,750      $ 4,290,150   

Clark County, NV, (AMBAC), 2.50%, 11/1/36

    11,845        7,978,437   

Frisco, TX, Independent School District, (AGM), (PSF Guaranteed), 2.75%, 8/15/39

    9,530        7,349,345   

Kane, Cook and DuPage Counties, IL, School District No. 46, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 1/1/22

    39,750        29,277,068   

King County, WA, Public Hospital District No. 1, (AGC), 5.00%, 12/1/37(1)

    7,000        7,106,890   

Palm Springs, CA, Unified School District, (AGC), 5.00%, 8/1/32

    8,955        9,347,766   

Port Arthur, TX, Independent School District, (AGC), 4.75%, 2/15/38

    95        95,517   

Port Arthur, TX, Independent School District, (AGC), 4.75%, 2/15/38(1)

    10,950        11,009,568   

Schaumburg, IL, (BHAC), (FGIC), 5.00%, 12/1/38(1)

    12,750        13,454,942   

Yuma and La Paz Counties, AZ, Community College District, (Arizona Western College), (NPFG), 3.75%, 7/1/31

    4,275        4,061,464   
                 
    $ 93,971,147   
                 

Insured – Hospital — 16.6%

               

Arizona Health Facilities Authority, (Banner Health), (BHAC), 5.375%, 1/1/32

  $ 8,250      $ 8,610,360   
 

 

  9   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Hospital (continued)

               

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Sutter Health), (AGM), 5.05%, 8/15/38(1)

  $ 11,000      $ 11,060,720   

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, (Catholic Health), (AGM), 5.10%, 10/1/41(1)

    11,500        11,539,100   

Highlands County, FL, Health Facilities Authority, (Adventist Health System), (BHAC), 5.25%, 11/15/36(1)

    15,500        16,369,550   

Highlands County, FL, Health Facilities Authority, (Adventist Health System), (NPFG), 5.00%, 11/15/35

    3,795        3,811,091   

Illinois Finance Authority, (Children’s Memorial Hospital), (AGC), 5.25%, 8/15/47(1)

    15,000        15,066,144   

Indiana Health and Educational Facility Finance Authority, (Sisters of St. Francis Health Services), (AGM), 5.25%, 5/15/41(1)

    2,500        2,521,650   

Iowa Finance Authority, Health Facilities, (Iowa Health System), (AGC), 5.625%, 8/15/37

    2,625        2,772,367   

Maricopa County, AZ, Industrial Development Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), (BHAC), 5.25%, 7/1/32

    1,675        1,786,388   

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (LifeBridge Health), (AGC), 4.75%, 7/1/47(1)

    19,150        18,661,292   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, (Meridian Health System), Series II, (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/38

    535        542,752   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, (Meridian Health System), Series V, (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/38

    405        410,868   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, (Meridian Health System), Series V, (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/38(1)

    3,200        3,246,368   

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, (Virtua Health), (AGC), 5.50%, 7/1/38

    13,115        13,514,221   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, (MultiCare Health System), (AGC), 6.00%, 8/15/39

    5,795        6,201,635   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, (Providence Health Care), Series C, (AGM), 5.25%, 10/1/33(1)

    8,700        9,190,854   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, (Providence Health Care), Series D, (AGM), 5.25%, 10/1/33(1)

    12,605        13,378,443   
                 
    $ 138,683,803   
                 

Insured – Industrial Development Revenue — 1.1%

  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, (Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc.), (BHAC), 5.00%, 10/1/39(1)

  $ 9,000      $ 9,153,900   
                 
    $ 9,153,900   
                 
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Lease Revenue / Certificates of Participation — 5.0%

  

New Jersey Economic Development Authority, (School Facilities Construction), (AGC), 5.50%, 12/15/34

  $ 2,910      $ 3,170,998   

San Diego County, CA, Water Authority, Certificates of Participation, (AGM), 5.00%, 5/1/38(1)

    24,000        25,000,800   

Tri-Creek Middle School Building Corp., IN, (AGM), 5.25%, 1/15/34(1)

    13,000        13,392,600   
                 
    $ 41,564,398   
                 

Insured – Other Revenue — 4.5%

               

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., CA, (AGC), 5.00%, 6/1/45(1)

  $ 25,875      $ 25,710,176   

Harris County-Houston, TX, Sports Authority, (NPFG), 0.00%, 11/15/34

    16,795        4,539,353   

New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Yankee Stadium), (AGC), 7.00%, 3/1/49

    6,750        7,864,020   
                 
    $ 38,113,549   
                 

Insured – Solid Waste — 0.6%

               

Palm Beach County, FL, Solid Waste Authority, (BHAC), 5.00%, 10/1/24

  $ 2,760      $ 3,157,937   

Palm Beach County, FL, Solid Waste Authority, (BHAC), 5.00%, 10/1/26

    1,575        1,764,220   
                 
    $ 4,922,157   
                 

Insured – Special Tax Revenue — 6.3%

               

Alabama Public School and College Authority, (AGM), 2.50%, 12/1/27

  $ 17,940      $ 15,192,848   

Houston, TX, Hotel Occupancy Tax, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 9/1/24

    18,035        10,763,288   

Miami-Dade County, FL, Professional Sports Franchise Facilities, (AGC), 7.00%, (0.00% until 10/1/19), 10/1/39

    15,000        11,684,700   

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

    28,945        3,662,121   

Utah Transportation Authority, Sales Tax Revenue, (AGM), 4.75%, 6/15/32(1)

    10,800        11,083,175   
                 
    $ 52,386,132   
                 

Insured – Student Loan — 0.9%

               

Maine Educational Loan Authority, (AGC), 5.625%, 12/1/27

  $ 7,150      $ 7,670,592   
                 
    $ 7,670,592   
                 

Insured – Transportation — 22.9%

               

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 4.75%, 1/1/34(1)

  $ 21,640      $ 20,874,162   
 

 

  10   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Transportation (continued)

               

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 5.00%, 1/1/28

  $ 2,500      $ 2,540,550   

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 5.00%, 1/1/29

    1,000        1,010,260   

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 5.125%, 1/1/30

    1,800        1,819,026   

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 5.125%, 1/1/31

    1,570        1,581,963   

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 5.25%, 1/1/32

    1,015        1,028,276   

Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (AGM), 5.25%, 1/1/33

    1,150        1,159,971   

Clark County, NV, (Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport), (AGM), 5.25%, 7/1/39

    8,080        8,410,957   

Director of the State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, (Las Vegas Monorail), (AMBAC), 0.00%, 1/1/23(4)

    10,070        1,346,258   

Director of the State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, (Las Vegas Monorail), (AMBAC), 0.00%, 1/1/28(4)

    3,100        307,799   

Director of the State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, (Las Vegas Monorail), (AMBAC), 5.375%, 1/1/40(5)

    15,000        3,599,850   

E-470 Public Highway Authority, CO, (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/21

    10,200        7,411,524   

E-470 Public Highway Authority, CO, (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/39

    25,000        5,369,000   

Harris County, TX, Toll Road, Senior Lien, (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/15/33(1)

    7,800        8,211,840   

Manchester, NH, (Manchester-Boston Regional Airport), (AGM), 5.125%, 1/1/30

    6,710        6,983,366   

Maryland Transportation Authority, (AGM), 5.00%, 7/1/35(1)

    20,995        21,785,671   

Maryland Transportation Authority, (AGM), 5.00%, 7/1/36(1)

    14,000        14,500,920   

Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Airports Authority, (BHAC), 5.00%, 10/1/29

    1,785        1,908,004   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, (AGC), 5.50%, 12/15/38

    11,700        12,584,169   

North Carolina Turnpike Authority, (Triangle Expressway System), (AGC), 5.50%, 1/1/29

    1,015        1,104,462   

North Carolina Turnpike Authority, (Triangle Expressway System), (AGC), 5.75%, 1/1/39

    1,160        1,247,278   

North Texas Tollway Authority, (BHAC), 5.75%, 1/1/48(1)

    20,000        21,970,000   

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/26(1)

    10,000        11,189,200   

Port Palm Beach District, FL, (XLCA), 0.00%, 9/1/24

    1,605        782,357   

Port Palm Beach District, FL, (XLCA), 0.00%, 9/1/25

    1,950        884,891   

Port Palm Beach District, FL, (XLCA), 0.00%, 9/1/26

    1,000        422,620   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Transportation (continued)

               

San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, CA, (Toll Road Bonds), (NPFG), 0.00%, 1/15/25

  $ 26,215      $ 13,462,189   

Texas Turnpike Authority, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/15/20

    23,845        18,410,009   
                 
    $ 191,906,572   
                 

Insured – Water and Sewer — 16.6%

               

Austin, TX, Water and Wastewater, (AGM), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/33(1)

  $ 2,000      $ 2,119,580   

Bossier City, LA, Utilities Revenue, (BHAC), 5.25%, 10/1/26

    3,185        3,473,720   

Bossier City, LA, Utilities Revenue, (BHAC), 5.25%, 10/1/27

    1,985        2,175,977   

Bossier City, LA, Utilities Revenue, (BHAC), 5.50%, 10/1/38

    3,170        3,423,029   

Chicago, IL, Wastewater Transmission Revenue, (BHAC), 5.50%, 1/1/38

    3,060        3,299,690   

Chicago, IL, Wastewater Transmission Revenue, (NPFG), 0.00%, 1/1/23

    13,670        9,450,071   

DeKalb County, GA, Water and Sewer, (AGM), 5.25%, 10/1/32(1)

    10,000        10,980,600   

Detroit, MI, Water Supply System, (NPFG), 5.00%, 7/1/34

    8,680        7,876,666   

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, (AGC), 5.00%, 10/1/34(1)

    8,500        8,884,710   

Houston, TX, Utility System, (AGM), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/33(1)

    27,570        28,927,269   

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, (AGM), 5.25%, 8/1/32

    5,540        6,295,545   

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, (AGM), 5.25%, 8/1/38

    1,070        1,196,956   

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 4.00%, 8/1/40

    9,095        8,718,558   

New York, NY, Municipal Water Finance Authority, (BHAC), 5.75%, 6/15/40(1)

    9,500        10,611,025   

San Luis Obispo County, CA, (Nacimiento Water Project), (NPFG), 4.50%, 9/1/40

    3,535        3,385,858   

Seattle, WA, Drain and Wastewater Revenue, (AGM), 5.00%, 6/1/38(1)

    27,670        28,336,294   
                 
    $ 139,155,548   
                 

Lease Revenue / Certificates of Participation — 1.7%

  

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., NY, 5.75%, 2/15/47

  $ 2,565      $ 2,718,669   

North Carolina, Capital Improvement Limited Obligation Bonds, 5.00%, 5/1/30

    335        362,417   

North Carolina, Capital Improvement Limited Obligation Bonds, 5.00%, 5/1/30(1)

    10,000        10,818,400   
                 
    $ 13,899,486   
                 
 

 

  11   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Other Revenue — 3.1%

               

New York, NY, Transitional Finance Authority, Building Aid Revenue, 5.00%, 7/15/36(1)

  $ 10,750      $ 11,142,160   

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Lottery Revenue, 5.25%, 4/1/30

    9,200        10,286,520   

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corp. III, Gas Supply Revenue, 5.00%, 12/15/29

    3,135        3,066,939   

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corp. III, Gas Supply Revenue, 5.00%, 12/15/30

    1,700        1,646,552   
                 
    $ 26,142,171   
                 

Senior Living / Life Care — 0.1%

               

Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (Charlestown Community, Inc.), 6.125%, 1/1/30

  $ 1,175      $ 1,247,874   
                 
    $ 1,247,874   
                 

Special Tax Revenue — 7.0%

               

Connecticut, Special Tax Obligation, (Transportation Infrastructure), 5.00%, 1/1/31(1)

  $ 20,000      $ 21,775,000   

Michigan Trunk Line Fund, 5.00%, 11/15/30

    1,390        1,483,561   

Michigan Trunk Line Fund, 5.00%, 11/15/31

    1,500        1,594,545   

Michigan Trunk Line Fund, 5.00%, 11/15/33

    1,285        1,349,674   

Michigan Trunk Line Fund, 5.00%, 11/15/36

    1,020        1,064,921   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Revenue, 5.00%, 2/1/37(1)

    20,000        20,971,000   

New York Dormitory Authority, Personal Income Tax Revenue, 5.00%, 6/15/31

    10,000        10,827,500   
                 
    $ 59,066,201   
                 

Transportation — 10.4%

               

Dallas and Fort Worth, TX, (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport), 5.25%, 11/1/30

  $ 3,205      $ 3,422,171   

Dallas and Fort Worth, TX, (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport), 5.25%, 11/1/31

    4,950        5,252,247   

Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 5.00%, 1/1/35

    8,275        8,607,489   

Los Angeles, CA, Department of Airports, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.25%, 5/15/28

    3,285        3,547,537   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NY, 5.25%, 11/15/38

    4,640        4,813,629   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NY, 5.25%, 11/15/40

    6,735        6,940,283   

Miami-Dade County, FL, (Miami International Airport), 5.00%, 10/1/41

    10,870        10,933,807   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, (Transportation System), 5.00%, 12/15/24

    10,000        11,385,100   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Transportation (continued)

               

New York Thruway Authority, 5.00%, 1/1/42

  $ 1,110      $ 1,136,296   

Orlando-Orange County, FL, Expressway Authority, Series A, 5.00%, 7/1/35

    2,915        2,968,257   

Orlando-Orange County, FL, Expressway Authority, Series A, 5.00%, 7/1/40

    2,590        2,614,916   

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 6.00%, (0.00% until 12/1/15), 12/1/34

    5,000        4,669,100   

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 4.00%, 7/15/32(1)

    9,650        9,548,868   

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 5.00%, 7/15/39

    5,000        5,141,600   

Texas Transportation Commission, (Central Texas Turnpike System), 5.00%, 8/15/41

    1,170        1,145,804   

Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, NY, 5.00%, 11/15/33

    5,000        5,307,600   
                 
    $ 87,434,704   
                 

Water and Sewer — 8.3%

               

California Department of Water Resources, (Central Valley Project), 5.25%, 12/1/35(1)

  $ 10,000      $ 10,946,000   

Charleston, SC, Waterworks and Sewer Revenue, 5.00%, 1/1/35

    2,735        2,898,471   

Chicago, IL, Water Revenue, 5.00%, 11/1/42

    5,000        4,999,800   

Detroit, MI, Sewage Disposal System, 5.00%, 7/1/32

    1,070        969,420   

Detroit, MI, Sewage Disposal System, 5.25%, 7/1/39

    1,965        1,779,917   

Detroit, MI, Water Supply System, 5.25%, 7/1/41

    2,910        2,634,627   

Honolulu, HI, City and County Wastewater System,
5.25%, 7/1/36(1)

    9,750        10,514,497   

King County, WA, Sewer Revenue, 5.00%, 1/1/34(1)

    10,000        10,591,300   

Marco Island, FL, Utility System, 5.00%, 10/1/34

    1,445        1,493,248   

Marco Island, FL, Utility System, 5.00%, 10/1/40

    6,325        6,463,581   

New York, NY, Municipal Water Finance Authority, 5.00%, 6/15/31

    10,000        10,789,700   

Portland, OR, Water System, 5.00%, 5/1/36

    5,385        5,708,854   
                 
    $ 69,789,415   
                 

Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities — 171.0%
(identified cost $1,411,398,842)

   

  $ 1,432,237,074   
                 
 

 

  12   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — 0.0%(6)   
   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Municipal — 0.0%(6)

               

Las Vegas Monorail Co., Jr. Subordinated Notes, 3.00% to 12/31/15,
5.50%, 7/15/55(7)(8)

  $ 125      $ 12,613   

Las Vegas Monorail Co., Sr. Secured Notes, 5.50%, 7/15/19(7)(8)

    433        65,329   
                 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes — 0.0%(6)
(identified cost $16,361)

   

  $ 77,942   
                 

Total Investments — 171.0%
(identified cost $1,411,415,203)

    $ 1,432,315,016   
                 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (71.0)%

  

  $ (594,867,889
                 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 837,447,127   
                 

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

 

AGC     Assured Guaranty Corp.
AGM     Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC     AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.
BHAC     Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
FGIC     Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
NPFG     National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.
PSF     Permanent School Fund
XLCA     XL Capital Assurance, Inc.

At September 30, 2013, the concentration of the Fund’s investments in the various states, determined as a percentage of total investments, is as follows:

 

Texas      12.9%   
New York      10.5%   
Others, representing less than 10% individually      76.6%   

The Fund invests primarily in debt securities issued by municipalities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry or municipality. In order to reduce the risk associated with such economic developments, at September 30, 2013, 54.5% of total investments are backed by bond insurance of various financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. The aggregate percentage insured by an individual financial institution or financial guaranty assurance agency ranged from 1.1% to 20.6% of total investments.

 

(1) 

Security represents the municipal bond held by a trust that issues residual interest bonds (see Note 1H).

 

(2) 

When-issued security.

 

(3) 

Security (or a portion thereof) has been segregated to cover payable for when-issued securities.

 

(4) 

Defaulted security. Issuer has defaulted on the payment of interest or has filed for bankruptcy.

(5) 

Security is in default and making only partial interest payments.

 

(6) 

Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

(7) 

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

 

(8) 

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay all or a portion of interest in additional par.

 

 

  13   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

California Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments

 

 

Tax-Exempt Investments — 169.9%   
   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Education — 18.2%

  

California Educational Facilities Authority, (California Institute of Technology), 5.00%, 11/1/39(1)

  $ 10,000      $ 10,513,100   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (Claremont McKenna College), 5.00%, 1/1/27

    2,680        2,938,406   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvey Mudd College), 5.25%, 12/1/31

    550        589,947   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvey Mudd College), 5.25%, 12/1/36

    940        992,950   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (Loyola Marymount University), 5.00%, 10/1/30

    1,375        1,424,706   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (Santa Clara University), 5.00%, 2/1/29

    3,630        3,879,381   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (Stanford University), 5.00%, 6/1/43

    5,250        6,061,440   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (University of San Francisco), 6.125%, 10/1/36

    650        744,816   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (University of Southern California), 5.25%, 10/1/39

    6,200        6,659,234   

California Educational Facilities Authority, (University of the Pacific), 5.00%, 11/1/30

    1,790        1,877,245   

California Municipal Finance Authority, (University of San Diego), 5.00%, 10/1/31

    1,175        1,220,519   

California Municipal Finance Authority, (University of San Diego), 5.00%, 10/1/35

    800        813,720   

California Municipal Finance Authority, (University of San Diego), 5.25%, 10/1/26

    2,270        2,485,877   

California Municipal Finance Authority, (University of San Diego), 5.25%, 10/1/27

    2,395        2,597,449   

California Municipal Finance Authority, (University of San Diego), 5.25%, 10/1/28

    2,520        2,712,452   
                 
    $ 45,511,242   
                 

Electric Utilities — 1.8%

  

Southern California Public Power Authority, (Tieton Hydropower), 5.00%, 7/1/35

  $ 1,890      $ 1,946,492   

Vernon, Electric System Revenue, 5.125%, 8/1/21

    2,375        2,560,226   
                 
    $ 4,506,718   
                 

General Obligations — 31.2%

  

Burbank Unified School District, (Election of 2013), 4.00%, 8/1/31(1)

  $ 6,900      $ 6,710,733   

California, 5.50%, 11/1/35

    4,600        4,951,394   

Contra Costa Community College District, (Election of 2006), 5.00%, 8/1/38

    20        20,981   

Contra Costa Community College District, (Election of 2006), 5.00%, 8/1/38(1)

    9,750        10,228,335   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

General Obligations (continued)

  

Foothill-De Anza Community College District, 5.00%, 8/1/36(1)

  $ 10,000      $ 10,522,100   

Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, (Election of 2011), 4.00%, 8/1/34

    630        610,035   

Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, (Election of 2011), 4.25%, 8/1/36

    525        514,442   

Palo Alto, (Election of 2008), 5.00%, 8/1/40(1)

    7,020        7,422,948   

San Bernardino Community College District, 4.00%, 8/1/27(1)

    5,775        5,840,431   

San Diego Community College District, (Election of 2002), 5.00%, 8/1/32

    1,375        1,478,125   

San Diego Community College District, (Election of 2006), 5.00%, 8/1/31

    2,545        2,746,589   

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, (Election of 2004), 5.00%, 8/1/35

    5,000        5,264,800   

San Jose-Evergreen Community College District, (Election of 2010), 5.00%, 8/1/33

    1,910        2,061,215   

San Jose-Evergreen Community College District, (Election of 2010), 5.00%, 8/1/35

    2,230        2,379,098   

San Jose-Evergreen Community College District, (Election of 2010), 5.00%, 8/1/37

    15        15,697   

San Jose-Evergreen Community College District, (Election of 2010), 5.00%, 8/1/37(1)

    4,975        5,206,139   

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, (Election 2006),
4.50%, 7/1/36(1)

    12,000        12,198,360   
                 
    $ 78,171,422   
                 

Hospital — 15.1%

  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 7/1/23

  $ 2,000      $ 2,051,380   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 3/1/27

    1,750        1,861,650   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), 5.25%, 3/1/28

    550        579,480   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), 5.00%, 8/15/39

    4,505        4,553,834   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (City of Hope), 5.00%, 11/15/32

    1,795        1,832,480   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (City of Hope), 5.00%, 11/15/35

    2,565        2,584,494   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (St. Joseph Health System), 5.00%, 7/1/33

    4,480        4,601,498   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (St. Joseph Health System), 5.00%, 7/1/37

    2,100        2,124,087   

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Sutter Health), 5.25%, 8/15/31(1)

    5,000        5,297,100   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (John Muir Health), 5.00%, 8/15/34

    2,170        2,179,960   
 

 

  14   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

California Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Hospital (continued)

  

Torrance, (Torrance Memorial Medical Center), 5.50%, 6/1/31

  $ 3,950      $ 3,954,305   

Washington Township Health Care District, 5.00%, 7/1/32

    3,165        3,072,898   

Washington Township Health Care District, 5.25%, 7/1/29

    3,005        3,008,366   
                 
  $ 37,701,532   
                 

Insured – Education — 7.3%

  

California State University, (AGM), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/1/39(1)

  $ 8,250      $ 8,356,095   

University of California, (AGM), 4.50%, 5/15/26(1)

    3,095        3,177,729   

University of California, (AGM), 4.50%, 5/15/28(1)

    6,690        6,819,117   
                 
  $ 18,352,941   
                 

Insured – Electric Utilities — 16.4%

  

Anaheim Public Financing Authority, (Electric System District), (BHAC), (NPFG), 4.50%, 10/1/32(1)

  $ 20,000      $ 20,422,199   

Glendale, Electric System Revenue, (AGC), 5.00%, 2/1/31

    2,240        2,344,586   

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Electric System Revenue, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 7/1/26(1)

    6,750        7,412,175   

Northern California Power Agency, (Hydroelectric), (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/24

    2,000        2,224,200   

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, (NPFG), 5.25%, 7/1/34

    3,840        2,947,430   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/27

    1,000        1,072,860   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.25%, 7/1/24

    4,000        4,665,920   
                 
  $ 41,089,370   
                 

Insured – General Obligations — 22.3%

  

Antelope Valley Community College District, (Election of 2004), (NPFG), 5.25%, 8/1/39

  $ 4,175      $ 4,423,872   

Burbank Unified School District, (Election of 1997), (NPFG), 0.00%, 8/1/21

    4,135        3,172,786   

Coast Community College District, (Election of 2002), (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/34

    23,150        7,634,407   

Palm Springs Unified School District, (Election of 2008), (AGC), 5.00%, 8/1/33

    4,500        4,667,850   

Riverside Community College District, (Election of 2004), (AGM), (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/1/32

    5,705        5,981,635   

San Diego Community College District, (Election of 2006), (AGM), 5.00%, 8/1/32

    15        16,221   

San Diego Community College District, (Election of 2006), (AGM), 5.00%, 8/1/32(1)

    6,100        6,596,479   

San Diego Unified School District, (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/22

    2,300        1,680,219   

San Diego Unified School District, (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/23

    5,000        3,435,650   

San Juan Unified School District, (AGM), 0.00%, 8/1/21

    5,630        4,343,263   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – General Obligations (continued)

  

San Mateo County, Community College District, (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/22

  $ 4,840      $ 3,643,213   

San Mateo County, Community College District, (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/23

    4,365        3,102,948   

San Mateo County, Community College District, (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/25

    3,955        2,496,712   

San Mateo Union High School District, (NPFG), 0.00%, 9/1/21

    5,240        4,160,717   

Ventura County, Community College District, (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/1/27

    350        353,917   
                 
  $ 55,709,889   
                 

Insured – Hospital — 7.3%

  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/34

  $ 2,205      $ 2,267,115   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), (BHAC),
5.00%, 4/1/31(1)

    10,000        10,499,500   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Kaiser Permanente), (BHAC),
5.00%, 3/1/41(1)

    3,500        3,513,300   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority, (Sutter Health), (AMBAC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 11/15/38(1)

    2,000        2,012,400   
                 
  $ 18,292,315   
                 

Insured – Lease Revenue / Certificates of Participation — 6.0%

  

Puerto Rico Public Finance Corp., (AMBAC), Escrowed to Maturity, 5.50%, 8/1/27

  $ 3,885      $ 4,673,849   

San Diego County Water Authority, Certificates of Participation, (AGM), 5.00%, 5/1/38(1)

    10,000        10,417,000   
                 
  $ 15,090,849   
                 

Insured – Special Tax Revenue — 12.4%

  

Ceres, Redevelopment Agency Tax, (AMBAC), 4.00%, 11/1/36

  $ 7,765      $ 6,115,171   

Hesperia Public Financing Authority, (Redevelopment and Housing Projects), (XLCA), 5.00%, 9/1/31

    595        534,405   

Hesperia Public Financing Authority, (Redevelopment and Housing Projects), (XLCA), 5.00%, 9/1/37

    7,240        6,195,703   

Pomona, Public Financing Authority, (NPFG), 5.00%, 2/1/33

    5,940        5,413,419   

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

    15,020        1,900,330   

San Jose Redevelopment Agency, (Merged Area Redevelopment Project), (XLCA), 4.25%, 8/1/36

    3,680        3,025,438   

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Sales Tax Revenue, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 4/1/32(1)

    7,500        7,975,200   
                 
  $ 31,159,666   
                 
 

 

  15   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

California Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Transportation — 2.1%

  

San Joaquin Hills, Transportation Corridor Agency, (NPFG), 0.00%, 1/15/30

  $ 3,445      $ 1,242,233   

San Jose, Airport Revenue, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 3/1/33

    1,885        1,900,815   

San Jose, Airport Revenue, (AMBAC), 5.00%, 3/1/37

    2,040        2,043,080   
                 
  $ 5,186,128   
                 

Insured – Water and Sewer — 10.4%

  

Calleguas Las Virgines Public Financing Authority, (Municipal Water District), (BHAC), (FGIC), 4.75%, 7/1/37(1)

  $ 7,000      $ 7,136,990   

East Bay Municipal Utility District, Water System Revenue, (AGM), (FGIC), 5.00%, 6/1/32

    345        366,977   

East Bay Municipal Utility District, Water System Revenue, (NPFG), 5.00%, 6/1/32(1)

    6,500        6,914,050   

Riverside, Water System Revenue, (AGM), 5.00%, 10/1/38

    1,595        1,657,572   

San Luis Obispo County, (Nacimiento Water Project), (BHAC), (NPFG), 5.00%, 9/1/38

    5,000        5,146,650   

San Luis Obispo County, (Nacimiento Water Project), (NPFG), 4.50%, 9/1/40

    2,750        2,633,977   

Santa Clara Valley Water District, (AGM), 3.75%, 6/1/28

    2,075        2,084,358   
                 
  $ 25,940,574   
                 

Special Tax Revenue — 5.3%

  

Riverside County Transportation Commission, Sales Tax Revenue, 5.25%, 6/1/39(1)

  $ 6,285      $ 6,706,785   

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transportation District, Sales Tax Revenue, 5.00%, 7/1/36(1)

    6,250        6,631,500   
                 
  $ 13,338,285   
                 

Transportation — 8.5%

  

Bay Area Toll Authority, Toll Bridge Revenue, (San Francisco Bay Area), 5.25%, 4/1/29(1)

  $ 6,500      $ 7,282,275   

Long Beach, Harbor Revenue, 5.00%, 5/15/27

    1,960        2,140,006   

Los Angeles Department of Airports, (Los Angeles International Airport), 5.00%, 5/15/35(1)

    7,500        7,812,675   

San Francisco City and County Airport Commission, (San Francisco International Airport), 5.00%, 5/1/35

    2,190        2,242,954   

San Jose, Airport Revenue, 5.00%, 3/1/31

    1,750        1,787,993   
                 
  $ 21,265,903   
                 

Water and Sewer — 5.6%

  

Beverly Hills Public Financing Authority, Water Revenue, 5.00%, 6/1/37

  $ 10      $ 10,748   

Beverly Hills Public Financing Authority, Water Revenue, 5.00%, 6/1/37(1)

    5,725        6,153,631   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Water and Sewer (continued)

  

Los Angeles, Wastewater System Revenue, 5.00%, 6/1/43(1)

  $ 7,500      $ 7,850,850   
                 
  $ 14,015,229   
                 

Total Tax-Exempt Investments — 169.9%
(identified cost $418,324,951)

   

  $ 425,332,063   
   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (69.9)%

  

  $ (174,924,757
   

Net Assets — 100.0%

  

  $ 250,407,306   
   

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

 

AGC     Assured Guaranty Corp.
AGM     Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC     AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.
BHAC     Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
FGIC     Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
NPFG     National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.
XLCA     XL Capital Assurance, Inc.

The Fund invests primarily in debt securities issued by California municipalities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry or municipality. In order to reduce the risk associated with such economic developments, at September 30, 2013, 49.6% of total investments are backed by bond insurance of various financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. The aggregate percentage insured by an individual financial institution or financial guaranty assurance agency ranged from 1.8% to 18.6% of total investments.

 

(1)

Security represents the municipal bond held by a trust that issues residual interest bonds (see Note 1H).

 

 

  16   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

New York Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments

 

 

Tax-Exempt Investments — 166.7%   
   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Bond Bank — 5.0%

  

New York Environmental Facilities Corp., 5.00%, 10/15/39

  $ 3,360      $ 3,545,707   

New York Environmental Facilities Corp., Clean Water and Drinking Water, (Municipal Water Finance), 5.00%, 10/15/35

    50        52,654   

New York Environmental Facilities Corp., Clean Water and Drinking Water, (Municipal Water Finance), 5.00%, 10/15/35(1)

    6,100        6,423,727   
                 
  $ 10,022,088   
                 

Education — 29.1%

  

Geneva Development Corp., (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), 5.00%, 9/1/32

  $ 1,330      $ 1,398,322   

Hempstead Local Development Corp., (Adelphi University), 5.00%, 6/1/20

    760        872,845   

Hempstead Local Development Corp., (Adelphi University), 5.00%, 6/1/21

    950        1,088,045   

Hempstead Local Development Corp., (Adelphi University), 5.00%, 6/1/31

    800        826,704   

Hempstead Local Development Corp., (Adelphi University), 5.00%, 6/1/32

    300        308,640   

Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., (St. John Fisher College), 5.00%, 6/1/23

    405        444,362   

Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., (St. John Fisher College), 5.00%, 6/1/24

    210        226,323   

Monroe County Industrial Development Corp., (St. John Fisher College), 5.00%, 6/1/25

    135        143,379   

New York City Cultural Resource Trust, (The Juilliard School), 5.00%, 1/1/39

    240        250,181   

New York City Cultural Resource Trust, (The Juilliard School), 5.00%, 1/1/39(1)

    10,000        10,424,200   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Columbia University), 5.00%, 10/1/41(1)

    10,000        10,622,700   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Cornell University), 5.00%, 7/1/37(1)

    5,700        6,071,526   

New York Dormitory Authority, (New York University), 5.00%, 7/1/39(1)

    10,000        10,323,400   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Rochester Institute of Technology), 5.00%, 7/1/40

    2,000        2,057,180   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Rockefeller University), 5.00%, 7/1/40

    500        527,275   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Rockefeller University),
5.00%, 7/1/40(1)

    2,700        2,847,285   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Skidmore College), 5.00%, 7/1/26

    1,175        1,282,466   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Skidmore College), 5.25%, 7/1/30

    300        320,640   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Education (continued)

  

New York Dormitory Authority, (The New School), 5.50%, 7/1/40

  $ 5,250      $ 5,468,610   

Onondaga County Cultural Resources Trust, (Syracuse University), 5.00%, 12/1/38

    3,305        3,449,428   
                 
  $ 58,953,511   
                 

Electric Utilities — 1.3%

  

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, 5.25%, 7/1/31

  $ 3,615      $ 2,713,961   
                 
  $ 2,713,961   
                 

General Obligations — 12.1%

  

Arlington Central School District, 4.00%, 12/15/30

  $ 1,540      $ 1,552,936   

Long Beach City School District, 4.50%, 5/1/26

    4,715        5,014,874   

New York City, 5.00%, 8/1/34(1)

    8,650        9,202,389   

New York, 5.00%, 2/15/34(1)

    7,250        7,718,277   

Peekskill, 5.00%, 6/1/35

    465        482,196   

Peekskill, 5.00%, 6/1/36

    490        506,229   
                 
  $ 24,476,901   
                 

Hospital — 10.5%

  

New York Dormitory Authority, (Highland Hospital of Rochester), 5.00%, 7/1/26

  $ 620      $ 666,587   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Highland Hospital of Rochester), 5.20%, 7/1/32

    820        843,665   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), 4.375%, 7/1/34(1)

    9,325        9,346,913   

New York Dormitory Authority, (North Shore-Long Island Jewish Obligated Group), 5.00%, 5/1/20

    1,065        1,221,683   

New York Dormitory Authority, (North Shore-Long Island Jewish Obligated Group), 5.00%, 5/1/26

    2,055        2,124,007   

Suffolk County Economic Development Corp., (Catholic Health Services of Long Island Obligated Group), 5.00%, 7/1/28

    6,900        7,048,419   
                 
  $ 21,251,274   
                 

Housing — 1.7%

  

New York Housing Development Corp., 4.95%, 11/1/39

  $ 2,500      $ 2,514,425   

New York Mortgage Agency, 3.55%, 10/1/33

    1,000        839,560   
                 
  $ 3,353,985   
                 

Industrial Development Revenue — 1.0%

  

New York Liberty Development Corp., (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.), 5.25%, 10/1/35

  $ 490      $ 519,758   

New York Liberty Development Corp., (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.), 5.50%, 10/1/37

    1,440        1,571,889   
                 
  $ 2,091,647   
                 
 

 

  17   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

New York Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Education — 18.2%

  

New York Dormitory Authority, (City University), (AMBAC), 5.50%, 7/1/35

  $ 925      $ 931,947   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Educational Housing Services CUNY Student Housing), (AMBAC), 5.25%, 7/1/23

    1,750        1,954,365   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Fordham University), (AGC), (BHAC), 5.00%, 7/1/38(1)

    10,750        10,885,127   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Pratt Institute), (AGC), 5.00%, 7/1/34

    1,555        1,618,693   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Pratt Institute), (AGC), 5.125%, 7/1/39

    2,405        2,491,363   

New York Dormitory Authority, (St. John’s University), (NPFG), 5.25%, 7/1/37

    3,750        3,803,175   

New York Dormitory Authority, (State University), (BHAC), 5.00%, 7/1/38(1)

    8,500        8,606,845   

Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, (Hamilton College), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/34

    5,555        2,155,507   

Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, (Hamilton College), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/36

    8,455        2,977,175   

Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, (Hamilton College), (NPFG), 0.00%, 7/1/37

    4,000        1,342,720   
                 
  $ 36,766,917   
                 

Insured – Electric Utilities — 6.3%

  

Long Island Power Authority, Electric System Revenue, (BHAC), 5.75%, 4/1/33

  $ 5,000      $ 5,603,200   

New York Power Authority, (BHAC), (NPFG), 4.50%, 11/15/47(1)

    7,210        7,245,833   
                 
  $ 12,849,033   
                 

Insured – Escrowed / Prerefunded — 3.1%

  

Madison County Industrial Development Agency, (Colgate University), (NPFG), Prerefunded to 7/1/14, 5.00%, 7/1/39

  $ 4,000      $ 4,144,200   

New York City, (AGM), Prerefunded to 4/1/16, 5.00%, 4/1/22

    1,920        2,133,600   
                 
  $ 6,277,800   
                 

Insured – General Obligations — 8.3%

  

Brentwood Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.75%, 11/15/23

  $ 2,290      $ 2,566,037   

Brentwood Union Free School District, (AGC), 5.00%, 11/15/24

    2,390        2,689,013   

East Northport Fire District, (AGC), 4.50%, 11/1/20

    200        227,412   

East Northport Fire District, (AGC), 4.50%, 11/1/21

    200        224,368   

East Northport Fire District, (AGC), 4.50%, 11/1/22

    200        222,456   

East Northport Fire District, (AGC), 4.50%, 11/1/23

    200        221,136   

Eastchester Union Free School District, (AGM), 3.75%, 6/15/21

    255        272,873   

Eastchester Union Free School District, (AGM), 4.00%, 6/15/23

    175        185,665   
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – General Obligations (continued)

  

Freeport, (AGC), 5.00%, 10/15/20

  $ 185      $ 212,276   

Freeport, (AGC), 5.00%, 10/15/21

    195        220,900   

Hauppauge Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.00%, 7/15/24

    940        994,501   

Hoosic Valley Central School District, (AGC), 4.00%, 6/15/23

    1,110        1,182,427   

Longwood Central School District, Suffolk County, (AGC), 4.15%, 6/1/23

    820        870,274   

Longwood Central School District, Suffolk County, (AGC), 4.25%, 6/1/24

    860        910,723   

New York City, (AGM), 5.00%, 4/1/22

    330        360,027   

Wantagh Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.50%, 11/15/19

    785        876,272   

Wantagh Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.50%, 11/15/20

    825        909,447   

Wantagh Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.75%, 11/15/22

    905        987,337   

Wantagh Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.75%, 11/15/23

    950        1,029,087   

William Floyd Union Free School District, (AGC), 4.00%, 12/15/24

    1,590        1,675,987   
                 
  $ 16,838,218   
                 

Insured – Hospital — 3.5%

  

New York Dormitory Authority, (Hudson Valley Hospital Center), (AGM), (BHAC), 5.00%, 8/15/36

  $ 4,355      $ 4,418,888   

New York Dormitory Authority, (Maimonides Medical Center), (NPFG), 5.00%, 8/1/33

    2,525        2,623,904   
                 
  $ 7,042,792   
                 

Insured – Housing — 1.3%

  

New York Housing Development Corp., (NPFG), 5.00%, 7/1/25

  $ 2,350      $ 2,538,823   
                 
  $ 2,538,823   
                 

Insured – Other Revenue — 6.1%

  

New York City Cultural Resources Trust, (American Museum of Natural History), (NPFG), 5.00%, 7/1/44

  $ 2,055      $ 2,055,226   

New York City Industrial Development Agency, (Yankee Stadium), (NPFG), 4.75%, 3/1/46

    6,115        5,907,579   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, (BHAC), 5.50%, 7/15/38

    4,050        4,483,917   
                 
  $ 12,446,722   
                 

Insured – Solid Waste — 2.2%

  

Ulster County, Resource Recovery Agency, Solid Waste System, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 3/1/21

  $ 1,490      $ 1,218,686   

Ulster County, Resource Recovery Agency, Solid Waste System, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 3/1/23

    1,090        807,178   

Ulster County, Resource Recovery Agency, Solid Waste System, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 3/1/25

    3,635        2,407,351   
                 
  $ 4,433,215   
                 
 

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

New York Municipal Bond Fund

September 30, 2013

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Insured – Special Tax Revenue — 6.2%

  

New York State Housing Finance Agency, (AGM), 5.00%, 3/15/37

  $ 2,415      $ 2,482,379   

New York Thruway Authority, Miscellaneous Tax Revenue, (AMBAC), 5.50%, 4/1/20

    2,175        2,623,050   

Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 7/1/36

    3,000        539,850   

Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority, (FGIC), 0.00%, 7/1/32

    4,000        886,640   

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

    6,705        848,317   

Sales Tax Asset Receivables Corp., (AMBAC), 5.00%, 10/15/29

    850        882,232   

Sales Tax Asset Receivables Corp., (AMBAC), 5.00%, 10/15/32

    4,185        4,329,382   
                 
  $ 12,591,850   
                 

Insured – Transportation — 8.9%

  

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/24(1)

  $ 5,600      $ 6,335,390   

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (AGM), 5.00%, 8/15/33(1)

    11,000        11,640,090   
                 
  $ 17,975,480   
                 

Insured – Water and Sewer — 3.0%

  

Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority, (BHAC), 5.125%, 11/1/23

  $ 300      $ 343,155   

Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority, (BHAC), 5.375%, 11/1/28

    3,835        4,303,867   

Suffolk County Water Authority, (NPFG), 4.50%, 6/1/25

    1,475        1,505,813   
                 
  $ 6,152,835   
                 

Other Revenue — 5.9%

  

Battery Park City Authority, 5.00%, 11/1/34

  $ 5,225      $ 5,730,048   

Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., (Barclays Center), 0.00%, 7/15/31

    4,900        1,771,791   

New York Liberty Development Corp., (7 World Trade Center), 5.00%, 9/15/32

    4,110        4,363,012   
                 
  $ 11,864,851   
                 

Special Tax Revenue — 15.8%

  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Dedicated Tax Fund,
5.00%, 11/15/31(1)

  $ 10,000      $ 10,789,500   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Revenue, 5.00%, 2/1/35(1)

    10,000        10,525,800   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, Future Tax Revenue, 5.50%, 11/1/35(1)(2)

    1,000        1,105,360   

New York Dormitory Authority, Personal Income Tax Revenue,
5.00%, 6/15/31(1)

    6,500        7,037,875   

New York Thruway Authority, Miscellaneous Tax Revenue, 5.00%, 4/1/26

    2,370        2,598,634   
                 
  $ 32,057,169   
                 
Security   Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
   

Transportation — 11.5%

  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 5.25%, 11/15/38

  $ 3,430      $ 3,558,351   

Nassau County Bridge Authority, 5.00%, 10/1/35

    1,565        1,589,007   

Nassau County Bridge Authority, 5.00%, 10/1/40

    300        303,711   

New York Thruway Authority, 5.00%, 1/1/37

    7,380        7,605,828   

Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, 5.00%, 11/15/38(1)

    10,000        10,221,500   
                 
  $ 23,278,397   
                 

Water and Sewer — 5.7%

  

Albany Municipal Water Finance Authority, 5.00%, 12/1/26

  $ 755      $ 832,901   

Albany Municipal Water Finance Authority, 5.00%, 12/1/29

    500        536,690   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, (Water and Sewer System), 5.00%, 6/15/34

    1,000        1,063,790   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, (Water and Sewer System), 5.00%, 6/15/44(1)

    8,750        9,031,750   
                 
  $ 11,465,131   
                 

Total Tax-Exempt Investments — 166.7%
(identified cost $328,936,883)

   

  $ 337,442,600   
   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (66.7)%

  

  $ (134,990,131
   

Net Assets — 100.0%

  

  $ 202,452,469   
   

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

 

AGC     Assured Guaranty Corp.
AGM     Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
AMBAC     AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.
BHAC     Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
FGIC     Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
NPFG     National Public Finance Guaranty Corp.

The Fund invests primarily in debt securities issued by New York municipalities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry or municipality. In order to reduce the risk associated with such economic developments, at September 30, 2013, 40.3% of total investments are backed by bond insurance of various financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. The aggregate percentage insured by an individual financial institution or financial guaranty assurance agency ranged from 0.3% to 13.6% of total investments.

 

(1) 

Security represents the municipal bond held by a trust that issues residual interest bonds (see Note 1H).

 

(2) 

Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for residual interest bond transactions. The aggregate value of such collateral is $355,360.

 

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

 

    September 30, 2013  
Assets   Municipal Fund     California Fund     New York Fund  

Investments —

     

Identified cost

  $ 1,411,415,203      $ 418,324,951      $ 328,936,883   

Unrealized appreciation

    20,899,813        7,007,112        8,505,717   

Investments, at value

  $ 1,432,315,016      $ 425,332,063      $ 337,442,600   

Cash

  $ 7,139,981      $ 4,462,597      $ 3,511,689   

Restricted cash*

    1,048,000        575,000        225,000   

Interest receivable

    19,064,752        5,355,665        4,377,827   

Receivable for investments sold

    141,557        24,641        40,530   

Receivable for variation margin on open financial futures contracts

    21,188        1,578        4,688   

Deferred debt issuance costs

    615,910        168,513        53,956   

Total assets

  $ 1,460,346,404      $ 435,920,057      $ 345,656,290   
Liabilities                        

Payable for floating rate notes issued

  $ 610,570,000      $ 184,800,000      $ 142,670,000   

Payable for when-issued securities

    10,185,025                 

Payable to affiliates:

     

Investment adviser fee

    728,438        220,696        180,463   

Interest expense and fees payable

    1,208,644        361,870        226,399   

Accrued expenses

    207,170        130,185        126,959   

Total liabilities

  $ 622,899,277      $ 185,512,751      $ 143,203,821   

Net Assets

  $ 837,447,127      $ 250,407,306      $ 202,452,469   
Sources of Net Assets                        

Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized

  $ 681,683      $ 217,562      $ 158,966   

Additional paid-in capital

    958,234,857        306,726,139        223,846,507   

Accumulated net realized loss

    (141,424,528     (64,368,647     (30,908,122

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

    (362,515     1,327,696        969,655   

Net unrealized appreciation

    20,317,630        6,504,556        8,385,463   

Net Assets

  $ 837,447,127      $ 250,407,306      $ 202,452,469   
Common Shares Outstanding     68,168,250        21,756,186        15,896,585   
Net Asset Value                        

Net assets ÷ common shares issued and outstanding

  $ 12.29      $ 11.51      $ 12.74   

 

* Represents restricted cash on deposit at the broker for open financial futures contracts.

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Statements of Operations

 

 

    Year Ended September 30, 2013  
Investment Income   Municipal Fund     California Fund     New York Fund  

Interest

  $ 67,265,051      $ 19,778,431      $ 15,284,310   

Total investment income

  $ 67,265,051      $ 19,778,431      $ 15,284,310   
Expenses                        

Investment adviser fee

  $ 9,840,016      $ 2,978,448      $ 2,348,558   

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    60,366        18,571        14,673   

Custodian fee

    308,534        181,155        154,211   

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

    19,770        18,562        18,730   

Legal and accounting services

    266,084        82,578        80,307   

Printing and postage

    74,203        22,763        19,235   

Interest expense and fees

    4,278,611        1,249,417        927,019   

Miscellaneous

    74,773        36,012        33,301   

Total expenses

  $ 14,922,357      $ 4,587,506      $ 3,596,034   

Deduct —

     

Reduction of custodian fee

  $ 2,396      $ 1,251      $ 526   

Total expense reductions

  $ 2,396      $ 1,251      $ 526   

Net expenses

  $ 14,919,961      $ 4,586,255      $ 3,595,508   

Net investment income

  $ 52,345,090      $ 15,192,176      $ 11,688,802   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)                        

Net realized gain (loss) —

     

Investment transactions

  $ (13,592,611   $ (5,337,227   $ (1,763,824

Extinguishment of debt

    (115,118     (32,635       

Financial futures contracts

    4,150,075        2,083,552        955,921   

Net realized loss

  $ (9,557,654   $ (3,286,310   $ (807,903

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

     

Investments

  $ (113,335,035   $ (29,201,066   $ (27,177,898

Financial futures contracts

    (674,640     (421,507     (147,656

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ (114,009,675   $ (29,622,573   $ (27,325,554

Net realized and unrealized loss

  $ (123,567,329   $ (32,908,883   $ (28,133,457

Net decrease in net assets from operations

  $ (71,222,239   $ (17,716,707   $ (16,444,655

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

    Year Ended September 30, 2013  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   Municipal Fund     California Fund     New York Fund  

From operations —

     

Net investment income

  $ 52,345,090      $ 15,192,176      $ 11,688,802   

Net realized loss from investment transactions, extinguishment of debt and financial futures contracts

    (9,557,654     (3,286,310     (807,903

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments and financial futures contracts

    (114,009,675     (29,622,573     (27,325,554

Net decrease in net assets from operations

  $ (71,222,239   $ (17,716,707   $ (16,444,655

Distributions to common shareholders —

     

From net investment income

  $ (52,214,271   $ (14,228,546   $ (10,936,048

Total distributions to common shareholders

  $ (52,214,271   $ (14,228,546   $ (10,936,048

Capital share transactions —

     

Reinvestment of distributions to common shareholders

  $ 356,129      $      $ 40,685   

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

  $ 356,129      $      $ 40,685   

Net decrease in net assets

  $ (123,080,381   $ (31,945,253   $ (27,340,018
Net Assets                        

At beginning of year

  $ 960,527,508      $ 282,352,559      $ 229,792,487   

At end of year

  $ 837,447,127      $ 250,407,306      $ 202,452,469   
Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income
included in net assets
                       

At end of year

  $ (362,515   $ 1,327,696      $ 969,655   

 

  22   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets — continued

 

 

    Year Ended September 30, 2012  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   Municipal Fund     California Fund     New York Fund  

From operations —

     

Net investment income

  $ 51,959,034      $ 14,986,278      $ 11,564,459   

Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions, extinguishment of debt, financial futures contracts and swap contracts

    (3,852,430     (5,900,537     2,773,656   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, financial futures contracts and swap contracts

    111,234,773        33,765,761        17,979,700   

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 159,341,377      $ 42,851,502      $ 32,317,815   

Distributions to common shareholders —

     

From net investment income

  $ (54,964,947   $ (15,903,902   $ (11,840,617

Total distributions to common shareholders

  $ (54,964,947   $ (15,903,902   $ (11,840,617

Capital share transactions —

     

Reinvestment of distributions to common shareholders

  $ 446,577      $ 110,639      $ 312,111   

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

  $ 446,577      $ 110,639      $ 312,111   

Net increase in net assets

  $ 104,823,007      $ 27,058,239      $ 20,789,309   
Net Assets                        

At beginning of year

  $ 855,704,501      $ 255,294,320      $ 209,003,178   

At end of year

  $ 960,527,508      $ 282,352,559      $ 229,792,487   
Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income
included in net assets
                       

At end of year

  $ (411,732   $ 417,199      $ 283,114   

 

  23   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

    Year Ended September 30, 2013  
Cash Flows From Operating Activities   Municipal Fund     California Fund     New York Fund  

Net decrease in net assets from operations

  $ (71,222,239   $ (17,716,707   $ (16,444,655

Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

     

Investments purchased

    (265,105,516     (108,504,335     (53,234,757

Investments sold

    278,657,220        109,525,907        42,894,246   

Net amortization/accretion of premium (discount)

    (4,162,907     (714,259     (13,372

Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs

    117,943        20,110        18,209   

Decrease in restricted cash

    188,000        300,000        15,000   

Decrease (increase) in interest receivable

    (179,137     173,963        (202,073

Decrease in receivable for variation margin on open financial futures contracts

    20,187        25,797        4,687   

Decrease in receivable from the transfer agent

    93,779               20,736   

Increase (decrease) in payable to affiliate for investment adviser fee

    (78,963     (1,414     8,237   

Increase (decrease) in interest expense and fees payable

    (138,152     (84,761     4,812   

Decrease in accrued expenses

    (8,752     (17,180     (6,920

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation from investments

    113,335,035        29,201,066        27,177,898   

Net realized loss from investments

    13,592,611        5,337,227        1,763,824   

Net realized loss on extinguishment of debt

    115,118        32,635          

Net cash provided by operating activities

  $ 65,224,227      $ 17,578,049      $ 2,005,872   
Cash Flows From Financing Activities                        

Distributions paid to common shareholders, net of reinvestments

  $ (51,858,142   $ (14,228,546   $ (10,895,363

Proceeds from secured borrowings

    96,385,000        57,565,000        28,380,000   

Repayment of secured borrowings

    (99,145,000     (54,040,000     (15,745,000

Decrease in due to custodian

    (3,466,104     (2,411,906     (233,820

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  $ (58,084,246   $ (13,115,452   $ 1,505,817   

Net increase in cash

  $ 7,139,981      $ 4,462,597      $ 3,511,689   

Cash at beginning of year

  $      $      $   

Cash at end of year

  $ 7,139,981      $ 4,462,597      $ 3,511,689   
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:                        

Noncash financing activities not included herein consist of:

     

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

  $ 356,129      $      $ 40,685   

Cash paid for interest and fees

    4,298,820        1,314,068        903,998   

 

  24   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Municipal Fund  
    Year Ended September 30,  
    2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net asset value — Beginning of year

  $ 14.100      $ 12.560      $ 13.080      $ 13.170      $ 11.080   
Income (Loss) From Operations                                        

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.768      $ 0.763      $ 0.878      $ 0.878      $ 0.846   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.812     1.584        (0.482     (0.059     2.051   

Total income (loss) from operations

  $ (1.044   $ 2.347      $ 0.396      $ 0.819      $ 2.897   
Less Distributions                                        

From net investment income

  $ (0.766   $ (0.807   $ (0.916   $ (0.909   $ (0.807

Total distributions

  $ (0.766   $ (0.807   $ (0.916   $ (0.909   $ (0.807

Net asset value — End of year

  $ 12.290      $ 14.100      $ 12.560      $ 13.080      $ 13.170   

Market value — End of year

  $ 11.560      $ 14.460      $ 12.350      $ 13.900      $ 13.160   

Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)

    (7.59 )%      19.33     3.89     6.77     28.15

Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)

    (15.17 )%      24.45     (3.87 )%      13.55     27.36
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                        

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

  $ 837,447      $ 960,528      $ 855,705      $ 889,539      $ 893,391   

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

         

Expenses excluding interest and fees(3)

    1.15     1.30     1.25     1.12     1.04

Interest and fee expense(4)

    0.47     0.48     0.56     0.54     1.33

Total expenses(3)

    1.62     1.78     1.81     1.66     2.37

Net investment income

    5.67     5.75     7.54     7.04     7.94

Portfolio Turnover

    18     17     18     18     19

 

(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. Distributions are assumed to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.

 

(3) 

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

 

(4) 

Interest and fee expense relates to the liability for floating rate notes issued in conjunction with residual interest bond transactions (see Note 1H).

 

  25   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    California Fund  
    Year Ended September 30,  
    2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net asset value — Beginning of year

  $ 12.980      $ 11.740      $ 12.610      $ 12.940      $ 11.310   
Income (Loss) From Operations                                        

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.698      $ 0.689      $ 0.801      $ 0.847      $ 0.827   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.514     1.282        (0.822     (0.331     1.570   

Total income (loss) from operations

  $ (0.816   $ 1.971      $ (0.021   $ 0.516      $ 2.397   
Less Distributions                                        

From net investment income

  $ (0.654   $ (0.731   $ (0.849   $ (0.846   $ (0.767

Total distributions

  $ (0.654   $ (0.731   $ (0.849   $ (0.846   $ (0.767

Net asset value — End of year

  $ 11.510      $ 12.980      $ 11.740      $ 12.610      $ 12.940   

Market value — End of year

  $ 10.330      $ 12.650      $ 12.270      $ 13.300      $ 12.970   

Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)

    (6.18 )%      17.34     0.48     4.53     22.99

Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)

    (13.60 )%      9.42     (0.43 )%      10.00     25.72
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                        

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

  $ 250,407      $ 282,353      $ 255,294      $ 273,914      $ 280,743   

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

         

Expenses excluding interest and fees

    1.22     1.25     1.42     1.16     1.06

Interest and fee expense(3)

    0.46     0.48     0.57     0.56     1.28

Total expenses before custodian fee reduction

    1.68     1.73     1.99     1.72     2.34

Expenses after custodian fee reduction excluding interest and fees

    1.22     1.25     1.42     1.16     1.04

Net investment income

    5.56     5.57     7.20     7.01     7.64

Portfolio Turnover

    22     27     21     11     8

 

(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. Distributions are assumed to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.

 

(3) 

Interest and fee expense relates to the liability for floating rate notes issued in conjunction with residual interest bond transactions (see Note 1H).

 

  26   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

 

    New York Fund  
    Year Ended September 30,  
    2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net asset value — Beginning of year

  $ 14.460      $ 13.170      $ 13.610      $ 13.640      $ 11.650   
Income (Loss) From Operations                                        

Net investment income(1)

  $ 0.735      $ 0.728      $ 0.797      $ 0.831      $ 0.790   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.767     1.308        (0.412     (0.041     1.934   

Total income (loss) from operations

  $ (1.032   $ 2.036      $ 0.385      $ 0.790      $ 2.724   
Less Distributions                                        

From net investment income

  $ (0.688   $ (0.746   $ (0.825   $ (0.820   $ (0.734

Total distributions

  $ (0.688   $ (0.746   $ (0.825   $ (0.820   $ (0.734

Net asset value — End of year

  $ 12.740      $ 14.460      $ 13.170      $ 13.610      $ 13.640   

Market value — End of year

  $ 11.540      $ 14.660      $ 13.450      $ 14.010      $ 14.120   

Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)

    (7.16 )%      15.87     3.37     6.16     24.78

Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)

    (17.05 )%      15.03     2.56     5.56     37.06
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                        

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

  $ 202,452      $ 229,792      $ 209,003      $ 215,453      $ 215,303   

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

         

Expenses excluding interest and fees

    1.21     1.22     1.39     1.12     1.04

Interest and fee expense(3)

    0.42     0.43     0.52     0.55     1.34

Total expenses before custodian fee reduction

    1.63     1.65     1.91     1.67     2.38

Expenses after custodian fee reduction excluding interest and fees

    1.21     1.22     1.39     1.12     1.03

Net investment income

    5.29     5.29     6.37     6.30     6.83

Portfolio Turnover

    12     17     29     11     21

 

(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. Distributions are assumed to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.

 

(3) 

Interest and fee expense relates to the liability for floating rate notes issued in conjunction with residual interest bond transactions (see Note 1H).

 

  27   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund, Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund, (each individually referred to as the Fund, and collectively, the Funds), are Massachusetts business trusts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as non-diversified, closed-end management investment companies. The Funds’ investment objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax, including alternative minimum tax, and, in state specific funds, taxes in its specified state.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Funds. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

A  Investment Valuation — The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.

Debt Obligations. Debt obligations (including short-term obligations with a remaining maturity of more than sixty days) are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services’ pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and asked prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Derivatives. Financial futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Interest rate swaps are normally valued using valuations provided by a third party pricing service. Such pricing service valuations are based on the present value of fixed and projected floating rate cash flows over the term of the swap contract. Future cash flows are discounted to their present value using swap rates provided by electronic data services or by broker/dealers.

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of a Fund in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each such determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable 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 entity’s financial condition, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

B  Investment Transactions and Related Income — 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. Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount.

C  Federal Taxes — Each Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its taxable, if any, and tax-exempt 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. Each Fund intends to satisfy conditions which will enable it to designate distributions from the interest income generated by its investments in non-taxable municipal securities, which are exempt from regular federal income tax when received by each Fund, as exempt-interest dividends.

At September 30, 2013, the following Funds, for federal income tax purposes, had capital loss carryforwards and deferred capital losses which will reduce the respective Fund’s 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 Funds of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the Funds’ next taxable year and are treated as realized prior to the utilization of the capital loss carryforward. The amounts and expiration dates of the capital loss carryforwards and the amounts of the deferred capital losses are as follows:

 

Expiration Date   Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

September 30, 2015

  $ 31,250       $       $   

September 30, 2016

    6,857,645         533,889           

September 30, 2017

    18,034,628         4,562,453         7,946,914   

September 30, 2018

    56,183,712         23,169,615         8,909,352   

September 30, 2019

    16,458,561         7,665,268         6,463,209   

Total capital loss carryforward

  $ 97,565,796       $ 35,931,225       $ 23,319,475   

Deferred capital losses

  $ 48,053,779       $ 27,483,193       $ 7,430,247   

 

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Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

As of September 30, 2013, the Funds had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each Fund files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.

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

E  Legal Fees — Legal fees and other related expenses incurred as part of negotiations of the terms and requirement of capital infusions, or that are expected to result in the restructuring of, or a plan of reorganization for, an investment are recorded as realized losses. Ongoing expenditures to protect or enhance an investment are treated as operating expenses.

F  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.

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

H  Floating Rate Notes Issued in Conjunction with Securities Held — The Funds may invest in residual interest bonds, also referred to as inverse floating rate securities, whereby a Fund may sell a variable or fixed rate bond to a broker for cash. At the same time, the Fund buys a residual interest in the assets and cash flows of a Special-Purpose Vehicle (the SPV), (which is generally organized as a trust), set up by the broker. The broker deposits a bond into the SPV with the same CUSIP number as the bond sold to the broker by the Fund, and which may have been, but is not required to be, the bond purchased from the Fund (the Bond). The SPV also issues floating rate notes (Floating Rate Notes) which are sold to third-parties. The residual interest bond held by a Fund gives the Fund the right (1) to cause the holders of the Floating Rate Notes to generally tender their notes at par, and (2) to have the broker transfer the Bond held by the SPV to the Fund, thereby terminating the SPV. Should the Fund exercise such right, it would generally pay the broker the par amount due on the Floating Rate Notes and exchange the residual interest bond for the underlying Bond. Pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles for transfers and servicing of financial assets and extinguishment of liabilities, the Funds account for the transaction described above as a secured borrowing by including the Bond in their Portfolio of Investments and the Floating Rate Notes as a liability under the caption “Payable for floating rate notes issued” in their Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Floating Rate Notes have interest rates that generally reset weekly and their holders have the option to tender their notes to the broker for redemption at par at each reset date. Accordingly, the fair value of the payable for floating rate notes issued approximates its carrying value. If measured at fair value, the payable for floating rate notes would have been considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (see Note 8) at September 30, 2013. Interest expense related to the Funds’ liability with respect to Floating Rate Notes is recorded as incurred. The SPV may be terminated by the Fund, as noted above, or by the broker upon the occurrence of certain termination events as defined in the trust agreement, such as a downgrade in the credit quality of the underlying Bond, bankruptcy of or payment failure by the issuer of the underlying Bond, the inability to remarket Floating Rate Notes that have been tendered due to insufficient buyers in the market, or the failure by the SPV to obtain renewal of the liquidity agreement under which liquidity support is provided for the Floating Rate Notes up to one year. Structuring fees paid to the liquidity provider upon the creation of an SPV have been recorded as debt issuance costs and are being amortized as interest expense to the expected maturity of the related trust. Unamortized structuring fees related to a terminated SPV are recorded as a realized loss on extinguishment of debt. At September 30, 2013, the amounts of the Funds’ Floating Rate Notes and related interest rates and collateral were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Floating Rate Notes Outstanding

  $ 610,570,000       $ 184,800,000       $ 142,670,000   

Interest Rate or Range of Interest Rates (%)

    0.07 - 0.52         0.07 - 0.12         0.07 - 0.11   

Collateral for Floating Rate Notes Outstanding

  $ 697,933,441       $ 217,629,196       $ 166,405,487   

 

  29  


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Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

For the year ended September 30, 2013, the Funds’ average Floating Rate Notes outstanding and the average interest rate including fees and amortization of deferred debt issuance costs were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Average Floating Rate Notes Outstanding

  $ 612,855,274       $ 192,061,630       $ 141,458,986   

Average Interest Rate

    0.70      0.65      0.66

The Funds may enter into shortfall and forbearance agreements with the broker by which a Fund agrees to reimburse the broker, in certain circumstances, for the difference between the liquidation value of the Bond held by the SPV and the liquidation value of the Floating Rate Notes, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The Funds’ exposure under shortfall and forbearance agreements that were entered into as of September 30, 2013 was approximately $261,000 for Municipal Fund and none for California Fund and New York Fund.

The Funds may also purchase residual interest bonds from brokers in a secondary market transaction without first owning the underlying bond. Such transactions are not required to be treated as secured borrowings. Shortfall agreements, if any, related to residual interest bonds purchased in a secondary market transaction are disclosed in the Portfolio of Investments.

The Funds’ investment policies and restrictions expressly permit investments in residual interest bonds. Such bonds typically offer the potential for yields exceeding the yields available on fixed rate bonds with comparable credit quality and maturity. These securities tend to underperform the market for fixed rate bonds in a rising long-term interest rate environment, but tend to outperform the market for fixed rate bonds when long-term interest rates decline. The value and income of residual interest bonds are generally more volatile than that of a fixed rate bond. The Funds’ investment policies do not allow the Funds to borrow money except as permitted by the 1940 Act. Management believes that the Funds’ restrictions on borrowing money and issuing senior securities (other than as specifically permitted) do not apply to Floating Rate Notes issued by the SPV and included as a liability in the Funds’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities. As secured indebtedness issued by an SPV, Floating Rate Notes are distinct from the borrowings and senior securities to which the Funds’ restrictions apply. Residual interest bonds held by the Funds are securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

I  Financial Futures Contracts — Upon entering into a financial futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or securities, an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin). Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Fund each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. Gains (losses) are realized upon the expiration or closing of the financial futures contracts. Should market conditions change unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. Futures contracts have minimal counterparty risk as they are exchange traded and the clearinghouse for the exchange is substituted as the counterparty, guaranteeing counterparty performance.

J  Interest Rate Swaps — Pursuant to interest rate swap agreements, a Fund makes periodic payments at a fixed interest rate and, in exchange, receives payments based on the interest rate of a benchmark industry index. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. During the term of the outstanding swap agreement, changes in the underlying value of the swap are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. The value of the swap is determined by changes in the relationship between two rates of interest. A Fund is exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the swap counterparty. Risk may also arise from movements in interest rates.

K  When-Issued Securities and Delayed Delivery Transactions — The Funds may purchase or sell securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. At the time the transaction is negotiated, the price of the security that will be delivered is fixed. The Funds maintain security positions for these commitments such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payments upon settlement. Securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and begin earning interest on settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

L  Statement of Cash Flows — The cash amount shown in the Statement of Cash Flows of a Fund is the amount included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represents the unrestricted cash on hand at its custodian and does not include any short-term investments.

2  Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund intends to make monthly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders. In addition, at least annually, each Fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains (reduced by available capital loss carryforwards). Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Funds distinguish 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

 

  30  


Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

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 September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 was as follows:

 

    Year Ended September 30, 2013  
     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Distributions declared from:

       

Tax-exempt income

  $ 52,180,276       $ 14,225,931       $ 10,935,903   

Ordinary income

    33,995         2,615         145   

 

    Year Ended September 30, 2012  
     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Distributions declared from:

       

Tax-exempt income

  $ 54,887,510       $ 15,878,359       $ 11,824,850   

Ordinary income

    77,437         25,543         15,767   

During the year ended September 30, 2013, the following amounts were reclassified due to expired capital loss carryforwards and differences between book and tax accounting, primarily for accretion of market discount:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Change in:

       

Paid-in capital

  $         —       $       $ (125,998

Accumulated net realized loss

  $ 81,602       $ 53,133       $ 192,211   

Accumulated undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

  $ (81,602    $ (53,133    $ (66,213

These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Funds.

As of September 30, 2013, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Municipal Fund     California
Fund
    New York
Fund
 

Undistributed tax-exempt income

  $ 889,044      $ 1,327,696      $ 969,655   

Capital loss carryforward and deferred capital losses

  $ (145,619,575   $ (63,414,418   $ (30,749,722

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 23,261,118      $ 5,550,327      $ 8,227,063   

The differences between components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to wash sales, residual interest bonds, expeditures on defaulted bonds, futures contracts and accretion of market discount.

3  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by Eaton Vance Management (EVM) as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to each Fund. For New York Fund, the fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.65% of its average weekly gross assets. For Municipal Fund and California Fund, prior to May 1, 2013, the fee was computed at an annual rate of 0.65% of each Fund’s average weekly gross assets. Pursuant to a fee reduction agreement between each of Municipal Fund and California Fund and EVM, commencing May 1, 2013, the annual fee was reduced by 0.025% to 0.625% and will

 

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Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

be reduced by another 0.025% commencing May 1, 2014. The fee reductions cannot be terminated without the consent of a majority of Trustees and a majority of shareholders. Average weekly gross assets include the principal amount of any indebtedness for money borrowed, including debt securities issued by a Fund. Pursuant to a fee reduction agreement with EVM, average weekly gross assets are calculated by adding to net assets the amount payable by the Fund to floating rate note holders, such adjustment being limited to the value of the Auction Preferred Shares (APS) outstanding prior to any APS redemptions by the Fund. The investment adviser fee is payable monthly. EVM also serves as the administrator of each Fund, but receives no compensation. For the year ended September 30, 2013, the investment adviser fees were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Investment Adviser Fee

  $ 9,840,016       $ 2,978,448       $ 2,348,558   

Trustees and officers of the Funds who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Funds out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Funds who are not affiliated with the investment adviser may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the year ended September 30, 2013, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Funds are officers of EVM.

4  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, for the year ended September 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Purchases

  $ 275,290,541       $ 101,212,023       $ 53,234,757   

Sales

  $ 278,722,336       $ 104,050,548       $ 42,934,776   

5  Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

Common shares issued pursuant to the Funds’ dividend reinvestment plan for the years ended September 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Year Ended September 30, 2013

    24,971                 2,812   

Year Ended September 30, 2012

    33,515         9,232         22,680   

6  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of each Fund at September 30, 2013, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Aggregate cost

  $ 798,483,898       $ 234,981,736       $ 186,545,537   

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 60,173,805       $ 14,204,839       $ 14,199,271   

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (36,912,687      (8,654,512      (5,972,208

Net unrealized appreciation

  $ 23,261,118       $ 5,550,327       $ 8,227,063   

 

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September 30, 2013

 

Notes to Financial Statements — continued

 

 

7  Financial Instruments

The Funds may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of their investing activities. These financial instruments may include financial futures contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment a Fund 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 September 30, 2013 is as follows:

 

Futures Contracts  
Fund   Expiration
Month/Year
     Contracts    Position    Aggregate
Cost
     Value      Net
Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Municipal     12/13       339
U.S. Long Treasury Bond
   Short    $ (44,631,942    $ (45,214,125    $ (582,183
California     12/13       125
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note
   Short    $ (15,487,076    $ (15,798,828    $ (311,752
      12/13       119
U.S. Long Treasury Bond
   Short      (15,680,821      (15,871,625      (190,804
New York     12/13       75
U.S. Long Treasury Bond
   Short    $ (9,882,871    $ (10,003,125    $ (120,254

At September 30, 2013, the Funds had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

Each Fund is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Because the Funds hold fixed-rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. The Funds purchase and sell U.S. Treasury futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates.

The fair values of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is interest rate risk at September 30, 2013 were as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Liability Derivative:

    

Futures Contracts

  $ (582,183 )(1)     $ (502,556 )(1)     $ (120,254 )(1) 

Total

    $(582,183)         $(502,556)       $ (120,254

 

(1) 

Amount represents cumulative unrealized depreciation on futures contracts in the Futures Contracts table above. Only the current day’s variation margin on open futures contracts is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Receivable or Payable for variation margin, as applicable.

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is interest rate risk for the year ended September 30, 2013 was as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

  $ 4,150,075 (1)     $ 2,083,552 (1)     $ 955,921 (1) 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

  $ (674,640 )(2)     $ (421,507 )(2)     $ (147,656 )(2) 

 

(1) 

Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Financial futures contracts.

 

(2) 

Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Financial futures contracts.

 

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The average notional amounts of futures contracts outstanding during the year ended September 30, 2013, which are indicative of the volume of this derivative type, were approximately as follows:

 

     Municipal
Fund
     California
Fund
     New York
Fund
 

Average Notional Amount:

    

Futures Contracts

  $ 33,923,000       $ 32,477,000       $ 7,500,000   

8  Fair Value Measurements

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

Ÿ  

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

Ÿ  

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At September 30, 2013, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Funds’ investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Municipal Fund

 
Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities

  $       $ 1,432,237,074       $         —       $ 1,432,237,074   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

                    77,942         77,942   

Total Investments

  $       $ 1,432,237,074       $ 77,942       $ 1,432,315,016   

Liability Description

                                  

Futures Contracts

  $ (582,183    $       $       $ (582,183

Total

  $ (582,183    $       $       $ (582,183
          

California Fund

 
Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Tax-Exempt Investments

  $       $ 425,332,063       $         —       $ 425,332,063   

Total Investments

  $       $ 425,332,063       $       $ 425,332,063   

Liability Description

                                  

Futures Contracts

  $ (502,556    $       $       $ (502,556

Total

  $ (502,556    $       $       $ (502,556
          

 

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New York Fund

 
Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Tax-Exempt Investments

  $       $ 337,442,600       $         —       $ 337,442,600   

Total Investments

  $       $ 337,442,600       $       $ 337,442,600   

Liability Description

                                  

Futures Contracts

  $ (120,254    $       $       $ (120,254

Total

  $ (120,254    $       $       $ (120,254

 

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

California Fund and New York Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of September 30, 2012 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. Level 3 investments held by Municipal Fund at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the year ended September 30, 2013 is not presented.

At September 30, 2013, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year then ended.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund, Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund, Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund (collectively, the “Funds”), including the portfolios of investments, as of September 30, 2013, 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 Funds’ 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 Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their 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 Funds’ 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 owned as of September 30, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, 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 positions of Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund, Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund as of September 30, 2013, the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their 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

November 15, 2013

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

 

The Form 1099-DIV you receive in January 2014 will show the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2013. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax adviser with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Funds. As required by the Internal Revenue Code and/or regulations, shareholders must be notified regarding exempt-interest dividends.

Exempt-Interest Dividends.  The Funds designate the following percentages of distributions as exempt-interest dividends:

 

Municipal Bond Fund

    99.93

California Municipal Bond Fund

    99.98

New York Municipal Bond Fund

    100.00

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

 

The Funds held their Annual Meeting of Shareholders on July 19, 2013. The following action was taken by the shareholders:

Item 1:  The election of Scott E. Eston, Benjamin C. Esty, Thomas E. Faust Jr. and Allen R. Freedman as Class II Trustees of each Fund for a three-year term expiring in 2016.

 

     Nominee for Class II Trustee
Elected by All Shareholders:
Scott E. Eston
     Nominee for Class II Trustee
Elected by All Shareholders:
Benjamin C.  Esty
     Nominee for Class II Trustee
Elected by All Shareholders:
Thomas E. Faust Jr.
     Nominee for Class II Trustee
Elected by All Shareholders:
Allen R.  Freedman
 

Municipal Fund

          

For

    61,277,138         61,126,242         61,104,276         60,989,163   

Withheld

    1,497,844         1,648,740         1,670,706         1,785,819   

California Fund

          

For

    18,527,977         18,535,213         18,504,327         18,511,610   

Withheld

    1,310,242         1,303,006         1,333,892         1,326,609   

New York Fund

          

For

    14,124,786         14,040,222         14,302,492         14,017,354   

Withheld

    611,094         695,658         433,388         718,526   

 

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Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

 

Each Fund offers a dividend reinvestment plan (Plan) pursuant to which shareholders may elect to have distributions automatically reinvested in common shares (Shares) of the Fund. 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 NAV 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 NAV per Share or 95% of the market price. Otherwise, Shares generally will be purchased on the open market by AST, the Plan agent (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 each Fund’s transfer agent re-register your Shares in your name or you will not be able to participate.

The Agent’s service fee for handling distributions will be paid by each Fund. Plan participants 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 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 Agent to sell part or all of his or her Shares and remit the proceeds, the 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 Agent. Any inquiries regarding the Plan can be directed to the Agent at 1-866-439-6787.

 

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Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

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 Municipal Bond Funds

c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Company

P.O. Box 922

Wall Street Station

New York, NY 10269-0560

 

 

Number of Employees

Each Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a closed-end management investment company and has no employees.

Number of Shareholders

As of September 30, 2013, Fund records indicate that there are 178, 31 and 44 registered shareholders for Municipal Bond Fund, California Municipal Bond Fund and New York Municipal Bond Fund, respectively, and approximately 24,229, 6,080 and 5,007 shareholders owning the Fund shares in street name, such as through brokers, banks and financial intermediaries for Municipal Bond Fund, California Municipal Bond Fund and New York Municipal Bond Fund, respectively.

If you are a street name shareholder and wish to receive Fund reports directly, which contain important information about a Fund, please write or call:

Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

1-800-262-1122

NYSE MKT symbols

Municipal Bond Fund                                                      EIM

California Municipal Bond Fund                                    EVM

New York Municipal Bond Fund                                    ENX

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

 

 

Overview of the Contract Review Process

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

At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 23, 2013, 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, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by each adviser to the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2013, as well as information considered during prior meetings of the committee. Such information included, among other things, the following:

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

Ÿ  

An independent report comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds;

 

Ÿ  

An independent report comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

Data regarding investment performance in comparison to benchmark indices and customized peer groups, in each case as approved by the Board with respect to the funds;

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

Ÿ  

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;

 

Ÿ  

Information about 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 client commission arrangements and the fund’s policies with respect to “soft dollar” arrangements;

 

Ÿ  

Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;

 

Ÿ  

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;

 

Ÿ  

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

Information about each Adviser

 

Ÿ  

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;

 

Ÿ  

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;

 

Ÿ  

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;

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

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;

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

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

 

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Other Relevant Information

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

The terms of each advisory agreement.

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, 2013, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met eight times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met eight, twenty-one, five, nine and thirteen times respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees participated in investment and performance reviews with the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to each fund. The Board and its Committees considered the investment and trading strategies used in pursuing each fund’s investment objective, including, where relevant, the use of derivative instruments, as well as processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions and risk management techniques. The Board and its Committees also evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by Eaton Vance Management and other fund advisers with respect to such matters.

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 continuation of the investment advisory agreements of the following funds:

 

Ÿ  

Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund

 

Ÿ  

Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund

 

Ÿ  

Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund

(the “Funds”), each with Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”), including their fee structures, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of each 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 each agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for each Fund.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

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

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by each 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 Funds. In particular, the Board considered, where relevant, the abilities and experience of such investment personnel in analyzing factors such as credit risk, tax efficiency, and special considerations relevant to investing in municipal bonds. The Board considered the Adviser’s large municipal bond team, which includes portfolio managers and credit specialists who provide services to the Funds. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, including the compensation methods of the Adviser to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted to each Fund by senior management.

The Board reviewed the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also evaluated the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

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Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large family of funds.

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 agreements.

Fund Performance

The Board compared each Fund’s investment performance to a relevant universe of similarly managed funds identified by an independent data provider and appropriate benchmark indices and assessed each Fund’s performance on the basis of total return and current income return. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2012 for each Fund. The Board considered the impact of extraordinary market conditions in recent years on each Fund’s performance in light of, among other things, the Adviser’s efforts to generate competitive levels of tax exempt current income over time through investments that, relative to its peer universe, focus on higher quality municipal bonds with longer maturities. The Board noted that the Adviser had taken action to restructure each Fund’s portfolio as part of a long-term strategy for managing interest rate risk, consistent with each Fund’s objective of providing current income. The Board concluded that each Fund’s performance had been satisfactory on the basis of current income return, and that it was appropriate to continue to monitor the effectiveness of the actions taken by the Adviser to improve Fund performance on the basis of total return, which the Board noted had improved for periods ended as of December 31, 2012.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board reviewed contractual investment advisory fee rates payable by each Fund (referred to as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the management fees and each Fund’s total expense ratio for the year ended September 30, 2012, as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an independent data provider. The Board considered the fact that, at the request of the Contract Review Committee, the Adviser had undertaken to permanently reduce fees of the Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund and the Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund in an agreed upon amount, such reduction to be effective May 1, 2013. The Board also considered factors that had an impact on Fund expense ratios, as identified by management in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee, as well as actions taken by management in recent years to reduce expenses at the Eaton Vance fund complex level, including the negotiation of reduced fees for transfer agency and custody services.

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

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

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and each Fund, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of each Fund increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of each Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of each Fund and the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that each Fund currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale. The Board also considered the fact that the Funds are not continuously offered and that the Funds’ assets are not expected to increase materially in the foreseeable future. The Board 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 schedules is not appropriate at this time.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Management and Organization

 

 

Fund Management.  The Trustees of Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund (EIM), Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund (EVM) and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund (ENX), (the Funds) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Funds’ affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Funds 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. The “Noninterested Trustees” consist of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, 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. Each Trustee oversees 190 portfolios in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds. Each Trustee serves for a three year term. Each officer serves until his or her successor is elected.

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Position(s)

with the
Funds

    

Term of Office;

Length of
Service

    

Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships

During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience

Interested Trustee

Thomas E. Faust Jr.

1958

  

Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2016.

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 190 registered investment companies. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Funds.

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) Director of EVC and Hexavest Inc.

            

Noninterested Trustees

Scott E. Eston

1956

  

Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2016.

3 years.

Trustee since 2011.

    

Private investor. Formerly held various positions at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Co., L.L.C. (investment management firm) (1997-2009), including Chief Operating Officer (2002-2009), Chief Financial Officer (1997-2009) and Chairman of the Executive Committee (2002-2008); President and Principal Executive Officer, GMO Trust (open-end registered investment company) (2006-2009). Former Partner, Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P. (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (public accounting firm) (1987-1997).

Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.

Benjamin C. Esty

1963

  

Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2016.

3 years.

Trustee since 2005.

    

Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration and Finance Unit Head, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.

Allen R. Freedman

1940

  

Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2016.

3 years.

Trustee since 2007.

    

Private Investor. 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). Former Chairman and a Director of Indus International, Inc. (provider of enterprise management software to the power generating industry) (2005-2007). Former Chief Executive Officer of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) (1979-2000).

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) Director of Stonemor Partners, L.P. (owner and operator of cemeteries). Formerly, Director of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) (1979-2011).

William H. Park

1947

  

Class I

Trustee

    

Until 2015.

3 years.

Trustee since 2003.

    

Consultant and private investor. Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Aveon Group L.P. (investment management firm) (2010-2011). Formerly, Vice Chairman, Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company) (2006-2010). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) (2002-2005). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, United Asset Management Corporation (investment management firm) (1982-2001). Formerly, Senior Manager, Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (an independent registered public accounting firm) (1972-1981).

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.

Ronald A. Pearlman

1940

  

Class III

Trustee

    

Until 2014.

3 years.

Trustee since 2003.

    

Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. Formerly, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy) and Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy), U.S. Department of the Treasury (1983-1985). Formerly, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, U.S. Congress (1988-1990).

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Management and Organization — continued

 

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Position(s)

with the
Funds

    

Term of Office;

Length of
Service

    

Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships

During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience

Noninterested Trustees (continued)

Helen Frame Peters

1948

  

Class III

Trustee

    

Until 2014.

3 years.

Trustee since 2008.

    

Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Formerly, Dean, Carroll School of Management, Boston College (2000-2002). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Scudder Kemper Investments (investment management firm) (1998-1999). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Equity and Fixed Income, Colonial Management Associates (investment management firm) (1991-1998).

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) Formerly, Director of BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (wholesale club retailer) (2004-2011). Formerly, Trustee of SPDR Index Shares Funds and SPDR Series Trust (exchange traded funds) (2000-2009). Formerly, Director of Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (a bank for banks) (2007-2009).

Lynn A. Stout

1957

  

Class I

Trustee

    

Until 2015.

3 years.

Trustee since 2002.

    

Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Business Law, Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute, Cornell University Law School. Formerly, the Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate and Securities Law (2006-2012) and Professor of Law (2001-2006), University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.

Harriett Tee Taggart

1948

  

Class III

Trustee

    

Until 2014.

2 years.

Trustee since 2011.

    

Managing Director, Taggart Associates (a professional practice firm). Formerly, Partner and Senior Vice President, Wellington Management Company, LLP (investment management firm) (1983-2006).

Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of Albemarle Corporation (chemicals manufacturer) (since 2007) and The Hanover Group (specialty property and casualty insurance company) (since 2009). Formerly, Director of Lubrizol Corporation (specialty chemicals) (2007-2011).

Ralph F. Verni

1943

  

Chairman of the Board and

Class I Trustee

    

Until 2015.

3 years.

Chairman of the Board since 2007 and Trustee since 2005.

    

Consultant and private investor. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer (1982-1992), Chief Financial Officer (1988-1990) and Director (1982-1992), New England Life. Formerly, Chairperson, New England Mutual Funds (1982-1992). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, State Street Management & Research (1992-2000). Formerly, Chairperson, State Street Research Mutual Funds (1992-2000). Formerly, Director, W.P. Carey, LLC (1998-2004) and First Pioneer Farm Credit Corp. (2002-2006).

Directorships in the Last Five Years.(1) None.

            

Principal Officers who are not Trustees

Name and Year of Birth    Position(s)
with the
Funds
    

Length of

Service

    

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Cynthia J. Clemson

1963

   President of EVM and ENX      Since 2005      Vice President of EVM and BMR.

Thomas M. Metzold

1958

   President of EIM      Since 2010      Vice President of EVM and BMR.

Payson F. Swaffield

1956

   Vice President      Since 2011      Vice President and Chief Income Investment Officer of EVM and BMR.

Maureen A. Gemma

1960

   Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer      Vice President since 2011, Secretary since 2007 and Chief Legal Officer since 2008      Vice President of EVM and BMR.

James F. Kirchner(2)

1967

   Treasurer      Since 2013      Vice President of EVM and BMR.

 

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Eaton Vance

Municipal Bond Funds

September 30, 2013

 

Management and Organization — continued

 

 

Name and Year of Birth    Position(s)
with the
Funds
    

Length of

Service

    

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Principal Officers who are not Trustees (continued)

Paul M. O’Neil

1953

   Chief Compliance Officer      Since 2004      Vice President of EVM and BMR.

 

(1) 

During their respective tenures, the Trustees (except Mr. Eston and Ms. Taggart) also served as Board members of one or more of the following Eaton Vance funds (which operated in the years noted): Eaton Vance Credit Opportunities Fund (launched in 2005 and terminated in 2010); Eaton Vance Insured Florida Plus Municipal Bond Fund (launched in 2002 and terminated in 2009); and Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Trust (launched in 1998 and terminated in 2009).

(2)

Prior to 2013, Mr. Kirchner served as Assistant Treasurer of the Funds since 2007.

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

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

 

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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.

 

Ÿ  

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.

 

Ÿ  

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

 

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

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

Delivery of Shareholder Documents.  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders. Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122, or contact your financial advisor. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).

Proxy Voting.  From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Share Repurchase Program.  On November 11, 2013, the Funds’ Board of Trustees approved a share repurchase program authorizing each Fund to repurchase up to 10% of its currently outstanding common shares in open-market transactions at a discount to net asset value. The repurchase program does not obligate a Fund to purchase a specific amount of shares. The Funds’ repurchase activity, including the number of shares purchased, average price and average discount to net asset value, will be disclosed in the Funds’ annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

Additional Notice to Shareholders.  If applicable, a Fund may redeem or purchase its outstanding auction preferred shares (APS) in order to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, borrowing or rating agency requirements or for other purposes as it deems appropriate or necessary.

Closed-End Fund Information.  Eaton Vance closed-end funds make fund performance data and certain information about portfolio characteristics available on the Eaton Vance website shortly after the end of each month. The funds’ net asset value per share is readily accessible on the Eaton Vance website. Portfolio holdings for the most recent month-end are also posted to the website approximately 30 days following the end of the month. This information is available at www.eatonvance.com on the fund information pages under “Individual Investors — Closed-End Funds”.

 

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Investment Adviser and Administrator

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

Fund Offices

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 


LOGO

 

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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 a consultant and private investor. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aveon Group, L.P. (an investment management firm), as the Vice Chairman of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company), as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm), as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (an institutional investment management firm) and as a Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (an independent registered public accounting firm).


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(a) –(d)

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2013 by the registrant’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by D&T during such periods.

 

Fiscal Years Ended

   9/30/12      9/30/13  

Audit Fees

   $ 67,050       $ 67,850   

Audit-Related Fees(1)

   $ 0       $ 0   

Tax Fees(2)

   $ 12,050       $ 12,460   

All Other Fees(3)

   $ 310       $ 0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 79,410       $ 80,310   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees.
(2)  Tax fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant relating to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and specifically include fees for tax return preparation and other related tax compliance/planning matters.
(3)  All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services.

(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the pre-approval of services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant (the “Pre-Approval Policies”). The Pre-Approval Policies establish a framework intended to assist the audit committee in the proper discharge of its pre-approval responsibilities. As a general matter, the Pre-Approval Policies (i) specify certain types of audit, audit-related, tax, and other services determined to be pre-approved by the audit committee; and (ii) delineate specific procedures governing the mechanics of the pre-approval process, including the approval and monitoring of audit and non-audit service fees. Unless a service is specifically pre-approved under the Pre-Approval Policies, it must be separately pre-approved by the audit committee.

The Pre-Approval Policies and the types of audit and non-audit services pre-approved therein must be reviewed and ratified by the registrant’s audit committee at least annually. The registrant’s audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the registrant’s principal accountant.

(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to the “de minimis exception” set forth in Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.


(f) Not applicable.

(g) The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by D&T for the registrant’s fiscal years ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2013; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Eaton Vance organization by D&T for the same time periods.

 

Fiscal Years Ended

   9/30/12      9/30/13  

Registrant

   $ 12,360       $ 12,460   

Eaton Vance(1)

   $ 606,619       $ 369,820   

 

(1)  The investment adviser to the registrant, as well as any of its affiliates that provide ongoing services to the registrant, are subsidiaries of Eaton Vance Corp.

(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), Scott E. Eston, Ronald A. Pearlman, Helen Frame Peters 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.

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 them 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 personnel 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.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Portfolio Management

Cynthia J. Clemson, William H. Ahern, Jr. and Craig R. Brandon are the portfolio managers of Eaton Vance California Municipal Bond Fund, Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund and Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund, respectively, and are responsible for the overall and day-to-day management of each Fund’s investments.

Ms. Clemson has been an Eaton Vance portfolio manager since 1991 and is a Vice President of Eaton Vance Management (“EVM”) and Boston Management and Research (“BMR”). Mr. Ahern has been an Eaton Vance portfolio manager since 1993 and is a Vice President of EVM and BMR. Mr. Brandon has been an Eaton Vance analyst since 1998 and a portfolio manager since 2004, 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 each Fund’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 millions of dollars) 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 millions of dollars) in those accounts.

 

    

Number

of All

Accounts

    

Total Assets

of All

Accounts

    

Number of

Accounts

Paying a

Performance

Fee

    

Total Assets

of Accounts

Paying a

Performance

Fee

 

Cynthia J. Clemson

           

Registered Investment Companies

     11       $ 2,676.3         0       $ 0   

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0       $ 0         0       $ 0   

Other Accounts

     0       $ 0         0       $ 0   

William H. Ahern, Jr.

           

Registered Investment Companies

     14       $ 3,157.7         0       $ 0   

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0       $ 0         0       $ 0   

Other Accounts

     0       $ 0         0       $ 0   

Craig R. Brandon

           

Registered Investment Companies

     15       $ 1,788.6         0       $ 0   

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0       $ 0         0       $ 0   

Other Accounts

     0       $ 0         0       $ 0   

The following table shows the dollar range of Fund shares beneficially owned by each portfolio manager as of each Fund’s most recent fiscal year end.

 

    

Dollar Range of Equity

Securities Owned

in the Fund

California Municipal Bond Fund

  

Cynthia J. Clemson

   None

Municipal Bond Fund

  

William H. Ahern, Jr.

   None

New York Municipal Bond Fund

  

Craig R. Brandon

   None


Potential for Conflicts of Interest. It is possible that conflicts of interest may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of a 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 a 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 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/or 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.

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 the benchmark(s) stated in the prospectus, as well as an appropriate peer group (as described below). 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 or market index. 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

No material changes.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

 

(a)(1)    Registrant’s Code of Ethics – Not applicable (please see Item 2).
(a)(2)(i)    Treasurer’s Section 302 certification.
(a)(2)(ii)    President’s Section 302 certification.
(b)    Combined Section 906 certification.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Eaton Vance New York Municipal Bond Fund
By:  

/s/ Cynthia J. Clemson

  Cynthia J. Clemson
  President

Date: November 7, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ James F. Kirchner

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer

Date: November 7, 2013

 

By:  

/s/ Cynthia J. Clemson

  Cynthia J. Clemson
  President

Date: November 7, 2013