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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-CSR/A
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-21745
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities 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)
December 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
December 31, 2009
Date of Reporting Period
 
 
This Amended Certified Sahreholder Report of Registered Management Investment Companies filed on Form N-CSR/A is being filed to include the signatures that were omitted from the original N-CSR filing. There have been no other material changes made to the original report in this amended report.

 


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
Item 2. Code of Ethics
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed registrants
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
Item 12. Exhibits
Signatures
EX-99.CERT Section 302 Certification
EX-99.906CERT Section 906 Certification
EX-99.12(c) Section 19(b) Notification to Shareholders


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


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Annual Report December 31,2009 EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED GLOBAL BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 


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IMPORTANT NOTICES REGARDING DISTRIBUTIONS,
DELIVERY OF SHAREHOLDER DOCUMENTS,
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AND PROXY VOTING
 
Managed Distribution Plan. On March 10, 2009, the Fund received authorization from the Securities and Exchange Commission to distribute long-term capital gains to shareholders more frequently than once per year. In this connection, the Board of Trustees formally approved the implementation of a Managed Distribution Plan (MDP) to make quarterly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share.
 
The Fund intends to pay quarterly cash distributions equal to $0.39 per share. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of these distributions or from the terms of the MDP. The MDP will be subject to regular periodic review by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
 
With each distribution, the Fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release which will provide detailed information required by the Fund’s exemptive order. The Fund’s Board of Trustees may amend or terminate the MDP at any time without prior notice to Fund shareholders. However, at this time there are no reasonably foreseeable circumstances that might cause the termination of the MDP.
 
 
 
 
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders.
 
Eaton Vance, or your financial adviser, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial adviser, otherwise.
 
If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122, or contact your financial adviser.
 
Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial adviser.
 
 
 
 
Portfolio Holdings. Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).
 
 
 
 
Proxy Voting. From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122. This description is also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Please refer to the inside back cover of this report for an important notice about
the privacy policies adopted by the Eaton Vance organization.
 


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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Economic and Market Conditions
(PHOTO OF WALTER A. ROW)
Walter A. Row, CFA
Eaton Vance
Management
Co-Portfolio Manager
(PHOTO OF THOMAS SETO)
Thomas Seto
Parametric Portfolio
Associates, LLC
Co-Portfolio Manager
(PHOTO OF DAVID STEIN, Ph.D.)
David Stein, Ph.D.
Parametric Portfolio
Associates, LLC
Co-Portfolio Manager
  After an uncertain first quarter of 2009 in which equity markets struggled to climb back from the historic lows of 2008, stocks staged a broad-based rally that continued through year end. For 2009 overall, the S&P 500 Index was up 26.47%, the NASDAQ Composite Index increased 43.89%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 22.74%, the best annual returns for all three benchmarks since 20031.
  As the year began, the economy was mired in the worst recession of the post-war era, primarily a result of upheavals in the banking sector and a credit drought that led to a severe crisis of confidence for investors. Helped by the massive injections of government monetary and fiscal stimulus, the economic and financial turmoil began to moderate. As of December 31, 2009, the U.S. economy was technically no longer in recession, after the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) returned to a growth mode in the third quarter of 2009. The banking sector also found restored equilibrium. After one of the most volatile periods in equity market history, 2009 will be remembered for the sustained rally that helped replenish many of the investor losses caused by the financial crisis of 2008.
  Growth outperformed value across all market capitalizations for the year. Mid-cap stocks outperformed the small- and large-cap segments of the market, although all three groups had positive returns: the Russell Midcap Index gained 40.48%, while the large-cap Russell 1000 Index returned 28.43% and the small-cap Russell 2000 Index rose 27.17%1.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. The Fund’s performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV. Although market price performance generally reflects investment results over time, during shorter periods, returns at market price can also be affected by factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for the Fund’s shares, or changes in Fund distributions. The Fund has no current intention to utilize leverage, but may do so in the future through borrowings and other permitted methods. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month end, please refer to www.eatonvance.com.
Management Discussion
  The Fund is a closed-end fund and trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “ETW.” At net asset value (NAV) for the 12 months ending December 31, 2009, the Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index and the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index, as well as its Lipper peer group, while falling short of the CBOE NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Index and the FTSE Eurotop 100 Index. The Fund’s market price traded at a 0.36% premium to NAV as of December 31, 2009.
 
  The Fund’s primary objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio of common stocks, including stocks of U.S. issuers (the “U.S. Segment”) and stocks of non-U.S. issuers (the “International Segment”). Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to generate current earnings in part by employing an options strategy of writing (selling) index call options on a substantial portion of the
             
Total Return Performance — 12/31/08 12/31/09        
NYSE Symbol       ETW
 
At Net Asset Value (NAV)
        28.83 %
At Market Price
        59.07 %
 
           
S&P 500 Index1
        26.47 %
CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index1
        25.91 %
CBOE NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite Index1
        45.75 %
FTSE Eurotop 100 Index1
        33.68 %
Lipper Options Arbitrage/Options Strategies Funds Average1
        27.38 %
 
           
Premium/(Discount) to NAV (12/31/09)
        0.36 %
Total Distributions per share
      $ 1.80  
Distribution Rate2
  At NAV     13.01 %
 
  At Market Price     12.96 %
See page 3 for more performance information.
 
1   It is not possible to invest directly in an Index or a Lipper Classification. The Indices’ total returns do not reflect commissions or expenses that would have been incurred if an investor individually purchased or sold the securities represented in the Indices. The return for the FTSE Eurotop 100 Index is calculated in U.S. dollars. The Lipper total return is the average total return, at net asset value, of the funds that are in the same Lipper Classification as the Fund.
 
2   The Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s last regular distribution per share (annualized) in the period divided by the Fund’s NAV or market price at the end of the period. The Fund’s quarterly distributions may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and return of capital.

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.

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
    value of the Fund’s total investments. During the year ending December 31, 2009 — a period in which the equity market saw strong advances — the Fund generated a lower level of option premium earnings.
 
  As of December 31, 2009, the Fund held a deversified portfolio encompassing a broad range of the U.S. economy, as well as investments in a variety of foreign countries. The Fund’s investments in the U.S. Segment constituted approximately 53% of total investments, while those in the International Segment represented approximately 47% of total investments. Among the Fund’s common stock holdings, its largest sector weightings were in information technology, financials and health care. The largest contributions to performance in the common stock portfolio came from Fund holdings in the materials and utilities sectors. Conversely, Fund selection in health care detracted the most from performance, followed by underperformance in consumer staples and energy.
 
  As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had written call options on approximately 99% of its equity holdings. The Fund seeks current earnings in part from option premiums, which can vary with investors’ expectations of the future volatility (“implied volatility”) of the underlying assets. The first three months of 2009 witnessed very high levels of implied volatility in concert with a significant level of actual volatility in the equity markets. However, those high volatility levels moderated somewhat in the second quarter of 2009 and continued to wane through most of the remainder of the period as the equity market rallied strongly. This resulted in reduced option premium levels and weighed on the Fund’s return.
 
  On January 15, 2010, the Fund announced a change in its distribution rate. The Fund’s portfolio management team reviews the level and sustainability of the Fund’s distributions periodically. Before deciding to decrease the amount of the Fund’s quarterly distribution to $0.39 per share, the team considered a number of factors including the current market and volatility outlooks, level of assets in the Fund, and the dividend yield of the underlying equity portfolio. As portfolio and market conditions change, the rate of distributions on the Fund’s shares could be further changed.
 
  Eaton Vance Management (EVM) terminated its sub-advisory agreement with Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. with respect to the Fund and, effective October 20, 2009, EVM assumed responsibility for the management of the Fund’s options strategy.
Country Allocation1
By total investments
(BAR GRAPH)
United States 53.4% United Kingdom 11.6% Japan 10.5% France 6.2% Germany 4.6% Switzerland 4.5% Spain 2.9% HADAWRITTENTCALL Italy 1.9% Netherlands 1.5% Other 2.9% (less than 1% each)
 
1   As a percentage of the Fund’s total investments as of 12/31/09.

The views expressed throughout this report are those of the portfolio managers and are current only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and the investment adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on many factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. Portfolio information provided in the report may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and may change due to active management.

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
FUND PERFORMANCE
         
Fund Performance    
NYSE Symbol   ETW
 
Average Annual Total Returns (at market price, New York Stock Exchange)
       
 
One Year
    59.07 %
Life of Fund (9/30/05)
    4.33  
 
       
Average Annual Total Returns (at net asset value)
       
 
One Year
    28.83 %
Life of Fund (9/30/05)
    4.24  

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. The Fund’s performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV. Although market price performance generally reflects investment results over time, during shorter periods, returns at market price can also be affected by factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for the Fund’s shares, or changes in Fund distributions. The Fund has no current intention to utilize leverage, but may do so in the future through borrowings and other permitted methods. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, the Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month end, please refer to www.eatonvance.com.
Fund Composition
Top 10 Holdings1
By total investments
         
Apple, Inc.
    4.3 %
Microsoft Corp.
    2.5  
Google, Inc., Class A
    2.0  
QUALCOMM, Inc.
    1.6  
Nestle SA
    1.5  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    1.4  
Cisco Systems, Inc.
    1.4  
Total SA
    1.3  
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
    1.3  
BP PLC
    1.2  
 
1   Top 10 Holdings represented 18.5% of the Fund’s total investments as of 12/31/09. The Top 10 Holdings are presented without the offsetting effect of the Fund’s written option positions at 12/31/09. Excludes cash equivalents.
Sector Weightings2
By total investments
(BAR GRAPH)
Information Technology 23.3% Financials 14.7% Health Care 12.2% Consumer Discretionary 10.5% Industrials 9.3% Consumer Staples 8.8% Energy 8.7% Materials 4.7% Telecommunication Services 4.3% Utilities 3.5%
 
2   Reflects the Fund’s total investments as of 12/31/09. Sector Weightings are presented without the offsetting effect of the Fund’s written option positions at 12/31/09. Excludes cash equivalents.

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
 
                     
Common Stocks — 101.7%
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%
 
European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. 
    56,122     $ 1,128,116      
General Dynamics Corp. 
    43,377       2,957,010      
Honeywell International, Inc. 
    105,874       4,150,261      
Raytheon Co. 
    87,133       4,489,092      
Rockwell Collins, Inc. 
    59,584       3,298,570      
Rolls-Royce Group PLC(1)
    221,717       1,726,607      
 
 
            $ 17,749,656      
 
 
 
 
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%
 
CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 
    78,091     $ 4,586,284      
Deutsche Post AG
    122,561       2,368,712      
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 
    94,273       3,274,101      
FedEx Corp. 
    28,786       2,402,192      
 
 
            $ 12,631,289      
 
 
 
 
Airlines — 0.1%
 
British Airways PLC(1)
    313,103     $ 941,702      
 
 
            $ 941,702      
 
 
 
 
Auto Components — 0.6%
 
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. 
    10,200     $ 294,688      
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    26,277       2,012,525      
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 
    30,158       604,668      
Denso Corp. 
    76,800       2,320,671      
Johnson Controls, Inc. 
    114,456       3,117,782      
Toyota Boshoku Corp. 
    11,900       265,696      
Toyota Industries Corp. 
    8,600       256,849      
 
 
            $ 8,872,879      
 
 
 
 
Automobiles — 1.2%
 
Daimler AG
    136,280     $ 7,258,767      
Ford Motor Co.(1)
    58,705       587,050      
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. 
    111,800       3,793,225      
Isuzu Motors, Ltd.(1)
    129,000       242,319      
Mazda Motor Corp.(1)
    227,000       521,970      
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.(1)
    204,000       283,550      
Suzuki Motor Corp. 
    52,800       1,300,306      
Toyota Motor Corp. 
    57,807       2,437,199      
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.(1)
    59,000       746,180      
 
 
            $ 17,170,566      
 
 
 
Beverages — 1.3%
 
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV 
    35,420     $ 1,833,592      
Coca-Cola Co. (The)
    90,906       5,181,642      
Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. 
    26,200       462,260      
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A(1)
    34,264       545,825      
Heineken Holding NV
    24,773       1,036,084      
Heineken NV
    30,199       1,433,653      
Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. 
    63,000       1,010,330      
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. 
    31,754       1,190,775      
PepsiCo, Inc. 
    91,627       5,570,922      
Pernod-Ricard SA
    11,862       1,014,316      
Sapporo Holdings, Ltd. 
    128,000       705,310      
 
 
            $ 19,984,709      
 
 
 
 
Biotechnology — 2.4%
 
Amgen, Inc.(1)
    207,589     $ 11,743,310      
Biogen Idec, Inc.(1)
    134,180       7,178,630      
Celgene Corp.(1)
    168,251       9,368,216      
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(1)
    142,409       6,163,461      
Martek Biosciences Corp.(1)
    49,531       938,117      
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)
    23,758       574,468      
 
 
            $ 35,966,202      
 
 
 
 
Building Products — 0.4%
 
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 
    104,776     $ 996,636      
Daikin Industries, Ltd. 
    70,200       2,772,706      
Geberit AG
    5,875       1,041,513      
Masco Corp. 
    59,062       815,646      
 
 
            $ 5,626,501      
 
 
 
 
Capital Markets — 2.0%
 
Artio Global Investors, Inc.(1)
    18,487     $ 471,234      
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)
    104,137       2,912,712      
Charles Schwab Corp. (The)
    81,426       1,532,437      
Deutsche Bank AG
    38,178       2,699,567      
Duff & Phelps Corp., Class A
    35,706       651,991      
Franklin Resources, Inc. 
    43,596       4,592,839      
GAM Holding Ltd. 
    91,722       1,110,667      
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 
    20,456       3,453,791      
ICAP PLC
    178,286       1,229,648      
Julius Baer Group, Ltd. 
    76,144       2,677,866      
Man Group PLC
    355,866       1,756,326      
Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. 
    66,800       465,411      
Mediobanca SpA(1)
    87,467       1,039,079      
Nomura Holdings, Inc. 
    117,900       876,784      
SBI Holdings, Inc. 
    1,457       260,852      

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Capital Markets (continued)
 
                     
Schroders PLC
    138,412     $ 2,958,074      
Shinko Securities Co., Ltd. 
    154,000       465,996      
 
 
            $ 29,155,274      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals — 1.6%
 
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 
    16,561     $ 1,342,435      
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd. 
    57,000       334,815      
Dow Chemical Co. (The)
    92,111       2,545,027      
Eastman Chemical Co. 
    11,375       685,230      
Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. 
    27,700       564,541      
Johnson Matthey PLC
    69,732       1,720,180      
Kaneka Corp. 
    57,000       363,169      
Linde AG
    19,853       2,391,935      
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. 
    89,000       448,488      
Monsanto Co. 
    38,287       3,129,962      
Nitto Denko Corp. 
    7,600       273,021      
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 
    58,200       3,285,875      
Showa Denko KK
    346,000       689,069      
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 
    199,000       873,104      
Toray Industries, Inc. 
    76,000       413,488      
Tosoh Corp. 
    252,000       695,956      
Umicore
    86,400       2,882,185      
Wacker Chemie AG
    5,971       1,038,631      
 
 
            $ 23,677,111      
 
 
 
 
Commercial Banks — 6.6%
 
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
    1,140,346     $ 18,843,839      
Barclays PLC
    934,939       4,119,776      
BNP Paribas SA
    139,587       11,071,770      
Fifth Third Bancorp
    227,543       2,218,544      
Gunma Bank, Ltd. (The)
    124,000       634,186      
Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. (The)
    105,000       612,745      
Hiroshima Bank, Ltd. (The)
    126,000       485,502      
HSBC Holdings PLC
    1,510,103       17,227,782      
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA(1)
    1,681,641       7,567,420      
Lloyds Banking Group PLC(1)
    3,681,368       2,961,955      
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. 
    480,641       864,338      
Natixis(1)
    201,801       1,007,662      
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 
    44,820       2,366,048      
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC(1)
    2,683,583       1,245,747      
Shinsei Bank, Ltd.(1)
    214,000       233,137      
Societe Generale
    94,456       6,562,798      
Standard Chartered PLC
    220,000       5,554,103      
Sterling Bancshares, Inc. 
    108,059       554,343      
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 
    13,208       379,008      
UniCredit SpA(1)
    1,811,472       6,057,124      
Wells Fargo & Co. 
    253,893       6,852,572      
 
 
            $ 97,420,399      
 
 
 
 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%
 
Avery Dennison Corp. 
    23,372     $ 852,844      
Republic Services, Inc. 
    15,222       430,935      
SECOM Co., Ltd. 
    63,000       2,992,350      
Serco Group PLC
    156,826       1,337,462      
Waste Management, Inc. 
    76,061       2,571,622      
 
 
            $ 8,185,213      
 
 
 
 
Communications Equipment — 4.3%
 
Alcatel-Lucent(1)
    307,923     $ 1,036,846      
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.(1)
    67,859       517,764      
Cisco Systems, Inc.(1)
    859,885       20,585,647      
Harris Corp. 
    26,933       1,280,664      
Harris Stratex Networks, Inc., Class A(1)
    11,360       78,498      
Nokia Oyj
    549,163       7,100,676      
QUALCOMM, Inc. 
    509,515       23,570,164      
Research In Motion, Ltd.(1)
    124,600       8,415,484      
Riverbed Technology, Inc.(1)
    30,785       707,131      
 
 
            $ 63,292,874      
 
 
 
 
Computers & Peripherals — 5.8%
 
Apple, Inc.(1)
    309,651     $ 65,293,010      
Dell, Inc.(1)
    314,244       4,512,544      
Hewlett-Packard Co. 
    85,494       4,403,796      
International Business Machines Corp. 
    76,613       10,028,642      
NEC Corp.(1)
    325,000       840,098      
 
 
            $ 85,078,090      
 
 
 
 
Construction & Engineering — 0.5%
 
Bouygues SA
    25,787     $ 1,335,722      
Chiyoda Corp. 
    69,000       532,908      
Ferrovial SA
    95,985       1,133,616      
Fluor Corp. 
    9,129       411,170      
Foster Wheeler AG(1)
    16,547       487,144      
Granite Construction, Inc. 
    21,951       738,870      
Hochtief AG
    13,626       1,039,212      
JGC Corp. 
    71,000       1,308,364      
Obayashi Corp. 
    112,000       381,231      
 
 
            $ 7,368,237      
 
 
 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Construction Materials — 0.3%
 
Imerys SA
    17,485     $ 1,046,751      
Lafarge SA
    17,125       1,410,315      
Taiheiyo Cement Corp.(1)
    250,000       285,191      
Vulcan Materials Co. 
    24,404       1,285,358      
 
 
            $ 4,027,615      
 
 
 
 
Consumer Finance — 0.3%
 
American Express Co. 
    42,280     $ 1,713,185      
Capital One Financial Corp. 
    32,500       1,246,050      
SLM Corp.(1)
    97,247       1,095,974      
 
 
            $ 4,055,209      
 
 
 
 
Containers & Packaging — 0.1%
 
Bemis Co., Inc. 
    27,217     $ 806,984      
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. 
    51,400       783,033      
 
 
            $ 1,590,017      
 
 
 
 
Distributors — 0.2%
 
Canon Marketing Japan, Inc. 
    14,600     $ 215,148      
Genuine Parts Co. 
    56,294       2,136,920      
LKQ Corp.(1)
    61,787       1,210,408      
 
 
            $ 3,562,476      
 
 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services — 1.8%
 
Bank of America Corp. 
    496,591     $ 7,478,661      
Citigroup, Inc. 
    479,282       1,586,423      
CME Group, Inc. 
    7,388       2,481,999      
Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille
    19,209       1,022,164      
Criteria Caixacorp SA
    267,829       1,268,579      
Deutsche Boerse AG
    36,045       2,984,874      
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA
    10,886       1,027,918      
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
    154,746       6,448,266      
Moody’s Corp. 
    76,959       2,062,501      
 
 
            $ 26,361,385      
 
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.8%
 
AT&T, Inc. 
    317,811     $ 8,908,242      
Deutsche Telekom AG
    325,887       4,780,702      
France Telecom SA
    173,842       4,344,012      
Frontier Communications Corp. 
    358,945       2,803,361      
Telefonica SA
    488,485       13,672,231      
Verizon Communications, Inc. 
    168,710       5,589,362      
Windstream Corp. 
    100,356       1,102,913      
 
 
            $ 41,200,823      
 
 
 
 
Electric Utilities — 1.8%
 
Duke Energy Corp. 
    129,531     $ 2,229,229      
E.ON AG
    274,138       11,506,686      
EDF SA
    41,600       2,472,426      
Edison International
    72,875       2,534,592      
Enel SpA
    412,666       2,389,084      
Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. 
    13,500       244,901      
Iberdrola SA
    460,621       4,414,018      
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. 
    13,400       275,999      
Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. 
    8,200       211,870      
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. 
    12,201       306,226      
 
 
            $ 26,585,031      
 
 
 
 
Electrical Equipment — 1.0%
 
ABB, Ltd.(1)
    433,638     $ 8,355,906      
Cooper Industries PLC, Class A
    24,149       1,029,713      
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.(1)
    7,332       77,499      
First Solar, Inc.(1)
    18,250       2,471,050      
Fujikura, Ltd. 
    87,000       453,152      
GS Yuasa Corp. 
    82,000       606,204      
Legrand SA
    60,868       1,694,058      
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ADR(1)
    4,452       74,037      
 
 
            $ 14,761,619      
 
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%
 
Alps Electric Co., Ltd.(1)
    93,600     $ 549,142      
Corning, Inc. 
    39,985       772,110      
Ibiden Co., Ltd. 
    6,800       243,878      
Keyence Corp. 
    1,110       230,373      
Kyocera Corp. 
    61,234       5,392,902      
Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd. 
    5,000       247,804      
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. 
    21,000       289,042      
Omron Corp. 
    16,500       296,749      
TDK Corp. 
    63,500       3,880,641      
Yaskawa Electric Corp. 
    27,000       224,926      
 
 
            $ 12,127,567      
 
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%
 
CARBO Ceramics, Inc. 
    4,333     $ 295,381      
Halliburton Co. 
    130,037       3,912,813      

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services (continued)
 
                     
Schlumberger, Ltd. 
    62,861     $ 4,091,622      
Superior Well Services, Inc.(1)
    51,149       729,385      
Transocean, Ltd.(1)
    806       66,737      
Willbros Group, Inc.(1)
    25,872       436,461      
 
 
            $ 9,532,399      
 
 
 
 
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.8%
 
CVS Caremark Corp. 
    191,781     $ 6,177,266      
Koninklijke Ahold NV
    122,728       1,625,986      
Kroger Co. (The)
    115,650       2,374,294      
Lawson, Inc. 
    5,300       234,076      
Metro AG
    28,658       1,750,224      
Safeway, Inc. 
    20,063       427,141      
Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd. 
    74,700       1,525,257      
Sysco Corp. 
    99,048       2,767,401      
UNY Co., Ltd. 
    64,000       451,327      
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 
    178,434       9,537,297      
 
 
            $ 26,870,269      
 
 
 
 
Food Products — 3.0%
 
Campbell Soup Co. 
    17,968     $ 607,318      
ConAgra Foods, Inc. 
    77,043       1,775,841      
H.J. Heinz Co. 
    59,510       2,544,648      
Hershey Co. (The)
    54,133       1,937,420      
Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A(1)
    88,500       2,405,430      
Nestle SA
    474,265       23,017,783      
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. 
    11,700       382,177      
Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. 
    15,000       345,910      
Unilever NV
    328,402       10,688,432      
 
 
            $ 43,704,959      
 
 
 
 
Gas Utilities — 0.2%
 
Gas Natural SDG SA
    45,614     $ 983,227      
Snam Rete Gas SpA
    260,064       1,291,522      
 
 
            $ 2,274,749      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%
 
Boston Scientific Corp.(1)
    231,022     $ 2,079,198      
Covidien PLC
    14,617       700,008      
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(1)
    7,026       610,208      
Hologic, Inc.(1)
    67,694       981,563      
Immucor, Inc.(1)
    15,993       323,699      
Medtronic, Inc. 
    103,989       4,573,436      
Olympus Corp. 
    76,000       2,450,315      
Terumo Corp. 
    58,200       3,507,709      
 
 
            $ 15,226,136      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.1%
 
DaVita, Inc.(1)
    22,729     $ 1,335,101      
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(1)
    18,314       1,370,620      
Lincare Holdings, Inc.(1)
    53,576       1,988,741      
McKesson Corp. 
    42,868       2,679,250      
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.(1)
    45,718       2,921,837      
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 
    99,402       3,029,773      
VCA Antech, Inc.(1)
    96,519       2,405,254      
 
 
            $ 15,730,576      
 
 
 
 
Health Care Technology — 0.0%
 
IMS Health, Inc. 
    20,213     $ 425,686      
 
 
            $ 425,686      
 
 
 
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%
 
Accor SA
    26,214     $ 1,434,485      
Carnival Corp.(1)
    22,815       723,007      
International Game Technology
    51,748       971,310      
Marriott International, Inc., Class A
    98,108       2,673,443      
McDonald’s Corp. 
    89,263       5,573,582      
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. 
    27,627       1,608,720      
Yum! Brands, Inc. 
    150,671       5,268,965      
 
 
            $ 18,253,512      
 
 
 
 
Household Durables — 0.4%
 
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. 
    103,600     $ 829,358      
Makita Corp. 
    6,700       230,132      
Ryland Group, Inc. 
    37,074       730,358      
Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 
    100,000       622,089      
Sharp Corp. 
    73,000       921,865      
Sony Corp. 
    72,600       2,110,610      
Whirlpool Corp. 
    9,068       731,425      
 
 
            $ 6,175,837      
 
 
 
 
Household Products — 1.1%
 
Clorox Co. (The)
    30,648     $ 1,869,528      
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 
    28,351       2,329,035      
Kao Corp. 
    97,654       2,288,688      

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Household Products (continued)
 
                     
Procter & Gamble Co. 
    152,165     $ 9,225,764      
Uni-Charm Corp. 
    7,200       674,972      
 
 
            $ 16,387,987      
 
 
 
 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7%
 
3M Co. 
    64,134     $ 5,301,958      
General Electric Co. 
    489,864       7,411,642      
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. 
    53,128       236,955      
Siemens AG
    126,201       11,581,579      
Textron, Inc. 
    29,211       549,459      
 
 
            $ 25,081,593      
 
 
 
 
Insurance — 3.4%
 
ACE, Ltd.(1)
    46,248     $ 2,330,899      
Aflac, Inc. 
    12,267       567,349      
Aioi Insurance Co., Ltd. 
    108,000       517,691      
Allianz SE
    62,694       7,771,549      
AON Corp. 
    38,325       1,469,380      
AXA SA
    297,994       6,996,594      
Chubb Corp. 
    6,724       330,686      
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 
    137,085       3,597,110      
CNP Assurances
    14,204       1,375,449      
Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(1)
    49,867       565,990      
Hannover Rueckversicherung AG(1)
    22,194       1,036,912      
Mapfre SA
    247,314       1,036,941      
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. 
    111,769       2,467,860      
MetLife, Inc. 
    112,391       3,973,022      
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG
    38,311       5,967,311      
Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Ltd. 
    39,000       222,048      
Principal Financial Group, Inc. 
    36,247       871,378      
Prudential Financial, Inc. 
    37,177       1,849,928      
Prudential PLC
    349,752       3,580,156      
Resolution, Ltd.(1)
    876,749       1,266,589      
RSA Insurance Group PLC
    542,479       1,053,918      
Sony Financial Holdings, Inc. 
    136       353,930      
T & D Holdings, Inc. 
    32,550       669,402      
TrygVesta AS
    15,498       1,018,754      
 
 
            $ 50,890,846      
 
 
 
 
Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.0%
 
Amazon.com, Inc.(1)
    70,927     $ 9,541,100      
Liberty Media Corp. - Interactive, Class A(1)
    199,687       2,164,607      
Priceline.com, Inc.(1)
    15,481       3,382,599      
 
 
            $ 15,088,306      
 
 
 
Internet Software & Services — 3.2%
 
Baidu, Inc. ADR(1)
    6,835     $ 2,810,757      
eBay, Inc.(1)
    265,244       6,243,844      
Google, Inc., Class A(1)
    49,010       30,385,220      
United Internet AG(1)
    77,776       1,024,941      
VeriSign, Inc.(1)
    132,262       3,206,031      
Yahoo! Inc.(1)
    222,843       3,739,305      
 
 
            $ 47,410,098      
 
 
 
 
IT Services — 1.3%
 
CapGemini SA
    38,327     $ 1,748,485      
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.(1)
    123,578       5,598,083      
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 
    51,873       1,215,903      
Infosys Technologies, Ltd. ADR
    82,619       4,566,352      
MasterCard, Inc., Class A
    5,904       1,511,306      
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. 
    14,000       275,325      
NTT Data Corp. 
    673       2,086,882      
Obic Co., Ltd. 
    1,290       210,617      
Otsuka Corp. 
    4,700       234,428      
Western Union Co. 
    89,601       1,688,979      
 
 
            $ 19,136,360      
 
 
 
 
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%
 
Hasbro, Inc. 
    26,234     $ 841,062      
Mattel, Inc. 
    31,709       633,546      
Sankyo Co., Ltd. 
    4,300       215,315      
 
 
            $ 1,689,923      
 
 
 
 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%
 
PerkinElmer, Inc. 
    27,425     $ 564,681      
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(1)
    33,544       1,599,713      
 
 
            $ 2,164,394      
 
 
 
 
Machinery — 1.9%
 
AGCO Corp.(1)
    30,980     $ 1,001,893      
Caterpillar, Inc. 
    28,676       1,634,245      
Dover Corp. 
    15,298       636,550      
Eaton Corp. 
    46,216       2,940,262      
Ebara Corp.(1)
    104,000       449,143      
Fanuc, Ltd. 
    58,427       5,445,511      
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. 
    72,400       1,897,814      
IHI Corp.(1)
    213,000       339,684      
Japan Steel Works, Ltd. 
    90,000       1,147,595      
Joy Global, Inc. 
    19,362       998,886      
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. 
    107,000       271,588      
Komatsu, Ltd. 
    102,800       2,152,033      

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Machinery (continued)
 
                     
Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. 
    7,400     $ 232,490      
MAN AG
    12,372       959,970      
Meidensha Corp. 
    97,000       437,579      
Minebea Co., Ltd. 
    67,127       364,264      
NTN Corp. 
    153,000       691,286      
Pall Corp. 
    30,660       1,109,892      
Parker Hannifin Corp. 
    13,311       717,197      
SMC Corp. 
    3,400       388,218      
Snap-On, Inc. 
    15,120       638,971      
Stanley Works (The)
    48,688       2,507,919      
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.(1)
    147,000       744,209      
Titan International, Inc. 
    23,159       187,819      
 
 
            $ 27,895,018      
 
 
 
 
Marine — 0.1%
 
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.(1)
    165,000     $ 471,454      
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. 
    83,000       438,462      
 
 
            $ 909,916      
 
 
 
 
Media — 2.4%
 
British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC
    396,961     $ 3,585,678      
Comcast Corp., Class A
    661,173       11,147,377      
Comcast Corp., Special Class A
    144,653       2,315,894      
DIRECTV(1)
    97,457       3,250,191      
Focus Media Holding, Ltd. ADR(1)
    10,518       166,710      
JC Decaux SA(1)
    44,715       1,085,363      
McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)
    27,142       909,528      
Omnicom Group, Inc. 
    99,372       3,890,414      
Virgin Media, Inc. 
    100,424       1,690,136      
Walt Disney Co. (The)
    204,307       6,588,901      
Wolters Kluwer NV
    45,032       984,837      
 
 
            $ 35,615,029      
 
 
 
 
Metals & Mining — 2.7%
 
AK Steel Holding Corp. 
    20,960     $ 447,496      
Alcoa, Inc. 
    129,184       2,082,446      
Anglo American PLC(1)
    105,079       4,550,720      
ArcelorMittal
    137,123       6,267,379      
BHP Billiton PLC
    178,226       5,681,848      
Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd. 
    105,000       580,972      
JFE Holdings, Inc. 
    12,000       474,346      
Kobe Steel, Ltd.(1)
    216,000       391,435      
Lonmin PLC(1)
    34,390       1,080,793      
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.(1)
    165,000       403,555      
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.(1)
    153,000       397,654      
Newmont Mining Corp. 
    37,354       1,767,218      
Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. 
    62,000       470,480      
Rio Tinto PLC
    172,084       9,291,993      
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. 
    112,000       301,060      
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. 
    51,000       752,635      
United States Steel Corp. 
    27,078       1,492,539      
Xstrata PLC(1)
    195,335       3,484,013      
 
 
            $ 39,918,582      
 
 
 
 
Multi-Utilities — 1.6%
 
Centrica PLC
    449,480     $ 2,035,942      
CMS Energy Corp. 
    312,086       4,887,267      
Consolidated Edison, Inc. 
    12,419       564,195      
Dominion Resources, Inc. 
    34,329       1,336,085      
GDF Suez
    214,788       9,304,836      
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 
    144,782       4,814,001      
RWE AG, PFC Shares
    12,082       1,075,484      
 
 
            $ 24,017,810      
 
 
 
 
Multiline Retail — 0.8%
 
H2O Retailing Corp. 
    29,000     $ 167,930      
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, Ltd. 
    71,332       644,078      
Kohl’s Corp.(1)
    35,420       1,910,200      
Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    398,770       2,576,437      
Nordstrom, Inc. 
    19,173       720,521      
PPR SA
    8,614       1,033,983      
Sears Holdings Corp.(1)
    19,043       1,589,138      
Target Corp. 
    70,056       3,388,609      
 
 
            $ 12,030,896      
 
 
 
 
Office Electronics — 0.4%
 
Brother Industries, Ltd. 
    22,000     $ 253,013      
Canon, Inc. 
    87,300       3,713,607      
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. 
    70,500       726,518      
Ricoh Co., Ltd. 
    59,000       845,397      
 
 
            $ 5,538,535      
 
 
 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.2%
 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. 
    39,019     $ 2,435,566      
BP PLC
    1,904,199       18,387,292      
Chevron Corp. 
    135,963       10,467,791      
ConocoPhillips
    116,689       5,959,307      
Devon Energy Corp. 
    8,417       618,650      
El Paso Corp. 
    56,715       557,508      
ENI SpA
    375,713       9,567,831      
Exxon Mobil Corp. 
    309,486       21,103,850      

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)
 
                     
Goodrich Petroleum Corp.(1)
    6,636     $ 161,587      
Hess Corp. 
    20,723       1,253,741      
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 
    3,100       180,975      
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. 
    5,400       238,101      
Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc. 
    169,500       727,460      
Petrohawk Energy Corp.(1)
    38,373       920,568      
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A
    370,230       11,203,255      
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B
    299,054       8,709,425      
SandRidge Energy, Inc.(1)
    49,942       470,953      
Southwestern Energy Co.(1)
    24,167       1,164,849      
Suncor Energy, Inc. 
    47,858       1,689,866      
TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK
    39,000       325,865      
Total SA
    296,489       19,043,472      
Williams Cos., Inc. 
    157,397       3,317,929      
XTO Energy, Inc. 
    46,681       2,172,067      
 
 
            $ 120,677,908      
 
 
 
 
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%
 
International Paper Co. 
    50,046     $ 1,340,232      
OJI Paper Co., Ltd. 
    143,000       599,147      
 
 
            $ 1,939,379      
 
 
 
 
Personal Products — 0.0%
 
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.(1)
    9,533     $ 304,103      
 
 
            $ 304,103      
 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals — 7.7%
 
Abbott Laboratories
    148,126     $ 7,997,323      
Allergan, Inc. 
    41,914       2,641,001      
Astellas Pharma, Inc. 
    63,100       2,354,187      
AstraZeneca PLC
    166,221       7,811,932      
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 
    52,900       988,783      
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. 
    65,900       1,382,020      
Eisai Co., Ltd. 
    63,146       2,321,639      
Eli Lilly & Co. 
    66,581       2,377,607      
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
    621,723       13,184,200      
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. 
    6,800       219,608      
Johnson & Johnson
    111,251       7,165,677      
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)
    86,183       1,057,465      
Medicines Co.(1)
    28,661       239,033      
Merck & Co., Inc. 
    210,349       7,686,152      
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. 
    19,000       237,079      
Novartis AG
    269,660       14,725,922      
Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 
    7,500       321,963      
Pfizer, Inc. 
    590,654       10,743,996      
Roche Holding AG
    79,723       13,633,654      
Sanofi-Aventis SA
    122,524       9,635,636      
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. 
    56,000       1,214,154      
Shire PLC
    52,086       1,017,758      
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 
    56,231       2,316,787      
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)
    67,495       2,673,477      
 
 
            $ 113,947,053      
 
 
 
 
Professional Services — 0.3%
 
Equifax, Inc. 
    15,217     $ 470,053      
Manpower, Inc. 
    13,198       720,347      
Monster Worldwide, Inc.(1)
    36,048       627,235      
Randstad Holding NV(1)
    24,548       1,221,444      
Robert Half International, Inc. 
    73,835       1,973,610      
 
 
            $ 5,012,689      
 
 
 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.6%
 
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 
    19,158     $ 1,573,063      
British Land Co. PLC
    179,131       1,379,378      
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. 
    37       272,757      
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. 
    50       224,862      
Liberty International PLC
    189,600       1,567,510      
Nippon Building Fund, Inc. 
    40       304,006      
Simon Property Group, Inc. 
    36,591       2,919,962      
Unibail-Rodamco SE
    4,563       1,002,400      
 
 
            $ 9,243,938      
 
 
 
 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%
 
Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. 
    6,300     $ 298,295      
Heiwa Real Estate Co., Ltd. 
    448,500       1,442,914      
LEOPALACE21 Corp.(1)
    50,900       210,905      
NTT Urban Development Corp. 
    443       295,719      
 
 
            $ 2,247,833      
 
 
 
 
Road & Rail — 0.4%
 
Central Japan Railway Co. 
    55     $ 368,131      
CSX Corp. 
    48,354       2,344,685      
East Japan Railway Co. 
    12,600       797,337      
Keio Corp. 
    139,000       838,792      
Kintetsu Corp. 
    105,000       348,032      
Ryder System, Inc. 
    14,154       582,720      
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. 
    135,000       704,739      
 
 
            $ 5,984,436      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.2%
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(1)
    47,927     $ 463,933      
Advantest Corp. 
    128,400       3,344,949      
Applied Materials, Inc. 
    356,268       4,966,376      
Atheros Communications, Inc.(1)
    60,993       2,088,400      
Broadcom Corp., Class A(1)
    115,327       3,627,034      
Cree, Inc.(1)
    9,999       563,644      
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.(1)
    217,447       2,296,240      
Intel Corp. 
    731,885       14,930,454      
KLA-Tencor Corp. 
    122,392       4,425,695      
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(1)
    40,523       551,923      
Microchip Technology, Inc. 
    41,171       1,196,429      
National Semiconductor Corp. 
    69,755       1,071,437      
ON Semiconductor Corp.(1)
    98,657       869,168      
ROHM Co., Ltd. 
    4,700       306,736      
Shinko Electric Industries
    17,200       250,375      
Sumco Corp. 
    14,600       257,988      
Tokyo Electron, Ltd. 
    63,300       4,063,102      
Veeco Instruments, Inc.(1)
    51,522       1,702,287      
 
 
            $ 46,976,170      
 
 
 
 
Software — 4.8%
 
Ariba, Inc.(1)
    162,776     $ 2,037,956      
BMC Software, Inc.(1)
    31,383       1,258,458      
Citrix Systems, Inc.(1)
    62,346       2,594,217      
Compuware Corp.(1)
    52,384       378,736      
Concur Technologies, Inc.(1)
    21,039       899,417      
Dassault Systemes SA
    23,266       1,324,878      
Konami Corp. 
    62,100       1,108,759      
Microsoft Corp. 
    1,257,762       38,349,163      
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 
    800       191,070      
Oracle Corp. 
    543,385       13,334,668      
Oracle Corp. Japan
    7,700       320,821      
Symantec Corp.(1)
    346,140       6,192,445      
TiVo, Inc.(1)
    106,665       1,085,850      
Trend Micro, Inc. 
    65,897       2,503,046      
 
 
            $ 71,579,484      
 
 
 
 
Specialty Retail — 2.1%
 
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 
    42,783     $ 726,455      
Best Buy Co., Inc. 
    47,984       1,893,449      
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. 
    58,600       11,013,248      
Gap, Inc. (The)
    78,617       1,647,026      
Home Depot, Inc. 
    87,184       2,522,233      
Industria de Diseno Textil SA
    34,787       2,172,534      
Limited Brands, Inc. 
    36,921       710,360      
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(1)
    16,299       621,318      
Office Depot, Inc.(1)
    190,264       1,227,203      
Shimamura Co., Ltd. 
    3,200       305,754      
Staples, Inc. 
    222,003       5,459,054      
Tiffany & Co. 
    33,012       1,419,516      
USS Co., Ltd. 
    3,800       231,976      
Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. 
    5,750       387,904      
 
 
            $ 30,338,030      
 
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%
 
Adidas AG
    32,835     $ 1,778,522      
Asics Corp. 
    28,000       251,296      
Christian Dior SA
    10,660       1,092,435      
Coach, Inc. 
    16,626       607,348      
Hanesbrands, Inc.(1)
    4,073       98,200      
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    30,110       1,989,368      
Nisshinbo Holdings, Inc. 
    94,000       870,955      
Onward Holdings Co., Ltd. 
    55,000       340,294      
Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport
    2,976       990,683      
Swatch Group AG, Class B
    4,150       1,050,449      
 
 
            $ 9,069,550      
 
 
 
 
Tobacco — 1.7%
 
Altria Group, Inc. 
    103,053     $ 2,022,930      
British American Tobacco PLC
    291,426       9,460,670      
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC
    180,380       5,690,518      
Japan Tobacco, Inc. 
    425       1,435,009      
Philip Morris International, Inc. 
    129,040       6,218,438      
Swedish Match AB
    46,587       1,018,544      
 
 
            $ 25,846,109      
 
 
 
 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%
 
Marubeni Corp. 
    109,000     $ 602,113      
Mitsubishi Corp. 
    85,400       2,127,192      
Sumitomo Corp. 
    96,700       984,671      
Wolseley PLC(1)
    51,754       1,035,954      
 
 
            $ 4,749,930      
 
 
 
 
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%
 
ADP
    13,565     $ 1,090,330      
Kamigumi Co., Ltd. 
    46,000       335,653      
Societe des Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone(1)
    18,585       1,430,925      
 
 
            $ 2,856,908      
 
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS CONT’D
 
                     
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.6%
 
American Tower Corp., Class A(1)
    20,404     $ 881,657      
KDDI Corp. 
    556       2,944,971      
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. 
    159       221,883      
Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B
    44,475       1,378,725      
Softbank Corp. 
    197,998       4,641,614      
Vodafone Group PLC
    5,638,459       13,057,056      
 
 
            $ 23,125,906      
 
 
     
Total Common Stocks
   
(identified cost $1,370,720,115)
  $ 1,503,261,286      
 
 
                     
                     
Investment Funds — 0.1%
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Capital Markets — 0.1%
 
Alliance Trust PLC (The)
    243,354     $ 1,287,267      
 
 
     
Total Investment Funds
   
(identified cost $1,095,043)
  $ 1,287,267      
 
 
                     
                     
Rights — 0.0%
 
Security   Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%
 
Fortis, Expires 7/4/14(1)(2)
    111,868     $ 0      
 
 
             
Total Rights (identified cost $0)
  $ 0      
 
 
     
Total Investments — 101.8%
   
(identified cost $1,371,815,158)
  $ 1,504,548,553      
 
 
 
                                     
Covered Call Options Written — (2.5)%
 
    Number of
    Strike
    Expiration
           
Description   Contracts     Price     Date     Value      
 
 
                                                 
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index     20,500     EUR 2,900       1/15/10     $ (2,879,470 )    
Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 Index     43,000     EUR 2,950       1/15/10       (3,868,227 )    
FTSE 100 Index     19,650     GBP 5,300       1/15/10       (4,696,303 )    
NASDAQ 100 Index     1,913     $ 1,825       1/16/10       (10,029,859 )    
Nikkei 225 Index     1,550,000     JPY 10,000       1/8/10       (9,105,365 )    
S&P 500 Index     2,330     $ 1,120       1/16/10       (3,131,520 )    
S&P 500 Index     811     $ 1,125       1/16/10       (827,220 )    
S&P 500 Index     1,105     $ 1,130       1/16/10       (961,350 )    
SMI Index     9,600     CHF 6,550       1/15/10       (807,004 )    
 
 
             
Total Covered Call Options Written
(premiums received $22,380,075)
  $ (36,306,318 )    
 
 
             
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%
  $ 10,000,211      
 
 
             
Net Assets — 100.0%
  $ 1,478,242,446      
 
 
 
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.
 
ADR - American Depositary Receipt
 
PFC Shares - Preference Shares
 
CHF - Swiss Franc
 
EUR - Euro
 
GBP - British Pound Sterling
 
JPY - Japanese Yen
 
(1) Non-income producing security.
 
(2) Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
 
 
 
                     
Country Concentration of Portfolio
 
    Percentage
           
Country   of Net Assets     Value      
 
 
United States
    54.3 %   $ 803,114,290      
United Kingdom
    11.8       174,759,664      
Japan
    10.7       158,188,236      
France
    6.3       92,608,472      
Germany
    4.7       70,006,261      
Switzerland
    4.6       68,498,540      
Spain
    3.0       43,524,985      
Italy
    1.9       27,912,060      
Netherlands
    1.5       22,210,174      
Canada
    0.8       11,484,075      
Finland
    0.5       7,100,676      
Belgium
    0.5       6,765,859      
Luxembourg
    0.4       6,267,379      
India
    0.3       4,566,352      
Other Countries, less than 0.3% each
    0.5       7,541,530      
 
 
Total Investments
    101.8 %   $ 1,504,548,553      
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
             
As of December 31, 2009          
 
Assets
 
Investments, at value (identified cost, $1,371,815,158)
  $ 1,504,548,553      
Cash
    444,773      
Restricted cash*
    4,639,570      
Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $88,726)
    88,713      
Dividends receivable
    1,691,754      
Receivable for investments sold
    2,135,385      
Receivable from the transfer agent
    3,282,696      
Tax reclaims receivable
    1,461,876      
 
 
Total assets
  $ 1,518,293,320      
 
 
             
             
 
Liabilities
 
Written options outstanding, at value (premiums received, $22,380,075)
  $ 36,306,318      
Payable for investments purchased
    2,109,728      
Payable to affiliates:
           
Investment adviser fee
    1,274,589      
Trustees’ fees
    12,625      
Accrued expenses
    347,614      
 
 
Total liabilities
  $ 40,050,874      
 
 
Net Assets
  $ 1,478,242,446      
 
 
             
             
 
Sources of Net Assets
 
Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized, 106,805,481 shares issued and outstanding
  $ 1,068,055      
Additional paid-in capital
    1,357,257,914      
Accumulated net realized gain
    1,692,741      
Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income
    (679,181 )    
Net unrealized appreciation
    118,902,917      
 
 
Net Assets
  $ 1,478,242,446      
 
 
             
             
 
Net Asset Value
 
($1,478,242,446 ¸ 106,805,481 common shares issued and outstanding)
  $ 13.84      
 
 
Represents restricted cash on deposit at the custodian for open written options.
 
 
Statement of Operations
 
             
For the Year Ended
         
December 31, 2009          
 
Investment Income
 
Dividends (net of foreign taxes, $2,286,207)
  $ 36,003,886      
 
 
Total investment income
  $ 36,003,886      
 
 
             
             
 
Expenses
 
Investment adviser fee
  $ 13,523,261      
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    50,125      
Custodian fee
    651,886      
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees
    16,631      
Legal and accounting services
    64,021      
Printing and postage
    360,769      
Miscellaneous
    131,162      
 
 
Total expenses
  $ 14,797,855      
 
 
Deduct —
           
Reduction of custodian fee
  $ 29      
 
 
Total expense reductions
  $ 29      
 
 
             
Net expenses
  $ 14,797,826      
 
 
             
Net investment income
  $ 21,206,060      
 
 
             
             
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) —
           
Investment transactions
  $ 64,441,663      
Written options
    (16,460,396 )    
Foreign currency transactions
    60,749      
 
 
Net realized gain
  $ 48,042,016      
 
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —
           
Investments
  $ 306,915,391      
Written options
    (37,332,407 )    
Foreign currency
    125,871      
 
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  $ 269,708,855      
 
 
             
Net realized and unrealized gain
  $ 317,750,871      
 
 
             
Net increase in net assets from operations
  $ 338,956,931      
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
                     
Increase (Decrease)
  Year Ended
    Year Ended
     
in Net Assets   December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008      
 
From operations —
                   
Net investment income
  $ 21,206,060     $ 30,550,494      
Net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions, written options and foreign currency transactions
    48,042,016       (37,311,128 )    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, written options and foreign currency
    269,708,855       (569,061,069 )    
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
  $ 338,956,931     $ (575,821,703 )    
 
 
Distributions to shareholders —
                   
From net investment income
  $ (21,733,320 )   $ (30,257,963 )    
Tax return of capital
    (169,738,302 )     (161,096,558 )    
 
 
Total distributions
  $ (191,471,622 )   $ (191,354,521 )    
 
 
Capital share transactions —
                   
Reinvestment of distributions
  $ 6,769,711     $      
 
 
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
  $ 6,769,711     $      
 
 
                     
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
  $ 154,255,020     $ (767,176,224 )    
 
 
                     
                     
 
Net Assets
 
At beginning of year
  $ 1,323,987,426     $ 2,091,163,650      
 
 
At end of year
  $ 1,478,242,446     $ 1,323,987,426      
 
 
                     
                     
 
Accumulated distributions
in excess of net
investment income
included in net assets
 
At end of year
  $ (679,181 )   $ (193,017 )    
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
Financial Highlights
 
                                             
    Year Ended December 31,            
   
    Period Ended
     
    2009     2008     2007     2006     December 31, 2005(1)       
 
Net asset value — Beginning of period
  $ 12.450     $ 19.670     $ 19.560     $ 18.610     $ 19.100 (2)    
 
 
                                             
 
Income (Loss) From Operations
 
Net investment income(3)
  $ 0.199     $ 0.287     $ 0.213     $ 0.242     $ 0.031      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    2.991       (5.707 )     1.697       2.510       (0.063 )    
 
 
Total income (loss) from operations
  $ 3.190     $ (5.420 )   $ 1.910     $ 2.752     $ (0.032 )    
 
 
                                             
 
Less Distributions
 
From net investment income
  $ (0.204 )   $ (0.285 )   $ (0.039 )   $ (0.241 )   $ (0.031 )    
From net realized gain
                (0.098 )     (0.126 )     (0.145 )    
Tax return of capital
    (1.596 )     (1.515 )     (1.663 )     (1.433 )     (0.274 )    
 
 
Total distributions
  $ (1.800 )   $ (1.800 )   $ (1.800 )   $ (1.800 )   $ (0.450 )    
 
 
                                             
Offering costs charged to paid-in capital(3)
  $     $     $     $ (0.002 )   $ (0.008 )    
 
 
                                             
Net asset value — End of period
  $ 13.840     $ 12.450     $ 19.670     $ 19.560     $ 18.610      
 
 
                                             
Market value — End of period
  $ 13.890     $ 10.120     $ 17.360     $ 20.320     $ 17.200      
 
 
                                             
Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(4)
    28.83 %     (27.36 )%     10.55 %     15.47 %     (0.04 )%(5)(6)    
 
 
                                             
Total Investment Return on Market Value(4)
    59.07 %     (33.09 )%     (6.08 )%     29.79 %     (7.62 )%(5)(6)    
 
 
                                             
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)
  $ 1,478,242     $ 1,323,987     $ 2,091,164     $ 2,075,159     $ 1,966,620      
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):
                                           
Expenses(7)
    1.09 %     1.08 %     1.08 %     1.07 %     1.07 %(8)    
Net investment income
    1.57 %     1.76 %     1.07 %     1.26 %     0.64 %(8)    
Portfolio Turnover
    31 %     33 %     13 %     14 %     6 %(6)    
 
 
 
(1) For the period from the start of business, September 30, 2005, to December 31, 2005.
 
(2) Net asset value at beginning of period reflects the deduction of the sales load of $0.90 per share paid by the shareholder from the $20.00 offering price.
 
(3) Computed using average shares outstanding.
 
(4) Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market value with all distributions reinvested.
 
(5) Total investment return on net asset value is calculated assuming a purchase at the offering price of $20.00 less the sales load of $0.90 per share paid by the shareholder on the first day and a sale at the net asset value on the last day of the period reported with all distributions reinvested. Total investment return on market value is calculated assuming a purchase at the offering price of $20.00 less the sales load of $0.90 per share paid by the shareholder on the first day and a sale at the current market price on the last day of the period reported with all distributions reinvested.
 
(6) Not annualized.
 
(7) Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.
 
(8) Annualized.

 
See notes to financial statements

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1   Significant Accounting Policies
 
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the Fund) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund pursues its investment objectives by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of domestic and foreign common stocks. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to generate current earnings in part by employing an options strategy of writing index call options on a substantial portion of its common stock portfolio.
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Fund. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. A source of authoritative accounting principles applied in the preparation of the Fund’s financial statements is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (the Codification), which superseded existing non-Securities and Exchange Commission accounting and reporting standards for interim and annual reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of the Codification for the current reporting period did not impact the Fund’s application of generally accepted accounting principles.
 
A  Investment Valuation — Equity securities (including common shares of closed-end investment companies) listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices therefore on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices or, in the case of preferred equity securities that are not listed or traded in the over-the-counter market, by a third party pricing service that will use various techniques that consider factors including, but not limited to, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, quotes of underlying common stock, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic events. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price for the day of valuation as quoted on any exchange on which the option is listed or, in the absence of sales on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices therefore as reported by the Options Price Reporting Authority. Over-the-counter options are valued by a third party pricing service using techniques that consider factors including the value of the underlying instrument, the volatility of the underlying instrument and the time until option expiration. Short-term debt securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate. Inputs to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask spreads. The daily valuation of exchange-traded foreign securities generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on which such securities trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. When valuing foreign equity securities that meet certain criteria, the Trustees have approved the use of a fair value service that values such securities to reflect market trading that occurs after the close of the applicable foreign markets of comparable securities or other instruments that have a strong correlation to the fair-valued securities. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Fund in a manner that most 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 all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies or entities, quotations or relevant information obtained from broker-dealers or other market participants, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company’s or entity’s financial condition, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.
 
B  Investment Transactions — Investment transactions for financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
 
C  Income — Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. However, if the ex-dividend date has passed, certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates.
 
D  Federal Taxes — The Fund’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.
 
At December 31, 2009, the Fund, for federal income tax purposes, had a capital loss carryforward of $2,465,392 which will reduce its taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus will reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income or excise tax. Such capital loss carryforward will expire on December 31, 2017.
 
As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each of the Fund’s federal tax returns filed in the 3-year period ended December 31, 2009 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
E  Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Fund. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Fund maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Fund’s custodian fees are reported as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.
 
F  Foreign Currency Translation — Investment valuations, other assets, and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investment securities and income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates in effect on the respective dates of such transactions. Recognized gains or losses on investment transactions attributable to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. That portion of unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.
 
G  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.
 
H  Indemnifications — Under the 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 the Fund. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust, (such as the Fund) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligation of the Fund. However, the 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 provide for indemnification out of Fund property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.
 
I  Written Options — Upon the writing of a call or a put option, the premium received by the Fund is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written, in accordance with the Fund’s policies on investment valuations discussed above. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or are closed are added to or offset against the proceeds or amount paid on the transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. If a put option on a security is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as a writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities or other assets may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the securities or other assets underlying the written option. The Fund may also bear the risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist.
 
2   Distributions to Shareholders
 
Subject to its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund intends to make quarterly distributions from its cash available for distribution, which consists of the Fund’s dividends and interest income after payment of Fund expenses, net option

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
premiums and net realized and unrealized gains on stock investments. The Fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains (reduced by available capital loss carryforwards from prior years, if any). Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distinguishes between distributions on a tax basis and a financial reporting basis. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits be reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income. Distributions in any year may include a substantial return of capital component.
 
The tax character of distributions declared for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was as follows:
 
                     
    Year Ended December 31,
    2009     2008      
 
 
Distributions declared from:
                   
Ordinary income
  $ 21,733,320     $ 30,257,963      
Tax return of capital
  $ 169,738,302     $ 161,096,558      
 
During the year ended December 31, 2009, accumulated net realized gain was decreased by $10,050,046, accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income was decreased by $41,096 and paid-in capital was increased by $10,008,950 due to differences between book and tax accounting, primarily for foreign currency gain (loss), investments in passive foreign investment companies (PFICs) and distributions from real estate investment trusts. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Fund.
 
As of December 31, 2009, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
             
Capital loss carryforward
  $ (2,465,392 )    
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 122,381,869      
 
The differences between components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to wash sales, written options contracts and investments in PFICs.
 
3   Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
The investment adviser fee is earned by Eaton Vance Management (EVM) as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Fund. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily gross assets and is payable monthly. Gross assets as referred to herein represent net assets plus obligations attributable to investment leverage, if any. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the investment adviser fee amounted to $13,523,261. Pursuant to sub-advisory agreements, EVM has delegated a portion of the investment management to Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC (Parametric), an affiliate of EVM, and delegated the investment management of the Fund’s options strategy to Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. (Rampart). EVM pays Parametric and prior to October 20, 2009, paid Rampart a portion of its advisory fee for sub-advisory services provided to the Fund. EVM terminated its sub-advisory agreement with Rampart with respect to the Fund and, effective October 20, 2009, EVM assumed the investment management of the Fund’s options strategy. EVM also serves as administrator of the Fund, but receives no compensation.
 
Except for Trustees of the Fund who are not members of EVM’s organization, officers and Trustees receive remuneration for their services to the Fund out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Fund who are not affiliated with EVM may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the year ended December 31, 2009, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Fund are officers of EVM.
 
4   Purchases and Sales of Investments
 
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, aggregated $432,052,617 and $639,618,523, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
5   Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
The Fund may issue common shares pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan. Common shares issued pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan for the year ended December 31, 2009 were 497,414. There were no transactions in common shares for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
6   Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at December 31, 2009, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
             
Aggregate cost
  $ 1,372,898,142      
 
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 200,480,320      
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (68,829,909 )    
 
 
Net unrealized appreciation
  $ 131,650,411      
 
 

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
7   Financial Instruments
 
The Fund may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include written options and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the 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 written call options at December 31, 2009 is included in the Portfolio of Investments.
 
Written call options activity for the year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows:
 
                     
    Number of
    Premiums
     
    Contracts     Received      
 
Outstanding, beginning of year
    1,731,429     $ 46,546,455      
Options written
    18,114,546       369,388,334      
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions
    (16,747,286 )     (355,691,956 )    
Options expired
    (1,449,780 )     (37,862,758 )    
 
 
Outstanding, end of year
    1,648,909     $ 22,380,075      
 
 
 
All of the assets of the Fund are subject to segregation to satisfy the requirements of the escrow agent.
 
At December 31, 2009, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
 
The Fund adopted FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 (FAS 161), “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, (currently FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 815-10), effective January 1, 2009. Such standard requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities, including qualitative disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk related contingent features in derivative instruments. The disclosure below includes additional information as a result of implementing FAS 161.
 
The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund generally intends to write index call options above the current value of the index to generate premium income. In writing index call options, the Fund in effect, sells potential appreciation in the value of the applicable index above the exercise price in exchange for the option premium received. The Fund retains the risk of loss, minus the premium received, should the price of the underlying index decline. The Fund is not subject to counterparty credit risk with respect to its written options as the Fund, not the counterparty, is obligated to perform under such derivatives.
 
The fair value of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk at December 31, 2009 was as follows:
 
                     
    Fair Value
     
Derivative   Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives(1)       
 
Written Options
  $        —     $ (36,306,318 )    
 
(1) Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Written options outstanding, at value.
 
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 equity price risk for the year ended December 31, 2009 was as follows:
 
                     
          Change in
     
          Unrealized
     
    Realized Gain
    Appreciation
     
    (Loss) on
    (Depreciation) on
     
    Derivatives
    Derivatives
     
    Recognized in
    Recognized in
     
Derivative   Income(1)      Income(2)       
 
Written Options
  $ (16,460,396 )   $ (37,332,407 )    
 
(1) Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Written options.
 
(2) Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Written options.
 
8   Risks Associated with Foreign Investments
 
Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Certain foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitation on the removal of funds or other assets of the Fund, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Foreign stock markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the United States, and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT’D
 
securities of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets, broker-dealers and issuers than in the United States.
 
9   Fair Value Measurements
 
Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
 
  •  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
 
  •  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
  •  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
At December 31, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                     
    Quoted
                       
    Prices in
                       
    Active
    Significant
                 
    Markets for
    Other
    Significant
           
    Identical
    Observable
    Unobservable
           
    Assets     Inputs     Inputs            
     
Asset Description   (Level 1)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)     Total      
 
Common Stocks
                                   
Consumer Discretionary
  $ 98,989,700     $ 58,877,303     $      —     $ 157,867,003      
Consumer Staples
    65,013,018       68,085,118             133,098,136      
Energy
    61,826,631       68,383,676             130,210,307      
Financials
    74,931,155       144,443,729             219,374,884      
Health Care
    106,136,701       77,323,346             183,460,047      
Industrials
    67,473,384       72,281,324             139,754,708      
Information Technology
    306,015,165       45,124,012             351,139,177      
Materials
    16,924,928       54,227,776             71,152,704      
Telecommunication Services
    20,664,259       43,662,470             64,326,729      
Utilities
    16,365,369       36,512,222             52,877,591      
 
 
Total Common Stocks
  $ 834,340,310     $ 668,920,976 *   $     $ 1,503,261,286      
 
 
Investment Funds
  $     $ 1,287,267     $     $ 1,287,267      
Rights
                0       0      
 
 
Total Investments
  $ 834,340,310     $ 670,208,243     $ 0     $ 1,504,548,553      
 
 
                                     
Liability Description
                                   
 
 
Covered Call Options Written
  $ (36,306,318 )   $     $     $ (36,306,318 )    
 
 
Total
  $ (36,306,318 )   $     $     $ (36,306,318 )    
 
 
 
* Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading that occurred after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets.
 
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
 
             
    Investments
     
    in Rights      
 
Balance as of December 31, 2008
  $      0      
Realized gains (losses)
         
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*
    0      
Net purchases (sales)
         
Accrued discount (premium)
         
Net transfer to (from) Level 3
         
 
 
Balance as of December 31, 2009
  $ 0      
 
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held as of December 31, 2009*
  $ 0      
 
 
 
* Amount is included in the related amount on investments in the Statement of Operations.
 
All Level 3 investments held at December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were valued at $0.
 
10   Review for Subsequent Events
 
In connection with the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009, events and transactions subsequent to December 31, 2009 through February 16, 2010, the date the financial statements were issued, have been evaluated by the Fund’s management for possible adjustment and/or disclosure. Management has not identified any subsequent events requiring financial statement disclosure as of the date these financial statements were issued.

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Trustees and Shareholders of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2009, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended and the period from the start of business, September 30, 2005, to December 31, 2005. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2009, 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 position of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended and the period from the start of business, September 30, 2005, to December 31, 2005, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 16, 2010

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund as of December 31, 2009
 
FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
 
 
The Form 1099-DIV you received in January 2010 showed the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2009. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax adviser with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Fund. As required by the Internal Revenue Code regulations, shareholders must be notified within 60 days of the Fund’s fiscal year end regarding the status of qualified dividend income for individuals and the dividends received deduction for corporations.
 
Qualified Dividend Income. The Fund designates $38,017,043, or up to the maximum amount of such dividends allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, as qualified dividend income eligible for the reduced tax rate of 15%.
 
Dividends Received Deduction. Corporate shareholders are generally entitled to take the dividends received deduction on the portion of the Fund’s dividend distribution that qualifies under tax law. For the Fund’s fiscal 2009 ordinary income dividends, 64.69% qualifies for the corporate dividends received deduction.

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

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund 
 
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 Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
P.O. Box 922
Wall Street Station
New York, NY 10269-0560
 
Number of Employees
The Fund is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, closed-end management investment company and has no employees.
 
Number of Shareholders
As of December 31, 2009, our records indicate that there are 132 registered shareholders and 73,425 shareholders owning the Fund shares in street name, such as through brokers, banks, and financial intermediaries.
 
If you are a street name shareholder and wish to receive our reports directly, which contain important information about the Fund, please write or call:
 
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
1-800-262-1122
 
New York Stock Exchange symbol
 
The New York Stock Exchange symbol is ETW.

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund 
 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
 
Overview of the Contract Review Process
 
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuance is approved at least annually by the fund’s board of trustees, including by a vote of a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.
 
At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the Eaton Vance group of mutual funds (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 27, 2009, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of the Contract Review Committee of the Board (formerly the Special Committee), which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held in February, March and April 2009. Such information included, among other things, the following:
 
Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses
 
  •  An independent report comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;
  •  An independent report comparing the investment performance of each fund to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;
  •  Data regarding investment performance in comparison to relevant peer groups of funds and appropriate indices;
  •  Comparative information concerning fees charged by each adviser for managing other mutual funds and institutional accounts using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing the fund;
  •  Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;
 
Information about Portfolio Management
 
  •  Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes employed, and any changes in portfolio management processes and personnel;
  •  Information concerning the allocation of brokerage and the benefits received by each adviser as a result of brokerage allocation, including information concerning the acquisition of research through “soft dollar” benefits received in connection with the funds’ brokerage, and the implementation of a soft dollar reimbursement program established with respect to the funds;
  •  Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;
  •  The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;
 
Information about each Adviser
 
  •  Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;
  •  Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;
  •  Copies of the Codes of Ethics of each adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;
  •  Copies of or descriptions of each adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures;
  •  Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the funds (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance with investment policies and restrictions, including policies with respect to market-timing, late trading and selective portfolio disclosure, and with policies on personal securities transactions;
  •  Descriptions of the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of each adviser and its affiliates;
 
Other Relevant Information
 
  •  Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment management services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;
  •  Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or the funds’ administrator; and
  •  The terms of each advisory agreement.

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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund 
 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT CONT’D
 
 
In addition to the information identified above, the Contract Review Committee considered information provided from time to time by each adviser throughout the year at meetings of the Board and its committees. Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2009, the Board met eighteen times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met seven, five, six, six and six times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees received, among other things, presentations by the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each adviser relating to the investment performance of each fund and the investment strategies used in pursuing the fund’s investment objective.
 
For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of advisory agreements. In addition, in cases where the fund’s investment adviser has engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any sub-advisory agreement.
 
The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to each advisory and sub-advisory agreement.
 
Results of the Process
 
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuance of the investment advisory agreement of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) with Eaton Vance Management (the “Adviser”), and the sub-advisory agreements with Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC (“PPA”) and Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. (“Rampart,” and with PPA, the “Sub-advisers”) including their fee structures, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the respective agreements. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee as well as the factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreements. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement and the sub-advisory agreements for the Fund.
 
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
 
In considering whether to approve the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements of the Fund, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and the Sub-advisers.
 
The Board considered the Adviser’s and the Sub-advisers’ management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Fund, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Fund and whose responsibilities include supervising each Sub-adviser and coordinating their activities in implementing the Fund’s investment strategy. In particular, the Board evaluated, where relevant, the abilities and experience of such investment personnel in analyzing factors such as tax efficiency and special considerations relevant to investing in stocks and selling call options on the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100. With respect to PPA, the Board noted PPA’s experience in deploying quantitative-based investment strategies. With respect to Rampart, the Board considered Rampart’s business reputation and its options strategy and its past experience in implementing this strategy. The Board also took into consideration the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, including the compensation paid to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted to the Fund by senior management.
 
The Board also reviewed the compliance programs of the Adviser and Sub-advisers and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also evaluated the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
 
The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large family of funds.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT CONT’D
 
The Board considered the Adviser’s recommendations for Board action and other steps taken in response to the unprecedented dislocations experienced in the capital markets over recent periods, including sustained periods of high volatility, credit disruption and government intervention. In particular, the Board considered the Adviser’s efforts and expertise with respect to each of the following matters as they relate to the Fund and/or other funds within the Eaton Vance family of funds: (i) negotiating and maintaining the availability of bank loan facilities and other sources of credit used for investment purposes or to satisfy liquidity needs; (ii) establishing the fair value of securities and other instruments held in investment portfolios during periods of market volatility and issuer-specific disruptions; and (iii) the ongoing monitoring of investment management processes and risk controls.
 
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser and Sub-advisers, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the respective investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.
 
Fund Performance
 
The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to a relevant universe of similarly managed funds identified by an independent data provider and appropriate benchmark indices. The Board reviewed comparative performance data for the one- and three-year periods ended September 30, 2008 for the Fund. On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded that, under the circumstances, the Fund’s performance was satisfactory.
 
Management Fees and Expenses
 
The Board reviewed contractual investment advisory fee rates, including any administrative fee rates, payable by the Fund (referred to as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratio for the year ended September 30, 2008, as compared to a group of similarly managed funds selected by an independent data provider.
 
After reviewing the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services and the Fund’s total expense ratio are reasonable.
 
Profitability
 
The Board reviewed the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof, including PPA, in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized with and without regard to revenue sharing or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates, including PPA, in connection with its relationship with the Fund, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Fund and other investment advisory clients. The Board also concluded that, in light of its role as a sub-adviser not affiliated with the Adviser, Rampart’s profitability in managing the Fund was not a material factor.
 
The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates, including PPA, are reasonable.
 
Economies of Scale
 
In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board also considered the fact that the Fund is not continuously offered and concluded that, in light of the level of the Adviser’s profits with respect to the Fund, the implementation of breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule is not appropriate at this time. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the benefits from economies of scale are currently being shared equitably by the Adviser and its affiliates and the Fund.

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MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
 
 
Fund Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the Fund) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Fund’s affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Fund 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 Fund, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business address of each Trustee and officer is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, “EVC” refers to Eaton Vance Corp., “EV” refers to Eaton Vance, Inc., “EVM” refers to Eaton Vance Management, “BMR” refers to Boston Management and Research and “EVD” refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EVC and EV are the corporate parent and trustee, respectively, of EVM and BMR. EVD is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EVC. Each officer affiliated with Eaton Vance may hold a position with other Eaton Vance affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with EVM listed below.
 
                         
        Term of
      Number of Portfolios
     
    Position(s)
  Office and
      in Fund Complex
     
Name and
  with the
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen By
     
Date of Birth   Fund   Service   During Past Five Years   Trustee(1)     Other Directorships Held
 
 
 
Interested Trustee
                         
Thomas E. Faust Jr.
5/31/58
  Class I
Trustee and Vice
President
  Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2007 and Vice President since 2005.   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 178 registered investment companies and 4 private companies managed by EVM or BMR. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Fund.     178     Director of EVC
 
Noninterested Trustees
                         
Benjamin C. Esty
1/2/63
  Class I
Trustee
  Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2005.   Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration and Finance Unit Head, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.     178     None
                         
Allen R. Freedman
4/3/40
  Class I
Trustee
  Until 2012. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.   Former Chairman (2002-2004) and a Director (1983-2004) of Systems & Computer Technology Corp. (provider of software to higher education). Formerly, a Director of Loring Ward International (fund distributor) (2005-2007). Formerly, Chairman and a Director of Indus International, Inc. (provider of enterprise management software to the power generating industry) (2005-2007).     178     Director of Assurant, Inc. (insurance provider) and Stonemor Partners L.P. (owner and operator of cemeteries)
                         
William H. Park
9/19/47
  Class II
Trustee
  Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2005.   Vice Chairman, Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company) (since 2006). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) (2002-2005).     178     None
                         
Ronald A. Pearlman
7/10/40
  Class II
Trustee
  Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2005.   Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center.     178     None
                         
Helen Frame Peters
3/22/48
  Class III
Trustee
  Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2008.   Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Adjunct Professor of Finance, Peking University, Beijing, China (since 2005).     178     Director of BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (wholesale club retailer)
                         
Heidi L. Steiger
7/8/53
  Class II
Trustee
  Until 2010. 3 years. Trustee since 2007.   Managing Partner, Topridge Associates LLC (global wealth management firm) (since 2008); Senior Adviser (since 2008), President (2005-2008), Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, LLC (global wealth management firm). Formerly, President and Contributing Editor, Worth Magazine (2004-2005). Formerly Executive Vice President and Global Head of Private Asset Management (and various other positions), Neuberger Berman (investment firm) (1986-2004).     178     Director of Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd. (nuclear insurance provider), Aviva USA (insurance provider) and CIFG (family of financial guaranty companies) and Advisory Director, Berkshire Capital Securities LLC (private investment banking firm)

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MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION CONT’D
 
                         
        Term of
      Number of Portfolios
     
    Position(s)
  Office and
      in Fund Complex
     
Name and
  with the
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Overseen By
     
Date of Birth   Fund   Service   During Past Five Years   Trustee(1)     Other Directorships Held
 
 
Noninterested Trustees (continued)
                         
Lynn A. Stout
9/14/57
  Class III
Trustee
  Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2005.   Paul Hastings Professor of Corporate and Securities Law (since 2006) and Professor of Law (2001-2006), University of California at Los Angeles School of Law.     178     None
                         
Ralph F. Verni
1/26/43
  Chairman of
the Board
and Class III
Trustee
  Until 2011. 3 years. Trustee since 2005 and Chairman of the Board since 2007.   Consultant and private investor.     178     None
 
Principal Officers who are not Trustees
 
             
        Term of
   
    Position(s)
  Office and
   
Name and
  with the
  Length of
  Principal Occupation(s)
Date of Birth   Fund   Service   During Past Five Years
 
             
Duncan W. Richardson
10/26/57
  President   Since 2005   Director of EVC and Executive Vice President and Chief Equity Investment Officer of EVC, EVM and BMR. Officer of 82 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Walter A. Row, III
7/20/57
  Vice President   Since 2005   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 23 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Barbara E. Campbell
6/19/57
  Treasurer   Since 2005   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 178 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Maureen A. Gemma
5/24/60
  Secretary and
Chief Legal Officer
  Secretary since 2007 and Chief Legal Officer since 2008   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 178 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
             
Paul M. O’Neil
7/11/53
  Chief
Compliance Officer
  Since 2005   Vice President of EVM and BMR. Officer of 178 registered investment companies managed by EVM or BMR.
 
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IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT PRIVACY
 
The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the following policy (Privacy Policy) with respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:
 
•   Only such information received from you, through application forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund transactions will be collected. This may include information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account balances and transactions.
 
•   None of such information about you (or former customers) will be disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the normal course of servicing a customer’s account, Eaton Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and broker/dealers.
 
•   Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect the confidentiality of such information.
 
•   We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.
 
Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Boston Management and Research, and Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
 
In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a customer’s account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial adviser/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such adviser’s privacy policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures.
 
For more information about Eaton Vance’s Privacy Policy, please call 1-800-262-1122.
 
 
Investment Adviser and Administrator of
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
 
 
Sub-Adviser of
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC
1151 Fairview Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98109
 
 
 
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, New York 10038
 
 
 
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
 
 
 
 
 
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110


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Item 2. Code of Ethics
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-262-1122.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The registrant’s Board has designated William H. Park, an independent trustee, as its audit committee financial expert. Mr. Park is a certified public accountant who is the Vice Chairman of Commercial

 


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Industrial Finance Corp (specialty finance company). Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (“UAM”) (a holding company owning institutional investment management firms).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a) –(d)
The following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 by the registrant’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by the principal accountant during such period.
                 
Fiscal Years Ended   12/31/08     12/31/09  
 
Audit Fees
  $ 39,205     $ 38,170  
 
               
Audit-Related Fees(1)
  $ 0     $ 0  
 
               
Tax Fees(2)
  $ 8,200     $ 8,200  
 
               
All Other Fees(3)
  $ 1,803     $ 2,500  
     
 
               
Total
  $ 49,208     $ 48,870  
     
 
(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 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.
 
(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.

 


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(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to the “de minimis exception” set forth in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by the registrant’s principal accountant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed for services rendered to the Eaton Vance organization for the registrant’s principal accountant for the same time periods, respectively.
                 
Fiscal Years Ended   12/31/08   12/31/09
 
Registrant
  $ 8,200     $ 10,700  
 
               
Eaton Vance1
  $ 345,743     $ 288,295  
 
(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), Lynn A. Stout, Heidi L. Steiger and Ralph F. Verni are the members of the registrant’s audit committee.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
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

 


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voting the proxies related to the companies giving rise to such conflict until it consults with the Board’s Special Committee except as contemplated under the Fund Policy. The Board’s Special Committee will instruct the investment adviser on the appropriate course of action.
The Policies are designed to promote accountability of a company’s management to its shareholders and to align the interests of management with those shareholders. An independent proxy voting service (“Agent”), currently Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., has been retained to assist in the voting of proxies through the provision of vote analysis, implementation and recordkeeping and disclosure services. The investment adviser will generally vote proxies through the Agent. The Agent is required to vote all proxies and/or refer then back to the investment adviser pursuant to the Policies. It is generally the policy of the investment adviser to vote in accordance with the recommendation of the Agent. The Agent shall refer to the investment adviser proxies relating to mergers and restructurings, and the disposition of assets, termination, liquidation and mergers contained in mutual fund proxies. The investment adviser will normally vote against anti-takeover measures and other proposals designed to limit the ability of shareholders to act on possible transactions, except in the case of closed-end management investment companies. The investment adviser generally supports management on social and environmental proposals. The investment adviser may abstain from voting from time to time where it determines that the costs associated with voting a proxy outweighs the benefits derived from exercising the right to vote or the economic effect on shareholders interests or the value of the portfolio holding is indeterminable or insignificant.
In addition, the investment adviser will monitor situations that may result in a conflict of interest between the Fund’s shareholders and the investment adviser, the administrator, or any of their affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund by maintaining a list of significant existing and prospective corporate clients. The investment adviser’s personnel responsible for reviewing and voting proxies on behalf of the Fund will report any proxy received or expected to be received from a company included on that list to the personal of the investment adviser identified in the Policies. If such personnel expects to instruct the Agent to vote such proxies in a manner inconsistent with the guidelines of the Policies or the recommendation of the Agent, the personnel will consult with members of senior management of the investment adviser to determine if a material conflict of interests exists. If it is determined that a material conflict does exist, the investment adviser will seek instruction on how to vote from the Special Committee.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122, and (2) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
EVM is investment adviser to the Fund. EVM has engaged its affiliate, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (“Parametric”), as a sub-adviser to the Fund responsible for structuring and managing the Fund’s common stock portfolio, including tax-loss harvesting and other tax-management techniques. Effective October 20, 2009, EVM internalized the management of the Fund’s options strategy, replacing Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc.

 


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Walter A. Row and other EVM investment professionals comprise the investment team responsible for managing the Fund’s overall investment program, including providing the sub-adviser with research support and supervising the performance of the sub-adviser. Mr. Row is the portfolio manager responsible for the day-to-day management of EVM’s responsibilities with respect to the Fund’s investment portfolio. Mr. Row is a Vice President and Head of Structured Equity Portfolios at EVM. He is a member of EVM’s Equity Strategy Committee and co-manages other Eaton Vance registered investment companies. He joined Eaton Vance’s equity group in 1996.
David Stein, Ph.D. and Thomas Seto are the Parametric portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s common stock portfolio. Mr. Stein is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Parametric, where he leads the investment, research and technology activities. Prior to joining Parametric, Mr. Stein held senior research, development and portfolio management positions at GTE Investment Management Corp, the Vanguard Group and IBM Retirement Funds. Mr. Seto is a Vice President and the Director of Portfolio Management at Parametric where he is responsible for all portfolio management, including taxable, tax-exempt, quantitative-active and international strategies. Prior to joining Parametric, Mr. Seto served as the Head of U.S. Equity Index Investments at Barclays Global Investors.
The following tables show, as of the 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 the accounts managed within each category. The table also shows the number of accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account, if any, and the total assets in those accounts.
                                 
                    Number of        
    Number             Accounts     Total Assets of  
    of All     Total Assets of     Paying a     Accounts Paying a  
    Accounts     All Accounts*     Performance Fee     Performance Fee*  
     Walter A. Row
Registered Investment
          $ 11,159.4       0     $ 0  
Companies
Other Pooled
          $ 0       0     $ 0  
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
          $ 0.4       0     $ 0  
 
                               
     David M. Stein
Registered Investment
    13     $ 7,904.8       0     $ 0  
Companies
Other Pooled
    1     $ 166.1       1     $ 166.1  
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
    12,733     $ 21,845.2       0     $ 0  
 
                               
     Thomas Seto
Registered Investment
    13     $ 7,904.8       0     $ 0  
Companies
Other Pooled
    1     $ 166.1       1     $ 166.1  
Investment Vehicles
Other Accounts
    12,733     $ 21,845.2       0     $ 0  
 
*   In millions of dollars.

 


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The following table shows the dollar range of Fund shares beneficially by each portfolio manager as of the Fund’s most recent fiscal year end.
     
    Dollar Range of
    Equity Securities
Portfolio Manager   Owned in the Fund
Walter A. Row
  $10,001 — $50,000
David M. Stein
  None
Thomas Seto
  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 the investments of other accounts for which the 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 or sub-adviser based on the performance of the securities held by that account. The existence of such a performance based fee may create additional conflicts of interest for the portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities. Whenever conflicts of interest arise, the 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 and the sub-adviser have adopted several policies and procedures designed to address these potential conflicts including: a code of ethics; and policies which govern the investment adviser or sub-adviser’s trading practices, including among other things the aggregation and allocation of trades among clients, brokerage allocation, cross trades and best execution.
Compensation Structure for EVM
Compensation of EVM’s portfolio managers and other investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) an annual cash bonus, and (3) annual stock-based compensation consisting of options to purchase shares of EVC’s nonvoting common stock and restricted shares of EVC’s nonvoting common stock. EVM’s investment professionals also receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to EVM’s employees. Compensation of EVM’s investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses, stock-based compensation awards, and adjustments in base salary are typically paid or put into effect at or shortly after the October 31st fiscal year end of EVC.
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 benchmarks 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. 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

 


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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.
Compensation Structure for Parametric
Compensation of Parametric portfolio managers and other investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) a quarterly cash bonus, and (3) annual stock-based compensation consisting of options to purchase shares of EVC’s nonvoting common stock and restricted shares of EVC’s nonvoting common stock. Parametric investment professionals also receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to Parametric employees. Compensation of Parametric investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Stock-based compensation awards and adjustments in base salary and bonus are typically paid and/or put into effect at or shortly after calendar year-end.
Method to Determine Compensation. Parametric seeks to compensate portfolio managers commensurate with their responsibilities and performance, and competitive with other firms within the investment management industry. The performance of portfolio managers is evaluated primarily based on success in achieving portfolio objectives for managed funds and accounts. The compensation of portfolio managers with other job responsibilities (such as product development) will include consideration of the scope of such responsibilities and the managers’ performance in meeting them.
Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by the operating performance of Parametric and EVC, its parent company. Cash bonuses are determined based on a target percentage of Parametric profits. While the salaries of Parametric portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may fluctuate substantially from year to year, based on changes in financial performance and other factors.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
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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.
 
(c)  
Registrant’s notices to shareholders pursuant to Registrant’s exemptive order granting an exemption from Section 19(b) of the 1940 Act and Rule 19b-1 thereunder regarding distributions paid pursuant to the Registrant’s Managed Distribution Plan.

 


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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
         
   
By:   /s/ Duncan W. Richardson    
  Duncan W. Richardson   
  President   
 
Date: February 16, 2010
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
   
By:   /s/ Barbara E. Campbell    
  Barbara E. Campbell   
  Treasurer   
 
Date: February 16, 2010
         
   
By:   /s/ Duncan W. Richardson    
  Duncan W. Richardson   
  President   
 
Date: February 16, 2010