Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

811-21676

Investment Company Act File Number

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income 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, Including Area Code)

December 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

September 30, 2016

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


Eaton Vance

Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

September 30, 2016

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Common Stocks — 100.3%

 

                                                 
Security    Shares      Value  

Aerospace & Defense — 2.5%

     

Boeing Co. (The)

     17,785       $ 2,342,996   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     16,060         3,436,037   

Textron, Inc.

     11,648         463,008   

United Technologies Corp.

     33,319         3,385,210   
     

 

 

 
      $ 9,627,251   
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%

     

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     5,324       $ 375,129   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     9,705         1,061,339   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,436,468   
     

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.4%

     

Southwest Airlines Co.

     36,616       $ 1,423,996   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,423,996   
     

 

 

 

Auto Components — 0.8%

     

Dana, Inc.

     27,328       $ 426,044   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     3,713         119,930   

Johnson Controls International PLC

     30,391         1,414,093   

Lear Corp.

     7,250         878,845   
     

 

 

 
      $ 2,838,912   
     

 

 

 

Banks — 6.1%

     

Bank of America Corp.

     96,896       $ 1,516,422   

BankUnited, Inc.

     10,483         316,587   

Citigroup, Inc.

     95,907         4,529,688   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     57,446         1,175,345   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     85,013         5,661,016   

KeyCorp

     85,122         1,035,935   

M&T Bank Corp.

     5,096         591,645   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     18,419         1,659,368   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     5,538         242,564   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     146,381         6,481,751   
     

 

 

 
      $ 23,210,321   
     

 

 

 

Beverages — 2.7%

     

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     136,579       $ 5,780,023   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     40,547         4,410,297   
     

 

 

 
      $ 10,190,320   
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 3.3%

     

AbbVie, Inc.

     21,079       $ 1,329,453   

Amgen, Inc.

     18,988         3,167,388   

Celgene Corp.(1)

     38,661         4,041,234   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     38,604         3,054,348   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     10,893         949,979   
     

 

 

 
      $ 12,542,402   
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 2.0%

     

Invesco, Ltd.

     38,480       $ 1,203,269   

Lazard, Ltd., Class A

     21,525         782,649   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     3,441         115,205   

S&P Global, Inc.

     29,066         3,678,593   

State Street Corp.

     27,413         1,908,767   
     

 

 

 
      $ 7,688,483   
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Chemicals — 2.2%

     

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     45,132       $ 2,339,191   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     45,079         3,018,941   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     3,608         244,189   

Ingevity Corp.(1)

     2,787         128,481   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     9,183         2,540,569   
     

 

 

 
      $ 8,271,371   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

     

Waste Management, Inc.

     4,649       $ 296,420   
     

 

 

 
      $ 296,420   
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment — 1.0%

     

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     42,403       $ 391,379   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     101,490         3,219,263   
     

 

 

 
      $ 3,610,642   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 1.0%

     

American Express Co.

     23,394       $ 1,498,152   

Discover Financial Services

     40,754         2,304,638   
     

 

 

 
      $ 3,802,790   
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.5%

     

Avery Dennison Corp.

     15,307       $ 1,190,731   

WestRock Co.

     16,727         810,925   
     

 

 

 
      $ 2,001,656   
     

 

 

 

Distributors — 0.7%

     

Genuine Parts Co.

     27,494       $ 2,761,772   
     

 

 

 
      $ 2,761,772   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%

     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1)

     28,638       $ 4,137,332   
     

 

 

 
      $ 4,137,332   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.2%

     

AT&T, Inc.

     132,177       $ 5,367,708   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     12,000         329,160   

Level 3 Communications, Inc.(1)

     6,823         316,450   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     48,262         2,508,659   
     

 

 

 
      $ 8,521,977   
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 1.3%

     

Duke Energy Corp.

     23,843       $ 1,908,394   

Edison International

     20,090         1,451,502   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     3,658         447,447   

PG&E Corp.

     3,005         183,816   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     7,168         544,696   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     12,009         494,050   
     

 

 

 
      $ 5,029,905   
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.5%

     

Emerson Electric Co.

     34,517       $ 1,881,522   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,881,522   
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.2%

     

Halliburton Co.

     30,502       $ 1,368,930   

Schlumberger, Ltd.

     39,317         3,091,889   
     

 

 

 
      $ 4,460,819   
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.5%

     

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

     12,428       $ 570,569   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     11,002         1,956,596   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     14,227         1,340,326   

Equity Residential

     14,774         950,411   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     58,590         912,246   

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     78,276       $ 2,266,090   

ProLogis, Inc.

     22,296         1,193,728   

Realty Income Corp.

     4,920         329,296   
     

 

 

 
      $ 9,519,262   
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.7%

     

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     5,230       $ 797,627   

CVS Health Corp.

     47,515         4,228,360   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     19,112         1,378,358   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,404,345   
     

 

 

 

Food Products — 1.6%

     

Kellogg Co.

     14,423       $ 1,117,350   

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     8,326         745,260   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     46,954         2,061,281   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

     28,696         2,142,730   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,066,621   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.4%

     

Abbott Laboratories

     73,588       $ 3,112,037   

Baxter International, Inc.

     37,878         1,802,993   

Medtronic PLC

     5,532         477,965   

Stryker Corp.

     26,801         3,119,904   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     3,848         500,317   
     

 

 

 
      $ 9,013,216   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8%

     

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     2,394       $ 193,387   

Henry Schein, Inc.(1)

     2,677         436,298   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     38,873         5,442,220   

VCA, Inc.(1)

     11,050         773,279   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,845,184   
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.3%

     

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     12,488       $ 840,817   

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     2,064         151,332   

McDonald’s Corp.

     26,987         3,113,220   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     11,235         756,453   
     

 

 

 
      $ 4,861,822   
     

 

 

 

Household Durables — 1.2%

     

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     11,383       $ 518,837   

Lennar Corp., Class A

     18,642         789,303   

Newell Brands, Inc.

     61,788         3,253,756   
     

 

 

 
      $ 4,561,896   
     

 

 

 

Household Products — 1.6%

     

Clorox Co. (The)

     6,843       $ 856,607   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     19,850         2,503,879   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     31,643         2,839,959   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,200,445   
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 3.2%

     

3M Co.

     21,663       $ 3,817,670   

General Electric Co.

     130,427         3,863,248   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     38,263         4,461,083   
     

 

 

 
      $ 12,142,001   
     

 

 

 

Insurance — 4.4%

     

Allstate Corp. (The)

     43,174       $ 2,986,777   

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

     6,090         163,395   

Chubb, Ltd.

     12,980         1,630,937   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     18,908         1,426,041   

Lincoln National Corp.

     47,210         2,217,926   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     50,188         3,375,143   

MetLife, Inc.

     6,849         304,301   

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     29,001       $ 1,493,842   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     17,013         1,389,111   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     13,485         1,544,707   
     

 

 

 
      $ 16,532,180   
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.1%

     

Amazon.com, Inc.(1)

     5,031       $ 4,212,507   

Netflix, Inc.(1)

     4,333         427,017   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(1)

     1,797         2,644,267   

Shutterfly, Inc.(1)

     19,125         853,740   
     

 

 

 
      $ 8,137,531   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services — 5.0%

     

Alphabet, Inc., Class A(1)

     7,805       $ 6,275,688   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(1)

     7,534         5,856,103   

Facebook, Inc., Class A(1)

     36,074         4,627,212   

VeriSign, Inc.(1)

     29,713         2,324,745   
     

 

 

 
      $ 19,083,748   
     

 

 

 

IT Services — 3.2%

     

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     26,132       $ 2,012,948   

International Business Machines Corp.

     26,401         4,193,799   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

     47,447         4,828,681   

Visa, Inc., Class A

     15,270         1,262,829   
     

 

 

 
      $ 12,298,257   
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products — 0.0%(2)

     

Mattel, Inc.

     5,179       $ 156,820   
     

 

 

 
      $ 156,820   
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.1%

     

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     25,979       $ 4,132,220   
     

 

 

 
      $ 4,132,220   
     

 

 

 

Machinery — 0.6%

     

Caterpillar, Inc.

     2,706       $ 240,212   

Snap-on, Inc.

     6,380         969,505   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     8,690         1,068,696   
     

 

 

 
      $ 2,278,413   
     

 

 

 

Media — 4.2%

     

CBS Corp., Class B

     2,448       $ 134,004   

Comcast Corp., Class A

     83,135         5,515,176   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     35,123         2,985,455   

Time Warner, Inc.

     25,984         2,068,586   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     55,841         5,185,395   
     

 

 

 
      $ 15,888,616   
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining — 0.4%

     

Nucor Corp.

     26,875       $ 1,328,969   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,328,969   
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities — 1.8%

     

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

     14,223       $ 330,400   

CMS Energy Corp.

     65,445         2,749,345   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

     1,997         148,317   

DTE Energy Co.

     10,342         968,735   

NiSource, Inc.

     49,999         1,205,476   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     36,355         1,522,184   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,924,457   
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail — 0.9%

     

Kohl’s Corp.

     31,000       $ 1,356,250   

Macy’s, Inc.

     48,228         1,786,847   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     8,194         425,105   
     

 

 

 
      $ 3,568,202   
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.2%

     

Chevron Corp.

     61,930       $ 6,373,836   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     25,247         2,441,638   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     64,412         5,621,879   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     12,007         277,722   

Newfield Exploration Co.(1)

     74,168         3,223,341   

Phillips 66

     24,334         1,960,104   

Tesoro Corp.

     19,643         1,562,797   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     68,677         2,110,444   
     

 

 

 
      $ 23,571,761   
     

 

 

 

Personal Products — 0.1%

     

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

     3,326       $ 294,551   
     

 

 

 
      $ 294,551   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 5.4%

     

Allergan PLC(1)

     4,445       $ 1,023,728   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     70,886         3,822,173   

Johnson & Johnson

     51,433         6,075,780   

Mallinckrodt PLC(1)

     3,061         213,597   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     86,490         5,397,841   

Pfizer, Inc.

     119,192         4,037,033   
     

 

 

 
      $ 20,570,152   
     

 

 

 

Professional Services — 0.2%

     

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

     1,193       $ 86,206   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     13,943         527,882   
     

 

 

 
      $ 614,088   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%

     

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(1)

     8,158       $ 228,261   
     

 

 

 
      $ 228,261   
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail — 1.1%

     

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     3,521       $ 285,694   

Kansas City Southern

     11,539         1,076,820   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     27,357         2,655,270   
     

 

 

 
      $ 4,017,784   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.3%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     16,160       $ 1,041,512   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     15,313         461,687   

Broadcom, Ltd.

     10,319         1,780,234   

Intel Corp.

     49,395         1,864,661   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     3,859         269,011   

NVIDIA Corp.

     24,772         1,697,377   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     67,609         4,631,217   

Teradyne, Inc.

     32,470         700,703   
     

 

 

 
      $ 12,446,402   
     

 

 

 

Software — 4.3%

     

Electronic Arts, Inc.(1)

     5,791       $ 494,551   

Microsoft Corp.

     193,041         11,119,162   

Oracle Corp.

     103,117         4,050,436   

salesforce.com, inc.(1)

     7,967         568,286   
     

 

 

 
      $ 16,232,435   
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail — 2.1%

     

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     3,365       $ 501,788   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     45,616         5,869,867   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     9,090         656,389   

Tiffany & Co.

     14,641         1,063,376   
     

 

 

 
      $ 8,091,420   
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Shares      Value  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 4.0%

     

Apple, Inc.

     134,623       $ 15,219,130   
     

 

 

 
      $ 15,219,130   
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.7%

     

Coach, Inc.

     26,269       $ 960,395   

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd.(1)

     4,705         220,147   

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     30,243         1,592,294   
     

 

 

 
      $ 2,772,836   
     

 

 

 

Tobacco — 1.7%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

     10,537       $ 666,255   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     56,606         5,503,235   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     3,120         147,108   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,316,598   
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

     

Fastenal Co.

     10,080       $ 421,142   
     

 

 

 
      $ 421,142   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 100.3%
(identified cost $159,349,861)

      $ 380,475,124   
     

 

 

 

Call Options Written — (0.7)%

     

 

                                                                                                   
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Strike
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Value  

S&P 500 Index

     205       $ 2,190         10/5/16       $ (24,087

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,180         10/7/16         (129,150

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,160         10/12/16         (436,650

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,160         10/14/16         (475,600

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,170         10/19/16         (395,650

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,180         10/21/16         (306,475

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,175         10/26/16         (411,025

S&P 500 Index

     205         2,175         10/28/16         (450,746
           

 

 

 

Total Call Options Written
(premiums received $2,975,823)

            $ (2,629,383
           

 

 

 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.4%

            $ 1,604,939   
           

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

            $ 379,450,680   
           

 

 

 

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

 

(1) Non-income producing security.

 

(2) Amount is less than 0.05%.

Written options activity for the fiscal year to date ended September 30, 2016 was as follows:

 

     Number of  
Contracts
     Premiums
Received
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

     1,780       $ 3,500,938   

Options written

     16,630         34,063,177   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (8,200      (18,774,399

Options exercised

     (1,470      (2,378,842

Options expired

     (7,100      (13,435,051
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period

     1,640       $ 2,975,823   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

All of the assets of the Fund are subject to segregation to satisfy the requirements of the escrow agent. At September 30, 2016, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under open derivative contracts.

 

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The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund writes 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.

At September 30, 2016, the aggregate fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) in a liability position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk was $2,629,383.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at September 30, 2016, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 159,162,751   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 221,389,995   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (77,622
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $     221,312,373   
  

 

 

 

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

 

 

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

At September 30, 2016, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks

   $ 380,475,124    $       $       $ 380,475,124   

Total Investments

   $     380,475,124       $     —       $     —       $     380,475,124   
Liability Description                                

Call Options Written

   $ (2,629,383    $       $       $ (2,629,383

Total

   $ (2,629,383    $       $       $ (2,629,383

 

* The level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2015 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At September 30, 2016, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the fiscal year to date then ended.

For information on the Fund’s policy regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.

 

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Item 2. 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 on this Form N-Q 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 on this Form N-Q 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 fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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 Buy-Write Income Fund

 

By:   /s/ Michael A. Allison
  Michael A. Allison
  President
Date:   November 21, 2016

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/ Michael A. Allison
  Michael A. Allison
  President
Date:   November 21, 2016

 

By:   /s/ James F. Kirchner
  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   November 21, 2016