UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act File Number

 

811-21735

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

The Eaton Vance Building,
255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02109

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma
Eaton Vance Management, 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:

 

(617) 482-8260

 

 

 

Date of Fiscal Year End:

 

December 31

 

 

 

Date of Reporting Period:

 

September 30, 2008

 

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 



 

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

 

as of September 30, 2008

 

 

 

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Common Stocks — 101.4%

 

Security

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Boeing Co. (The)

 

37,639

 

$

2,158,597

 

General Dynamics Corp.

 

54,228

 

3,992,265

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

 

137,827

 

5,726,712

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

80,479

 

4,872,199

 

United Technologies Corp.

 

56,664

 

3,403,240

 

 

 

 

 

$

20,153,013

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

 

60,653

 

$

3,090,877

 

FedEx Corp.

 

66,217

 

5,233,792

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,324,669

 

Auto Components — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson Controls, Inc.

 

163,752

 

$

4,966,598

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,966,598

 

Automobiles — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co. (1)

 

219,530

 

$

1,141,556

 

General Motors Corp.

 

102,967

 

973,038

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

 

32,153

 

1,199,307

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,313,901

 

Beverages — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

 

117,208

 

$

6,197,959

 

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

 

96,526

 

1,618,741

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

119,822

 

8,539,714

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,356,414

 

Biotechnology — 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen, Inc. (1)

 

194,330

 

$

11,517,939

 

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1)

 

71,201

 

1,439,684

 

Biogen Idec, Inc. (1)

 

87,564

 

4,403,594

 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (1)

 

20,000

 

529,800

 

Celgene Corp. (1)

 

123,649

 

7,824,509

 

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1)

 

85,000

 

627,300

 

Genzyme Corp. (1)

 

28,034

 

2,267,670

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (1)

 

452,021

 

20,603,117

 

Martek Biosciences Corp.

 

20,000

 

628,400

 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (1)

 

50,714

 

1,107,087

 

 

 

 

 

$

50,949,100

 

Capital Markets — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

American Capital, Ltd.

 

136,739

 

$

3,488,212

 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

 

208,078

 

6,779,181

 

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

 

46,117

 

1,199,042

 

Credit Suisse Group ADR

 

60,416

 

2,916,884

 

Deutsche Bank AG

 

12,842

 

934,769

 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (1)

 

123,211

 

344,991

 

Federated Investors, Inc., Class B

 

17,577

 

507,096

 

Franklin Resources, Inc.

 

64,918

 

5,721,223

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

27,901

 

3,571,328

 

Invesco, Ltd.

 

52,677

 

1,105,163

 

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

 

21,876

 

1,174,960

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,742,849

 

Chemicals — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

 

137,985

 

$

4,385,163

 

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.

 

54,281

 

2,187,524

 

Monsanto Co.

 

24,614

 

2,436,294

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

 

41,446

 

2,417,131

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,426,112

 

 

1



 

Commercial Banks — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Synovus Financial Corp.

 

151,085

 

$

1,563,730

 

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

120,781

 

4,532,911

 

Zions Bancorporation

 

12,002

 

464,477

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,561,118

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

 

75,103

 

$

3,340,581

 

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

 

21,262

 

707,174

 

Republic Services, Inc.

 

32,339

 

969,523

 

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

 

76,485

 

1,876,177

 

Waste Management, Inc.

 

135,553

 

4,268,564

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,162,019

 

Communications Equipment — 7.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Aruba Networks, Inc. (1)

 

51,453

 

$

263,954

 

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (1)

 

98,179

 

571,402

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (1)

 

1,089,416

 

24,577,225

 

Corning, Inc.

 

105,694

 

1,653,054

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

747,694

 

32,128,411

 

Research In Motion, Ltd. (1)

 

199,458

 

13,622,981

 

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (1)

 

92,560

 

1,158,851

 

 

 

 

 

$

73,975,878

 

Computers & Peripherals — 7.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Apple, Inc. (1)

 

429,908

 

$

48,863,343

 

Hewlett-Packard Co.

 

119,264

 

5,514,767

 

International Business Machines Corp.

 

84,281

 

9,857,506

 

NetApp, Inc. (1)

 

151,711

 

2,765,692

 

Palm, Inc.

 

143,682

 

857,782

 

SanDisk Corp. (1)

 

91,718

 

1,793,087

 

 

 

 

 

$

69,652,177

 

Construction Materials — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Vulcan Materials Co.

 

42,073

 

$

3,134,438

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,134,438

 

Consumer Finance — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Student Loan Corp.

 

4,670

 

$

434,310

 

 

 

 

 

$

434,310

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Bemis Co., Inc.

 

19,722

 

$

516,914

 

 

 

 

 

$

516,914

 

Distributors — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Genuine Parts Co.

 

12,694

 

$

510,426

 

LKQ Corp. (1)

 

86,526

 

1,468,346

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,978,772

 

Diversified Financial Services — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp.

 

329,688

 

$

11,539,080

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 

407,370

 

8,355,159

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

121,178

 

5,659,013

 

NYSE Euronext

 

71,097

 

2,785,580

 

 

 

 

 

$

28,338,832

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

312,381

 

$

8,721,678

 

Frontier Communications Corp.

 

355,057

 

4,083,155

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

251,832

 

8,081,289

 

Windstream Corp.

 

138,644

 

1,516,765

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,402,887

 

Electric Utilities — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

294,363

 

$

5,130,747

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,130,747

 

 

2



 

Electrical Equipment — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Cooper Industries, Ltd., Class A

 

30,288

 

$

1,210,006

 

Emerson Electric Co.

 

119,418

 

4,871,060

 

Sunpower Corp.-Class A (1)

 

6,360

 

451,115

 

Sunpower Corp.-Class B (1)

 

5,305

 

366,344

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,898,525

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

41,269

 

$

4,253,183

 

Halliburton Co.

 

223,928

 

7,253,028

 

Schlumberger, Ltd.

 

35,743

 

2,791,171

 

Transocean, Inc. (1)

 

13,447

 

1,477,018

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,774,400

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Caremark Corp.

 

281,999

 

$

9,492,086

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

42,808

 

1,176,364

 

Safeway, Inc.

 

171,227

 

4,061,504

 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

 

260,261

 

15,587,031

 

 

 

 

 

$

30,316,985

 

Food Products — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

 

156,193

 

$

3,039,516

 

H.J. Heinz Co.

 

18,409

 

919,898

 

Hershey Co. (The)

 

57,578

 

2,276,634

 

Kraft Foods, Inc., Class A

 

48,129

 

1,576,225

 

McCormick & Co., Inc.

 

15,743

 

605,318

 

Nestle SA ADR

 

5,588

 

234,417

 

Sara Lee Corp.

 

140,854

 

1,778,986

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,430,994

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Nicor, Inc.

 

11,705

 

$

519,117

 

 

 

 

 

$

519,117

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Baxter International, Inc.

 

53,182

 

$

3,490,335

 

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

 

24,000

 

834,240

 

Covidien, Ltd.

 

32,091

 

1,725,212

 

Gen-Probe, Inc. (1)

 

20,000

 

1,061,000

 

Hospira, Inc. (1)

 

13,496

 

515,547

 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (1)

 

13,918

 

3,353,960

 

Medtronic, Inc.

 

115,235

 

5,773,273

 

Stryker Corp.

 

45,873

 

2,857,888

 

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (1)

 

11,520

 

743,731

 

 

 

 

 

$

20,355,186

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

 

24,201

 

$

1,192,625

 

DaVita, Inc. (1)

 

20,004

 

1,140,428

 

Humana, Inc. (1)

 

24,940

 

1,027,528

 

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (1)

 

84,000

 

2,699,760

 

Lincare Holdings, Inc. (1)

 

86,800

 

2,611,812

 

McKesson Corp.

 

88,022

 

4,736,464

 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

 

31,290

 

1,616,754

 

VCA Antech, Inc. (1)

 

25,000

 

736,750

 

 

 

 

 

$

15,762,121

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Carnival Corp., Unit

 

19,600

 

$

692,860

 

CKE Restaurants, Inc.

 

21,073

 

223,374

 

International Game Technology

 

29,483

 

506,518

 

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

 

55,557

 

1,449,482

 

McDonald’s Corp.

 

33,849

 

2,088,483

 

Starbucks Corp. (1)

 

154,410

 

2,296,077

 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

 

13,442

 

378,258

 

Tim Hortons, Inc.

 

15,241

 

451,591

 

Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., Class A

 

47,829

 

251,581

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,338,224

 

 

3



 

Household Durables — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

D.R. Horton, Inc.

 

12,023

 

$

156,539

 

Pulte Homes, Inc.

 

129,147

 

1,804,184

 

Ryland Group, Inc.

 

49,802

 

1,320,749

 

Stanley Works

 

56,752

 

2,368,828

 

Whirlpool Corp.

 

28,142

 

2,231,379

 

 

 

 

 

$

7,881,679

 

Household Products — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

13,023

 

$

981,283

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

 

200,625

 

13,981,556

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,962,839

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

NRG Energy, Inc. (1)

 

33,433

 

$

827,467

 

 

 

 

 

$

827,467

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

89,207

 

$

6,093,730

 

General Electric Co.

 

443,758

 

11,315,829

 

Textron, Inc.

 

14,000

 

409,920

 

 

 

 

 

$

17,819,479

 

Insurance — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

ACE, Ltd.

 

68,766

 

$

3,722,304

 

AON Corp.

 

21,504

 

966,820

 

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

 

108,901

 

2,794,400

 

Lincoln National Corp.

 

31,525

 

1,349,585

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

 

110,850

 

3,520,596

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

44,972

 

3,237,984

 

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

 

18,818

 

978,536

 

Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)

 

139,548

 

6,307,570

 

 

 

 

 

$

22,877,795

 

Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (1)

 

45,499

 

$

3,310,507

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,310,507

 

Internet Software & Services — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Ariba, Inc. (1)

 

15,658

 

$

221,248

 

Baidu.com, Inc. ADR (1)

 

4,684

 

1,162,709

 

eBay, Inc. (1)

 

409,457

 

9,163,648

 

Google, Inc., Class A (1)

 

65,383

 

26,187,199

 

VeriSign, Inc. (1)

 

55,351

 

1,443,554

 

Yahoo!, Inc. (1)

 

219,428

 

3,796,104

 

 

 

 

 

$

41,974,462

 

IT Services — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Accenture, Ltd., Class A

 

1,091

 

$

41,458

 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

 

75,465

 

1,393,084

 

Lender Processing Services, Inc.

 

45,599

 

1,391,681

 

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

 

9,897

 

1,755,035

 

Metavante Technologies, Inc. (1)

 

14,123

 

272,009

 

Paychex, Inc.

 

218,890

 

7,229,937

 

Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. ADR

 

106,132

 

1,714,032

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

 

14,962

 

918,517

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,715,753

 

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Mattel, Inc.

 

64,723

 

$

1,167,603

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,167,603

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

 

15,895

 

$

396,898

 

Waters Corp. (1)

 

13,273

 

772,223

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,169,121

 

Machinery — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

AGCO Corp. (1)

 

37,966

 

$

1,617,731

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

110,370

 

6,578,052

 

Eaton Corp.

 

58,699

 

3,297,710

 

 

 

 

 

$

11,493,493

 

 

4



 

Media — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Central European Media Enterprises, Ltd., Class A (1)

 

30,938

 

$

2,023,345

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

635,247

 

12,469,899

 

Idearc, Inc.

 

43

 

54

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

81,468

 

3,141,406

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

422,666

 

5,541,151

 

Walt Disney Co.

 

326,386

 

10,016,786

 

 

 

 

 

$

33,192,641

 

Metals & Mining — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Alcoa, Inc.

 

49,390

 

$

1,115,226

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

 

2,604

 

95,671

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., Class B

 

15,988

 

908,918

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

18,750

 

726,750

 

Nucor Corp.

 

54,975

 

2,171,512

 

Teck Cominco, Ltd., Class B

 

34,000

 

990,080

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,008,157

 

Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

JC Penney Company, Inc.

 

30,850

 

$

1,028,539

 

Kohl’s Corp. (1)

 

13,030

 

600,422

 

Nordstrom, Inc.

 

57,531

 

1,658,043

 

Sears Holdings Corp. (1)

 

21,222

 

1,984,257

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,271,261

 

Multi-Utilities — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ameren Corp.

 

117,357

 

$

4,580,444

 

CMS Energy Corp.

 

368,303

 

4,592,738

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.

 

130,480

 

5,581,934

 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

 

169,500

 

5,557,905

 

 

 

 

 

$

20,313,021

 

Office Electronics — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Xerox Corp.

 

98,889

 

$

1,140,190

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,140,190

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

60,461

 

$

2,932,963

 

Chevron Corp.

 

74,781

 

6,167,937

 

ConocoPhillips

 

180,588

 

13,228,071

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

255,320

 

19,828,151

 

Marathon Oil Corp.

 

32,372

 

1,290,672

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp. (1)

 

16,397

 

354,667

 

Range Resources Corp.

 

45,666

 

1,957,701

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

56,982

 

2,401,221

 

Total SA ADR

 

21,605

 

1,310,991

 

Valero Energy Corp.

 

12,280

 

372,084

 

Western Refining, Inc.

 

113,494

 

1,147,424

 

XTO Energy, Inc.

 

96,251

 

4,477,597

 

 

 

 

 

$

55,469,479

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

 

148,776

 

$

1,383,617

 

MeadWestvaco Corp.

 

45,728

 

1,065,920

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,449,537

 

Personal Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Herbalife, Ltd.

 

28,374

 

$

1,121,340

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,121,340

 

Pharmaceuticals — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

122,167

 

$

7,034,376

 

Allergan, Inc.

 

12,256

 

631,184

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

272,401

 

5,679,561

 

Cardiome Pharma Corp. (1)

 

32,639

 

248,056

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

 

92,218

 

4,060,359

 

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (1)

 

46,595

 

931,900

 

 

5



 

GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR

 

66,510

 

$

2,890,525

 

IMS Health, Inc.

 

25,733

 

486,611

 

Johnson & Johnson

 

65,017

 

4,504,378

 

Merck & Co., Inc.

 

29,564

 

933,040

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

272,985

 

5,033,843

 

Schering-Plough Corp.

 

142,848

 

2,638,403

 

Sepracor, Inc. (1)

 

12,997

 

237,975

 

Wyeth

 

135,856

 

5,018,521

 

 

 

 

 

$

40,328,732

 

Professional Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Equifax, Inc.

 

17,858

 

$

615,208

 

Manpower, Inc.

 

16,012

 

691,078

 

Robert Half International, Inc.

 

15,046

 

372,389

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,678,675

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

 

13,275

 

$

200,453

 

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

 

14,401

 

718,034

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

19,298

 

1,871,906

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,790,393

 

Road & Rail — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

CSX Corp.

 

24,910

 

$

1,359,339

 

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

 

99,371

 

3,316,010

 

Norfolk Southern Corp.

 

25,252

 

1,671,935

 

Ryder System, Inc.

 

10,708

 

663,896

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

21,222

 

1,510,158

 

 

 

 

 

$

8,521,338

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

 

669,505

 

$

10,129,611

 

ASML Holding NV

 

12,318

 

216,920

 

Atheros Communications, Inc. (1)

 

76,210

 

1,797,032

 

Cavium Networks, Inc. (1)

 

18,370

 

258,650

 

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (1)

 

19,349

 

101,002

 

Intel Corp.

 

880,849

 

16,498,302

 

KLA-Tencor Corp.

 

109,424

 

3,463,270

 

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. (1)

 

179,971

 

1,673,730

 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (1)

 

79,127

 

2,236,129

 

National Semiconductor Corp.

 

18,977

 

326,594

 

NVIDIA Corp. (1)

 

341,810

 

3,660,785

 

Renesola, Ltd. ADR (1)

 

19,087

 

200,223

 

STMicroelectronics N.V. - NY Shares

 

8,530

 

86,835

 

 

 

 

 

$

40,649,083

 

Software — 8.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Adobe Systems, Inc. (1)

 

223,923

 

$

8,838,241

 

Compuware Corp. (1)

 

97,319

 

943,021

 

Electronic Arts, Inc. (1)

 

125,357

 

4,636,955

 

i2 Technologies, Inc. (1)

 

82,155

 

1,108,271

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

1,481,609

 

39,544,144

 

Oracle Corp. (1)

 

1,250,168

 

25,390,912

 

TiVo, Inc. (1)

 

326,806

 

2,392,220

 

Wind River Systems, Inc. (1)

 

63,851

 

638,510

 

 

 

 

 

$

83,492,274

 

Specialty Retail — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Best Buy Co., Inc.

 

84,070

 

$

3,152,625

 

Gap, Inc. (The)

 

143,865

 

2,557,920

 

Home Depot, Inc.

 

77,807

 

2,014,423

 

Limited Brands, Inc.

 

26,688

 

462,236

 

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

 

136,794

 

3,240,650

 

Staples, Inc.

 

229,575

 

5,165,438

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

12,130

 

430,858

 

TJX Companies, Inc. (The)

 

66,769

 

2,037,790

 

 

 

 

 

$

19,061,940

 

 

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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Coach, Inc. (1)

 

20,171

 

$

505,082

 

Nike, Inc., Class B

 

56,788

 

3,799,117

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,304,199

 

Tobacco — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group, Inc.

 

102,975

 

$

2,043,024

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

102,975

 

4,953,098

 

 

 

 

 

$

6,996,122

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

NII Holdings, Inc., Class B (1)

 

52,615

 

$

1,995,161

 

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

 

33,000

 

1,096,920

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

206,919

 

1,262,206

 

Vodafone Group PLC ADR

 

39,475

 

872,398

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,226,685

 

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $895,667,232)

 

 

 

$

951,131,565

 

Total Investments — 101.4%
(identified cost $895,667,232)

 

 

 

$

951,131,565

 

 

Covered Call Options Written — (1.5)%

 

 

 

Number

 

Strike

 

Expiration

 

 

 

Description

 

of Contracts

 

Price

 

Date

 

Value

 

NASDAQ 100 Index

 

1,360

 

$

1,700

 

10/18/08

 

$

(2,475,200

)

NASDAQ 100 Index

 

511

 

1,725

 

10/18/08

 

(689,850

)

NASDAQ 100 Index

 

521

 

1,750

 

10/18/08

 

(494,950

)

S&P 500 Index

 

319

 

1,185

 

10/18/08

 

(1,020,800

)

S&P 500 Index

 

2,217

 

1,210

 

10/18/08

 

(5,054,760

)

S&P 500 Index

 

2,487

 

1,215

 

10/18/08

 

(4,600,950

)

Total Covered Call Options Written
(premiums received $21,191,809)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(14,336,510

)

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

925,095

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

937,720,150

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

(1)

 

Non-income producing security.

 

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at September 30, 2008, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

 

$

895,671,773

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

117,000,095

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(61,540,303

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

55,459,792

 

 

Written call options activity for the fiscal year to date ended September 30, 2008 was as follows:

 

 

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Premiums
Received

 

Outstanding, beginning of period

 

7,159

 

$

19,687,944

 

Options written

 

66,580

 

187,010,187

 

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

 

(66,324

)

(185,506,322

)

Outstanding, end of period

 

7,415

 

$

21,191,809

 

 

All of the assets of the Fund are subject to segregation to satisfy the requirements of the escrow agent. At September 30, 2008, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

 

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements”, effective January 1, 2008.  FAS 157 established a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

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·

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 September 30, 2008, the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

 

 

Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Other Financial
Instruments*

 

Level 1

 

Quoted Prices

 

$

951,131,565

 

$

(14,336,510

)

Level 2

 

Other Significant Observable Inputs

 

 

 

Level 3

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

951,131,565

 

$

(14,336,510

)

 

*Other financial instruments are written call options, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2007 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs.

 

For information on the Fund’s policy regarding 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 Opportunities Fund

 

By:

 

/s/Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President

 

 

 

Date:

 

November 21, 2008

 

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/Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

Duncan W. Richardson

 

 

President

 

 

 

Date:

 

November 21, 2008

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Barbara E. Campbell

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Date:

 

November 21, 2008