Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Bond & Option Strategies Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

811-22380

Investment Company Act File Number

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Bond and Option Strategies 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

March 31, 2015

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments


Eaton Vance

Tax-Advantaged Bond and Option Strategies Fund

March 31, 2015

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities — 80.7%

 

                                                 
Security    Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
     Value  

Bond Bank — 2.4%

     

Vermont Municipal Bond Bank, 4.00%, 12/1/17(1)

   $ 2,515       $ 2,731,517   

Vermont Municipal Bond Bank, 5.00%, 12/1/19

     705         825,040   
     

 

 

 
      $ 3,556,557   
  

 

 

 

Education — 4.0%

     

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, (Harvard University), 5.00%, 10/15/20

   $ 2,000       $ 2,386,160   

New York State Dormitory Authority, 5.00%, 7/1/21

     1,000         1,194,890   

University of Virginia, 5.00%, 8/1/21(2)

     2,000         2,426,900   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,007,950   
  

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 0.8%

     

North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No.1, (Catawba Electric), 5.00%, 1/1/20

   $ 1,000       $ 1,159,370   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,159,370   
  

 

 

 

Escrowed/Prerefunded — 3.9%

     

Maryland, Prerefunded to 8/1/19, 5.00%, 8/1/20

   $ 5,000       $ 5,804,800   
     

 

 

 
      $ 5,804,800   
  

 

 

 

General Obligations — 43.9%

     

Arkansas, 5.00%, 6/15/21

   $ 5,000       $ 6,037,400   

Beaufort County, SC, School District, 5.00%, 3/1/19

     5,370         6,161,860   

Bedford, MA, 4.00%, 8/15/16

     1,380         1,446,889   

Birdville, TX, Independent School District, (PSF Guaranteed), 0.00%, 2/15/19

     635         605,244   

Carrollton, TX, 3.00%, 8/15/15

     100         101,062   

Florida Board of Education, Full Faith and Credit, Capital Outlay, 5.00%, 6/1/17

     2,010         2,200,769   

Florida Board of Education, Full Faith and Credit, Capital Outlay, 5.00%, 6/1/22

     3,050         3,604,703   

Georgia, 5.00%, 7/1/17

     600         659,052   

Georgia, 5.00%, 7/1/19

     3,070         3,561,599   

Hopkinton, MA, 4.00%, 7/15/16

     240         250,874   

Liberty Hill, TX, Independent School District, (PSF Guaranteed), 0.00%, 8/1/21

     315         282,713   

Massachusetts, 5.50%, 10/1/15

     400         410,824   

New Hampshire, 5.00%, 12/1/23

     3,300         4,131,237   

New York, 5.00%, 4/15/15

     500         500,955   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, (Unemployment Compensation Revenue), 5.00%, 7/1/18

     5,000         5,655,100   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, (Unemployment Compensation Revenue), 5.00%, 1/1/20

     875         1,017,879   

Richardson, TX, 5.00%, 2/15/18

     2,890         3,224,546   

Saint Tammany, LA, Parish Wide School District No. 12, 4.00%, 3/1/21

     1,070         1,207,784   

SCAGO Educational Facilities Corp. for Pickens School District, SC, 5.00%, 12/1/22(2)

     2,150         2,564,413   

Texas Public Finance Authority, 5.00%, 10/1/20

     2,500         2,977,725   

Utah, Series 2011A, 5.00%, 7/1/19(1)

     3,300         3,835,887   

Wake County, NC, 5.00%, 3/1/21

     2,000         2,405,240   

Washington, 5.00%, 8/1/21

     5,000         5,996,900   

Washington Suburban Sanitary District, MD, (Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties), 5.00%, 6/1/20

     2,500         2,961,775   

Wisconsin, 5.00%, 5/1/20

     2,255         2,653,616   

Wisconsin, 5.00%, 5/1/21

     1,000         1,197,220   
     

 

 

 
      $ 65,653,266   
     

 

 

 

Hospital — 5.0%

     

Allen County, OH, Hospital Facilities, (Catholic Health Partners), 5.00%, 9/1/20

   $ 6,500       $ 7,520,175   
     

 

 

 
      $ 7,520,175   
     

 

 

 

 

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Security    Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
     Value  

Lease Revenue/Certificates of Participation — 4.3%

     

California Public Works Board, 5.00%, 9/1/20

   $ 4,470       $ 5,287,742   

Orange County, FL, School Board, 5.00%, 8/1/16

     500         530,700   

Orange County, FL, School Board, 5.00%, 8/1/19

     500         578,225   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,396,667   
     

 

 

 

Other Revenue — 2.1%

     

Texas Public Finance Authority, (Unemployment Compensation), 4.00%, 1/1/18

   $ 3,000       $ 3,137,040   
     

 

 

 
      $ 3,137,040   
     

 

 

 

Special Tax Revenue — 0.9%

     

New York Urban Development Corp., Personal Income Tax Revenue, 5.00%, 3/15/19

   $ 1,160       $ 1,327,887   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,327,887   
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 8.6%

     

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Sales Tax Revenue, 5.25%, 7/1/21

   $ 1,350       $ 1,651,414   

New York State Thruway Authority, 5.00%, 4/1/18(1)

     10,000         11,187,200   
     

 

 

 
      $ 12,838,614   
     

 

 

 

Water and Sewer — 4.8%

     

Honolulu City and County, HI, Wastewater System Revenue, 5.00%, 7/1/22

   $ 2,985       $ 3,425,049   

Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, 4.00%, 8/1/17

     1,860         2,005,526   

Seattle, WA, Solid Waste Revenue, 5.00%, 8/1/21

     1,415         1,699,401   
     

 

 

 
      $ 7,129,976   
     

 

 

 

Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities — 80.7%
(identified cost $116,308,931)

      $ 120,532,302   
     

 

 

 

Taxable Municipal Securities — 11.7%

     
Security   

Principal
Amount

(000’s omitted)

     Value  

Education — 5.4%

     

University of California, 3.154%, 5/15/21

   $ 2,395       $ 2,574,362   

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 0.759%, 12/1/16

     1,255         1,257,949   

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1.317%, 12/1/17

     950         957,467   

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1.798%, 12/1/18

     1,540         1,578,423   

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2.098%, 12/1/19

     1,135         1,165,282   

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2.355%, 12/1/20

     500         517,960   
     

 

 

 
      $ 8,051,443   
     

 

 

 

General Obligations — 5.4%

     

Los Angeles, CA, Community College District, 1.758%, 8/1/18

   $ 1,940       $ 1,977,558   

Olentangy, OH, Local School District, 5.00%, 12/1/18

     1,000         1,131,000   

Olentangy, OH, Local School District, 5.00%, 12/1/19

     1,200         1,383,000   

Texas, 1.666%, 10/1/18

     3,500         3,560,550   
     

 

 

 
      $ 8,052,108   
     

 

 

 

Transportation — 0.9%

     

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, 1.40%, 12/1/18

   $ 1,425       $ 1,416,963   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,416,963   
     

 

 

 

Total Taxable Municipal Securities — 11.7%
(identified cost $17,160,210)

      $ 17,520,514   
     

 

 

 

 

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Call Options Purchased — 0.0%(3)

     

 

                                                                                                   
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Strike
Price
    

Expiration
Date

     Value  

S&P 500 Index

     118       $ 2,230         4/2/15       $ 295   

S&P 500 Index

     120         2,210         4/10/15         1,200   

S&P 500 Index

     118         2,250         4/17/15         1,180   

S&P 500 Index

     120         2,205         4/24/15         2,400   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         2,220         4/6/15         0   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         2,200         4/8/15         1   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     120         2,225         4/13/15         8   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         2,215         4/15/15         50   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     116         2,250         4/20/15         46   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         2,225         4/22/15         270   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     118         2,225         4/27/15         745   
           

 

 

 

Total Call Options Purchased
(identified cost $47,490)

            $ 6,195   
           

 

 

 

Put Options Purchased — 0.1%

  

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Strike
Price
    

Expiration
Date

     Value  

S&P 500 Index

     118       $ 1,890         4/2/15       $ 885   

S&P 500 Index

     120         1,860         4/10/15         4,200   

S&P 500 Index

     118         1,915         4/17/15         17,995   

S&P 500 Index

     120         1,855         4/24/15         17,100   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         1,865         4/6/15         14   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         1,835         4/8/15         28   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     120         1,875         4/13/15         2,284   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         1,870         4/15/15         3,543   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     116         1,910         4/20/15         20,737   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         1,895         4/22/15         20,549   

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     118         1,880         4/27/15         26,714   
           

 

 

 

Total Put Options Purchased
(identified cost $319,285)

            $ 114,049   
           

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 10.8%

           
Description                    Interest
(000’s omitted)
     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.18%(4)

         $ 16,063       $ 16,063,018   
           

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 10.8%
(identified cost $16,063,018)

            $ 16,063,018   
           

 

 

 

Total Investments — 103.3%
(identified cost $149,898,934)

            $ 154,236,078   
           

 

 

 

 

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Call Options Written — (0.3)%

           

 

                                                                                                   
Description    Number of
Contracts
     Strike
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Value  

S&P 500 Index

     118       $ 2,130         4/2/15       $ (295

S&P 500 Index

     120         2,110         4/10/15         (31,200

S&P 500 Index

     118         2,145         4/17/15         (8,555

S&P 500 Index

     120         2,105         4/24/15         (111,600

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         2,120         4/6/15         (5,515

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         2,100         4/8/15         (44,981

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     120         2,125         4/13/15         (23,146

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         2,115         4/15/15         (51,045

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     116         2,145         4/20/15         (17,854

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         2,125         4/22/15         (56,604

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     118         2,125         4/27/15         (74,538
           

 

 

 

Total Call Options Written — (0.3)%
(premiums received $1,046,360)

            $ (425,333
           

 

 

 

Put Options Written — (0.4)%

  

Description    Number of
Contracts
     Strike
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Value  

S&P 500 Index

     118       $ 1,990         4/2/15       $ (2,065

S&P 500 Index

     120         1,960         4/10/15         (20,400

S&P 500 Index

     118         2,020         4/17/15         (118,590

S&P 500 Index

     120         1,955         4/24/15         (70,800

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         1,965         4/6/15         (3,356

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         1,935         4/8/15         (2,825

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     120         1,975         4/13/15         (32,456

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     121         1,970         4/15/15         (38,316

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     116         2,015         4/20/15         (125,709

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     119         1,995         4/22/15         (105,714

S&P 500 Index FLEX

     118         1,980         4/27/15         (110,908
           

 

 

 

Total Put Options Written — (0.4)%
(premiums received $1,051,840)

   

      $ (631,139
           

 

 

 

 

                                                 

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (2.6)%

   $ (3,806,176
  

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 149,373,430   
  

 

 

 

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

 

FLEX

  -   FLexible EXchange traded option, representing a customized option contract with negotiated contract terms.

PSF

  -   Permanent School Fund

At March 31, 2015, the concentration of the Fund’s investments in the various states, determined as a percentage of net assets, is as follows:

 

                        

New York

     10.5

Others, representing less than 10% individually

     81.9

 

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(1) Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for written option contracts.

 

(2) When-issued security.

 

(3) Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

(4) Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of March 31, 2015. Net income allocated from the investment in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC for the fiscal year to date ended March 31, 2015 was $3,158.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at March 31, 2015, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $     149,361,882   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 5,137,569   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (263,373
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 4,874,196   
  

 

 

 

Written options activity for the fiscal year to date ended March 31, 2015 was as follows:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Premiums
Received
 
Outstanding, beginning of period      2,790       $     2,314,180   
Options written      9,132         8,009,173   
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions      (986      (965,591
Options expired      (8,316      (7,259,562
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Outstanding, end of period      2,620       $ 2,098,200   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At March 31, 2015, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. The Fund enters into a series of S&P 500 written call and put option spread transactions to enhance return while limiting any potential loss. A written call option spread on a stock index consists of selling call options on the index and buying an equal number of call options on the same index and with the same expiration, but with a higher exercise price. A written put option spread on a stock index consists of selling put options on an index and buying an equal number of put options on the same index and with the same expiration, but with a lower exercise price. Any net premiums received are reduced by the premiums paid on the purchased options. The risk of loss if written options expire in the money is limited to the difference in exercise price of the written and purchased option positions. The Fund’s use of option spreads rather than stand alone options, staggering roll dates across the option position portfolio, and utilizing exchange-traded options guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation, a market clearinghouse, serve to mitigate risk in its option strategy.

The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is equity price risk at March 31, 2015 was as follows:

 

     Fair Value  

Derivative

   Asset
Derivative
     Liability
Derivative
 

Purchased options

   $ 120,244       $   

Written options

             (1,056,472
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $     120,244       $     (1,056,472
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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)

 

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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 March 31, 2015, 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  

Tax-Exempt Municipal Securities

   $       $ 120,532,302       $       $ 120,532,302   

Taxable Municipal Securities

             17,520,514                 17,520,514   

Call Options Purchased

     5,075         1,120                 6,195   

Put Options Purchased

     40,180         73,869                 114,049   

Short-Term Investments

             16,063,018                 16,063,018   

Total Investments

   $     45,255       $     154,190,823       $       $     154,236,078   
Liability Description                                

Call Options Written

   $ (151,650    $ (273,683    $       $ (425,333

Put Options Written

     (211,855      (419,284              (631,139

Total

   $     (363,505    $ (692,967    $     —       $ (1,056,472

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of December 31, 2014 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs. At March 31, 2015, 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-Advantaged Bond and Option Strategies Fund

 

By:   /s/ Payson F. Swaffield
  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   May 22, 2015

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/ Payson F. Swaffield
  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   May 22, 2015
By:   /s/ James F. Kirchner
  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   May 22, 2015