UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

811-21400

Investment Company Act File Number

 

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend 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)

 

August 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

 

November 30, 2009

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 

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Preferred Stocks — 31.3%

 

 

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Corporate Bonds & Notes — 2.6%

 

 

Rights — 0.0%

 

 

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Short-Term Investments — 4.5%

 

 

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Country Concentration of Portfolio

 

 

The Fund did not have any open financial instruments at November 30, 2009.

 

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Fund at November 30, 2009, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost		$	1,299,847,031
Gross unrealized appreciation		$	351,653,463
Gross unrealized appreciation			(98,457,425	)
Net unrealized appreciation		$	253,196,038

 

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.

 

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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At November 30, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

		Quoted Prices in
		Active Markets for				Significant Other				Significant
		Identical Assets				Observable Inputs				Unobservable Inputs
Asset Description		(Level 1)				(Level 2)				(Level 3)				Total
Common Stocks
Consumer Discretionary		$	34,459,200			$	—			$	—			$	34,459,200
Consumer Staples			63,391,332				46,869,997				—				110,261,329
Energy			200,186,471				60,362,223				—				260,548,694
Financials			29,042,225				19,691,887				—				48,734,112
Health Care			30,766,945				24,203,553				—				54,970,498
Industrials			73,305,240				8,336,476				—				81,641,716
Information Technology			68,408,600				—				—				68,408,600
Materials			119,529,390				—				—				119,529,390
Telecommunication Services			67,022,541				56,575,175				—				123,597,716
Utilities			74,023,350				108,961,773				—				182,985,123
Total Common Stocks		$	760,135,294			$	325,001,084			$	—			$	1,085,136,378
Preferred Stocks
Consumer Staples		$	—			$	9,086,139			$	—			$	9,086,139
Energy			—				11,760,750				—				11,760,750
Financials			106,065,975				242,330,012				—				348,395,987
Utilities			8,827,000				2,334,068				—				11,161,068
Total Preferred Stocks		$	114,892,975			$	265,510,969			$	—			$	380,403,944
Corporate Bonds & Notes		$	—			$	31,979,228			$	—			$	31,979,228
Rights			297,194				—				—				297,194
Short-Term Investments			55,226,325				—				—				55,226,325
Total Investments		$	930,551,788			$	622,491,281			$	—			$	1,553,043,069

 

The Fund held no investments or other financial instruments as of August 31, 2009 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs.

 

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 Dividend Income Fund

 

 

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.