Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-21574
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust
(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)
May 31
Date of Fiscal Year End
November 30, 2011
Date of Reporting Period
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 


 

     
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust (EFT)

Semiannual Report
November 30, 2011
 
(STOPWATCH GRAPHIC)

 
 
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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.


 

Semiannual Report November 30, 2011
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
         
Table of Contents        
Performance
    2  
Fund Profile
    3  
Endnotes and Additional Disclosures
    4  
Financial Statements
    5  
Officers and Trustees
    36  
Important Notices
    37  

 


 

Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
November 30, 2011
Performance1,2
Portfolio Managers Scott H. Page, CFA; Ralph Hinckley, CFA
                     
% Average Annual Total Returns   Inception Date   6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   Since
Inception
 
Fund at NAV
  6/29/2004   -1.87%   4.39%   3.59%   4.61%
Fund at Market Price
    -8.40   -4.27   3.21   4.07
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index
  6/29/20041   -1.92%   2.26%   4.20%   4.64
 
                   
% Premium/Discount to NAV
                   
 
 
                   
Distributions 3
                  -3.77%
 
Total Distributions per share for the period
                  $0.483
Distribution Rate at NAV
                  6.52%
Distribution Rate at Market Price
                  6.77%
 
                   
% Total Leverage 4
                   
 
Auction Preferred Shares (APS)
                  8.93%
Borrowings
                  27.90
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested. Fund performance at market price will differ from its results at NAV due to factors such as changing perceptions about the Fund, market conditions, fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, or changes in Fund distributions. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance less than one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund 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.

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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
November 30, 2011
Fund Profile
         
Top 10 Holdings (% of total investments)5        
 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
    1.3 %
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA
    1.3  
Rite Aid Corp.
    1.1  
Community Health Systems, Inc.
    1.1  
Aramark Corp.
    1.1  
HCA, Inc.
    1.0  
UPC Broadband Holding B.V./UPC Financing Partnership
    0.9  
Nielsen Finance, LLC
    0.9  
Pinnacle Foods Holdings Corp.
    0.8  
Asurion, LLC
    0.8  
 
Total
    10.3 %
 
         
Top 10 Sectors (% of total investments)5        
 
Health Care
    10.5 %
Business Equipment and Services
    9.9  
Electronics/Electrical
    5.9  
Leisure Goods/Activities/Movies
    4.9  
Publishing
    4.7  
Cable and Satellite Television
    4.5  
Financial Intermediaries
    4.4  
Automotive
    4.3  
Chemicals and Plastics
    4.1  
Food Service
    3.7  
 
Total
    56.9 %
 
         
Credit Quality (% of loan holdings)6        
(GRAPH)
See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
November 30, 2011
Endnotes and Additional Disclosures
 
1   S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index is an unmanaged index of the institutional leveraged loan market. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index data is available as of month-end only.
 
2   Performance results reflect the effects of leverage. Absent an expense waiver by the investment adviser, the returns would be lower.
 
3   The Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s last regular distribution per share in the period (annualized) divided by the Fund’s NAV or market price at the end of the period. The Fund’s distributions may be composed of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and return of capital.
 
4   APS leverage represents the liquidation value of the Fund’s APS outstanding at period end as a percentage of Fund net assets applicable to common shares plus APS and borrowings outstanding. Use of leverage creates an opportunity for income, but creates risks (including the likelihood of greater price volatility). The cost of leverage rises and falls with changes in short-term interest rates. The Fund is required to maintain prescribed asset coverage for its APS and borrowings, which could be reduced if Fund asset values decline.
 
5   Excludes cash and cash equivalents.
 
6   Ratings are based on Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, as applicable. Credit ratings are based largely on the rating agency’s investment analysis at the time of rating and the rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition. The rating assigned to a security by a rating agency does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. If securities are rated differently by the rating agencies, the higher rating is applied.
 
    Fund profile subject to change due to active management.

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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

                         
Senior Floating-Rate Interests — 143.7%(1)
 
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
 
Aerospace and Defense — 2.7%
 
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 3, 2017
        522     $ 523,354      
DAE Aviation Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.43%, Maturing July 31, 2014
        1,414       1,380,045      
Term Loan, 5.43%, Maturing July 31, 2014
        1,474       1,438,747      
Ducommun, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing June 28, 2017
        599       592,515      
Dundee Holdco 4, Ltd.
Term Loan, 4.29%, Maturing May 15, 2015
        432       356,063      
Term Loan, 4.79%, Maturing May 13, 2016
        432       356,063      
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 9.25%, Maturing December 28, 2012
        1,857       1,787,266      
Sequa Corp.
Term Loan, 3.63%, Maturing December 3, 2014
        794       769,890      
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing December 3, 2014
        275       274,599      
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        1,237       1,238,269      
TASC, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 18, 2015
        1,643       1,616,262      
TransDigm, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing February 14, 2017
        3,432       3,414,467      
Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing April 7, 2017
        440       440,662      
Wyle Services Corp.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing March 27, 2017
        974       955,553      
 
 
                $ 15,143,755      
 
 
 
 
Air Transport — 0.5%
 
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc.
Term Loan, 11.50%, Maturing June 30, 2015
        1,000     $ 960,000      
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.37%, Maturing July 25, 2014
        2,090       1,806,651      
 
 
                $ 2,766,651      
 
 
 
 
Automotive — 6.4%
 
Allison Transmission, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing August 7, 2014
        3,690     $ 3,568,456      
Autoparts Holdings, Ltd.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing July 28, 2017
        475       476,781      
Chrysler Group, LLC
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing May 24, 2017
        5,413       4,988,367      
Delphi Corp.
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 31, 2017
        2,181       2,172,743      
Federal-Mogul Corp.
Term Loan, 2.19%, Maturing December 29, 2014
        3,572       3,315,536      
Term Loan, 2.19%, Maturing December 28, 2015
        2,218       2,058,160      
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Term Loan - Second Lien, 1.93%, Maturing April 30, 2014
        7,175       6,941,813      
HHI Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing March 21, 2017
        572       564,973      
Metaldyne Company, LLC
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing May 18, 2017
        2,392       2,360,112      
SRAM, LLC
Term Loan, 4.76%, Maturing June 7, 2018
        1,441       1,433,663      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, Maturing December 7, 2018
        500       502,500      
TI Automotive, Ltd.
Term Loan, 9.50%, Maturing July 29, 2016
        990       992,475      
Tomkins, LLC
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing September 21, 2016
        2,186       2,169,195      
TriMas Corp.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 21, 2017
        1,172       1,169,132      
Veyance Technologies, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing July 31, 2014
        366       333,782      
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing July 31, 2014
        2,553       2,330,403      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.01%, Maturing July 31, 2015
        850       711,875      
 
 
                $ 36,089,966      
 
 
 
 
Building and Development — 1.9%
 
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 9, 2018
        746     $ 738,166      
Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.33%, Maturing September 30, 2013
        1,136       1,095,705      
Forestar Real Estate Group, Inc.
Revolving Loan, 0.49%, Maturing August 6, 2013(2)
        268       251,954      
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing August 6, 2015
        2,457       2,358,629      
Goodman Global Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing October 28, 2016
        1,908       1,909,004      
NCI Building Systems, Inc.
Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing April 18, 2014
        166       161,911      
November 2005 Land Investors, LLC
Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing March 29, 2013(3)(4)
        305       45,726      
Panolam Industries International, Inc.
Term Loan, 8.25%, Maturing December 31, 2013
        1,478       1,411,123      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Building and Development (continued)
 
                         
RE/MAX International, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing April 15, 2016
        1,997     $ 1,987,386      
Realogy Corp.
Term Loan, 3.20%, Maturing October 10, 2013
        116       107,579      
Term Loan, 3.44%, Maturing October 10, 2013
        662       610,979      
 
 
                $ 10,678,162      
 
 
 
 
Business Equipment and Services — 15.1%
 
Acosta, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing March 1, 2018
        2,438     $ 2,373,759      
Acxiom Corp.
Term Loan, 3.35%, Maturing March 15, 2015
        831       834,824      
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 18, 2017
        2,109       2,084,456      
Affinion Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 10, 2016
        5,179       4,700,231      
Allied Security Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing February 3, 2017
        647       646,750      
Altegrity, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing February 21, 2015
        784       731,691      
Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing February 20, 2015
        860       854,060      
Audatex North America, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.31%, Maturing May 16, 2014
  EUR     811       1,074,054      
BAR/BRI Review Courses, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing June 16, 2017
        800       788,000      
Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.63%, Maturing February 7, 2014
        682       559,645      
Term Loan, 3.80%, Maturing February 7, 2014
        823       683,268      
Brickman Group Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing October 14, 2016
        1,315       1,310,131      
Brock Holdings III, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing March 16, 2017
        1,294       1,248,227      
ClientLogic Corp.
Term Loan, 7.14%, Maturing January 30, 2017
        1,790       1,673,689      
Crawford & Company
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 30, 2013
        1,252       1,252,218      
DynCorp International, LLC
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing July 7, 2016
        820       808,162      
Education Management, LLC
Term Loan, 2.13%, Maturing June 3, 2013
        3,731       3,522,626      
Endurance International Group, Inc. (The)
Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing October 3, 2016
        950       954,750      
Fidelity National Information Solutions, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing July 18, 2016
        1,721       1,727,833      
Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC
Term Loan, Maturing September 29, 2017(5)
        1,650       1,650,000      
IMS Health, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing August 25, 2017
        1,428       1,424,846      
KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing May 19, 2017
        3,241       3,200,712      
Kronos, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.12%, Maturing June 11, 2014
        1,138       1,092,540      
Term Loan, 6.12%, Maturing June 11, 2015
        1,000       942,500      
Language Line, LLC
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing June 20, 2016
        2,367       2,337,629      
Meritas, LLC
Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing July 28, 2017
        902       888,347      
Mitchell International, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.38%, Maturing March 28, 2014
        962       918,315      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.63%, Maturing March 30, 2015
        1,000       936,250      
MSCI, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 14, 2017
        3,300       3,322,438      
N.E.W. Holdings I, LLC
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing March 23, 2016
        1,778       1,744,172      
National CineMedia, LLC
Term Loan, 1.84%, Maturing February 13, 2015
        2,162       2,092,478      
Protection One Alarm Monitoring, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing June 4, 2016
        1,712       1,699,332      
Quantum Corp.
Term Loan, 3.83%, Maturing July 14, 2014
        82       80,081      
Quintiles Transnational Corp.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 8, 2018
        4,838       4,724,993      
Sabre, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.31%, Maturing September 30, 2014
        7,231       5,961,787      
Sensus USA, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing May 9, 2017
        771       757,630      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, Maturing May 9, 2018
        1,000       984,375      
Softlayer Technologies, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing November 5, 2016
        720       720,462      
SunGard Data Systems, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing February 28, 2014
        2,181       2,150,839      
Term Loan, 3.98%, Maturing February 26, 2016
        9,964       9,714,441      
SymphonyIRI Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 1, 2017
        948       938,149      
TransUnion, LLC
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing February 12, 2018
        2,239       2,220,842      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Business Equipment and Services (continued)
 
                         
Travelport, LLC
Term Loan, 4.87%, Maturing August 21, 2015
        584     $ 488,342      
Term Loan, 4.87%, Maturing August 21, 2015
        2,262       1,891,938      
Term Loan, 4.87%, Maturing August 21, 2015
        682       570,171      
Term Loan, 6.05%, Maturing August 21, 2015
  EUR     741       804,225      
U.S. Security Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 1.50%, Maturing July 28, 2017(2)
        134       132,458      
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing July 28, 2017
        691       680,167      
West Corp.
Term Loan, 4.61%, Maturing July 15, 2016
        2,126       2,114,997      
Term Loan, 4.63%, Maturing July 15, 2016
        747       742,586      
 
 
                $ 85,756,416      
 
 
 
 
Cable and Satellite Television — 7.1%
 
Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 8, 2016
        1,462     $ 1,418,402      
BBHI Acquisition, LLC
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 14, 2017
        1,414       1,389,562      
Bragg Communications, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.02%, Maturing August 31, 2014
        2,030       2,014,664      
Cequel Communications, LLC
Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing November 5, 2013
        2,124       2,098,103      
Charter Communications Operating, LLC
Term Loan, 3.62%, Maturing September 6, 2016
        990       977,253      
Crown Media Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing July 14, 2018
        574       567,827      
CSC Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.26%, Maturing March 29, 2016
        3,740       3,637,010      
Insight Midwest Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 2.00%, Maturing April 7, 2014
        3,512       3,480,381      
Lavena Holdings 4 GmbH
Term Loan, 4.20%, Maturing March 6, 2015
  EUR     369       382,786      
Term Loan, 4.45%, Maturing March 4, 2016
  EUR     369       382,786      
Term Loan, 8.83%, Maturing March 6, 2017(6)
  EUR     443       307,364      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.58%, Maturing September 2, 2016
  EUR     565       470,203      
MCC Iowa, LLC
Term Loan, 1.95%, Maturing January 30, 2015
        3,772       3,574,221      
Mediacom, LLC
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 23, 2017
        913       889,460      
Mediacom Broadband, LLC
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 23, 2017
        1,654       1,618,224      
Mediacom Illinois, LLC
Term Loan, 1.95%, Maturing January 30, 2015
        3,903       3,691,213      
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing March 31, 2017
        980       968,669      
NDS Finance, Ltd.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 12, 2018
        1,517       1,490,821      
P7S1 Broadcasting Holding II B.V.
Term Loan, 3.97%, Maturing July 1, 2016
  EUR     1,781       2,201,612      
UPC Broadband Holding B.V.
Term Loan, 5.12%, Maturing December 31, 2016
  EUR     2,614       3,280,321      
Term Loan, 5.37%, Maturing December 29, 2017
  EUR     1,732       2,187,556      
UPC Financing Partnership
Term Loan, 3.87%, Maturing December 30, 2016
        429       418,409      
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 29, 2017
        1,410       1,374,776      
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 29, 2017
        425       420,662      
YPSO Holding SA
Term Loan, 4.81%, Maturing June 6, 2016(6)
  EUR     204       225,143      
Term Loan, 4.81%, Maturing June 6, 2016(6)
  EUR     243       268,592      
Term Loan, 4.81%, Maturing June 6, 2016(6)
  EUR     497       548,876      
 
 
                $ 40,284,896      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics — 6.3%
 
Arizona Chemical, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing November 21, 2016
        350     $ 350,521      
Ashland, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing August 23, 2018
        2,200       2,210,485      
General Chemical Corp.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 6, 2015
        624       622,418      
Houghton International, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing January 29, 2016
        916       916,409      
Huntsman International, LLC
Term Loan, 1.83%, Maturing April 21, 2014
        573       557,780      
Term Loan, 2.58%, Maturing June 30, 2016
        855       817,401      
Term Loan, 2.88%, Maturing April 19, 2017
        1,563       1,503,426      
Ineos Holdings, Ltd.
Term Loan, 9.00%, Maturing June 16, 2015
  EUR     1,250       1,500,864      
Ineos US Finance, LLC
Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing December 16, 2013
        2,632       2,652,193      
Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing December 16, 2014
        2,624       2,643,557      
MacDermid, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing April 11, 2014
        480       469,163      
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. (Nautilus)
Term Loan, 3.81%, Maturing May 5, 2015
        3,262       3,113,291      
Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 5, 2015
        479       457,206      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
7


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics (continued)
 
                         
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 5, 2015
        1,879     $ 1,800,770      
Term Loan, 4.13%, Maturing May 5, 2015
        845       809,656      
Nalco Co.
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing October 5, 2017
        1,559       1,562,498      
Norit NV
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing July 7, 2017
        1,400       1,393,000      
OM Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing August 2, 2017
        575       572,125      
Omnova Solutions, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing May 31, 2017
        990       978,863      
Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing February 9, 2018
        2,388       2,401,929      
Schoeller Arca Systems Holding B.V.
Term Loan, 6.04%, Maturing November 16, 2015
  EUR     72       70,881      
Term Loan, 6.04%, Maturing November 16, 2015
  EUR     206       202,095      
Term Loan, 6.04%, Maturing November 16, 2015
  EUR     222       217,474      
Solutia, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing August 1, 2017
        2,351       2,357,838      
Styron S.A.R.L., LLC
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing August 2, 2017
        3,126       2,704,314      
Univar, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 30, 2017
        2,762       2,685,741      
 
 
                $ 35,571,898      
 
 
 
 
Clothing / Textiles — 0.2%
 
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing May 6, 2016
        621     $ 623,063      
Warnaco, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 15, 2018
        549       545,882      
 
 
                $ 1,168,945      
 
 
 
 
Conglomerates — 2.7%
 
Financiere SPIE S.A.S.
Term Loan, 5.95%, Maturing June 29, 2018
  EUR     2,000     $ 2,553,029      
Jason, Inc.
Term Loan, 8.25%, Maturing September 21, 2014
        192       190,989      
Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing September 22, 2014
        250       245,625      
Term Loan, 8.25%, Maturing September 22, 2014
        77       75,599      
Rexnord Corp.
Term Loan, 2.56%, Maturing July 19, 2013
        333       328,166      
Term Loan, 2.89%, Maturing July 19, 2013
        4,425       4,377,985      
RGIS Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing April 30, 2014
        128       123,203      
Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing April 30, 2014
        2,560       2,464,067      
Spectrum Brands, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 17, 2016
        2,549       2,552,957      
Walter Energy, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 2, 2018
        2,500       2,459,451      
 
 
                $ 15,371,071      
 
 
 
 
Containers and Glass Products — 2.8%
 
Berry Plastics Corp.
Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing April 3, 2015
        1,852     $ 1,756,829      
BWAY Corp.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing February 23, 2018
        76       74,161      
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing February 23, 2018
        821       804,502      
Consolidated Container Co., LLC
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.75%, Maturing September 28, 2014
        1,000       833,750      
Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.14%, Maturing May 16, 2014
        1,136       1,134,928      
Hilex Poly Co., LLC
Term Loan, 11.25%, Maturing November 16, 2015
        925       906,500      
Pelican Products, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing March 7, 2017
        868       861,924      
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing February 9, 2018
        3,010       2,949,678      
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing August 9, 2018
        3,175       3,131,344      
Sealed Air Corp.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing October 3, 2018
        716       722,798      
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions
Term Loan, 3.52%, Maturing December 31, 2014
        1,325       1,322,018      
Term Loan, 3.77%, Maturing December 31, 2014
        1,325       1,322,018      
 
 
                $ 15,820,450      
 
 
 
 
Cosmetics / Toiletries — 1.0%
 
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.51%, Maturing April 24, 2015
        679     $ 666,780      
Term Loan, 3.59%, Maturing April 24, 2015
        2,785       2,737,553      
KIK Custom Products, Inc.
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.25%, Maturing November 28, 2014
        1,075       688,000      
Prestige Brands, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.78%, Maturing March 24, 2016
        1,428       1,431,592      
 
 
                $ 5,523,925      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
8


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Drugs — 1.7%
 
Aptalis Pharma, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing February 10, 2017
        1,613     $ 1,559,053      
Capsugel Holdings US, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing August 1, 2018
        1,450       1,453,020      
Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing June 18, 2018
        1,368       1,374,306      
Graceway Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing May 3, 2012(3)
        595       553,584      
Term Loan, 14.00%, Maturing November 3, 2013(6)
        323       2,219      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 0.00%, Maturing May 3, 2013(3)
        1,500       34,219      
Warner Chilcott Co., LLC
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 17, 2016
        713       703,196      
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 15, 2018
        904       894,423      
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 15, 2018
        1,808       1,788,847      
WC Luxco S.A.R.L.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 15, 2018
        1,243       1,229,832      
 
 
                $ 9,592,699      
 
 
 
 
Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.1%
 
Cory Environmental Acquisitions, Ltd.
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.04%, Maturing September 30, 2014(6)
  GBP     526     $ 286,505      
 
 
                $ 286,505      
 
 
 
 
Electronics / Electrical — 9.2%
 
Aeroflex, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 9, 2018
        1,273     $ 1,206,227      
Aspect Software, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 6, 2016
        2,760       2,746,666      
Attachmate Corp.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing April 27, 2017
        1,075       1,048,573      
Cinedigm Digital Funding I, LLC
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 29, 2016
        638       615,896      
CommScope, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing January 14, 2018
        2,289       2,276,103      
Dealer Computer Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing April 20, 2018
        2,640       2,633,465      
DG FastChannel, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing July 26, 2018
        1,820       1,820,438      
Eagle Parent, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing May 16, 2018
        2,943       2,790,588      
Edwards (Cayman Island II), Ltd.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing May 31, 2016
        500       470,625      
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing May 31, 2016
        1,390       1,307,867      
FCI International S.A.S.
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing November 1, 2013
        137       133,990      
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing November 1, 2013
        137       133,991      
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing November 1, 2013
        143       139,179      
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing November 1, 2013
        143       139,179      
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 1, 2016
        4,485       4,261,045      
Infor Enterprise Solutions Holdings
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing March 3, 2014
        500       397,500      
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing July 28, 2015
        1,442       1,312,404      
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing July 28, 2015
        1,616       1,519,228      
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing July 28, 2015
        3,098       2,911,852      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.51%, Maturing March 3, 2014
        183       150,333      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.51%, Maturing March 3, 2014
        317       260,195      
Microsemi Corp.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing February 2, 2018
        1,775       1,779,438      
NeuStar, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing November 8, 2018
        1,075       1,076,335      
Nxp B.V.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 3, 2017
        3,060       2,891,346      
Term Loan, Maturing December 12, 2017(5)
        1,175       1,131,305      
Open Solutions, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.55%, Maturing January 23, 2014
        2,845       2,450,869      
SafeNet, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing April 12, 2014
        1,936       1,863,003      
Sensata Technologies Finance Co., LLC
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 11, 2018
        3,965       3,934,333      
Serena Software, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.34%, Maturing March 10, 2016
        991       941,660      
Shield Finance Co. S.A.R.L.
Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing June 15, 2016
        938       933,745      
SkillSoft Corp.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing May 26, 2017
        300       300,000      
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing May 26, 2017
        978       973,494      
Spansion, LLC
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing February 9, 2015
        554       550,592      
SS&C Technologies, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 23, 2012
        460       458,461      
Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing December 16, 2016
        846       841,521      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
9


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Electronics / Electrical (continued)
 
                         
VeriFone, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.01%, Maturing October 31, 2013
        735     $ 735,250      
Vertafore, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing July 29, 2016
        1,112       1,091,223      
Web.com Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing October 27, 2017
        2,450       2,180,500      
 
 
                $ 52,408,419      
 
 
 
 
Equipment Leasing — 0.6%
 
BakerCorp. International, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 1, 2018
        948     $ 941,702      
Delos Aircraft, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing March 17, 2016
        1,625       1,629,063      
International Lease Finance Corp.
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing March 17, 2015
        950       957,125      
 
 
                $ 3,527,890      
 
 
 
 
Farming / Agriculture — 0.3%
 
Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing February 11, 2016
        1,620     $ 1,609,923      
 
 
                $ 1,609,923      
 
 
 
 
Financial Intermediaries — 6.0%
 
AmWINS Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.59%, Maturing June 8, 2013
        948     $ 924,416      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.86%, Maturing June 8, 2014
        500       476,250      
Asset Acceptance Capital Corp.
Term Loan, 8.75%, Maturing November 8, 2017
        1,450       1,384,750      
CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.51%, Maturing March 5, 2018
        770       751,545      
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing September 4, 2019
        727       709,793      
Citco III, Ltd.
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing June 29, 2018
        1,870       1,814,203      
Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 3, 2016
        1,390       1,383,498      
First Data Corp.
Term Loan, 3.01%, Maturing September 24, 2014
        257       228,442      
Term Loan, 3.01%, Maturing September 24, 2014
        1,239       1,099,729      
Term Loan, 3.01%, Maturing September 24, 2014
        2,988       2,653,701      
Term Loan, 4.26%, Maturing March 23, 2018
        1,636       1,371,053      
Grosvenor Capital Management Holdings, LLP
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 5, 2016
        1,378       1,326,314      
HarbourVest Partners, LLC
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing December 16, 2016
        1,279       1,279,142      
iPayment, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing May 8, 2017
        1,057       1,041,605      
LPL Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.03%, Maturing June 28, 2013
        1,004       996,079      
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 25, 2015
        3,160       3,156,109      
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing June 28, 2017
        2,343       2,360,679      
Mercury Payment Systems Canada, LLC
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing July 3, 2017
        723       722,284      
Mondrian Investment Partners, Ltd.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing July 12, 2018
        1,253       1,245,406      
Nuveen Investments, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.39%, Maturing November 13, 2014
        1,811       1,721,907      
Term Loan, 5.90%, Maturing May 12, 2017
        2,616       2,492,171      
Term Loan, Maturing May 13, 2017(5)
        600       589,500      
RJO Holdings Corp.
Term Loan, 6.26%, Maturing December 10, 2015(4)
        15       12,487      
Term Loan, 7.01%, Maturing December 10, 2015(4)
        485       366,670      
RPI Finance Trust
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 9, 2018
        3,940       3,911,807      
 
 
                $ 34,019,540      
 
 
 
 
Food Products — 4.7%
 
American Seafoods Group, LLC
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 8, 2018
        741     $ 722,625      
Dean Foods Co.
Term Loan, 1.87%, Maturing April 2, 2014
        3,669       3,522,646      
Del Monte Foods Co.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 8, 2018
        4,915       4,681,121      
Dole Food Co., Inc.
Term Loan, 5.05%, Maturing July 6, 2018
        1,100       1,097,910      
JBS USA Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 25, 2018
        1,122       1,105,355      
Michael Foods Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 23, 2018
        792       784,197      
NBTY, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 2, 2017
        3,352       3,313,417      
Pierre Foods, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        1,883       1,877,602      
Pinnacle Foods Holdings Corp.
Term Loan, 2.78%, Maturing April 2, 2014
        7,409       7,300,246      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
10


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Food Products (continued)
 
                         
Solvest, Ltd.
Term Loan, 5.03%, Maturing July 6, 2018
        2,042     $ 2,038,977      
 
 
                $ 26,444,096      
 
 
 
 
Food Service — 5.9%
 
Aramark Corp.
Term Loan, 2.11%, Maturing January 27, 2014
        194     $ 189,885      
Term Loan, 2.24%, Maturing January 27, 2014
        2,401       2,354,349      
Term Loan, 2.95%, Maturing January 27, 2014
  GBP     1,191       1,774,574      
Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing July 26, 2016
        348       340,946      
Term Loan, 3.62%, Maturing July 26, 2016
        5,298       5,184,303      
Buffets, Inc.
Term Loan, 14.00%, Maturing April 21, 2015(6)
        1,408       674,240      
Term Loan, 9.62%, Maturing April 22, 2015(4)(6)
        139       63,328      
Burger King Corp.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 19, 2016
        6,156       6,117,513      
Denny’s, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        714       712,215      
DineEquity, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 19, 2017
        1,686       1,677,604      
Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing November 23, 2017
        3,475       3,421,737      
NPC International, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing May 3, 2013
        296       295,059      
OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC
Term Loan, 3.42%, Maturing June 14, 2013
        588       560,734      
Term Loan, 2.58%, Maturing June 14, 2014
        6,404       6,111,887      
Sagittarius Restaurants, LLC
Term Loan, 7.51%, Maturing May 18, 2015
        506       501,187      
Selecta
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.77%, Maturing December 28, 2015
  EUR     741       584,327      
U.S. Foodservice, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing July 3, 2014
        1,987       1,819,377      
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing May 24, 2017
        938       937,736      
 
 
                $ 33,321,001      
 
 
 
 
Food / Drug Retailers — 4.6%
 
Alliance Boots Holdings, Ltd.
Term Loan, 3.63%, Maturing July 9, 2015
  GBP     2,000     $ 2,818,138      
Term Loan, 3.91%, Maturing July 9, 2015
  EUR     1,000       1,238,513      
General Nutrition Centers, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 2, 2018
        4,238       4,152,750      
Pantry, Inc. (The)
Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing May 15, 2014
        242       234,031      
Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing May 15, 2014
        840       812,742      
Rite Aid Corp.
Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing June 4, 2014
        8,358       7,914,301      
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing March 2, 2018
        2,405       2,285,218      
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing November 3, 2013
        3,018       2,962,429      
Supervalu, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 28, 2018
        3,657       3,552,411      
 
 
                $ 25,970,533      
 
 
 
 
Health Care — 16.5%
 
1-800 Contacts, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.70%, Maturing March 4, 2015
        902     $ 897,367      
Alere, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 30, 2017
        2,650       2,593,688      
Alliance Healthcare Services
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing June 1, 2016
        1,253       1,124,572      
Ardent Medical Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing September 15, 2015
        1,256       1,230,758      
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing September 18, 2015
        750       735,000      
Aveta Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing April 14, 2015
        581       570,724      
Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing April 14, 2015
        581       570,724      
Biomet, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.32%, Maturing March 25, 2015
        6,806       6,594,791      
CareStream Health, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing February 25, 2017
        1,716       1,526,070      
Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing September 30, 2019(6)
        135       113,556      
Catalent Pharma Solutions
Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing April 10, 2014
        2,346       2,225,649      
CDRL MS, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        878       872,230      
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing July 25, 2014
        348       336,636      
Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing July 25, 2014
        6,765       6,549,864      
Term Loan, 3.95%, Maturing January 25, 2017
        3,395       3,286,898      
ConMed Corp.
Term Loan, 1.76%, Maturing April 12, 2013
        479       469,747      
ConvaTec, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing December 22, 2016
        995       976,331      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
11


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Health Care (continued)
 
                         
CRC Health Corp.
Term Loan, 4.87%, Maturing November 16, 2015
        2,034     $ 1,896,776      
Dako EQT Project Delphi
Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.12%, Maturing December 12, 2016
        500       414,375      
DaVita, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 20, 2016
        3,375       3,357,628      
DJO Finance, LLC
Term Loan, 3.26%, Maturing May 20, 2014
        714       691,059      
Drumm Investors, LLC
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing May 4, 2018
        1,497       1,287,799      
Emergency Medical Services Corp.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing May 25, 2018
        1,997       1,940,691      
Fresenius US Finance I, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing September 10, 2014
        308       306,853      
Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing September 10, 2014
        686       684,980      
Grifols, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing June 1, 2017
        2,394       2,395,994      
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing December 1, 2016
        744       718,322      
HCA, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.62%, Maturing March 31, 2017
        6,452       6,151,185      
Term Loan, 3.62%, Maturing May 1, 2018
        2,690       2,557,073      
Health Management Associates, Inc.
Term loan, Maturing November 16, 2018(5)
        1,675       1,668,196      
Iasis Healthcare, LLC
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing May 3, 2018
        1,891       1,832,997      
Immucor, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing August 17, 2018
        775       779,521      
inVentiv Health, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing August 4, 2016
        2,131       2,099,373      
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing May 15, 2018
        1,322       1,301,862      
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing June 1, 2018
        2,070       1,937,862      
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing May 4, 2018
        4,575       4,603,594      
Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing April 15, 2015
        2,251       2,225,362      
MedAssets, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing November 16, 2016
        959       955,250      
Medpace, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing June 16, 2017
        973       933,660      
MultiPlan, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing August 26, 2017
        3,777       3,574,115      
Pharmaceutical Products Development
Term Loan, Maturing November 19, 2018(5)
        2,200       2,171,583      
Physiotherapy Associates, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing June 27, 2013
        719       714,973      
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing April 22, 2015
        2,610       2,505,840      
RadNet Management, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing April 6, 2016
        1,207       1,144,282      
Renal Advantage Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing December 16, 2016
        819       818,301      
Select Medical Corp.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing May 25, 2018
        3,392       3,161,516      
Sunrise Medical Holdings B.V.
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing May 13, 2014
  EUR     245       304,651      
TriZetto Group, Inc. (The)
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing May 2, 2018
        1,671       1,641,573      
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing November 15, 2016
        2,355       2,342,743      
Vanguard Health Holding Co., II, LLC
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing January 29, 2016
        1,773       1,755,436      
VWR Funding, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing June 30, 2014
        2,142       2,067,430      
 
 
                $ 93,617,460      
 
 
 
 
Home Furnishings — 0.8%
 
Hunter Fan Co.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing April 16, 2014
        368     $ 338,863      
National Bedding Co., LLC
Term Loan, 3.88%, Maturing November 28, 2013
        1,437       1,425,959      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.50%, Maturing February 28, 2014
        2,050       2,003,875      
Yankee Candle Co., Inc. (The)
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing February 6, 2014
        651       638,995      
 
 
                $ 4,407,692      
 
 
 
 
Industrial Equipment — 2.6%
 
Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        891     $ 890,671      
Butterfly Wendel US, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.44%, Maturing June 23, 2014
        301       288,267      
Term Loan, 4.19%, Maturing June 22, 2015
        300       288,173      
Colfax Corp.
Term Loan, Maturing December 7, 2018(5)
        1,475       1,460,250      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
12


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Industrial Equipment (continued)
 
                         
Excelitas Technologies Corp.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing November 23, 2016
        990     $ 965,250      
Generac CCMP Acquisition Corp.
Term Loan, 2.79%, Maturing November 11, 2013
        1,312       1,294,064      
Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing June 30, 2018
        1,498       1,493,132      
KION Group GmbH
Term Loan, 3.76%, Maturing December 23, 2014(6)
        1,029       770,801      
Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing December 23, 2015(6)
        1,029       770,801      
Manitowoc Co., Inc. (The)
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 13, 2017
        773       763,882      
Polypore, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing July 3, 2014
        4,590       4,541,535      
Terex Corp.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing April 28, 2017
        800       803,000      
Unifrax Corp.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing November 19, 2018
        425       425,000      
 
 
                $ 14,754,826      
 
 
 
 
Insurance — 4.1%
 
Alliant Holdings I, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.37%, Maturing August 21, 2014
        3,657     $ 3,624,915      
Applied Systems, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing December 8, 2016
        1,563       1,529,970      
Asurion, LLC
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing May 24, 2018
        6,181       5,974,018      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 9.00%, Maturing May 24, 2019
        1,250       1,210,156      
C.G. JCF Corp.
Term Loan, 3.26%, Maturing August 1, 2014
        616       600,962      
CCC Information Services, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing November 11, 2015
        1,617       1,619,907      
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        1,167       1,169,256      
HUB International Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing June 13, 2014
        426       408,064      
Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing June 13, 2014
        1,896       1,815,816      
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing June 13, 2014
        613       609,437      
Towergate Finance, PLC
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing August 4, 2017
  GBP     1,000       1,448,618      
U.S.I. Holdings Corp.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing May 5, 2014
        3,314       3,212,269      
 
 
                $ 23,223,388      
 
 
 
 
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 7.5%
 
Alpha D2, Ltd.
Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing December 31, 2013
        864     $ 824,967      
Term Loan, 2.53%, Maturing December 31, 2013
        1,582       1,509,752      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 3.90%, Maturing June 30, 2014
        2,000       1,846,250      
AMC Entertainment, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.51%, Maturing December 16, 2016
        5,389       5,278,933      
AMC Networks, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 31, 2018
        1,496       1,486,898      
Bombardier Recreational Products
Term Loan, 2.90%, Maturing June 28, 2013
        3,015       2,954,253      
Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.26%, Maturing May 28, 2015
        1,034       1,023,272      
Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing January 27, 2016
        921       919,754      
Cedar Fair, L.P.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 15, 2017
        2,219       2,220,388      
Cinemark USA, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.57%, Maturing April 29, 2016
        3,874       3,854,200      
Clubcorp Operations, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing November 30, 2016
        1,720       1,710,965      
Dave & Buster’s, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing June 1, 2016
        985       980,075      
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 11, 2013
        62       61,543      
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 11, 2013
        881       873,908      
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing June 9, 2014
        285       265,129      
Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing June 9, 2014
        564       524,765      
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 7, 2016
        2,586       2,569,465      
Regal Cinemas Corp.
Term Loan, 3.37%, Maturing August 23, 2017
        4,020       3,986,966      
Revolution Studios Distribution Co., LLC
Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing December 21, 2014
        1,011       743,001      
Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.26%, Maturing June 21, 2015(4)
        900       278,460      
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 17, 2017
        1,885       1,880,404      
Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.37%, Maturing June 30, 2016
        3,506       3,508,764      
Town Sports International, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing May 11, 2018
        1,133       1,118,591      
Zuffa, LLC
Term Loan, 2.31%, Maturing June 19, 2015
        1,932       1,864,433      
 
 
                $ 42,285,136      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
13


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Lodging and Casinos — 3.0%
 
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 13, 2018
        1,169     $ 1,168,540      
Caesars Entertainment Operating Co.
Term Loan, 3.36%, Maturing January 28, 2015
        408       347,395      
Term Loan, 3.42%, Maturing January 28, 2015
        3,498       2,983,908      
Term Loan, 3.42%, Maturing January 28, 2015
        750       638,554      
Term Loan, 9.50%, Maturing October 31, 2016
        2,948       2,914,341      
Gala Group, Ltd.
Term Loan, 5.74%, Maturing May 30, 2018
  GBP     1,850       2,319,555      
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing November 1, 2013
        1,042       1,039,303      
Las Vegas Sands, LLC
Term Loan, 1.84%, Maturing May 23, 2014
        176       171,615      
Term Loan, 1.84%, Maturing May 23, 2014
        814       796,067      
Term Loan, 2.84%, Maturing November 23, 2016
        392       375,721      
Term Loan, 2.84%, Maturing November 23, 2016
        1,338       1,286,602      
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing April 4, 2014
        1,822       1,587,909      
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing July 16, 2018
        1,272       1,277,036      
Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.
Term Loan, 15.00%, Maturing March 8, 2013
        189       207,506      
 
 
                $ 17,114,052      
 
 
 
 
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 1.4%
 
Fairmount Minerals, Ltd.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 15, 2017
        3,162     $ 3,162,000      
Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corp.
Term Loan, 2.01%, Maturing May 16, 2014
        300       292,426      
Novelis, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 10, 2017
        2,308       2,279,680      
Oxbow Carbon and Mineral Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 3.87%, Maturing May 8, 2016
        2,207       2,132,726      
 
 
                $ 7,866,832      
 
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 2.9%
 
Big West Oil, LLC
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing March 31, 2016
        203     $ 203,645      
Buffalo Gulf Coast Terminals, LLC
Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing October 31, 2017
        625       628,125      
CITGO Petroleum Corp.
Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing June 24, 2015
        238       238,616      
Term Loan, 9.00%, Maturing June 23, 2017
        2,839       2,892,295      
Crestwood Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 10.50%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        529       537,097      
Frac Tech International, LLC
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing May 6, 2016
        2,305       2,275,083      
Gibson Energy
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing June 15, 2018
        2,319       2,320,154      
MEG Energy Corp.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 16, 2018
        1,375       1,362,540      
Obsidian Natural Gas Trust
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing November 2, 2015
        4,082       4,091,855      
Sheridan Production Partners I, LLC
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing April 20, 2017
        120       119,709      
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing April 20, 2017
        196       195,986      
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing April 20, 2017
        1,478       1,479,049      
 
 
                $ 16,344,154      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 6.3%
 
Ascend Learning
Term Loan, 7.01%, Maturing December 6, 2016
        1,241     $ 1,211,679      
Aster Zweite Beteiligungs GmbH
Term Loan, 4.80%, Maturing December 31, 2014
        1,834       1,614,228      
Term Loan, 4.80%, Maturing December 30, 2016
        1,642       1,444,529      
Term Loan, 4.80%, Maturing December 30, 2016
        1,850       1,628,000      
Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.51%, Maturing July 3, 2014
        992       839,845      
GateHouse Media Operating, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing August 28, 2014
        643       147,377      
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing August 28, 2014
        1,507       345,768      
Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing August 28, 2014
        741       170,050      
Getty Images, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing November 7, 2016
        2,452       2,460,916      
Instant Web, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.64%, Maturing August 7, 2014
        187       177,036      
Term Loan, 3.64%, Maturing August 7, 2014
        1,797       1,698,317      
Interactive Data Corp.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing February 12, 2018
        2,579       2,546,556      
Lamar Media Corp.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing December 30, 2016
        614       614,640      
Laureate Education, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing August 15, 2018
        5,990       5,590,368      
MediaNews Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing March 19, 2014
        301       289,230      
Merrill Communications, LLC
Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing December 24, 2012
        5,113       4,914,998      

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
14


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Publishing (continued)
 
                         
Nelson Education, Ltd.
Term Loan, 2.87%, Maturing July 3, 2014
        462     $ 372,076      
Nielsen Finance, LLC
Term Loan, 2.25%, Maturing August 9, 2013
        5,768       5,694,560      
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing May 2, 2016
        1,963       1,939,546      
SGS International, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.76%, Maturing September 30, 2013
        506       500,931      
Source Interlink Companies, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing June 18, 2013
        895       861,776      
Term Loan, 15.00%, Maturing March 18, 2014(6)
        652       603,101      
 
 
                $ 35,665,527      
 
 
 
 
Radio and Television — 4.2%
 
Block Communications, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing December 21, 2012
        895     $ 893,137      
Clear Channel Communication
Term Loan, 3.91%, Maturing January 28, 2016
        1,500       1,121,876      
Cumulus Media, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing September 17, 2018
        5,200       5,087,332      
Entercom Radio, LLC
Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing November 30, 2018
        625       623,698      
Foxco Acquisition Sub, LLC
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing July 14, 2015
        1,497       1,465,741      
Gray Television, Inc.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 31, 2014
        708       695,244      
HIT Entertainment, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing June 1, 2012
        955       946,792      
Hubbard Radio, LLC
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 28, 2017
        998       985,031      
Miramax Film NY, LLC
Term Loan, 8.25%, Maturing May 20, 2016
        943       943,269      
Mission Broadcasting, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        587       584,379      
New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc.
Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing June 30, 2015
        216       214,094      
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing September 30, 2016
        919       914,044      
Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 31, 2017
        998       957,600      
Univision Communications, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.26%, Maturing September 29, 2014
        3,423       3,277,642      
Term Loan, 4.51%, Maturing March 31, 2017
        3,423       3,076,533      
Weather Channel
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 13, 2017
        2,264       2,258,910      
 
 
                $ 24,045,322      
 
 
 
 
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 4.8%
 
Amscan Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing December 4, 2017
        3,233     $ 3,230,480      
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.
Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing September 28, 2018
        2,200       2,204,125      
FTD, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing June 11, 2018
        1,446       1,421,063      
Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.
Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing December 22, 2017
        2,043       2,035,689      
J. Crew Operating Corp.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing March 7, 2018
        1,816       1,667,362      
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing March 16, 2018
        1,995       1,922,669      
Michaels Stores, Inc.
Term Loan, 2.66%, Maturing October 31, 2013
        1,852       1,803,250      
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing May 16, 2018
        3,450       3,324,506      
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 24, 2017
        1,386       1,346,846      
Pilot Travel Centers, LLC
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 30, 2018
        1,996       1,996,911      
Savers, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing March 3, 2017
        1,368       1,360,429      
Service Master Co.
Term Loan, 2.76%, Maturing July 24, 2014
        225       213,316      
Term Loan, 2.77%, Maturing July 24, 2014
        2,255       2,142,046      
Visant Holding Corp.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 22, 2016
        1,588       1,490,735      
Vivarte SA
Term Loan, 3.09%, Maturing March 9, 2015
  EUR     29       28,946      
Term Loan, 3.09%, Maturing March 9, 2015
  EUR     62       63,288      
Term Loan, 3.09%, Maturing March 9, 2015
  EUR     347       351,766      
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing March 8, 2016
  EUR     441       446,454      
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing May 29, 2016
  EUR     18       18,643      
Term Loan, 3.72%, Maturing May 29, 2016
  EUR     71       72,119      
 
 
                $ 27,140,643      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
15


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Borrower/Tranche Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Steel — 0.4%
 
JMC Steel Group, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing April 3, 2017
        771     $ 768,715      
Niagara Corp.
Term Loan, 10.50%, Maturing June 29, 2014(4)(6)
        772       756,512      
SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing July 26, 2018
        574       573,563      
 
 
                $ 2,098,790      
 
 
 
 
Surface Transport — 1.1%
 
Hertz Corp.
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 9, 2018
        3,955     $ 3,922,495      
Swift Transportation Co., Inc.
Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing December 21, 2016
        2,380       2,372,944      
 
 
                $ 6,295,439      
 
 
 
 
Telecommunications — 4.8%
 
Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing October 21, 2016
        2,059     $ 1,970,196      
Cellular South, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing July 27, 2017
        948       942,887      
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 2, 2018
        11,716       11,639,970      
Macquarie UK Broadcast, Ltd.
Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing December 1, 2014
  GBP     828       1,109,536      
MetroPCS Wireless
Term Loan, 4.09%, Maturing November 4, 2016
        987       970,357      
Term Loan, 4.03%, Maturing March 16, 2018
        4,527       4,418,297      
NTELOS, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 7, 2015
        1,219       1,201,254      
SBA Finance
Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 29, 2018
        1,047       1,040,174      
Syniverse Technologies, Inc.
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 21, 2017
        995       993,744      
Telesat Canada
Term Loan, 3.26%, Maturing October 31, 2014
        155       152,471      
Term Loan, 3.26%, Maturing October 31, 2014
        1,809       1,774,998      
TowerCo Finance, LLC
Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing February 2, 2017
        746       749,048      
 
 
                $ 26,962,932      
 
 
 
 
Utilities — 3.5%
 
AES Corp.
Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 1, 2018
        2,910     $ 2,885,820      
BRSP, LLC
Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing June 4, 2014
        962       964,164      
Calpine Corp.
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 2, 2018
        1,072       1,043,896      
Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 2, 2018
        3,159       3,067,314      
Dynegy Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan, 9.25%, Maturing August 4, 2016
        575       575,479      
Term Loan, 9.25%, Maturing August 4, 2016
        1,050       1,058,400      
EquiPower Resources Holdings, LLC
Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing January 26, 2018
        602       597,768      
Invenergy, LLC
Term Loan, 9.00%, Maturing November 21, 2017
        850       839,375      
NRG Energy, Inc.
Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 2, 2018
        4,963       4,937,750      
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC
Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing October 10, 2017
        6,000       3,941,481      
 
 
                $ 19,911,447      
 
 
             
Total Senior Floating-Rate Interests
           
(identified cost $836,394,000)
  $ 813,090,381      
 
 
                         
                         
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 8.1%
 
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Security       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
 
Automotive — 0.0%(7)
 
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., Sr. Notes
9.25%, 1/15/17(8)
        135     $ 143,100      
 
 
                $ 143,100      
 
 
 
 
Broadcast Radio and Television — 0.1%
 
XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc.
13.00%, 8/1/14(8)
        480     $ 544,800      
 
 
                $ 544,800      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
16


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Security       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Building and Development — 0.7%
 
AMO Escrow Corp., Sr. Notes
11.50%, 12/15/17(8)
        2,038     $ 1,864,770      
Grohe Holding GmbH
4.447%, 1/15/14(9)(10)
  EUR     1,575       1,968,184      
 
 
                $ 3,832,954      
 
 
 
 
Business Equipment and Services — 0.5%
 
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., Sr. Notes
6.625%, 1/15/18
        40     $ 41,800      
6.875%, 1/15/20
        40       42,600      
Education Management, LLC, Sr. Notes
8.75%, 6/1/14
        445       446,112      
RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., Sr. Notes
10.00%, 7/15/17(8)
        750       823,125      
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Sr. Notes
10.625%, 5/15/15
        1,380       1,462,800      
 
 
                $ 2,816,437      
 
 
 
 
Chemicals and Plastics — 0.2%
 
INEOS Group Holdings PLC, Sr. Sub. Notes
8.50%, 2/15/16(8)
        75     $ 58,875      
Styrolution Group GmbH, Sr. Notes
7.625%, 5/15/16(8)
  EUR     1,225       1,111,072      
 
 
                $ 1,169,947      
 
 
 
 
Conglomerates — 0.0%(7)
 
RBS Global & Rexnord Corp.
11.75%, 8/1/16
        175     $ 182,875      
 
 
                $ 182,875      
 
 
 
 
Containers and Glass Products — 0.2%
 
Berry Plastics Corp., Sr. Notes
5.153%, 2/15/15(10)
        1,000     $ 985,000      
 
 
                $ 985,000      
 
 
 
 
Cosmetics / Toiletries — 0.3%
 
Revlon Consumer Products Corp.
9.75%, 11/15/15(8)
        1,420     $ 1,519,400      
 
 
                $ 1,519,400      
 
 
 
 
Electronics / Electrical — 0.1%
 
NXP BV/NXP Funding, LLC
3.153%, 10/15/13(10)
        761     $ 760,049      
 
 
                $ 760,049      
 
 
 
 
Equipment Leasing — 0.3%
 
International Lease Finance Corp., Sr. Notes
5.65%, 6/1/14
        1,000     $ 945,000      
6.75%, 9/1/16(8)
        400       404,000      
7.125%, 9/1/18(8)
        400       410,000      
 
 
                $ 1,759,000      
 
 
 
 
Financial Intermediaries — 0.9%
 
First Data Corp., Sr. Notes
7.375%, 6/15/19(8)
        1,000     $ 945,000      
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Sr. Notes
12.00%, 5/15/15
        2,250       2,754,194      
8.00%, 12/15/16
        260       292,906      
UPCB Finance II, Ltd., Sr. Notes
6.375%, 7/1/20(8)
  EUR     1,000       1,229,485      
 
 
                $ 5,221,585      
 
 
 
 
Food Service — 0.1%
 
NPC International, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
9.50%, 5/1/14
        280     $ 288,403      
 
 
                $ 288,403      
 
 
 
 
Forest Products — 0.0%(7)
 
Verso Paper Holdings, LLC/Verso Paper, Inc.
11.375%, 8/1/16
        150     $ 90,750      
 
 
                $ 90,750      
 
 
 
 
Health Care — 0.2%
 
Accellent, Inc., Sr. Notes
8.375%, 2/1/17
        180     $ 169,200      
Biomet, Inc.
10.375%, 10/15/17(6)
        125       134,687      
11.625%, 10/15/17
        600       645,000      
 
 
                $ 948,887      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
17


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Security       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Industrial Equipment — 0.2%
 
Terex Corp., Sr. Notes
10.875%, 6/1/16
        1,000     $ 1,115,000      
 
 
                $ 1,115,000      
 
 
 
 
Insurance — 0.0%(7)
 
Alliant Holdings I, Inc.
11.00%, 5/1/15(8)
        50     $ 51,500      
HUB International Holdings, Inc., Sr. Notes
9.00%, 12/15/14(8)
        140       138,250      
USI Holdings Corp., Sr. Notes
4.332%, 11/15/14(8)(10)
        75       68,250      
 
 
                $ 258,000      
 
 
 
 
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 0.1%
 
AMC Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Notes
8.75%, 6/1/19
        85     $ 86,275      
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Sr. Notes
7.00%, 6/15/13
        105       110,250      
6.875%, 12/1/13
        40       42,200      
7.25%, 6/15/16
        25       27,000      
7.25%, 3/15/18
        50       52,750      
 
 
                $ 318,475      
 
 
 
 
Lodging and Casinos — 0.6%
 
Buffalo Thunder Development Authority
9.375%, 12/15/14(3)(8)
        535     $ 195,275      
CCM Merger, Inc.
8.00%, 8/1/13(8)
        65       61,262      
Harrah’s Operating Co., Inc., Sr. Notes
11.25%, 6/1/17
        1,000       1,045,000      
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Sr. Notes
1.25%, 11/30/20(6)(8)
        358       194,276      
8.75%, 11/30/20(8)
        155       149,575      
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Sr. Sub. Notes
8.00%, 4/1/12
        165       108,075      
7.125%, 8/15/14
        240       122,400      
6.875%, 2/15/15
        260       126,100      
Peninsula Gaming, LLC
10.75%, 8/15/17(8)
        1,000       1,030,000      
Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Authority, Sr. Notes
9.00%, 11/15/15(8)
        345       343,275      
Waterford Gaming, LLC, Sr. Notes
8.625%, 9/15/14(4)(8)
        237       136,711      
 
 
                $ 3,511,949      
 
 
 
 
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.2%
 
Cloud Peak Energy Resources, LLC/Cloud Peak
Energy Finance Corp.
8.25%, 12/15/17
        1,000     $ 1,060,000      
8.50%, 12/15/19
        335       360,125      
 
 
                $ 1,420,125      
 
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 0.1%
 
Petroleum Development Corp., Sr. Notes
12.00%, 2/15/18
        135     $ 145,125      
Petroplus Finance, Ltd.
7.00%, 5/1/17(8)
        120       72,600      
Quicksilver Resources, Inc., Sr. Notes
11.75%, 1/1/16
        135       152,550      
SESI, LLC, Sr. Notes
6.875%, 6/1/14
        65       65,325      
 
 
                $ 435,600      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 0.5%
 
Laureate Education, Inc.
10.00%, 8/15/15(8)
        1,100     $ 1,102,750      
11.25%, 8/15/15(6)(8)
        1,349       1,359,474      
12.75%, 8/15/17(8)
        105       106,575      
 
 
                $ 2,568,799      
 
 
 
 
Radio and Television — 0.2%
 
Entravision Communications Corp., Sr. Notes
8.75%, 8/1/17(8)
        1,000     $ 982,500      
 
 
                $ 982,500      
 
 
 
 
Rail Industries — 0.1%
 
American Railcar Industry, Sr. Notes
7.50%, 3/1/14
        195     $ 195,731      
Kansas City Southern Mexico, Sr. Notes
8.00%, 2/1/18
        500       550,000      
 
 
                $ 745,731      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
18


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
        Principal
           
        Amount*
           
Security       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.5%
 
Amscan Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sub. Notes
8.75%, 5/1/14
        455     $ 457,275      
Sally Holdings, LLC, Sr. Notes
9.25%, 11/15/14
        670       687,172      
10.50%, 11/15/16
        510       538,055      
Toys “R” Us
10.75%, 7/15/17
        1,000       1,082,500      
 
 
                $ 2,765,002      
 
 
 
 
Steel — 0.0%(7)
 
RathGibson, Inc., Sr. Notes
11.25%, 2/15/14(3)(4)
        495     $ 50      
 
 
                $ 50      
 
 
 
 
Surface Transport — 0.0%(7)
 
CEVA Group PLC, Sr. Notes
11.50%, 4/1/18(8)
        115     $ 103,500      
 
 
                $ 103,500      
 
 
 
 
Telecommunications — 0.4%
 
Avaya, Inc., Sr. Notes
9.75%, 11/1/15
        840     $ 661,500      
EH Holding Corp., Sr. Notes
6.50%, 6/15/19(8)
        1,000       982,500      
Intelsat Bermuda, Ltd.
11.25%, 6/15/16
        205       213,713      
Telesat Canada/Telesat, LLC, Sr. Notes
11.00%, 11/1/15
        405       434,362      
 
 
                $ 2,292,075      
 
 
 
 
Utilities — 1.6%
 
Calpine Corp., Sr. Notes
7.50%, 2/15/21(8)
        5,100     $ 5,227,500      
7.875%, 1/15/23(8)
        3,825       3,968,437      
Reliant Energy, Inc., Sr. Notes
7.625%, 6/15/14
        20       20,000      
 
 
                $ 9,215,937      
 
 
             
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
           
(identified cost $46,856,326)
  $ 45,995,930      
 
 
                         
                         
Asset-Backed Securities — 0.7%
 
        Principal
           
        Amount
           
Security       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Alzette European CLO SA, Series 2004-1A, Class E2, 6.874%, 12/15/20(10)
      $ 400     $ 322,016      
Avalon Capital Ltd. 3, Series 1A, Class D, 2.456%, 2/24/19(8)(10)
        589       409,754      
Babson Ltd., Series 2005-1A, Class C1, 2.353%, 4/15/19(8)(10)
        753       493,664      
Centurion CDO 8 Ltd., Series 2005-8A, Class D, 5.836%, 3/8/17(10)
        985       708,705      
Centurion CDO 9 Ltd., Series 2005-9A, Class D1, 5.153%, 7/17/19(10)
        750       505,696      
Comstock Funding Ltd., Series 2006-1A, Class D, 4.773%, 5/30/20(8)(10)
        692       448,968      
First CLO Ltd., Series 2004-1A1, Class C, 2.722%, 7/27/16(8)(10)
        1,000       910,551      
 
 
             
Total Asset-Backed Securities
           
(identified cost $5,013,331)
  $ 3,799,354      
 
 
                         
                         
Common Stocks — 2.0%
 
Security       Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Automotive — 0.5%
 
Dayco Products, LLC(11)(12)
        20,780     $ 836,395      
Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc.(11)(12)
        35,798       1,924,142      
 
 
                $ 2,760,537      
 
 
 
 
Building and Development — 0.1%
 
Panolam Industries International, Inc.(4)(11)(13)
        280     $ 239,131      
United Subcontractors, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        569       33,312      
 
 
                $ 272,443      
 
 
 
 
Diversified Manufacturing — 0.0%(7)
 
MEGA Brands, Inc.(11)
        17,863     $ 146,815      
 
 
                $ 146,815      
 
 
 
 
Financial Intermediaries — 0.0%(7)
 
RTS Investor Corp.(4)(11)(12)
        168     $ 44,345      
 
 
                $ 44,345      
 
 
 
 
Food Service — 0.0%
 
Buffets, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        25,547     $ 0      
 
 
                $ 0      
 
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
19


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

                         
Security       Shares     Value      
 
 
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 0.2%
 
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Holdings, Inc.(11)(12)
        66,174     $ 1,273,849      
 
 
                $ 1,273,849      
 
 
 
 
Lodging and Casinos — 0.1%
 
Greektown Superholdings, Inc.(11)
        83     $ 5,769      
Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.(11)(12)
        37,016       507,426      
 
 
                $ 513,195      
 
 
 
 
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.0%(7)
 
Euramax International, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        701     $ 210,360      
 
 
                $ 210,360      
 
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 0.0%(7)
 
SemGroup Corp.(11)
        1,565     $ 44,055      
 
 
                $ 44,055      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 0.7%
 
Ion Media Networks, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        4,429     $ 3,543,200      
MediaNews Group, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        29,104       575,969      
Source Interlink Companies, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        2,290       14,244      
SuperMedia, Inc.(11)(12)
        10,855       21,276      
 
 
                $ 4,154,689      
 
 
 
 
Radio and Television — 0.2%
 
New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc.(11)(12)
        355     $ 976,250      
 
 
                $ 976,250      
 
 
 
 
Steel — 0.2%
 
KNIA Holdings, Inc.(4)(11)(12)
        13,108     $ 290,071      
RathGibson Acquisition Co., LLC(4)(11)(13)
        22,100       682,890      
 
 
                $ 972,961      
 
 
             
Total Common Stocks
           
(identified cost $6,006,261)
  $ 11,369,499      
 
 
                         
                         
Warrants — 0.0%(7)
 
Security       Shares     Value      
 
 
 
Oil and Gas — 0.0%(7)
 
SemGroup Corp., Expires 11/30/14(11)
        1,647     $ 11,817      
 
 
                $ 11,817      
 
 
 
 
Publishing — 0.0%
 
Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. (The), Expires 2/19/14(4)(11)(12)
        1,609     $ 0      
 
 
                $ 0      
 
 
 
 
Radio and Television — 0.0%(7)
 
New Young Broadcasting Holding Co., Inc., Expires 12/24/24(11)(12)
        4     $ 11,000      
 
 
                $ 11,000      
 
 
 
 
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.0%
 
Oriental Trading Co., Inc., Expires 2/11/16(4)(11)(12)
        7,328     $ 0      
Oriental Trading Co., Inc., Expires 2/11/16(4)(11)(12)
        6,680       0      
 
 
                $ 0      
 
 
             
Total Warrants
           
(identified cost $6,890)
  $ 22,817      
 
 
                         
                         
Short-Term Investments — 3.9%
 
        Interest/
           
        Principal
           
        Amount
           
Description       (000’s omitted)     Value      
 
 
Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.07%(14)
      $ 19,812     $ 19,812,431      
State Street Bank and Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, 12/1/11
        2,390       2,390,459      
 
 
             
Total Short-Term Investments
           
(identified cost $22,202,890)
  $ 22,202,890      
 
 
             
Total Investments — 158.4%
           
(identified cost $916,479,698)
  $ 896,480,871      
 
 
                     
Less Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.1)%
                   
                $ (402,511 )    
 
 
             
Net Investments — 158.3%
           
(identified cost $916,077,187)
  $ 896,078,360      
 
 
                     
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (44.2)%
          $ (250,093,610 )    
 
 
                     
Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (14.1)%
          $ (80,039,640 )    
 
 
                     
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%
          $ 565,945,110      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 
The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets applicable to common shares.
 
     
EUR
 
- Euro
GBP
 
- British Pound Sterling
 
* In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
 
(1) Senior floating-rate interests (Senior Loans) often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. However, Senior Loans will have an expected average life of approximately two to four years. The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate of all contracts within the senior loan facility and includes commitment fees on unfunded loan commitments, if any. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined either daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate, plus a premium. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”) and the certificate of deposit (“CD”) rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders.
 
(2) Unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. See Note 1G for description.
 
(3) Currently the issuer is in default with respect to interest payments. For a variable rate security, interest rate has been adjusted to reflect non-accrual status.
 
(4) Security valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
 
(5) This Senior Loan will settle after November 30, 2011, at which time the interest rate will be determined.
 
(6) Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay all or a portion of interest in additional par.
 
(7) Amount is less than 0.05%.
 
(8) Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in certain transactions (normally to qualified institutional buyers) and remain exempt from registration. At November 30, 2011, the aggregate value of these securities is $27,590,774 or 4.9% of the Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares.
 
(9) Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
 
(10) Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at November 30, 2011.
 
(11) Non-income producing security.
 
 
(12) Security was acquired in connection with a restructuring of a Senior Loan and may be subject to restrictions on resale.
 
(13) Restricted security (see Note 8).
 
(14) 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 November 30, 2011.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 
             
Assets   November 30, 2011    
 
Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $896,264,756)
  $ 876,265,929      
Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $19,812,431)
    19,812,431      
Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $33,720)
    33,655      
Interest receivable
    5,019,063      
Interest receivable from affiliated investment
    742      
Receivable for investments sold
    7,447,424      
Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    590,060      
Prepaid expenses
    31,178      
Other assets
    10,281      
 
 
Total assets
  $ 909,210,763      
 
 
             
             
 
Liabilities
 
Notes payable
  $ 250,000,000      
Payable for investments purchased
    11,905,690      
Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    321,716      
Payable to affiliates:
           
Investment adviser fee
    518,339      
Trustees’ fees
    4,856      
Accrued expenses
    475,412      
 
 
Total liabilities
  $ 263,226,013      
 
 
Auction preferred shares (3,200 shares outstanding) at liquidation value plus cumulative unpaid dividends
  $ 80,039,640      
 
 
Net assets applicable to common shares
  $ 565,945,110      
 
 
             
             
 
Sources of Net Assets
 
Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized, 37,486,982 shares issued and outstanding
  $ 374,870      
Additional paid-in capital
    703,538,974      
Accumulated net realized loss
    (121,021,347 )    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
    2,952,446      
Net unrealized depreciation
    (19,899,833 )    
 
 
Net assets applicable to common shares
  $ 565,945,110      
 
 
             
             
 
Net Asset Value Per Common Share
 
($565,945,110 ¸ 37,486,982 common shares issued and outstanding)
  $ 15.10      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 
             
    Six Months Ended
   
Investment Income   November 30, 2011    
 
Interest and other income
  $ 23,739,499      
Interest allocated from affiliated investment
    7,994      
Expenses allocated from affiliated investment
    (1,549 )    
 
 
Total investment income
  $ 23,745,944      
 
 
             
             
 
Expenses
 
Investment adviser fee
  $ 3,377,382      
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    14,440      
Custodian fee
    198,411      
Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees
    9,186      
Legal and accounting services
    83,640      
Printing and postage
    39,183      
Interest expense and fees
    1,667,115      
Preferred shares service fee
    57,660      
Miscellaneous
    83,266      
 
 
Total expenses
  $ 5,530,283      
 
 
Deduct —
           
Reduction of investment adviser fee
  $ 260,101      
Reduction of custodian fee
    22      
 
 
Total expense reductions
  $ 260,123      
 
 
             
Net expenses
  $ 5,270,160      
 
 
             
Net investment income
  $ 18,475,784      
 
 
             
             
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
Net realized gain (loss) —
           
Investment transactions
  $ (1,769,671 )    
Investment transactions allocated from affiliated investment
    386      
Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions
    2,812,730      
 
 
Net realized gain
  $ 1,043,445      
 
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —
           
Investments
  $ (31,463,683 )    
Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    595,523      
 
 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
  $ (30,868,160 )    
 
 
             
Net realized and unrealized loss
  $ (29,824,715 )    
 
 
             
Distributions to preferred shareholders
           
 
 
From net investment income
  $ (586,645 )    
 
 
             
Net decrease in net assets from operations
  $ (11,935,576 )    
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
                     
    Six Months Ended
       
    November 30, 2011
  Year Ended
   
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets   (Unaudited)   May 31, 2011    
 
From operations —
                   
Net investment income
  $ 18,475,784     $ 37,113,803      
Net realized gain (loss) from investment, foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions
    1,043,445       (14,691,792 )    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    (30,868,160 )     55,101,570      
Distributions to preferred shareholders —
                   
From net investment income
    (586,645 )     (1,225,305 )    
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
  $ (11,935,576 )   $ 76,298,276      
 
 
Distributions to common shareholders —
                   
From net investment income
  $ (18,105,722 )   $ (38,187,166 )    
 
 
Total distributions to common shareholders
  $ (18,105,722 )   $ (38,187,166 )    
 
 
Capital share transactions —
                   
Reinvestment of distributions to common shareholders
  $ 96,565     $ 1,167,878      
 
 
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
  $ 96,565     $ 1,167,878      
 
 
                     
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
  $ (29,944,733 )   $ 39,278,988      
 
 
                     
                     
 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
 
At beginning of period
  $ 595,889,843     $ 556,610,855      
 
 
At end of period
  $ 565,945,110     $ 595,889,843      
 
 
                     
                     
 
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
included in net assets applicable to common shares
 
At end of period
  $ 2,952,446     $ 3,169,029      
 
 

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
24


 

 
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 
             
    Six Months Ended
   
Cash Flows From Operating Activities   November 30, 2011    
 
Net decrease in net assets from operations
  $ (11,935,576 )    
Distributions to preferred shareholders
    586,645      
 
 
Net decrease in net assets from operations excluding distributions to preferred shareholders
  $ (11,348,931 )    
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
           
Investments purchased
    (141,894,328 )    
Investments sold and principal repayments
    140,901,004      
Decrease in short-term investments, net
    7,847,813      
Net amortization/accretion of premium (discount)
    (1,798,479 )    
Decrease in restricted cash
    782,194      
Increase in interest receivable
    (158,885 )    
Decrease in interest receivable from affiliated investment
    1,716      
Increase in receivable for investments sold
    (7,007,936 )    
Increase in receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    (147,894 )    
Decrease in receivable from the transfer agent
    97,149      
Increase in prepaid expenses
    (13,710 )    
Increase in other assets
    (1,311 )    
Decrease in payable for investments purchased
    (12,389,715 )    
Decrease in payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts
    (505,208 )    
Increase in payable to affiliate for investment adviser fee
    14,196      
Decrease in payable to affiliate for Trustees’ fees
    (127 )    
Decrease in accrued expenses
    (48,603 )    
Decrease in unfunded loan commitments
    (2,454,497 )    
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation from investments
    31,463,683      
Net realized loss from investments
    1,769,671      
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 5,107,802      
 
 
             
             
 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
 
Distributions paid to common shareholders, net of reinvestments
  $ (18,009,157 )    
Cash distributions to preferred shareholders
    (569,226 )    
Proceeds from notes payable
    12,000,000      
 
 
Net cash used in financing activities
  $ (6,578,383 )    
 
 
             
Net decrease in cash*
  $ (1,470,581 )    
 
 
             
Cash at beginning of period(1)
  $ 1,504,236      
 
 
             
Cash at end of period(1)
  $ 33,655      
 
 
             
             
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
 
Noncash financing activities not included herein consist of:
           
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions
  $ 96,565      
Cash paid for interest and fees on borrowings
    1,658,147      
 
 
 
* Includes net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency of $399.
(1) Balance includes foreign currency, at value.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a common share outstanding during the periods stated

 
                                                     
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended May 31,    
    November 30, 2011
 
    (Unaudited)   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007    
 
Net asset value — Beginning of period (Common shares)
  $ 15.900     $ 14.880     $ 11.390     $ 16.280     $ 18.980     $ 18.910      
 
 
                                                     
                                                     
 
Income (Loss) From Operations
 
Net investment income(1)
  $ 0.493     $ 0.991     $ 1.008     $ 1.136     $ 2.002     $ 2.174      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    (0.794 )     1.082       3.468       (4.917 )     (2.701 )     0.114      
Distributions to preferred shareholders
                                                   
From net investment income(1)
    (0.016 )     (0.033 )     (0.044 )     (0.111 )     (0.575 )     (0.601 )    
 
 
Total income (loss) from operations
  $ (0.317 )   $ 2.040     $ 4.432     $ (3.892 )   $ (1.274 )   $ 1.687      
 
 
                                                     
                                                     
 
Less Distributions to Common Shareholders
 
From net investment income
  $ (0.483 )   $ (1.020 )   $ (0.942 )   $ (0.868 )   $ (1.417 )   $ (1.617 )    
Tax return of capital
                      (0.130 )     (0.009 )          
 
 
Total distributions to common shareholders
  $ (0.483 )   $ (1.020 )   $ (0.942 )   $ (0.998 )   $ (1.426 )   $ (1.617 )    
 
 
                                                     
Net asset value — End of period (Common shares)
  $ 15.100     $ 15.900     $ 14.880     $ 11.390     $ 16.280     $ 18.980      
 
 
                                                     
Market value — End of period (Common shares)
  $ 14.530     $ 16.390     $ 14.350     $ 10.330     $ 15.130     $ 19.480      
 
 
                                                     
Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)
    (1.87 )%(3)     14.13 %     40.07 %     (22.80 )%     (6.31 )%     9.45 %    
 
 
                                                     
Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)
    (8.40 )%(3)     21.99 %     48.94 %     (24.66 )%     (15.15 )%     18.34 %    
 
 
                                                     
                                                     

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Financial Highlights — continued
Selected data for a common share outstanding during the periods stated

 
                                                     
    Six Months Ended
  Year Ended May 31,    
    November 30, 2011
 
Ratios/Supplemental Data   (Unaudited)   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007    
 
Net assets applicable to common shares, end of period (000’s omitted)
  $ 565,945     $ 595,890     $ 556,611     $ 425,899     $ 608,310     $ 708,775      
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets applicable to common shares):(4)
                                                   
Expenses excluding interest and fees(5)
    1.26 %(6)     1.22 %     1.15 %     1.24 %     1.22 %     1.14 %    
Interest and fee expense(7)
    0.58 %(6)     0.65 %     0.59 %     2.00 %     0.12 %          
Total expenses
    1.84 %(6)     1.87 %     1.74 %     3.24 %     1.34 %     1.14 %    
Net investment income
    6.47 %(6)     6.43 %     7.20 %     9.71 %     11.68 %     11.50 %    
Portfolio Turnover
    16 %(3)     50 %     43 %     16 %     36 %     58 %    
 
 
The ratios reported above are based on net assets applicable solely to common shares. The ratios based on net assets, including amounts related to preferred shares and borrowings, are as follows:
Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets applicable to common shares plus preferred shares and borrowings):(4)
                                                   
Expenses excluding interest and fees(5)
    0.80 %(6)     0.78 %     0.73 %     0.71 %     0.73 %     0.71 %    
Interest and fee expense(7)
    0.37 %(6)     0.42 %     0.38 %     1.15 %     0.07 %          
Total expenses
    1.17 %(6)     1.20 %     1.11 %     1.86 %     0.80 %     0.71 %    
Net investment income
    4.11 %(6)     4.14 %     4.61 %     5.57 %     6.96 %     7.11 %    
 
 
Senior Securities:
                                                   
Total notes payable outstanding (in 000’s)
  $ 250,000     $ 238,000     $ 238,000     $ 96,000     $ 290,000     $      
Asset coverage per $1,000 of notes payable(8)
  $ 3,584     $ 3,840     $ 3,675     $ 6,947     $ 3,598     $      
Total preferred shares outstanding
    3,200       3,200       3,200       5,800       5,800       17,400      
Asset coverage per preferred share
  $ 67,878 (9)   $ 71,848 (9)   $ 68,760 (9)   $ 69,183 (9)   $ 59,955 (9)   $ 65,741 (10)    
Involuntary liquidation preference per preferred share(11)
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000      
Approximate market value per preferred share(11)
  $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000     $ 25,000      
 
 
 
(1) Computed using average common shares outstanding.
(2) Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market value with all distributions reinvested.
(3) Not annualized.
(4) Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.
(5) Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%.
(6) Annualized.
(7) Interest and fee expense relates to the notes payable incurred to partially redeem the Trust’s APS (see Note 10).
(8) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the notes payable and preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, and dividing the result by the notes payable balance in thousands.
(9) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the notes payable and preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, dividing the result by the sum of the value of the notes payable and liquidation value of the preferred shares, and multiplying the result by the liquidation value of one preferred share. Such amount equates to 272%, 287%, 275%, 277% and 240% at November 30, 2011, and May 31, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(10) Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, and dividing the result by the number of preferred shares outstanding.
(11) Plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.

 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 
1 Significant Accounting Policies
 
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (the Trust) 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 Trust’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Trust will, as a secondary objective, also seek preservation of capital to the extent consistent with its primary goal of high current income.
 
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Trust. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
A Investment Valuation — Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) for which reliable market quotations are readily available are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Other Senior Loans are valued at fair value by the investment adviser under procedures approved by the Trustees. In fair valuing a Senior Loan, the investment adviser utilizes one or more of the valuation techniques described in (i) through (iii) below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to: (i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Fair value determinations are made by the portfolio managers of the Trust based on information available to such managers. The portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may not possess the same information about a Senior Loan borrower as the portfolio managers of the Trust. At times, the fair value of a Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may vary from the fair value of the same Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of the Trust. The fair value of each Senior Loan is periodically reviewed and approved by the investment adviser’s Valuation Committee and by the Trustees based upon procedures approved by the Trustees. Junior Loans (i.e., subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.
 
Debt obligations (including short-term obligations with a remaining maturity of more than sixty days) are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services’ pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and asked prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
 
Equity securities (including common shares of closed-end investment companies) listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing 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. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average asked prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Trust’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service. 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. 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 Trust in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Trust 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 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.
 
The Trust may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities utilizing the amortized cost valuation technique in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. This technique involves initially valuing a portfolio security at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium. If amortized cost is determined not to approximate fair value, Cash Reserves Fund may value its investment securities in the same manner as debt obligations described above.

 
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Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
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 — Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Fees associated with loan amendments are recognized immediately. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.
 
D Federal Taxes — The Trust’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 May 31, 2011, the Trust, for federal income tax purposes, had a capital loss carryforward of $121,662,579 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 Trust of any liability for federal income or excise tax. Such capital loss carryforward will expire on May 31, 2013 ($1,477,364), May 31, 2014 ($5,274,046), May 31, 2015 ($431,997), May 31, 2016 ($3,161,472), May 31, 2017 ($53,628,558), May 31, 2018 ($40,967,167) and May 31, 2019 ($16,721,975). In addition, such capital loss carryforward cannot be utilized prior to the utilization of new capital losses, if any, created after May 31, 2011.
 
As of November 30, 2011, the Trust had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. Each of the Trust’s federal tax returns filed in the 3-year period ended May 31, 2011 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.
 
E Expense Reduction — State Street Bank and Trust Company (SSBT) serves as custodian of the Trust. Pursuant to the custodian agreement, SSBT receives a fee reduced by credits, which are determined based on the average daily cash balance the Trust maintains with SSBT. All credit balances, if any, used to reduce the Trust’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 Unfunded Loan Commitments — The Trust may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Trust is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments. At November 30, 2011, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.
 
H 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.
 
I Indemnifications — Under the Trust’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 Trust. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Fund shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume the defense on behalf of any Fund shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also 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 Trust enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.
 
J Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Trust may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized until such time as the contracts have been closed or offset by another contract with the same broker for the same settlement date and currency. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.
 
K Statement of Cash Flows — The cash amount shown in the Statement of Cash Flows of the Trust is the amount included in the Trust’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represents the cash on hand at its custodian and does not include any short-term investments.
 
L Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to November 30, 2011 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Trust’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

 
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Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
2 Auction Preferred Shares
 
The Trust issued Auction Preferred Shares (APS) on September 16, 2004 in a public offering. The underwriting discount and other offering costs incurred in connection with the offering were recorded as a reduction of the paid-in capital of the common shares. Dividends on the APS, which accrue daily, are cumulative at rates which are reset weekly for Series A, Series B and Series C, and approximately monthly for Series D and Series E by an auction, unless a special dividend period has been set. Series of APS are identical in all respects except for the reset dates of the dividend rates. If the APS auctions do not successfully clear, the dividend payment rate over the next period for the APS holders is set at a specified maximum applicable rate until such time as the APS auctions are successful. Auctions have not cleared since February 13, 2008 and the rate since that date has been the maximum applicable rate (see Note 3). The maximum applicable rate on the APS is the greater of 1) 125% of LIBOR at the date of the auction or 2) LIBOR at the date of the auction plus 1.25%.
 
The number of APS issued and outstanding as of November 30, 2011 is as follows:
 
             
    APS Issued and
   
    Outstanding    
 
 
Series A
    640      
Series B
    640      
Series C
    640      
Series D
    640      
Series E
    640      
             
 
 
 
The APS are redeemable at the option of the Trust at a redemption price equal to $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, on any dividend payment date. The APS are also subject to mandatory redemption at a redemption price equal to $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if the Trust is in default for an extended period on its asset maintenance requirements with respect to the APS. If the dividends on the APS remain unpaid in an amount equal to two full years’ dividends, the holders of the APS as a class have the right to elect a majority of the Board of Trustees. In general, the holders of the APS and the common shares have equal voting rights of one vote per share, except that the holders of the APS, as a separate class, have the right to elect at least two members of the Board of Trustees. The APS have a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Trust is required to maintain certain asset coverage with respect to the APS as defined in the Trust’s By-Laws and the 1940 Act. The Trust pays an annual fee up to 0.15% of the liquidation value of the APS to broker/dealers as a service fee if the auctions are unsuccessful; otherwise, the annual fee is 0.25%.
 
3 Distributions to Shareholders
 
The Trust intends to make monthly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders, after payment of any dividends on any outstanding APS. In addition, at least annually, the Trust 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 to common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions to preferred shareholders are recorded daily and are payable at the end of each dividend period. The dividend rates for the APS at November 30, 2011, and the amount of dividends accrued (including capital gains, if any) to APS shareholders, average APS dividend rates (annualized), and dividend rate ranges for the six months then ended were as follows:
 
                                     
    APS Dividend
  Dividends
  Average APS
  Dividend
   
    Rates at
  Accrued to APS
  Dividend
  Rate
   
    November 30, 2011   Shareholders   Rates   Ranges (%)    
 
 
Series A
    1.45 %   $ 116,200       1.45 %     1.41–1.45      
Series B
    1.45     $ 116,212       1.45       1.41–1.45      
Series C
    1.45     $ 116,173       1.45       1.41–1.45      
Series D
    1.50     $ 119,043       1.49       1.44–1.50      
Series E
    1.50     $ 119,017       1.49       1.44–1.50      
                                     
 
 
 
Beginning February 13, 2008 and consistent with the patterns in the broader market for auction-rate securities, the Trust’s APS auctions were unsuccessful in clearing due to an imbalance of sell orders over bids to buy the APS. As a result, the dividend rates of the APS were reset to the maximum applicable rate. The table above reflects such maximum dividend rate for each series as of November 30, 2011.

 
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Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
The Trust 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.
 
4 Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
 
The investment adviser fee is earned by EVM as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Trust. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets and is payable monthly. Gross assets as referred to herein represent net assets plus obligations attributable to investment leverage. The Trust invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund. For the six months ended November 30, 2011, the Trust’s investment adviser fee totaled $3,377,382. EVM also serves as administrator of the Trust, but receives no compensation.
 
In addition, EVM has contractually agreed to reimburse the Trust for fees and other expenses at an annual rate of 0.20% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets during the first five full years of the Trust’s operations, 0.15% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets in year six, 0.10% in year seven and 0.05% in year eight. The Trust concluded its first seven full years of operations on June 29, 2011. Pursuant to this agreement, EVM waived $260,101 of its investment adviser fee for the six months ended November 30, 2011.
 
Except for Trustees of the Trust who are not members of EVM’s organization, officers and Trustees receive remuneration for their services to the Trust out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Trust 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 six months ended November 30, 2011, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Trust are officers of EVM.
 
5 Purchases and Sales of Investments
 
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations and including maturities, paydowns and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $141,894,328 and $140,901,004, respectively, for the six months ended November 30, 2011.
 
6 Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
 
Common shares issued pursuant to the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan for the six months ended November 30, 2011 and the year ended May 31, 2011 were 6,135 and 75,276, respectively.
 
7 Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Trust at November 30, 2011, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
             
Aggregate cost
  $ 916,562,093      
             
 
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 12,239,553      
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (32,723,286 )    
             
 
 
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (20,483,733 )    
             
 
 

 
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Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
8 Restricted Securities
 
At November 30, 2011, the Trust owned the following securities (representing 0.2% of net assets applicable to common shares) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding Rule 144A securities). The Trust has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.
 
                                     
    Date of
               
Description   Acquisition   Shares   Cost   Value    
 
 
Common Stocks
                                   
Panolam Industries International, Inc. 
    12/30/09       280     $ 153,860     $ 239,131      
RathGibson Acquisition Co., LLC
    6/14/10       22,100       117,286       682,890      
                                     
 
 
Total Restricted Securities
                  $ 271,146     $ 922,021      
                                     
 
 
 
9 Financial Instruments
 
The Trust may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts 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 Trust 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 obligations under these financial instruments at November 30, 2011 is as follows:
 
                         
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Sales
                Net Unrealized
   
                Appreciation
   
Settlement Date   Deliver   In Exchange For   Counterparty   (Depreciation)    
 
 
12/30/11
  British Pound Sterling
6,967,564
  United States Dollar
10,850,900
  Goldman Sachs, Inc.   $ (77,710 )    
12/30/11
  Euro
5,813,488
  United States Dollar
7,876,463
  HSBC Bank USA     62,694      
1/31/12
  Euro
6,990,058
  United States Dollar
9,925,323
  Deutsche Bank     527,366      
2/29/12
  British Pound Sterling
3,124,262
  United States Dollar
4,852,886
  JPMorgan Chase Bank     (44,747 )    
2/29/12
  Euro
8,800,970
  United States Dollar
11,764,257
  Citibank NA     (72,003 )    
                         
 
 
                $ 395,600      
                         
 
 
 
                         
Purchases
                Net Unrealized
   
Settlement Date   In Exchange For   Deliver   Counterparty   Depreciation    
 
 
12/30/11
  British Pound Sterling
2,929,485
  United States Dollar
4,722,148
  JPMorgan Chase Bank   $ (127,256 )    
                         
 
 
 
At November 30, 2011, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

 
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Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
The Trust is subject to foreign exchange risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Trust holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, the Trust enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The Trust also enters into such contracts to hedge the currency risk of investments it anticipates purchasing.
 
The Trust enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Trust’s net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would trigger a payment by the Trust for those derivatives in a liability position. At November 30, 2011, the fair value of derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position was $321,716.
 
The non-exchange traded derivatives in which the Trust invests, including forward foreign currency exchange contracts, are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. At November 30, 2011, the maximum amount of loss the Trust would incur due to counterparty risk was $590,060, representing the fair value of such derivatives in an asset position, with the highest amount from any one counterparty being $527,366. To mitigate this risk, the Trust has entered into master netting agreements with substantially all its derivative counterparties, which allows it and a counterparty to aggregate amounts owed by each of them for derivative transactions under the agreement into a single net amount payable by either the Trust or the counterparty. Counterparties may be required to pledge collateral in the form of cash, U.S. Government securities or highly-rated bonds for the benefit of the Trust if the net amount due from the counterparty with respect to a derivative contract exceeds a certain threshold. The amount of collateral posted by the counterparties with respect to such contracts would also reduce the amount of any loss incurred.
 
The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at November 30, 2011 was as follows:
 
                     
    Fair Value
Derivative   Asset Derivatives(1)   Liability Derivatives(2)    
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
  $ 590,060     $ (321,716 )    
                     
 
 
 
(1) Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts; Net unrealized depreciation.
(2) Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts; Net unrealized depreciation.
 
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 foreign exchange risk for the six months ended November 30, 2011 was as follows:
 
                     
    Realized Gain (Loss)
  Change in Unrealized
   
    on Derivatives Recognized
  Appreciation (Depreciation) on
   
Derivative   in Income(1)   Derivatives Recognized in Income(2)    
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
  $ 2,715,233     $ 653,102      
                     
 
 
 
(1) Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions.
(2) Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
 
The average notional amount of forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding during the six months ended November 30, 2011, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $59,064,000.
 
10 Credit Agreement
 
The Trust has entered into a Credit Agreement (the Agreement) with a bank to borrow up to a limit of $265 million pursuant to a 364-day revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the Agreement are secured by the assets of the Trust. Interest is charged at a rate above the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and is payable monthly. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Trust pays a commitment fee of 0.15% on the borrowing limit. The Trust is required to maintain certain net asset levels during the term of the Agreement. At November 30, 2011, the Trust had borrowings outstanding under the Agreement of $250,000,000 at an interest rate of 1.20%. The carrying amount of the borrowings at November 30, 2011 approximated its fair value. For the six months ended November 30, 2011, the average borrowings under the Agreement and the average annual interest rate were $247,306,010 and 1.17%, respectively.

 
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Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
11 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 Trust, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Foreign securities 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 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.
 
12 Credit Risk
 
The Trust invests primarily in below investment grade floating-rate loans and floating-rate debt obligations, which are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to reduce the capacity of issuers of these securities to make principal and interest payments. Such companies are more likely to default on their payments of interest and principal owed than issuers of investment grade bonds. An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a loan or other debt obligation may lose significant value before a default occurs. Lower rated investments also may be subject to greater price volatility than higher rated investments. Moreover, the specific collateral used to secure a loan may decline in value or become illiquid, which would adversely affect the loan’s value.
 
13 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)
 
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 November 30, 2011, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Trust’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                                     
Asset Description   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total    
 
 
Senior Floating-Rate Interests (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments)
  $     $ 811,164,687     $ 1,523,183     $ 812,687,870      
Corporate Bonds & Notes
          45,859,169       136,761       45,995,930      
Asset-Backed Securities
          3,799,354             3,799,354      
Common Stocks
    212,146       5,523,831       5,633,522       11,369,499      
Warrants
          22,817       0       22,817      
Short-Term Investments
          22,202,890             22,202,890      
                                     
 
 
Total Investments
  $ 212,146     $ 888,572,748     $ 7,293,466     $ 896,078,360      
                                     
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
  $     $ 590,060     $     $ 590,060      
                                     
 
 
Total
  $ 212,146     $ 889,162,808     $ 7,293,466     $ 896,668,420      
                                     
 
 
                                     
Liability Description
                                   
                                     
 
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
  $     $ (321,716 )   $     $ (321,716 )    
                                     
 
 
Total
  $     $ (321,716 )   $     $ (321,716 )    
                                     
 
 

 
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) — continued

 
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
 
                                     
    Investments
  Investments
           
    in Senior
  in Corporate
  Investments in
       
    Floating-Rate
  Bonds &
  Common Stocks
       
    Interests   Notes   and Warrants   Total    
 
 
Balance as of May 31, 2011
  $ 1,630,220     $ 164,959     $ 8,431,442     $ 10,226,621      
Realized gains (losses)
    (810,910 )     78,413       (43,337 )     (775,834 )    
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*
    768,341       73,607       (21,225 )     820,723      
Cost of purchases(1)
    12,801       4,037             16,838      
Proceeds from sales(1)
    (257,438 )     (187,457 )     (649 )     (445,544 )    
Accrued discount (premium)
    9,666       3,152             12,818      
Transfers to Level 3**
    170,503       50             170,553      
Transfers from Level 3**
                (2,732,709 )     (2,732,709 )    
                                     
 
 
Balance as of November 30, 2011
  $ 1,523,183     $ 136,761     $ 5,633,522     $ 7,293,466      
                                     
 
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments still held as of November 30, 2011*
  $ (33,254 )   $ (13,971 )   $ (65,211 )   $ (112,436 )    
                                     
 
 
 
* Amount is included in the related amount on investments in the Statement of Operations.
** Transfers are reflected at the value of the securities at the beginning of the period. Transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 were due to a reduction in the availability of significant observable inputs in determining the fair value of these investments. Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 were due to increased market trading activity resulting in the availability of significant observable inputs in determining the fair value of these investments.
(1) Cost of purchases may include securities received in corporate actions; proceeds from sales may include securities delivered in corporate actions.
 
At November 30, 2011, the value of investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2, if any, during the six months then ended was not significant.

 
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
Officers and Trustees

 
     
Officers of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
 
Scott H. Page
President

Payson F. Swaffield
Vice President

Barbara E. Campbell
Treasurer
 
Maureen A. Gemma
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Paul M. O’Neil
Chief Compliance Officer
 
     
Trustees of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
 
Ralph F. Verni
Chairman

Scott E. Eston

Benjamin C. Esty

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Allen R. Freedman
 
William H. Park

Ronald A. Pearlman

Helen Frame Peters

Lynn A. Stout

Harriett Tee Taggart
 
* Interested Trustee
 
 
Number of Employees
 
The Trust is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a closed-end management investment company and has no employees.
 
Number of Shareholders
 
As of November 30, 2011, Trust records indicate that there are 51 registered shareholders and approximately 20,862 shareholders owning the Trust shares in street name, such as through brokers, banks, and financial intermediaries.
 
If you are a street name shareholder and wish to receive Trust reports directly, which contain important information about the Trust, 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 EFT.

 
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Income Trust
 
November 30, 2011
 
 
IMPORTANT NOTICES

 
 
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, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group and Boston Management and Research. 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 advisor/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such advisor’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.
 
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission (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 advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, 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 advisor. 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 advisor.
 
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 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
 
Additional Notice to Shareholders. A Fund may redeem or purchase its outstanding auction preferred shares (APS) in order to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, borrowing or rating agency requirements or for other purposes as it deems appropriate or necessary. A Fund also may purchase shares of its common stock in the open market when they trade at a discount to net asset value or at other times if the Fund determines such purchases are advisable. There can be no assurance that a Fund will take such action or that such purchases would reduce the discount.
 
Closed-End Fund Information. The Eaton Vance closed-end funds make certain quarterly fund performance data and information about portfolio characteristics (such as top holdings and asset allocation) available on the Eaton Vance website after the end of each calendar quarter-end. Certain month end fund performance data for the funds, including total returns, are posted to the website shortly after the end of each calendar month. Portfolio holdings for the most recent calendar quarter-end are also posted to the website approximately 30 days following the end of the quarter. This information is available at www.eatonvance.com on the fund information pages under “Individual Investors — Closed-End Funds”.

 
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Investment Adviser and Administrator
Eaton Vance Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
 
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, NY 10038
 
 
Fund Offices
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 a consultant and private investor. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aveon Group, L.P. (an investment management firm), as the Vice Chairman of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company), as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm), as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (an institutional investment management firm) and as a Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (an independent registered public accounting firm).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not required in this filing.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not required in this filing.
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
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
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.

 


 

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 Floating-Rate Income Trust
         
By:
  /s/ Scott H. Page
 
   
 
  Scott H. Page    
 
  President    
 
       
Date:
  January 11, 2012    
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:
  January 11, 2012    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Scott H. Page
 
Scott H. Page
   
 
  President    
 
       
Date:
  January 11, 2012