EFR - Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
A closed-end fund run by Eaton Vance. Invests in bank loans. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - 1607 Capital was in this fund until Aug 14, 2026 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
1607 Capital owned more than 5% of this fund and has since sold down below that level, so it no longer has to report its holding.
Nothing is required of you. If a large investor buys in again, the notice appears here the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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Aug 14, 2026
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on Sept 15, 2026.
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Aug 14, 2026
1607 Capital sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
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May 15, 2026
1607 Capital now owns 5.4%, as a passive investor.
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April 30, 2026
The fund said it will repay some borrowed money on May 29, 2026.
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Jan 22, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Dec 12, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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June 12, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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May 1, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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March 31, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Jan 30, 2025
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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Oct 10, 2024
The fund said it may sell new shares.
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About this fund
- Run by Eaton Vance Management. Part of the Eaton Vance fund family. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $350 million of holdings, as of April 30, 2026. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 34% on top of its own money, as of April 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. About 42% of that is money the fund has borrowed by selling preferred shares. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1.2% a year in management fees; 3.3% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025) the fund paid $1.10 a share. $1.07 of that was income; $0.03 was your own money back, not income. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Oct 31, 2025): $12.39. The shares traded at $11.40, about 8% below that.
As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
Over the last two years the gap ranged from 11.3% below to 3.3% above. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document → - How the holdings did: down 0% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +4.9%. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +5.1%. How the share price did: the shares returned -2.3% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2003.
What the fund holds
Mostly loans (86%), the rest asset-backed bonds, bonds and cash and short-term holdings. About 83% issued in the U.S.
- Cash and short-term - 3.4%
- UKG Inc 2024 Term Loan B - 1.2%
- Virgin Media Bristol LLC 2020 USD Term Loan Q - 1.2%
- Epicor Software Corporation 2024 Term Loan F - 1.1%
- Engineered Machinery Holdings Inc 2025 USD Term Loan - 1%
- White Cap Buyer LLC 2024 Term Loan B - 1%
- Focus Financial Partners LLC 2025 Incremental Term Loan B - 0.9%
- Asurion LLC 2026 Term Loan B14 - 0.9%
- EOC Borrower LLC Term Loan B - 0.9%
- TransDigm Inc 2023 Term Loan J - 0.9%
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- National Mentor Holdings Inc 2025 1st Lien Term Loan B - 0.8%
- Proofpoint Inc 2025 Repriced Term Loan - 0.8%
- Techem Verwaltungsgesellschaft 675 mbH 2025 EUR Term Loan B - 0.8%
- Cotiviti Corporation 2025 2nd Amendment Term Loan - 0.8%
- Eaton Vance Floating-Rate ETF - 0.8%
- Acrisure LLC 2024 1st Lien Term Loan B6 - 0.7%
- Ramudden Global Group Gmbh 2026 Eur Term Loan B - 0.7%
- Great Outdoors Group LLC 2025 Term Loan B - 0.7%
- Marcel LUX IV SARL 2025 USD Repriced Term Loan - 0.7%
- Chamberlain Group Inc 2025 Term Loan B - 0.7%
- Allied Universal Holdco LLC 2025 USD Term Loan B - 0.7%
- Mallinckrodt Int Finance S.A. - 0.7%
- Edelman Financial Center LLC 2024 Term Loan - 0.7%
- IRB Holding Corp 2025 Term Loan B - 0.7%
- Grant Thornton Advisors LLC 2025 Term Loan B - 0.7%
As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1607 Capital | 3% | Sold down below 5% |
| May 15, 2026 | 1607 Capital | 5.4% | Passive investor |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Repaying borrowed money | Sept 15, 2026 | Original document → |
| April 30, 2026 | Repaying borrowed money | May 29, 2026 | Original document → |
| Jan 22, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Dec 12, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| June 12, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| May 1, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| March 31, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Jan 30, 2025 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Oct 10, 2024 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- Eaton Vance Management
- Fund family
- EatonVance
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-21411
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 489
- Preferred share classes
- 1
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