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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number  811-21507

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 Berkeley Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

Michael H. Koonce, Esq.

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 210-3200

Date of fiscal year end:

Registrant is making a quarterly filing for 1 of its series, Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund, for the quarter ended May 31, 2007. This 1 series have a August 31 fiscal year end.

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2007

 

 


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments

 

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS     37.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY      6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components      0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArvinMeritor, Inc., 6.80%, 02/15/2009

 

$

25,000

 

$

24,625

 

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.00%, 07/01/2015

 

 

120,000

 

 

132,000

 

11.25%, 03/01/2011

 

 

145,000

 

 

159,138

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

315,763

 

Automobiles      0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co., 7.875%, 06/15/2010

 

 

380,000

 

 

383,919

 

Diversified Consumer Services      0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Corporation International, 6.75%, 04/01/2015 144A

 

 

100,000

 

 

101,500

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure      1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 8.125%, 05/15/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,063,750

 

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 7.00%, 03/01/2014

 

 

285,000

 

 

283,575

 

MGM MIRAGE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.875%, 02/27/2014

 

 

305,000

 

 

285,175

 

7.50%, 06/01/2016

 

 

290,000

 

 

287,100

 

Pokagon Gaming Authority, 10.375%, 06/15/2014 144A

 

 

245,000

 

 

276,850

 

Seneca Gaming Corp., 7.25%, 05/01/2012

 

 

370,000

 

 

379,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,575,700

 

Household Durables      0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 6.50%, 01/15/2014

 

 

16,000

 

 

15,120

 

Media      2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSC Holdings, Inc., 7.625%, 04/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,030,000

 

Dex Media East, LLC, 12.125%, 11/15/2012

 

 

540,000

 

 

587,250

 

Lamar Media Corp., 6.625%, 08/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Mediacom Broadband, LLC, 8.50%, 10/15/2015 144A

 

 

500,000

 

 

521,250

 

Mediacom Communications Corp., 9.50%, 01/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

PRIMEDIA, Inc., 8.875%, 05/15/2011

 

 

105,000

 

 

108,412

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp., 10.875%, 12/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,081,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,363,162

 

Multi-line Retail      0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 7.375%, 08/15/2008

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,016,816

 

Neiman Marcus Group, Inc., 9.00%, 10/15/2015

 

 

100,000

 

 

110,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,127,066

 

Specialty Retail      0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker & Taylor, Inc., 11.50%, 07/01/2013 144A

 

 

170,000

 

 

180,413

 

Central Garden & Pet Co., 9.125%, 02/01/2013

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,578,750

 

Payless ShoeSource, Inc., 8.25%, 08/01/2013

 

 

300,000

 

 

310,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,069,663

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods      1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Levi Strauss & Co., 9.75%, 01/15/2015

 

 

530,000

 

 

578,362

 

Oxford Industries, Inc., 8.875%, 06/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,045,000

 

Warnaco Group, Inc., 8.875%, 06/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,066,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,689,612

 

CONSUMER STAPLES      2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing      1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ingles Markets, Inc., 8.875%, 12/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,045,000

 

Rite Aid Corp., 8.125%, 05/01/2010

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

SUPERVALU, Inc., 7.50%, 11/15/2014

 

 

750,000

 

 

791,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,871,250

 

Food Products      0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dean Foods Co., 8.15%, 08/01/2007

 

 

500,000

 

 

501,875

 

Del Monte Foods Co., 6.75%, 02/15/2015

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,507,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,009,375

 

 

 

 

1

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY      6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services      0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Ser. B, 6.125%, 12/01/2014

 

$

150,000

 

$

144,563

 

Parker Drilling Co., 9.625%, 10/01/2013

 

 

815,000

 

 

884,275

 

PHI, Inc., 7.125%, 04/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

985,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,013,838

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.875%, 01/15/2016

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,020,000

 

Cimarex Energy Co., 7.125%, 05/01/2017

 

 

80,000

 

 

81,400

 

El Paso Corp., 7.75%, 06/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,061,466

 

Exco Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 01/15/2011

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,522,500

 

Ferrellgas Partners, LP, 6.75%, 05/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

997,500

 

Forest Oil Corp., 7.75%, 05/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

Frontier Oil Corp., 6.625%, 10/01/2011

 

 

125,000

 

 

125,313

 

Mariner Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 05/15/2017

 

 

80,000

 

 

82,000

 

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.875%, 03/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,017,500

 

Sabine Pass LNG, LP, 7.25%, 11/30/2013 144A

 

 

750,000

 

 

767,812

 

Targa Resources, Inc., 8.50%, 11/01/2013 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,045,000

 

Tesoro Corp., Ser. B, 6.625%, 11/01/2015

 

 

500,000

 

 

509,375

 

Williams Cos., 7.125%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,053,750

 

Williams Partners, LP, 7.25%, 02/01/2017

 

 

1,225,000

 

 

1,304,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,623,241

 

FINANCIALS      3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance      1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 9.00%, 08/15/2016 144A

 

 

492,000

 

 

535,050

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.70%, 01/15/2010

 

 

745,000

 

 

719,539

 

7.375%, 10/28/2009

 

 

690,000

 

 

692,776

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp., LLC:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.625%, 05/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

987,757

 

6.875%, 09/15/2011

 

 

215,000

 

 

216,820

 

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.50%, 11/15/2018

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

950,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,101,942

 

Insurance      0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crum & Forster Holdings Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, 05/01/2017 144A

 

 

340,000

 

 

344,250

 

10.375%, 06/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,090,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,434,250

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts      1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 04/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,027,500

 

7.00%, 01/15/2016

 

 

250,000

 

 

257,500

 

Thornburg Mortgage, Inc., 8.00%, 05/15/2013

 

 

805,000

 

 

800,975

 

Ventas, Inc., 7.125%, 06/01/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,040,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,125,975

 

HEALTH CARE      1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies      0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal Hospital Services, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, 06/01/2015 144A

 

 

93,000

 

 

95,441

 

8.76%, 06/01/2015 144A

 

 

67,000

 

 

68,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

163,781

 

Health Care Providers & Services      1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.50%, 12/15/2012

 

 

130,000

 

 

135,363

 

HCA, Inc., 9.25%, 11/15/2016 144A

 

 

915,000

 

 

1,005,356

 

 

 

2

 

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., 7.75%, 07/15/2015

 

$

130,000

 

$

133,575

 

Triad Hospitals, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 05/15/2012

 

 

130,000

 

 

135,850

 

7.00%, 11/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,052,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,462,644

 

INDUSTRIALS      4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense      1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRS Technologies, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.625%, 02/01/2016

 

 

320,000

 

 

324,000

 

7.625%, 02/01/2018

 

 

130,000

 

 

135,362

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Corp., 8.50%, 04/01/2015 144A

 

 

85,000

 

 

89,888

 

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.875%, 01/15/2015

 

 

630,000

 

 

617,400

 

6.375%, 10/15/2015

 

 

1,415,000

 

 

1,418,537

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,585,187

 

Commercial Services & Supplies      1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Waste North America, Inc., 6.375%, 04/15/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,010,000

 

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 9.25%, 05/01/2021

 

 

155,000

 

 

170,500

 

Corrections Corporation of America, 6.25%, 03/15/2013

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

1,043,437

 

Geo Group, Inc., 8.25%, 07/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,050,000

 

Mobile Mini, Inc., 6.875%, 05/01/2015 144A

 

 

130,000

 

 

130,488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,404,425

 

Machinery      1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manitowoc Co., 7.125%, 11/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

Mueller Water Products, Inc., 7.375%, 06/01/2017 144A

 

 

95,000

 

 

96,495

 

Terex Corp., 7.375%, 01/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,047,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,178,995

 

Road & Rail      0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, 7.625%, 05/15/2014 144A

 

 

950,000

 

 

990,375

 

Trading Companies & Distributors      0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Rentals, Inc., 6.50%, 02/15/2012

 

 

205,000

 

 

207,563

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY      1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.625%, 04/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,032,500

 

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 4.875%, 01/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

915,000

 

Unisys Corp., 8.00%, 10/15/2012

 

 

970,000

 

 

979,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,927,200

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment      0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 8.875%, 12/15/2014 144A

 

 

460,000

 

 

462,875

 

MATERIALS      5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals      2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARCO Chemical Co., 9.80%, 02/01/2020

 

 

170,000

 

 

189,550

 

Equistar Chemicals, LP, 10.625%, 05/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,060,000

 

Lyondell Chemical Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.875%, 06/15/2017

 

 

640,000

 

 

644,000

 

10.50%, 06/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,097,500

 

Millenium America, Inc., 7.625%, 11/15/2026

 

 

145,000

 

 

142,825

 

Momentive Performance, Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/2014 144A

 

 

310,000

 

 

325,500

 

Mosaic Co., 7.625%, 12/01/2016 144A

 

 

410,000

 

 

437,675

 

Tronox Worldwide, LLC, 9.50%, 12/01/2012

 

 

600,000

 

 

639,000

 

Westlake Chemical Corp., 6.625%, 01/15/2016

 

 

600,000

 

 

594,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,130,050

 

 

 

 

3

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATERIALS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction Materials      0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPG International, Inc., 10.50%, 07/01/2013

 

$

350,000

 

$

372,750

 

Containers & Packaging      1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berry Plastics Holding Corp., 8.875%, 09/15/2014

 

 

375,000

 

 

386,250

 

Crown Americas, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,050,000

 

Exopack Holding Corp., 11.25%, 02/01/2014

 

 

250,000

 

 

273,750

 

Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 08/15/2013

 

 

150,000

 

 

160,313

 

Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/2014

 

 

1,010,000

 

 

1,025,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,895,463

 

Metals & Mining      0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.875%, 02/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,036,250

 

8.25%, 04/01/2015

 

 

105,000

 

 

113,531

 

8.375%, 04/01/2017

 

 

75,000

 

 

82,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,231,906

 

Paper & Forest Products      1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boise Cascade, LLC, 7.125%, 10/15/2014

 

 

305,000

 

 

306,525

 

Bowater, Inc., 6.50%, 06/15/2013

 

 

300,000

 

 

270,000

 

Buckeye Technologies, Inc., 8.50%, 10/01/2013

 

 

140,000

 

 

147,350

 

P.H. Glatfelter, 7.125%, 05/01/2016

 

 

800,000

 

 

820,000

 

Verso Paper Holdings, LLC, 9.125%, 08/01/2014 144A

 

 

610,000

 

 

649,650

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,193,525

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES      2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services      1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citizens Communications Co., 7.875%, 01/15/2027

 

 

1,210,000

 

 

1,249,325

 

Embarq Corp., 7.08%, 06/01/2016

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,020,270

 

Qwest Communications International, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.50%, 06/01/2017 144A

 

 

330,000

 

 

327,938

 

7.875%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,062,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,660,033

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services      0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Cellular Corp., 8.25%, 03/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,057,500

 

UTILITIES      4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities      3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC, 8.25%, 04/15/2012 144A

 

 

430,000

 

 

469,775

 

Aquila, Inc., 14.875%, 07/01/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,304,940

 

CMS Energy Corp., 7.50%, 01/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,030,978

 

Edison Mission Energy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 05/15/2017 144A

 

 

90,000

 

 

90,113

 

7.20%, 05/15/2019 144A

 

 

230,000

 

 

230,288

 

Mirant North America, LLC, 7.375%, 12/31/2013

 

 

975,000

 

 

1,035,937

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 02/01/2014

 

 

700,000

 

 

721,000

 

Orion Power Holdings, Inc., 12.00%, 05/01/2010

 

 

270,000

 

 

312,187

 

Reliant Energy, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 12/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,050,000

 

9.25%, 07/15/2010

 

 

540,000

 

 

569,025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,814,243

 

Gas Utilities      0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEMCO Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 05/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,033,483

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders      1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp., 7.75%, 03/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,058,750

 

Dynegy, Inc.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 06/01/2015 144A

 

 

195,000

 

 

194,512

 

8.375%, 05/01/2016

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,043,750

 

Tenaska, Inc., 7.00%, 06/30/2021 144A

 

 

951,948

 

 

1,001,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,298,019

 

Total Corporate Bonds     (cost $84,455,278)

 

 

 

 

 

84,891,393

 

 

 

4

 

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 
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Value

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS      2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY      2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Paso Corp., 4.99%, 12/31/2049     (cost $4,534,687)

 

 

4,000

 

$

5,788,000

 

COMMON STOCKS      85.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY      0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media      0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idearc, Inc. *

 

 

15,000

 

 

528,750

 

ENERGY      18.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels      18.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheniere Energy Partners, LP

 

 

37,950

 

 

763,174

 

Copano Energy, LLC 

 

 

257,880

 

 

11,284,829

 

Crosstex Energy, Inc. ρ

 

 

255,000

 

 

7,642,350

 

Enterprise Products Partners, LP ρ

 

 

13,000

 

 

407,160

 

General Maritime Corp. *

 

 

100,200

 

 

3,038,064

 

NuSTAR GP Holdings, LLC

 

 

275,000

 

 

10,144,750

 

Southwestern Energy Co. *

 

 

25,000

 

 

1,190,000

 

Spectra Energy Corp.

 

 

37,500

 

 

998,625

 

Williams Partners, LP ρ

 

 

140,000

 

 

6,820,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,289,752

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES      30.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services      19.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

 

200,000

 

 

8,268,000

 

Elisa Oyj

 

 

193,000

 

 

5,572,144

 

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. ρ +

 

 

170,000

 

 

8,398,000

 

TeliaSonera AB

 

 

994,122

 

 

7,364,239

 

TELUS Corp.

 

 

75,000

 

 

4,562,383

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

 

 

200,000

 

 

8,706,000

 

Windstream Corp.

 

 

100,000

 

 

1,502,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,372,766

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services      10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alltel Corp.

 

 

130,000

 

 

8,907,600

 

American Tower Corp., Class A *

 

 

125,000

 

 

5,397,500

 

Bouygues SA ρ

 

 

50,000

 

 

4,412,748

 

Rogers Communications, Inc., Class B

 

 

150,000

 

 

6,223,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,941,348

 

UTILITIES      36.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities      27.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny Energy, Inc. *

 

 

50,000

 

 

2,669,500

 

Cleco Corp.

 

 

50,000

 

 

1,349,000

 

DPL, Inc. ρ

 

 

325,000

 

 

9,915,750

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

 

75,000

 

 

1,465,500

 

E.ON AG, ADR ρ

 

 

100,000

 

 

5,484,000

 

Edison International

 

 

75,000

 

 

4,370,250

 

Enel SpA ρ

 

 

300,000

 

 

3,412,480

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

21,000

 

 

2,370,900

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

57,000

 

 

4,446,000

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

 

47,000

 

 

3,253,810

 

Fortum Oyj ρ

 

 

350,000

 

 

11,508,124

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 

 

36,000

 

 

1,562,400

 

Maine & Maritimes Corp.

 

 

1,135

 

 

30,849

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

 

 

15,000

 

 

508,800

 

Mirant Corp. ρ

 

 

75,072

 

 

3,483,341

 

Northeast Utilities

 

 

200

 

 

6,082

 

Scottish & Southern Energy plc

 

 

250,000

 

 

7,539,037

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,375,823

 

 

 

 

5

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 
Shares

 

 

 
Value

 

COMMON STOCKS      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES      continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas Utilities      0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snam Rete Gas SpA ρ

 

 

50,000

 

$

307,581

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders      4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

100,000

 

 

9,177,000

 

Ormat Technologies, Inc. ρ

 

 

25,000

 

 

910,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,087,000

 

Multi-Utilities      1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RWE AG

 

 

25,000

 

 

2,831,962

 

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

 

 

1,500

 

 

72,645

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,904,607

 

Water Utilities      2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aqua America, Inc. ρ

 

 

25,000

 

 

571,500

 

Kelda Group plc ρ

 

 

100,000

 

 

2,023,610

 

Pennichuck Corp.

 

 

150,000

 

 

3,876,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,471,110

 

Total Common Stocks      (cost $140,703,998)

 

 

 

 

 

195,278,737

 

PREFERRED STOCKS      7.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES      7.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities      7.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolina Power & Light Co., 5.00%

 

 

9,217

 

 

830,106

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co., Ser. 1947, 2.00%

 

 

22,000

 

 

802,314

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co., Ser. 1949, 2.04%

 

 

9,600

 

 

357,300

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc., 5.00%

 

 

27,320

 

 

2,527,100

 

Dayton Power & Light Co., Ser. A, 3.75%

 

 

9,416

 

 

630,578

 

Dayton Power & Light Co., Ser. B, 3.75%

 

 

5,120

 

 

368,800

 

Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 6.08%

 

 

644

 

 

64,762

 

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., Ser. K, 4.65%

 

 

27,000

 

 

428,625

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. D, 5.00%

 

 

126,000

 

 

2,838,150

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. H, 4.50%

 

 

33,800

 

 

722,475

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. I, 4.36%

 

 

34,800

 

 

692,520

 

PECO Energy Co., Ser. C, 4.40%

 

 

29,590

 

 

2,500,355

 

Southern California Edison Co., Ser. B, 4.08%

 

 

45,900

 

 

848,003

 

Southern California Edison Co., Ser. D, 4.32%

 

 

54,000

 

 

1,087,020

 

Union Electric Co., 4.50%

 

 

14,600

 

 

1,231,510

 

Union Electric Co., 4.56%

 

 

11,190

 

 

987,518

 

Union Electric Co., Ser. 1969, 4.00%

 

 

4,200

 

 

319,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,236,336

 

Water Utilities      0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hackensack Water Co., 4.99% o

 

 

10,469

 

 

837,520

 

Total Preferred Stocks     (cost $17,963,897)

 

 

 

 

 

18,073,856

 

ESCROW SHARES      0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirant Corp. Escrow *o +      (cost $0)

 

 

5,000,000

 

 

0

 

MUTUAL FUND SHARES      1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co. ρ

 

 

15,000

 

 

512,550

 

Tortoise Capital Resources Corp. ρ

 

 

65,000

 

 

1,160,250

 

Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. ρ

 

 

21,000

 

 

633,150

 

Total Mutual Fund Shares     (cost $2,018,850)

 

 

 

 

 

2,305,950

 

 

 

6

 

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

Value

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LOANED      21.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER      2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley, 5.37%, 10/29/2007

 

$

5,000,000

 

$

5,000,000

 

CORPORATE BONDS      1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets      0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Cos., 5.45%, 01/10/2008

 

 

1,000,488

 

 

1,000,457

 

Diversified Financial Services      0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., FRN, 5.36%, 06/13/2007

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

2,000,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,000,480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 

MUTUAL FUND SHARES      1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIM Short-Term Investment Co. Liquid Assets Portfolio, Class I, 5.25%, q

 

 

4,198,654

 

 

4,198,654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

Value

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS ^      15.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banc of America Securities, LLC, 5.35%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $4,000,594

 

$

4,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

Barclays Capital, Inc., 5.36%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $1,000,149

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

BNP Paribas SA, 5.36%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $3,000,447

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., 5.35%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $3,000,446

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

3,000,000

 

Countrywide Securities Corp., 5.34%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $1,000,148

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Credit Suisse First Boston, LLC, 5.35%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $1,000,149

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., 5.36%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $8,001,191

 

 

8,000,000

 

 

8,000,000

 

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities, LLC, 5.36%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $1,000,149

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., 5.36%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $4,000,596

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

Lehman Brothers, Inc., 5.35%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $1,000,149

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., 5.35%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $5,000,743

 

 

5,000,000

 

 

5,000,000

 

Nomura Securities International, Inc., 5.36%, dated 05/31/2007, maturing 06/01/2007, maturity value $4,000,596

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,000,000

 

Total Investments of Cash Collateral from Securities Loaned      (cost $48,199,134)

 

 

 

 

 

48,199,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS      3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTUAL FUND SHARES      3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund, Class I, 5.20% q ø µ      (cost $7,784,246)

 

 

7,784,246

 

 

7,784,246

 

Total Investments      (cost $305,660,090)       158.6%

 

 

 

 

 

362,321,316

 

Other Assets and Liabilities and Preferred Shares      (58.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

(133,808,731

)

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders      100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

228,512,585

 

 

 

 

7

 


EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued

May 31, 2007 (unaudited)


144A

Security that may be sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This security has been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees, unless otherwise noted.

*

Non-income producing security

ρ

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

+

Security is deemed illiquid and is valued using market quotations when readily available, unless otherwise noted.

o

Security is valued at fair value as determined by the investment advisor in good faith, according to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

q

Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

Collateral is pooled with the collateral of other Evergreen funds and allocated on a pro-rata basis into 151 issues of high grade short-term securities such that sufficient collateral is applied to the respective repurchase agreement.

ø

Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC is the investment advisor to both the Fund and the money market fund.

µ

All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.

Summary of Abbreviations

ADR

American Depository Receipt

FRN

Floating Rate Note

The following table shows the percent of total long-term investments (excluding collateral from securities on loan) by geographic location as of May 31, 2007:

United States

80.0%

Finland

5.6%

Canada

3.5%

United Kingdom

3.1%

Germany

2.7%

Sweden

2.4%

France

1.5%

Italy

1.2%

100.0%

At May 31, 2007, the Fund had the following open interest rate swap agreement:


  Expiration   Notional
Amount
  Counterparty   Cash Flows Paid
by the Fund
  Cash Flows Received
by the Fund 1
  Unrealized
Gain
 
  11/16/2007   $43,000,000   Royal Bank of
Scotland Greenwich Capital
  Fixed-3.525%   Floating-5.32%   $412,141  
   

1

This rate represents the 1 month USD London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) effective for the period of May 15, 2007 through June, 15, 2007.

 


At May 31, 2007, reverse repurchase agreements outstanding were as follows:


  Repurchase
Amount
  Counterparty   Interest
Rate
  Maturity
Date
 
  $7,747,405   Lehman Brothers   5.85%   07/09/2007  
      Holdings, Inc.          

On May 31, 2007, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $305,809,731. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $61,042,733 and $4,531,148, respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $56,511,585.

 

 

8

 

 


Item 2 - Controls and Procedures

 

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

 

(b)

There has been no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 - Exhibits

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

(a)

Separate certifications for the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX-99.CERT.

 

 


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.

 

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund

 

 

 


By: 

 

 

 

 

Dennis H. Ferro,
Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date: July 30, 2007

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: 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis H. Ferro,
Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date: July 30, 2007

 

By: 

 

 

 

 

Kasey Phillips
Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: July 30, 2007

 

 


 

 

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116-5034


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Kasey Phillips, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedule(s) of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which this report is filed;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:  July 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kasey Phillips
Principal Financial Officer
Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund

 

 


 

 

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116-5034


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Dennis H. Ferro, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which this report is filed;

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:  July 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dennis H. Ferro
Principal Executive Officer
Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund