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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 COMPANIES
 
811-09143
Investment Company Act File Number
 
Eaton Vance National Municipal 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, Including Area Code)
 
November 30
Date of Fiscal Year End
 
February 28, 2009
Date of Reporting Period
 



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Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Trust as of February 28, 2009
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
 
Tax-Exempt Investments — 190.3%
 
                 
Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
Education — 11.5%
$ 1,000    
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, (Boston University), 6.00%, 5/15/59
  $ 1,074,810  
  500    
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, (New England Conservatory of Music), 5.25%, 7/1/38
    374,985  
  2,490    
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvard University), 5.00%, 10/1/38 (1)
    2,529,890  
  10    
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Harvard University), 5.00%, 10/1/38
    10,160  
  740    
New York Dormitory Authority, (Rochester Institute of Technology), 6.00%, 7/1/33
    774,950  
  190    
Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp., (University of Rhode Island), 6.25%, 9/15/34
    187,842  
                 
            $ 4,952,637  
                 
Electric Utilities — 2.1%
$ 1,565    
Brazos River Authority, TX, Pollution Control Revenue, (Texas Energy Co.), (AMT), 8.25%, 5/1/33
  $ 920,455  
                 
            $ 920,455  
                 
Health Care-Miscellaneous — 0.6%
$ 125    
Osceola County, FL, Industrial Development Authority, Community Provider Pooled Loan, 7.75%, 7/1/17
  $ 114,285  
  200    
Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority, (Mepsi Campus Project), 6.50%, 10/1/37
    145,380  
                 
            $ 259,665  
                 
Hospital — 14.7%
$ 350    
Camden County, NJ, Improvement Authority, (Cooper Health System), 5.00%, 2/15/35
  $ 222,082  
  445    
Idaho Health Facilities Authority, (Trinity Health Credit Group), 6.25%, 12/1/33
    457,282  
  375    
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Caregroup, Inc.), 5.00%, 7/1/28
    295,631  
  560    
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, (Caregroup, Inc.), 5.125%, 7/1/33
    423,506  
  2,500    
New York Dormitory Authority, (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), 5.00%, 7/1/36 (1)
    2,423,750  
  315    
New York Dormitory Authority, (Orange Regional Medical Center), 6.125%, 12/1/29
    236,055  
  635    
New York Dormitory Authority, (Orange Regional Medical Center), 6.25%, 12/1/37
    455,549  
  1,000    
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, (Wellmort Health), 5.25%, 9/1/37
    616,840  
  1,400    
West Orange, FL, Health Care District, 5.80%, 2/1/31
    1,179,332  
                 
            $ 6,310,027  
                 
Housing — 9.3%
$ 330    
California Housing Finance Agency, (AMT), 4.75%, 8/1/42
  $ 236,168  
  1,000    
Georgia Housing and Finance Authority, (AMT), 5.25%, 12/1/37
    898,990  
  710    
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, (AMT), 5.30%, 12/1/37
    643,125  
  1,030    
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, (Santa Fe Senior Housing LLC), (FNMA), (AMT), 4.70%, 8/1/45
    877,560  
  1,500    
Virginia Housing Development Authority, (AMT), 5.10%, 10/1/35
    1,366,005  
                 
            $ 4,021,848  
                 
Industrial Development Revenue — 23.0%
$ 1,000    
Brazos River, TX, Harbor Navigation District, (Dow Chemical Co.), (AMT), 5.95%, 5/15/33
  $ 670,150  
  710    
Broward County, FL, (Lynxs Cargoport), (AMT), 6.75%, 6/1/19
    582,626  
  1,000    
Butler County, AL, Industrial Development Authority, (International Paper Co.), (AMT), 7.00%, 9/1/32
    728,490  
  750    
California Pollution Control Financing Authority, (Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.), (AMT), 6.875%, 11/1/27
    719,512  
  1,060    
Capital Trust Agency, FL, (Fort Lauderdale Project), (AMT), 5.75%, 1/1/32
    695,879  
  1,055    
Denver, CO, City and County Special Facilities, (United Airlines), (AMT), 5.25%, 10/1/32
    564,889  
  875    
Denver, CO, City and County Special Facilities, (United Airlines), (AMT), 5.75%, 10/1/32
    504,954  
  1,000    
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, TX, (Valero Energy Corp.), 5.60%, 4/1/32
    730,370  
  1,000    
Houston, TX, Airport System, (Continental Airlines), (AMT), 6.75%, 7/1/29
    710,910  
  1,350    
Liberty Development Corp., NY, (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.), 5.25%, 10/1/35 (1)
    1,126,489  
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
$ 1,000    
New Morgan, PA, Industrial Development Authority, (Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.), (AMT), 6.50%, 4/1/19
  $ 931,660  
  280    
Phoenix, AZ, Industrial Development Authority, (America West Airlines, Inc.), (AMT), 6.25%, 6/1/19
    175,669  
  650    
Puerto Rico Port Authority, (American Airlines, Inc.), (AMT), 6.30%, 6/1/23
    289,907  
  1,970    
St. John Baptist Parish, LA, (Marathon Oil Corp.), 5.125%, 6/1/37
    1,453,722  
                 
            $ 9,885,227  
                 
Insured-Education — 0.7%
$ 300    
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, (MBIA), 5.00%, 10/1/40
  $ 286,080  
                 
            $ 286,080  
                 
Insured-Electric Utilities — 3.2%
$ 1,600    
Burke County, GA, Development Authority, (Georgia Power Co.), (MBIA), (AMT), 5.45%, 5/1/34
  $ 1,360,352  
                 
            $ 1,360,352  
                 
Insured-Hospital — 22.3%
$ 2,500    
Illinois Finance Authority, (Rush University Medical Center), (MBIA), 5.25%, 11/1/35
  $ 1,906,100  
  3,250    
Indiana Health and Educational Facility Finance Authority, (Sisters of St. Francis Health Services), (FSA), 5.25%, 5/15/41 (1)
    3,003,682  
  1,675    
Maricopa County, AZ, Industrial Development Authority, (Catholic Healthcare West), (BHAC), 5.25%, 7/1/32
    1,679,372  
  1,000    
Maricopa County, AZ, Industrial Development Authority, (Mayo Clinic Hospital), (AMBAC), 5.25%, 11/15/37
    948,160  
  2,500    
Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, (Lifebridge Health), (AGC), 4.75%, 7/1/47 (1)
    2,034,638  
                 
            $ 9,571,952  
                 
Insured-Housing — 2.4%
$ 1,100    
Broward County, FL, Housing Finance Authority, Multi-Family Housing, (Venice Homes Apartments), (FSA), (AMT), 5.70%, 1/1/32
  $ 1,034,451  
                 
            $ 1,034,451  
                 
Insured-Industrial Development Revenue — 1.4%
$ 735    
California Pollution Control Financing Authority, (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.), (FGIC), 4.75%, 12/1/23
  $ 611,630  
                 
            $ 611,630  
                 
Insured-Lease Revenue/Certificates of Participation — 7.7%
$ 510    
Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., NY, (MBIA), 4.50%, 2/15/47
  $ 379,542  
  3,000    
San Diego County, CA, Water Authority, (FSA), 5.00%, 5/1/38 (1)
    2,918,970  
                 
            $ 3,298,512  
                 
Insured-Other Revenue — 5.5%
$ 425    
Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, (Louisville Arena Project), (AGC), 6.00%, 12/1/33
  $ 435,570  
  210    
New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Queens Baseball Stadium), (AMBAC), 5.00%, 1/1/31
    178,269  
  210    
New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Queens Baseball Stadium), (AMBAC), 5.00%, 1/1/36
    171,820  
  405    
New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Queens Baseball Stadium), (AMBAC), 5.00%, 1/1/39
    327,612  
  1,970    
New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Yankee Stadium), (AGC), 0.00%, 3/1/36
    340,101  
  1,640    
New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Yankee Stadium), (AGC), 0.00%, 3/1/37
    264,581  
  600    
New York, NY, Industrial Development Agency, (Yankee Stadium), (AGC), 7.00%, 3/1/49
    660,564  
                 
            $ 2,378,517  
                 
Insured-Special Tax Revenue — 7.8%
$ 170    
Baton Rouge, LA, Public Improvement, (FSA), 4.25%, 8/1/32
  $ 148,328  
  3,040    
Miami-Dade County, FL, Special Obligation, (MBIA), 0.00%, 10/1/35
    474,787  
  5,000    
Miami-Dade County, FL, Special Obligation, (MBIA), 0.00%, 10/1/38
    627,050  
  5,610    
Miami-Dade County, FL, Special Obligation, (MBIA), 0.00%, 10/1/40
    604,365  
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
$ 14,850    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing, (AMBAC), 0.00%, 8/1/54
  $ 589,545  
  2,535    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing, (MBIA), 0.00%, 8/1/44
    228,201  
  5,030    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing, (MBIA), 0.00%, 8/1/45
    421,413  
  3,165    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing, (MBIA), 0.00%, 8/1/46
    245,921  
                 
            $ 3,339,610  
                 
Insured-Student Loan — 2.3%
$ 1,000    
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, (AGC), (AMT), 6.35%, 1/1/30
  $ 991,910  
                 
            $ 991,910  
                 
Insured-Transportation — 17.9%
$ 670    
Chicago, IL, (O’Hare International Airport), (FSA), 4.50%, 1/1/38
  $ 589,754  
  240    
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, International Airport, (MBIA), (AMT), 6.10%, 11/1/24
    240,475  
  95    
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, International Airport, (MBIA), (AMT), 6.25%, 11/1/28
    95,092  
  2,100    
Maryland Transportation Authority, (FSA), 5.00%, 7/1/41 (1)
    2,110,773  
  1,010    
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, Metropolitan Highway System, (MBIA), 5.00%, 1/1/37
    790,335  
  3,770    
Miami-Dade County, FL, Aviation Revenue, (Miami International Airport), (AGC), (CIFG), (AMT), 5.00%, 10/1/38
    3,191,230  
  805    
Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, (AMBAC), 5.25%, 7/1/38
    663,868  
                 
            $ 7,681,527  
                 
Insured-Water and Sewer — 20.3%
$ 3,750    
Austin, TX, Water and Wastewater, (BHAC), (FSA), 5.00%, 11/15/33 (1)
  $ 3,773,587  
  1,000    
Emerald Coast, FL, Utility Authority Revenue, (FGIC), (MBIA), 4.75%, 1/1/31
    888,950  
  3,250    
Fernley, NV, Water and Sewer, (AGC), 5.00%, 2/1/38 (1)
    3,210,675  
  640    
Miami Beach, FL, Storm Water, (FGIC), (MBIA), 5.375%, 9/1/30
    621,338  
  280    
Pearland, TX, Waterworks and Sewer Systems, (FSA), 4.50%, 9/1/34
    255,094  
                 
            $ 8,749,644  
                 
Lease Revenue/Certificates of Participation — 1.6%
$ 650    
Mohave County, AZ, Industrial Development Authority, (Mohave Prison LLC), 8.00%, 5/1/25
  $ 673,913  
                 
            $ 673,913  
                 
Nursing Home — 1.8%
$ 265    
Orange County, FL, Health Facilities Authority, (Westminster Community Care), 6.60%, 4/1/24
  $ 217,714  
  735    
Orange County, FL, Health Facilities Authority, (Westminster Community Care), 6.75%, 4/1/34
    553,124  
                 
            $ 770,838  
                 
Other Revenue — 14.3%
$ 16,500    
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, OH, 0.00%, 6/1/47
  $ 305,745  
  1,000    
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, 6.00%, 6/1/48
    589,090  
  1,000    
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, 6.875%, 6/1/42
    686,400  
  1,000    
Salt Verde, AZ, Financial Corp., Senior Gas Revenue, 5.00%, 12/1/37
    645,220  
  2,000    
Seminole Tribe, FL, Special Obligation Revenue, 5.25%, 10/1/27 (2)
    1,373,000  
  200    
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., Gas Revenue, 5.25%, 9/1/26
    135,494  
  1,230    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., VA, 5.00%, 6/1/47
    647,656  
  1,500    
Tobacco Settlement Management Authority, SC, Escrowed to Maturity, 6.375%, 5/15/30
    1,753,560  
                 
            $ 6,136,165  
                 
Special Tax Revenue — 14.6%
$ 85    
Covington Park, FL, Community Development District, (Capital Improvements), 5.00%, 5/1/21
  $ 79,008  
  500    
Covington Park, FL, Community Development District, (Capital Improvements), 5.00%, 5/1/31
    390,730  
  225    
Dupree Lakes, FL, Community Development District, 5.00%, 11/1/10
    152,566  
  205    
Dupree Lakes, FL, Community Development District, 5.00%, 5/1/12
    127,289  
  355    
Dupree Lakes, FL, Community Development District, 5.375%, 5/1/37
    205,793  
  310    
Heritage Harbor South, FL, Community Development District, (Capital Improvements), 6.20%, 5/1/35
    254,801  
  230    
Heritage Springs, FL, Community Development District, 5.25%, 5/1/26
    172,242  
  340    
New River, FL, Community Development District, (Capital Improvements), 5.00%, 5/1/13
    138,941  
  140    
New River, FL, Community Development District, (Capital Improvements), 5.35%, 5/1/38
    56,136  
  340    
North Springs, FL, Improvement District, (Heron Bay), 5.20%, 5/1/27
    204,347  
  595    
North Springs, FL, Improvement District, (Heron Bay), 7.00%, 5/1/19
    579,964  
 
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Principal
           
Amount
           
(000’s omitted)     Security   Value  
$ 985    
River Hall, FL, Community Development District, (Capital Improvements), 5.45%, 5/1/36
  $ 559,391  
  475    
Southern Hills Plantation, FL, Community Development District, 5.80%, 5/1/35
    289,327  
  600    
Sterling Hill, FL, Community Development District, 6.20%, 5/1/35
    471,162  
  840    
Tisons Landing, FL, Community Development District, 5.625%, 5/1/37
    293,790  
  740    
University Square, FL, Community Development District, 6.75%, 5/1/20
    700,795  
  685    
Waterlefe, FL, Community Development District, 6.95%, 5/1/31
    607,232  
  175    
West Palm Beach, FL, Community Redevelopment Agency, (Northwood Pleasant Community), 5.00%, 3/1/29
    131,205  
  1,270    
West Palm Beach, FL, Community Redevelopment Agency, (Northwood Pleasant Community), 5.00%, 3/1/35
    888,136  
                 
            $ 6,302,855  
                 
Transportation — 5.3%
$ 1,000    
Los Angeles Department of Airports, CA, (Los Angeles International Airport), (AMT), 5.375%, 5/15/33
  $ 893,720  
  1,515    
North Texas Tollway Authority Revenue, 5.75%, 1/1/38
    1,385,983  
                 
            $ 2,279,703  
                 
         
Total Tax-Exempt Investments — 190.3%
(identified cost $95,957,509)
 
$
81,817,518  
         
         
Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (46.9)%
  $ (20,151,491 )
         
         
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (43.4)%
  $ (18,676,703 )
         
         
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%
  $ 42,989,324  
         
 
             
         
AGC
  -   Assured Guaranty Corp.
         
AMBAC
  -   AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.
         
AMT
  -   Interest earned from these securities may be considered a tax preference item for purposes of the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax.
         
BHAC
  -   Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp.
         
CIFG
  -   CIFG Assurance North America, Inc.
         
FGIC
  -   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
         
FNMA
  -   Federal National Mortgage Association
         
FSA
  -   Financial Security Assurance, Inc.
         
MBIA
  -   MBIA Insurance Corp. of Illinois
 
At February 28, 2009, the concentration of the Trust’s investments in the various states, determined as a percentage of total investments, is as follows:
             
             
        Florida   22.6%
        Texas   10.7%
        Others, representing less than 10% individually   66.7%
 
The Trust invests primarily in debt securities issued by municipalities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry or municipality. In order to reduce the risk associated with such economic developments, at February 28, 2009, 45.0% of total investments are backed by bond insurance of various financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies. The aggregate percentage insured by an individual financial institution ranged from 2.6% to 16.9% of total investments.
         
(1)
      Security represents the underlying municipal bond of a tender option bond trust.
         
(2)
      Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At February 28, 2009, the aggregate value of these securities is $1,373,000 or 3.2% of the Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares.
 
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A summary of financial instruments outstanding at February 28, 2009 is as follows:
 
Interest Rate Swaps
 
                                 
          Annual
    Floating
  Effective Date/
     
    Notional
    Fixed Rate
    Rate
  Termination
  Net Unrealized
 
Counterparty   Amount     Paid By Trust     Paid To Trust   Date   Depreciation  
JPMorgan Chase Co.
  $ 1,237,500       4.743 %   3-month USD-
LIBOR-BBA
  September 14, 2009 /
September 14, 2039
  $ (274,652 )
 
The effective date represents the date on which the Trust and the counterparty to the interest rate swap contract begin interest payment accruals.
 
At February 28, 2009, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
 
The Trust is subject to interest rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Trust holds fixed-rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To hedge against this risk, the Trust may enter into interest rate swap contracts. The Trust may also purchase and sell U.S. Treasury futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates.
 
At February 28, 2009, the aggregate fair value of derivative instruments in an asset position and in a liability position and whose primary underlying risk exposure is interest rate risk was none and $274,652, respectively.
 
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Trust at February 28, 2009, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
         
Aggregate cost
  $ 74,951,306  
         
Gross unrealized appreciation
  $ 1,284,381  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (15,713,169 )
         
Net unrealized depreciation
  $ (14,428,788 )
         
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157), “Fair Value Measurements”, established a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, 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)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
At February 28, 2009, the inputs used in valuing the Trust’s investments, which are carried at value, were as follows:
 
                     
        Investments in
    Other Financial
 
    Valuation Inputs   Securities     Instruments*  
Level 1
  Quoted Prices   $     $  
Level 2
  Other Significant Observable Inputs     81,817,518       (274,652 )
Level 3
  Significant Unobservable Inputs            
                     
Total
      $ 81,817,518     $ (274,652 )
                     
 
Other financial instruments are swap contracts not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.
 
The Trust held no investments or other financial instruments as of November 30, 2008 whose fair value was determined using Level 3 inputs.
 
For information on the Trust’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust’s most recent financial statements included in its semiannual or annual report to shareholders.
 
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Item 2. Controls and Procedures
 
(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant 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 fiscal quarter for which the report is being filed that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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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 National Municipal Income Trust
 
         
By:
  /s/ Cynthia J. Clemson    
         
    Cynthia J. Clemson    
    President    
         
Date:
  April 16, 2009    
 
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/ Cynthia J. Clemson    
         
    Cynthia J. Clemson    
    President    
         
Date:
  April 16, 2009    
 
         
By:
  /s/ Barbara E. Campbell    
         
    Barbara E. Campbell    
    Treasurer    
         
Date:
  April 16, 2009    

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