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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 November 30, 2005. This 1 series has an August 31 fiscal year end.

Date of reporting period:        November 30, 2005

Item 1 – Schedule of Investments

UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


November 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount


 

Value


 

CORPORATE BONDS 38.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 10.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alderwoods Group, Inc., 7.75%, 09/15/2012

 

$

1,000,000

 

$

1,042,500

 

Service Corporation International, 7.00%, 06/15/2017 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

993,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,036,250

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameristar Casinos, Inc., 10.75%, 02/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,067,500

 

Las Vegas Sands Corp., 6.375%, 02/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

967,500

 

MGM MIRAGE, Inc., 5.875%, 02/27/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

952,500

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,018,750

 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 7.375%, 05/01/2007

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,031,250

 

Station Casinos, Inc., 6.50%, 02/01/2014

 

 

1,350,000

 

 

1,363,500

 

Town Sports International, Inc., 9.625%, 04/15/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,436,000

 

Household Durables 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M/I Homes, Inc., 6.875%, 04/01/2012

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

1,125,000

 

Meritage Homes Corp., 6.25%, 03/15/2015

 

 

325,000

 

 

295,750

 

Technical Olympic USA, Inc., 7.50%, 01/15/2015

 

 

295,000

 

 

247,800

 

WCI Communities, Inc., 9.125%, 05/01/2012

 

 

820,000

 

 

820,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,488,550

 

Media 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Emmis Communications Corp., 6.875%, 05/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

991,250

 

LIN TV Corp., 6.50%, 05/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

962,500

 

MediaNews Group, Inc., 6.375%, 04/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

942,500

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,137,500

 

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 8.00%, 03/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,068,750

 

Multi-line Retail 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,054,654

 

Specialty Retail 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,586,250

 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 8.25%, 08/15/2013

 

 

105,000

 

 

99,225

 

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

 

 

300,000

 

 

313,500

 

United Auto Group, Inc., 9.625%, 03/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,040,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,038,975

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,025,000

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,087,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,112,500

 

CONSUMER STAPLES 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,005,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,020,000

 

Food Products 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B&G Foods Holdings Corp., 8.00%, 10/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,020,000

 

Del Monte Foods Co., 6.75%, 02/15/2015 144A

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,440,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,460,000

 

Household Products 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 6.00%, 12/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

990,000

 

 

1

 



UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued


November 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount


 

Value


 

CORPORATE BONDS continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 04/15/2011

 

$

1,500,000

 

$

1,586,250

 

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

 

 

150,000

 

 

148,500

 

Offshore Logistics, Inc., 6.125%, 06/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

930,000

 

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

 

 

315,000

 

 

353,587

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,018,337

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,010,000

 

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

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,526,250

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

942,500

 

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

 

 

125,000

 

 

127,500

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,037,500

 

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 8.75%, 07/01/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,077,500

 

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

 

 

150,000

 

 

154,125

 

Tesoro Corp., 6.625%, 11/01/2015 144A

 

 

500,000

 

 

506,250

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,037,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,419,125

 

FINANCIALS 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp., 5.625%, 05/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

895,936

 

Insurance 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 06/15/2013

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,575,000

 

Real Estate 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc., 9.75%, 05/15/2010

 

 

650,000

 

 

711,750

 

Host Marriott Corp., Ser. J, REIT, 7.125%, 11/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,042,500

 

La Quinta Properties, Inc, REIT, 7.00%, 08/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,072,500

 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT, 7.00%, 04/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,012,500

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

987,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,826,750

 

HEALTH CARE 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extendicare Health Services, Inc., 6.875%, 05/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

965,000

 

HCA, Inc., 6.375%, 01/15/2015

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

998,584

 

Omnicare, Inc., 6.125%, 06/01/2013

 

 

675,000

 

 

649,688

 

Triad Hospitals, Inc., 7.00%, 11/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,005,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,618,272

 

INDUSTRIALS 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aviall, Inc., 7.625%, 07/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

DRS Technologies, Inc., 6.875%, 11/01/2013

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

1,432,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,467,500

 

Commercial Services & Supplies 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adesa, Inc., 7.625%, 06/15/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000,000

 

Allied Waste Industries, Inc., 6.375%, 04/15/2011

 

 

250,000

 

 

246,875

 

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

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

1,052,625

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

982,500

 

NationsRent Companies, Inc., 9.50%, 10/15/2010

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,097,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,379,500

 

Machinery 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,035,000

 

Navistar International Corp., 6.25%, 03/01/2012

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

905,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,940,000

 

 

2

 



UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued


November 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount


 

Value


 

CORPORATE BONDS continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress Rail Services Corp., 7.75%, 04/01/2012 144A

 

$

1,250,000

 

$

1,281,250

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unisys Corp., 6.875%, 03/15/2010

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

915,000

 

MATERIALS 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,107,500

 

Huntsman Advanced Materials, LLC, 11.00%, 07/15/2010

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,142,500

 

Lyondell Chemical Co., 10.50%, 06/01/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,141,250

 

Scotts Co., 6.625%, 11/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,015,000

 

Tronox Worldwide, LLC, 9.50%, 12/01/2012 144A

 

 

600,000

 

 

621,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,027,250

 

Containers & Packaging 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crown Americas, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2015 144A

 

 

500,000

 

 

512,500

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

960,000

 

Plastipak Holdings, Inc., 10.75%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,095,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,567,500

 

Metals & Mining 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foundation Pennsylvania Coal Co., 7.25%, 08/01/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,025,000

 

United States Steel Corp., 10.75%, 08/01/2008

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,108,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,133,750

 

Paper & Forest Products 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

1,131,250

 

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

 

 

500,000

 

 

456,250

 

Georgia Pacific Corp., 8.125%, 05/15/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,020,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,607,500

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citizens Communications Co., 6.25%, 01/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

967,500

 

Insight Midwest, LP, 10.50%, 11/01/2010

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,056,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,023,750

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,055,000

 

UTILITIES 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPL, Inc., 6.875%, 09/01/2011

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,065,000

 

Edison International, 7.73%, 06/15/2009

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,037,500

 

Reliant Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 12/15/2014

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

880,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,982,500

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/2013

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,102,500

 

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

 

 

996,643

 

 

1,012,500

 

Texas Genco, Inc., 6.875%, 12/15/2014 144A

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,075,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,190,000

 

Multi-Utilities 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,345,000

 

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

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,027,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,372,500

 

Total Corporate Bonds (cost $88,617,771)

 

 

 

 

 

86,002,099

 

 

3

 



UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued


November 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount


 

Value


 

CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reliant Energy, Inc., 5.00%, 08/15/2010

 

$

5,000,000

 

$

5,775,000

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirant Corp., 5.75%, 07/15/2007

 

 

5,000,000

 

 

5,800,000

 

Total Convertible Debentures (cost $11,835,752)

 

 

 

 

 

11,575,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares


 

Value


 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Paso Corp., 4.99%, 12/31/2049 144A (cost $5,115,625)

 

 

5,000

 

 

5,169,375

 

COMMON STOCKS 76.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY 12.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 12.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crosstex Energy, Inc.

 

 

114,000

 

 

7,452,180

 

Fortum Corp.

 

 

200,000

 

 

3,517,988

 

Southwestern Energy Co. *

 

 

500,000

 

 

17,035,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,005,168

 

FINANCIALS 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global Signal, Inc. REIT

 

 

185,000

 

 

8,019,750

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 14.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BellSouth Corp.

 

 

300,000

 

 

8,178,000

 

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.

 

 

155,000

 

 

6,306,950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,484,950

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services 7.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alltel Corp.

 

 

99,999

 

 

6,682,947

 

Bouygues SA

 

 

50,000

 

 

2,384,088

 

Sprint Nextel Corp.

 

 

250,000

 

 

6,260,000

 

UbiquiTel, Inc. *

 

 

200,000

 

 

1,956,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,283,035

 

UTILITIES 46.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities 25.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleco Corp.

 

 

95,000

 

 

2,097,600

 

DPL, Inc.

 

 

400,000

 

 

10,220,000

 

E.ON AG

 

 

190,000

 

 

6,013,500

 

Edison International

 

 

5,000

 

 

225,600

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

150,000

 

 

10,500,000

 

Exelon Corp.

 

 

200,000

 

 

10,408,000

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

 

150,000

 

 

7,044,000

 

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

 

 

100,000

 

 

2,644,000

 

ITC Holdings Corp.

 

 

125,000

 

 

3,452,500

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

 

 

70,000

 

 

2,458,400

 

Progress Energy, Inc.

 

 

1,000

 

 

44,780

 

Scottish and Southern Energy plc

 

 

50,000

 

 

848,148

 

Southern Co.

 

 

3,000

 

 

104,130

 

TERNA SpA

 

 

200,000

 

 

485,727

 

Westar Energy, Inc.

 

 

5,000

 

 

113,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,659,485

 

 

4

 



UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued


November 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares


 

Value


 

COMMON STOCKS continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas Utilities 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONEOK, Inc.

 

 

5,000

 

$

137,150

 

Questar Corp.

 

 

25,000

 

 

1,864,000

 

Snam Rete Gas SpA

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

12,665,618

 

UGI Corp.

 

 

150,000

 

 

3,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,966,768

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

 

 

1,000

 

 

52,990

 

Dynegy, Inc., Class A *

 

 

300,000

 

 

1,437,000

 

TXU Corp.

 

 

135,000

 

 

13,855,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,345,040

 

Multi-Utilities 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NiSource, Inc.

 

 

50,000

 

 

1,076,500

 

RWE AG

 

 

25,000

 

 

1,721,698

 

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

 

 

1,500

 

 

56,925

 

WPS Resources Corp.

 

 

37,500

 

 

2,016,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,871,873

 

Water Utilities 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kelda Group plc

 

 

100,000

 

 

1,259,949

 

Northumbrian Water Group plc

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

4,392,040

 

Pennichuck Corp.

 

 

145,463

 

 

2,995,083

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,647,072

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $141,662,647)

 

 

 

 

 

171,283,141

 

PREFERRED STOCKS 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolina Power & Light Co.

 

 

8,500

 

 

726,750

 

Connecticut Light & Power Co., Ser. 1947

 

 

15,500

 

 

542,500

 

Dayton Power & Light Co., Ser. A

 

 

9,416

 

 

669,419

 

Dayton Power & Light Co., Ser. B

 

 

5,120

 

 

367,360

 

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

 

 

644

 

 

62,146

 

Entergy Louisiana, Inc.

 

 

3,117

 

 

310,337

 

Louisville Gas & Electric Co.

 

 

29,473

 

 

685,247

 

Ohio Edison Co.

 

 

14,000

 

 

1,116,938

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. D

 

 

30,600

 

 

639,387

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Ser. I

 

 

15,000

 

 

288,750

 

PECO Energy Co., Ser. C

 

 

29,590

 

 

2,381,995

 

Southern California Edison Co.

 

 

45,900

 

 

909,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,700,797

 

Multi-Utilities 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

 

 

8,100

 

 

714,420

 

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $9,639,510)

 

 

 

 

 

9,415,217

 

UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co.

 

 

15,000

 

 

364,950

 

Tortoise Energy Capital Corp.

 

 

20,000

 

 

441,800

 

Total Unit Investment Trust (cost $865,634)

 

 

 

 

 

806,750

 

 

5

 



UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued


November 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares


 

Value


 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 12.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTUAL FUND SHARES 12.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund µ ø (cost $28,191,268)

 

 

28,191,268

 

$

28,191,268

 

Total Investments (cost $285,928,207) 139.5%

 

 

 

 

 

312,442,850

 

Other Assets and Liabilities (39.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

(88,396,536

)

Net Assets 100.0%

 

 

 

 

$

224,046,314

 

 

µ

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

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

ø

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

Summary of Abbreviations

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

 

Principal
Amount


 

Value


 

CURRENCY 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pound Sterling, 0.00% GBP

 

$

3,095

 

$

5,352

 

US Dollar, 0.00% USD

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

Total Currency (cost $5,471)

 

 

 

 

 

5,354

 

At November 30, 2005, 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

 

Unrealized
Gain

11/16/2007

 

$43,000,000

 

Royal Bank of
Scotland Greenwich Capital

 

Fixed-3.525%

 

Floating-4.12%

 

$1,031,615

At November 30, 2005, reverse repurchase agreements outstanding were as follows:

 

Principal
Amount

 

Counterparty

 

Interest
Rate

 

Maturity
Date

$13,729,750

 

Lehman Brothers

 

4.67%

 

1/17/2006

On November 30, 2005, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $286,295,530. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $34,168,689 and $8,021,369, respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $26,147,320.

 

 

6

 



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 Municipal Trust


By:   /s/ Dennis H. Ferro
        ——————————————
        Dennis H. Ferro,
        Principal Executive Officer

Date: January 30, 2006

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/ Dennis H. Ferro
        ——————————————
        Dennis H. Ferro,
        Principal Executive Officer

Date: January 30, 2006


By:   /s/ Kasey Phillips
        ——————————————
        Kasey Phillips,
        Principal Financial Officer

Date: January 30, 2006