BOSTON, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In connection with
the proposed acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) by Morgan
Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced on October 8,
2020, shareholders of certain Eaton Vance mutual funds
(each, a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds") were asked to
approve new investment advisory agreements and, where applicable,
new investment sub-advisory agreements for the Funds at a joint
special meeting of shareholders held on February 18, 2021 (the "Meeting").
At the Meeting, shareholders of the below-listed Funds approved
new investment advisory agreements and, where applicable, new
investment sub-advisory agreements:
Eaton Vance
Growth Trust
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Eaton Vance
Mutual Funds Trust
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Eaton Vance Atlanta
Capital Select Equity Fund
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Eaton Vance AMT-Free
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Focused
Global Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance Core Plus
Bond Fund
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Eaton Vance Focused
Growth Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance Emerging
and Frontier Countries Equity Fund
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Eaton Vance Focused
Value Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance Emerging
Markets Debt Fund
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Eaton Vance Hexavest
International Equity Fund
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Eaton Vance Emerging
Markets Local Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
International Small-Cap Fund
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
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Eaton Vance Richard
Bernstein All Asset Strategy Fund
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Fund
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Eaton Vance Richard
Bernstein Equity Strategy Fund
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate & High Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Worldwide
Health Sciences Fund
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Eaton Vance Global
Bond Fund
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Eaton Vance Global
Income Builder Fund
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Eaton Vance Global
Macro Absolute Return Advantage Fund
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Eaton Vance
Investment Trust
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Eaton Vance Global
Macro Absolute Return Fund
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Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Global
Small-Cap Equity Fund
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Eaton Vance National
Limited Maturity Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Government Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance New York
Municipal Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance High
Income Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance Short
Duration Municipal Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance
Multi-Asset Credit Fund
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Eaton Vance Short
Duration Government Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Municipals Trust
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Eaton Vance Short
Duration High Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Arizona
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Short
Duration Strategic Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
California Municipal Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance Stock
Fund
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Eaton Vance
Connecticut Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation Fund
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Eaton Vance Georgia
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Dividend Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Maryland
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1
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Eaton Vance
Massachusetts Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2
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Eaton Vance Minnesota
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Multi-Cap Growth Fund
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Eaton Vance Missouri
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund
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Eaton Vance Municipal
Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Value Fund
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Eaton Vance National
Municipal Income Fund
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Parametric Commodity
Strategy Fund
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Eaton Vance New
Jersey Municipal Income Fund
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Parametric Dividend
Income Fund
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Eaton Vance New York
Municipal Income Fund
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Parametric Emerging
Markets Fund
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Eaton Vance North
Carolina Municipal Income Fund
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Parametric
International Equity Fund
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Eaton Vance Ohio
Municipal Income Fund
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Parametric
Tax-Managed International Equity Fund
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Eaton Vance Oregon
Municipal Income Fund
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Parametric Volatility
Risk Premium – Defensive Fund
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Eaton Vance
Pennsylvania Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance South
Carolina Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Series Fund, Inc.
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Eaton Vance Virginia
Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Emerging
Markets Debt Opportunities Fund
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Eaton Vance
Municipals Trust II
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Eaton Vance
Series Trust
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Eaton Vance High
Yield Municipal Income Fund
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Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.0
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Parametric TABS
Intermediate-Term Municipal Bond Fund
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Parametric TABS
Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund
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Eaton Vance
Series Trust II
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Parametric TABS
1-to-10 Year Laddered Municipal Bond Fund
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Eaton Vance Income
Fund of Boston
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Parametric TABS
5-to-15 Year Laddered Municipal Bond Fund
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Parametric
Tax-Managed Emerging Markets Fund
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Parametric TABS
10-to-20 Year Laddered Municipal Bond Fund
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Eaton Vance
Special Investment Trust
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Eaton Vance
Variable Trust
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Eaton Vance Balanced
Fund
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Eaton Vance VT
Floating-Rate Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Core Bond
Fund
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Eaton Vance Dividend
Builder Fund
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Eaton Vance
NextShares Trust
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Eaton Vance Growth
Fund
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Eaton Vance Global
Income Builder NextShares
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Eaton Vance Real
Estate Fund
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Eaton Vance Stock
NextShares
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Eaton Vance Short
Duration Inflation-Protected Income Fund
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Eaton Vance Small-Cap
Fund
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Eaton Vance
NextShares Trust II
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Eaton Vance Special
Equities Fund
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Eaton Vance TABS
5-to-15 Year Laddered Municipal Bond NextShares
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The Meeting of the below-listed Funds (the "Adjourned Funds")
was adjourned to February 26, 2021 at
12:00 p.m. Eastern Time to allow more
time for shareholders to vote:
Eaton Vance Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund
Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value Fund
Eaton Vance Atlanta Capital Focused Growth Fund
Eaton Vance Greater China Growth Fund
Eaton Vance Greater India Fund
Eaton Vance Hexavest Global Equity Fund
For the Adjourned Funds, the record date for the Meeting remains
unchanged, and is fixed as of the close of business on December 11, 2020. Shareholders of the
Adjourned Funds who have already voted do not need to take further
action.
If, as of December 11, 2020, you
were a holder of record of an Adjourned Fund's shares (i.e.,
you held Fund shares in your own name directly with the Fund) and
you wish to participate in and vote at the adjourned Meeting, you
must email your full name and address to Computershare Fund
Services ("Computershare") at
shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. You will then be
provided with credentials to participate in the Meeting. You
will be able to vote during the Meeting by entering the control
number found on the proxy card you previously received.
Requests to participate in and vote at the Meeting must be received
by Computershare no later than 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on February 24,
2021.
If, as of December 11, 2020, you
held an Adjourned Fund's shares through an intermediary (such as a
broker-dealer) and you wish to participate in and vote at the
adjourned Meeting, you will need to obtain a legal proxy from your
intermediary reflecting the Fund's name, the number of Fund shares
held and your name and email address. You may forward an
email from your intermediary containing the legal proxy or attach
an image of the legal proxy to an email and send it to
Computershare at shareholdermeetings@computershare.com with "Legal
Proxy" in the subject line. You will then be provided with
credentials to participate in the Meeting, as well as a unique
control number to vote your shares at the Meeting. If you
would like to participate in, but NOT vote at, the Meeting, please
send an email to Computershare at
shareholdermeetings@computershare.com with proof of ownership of
Fund shares. A statement, letter or the Vote Instruction Form
from your intermediary will be sufficient proof of ownership.
You will then be provided with credentials to participate in the
Meeting. All requests to participate in the Meeting must be
received by Computershare by no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 24, 2021.
If you are the owner of a variable annuity or life insurance
contract invested in a Fund as of December
11, 2020, you may attend the Meeting as a guest. Log onto
www.meetingcenter.io/255567976 on the date and time of the
Meeting, select the "I am a Guest" option and follow the onscreen
prompts.
The Adjourned Funds and their Boards of Trustees are closely
monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation and, if circumstances
warrant, the Funds will issue one or more additional notices
updating shareholders regarding the Meeting. Whether or not you
plan to participate in the Meeting, the Funds urge you to submit
your vote in advance of the Meeting by one of the methods described
in the Funds' proxy materials. The Funds' proxy statement is
available online at
https://funds.eatonvance.com/open-end-mutual-fund-documents.php.
Please contact Computershare at
shareholdermeetings@computershare.com with any questions regarding
access to the Meeting, and a Computershare representative will
contact you to answer your questions.
The vote tabulations, as certified by the Funds' proxy
tabulator, Computershare Fund Services, will be published in each
Fund's next report to shareholders.
About Eaton Vance Corp.
Eaton Vance Management or
Boston Management and Research, each a subsidiary of Eaton Vance
Corp., serves as investment adviser to each Fund. Eaton Vance Corp.
(NYSE: EV) provides advanced investment strategies and wealth
management solutions to forward-thinking investors around the
world. Through principal investment affiliates Eaton Vance
Management, Parametric, Atlanta Capital, Calvert and Hexavest, the
Company offers a diversity of investment approaches, encompassing
bottom-up and top-down fundamental active management, responsible
investing, systematic investing and customized implementation of
client-specified portfolio exposures. As of December 31, 2020, Eaton Vance had consolidated
assets under management of $583.1
billion. Exemplary service, timely innovation and attractive
returns across market cycles have been hallmarks of Eaton Vance
since 1924. For more information, visit eatonvance.com.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is
not intended to, and does not, constitute an offer to purchase or
sell shares of a Fund. Additional information about the Funds,
including performance and portfolio characteristic information, is
available at www.eatonvance.com.
Statements in this press release that are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements, as defined by the U.S.
securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and
relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to
uncertainties and other factors that may be beyond a Fund's control
and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set
forth in the forward-looking statements.
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