Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY)
ETY 8-K filings in 2023
Every material Form 8-K Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund filed with the SEC in 2023, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
On January 26, 2023, the fund's Board of Trustees voted to exempt all prior and new purchases of fund shares that might otherwise be deemed Control Share Acquisitions from the fund's control share by-law provisions, until further notice. The move followed a January 23, 2023 Massachusetts Superior Court ruling in litigation brought by Saba Capital Master Fund, which found the control share by-law violates Section 18(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Board vote dated January 26, 2023 exempts prior and new purchases of fund shares from Article XIII of the By-Laws on a going forward basis.
Massachusetts Superior Court ruling on January 23, 2023 held the Control Share By-Law violates Section 18(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
The control share by-law was adopted by the Board in August 2020; the litigation is ongoing and appeal decisions are pending.
The Board said it will keep monitoring legal developments and may take additional actions in the future.
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