Eaton Vance Growth Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Multi-Cap Growth Fund and Eaton Vance Focused Growth Opportunities Fund Announce Telephonic Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders on September 17, 2020
The Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders for Eaton Vance Growth Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Multi-Cap Growth Fund, and Eaton Vance Focused Growth Opportunities Fund will occur via teleconference on September 17, 2020, due to COVID-19 concerns. Shareholders of record as of July 14, 2020, can vote via email by contacting Computershare Fund Services. Legal proxies are required for those holding shares through intermediaries. The company stresses the importance of advance voting and will provide updates as necessary regarding the meeting.
- Eaton Vance has consolidated assets under management of $507.4 billion as of July 31, 2020.
- The company continues to provide advanced investment strategies, maintaining service quality and return attractiveness.
- The change to a telephonic meeting may limit shareholder engagement compared to in-person meetings.
BOSTON, Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The following notice relates to the Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders of Eaton Vance Growth Fund (a series of Eaton Vance Special Investment Trust), Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Multi-Cap Growth Fund (a series of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust) and Eaton Vance Focused Growth Opportunities Fund (a series of Eaton Vance Growth Trust):
Notice That Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders
will be a Telephonic Meeting
Due to the public health impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), travel guidelines in Massachusetts and surrounding areas, and to support the health and well-being of our shareholders, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders of Eaton Vance Growth Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Multi-Cap Growth Fund and Eaton Vance Focused Growth Opportunities Fund (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") to be held on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (the "Meeting") will be held in a telephonic format. Shareholders will not be able to attend the Meeting in person.
If you were a record holder of Fund shares as of July 14, 2020 (i.e., you held Fund shares in your own name directly with the Fund), you are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. To participate in the Meeting, please email Computershare Fund Services ("Computershare") at Shareholdermeetings@computershare.com, provide your full name and address and include the relevant Fund name(s) in the subject line. Computershare will then email you the conference call dial-in information and instructions for voting during the Meeting.
If you held Fund shares through an intermediary (such as a broker-dealer) as of July 14, 2020, in order to participate in and vote during the Meeting, you must first obtain a legal proxy from your intermediary reflecting the relevant Fund name(s), the number of Fund shares you held, as well as 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, email it to Computershare at Shareholdermeetings@computershare.com and put "Legal Proxy" in the subject line. Requests for registration must be received by Computershare no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 14, 2020. Computershare will then email you the conference call dial-in information and instructions for voting during the Meeting.
The Funds and each Fund's Board are closely monitoring the evolving COVID-19 situation and if circumstances change, the Funds will issue additional press release(s) updating shareholders regarding the Meeting. Whether or not you plan to participate in the Meeting, we urge you to vote and submit your proxy in advance of the Meeting by one of the methods described in the proxy materials. The proxy statement is available online at https://funds.eatonvance.com/open-end-mutual-fund-documents.php. The proxy card included with the previously distributed proxy materials will not be updated to reflect the change to a telephonic meeting and may continue to be used to vote your shares in connection with the Meeting. Please contact Computershare at (866) 492-0863 with any questions regarding accessing the Meeting.
By Order of the Boards of Trustees,
/s/ Maureen A. Gemma
Maureen A. Gemma
Secretary
About Eaton Vance Corp.
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, Hexavest and Calvert, 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 July 31, 2020, Eaton Vance had consolidated assets under management of
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