Eaton Vance allows purchases of class B shares only via exchanges

By Toni Weeks

San Diego, Nov. 30 - Several Eaton Vance funds will restrict purchases of class B shares, according to 497 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Effective Jan. 1, class B shares will only be available for purchase upon exchange from another Eaton Vance fund or through reinvestment of distributions.

Affected by the new policy are the following funds:

• Eaton Vance Asian Small Companies Fund;

• Eaton Vance Greater China Growth Fund;

• Eaton Vance Multi-Cap Growth Fund;

• Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Sciences Fund;

• Eaton Vance Alabama Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Arkansas Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Georgia Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Kentucky Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Maryland Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Missouri Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance North Carolina Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Oregon Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance South Carolina Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tennessee Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Virginia Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund;

• Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Fund;

• Eaton Vance Floating-Rate and High Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance AMT-Free Limited Maturity Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Massachusetts Limited Maturity Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance National Limited Maturity Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance New York Limited Maturity Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Limited Maturity Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance National Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Atlanta Capital Horizon Growth Fund;

• Eaton Vance Government Obligations Fund;

• Eaton Vance High Income Opportunities Fund;

• Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston;

• Eaton Vance Low Duration Fund;

• Eaton Vance Multi-Strategy Absolute Return Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Equity Asset Allocation Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Dividend Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed International Equity Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Multi-Cap Growth Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Small-Cap Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Small-Cap Value Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Value Fund;

• Eaton Vance Strategic Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund;

• Eaton Vance Balanced Fund;

• Eaton Vance Dividend Builder Fund;

• Eaton Vance Large-Cap Growth Fund;

• Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value Fund;

• Eaton Vance Small-Cap Fund;

• Eaton Vance Small-Cap Value Fund;

• Eaton Vance Special Equities Fund;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.1;

• Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Growth Fund 1.2; and

• Eaton Vance High Yield Municipal Income Fund.

The funds' investment adviser is Boston-based Boston Management and Research.

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