Company: ETY
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-029518
Chunk: 19

Company: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 424B5
Chunk 19
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 Plan                      |     | 47 |
| Description of Capital Structure                |     | 47 |
| Custodian and Transfer Agent                    |     | 51 |
| Legal Matters                                   |     | 51 |
| Reports to Shareholders                         |     | 51 |
| Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   |     | 52 |
| Potential Conflicts of Interest                 |     | 52 |
| Additional Information                          |     | 54 |
| Incorporation by Reference                      |     | 54 |
| The Fund’s Privacy Policy                       |     | 55 |
|                                                 |     | 58 |

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