Company: ETY
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-029518
Chunk: 211

Company: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 424B5
Chunk 211
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 of a registration statement filed with the SEC. The Fund is permitted to “incorporate by reference” the information filed with the SEC, which means that the Fund can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this SAI, and later information that the Fund files with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information.

The documents listed below, and any reports and other documents subsequently filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 30(b)(2) under the 1940 Act and Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the termination of the offering will be incorporated by reference into this SAI and deemed to be part of this SAI from the date of the filing of such reports and documents

The Fund will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this SAI is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any and all of the documents that have been or may be incorporated by reference in this SAI, the Prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement. You should direct requests for documents by calling (800) 262-1122.

The Fund makes available the Prospectus, SAI and the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports, free of charge, at http://www.eatonvance.com. You may also obtain this SAI, the Prospectus, other documents incorporated by reference and other information the Fund files electronically, including reports and proxy statements, on the SEC website (http://www.sec.gov) or with the payment of a duplication fee, by electronic request at publicinfo@sec.gov. Information contained in, or that can be accessed through, the Fund’s website is not part of this SAI, the Prospectus or the accompanying prospectus supplement.

### FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The audited financial statements and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund, for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, are incorporated herein by reference from the Fund’s most recent Annual Report to Common Shareholders filed with the SEC on December 26, 2024 (Accession No. 0001193125-24-285018) on Form N-CSR pursuant to Rule 30b2-1 under the 1940 Act.

### APPENDIX A

### RATINGS
The ratings indicated herein are believed to be the most recent ratings available at the date of this S