Company: ETY
Filing Date: 2025-06-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001076598-25-000246
Chunk: 26

Company: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-06-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 26
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6. Written notice of a shareholder proposal submitted outside of the processes of Rule 14a-8 must be delivered to the Fund’s principal office c/o the Secretary of the Fund no later than the close of business on May 9, 2026 and no earlier than the close of business on April 9, 2026. In order to be included in the Fund’s proxy statement and form of proxy, a shareholder proposal must comply with all applicable legal requirements. Timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee that such proposal will be included.

<div align='center'>EXHIBIT A

EATON VANCE FUNDS

AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER</div>

I. Purposes of the Committee.

The Board of Trustees or Directors (the “Board”) of each registered investment company or series thereof (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) advised by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research (collectively, “Eaton Vance”), has established an Audit Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) and has approved this Charter for the operation of the Committee. The purposes of the Committee are as follows:

| 1. | To oversee                                                                                 
 each Fund’s accounting and financial reporting processes, its internal control over        
 financial reporting, and, as appropriate, the internal control over financial reporting of 
 certain service providers;                                                                 |

| 2. | To oversee                                                                                
 or, as appropriate, assist the Board in its oversight of the quality and integrity of the 
 Funds’ financial statements and the independent audits thereof;                           |

| 3. | To oversee                                                                                 
 or, as appropriate, assist the Board in its oversight of the Funds’ compliance with        
 legal and regulatory requirements that relate to the Funds’ accounting and financial       
 reporting, internal control over financial reporting, independent audits, and valuation of 
 investments;                                                                               |

| 4. | To approve                                                                                 
 prior to appointment the engagement and, when appropriate, replacement of the independent  
 registered public accountants (“independent auditors”), and, if applicable, nominate       
 independent auditors to be proposed for shareholder ratification in any proxy statement of 
 a Fund;                                                                                    |

| 5. | To evaluate                                                                                
 or, as appropriate, assist the Board in its evaluation of the qualifications, independence 
 and performance of the independent auditors and the audit partner in charge of leading the 
 audit; and                                                                                 |

| 6. | To prepare,                                                                                        
 as necessary, such audit committee reports as