Company: ETY
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-029518
Chunk: 175

Company: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 424B5
Chunk 175
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 the term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” will include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership. For purposes of the diversification test in (c) above, the identification of the issuer (or, in some cases, issuers) of a particular Fund investment can depend on the terms and conditions of that investment. In some cases, identification of the issuer (or issuers) is uncertain under current law, and an adverse determination or future guidance by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with respect to issuer identification for a particular type of investment may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to meet the diversification test in (c) above.

If the Fund qualifies and is eligible for treatment as a RIC during a taxable year, the Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its net investment income (i.e., its investment company taxable income, as that term is defined in the Code, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid) and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of its net realized long-term capital gain over its net realized short-term capital loss), if any, that it distributes to its shareholders with respect to such taxable year, provided that it distributes to its shareholders at least the sum of 90% of its net investment income and 90% of its net tax-exempt interest income (if any) for such taxable year.

In order to avoid incurring a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax obligation, the Code requires that the Fund distribute (or be deemed to have distributed) by December 31 of each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of (i) 98% of its ordinary income for such year, (ii) 98.2% of its capital gain net income, generally computed on the basis of the one-year period ending on October 31 (or November 30 or December 31 if the Fund is permitted to elect and so elects) of such year, and (iii) 100% of any ordinary income and capital gain net income from the prior year (as previously computed) that were not paid out during such year and on which the Fund paid no U.S. federal income tax.

If the Fund were to fail to meet the income, diversification or distribution test described above, the Fund could in some cases cure such failure, including by paying a Fund-level tax, paying interest, making additional distributions, or disposing of certain assets.

If the Fund were ineligible to or otherwise did not cure such failure for any