Company: ETY
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-029518
Chunk: 65

Company: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 424B5
Chunk 65
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 United States, the Fund generally sells index call options that are issued, guaranteed and cleared by the OCC. The Fund may also sell index call options in the United States and outside the United States that are not issued, guaranteed or cleared by the OCC. The Adviser believes that there exists sufficient liquidity in the index options markets to fulfill the Fund’s requirements to implement its strategy. Selling Index Call Options.The Fund’s index option strategy is designed to produce current cash flow from options premiums and to moderate the volatility of the Fund’s returns. This index option strategy is of a hedging nature, and is not designed to speculate on equity market performance. As the seller of index call options, the Fund will receive cash (the premium) from the purchasers thereof. The purchaser of an index option has the right to any appreciation in the value of the applicable index over a fixed price (the exercise price) as of a specified date in the future (the option valuation date). Generally, the Fund sells index call options that are slightly “out‑of‑the‑money” (i.e., the exercise price generally will be slightly above the current level of the applicable index when the option is sold). The Fund may also sell index options that are more substantially “out‑of‑the‑money.” Such options that are more substantially “out‑of‑the‑money” provide greater potential for the Fund to realize capital appreciation on its portfolio stocks but generally would pay a lower premium than options that are slightly “out‑of‑the‑money.” When it writes index call options, the Fund will, in effect, sell the potential appreciation in the value of the applicable index above the exercise price in exchange for the option premium received. If, at expiration, an index call option sold by the Fund is exercised, the Fund will pay the purchaser the difference between the cash value of the applicable index and the exercise price of the option. The premium, the exercise price and the market value of the applicable index will determine the gain or loss realized by the Fund as the seller of the index call option. Prior to expiration, the Fund may close an option position by making an offsetting market purchase of identical option contracts (same type, underlying index, exercise price and expiration). The cost of closing transactions and payments in settlement of exercised options will reduce the net option premiums available for distribution to Common Shareholders by the Fund. The reduction in net option premiums due to a rise in stock prices should generally be offset, at least in part, by appreciation in the value of common stocks held