# EDGAR Filing Document

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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001133228-26-004081

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497K

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**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260326

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260326

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260326

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Eaton Vance Growth Trust
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000102816

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 042325690

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497K
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 002-22019
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26794942

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE POST OFFICE SQUARE
- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02109
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 617-482-8260

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
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- **CITY:** BOSTON
- **STATE:** MA
- **ZIP:** 02109

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** EATON VANCE GROWTH TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930616

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** EATON VANCE GROWTH FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** VANCE SANDERS COMMON STOCK FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19820915

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund (Series ID: S000052056)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                       | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000163811 | Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund Class A | EILAX           |
| C000163813 | Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund Class I | EILIX           |

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**Eaton Vance International Small-Cap** **Fund**

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**Summary Prospectus** \| April 1, 2026<br>

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| **Share Class and Ticker Symbols** | **Share Class and Ticker Symbols** |
| Class A | Class I |
| EILAX | EILIX |

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This Summary Prospectus is designed to provide investors with key fund information in a clear and concise format. Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. The Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, both dated April 1, 2026, as may be amended or supplemented, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. For free paper or electronic copies of the Fund's Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information, annual and semi-annual shareholder reports, and other information about the Fund, go to http://www.eatonvance.com/funddocuments, email a request to contacteatonvance@morganstanley.com, call 1-800-262-1122, or ask any financial advisor, bank, or broker-dealer who offers shares of the Fund. Unless otherwise noted, page number references refer to the current Prospectus for this Fund.

**Investment** **Objective**

The Fund's investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation.

**Fees and Expenses of the Fund**

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. **Investors may also pay** **commissions or other fees to their financial intermediary, which are not reflected below.** You may qualify for a reduced sales charge on purchases of Class A shares if you invest, or agree to invest over a 13-month period, at least $50,000 in Eaton Vance funds. Certain financial intermediaries also may offer variations in Fund sales charges to their customers as described in Appendix A – Financial Intermediary Sales Charge Variations in the Fund's Prospectus. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Sales Charges beginning on page 22 of the Fund's Prospectus and page 20 of the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

**Shareholder Fees** (fees paid directly from your investment)

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|  | **Class A** | **Class I** |
| Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | 5.25% |  |
| Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at time of purchase or redemption) | None<sup>1</sup> |  |

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| 1 | Class A shares purchased at net asset value in amounts of $1 million or more are subject to a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase. |

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Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund \| **Fund Summary**

Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund (Con't)

**Annual Fund Operating Expenses** (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

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|  | **Class A** | **Class I** |
| Management Fees | 0.90% | 0.90% |
| Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees | 0.25% |  |
| Other Expenses<sup>1</sup> | 1.79% | 1.79% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | 2.94% | 2.69% |
| Expense Reimbursement<sup>2</sup> | -1.60% | -1.60% |
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Expense Reimbursement | 1.34% | 1.09% |

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| 1 | Includes Interest Expenses of 0.04%. |

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| 2 | The investment adviser, administrator and sub-adviser have agreed to reimburse the Fund's expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 1.30% for Class A shares and 1.05% for Class I shares. This expense reimbursement will continue through April 1, 2027. Any amendment to or termination of this reimbursement would require approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense reimbursement relates to ordinary operating expenses only and does not include expenses such as: brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses of unaffiliated funds, borrowing costs (including borrowing costs of any acquired funds), taxes or litigation expenses. Amounts reimbursed may be recouped by the investment adviser and administrator and sub-adviser during the same fiscal year to the extent actual expenses are less than any contractual expense cap in place during such year. Pursuant to this arrangement, the investment adviser, administrator and sub-adviser may recoup from the Fund any reimbursed expenses during the same fiscal year if such recoupment does not cause the Fund's Total Annual Operating Expenses after such recoupment to exceed (i) the expense limit in effect at the time of reimbursement; or (ii) the expense limit in effect at the time of recoupment. |

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**Example.** This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the operating expenses remain the same and that any expense reimbursement arrangement remains in place for the contractual period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

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|  | **1 Year** | **3 Years** | **5 Years** | **10 Years** |
| Class A shares | $654 | $1244 | $1858 | $3507 |
| Class I shares | $111 | $683 | $1282 | $2904 |

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**Portfolio Turnover**

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" the portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 44% of the average value of its portfolio.

**Principal Investment Strategies**

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of foreign small-cap companies (the "80% Policy"). The portfolio managers generally consider foreign small-cap companies to be companies domiciled in and tied economically to one or more countries represented in the MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index (the "MSCI Index")(which may include stocks of companies trading in the form of depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts, which are either sponsored or unsponsored and Global Depositary Receipts) and having market capitalizations within the range of the MSCI Index. The MSCI Index is an unmanaged index, consisting, as of February 28, 2026 of 2,172 companies located in 22 developed-market countries and having a market capitalization range of $43 million to $14.7 billion. The Fund intends to invest in not less than five different countries (primarily developed-marked countries but may include emerging market countries) and more than 25% of the Fund's total assets may be denominated in any single currency. The Fund may invest in exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), a type of pooled investment vehicle, in order to manage cash positions or seek exposure to certain markets or market sectors. The Fund may also invest in publicly traded real estate investment trusts ("REITs").

In managing the Fund, the portfolio managers seek to exploit inefficiencies in the small-cap market through fundamental bottom-up research conducted by the investment adviser's and sub-adviser's research staff. The portfolio managers look for companies that, in their opinion, are high in quality or improving in quality. The portfolio managers take a long-term perspective when selecting companies and the quality focus typically leads them to companies benefitting from structural growth or structural change. Sought after company characteristics may include: a business model with identifiable competitive advantage(s)/barrier(s) to entry, a scalable market opportunity, a solid balance sheet, and a strong management team with a history of good capital allocation. Such companies typically exhibit high or improving returns on capital, strong free cash-flow generation, and positive or inflecting earnings. The portfolio managers also employ a disciplined valuation framework in pursuit of attractive risk adjusted returns. The portfolio managers

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Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund (Con't)

seek to manage investment risk by maintaining broad issuer and industry diversification among the Fund's holdings, and by utilizing fundamental analysis of risk/return characteristics in securities selection. Securities may be sold if, in the opinion of the portfolio managers, the price moves above a fair level of valuation, the company's fundamentals deteriorate, or to pursue more attractive investment opportunities.

**Principal Risks**

**Market Risk.** The value of investments held by the Fund may increase or decrease in response to social, economic, political, financial, public health crises or other disruptive events (whether real, expected or perceived) in the U.S. and global markets and include events such as war, natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics, terrorism, conflicts and social unrest. These events may negatively impact broad segments of businesses and populations and may exacerbate pre-existing risks to the Fund. The frequency and magnitude of resulting changes in the value of the Fund's investments cannot be predicted. Certain securities and other investments held by the Fund may experience increased volatility, illiquidity, or other potentially adverse effects in reaction to changing market conditions. Monetary and/or fiscal actions taken by U.S. or foreign governments to stimulate or stabilize the global economy may not be effective and could lead to high market volatility.

**Equity Securities Risk.** The value of equity securities and related instruments may decline in response to adverse changes in the economy or the economic outlook; deterioration in investor sentiment; interest rate, currency, and commodity price fluctuations; adverse geopolitical, social or environmental developments; issuer and sector-specific considerations; unexpected trading activity among retail investors; or other factors. Market conditions may affect certain types of stocks to a greater extent than other types of stocks. If the stock market declines in value, the value of the Fund's equity securities will also likely decline. Although prices can rebound, there is no assurance that values will return to previous levels.

**Foreign Investment Risk.** Foreign investments can be adversely affected by political, economic and market developments abroad, including the imposition of economic and other sanctions by the United States or another country against a particular country or countries, organizations, entities and/or individuals. There may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers because they may not be subject to reporting practices, requirements or regulations comparable to those to which United States companies are subject. Adverse changes in investment regulations, capital requirements or exchange controls could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments. Foreign markets may be smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major markets in the United States and, as a result, Fund share values may be more volatile. Trading in foreign markets typically involves higher expense than trading in the United States. The Fund may have difficulties enforcing its legal or contractual rights in a foreign country. Depositary receipts are subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign instruments, including the political and economic risks of the underlying issuer's country and, in the case of depositary receipts traded on foreign markets, currency risk.

**Emerging Markets Investment Risk.** Investment markets within emerging market countries are typically smaller, less liquid, less developed and more volatile than those in more developed markets like the United States, and may be focused in certain sectors. Emerging market securities often involve greater risks than developed market securities. The information available about an emerging market issuer may be less reliable than for comparable issuers in more developed capital markets.

**Currency Risk.** Exchange rates for currencies fluctuate daily. The value of foreign investments may be affected favorably or unfavorably by changes in currency exchange rates in relation to the U.S. dollar. Currency markets generally are not as regulated as securities markets and currency transactions are subject to settlement, custodial and other operational risks.

**Smaller Company Risk.** The stocks of smaller, less seasoned companies are generally subject to greater price fluctuations, limited liquidity, higher transaction costs and higher investment risk than the stocks of larger, more established companies. Such companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial resources, may be dependent on a limited management group, and may lack substantial capital reserves or an established performance record. There may be generally less publicly available information about such companies than for larger, more established companies. Stocks of these companies frequently have lower trading volumes making them more volatile and potentially less liquid and more difficult to value.

**ETF Risk.** ETFs are subject to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or other investments. ETF shares may trade at a premium or discount to net asset value and are subject to secondary market trading risks. In addition, the Fund will bear a pro rata portion of the operating expenses of an ETF in which it invests.

**Real Estate Risk.** Real estate investments are subject to risks associated with owning real estate, including declines in real estate values, increases in property taxes, fluctuations in interest rates, limited availability of mortgage financing, decreases in revenues from underlying real estate assets, declines in occupancy rates, changes in government regulations affecting zoning, land use, and rents, environmental liabilities, and risks related to the management skill and creditworthiness of the issuer. Companies in the real estate industry may also be subject to liabilities under environmental and hazardous waste laws, among others. REITs must satisfy specific requirements for favorable tax treatment and can involve unique risks in addition to the risks generally affecting the real estate industry. Changes in underlying real estate values may have an exaggerated effect to the extent that investments are concentrated in particular geographic regions or property types.

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Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund (Con't)

**Focused Investment Risk.** To the extent the Fund has substantial investments in a relatively small number of securities or issuers, or a particular market, industry, group of industries, country, region, group of countries, asset class or sector, the Fund's performance will be more susceptible to any single economic, market, political, or regulatory occurrence affecting those particular securities or issuers or that particular market, industry, group of industries, country, region, group of countries, asset class, or sector than a fund that invests more broadly.

**Geographic Risk.** Because the Fund may invest significantly in a particular geographic region or country, the value of Fund shares may be affected by events that adversely affect by events that adversely affect the region or country and may fluctuate more than that of a fund that invests more broadly.

**Industrials Sector Risk.** To the extent a Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in the industrials sector, factors that have an adverse impact on this sector may have a disproportionate impact on the Fund's performance. The industrials sector can be affected by government regulation, world events, supply and demand for specific products and services, commodity prices, exchange rates and economic conditions, technological developments, and liabilities for environmental damage, product liability claims, and general civil liabilities.

**Liquidity Risk.** The Fund is exposed to liquidity risk when trading volume, lack of a market maker or trading partner, large position size, market conditions, or legal restrictions impair its ability to sell particular investments or to sell them at advantageous market prices. Consequently, the Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell an investment or continue to hold it or keep the position open, sell other investments to raise cash or abandon an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on the Fund's performance. These effects may be exacerbated during times of financial or political stress.

**Risks Associated with** **Active** **Management.** The success of the Fund's investment strategy depends on portfolio management's successful application of analytical skills and investment judgment. Active management involves subjective decisions and there is no guarantee that such decisions will produce the desired results or expected returns.

**General Fund Investing Risks.** The Fund is not a complete investment program and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. The Fund is designed to be a long-term investment vehicle and is not suited for short-term trading. Investors in the Fund should have a long-term investment perspective and be able to tolerate potentially sharp declines in value. Purchase and redemption activities by Fund shareholders may impact the management of the Fund and its ability to achieve its investment objective(s). In addition, the redemption by one or more large shareholders or groups of shareholders of their holdings in the Fund could have an adverse impact on the remaining shareholders in the Fund. The Fund relies on various service providers, including the investment adviser and sub-adviser, if applicable, in its operations and is susceptible to operational, information security and related events (such as public health crises, cyber or hacking attacks) that may affect the service providers or the services that they provide to the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

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Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund (Con't)

**Performance**

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year and how the Fund's average annual returns over time compare with those of one or more indexes intended to measure broad market performance. The Fund's primary benchmark index was changed from the MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index to the MSCI EAFE Index effective May 1, 2024 to comply with the regulation that requires the Fund's primary benchmark to represent the overall applicable market. The additional index(es) in the table provide a means to compare the Fund's average annual returns to a benchmark that the investment adviser believes is representative of the Fund's investment universe. The returns in the bar chart are for Class A shares and do not reflect a sales charge. If the sales charge was reflected, the returns would be lower. Past performance (both before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The Fund's performance reflects the effects of expense reductions. Absent these reductions, performance would have been lower. Updated Fund performance information can be obtained by visiting www.eatonvance.com.

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<br>During the period shown in the bar chart above:

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| **High Quarter** | June 30, 2020 | 22.15% |
| **Low Quarter** | March 31, 2020 | -26.03% |

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**Average Annual Total Return** (for the calendar periods ended December 31, 2025)

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|  | **One Year** | **Five Years** | **Ten Years** |
| **Class A** Return Before Taxes | 9.84% | 0.41% | 5.26% |
| **Class A** Return After Taxes on Distributions | 7.96% | -0.35% | 4.62% |
| **Class A** Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Class A Shares | 7.33% | 0.43% | 4.27% |
| **Class I** Return Before Taxes | 16.09% | 1.72% | 6.08% |
| MSCI EAFE Index (reflects net dividends, which reflect the deduction of withholding taxes) | 31.22% | 8.92% | 8.18% |
| MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index (reflects net dividends, which reflect the deduction of withholding taxes) | 34.07% | 6.49% | 8.04% |

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These returns reflect the maximum current sales charge for Class A (5.25%). Investors cannot invest directly in an Index.

Source for MSCI EAFE Index and MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index: MSCI. MSCI data may not be reproduced or used for any other purpose. MSCI provides no warranties, has not prepared or approved this report, and has no liability hereunder.

After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual U.S. federal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on a shareholder's tax situation and the actual characterization of distributions, and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to shareholders who hold shares in tax-deferred accounts or to shares held by non-taxable entities. After-tax returns for other Classes of shares will vary from the after-tax returns presented for Class A shares. Return After Taxes on Distributions for a period may be the same as Return Before Taxes for that period because no taxable distributions were made during that period. Also, Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares for a period may be greater than or equal to Return Before Taxes and/or Return After Taxes on Distributions for the same period because of losses realized on the sale of Fund shares.

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Eaton Vance International Small-Cap Fund (Con't)

**Management**

**Investment Adviser.** Eaton Vance Management ("Eaton Vance").

**Investment Sub-Adviser.** Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd. ("EVAIL").

**Portfolio** **Managers**

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| **Name** | **Title** | **Date Began Managing Fund** |
| Aidan M. Farrell<sup>1</sup> | Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and MSIM Fund Management (Ireland) Limited ("MSIM FMIL") | December 2015 |
| Allen J. Mayer, CFA, ACA | Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and of EVAIL | February 2024 |
| Bradley Powell, CFA | Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and of EVAIL | February 2025 |

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1 Mr. Farrell intends to retire and will no longer serve as a Portfolio Manager of the Fund effective June 1, 2026.

**Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares**

You may purchase, redeem or exchange Fund shares on any business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. You may purchase, redeem or exchange Fund shares either through your financial intermediary or directly from the Fund either by writing to the Fund, P.O. Box 534439, Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4439, or by calling 1-800-262-1122. The minimum initial purchase or exchange into the Fund is $1,000 for Class A and $1,000,000 for Class I (waived in certain circumstances). There is no minimum for subsequent investments.

**Tax Information**

If your shares are held in a taxable account, the Fund's distributions will be taxed to you as ordinary income and/or capital gains, unless you are exempt from taxation. If your shares are held in a tax-advantaged account, you will generally be taxed only upon withdrawals from the account.

**Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries**

If you purchase the Fund's shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank) (collectively, "financial intermediaries"), the Fund, its principal underwriter and its affiliates may pay the financial intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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