---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940394-23-000227"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EOI"
cik: "0001300391"
company_name: "Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:32:40.413545+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund board exempts Control Share By-Law for prior and new purchases

## Summary
- Board voted Jan 26, 2023 to exempt prior and future Control Share Acquisitions from Control Share By-Law until further notice.
- Massachusetts Superior Court on Jan 23, 2023 ruled Control Share By-Law violates Section 18(i) of 1940 Act; litigation ongoing.
- Court granted partial summary judgment to Saba on rescission claim but denied fiduciary duty claim, finding trustees had legitimate business reason.
- Exemption covers 23 Eaton Vance closed-end funds including EOI; board may take further actions as legal developments warrant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940394-23-000227
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EOI
- cik: 0001300391
- company_name: Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1300391/000094039423000227/0000940394-23-000227-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1300391/000094039423000227/eoi8k.htm

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