{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000940394-23-000231","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"EIM","cik":"0001176984","company_name":"Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund","filed_at":"2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:44.054108+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-20T03:30:36.997597+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"regulatory","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Eaton Vance closed-end fund boards exempt control share acquisitions after court ruling","bullets":["Board voted Jan 26, 2023 to exempt all prior and new purchases from Control Share By-Law provisions, effective immediately.","Massachusetts Superior Court ruled Jan 23, 2023 that Control Share By-Law violates Section 18(i) of the Investment Company Act.","Court granted summary judgment for Saba Capital on rescission claim; denied breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim against trustees.","Exemption applies to 22 listed Eaton Vance closed-end funds including EIM, EVM, CEV, EOI, EOS, and others.","Litigation continues; Board will monitor legal developments and may take further action."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000231","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000231.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000231.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000231.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176984/000094039423000231/0000940394-23-000231-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176984/000094039423000231/eim8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-20T03:30:36.997597+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}