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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"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:30:36.997597+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton Vance closed-end fund boards exempt control share acquisitions after court ruling

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- 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

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