---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940394-23-000236"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETJ"
cik: "0001395325"
company_name: "Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:38:26.976179+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton Vance Funds Exempt Control Share Acquisitions from Bylaw After Court Ruling

## Summary
- Board of Trustees on Jan 26, 2023 exempted prior and new Control Share Acquisitions from the Control Share By-Law until further notice.
- Exemption follows Massachusetts Superior Court ruling that the bylaw violates Section 18(i) of the Investment Company Act.
- Court granted Saba Capital's motion for summary judgment on rescission claim; litigation ongoing.
- Funds affected include ETJ and 21 other Eaton Vance closed-end funds listed in the press release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940394-23-000236
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETJ
- cik: 0001395325
- company_name: Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1395325/000094039423000236/0000940394-23-000236-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1395325/000094039423000236/etj8k.htm

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