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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940394-23-000240"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETG"
cik: "0001270523"
company_name: "Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:31:18.142213+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ETG board exempts control share acquisitions after MA court ruling on by-law

## Summary
- Massachusetts Superior Court on Jan 23, 2023, ruled control share by-law violated Section 18(i) of 1940 Act; litigation ongoing.
- Board voted Jan 26, 2023 to exempt all prior and future purchases that might be deemed control share acquisitions until further notice.
- By-law was adopted in Aug 2020 to protect retail shareholders from activist hedge funds like Saba Capital.
- Court granted partial summary judgment: fiduciary duty claim in favor of funds, but rescission of control share by-law granted.
- Board to monitor legal developments and may take further actions as appropriate.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940394-23-000240
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETG
- cik: 0001270523
- company_name: Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1270523/000094039423000240/0000940394-23-000240-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270523/000094039423000240/etg8k.htm

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