secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund (ETG)
CIK:        0001270523
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000940394-23-000240
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270523/000094039423000240/0000940394-23-000240-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270523/000094039423000240/etg8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940394-23-000240

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