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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940394-23-000246"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETW"
cik: "0001322435"
company_name: "Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:34:04.581219+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eaton Vance closed-end fund board exempts share purchases from control share by-law after court ruling

## Summary
- Board voted to exempt all prior and new purchases from Control Share By-Law on a going-forward basis, effective immediately.
- Decision follows Massachusetts Superior Court ruling that the by-law violates Section 18(i) of the Investment Company Act.
- Court granted partial summary judgment; litigation continues on remaining issues (funds EVF, EFR, EFT, EVV).
- Exemption applies to 22 Eaton Vance closed-end funds listed in the announcement, including ETW.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940394-23-000246
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETW
- cik: 0001322435
- company_name: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1322435/000094039423000246/0000940394-23-000246-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1322435/000094039423000246/etw8k.htm

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