---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001076598-25-000342"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ETV"
cik: "0001322436"
company_name: "Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund"
filed_at: "2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T12:54:19.818678+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairperson Mark R. Fetting passes away; Susan J. Sutherland named acting chair

## Summary
- Mark R. Fetting, Chairperson of the Board, unexpectedly died on August 9, 2025.
- Susan J. Sutherland appointed acting Chairperson of the Board effective August 9, 2025.
- Board size reduced from ten to nine members effective August 12, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001076598-25-000342
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ETV
- cik: 0001322436
- company_name: Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
- filed_at: 2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1322436/000107659825000342/0001076598-25-000342-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1322436/000107659825000342/etv8k.htm

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