Edgar Filing: EATON VANCE CORP

S-3ASR

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2013

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

EATON VANCE CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

04-2718215

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Eaton Vance Corp.

Two International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 672-8000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Frederick S. Marius, Esq.

Chief Legal Officer, Vice President and Secretary

Eaton Vance Corp.

Two International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617) 672-8000

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service of Process)

Copy to:

Erika L. Robinson, Esq.

Jeffrey A. Stein, Esq.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

60 State Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(617) 526-6000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):


Large accelerated filer	x		Accelerated filer	¨
Non accelerated filer	¨	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	Amount of Registration Fee⁽⁵⁾
Non-Voting Common Stock
Debt Securities
Depositary Shares⁽¹⁾
Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts⁽²⁾
Stock Purchase Units⁽²⁾
Total

(1)

The depositary shares registered hereunder will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to a deposit agreement. If we elect to offer fractional interests in debt securities, then depositary receipts will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional interests and the shares will be issued to the depositary under the deposit agreement.

(2)	Includes an indeterminate number of shares of common stock or depositary shares to be issuable by us upon settlement of the stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units.

(3)	Not applicable pursuant to Form S-3 General Instruction II(E). Also see footnote (5) below.

(4)

An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or number of securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. Securities registered under this registration statement may be sold either separately or as units comprised of more than one type of security registered hereunder. The securities registered also include such unspecified amounts and numbers of securities as may be issued upon conversion of or exchange for securities that provide for conversion or exchange or pursuant to the antidilution provisions of any such securities. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units. In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) the securities being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of non-voting common stock as may be issuable with respect to shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(5)	In accordance with Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act, the registrant is deferring payment of the entire registration fee and will pay the registration fee subsequently in advance or on a “pay as you go” basis.

Prospectus

LOGO

EATON VANCE CORP.

NON-VOTING COMMON STOCK

DEBT SECURITIES

DEPOSITARY SHARES

WARRANTS

STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS

STOCK PURCHASE UNITS

We may offer, issue and sell from time to time, together or separately, the types of securities listed above.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities for sale, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the offering and the terms of the securities being offered. A prospectus supplement may also add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus carefully before you make your investment decision.

We may offer and sell the securities directly to you, through agents we select or through underwriters or dealers we select. If we use agents, underwriters or dealers to sell the securities, we will name them and describe their compensation in a prospectus supplement. The net proceeds we expect to receive from such sales will be set forth in the prospectus supplement.

Our non-voting common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the trading symbol “EV”. Each prospectus supplement will indicate if the securities offered thereby will be listed on any securities exchange.

Investing in our securities involves risks, including the risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, incorporated by reference herein, and any risk factors described under the caption “Risk Factors ” in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus relating to a particular offering of securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is June 14, 2013.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS		1

RISK FACTORS		2

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION		3

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION		4

USE OF PROCEEDS		5

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		6

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES		7

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK		16

DESCRIPTION OF OTHER SECURITIES		17

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION		18

LEGAL MATTERS		21

EXPERTS		21

In this prospectus, “we”, “us”, “our” and “Eaton Vance” refer to Eaton Vance Corp. and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise specified.

In this prospectus, we sometimes refer to the non-voting common stock, debt securities, depositary shares, warrants, stock purchase contracts and stock purchase units collectively as “offered securities”.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, we may, from time to time, sell any combination of the securities in one or more offerings described in this prospectus. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add to, update or change information contained in this prospectus and, accordingly, to the extent inconsistent, the information in this prospectus is superseded by the information in the prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the additional information incorporated by reference in this prospectus described below under “Where You Can Find More Information” before making an investment in our securities.

The prospectus supplement will describe: the terms of the securities offered, any initial public offering price, the price paid to us for the securities, the net proceeds to us, the manner of distribution and any underwriting compensation and the other specific material terms related to the offering of these securities. The prospectus supplement may also contain information, where applicable, about material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the securities. For more detail on the terms of the securities, you should read the exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in our registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of the documents referred to herein have been filed, or will be filed or incorporated by reference, as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under “Where You Can Find More Information”.

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we have delivered to you. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus or any documents incorporated by reference therein, is accurate only as of the date of the applicable document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the specific risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2013, the risk factors described under the caption “Risk Factors” in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, and any risk factors set forth in our other filings with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), before making an investment decision. See “Where You Can Find More Information”.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. These reports and other information are available through our website http://www.eatonvance.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Information on our website is not incorporated into this prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement or our other SEC filings and is not a part of this prospectus, the accompanying prospectus supplement or those filings. These reports and other information can be read and copied at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available to the public on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with the SEC. This permits us to disclose important information to you by referencing these filed documents. Any information referenced this way is considered part of this prospectus, and any information filed with (but not information that is furnished to) the SEC subsequent to this prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering will automatically be deemed to update and supersede this information. Any information so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except to the extent so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. The following documents have been filed by us with the SEC (File No. 001-08100) and are incorporated by reference into this prospectus:

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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, filed with the SEC on December 21, 2012;

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Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended January 31, 2013 and April 30, 2013, filed with the SEC on March 8, 2013 and June 7, 2013, respectively;

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Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 14, 2012, January 2, 2013, January 14, 2013 and April 15, 2013; and

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The description of our non-voting common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on Form 8-B, filed on February 4, 1981, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such information.

All documents that we file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and before all of the securities offered by this prospectus are sold are incorporated by reference in this prospectus from the date of filing of the documents, except for information “furnished” under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information “furnished” to the SEC, which is not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference herein. Information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and may replace information in this prospectus and information previously filed with the SEC.

We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the foregoing documents and any other documents that are incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests for such documents should be directed to our principal executive office, located at: Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, (617) 672-8000, Attention: Investor Relations.

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein includes statements that are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, including statements regarding our expectations, intentions or strategies regarding the future. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this prospectus and elsewhere in the documents incorporated by reference herein regarding our financial position, business strategy and other plans and objectives for future operations are forward-looking statements. The terms “may”, “will”, “could”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “project”, “intend”, “estimate”, “believe”, “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. Although we believe that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that they will prove to have been correct or that we will take any actions that may now be planned. Certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are disclosed in the “Risk Factors” in the documents incorporated by reference herein and in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by such factors. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds of any securities sold for general corporate purposes.

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

Our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods indicated is as follows:


	Six Months Ended April 30,		Year Ended October 31,
	2013		2012		2011		2010		2009		2008
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)		10.89		10.17		10.93		8.93		5.98		9.15

(1)

These ratios include Eaton Vance and its consolidated subsidiaries. For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of pretax income less equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, less net income attributable to non-controlling and other beneficial interests, plus fixed charges and distributed earnings of unconsolidated affiliates. Fixed charges include gross interest expense, amortization of deferred financing expenses and an amount equivalent to interest included in rental charges. We have assumed that one-third of rental expense is representative of the interest factor.

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

We may offer debt securities from time to time in one or more series. The following description summarizes the general terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may offer pursuant to this prospectus that are common to all series. The specific terms relating to any series of our debt securities that we offer will be described in a prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus, which you should read. Because the terms of specific series of debt securities offered may differ from the general information that we have provided below, you should rely on information in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus that may modify or replace any information below. If there are differences between the applicable prospectus supplement and this prospectus, the prospectus supplement will control.

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities will be issued under the indenture dated as of October 2, 2007 between Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, and us. We have summarized select portions of the indenture below. The summary is not a complete statement of the terms and provisions of the indenture. The form of the indenture has been incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement and you should read the indenture for provisions that may be important to you. Capitalized terms used in the summary and not defined herein have the meanings specified in the indenture.

In this description, the words “we”, “us”, “our” and “Eaton Vance” refer only to Eaton Vance Corp. and not to any of Eaton Vance Corp.’s subsidiaries.

General

You should read the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus for the terms of the series of debt securities offered. The terms of the debt securities described in such prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus will be set forth in the indenture and in an applicable supplemental indenture, a board resolution or in an officer’s certificate (as permitted by the indenture) and may include the following, as applicable to the series of debt securities offered thereby:

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the title of the debt securities;

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whether the debt securities will be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities of Eaton Vance;

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the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities and whether there is any limit on such aggregate principal amount;

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whether we may reopen the series of debt securities for issuances of additional debt securities of such series;

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the date or dates, or how the date or dates will be determined, when the principal amount of the debt securities will be payable;

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the amount payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities or how this amount will be determined;

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the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or how such interest rate or rates will be determined;

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the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

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the date or dates from which any interest will accrue or how such date or dates will be determined;

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the interest payment dates and the record dates for these interest payments;

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whether the debt securities are redeemable at our option;

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whether there are any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to purchase or otherwise redeem the debt securities;

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the currency or currencies in which payments in respect of the debt securities will be made;

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whether the amount of payments of principal, premium or interest, if any, on the debt securities will be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which could be based on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices) and how these amounts will be determined;

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the place or places, if any, for payment, transfer, conversion and/or exchange of the debt securities;

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the denominations in which the offered debt securities will be issued;

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the applicability of the provisions of the applicable indenture described under “defeasance” and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of these provisions;

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material federal income tax considerations that are specific to the series of debt securities offered;

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any provisions granting special rights to the holders of the debt securities upon the occurrence of specified events;

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whether the applicable indenture contains any changes or additions to the events of default or covenants described in this prospectus;

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whether the debt securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities and the applicable terms and conditions for such conversion or exchange; and

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any other terms specific to the series of debt securities offered.

Redemption

If the debt securities are redeemable, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms and conditions for such redemption, including:

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the redemption prices (or method of calculating the same);

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the redemption date or dates (or method of determining the same);

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whether such debt securities are redeemable in whole or in part and whether redemption will be mandatory or at our option; and

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any other provisions affecting the redemption of such debt securities.

Conversion and Exchange

If any series of the debt securities offered is convertible into or exchangeable for shares of our common stock or other securities, the applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms and conditions for such conversion or exchange, including:

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the conversion price or exchange ratio (or the method of calculating the same);

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the conversion or exchange period (or the method of determining the same);

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whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, or at our option or at the option of the holder;

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the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price or the exchange ratio; and

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any other provisions affecting conversion or exchange of such debt securities.

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Form and Denomination

The debt securities may be issued in fully registered form without coupons and, unless otherwise specified in the prospectus supplement, denominated in U.S. dollars in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof. If debt securities are issued in bearer form, we may modify the form of debt security, payment procedures and other related matters, as appropriate. The prospectus supplement will indicate whether the debt securities will be in registered or bearer form, the denominations to be issued, the procedures for payment of interest and principal thereon and other matters.

Subject to the limitations provided in the indenture or set forth in any applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities that are issued in registered form may be transferred or exchanged at the principal corporate trust office of the trustee. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but either we or the trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Global Securities

The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary (the “depositary”) identified in the prospectus supplement. Global securities will be issued in registered form and in either temporary or definitive form, and will initially be deposited with the trustee as custodian for the depositary. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual debt securities, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary for such global security to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to a successor of such depositary or a nominee of such successor.

The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any debt securities of a series and the rights of and limitations upon owners of beneficial interests in a global security will be described in the prospectus supplement. We expect that the following provisions will generally apply to depositary arrangements.

Upon the issuance of a global security, the depositary for such global security or its nominee will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the individual debt securities represented by such global security to the accounts of persons that have accounts with such depositary. Such accounts shall be designated by the dealers, underwriters or agents with respect to the debt securities or by us if such debt securities are offered and sold directly by us. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security will be limited to persons that have accounts with the applicable depositary (“participants”) or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in such global security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the applicable depositary or its nominee with respect to interests of participants and the records of participants with respect to interests of persons other than participants. The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.

So long as the depositary for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a global security, such depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by that global security for all purposes under the indenture governing those debt securities. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to have any of the individual debt securities of the series represented by that global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any debt securities of such series in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the indenture governing such debt securities.

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Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on individual debt securities represented by a global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to the depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the global security representing the debt securities. None of Eaton Vance, the trustee for the debt securities, any paying agent, or the registrar for the debt securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made by the depositary or any participants on account of beneficial ownership interests of the global security for the debt securities or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

We expect that the depositary for a series of debt securities or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest in respect of a permanent global security representing the debt securities, immediately will credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such global security for the debt securities as shown on the records of the depositary or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global security held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name”. Such payments will be the responsibility of such participants.

If the depositary for a series of debt securities is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days, we will issue definitive debt securities of that series in exchange for the global security or securities representing that series of debt securities. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion, subject to any limitations described in the prospectus supplement relating to the debt securities, determine not to have any debt securities of a series represented by one or more global securities, and, in such event, will issue definitive debt securities of that series in exchange for the global security or securities representing that series of debt securities. If definitive debt securities are issued, an owner of a beneficial interest in a global security will be entitled to physical delivery of definitive debt securities of the series represented by that global security equal in principal amount to that beneficial interest and to have the debt securities registered in its name.

Certain Covenants

The covenants, if any, that will apply to a particular series of debt securities will be set forth in the applicable supplemental indenture relating to such series of debt securities and described in a prospectus supplement.

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

Unless otherwise provided for a particular series of debt securities by a board resolution, supplemental indenture or an officer’s certificate, Eaton Vance shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other person (other than a merger of a wholly owned subsidiary into Eaton Vance) or sell, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property in any one transaction or series of related transactions unless:

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Eaton Vance shall be the surviving person (the “Surviving Person”) or the Surviving Person (if other than Eaton Vance) formed by such merger or consolidation or to which such sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition is made shall be a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof, Bermuda or the United Kingdom;

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the Surviving Person (if other than Eaton Vance) expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the trustee, executed and delivered to the trustee by such Surviving Person, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, all the debt securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of the indenture to be performed by Eaton Vance;

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in the case of a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all the property of Eaton Vance, such property shall have been transferred as an entirety or virtually as an entirety to one person and/or such person’s subsidiaries;

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immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions, no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing;

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Eaton Vance shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the trustee, an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such transaction and the supplemental indenture, if any, in respect thereto comply with this covenant and that all conditions precedent in the indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with; and

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Eaton Vance shall have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction or series of transactions and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such transaction or series of transactions had not occurred.

For the purposes of this covenant, the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all the property of one or more subsidiaries of Eaton Vance, which property, if held by Eaton Vance instead of such subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all the property of Eaton Vance on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all the property of Eaton Vance.

Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all”, there is no precise, established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty as to whether a particular transaction would involve “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of a Person. As a result, it may be unclear as to whether the merger, consolidation or sale of assets covenant would apply to a particular transaction as described above absent a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Additional Amounts

If, following a transaction to which the provisions of the indenture described above under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” applies, the Surviving Person is organized other than under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia, all payments made by the Surviving Person under, or with respect to, the debt securities will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto), which we collectively refer to in this prospectus as the “Taxes”, imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization of the Surviving Person or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority therein, which we refer to in this prospectus as a “Taxing Jurisdiction”, unless the Surviving Person is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the official interpretation or administration thereof.

If the Surviving Person is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for, or on account of, such Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the debt securities, the Surviving Person will pay such additional amounts, which we refer to in this prospectus as “Additional Amounts”, as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount such holder would have received if such Taxes had not been required to be withheld or deducted.

The foregoing provisions will survive any termination or discharge of the indenture and any defeasance of the debt securities.

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Events of Default

Unless otherwise provided for a particular series of securities by a board resolution, a supplemental indenture or an officer’s certificate, each of the following constitutes an event of default with respect to a series of debt securities:

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a default in payment of the principal amount, premium, if any, or redemption price with respect to any debt security when such amount becomes due and payable;

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our failure to pay interest (including additional interest, if applicable) on any debt security within 30 days of when such amount becomes due and payable;

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our failure to deposit any sinking fund payment, if applicable, with respect to the debt securities on its due date;

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our failure to comply with any of our covenants or agreements in the indenture or the debt securities (other than a failure that is subject to the foregoing three bullet points) and our failure to cure (or obtain a waiver of) such default and such failure continues for 60 days after written notice is given to us as provided below;

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certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting us; and

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any other event of default specified with respect to debt securities of such series then outstanding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indenture will provide that the sole remedy for an event of default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting provisions of the indenture and for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA (which relates to the provision of reports), will for the first 270 days after the occurrence of such an event of default consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the debt securities of a series at an annual rate of 0.05% of the principal amount of the debt securities of that series. This additional interest will be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the debt securities. The additional interest will accrue on all outstanding debt securities from and including the date on which an event of default relating to a failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA first occurs to but not including the 270th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the event of default relating to the reporting obligations shall have been cured or waived). Thereafter, such additional interest will cease to accrue and the debt securities will be subject to acceleration as provided above if the event of default is continuing. The provisions of the indenture described in this paragraph will not affect the rights of the holders of debt securities in the event of the occurrence of any other event of default.

A default under the fourth bullet point above is not an event of default until the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding notify us of the default and we do not cure such default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”.

We will deliver to the trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an officers’ certificate of any event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become an event of default, its status and what action we are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

If an event of default (other than an event of default resulting from certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us) shall have occurred and be continuing, the trustee or the registered holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding may declare, by notice to us in writing (and to the trustee, if given by holders of such debt securities) specifying the event of default, to be immediately due and payable the principal amount of all the debt securities in such series then outstanding, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the date of acceleration. In case an event of default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us shall occur, such amount with respect to all the debt securities shall be due and payable immediately without any declaration

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or other act on the part of the trustee or the holders of the debt securities. After any such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration is obtained by the trustee, the registered holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration and waive such event of default if all events of default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, premium or interest, have been cured or waived as provided in the indenture.

In case an event of default shall occur and be continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the debt securities, unless such holders shall have offered to the trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities then outstanding will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities.

No holder of debt securities will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy thereunder, unless:

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such holder has previously given to the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default;

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the registered holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding have made a written request and offered indemnity to the trustee satisfactory to it to institute such proceeding as trustee; and

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within 60 days after receipt of the request and offer of indemnity the trustee shall not have received from the registered holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of such series then outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request and the trustee shall have failed to institute such proceeding with such 60 day period.

However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of any debt security for enforcement of payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, such debt security on or after the respective due dates expressed in such debt security.

If a default with respect to the debt securities occurs and is continuing and is known to the trustee, the trustee must mail to each holder notice of the default within 90 days after it occurs. The trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its trust officers in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the holders of the debt securities.

We are required to furnish to the trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a statement of an officer regarding compliance with the indenture. Within 30 days after the occurrence of any default or event of default, we are required to deliver to the trustee written notice in the form of an officers’ certificate specifying our status and what actions we are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

Defeasance

We may terminate at any time all our obligations with respect to any series of debt securities and the applicable indenture, which we refer to in this prospectus as “legal defeasance”, except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of the debt securities. In addition, we may also terminate at any time our obligations with respect to any series of debt securities with respect to certain covenants that are described in the applicable indenture, which we refer to in this prospectus as “covenant defeasance”, except for certain covenants, including the covenant to make payments in respect of the principal, premium, if any, and

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interest on the debt securities. In the event covenant defeasance occurs, certain events (not including nonpayment, bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization and insolvency events) described under “—Events of Default” will no longer constitute events of default with respect to the debt securities. We may exercise the legal defeasance option notwithstanding our prior exercise of the covenant defeasance option.

If we exercise our legal defeasance option with respect to a series of debt securities, payment of such debt securities may not be accelerated because of an event of default with respect thereto. If we exercise the covenant defeasance option with respect to a series of debt securities, payment of such debt securities may not be accelerated because of an event of default specified in the fourth bullet point under “—Events of Default”.

The legal defeasance option or the covenant defeasance option with respect to a series of debt securities may be exercised only if:

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we irrevocably deposit in trust with the trustee money or U.S. Government obligations or a combination thereof for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on and interest on such debt securities of such series to stated maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

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we deliver to the trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent registered public accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due on the deposited U.S. Government obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest when due on all the debt securities of such series to stated maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

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123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no default described in the fifth bullet point under “—Events of Default” occurs with respect to Eaton Vance or any other person making such deposit which is continuing at the end of the period;

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no default or event of default with respect to that series of debt securities has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit;

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such deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement or instrument binding us;

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we deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not require registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

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in the case of the legal defeasance option, we deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel stating that:

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we have received from the IRS a ruling, or

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since the date of the indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, to the effect, in either case, that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, the holders of such debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same time as would have been the case if such defeasance has not occurred;

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in the case of the covenant defeasance option, we deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of such debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

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we deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of such debt securities have been complied with as required by the indenture.

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When (i) we deliver to the trustee all outstanding debt securities of a series (other than debt securities replaced because of mutilation, loss, destruction or wrongful taking) for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding debt securities of a series have become due and payable, whether at maturity or as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption, and we irrevocably deposit with the trustee funds sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all outstanding debt securities of a series, including interest thereon, and if in either case we pay all other sums related to such debt securities payable under the indenture by us, then the indenture shall, subject to certain surviving provisions, cease to be of further effect as to all outstanding debt securities of such series. The trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of the indenture with respect to such series of debt securities on our demand accompanied by an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel of Eaton Vance.

Regarding the Trustee

Except during the continuance of an event of default, the trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the indenture. During the existence of an event of default, the trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it under the indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

The indenture and provisions of the TIA that are incorporated by reference therein contain limitations on the rights of the trustee, should it become one of our creditors, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with us or any of our affiliates; provided, however, that if it acquires any conflicting interest (as defined in the indenture or in the TIA), it must eliminate such conflict or resign.

Governing Law

The indenture and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following description of our non-voting common stock, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the non-voting common stock that we may offer from time to time pursuant to this prospectus. We will not offer pursuant to this prospectus any of our voting common stock. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any future non-voting common stock that we may offer, we will describe the particular terms of any class or series of such common stock in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If there are differences between the applicable prospectus supplement and this prospectus, the prospectus supplement will control. The summary below and that contained in any prospectus supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to our articles of incorporation and bylaws, which have been publicly filed with the SEC. The terms of these securities may also be affected by the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.

Our capital stock consists of:

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1,280,000 authorized shares of voting common stock, $0.00390625 par value per share, of which 399,240 shares were outstanding as of April 30, 2013; and

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190,720,000 authorized shares of non-voting common stock, $0.00390625 par value per share, of which 121,009,816 shares were outstanding as of April 30, 2013.

Non-Voting Common Stock

Our non-voting common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and has a par value of $0.00390625 per share.

Voting

Non-voting common stock has no voting rights under any circumstances; all voting power resides with our voting common stock.

Conversion

The non-voting common stock is neither redeemable nor convertible, and the holders of non-voting common stock have no preemptive rights to purchase any of our securities.

Dividends and Other Distributions

Shares of non-voting common stock and voting common stock are equal in respect of dividends and other distributions in cash, stock or property, including distributions in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Eaton Vance Corp. Dividends that may be declared on the non-voting common stock will be paid in an equal amount to the holder of each share.

Transfer Agent

The transfer agent and registrar of our common stock is Computershare Investor Services.

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER SECURITIES

We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement a description of any warrants, depositary shares, stock purchase contracts or stock purchase units.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities covered by this prospectus in one or more of the following ways from time to time:

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to or through underwriters or dealers for resale to purchasers;

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directly to purchasers;

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through agents or dealers to purchasers; or

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through a combination of any of these methods of sale.

In addition, we may enter into derivative or other hedging transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if applicable, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment).

We may also issue the securities as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders.

A prospectus supplement with respect to each offering of securities will include, to the extent applicable:

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the terms of the offering;

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the name or names of any underwriters, dealers, remarketing firms or agents and terms of any agreement with such parties including the compensation, fees or commissions received by and the amount of securities underwritten, purchased or remarketed by each of them, if any;

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the public offering price or purchase price of the securities and an estimate of the net proceeds to be received by us, as applicable, from any such sale;

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any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation;

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the anticipated delivery date of the securities, including any delayed delivery arrangements, and any commissions we may pay for solicitation of any such delayed delivery contracts;

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that the securities are being solicited and offered directly to institutional investors or others;

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any discounts, commissions or concessions to be allowed or reallowed or to be paid to agents or dealers; and

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any securities exchange on which the securities may be listed.

Any offer and sale of the securities described in this prospectus by us, any underwriters or other third parties described above may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions, including, without limitation, either:

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at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed;

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at market prices prevailing at the time of sales;

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at prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of sale; or

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at negotiated prices.

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Offerings of securities covered by this prospectus may also be made into an existing trading market for such securities in transactions at other than a fixed price, either:

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on or through the facilities of the NYSE or any other securities exchange or quotation or trading service on which such securities may be listed, quoted or traded at the time of sale; and/or

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to or through a market maker otherwise than on the NYSE or such other securities exchanges or quotation or trading services.

Such at-the-market offerings, if any, will be conducted by underwriters acting as our principal or agent, who may also be third-party sellers of securities as described above.

In addition, we may sell some or all of the securities covered by this prospectus through:

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purchases by a dealer, as principal, who may then resell those securities to the public for its account at varying prices determined by the dealer at the time of resale or at a fixed price agreed to with us at the time of sale;

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block trades in which a dealer will attempt to sell as agent, but may position or resell a portion of the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction; and/or

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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers.

Any dealer may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities Act, of the securities so offered and sold.

In connection with offerings made through underwriters or agents, we may enter into agreements with such underwriters or agents pursuant to which we receive our outstanding securities in consideration for the securities being offered to the public for cash. In connection with these arrangements, the underwriters or agents may also sell securities covered by this prospectus to hedge their positions in any such outstanding securities, including in short sale transactions. If so, the underwriters or agents may use the securities received from us under these arrangements to close out any related open borrowings of securities.

We may loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the loaned securities or, in any event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged securities using this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement. Such financial institution or third party may transfer its short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a simultaneous offering of other securities covered by this prospectus.

If we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities they commit to purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager to manage a subscription rights offering for us.

Any offers to purchase the securities covered by this prospectus may be solicited, and any sales of the securities may be made, by us of those securities directly to institutional investors or others, who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act with respect to any resales of the securities.

The securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in a prospectus supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise, by one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us.

If indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may sell the securities through agents from time to time. We generally expect that any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.

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As one of the means of direct issuance of securities, we may utilize the service of an entity through which we may conduct an electronic “dutch auction” or similar offering of the offered securities among potential purchasers who are eligible to participate in the action or offering of such offered securities, if so described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

We may authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain purchasers to purchase the securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. The delayed delivery contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If underwriters are used in any sale of any securities, the securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters, or directly by underwriters. Unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase any securities will be conditioned on customary closing conditions and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of such series of securities, if any are purchased.

Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms may at the time of any offering of securities be entitled under agreements entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms may be required to make. Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing agents may be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services in the ordinary course of business for us and/or our affiliates.

Each offering of securities will be a new issue of securities and will have no established trading market other than our non-voting common stock, which is listed on the NYSE. We intend that any non-voting common stock sold pursuant to this prospectus will be listed on the NYSE, upon official notice of issuance. The securities, other than our non-voting common stock, may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange or foreign securities exchange. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity or activity of any trading in the offered securities.

Any underwriters to whom securities covered by this prospectus are sold by us for public offering and sale, if any, may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.

Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. The applicable prospectus supplement may provide that the original issue date for the offered securities may be more than three scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities. Accordingly, in such a case, if you wish to trade securities on any date prior to the third business day before the original issue date for your securities, you will be required, by virtue of the fact that your securities initially are expected to settle in more than three scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities, to make alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities covered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. If legal matters in connection with offerings made by this prospectus are passed on by counsel for the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, that counsel will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.

EXPERTS

The financial statements and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports thereon, included therein, which are incorporated herein by reference, (which reports (1) express an unqualified opinion on the financial statements and include an explanatory paragraph regarding Eaton Vance’s adoption of new accounting guidance for the consolidation of variable interest entities and (2) express an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting) and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

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Eaton Vance Corp.

Non-Voting Common Stock

Debt Securities

Depositary Shares

Warrants

Stock Purchase Contracts

Stock Purchase Units

Prospectus

June 14, 2013

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.

OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

The following table sets forth the estimated costs and expenses, payable by us in connection with the distribution of the securities being registered.


SEC registration fees	(1	)
Rating agency fees	(2	)
Printing and engraving fees	(2	)
Accountant’s fees and expenses	(2	)
Legal fees and expenses	(2	)
Trustee’s fees and expenses	(2	)
Miscellaneous expenses	(2	)

Total	(2	)

⁽¹⁾	Deferred in reliance on Rule 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.

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Estimated expenses not presently known. The foregoing sets forth the general categories of fees and expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) that we anticipate we will incur in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement. An estimate of the aggregate fees and expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being offered will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement.

ITEM 15.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

The Maryland General Corporation Law authorizes a Maryland corporation to limit the liability of directors and officers to the corporation or its stockholders for money damages, except: (a) to the extent that it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services, for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received; (b) to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the person’s action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding; or (c) with respect to certain other actions not applicable to the Registrant.

The Maryland General Corporation Law also provides for permissive and mandatory indemnification by a Maryland corporation of its directors and officers that are made party to any proceeding by reason of service in that capacity. Under those provisions, unless limited by the corporation’s charter, indemnification is mandated for the reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer in connection with such a proceeding if: (a) the director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of the proceeding or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding; or (b) upon application by the officer or director, a court of appropriate jurisdiction determines that such indemnification is appropriate and orders that it be made. Indemnification is permitted for such expenses and for any judgments, penalties, fines or settlements actually incurred by a director or officer in connection with the proceeding unless (a) the corporation’s charter or bylaws, or a resolution of the corporation’s board of directors or a board-approved agreement of the corporation otherwise provides; (b) it is established that (i) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her act or omission was unlawful; or (c) the proceeding is one that was brought by the director or officer

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against the corporation (other than a proceeding brought to enforce indemnification) unless the corporation’s charter or bylaws, or a resolution of the corporation’s board of directors or a board-approved agreement of the corporation otherwise provides.

The Maryland General Corporation Law also permits a Maryland corporation to advance payments of reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer in such a proceeding (other than one described in clause (c) of the preceding sentence) if the corporation has received a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for permissive indemnification has been satisfied and the corporation has received a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the advanced amount if it is ultimately determined that such standard of conduct has not been met. The Maryland General Corporation Law also permits a Maryland corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of persons who are or were directors or officers against any liability asserted against or incurred by them arising out of their positions, irrespective of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify them for such liabilities.

Article NINTH, section (8) of our Articles of Incorporation provides that, to the full extent permitted by the laws of Maryland, we shall indemnify (a) any person that is serving as a director or officer of Eaton Vance Corp., (b) any person that has served as an officer or director of Eaton Vance Corp., and (c) any person who at our request is serving or has served as a director, officer, trustee, partner, employee, agent or other representative of another corporation, joint stock company, syndicate, association, firm, trust, partnership or other entity, against all liabilities and expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ fees and judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement, reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or legislative, in which such person may be involved or with which such person may be threatened by reason of serving or having served in such position.

Indemnification requires a determination made in accordance with applicable statutory standards by the board of directors or by legal counsel selected by the board of directors or by the holders of not less than a majority of the total number of shares of our Common Stock then outstanding.

Article NINTH, section (8) of our Articles of Incorporation provides that the indemnification right provided therein is not exclusive of and will not otherwise affect any other rights to which such person may be entitled (whether under any law, by-law, agreement, director vote, stockholder vote or otherwise), shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in such position.

ITEM 16.

EXHIBITS

The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit index, which appears below and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 17.

UNDERTAKINGS

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the applicable registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than a payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(e) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 14, 2013.


EATON VANCE CORP.

By:		/s/ Thomas E. Faust Jr.
Thomas E. Faust Jr.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President

Dated: June 14, 2013

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant hereby severally constitute and appoint Thomas E. Faust Jr. and Frederick S. Marius, as attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, including any registration statement or post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the date indicated.


Name	Title	Date

/s/ Thomas E. Faust Jr. Thomas E. Faust Jr.	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President	June 14, 2013

/s/ Laurie G. Hylton Laurie G. Hylton	Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer	June 14, 2013

/s/ Duncan W. Richardson Duncan W. Richardson	Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Equity Investment Officer	June 14, 2013

/s/ Ann E. Berman Ann E. Berman	Director	June 14, 2013

/s/ Leo I. Higdon Leo I. Higdon	Director	June 14, 2013

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Name	Title	Date

/s/ Dorothy E. Puhy Dorothy E. Puhy	Director	June 14, 2013

/s/ Richard A. Spillane, Jr. Richard A. Spillane, Jr.	Director	June 14, 2013

/s/ Winthrop H. Smith, Jr. Winthrop H. Smith, Jr.	Director	June 14, 2013

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EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NO.		DESCRIPTION

1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities to be filed as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other report to be filed by Eaton Vance pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein.

3.1*		The Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended.

3.2		The Company’s By-Laws, as amended, are filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 18, 2006 (S.E.C. File No. 1-8100) and are incorporated herein by reference.

3.3		Form of certificate representing Eaton Vance Corp. non-voting common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on September 3, 1998, File No. 333-62801).

4.1		Form of Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Commission on September 25, 2007, File No. 333-146280).

4.2		Form of Debt Security to be filed as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other report to be filed by Eaton Vance pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein.

4.3		Form of Deposit Agreement (including the terms of Depositary Receipts to be issued thereunder) to be filed as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other report to be filed by Eaton Vance pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein.

4.4		Form of Warrant Agreement (including form of Warrant) to be filed as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other report to be filed by Eaton Vance pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein.

4.5		Form of Stock Purchase Contract (including Form of Stock Purchase Contract Certificate) to be filed as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other report to be filed by Eaton Vance pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein.

4.6		Form of Stock Purchase Unit (including Form of Stock Purchase Unit Certificate) to be filed as an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K or other report to be filed by Eaton Vance pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein.

5.1*		Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

12.1*		Statement Regarding Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

23.1*		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23.2*		Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1*		Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this registration statement).

25.1*		Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1, as Trustee under the Indenture for Debt Securities.

*	Filed herewith.

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