
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74213-74214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23876]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 35040; 812-15443]


Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Opportunities Fund and Eaton Vance 
Management

October 25, 2023.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') for an exemption from sections 
18(a)(2), 18(c) and 18(i) of the Act, under sections 6(c) and 23(c) of 
the Act for an exemption from rule 23c-3 under the Act, and for an 
order pursuant to section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the 
Act.

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Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain 
registered closed-end investment companies to issue multiple classes of 
shares and to impose asset-based distribution and/or service fees and 
early withdrawal charges.

Applicants: Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Opportunities Fund and Eaton 
Vance Management.

Filing Dates: The application was filed on March 15, 2023, and amended 
on April 11, 2023 and August 18, 2023.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the 
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on November 
20, 2023, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the 
Applicants, in the form of an affidavit, or, for lawyers, a certificate 
of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should 
state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: 
Deidre E. Walsh, Eaton Vance Management, [email protected]; with a 
copy to Sarah Clinton, Ropes & Gray LLP, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Large, Senior Special Counsel, at 
(202) 551-7358 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's 
Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' amended 
application, dated August 18, 2023, which may be obtained via the 
Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of 
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field 
on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at 
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You 
may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room at (202) 551-8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-23876 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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