Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust and Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust Announce Tender Offers to Purchase up to 10% of Outstanding Common Shares
01 Septembre 2023 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT) and Eaton
Vance Senior Income Trust (NYSE: EVF) (each, a “Fund,” and,
together, the “Funds”) previously announced that they will conduct
cash tender offers by the end of the fourth quarter of each of
2022, 2023 and 2024 (each, a “Conditional Tender Offer”) for up to
10% of each respective Fund’s then-outstanding common shares if,
from January to August of the relevant year, the Fund’s common
shares trade at an average discount to net asset value (“NAV”) of
more than 10% (based upon the Fund’s volume-weighted average market
price and NAV on business days during the period). If triggered,
common shares tendered and accepted for purchase in a Conditional
Tender Offer would be repurchased at a price per share equal to 98%
of such Fund’s NAV as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE
on the date such Conditional Tender Offer expires. The measurement
period for 2023 (the “2023 Measurement Period”) ended on August 31,
2023. Based on the Funds’ average trading discounts over the 2023
Measurement Period, it has been determined that the conditions
precedent to a cash tender in the fourth quarter of 2023 have been
met for each Fund. Each Fund expects to commence a tender offer on
or about September 26, 2023, with the expiration of the tender
offer currently anticipated to be on or about October 25, 2023
(each, a “Tender Offer,” and, together, the “Tender Offers”).
Additional terms and conditions of the Tender Offers will be set
forth in each Fund’s offering materials filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which will also be
distributed to the Fund’s common shareholders. If the number of
common shares tendered for a Fund exceeds the maximum amount of the
Fund’s Tender Offer, the Fund will purchase shares from tendering
shareholders on a pro-rata basis (disregarding fractional common
shares). Accordingly, there is no assurance that a Fund will
purchase all of a shareholder’s common shares tendered in the
Fund’s Tender Offer. A Fund may determine not to accept shares
tendered in the Tender Offer under various circumstances, as will
be set forth in the offering materials. Further information about
the Tender Offers will be announced in future press releases and
the Funds’ offering materials.
About Eaton Vance
Eaton Vance applies in-depth fundamental analysis to the active
management of equity, income, alternative and multi-asset
strategies. Eaton Vance’s investment teams follow time-tested
principles of investing that emphasize ongoing risk management, tax
management (where applicable) and the pursuit of consistent
long-term returns. The firm’s investment capabilities encompass the
global capital markets. Eaton Vance is a part of Morgan Stanley
Investment Management, the asset management division of Morgan
Stanley.
About the Funds
Except for sales of shares pursuant to a tender offer, common
shares of each Fund are available for purchase or sale only through
secondary market trading at their current market price. Shares of
closed-end funds (such as the Funds) often trade at a discount from
their NAV. The market price of Fund shares may vary from NAV based
on factors affecting the supply and demand for shares, such as Fund
distribution rates relative to similar investments, investors’
expectations for future distribution changes, the clarity of the
Fund’s investment strategy and future return expectations, and
investors’ confidence in the underlying markets in which the Fund
invests. Fund shares are subject to investment risk, including
possible loss of principal invested. Fund shares are not
FDIC-insured and are not deposits or other obligations of, or
guaranteed by, any bank. No Fund is a complete investment program
and you may lose money investing in a Fund. An investment in a Fund
may not be appropriate for all investors. Before investing in a
Fund, prospective investors should consider carefully the Fund’s
investment objective, strategies, risks, charges and expenses.
Important Notice
This announcement is not a recommendation, an offer to purchase
or a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of a Fund. No Fund has
commenced the Tender Offers described herein. The Tender Offers
will be made only by an offer to purchase, a related letter of
transmittal and other documents filed with the SEC as exhibits to a
tender offer statement on Schedule TO, with all such documents
available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. For each Tender
Offer, the relevant Fund will also make available to shareholders
without charge the offer to purchase and the letter of transmittal.
Shareholders should read these documents carefully, as they contain
important information about the relevant Tender Offer.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not
intended to, and does not, constitute an offer to purchase or sell
shares of the Funds. Additional information about the Funds,
including performance and portfolio characteristic information, is
available at eatonvance.com.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts
are “forward-looking statements” as defined by the U.S. securities
laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on
forward-looking statements because they are subject to
uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond a
Fund’s control and could cause actual results to differ materially
from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. All
forward-looking statements are as of the date of this release only;
each Fund undertakes no obligation to update or review any
forward-looking statements.
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