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Eaton Vance Open-End Funds and NextShares

SCRIPT 2: Live

This is Tom Faust, Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Vance and a Trustee of the Eaton Vance Funds.

I understand that you or someone else in your household owns shares of one or more Eaton Vance Funds.

Fund shareholders are being asked to approve new investment advisory agreements in connection with the proposed acquisition of Eaton Vance by Morgan Stanley. By combining the capabilities and resources of Eaton Vance and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, we seek to better serve Fund shareholders and our other clients. To date, we have received responses from thousands of shareholders in support of the Fund proposals but we still need to hear from you.

It is very important that you vote your shares.

Please vote now by pressing 1.

For more information on this matter, please press 2.

To refer us to someone else in your household, please press 3.

Thank you for your assistance.

SCRIPT 3 – Live and machines

This is Tom Faust, Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Vance.

I understand that you or someone else in your household owns shares of one or more Eaton Vance Mutual Funds.

Fund Shareholders are being asked to approve new investment advisory agreements in connection with the proposed acquisition of Eaton Vance by Morgan Stanley. By combining the capabilities and resources of Eaton Vance and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, we seek to better serve Fund shareholders and our other clients. To date, we have received responses from thousands of shareholders in support of the Fund proposals but we still need to hear from you.

It is very important that you vote your shares.

Please vote now by pressing 1.

For more information on this matter, please press 2.

To refer us to someone else in your household, please press 3.

If you have received this message on your answering machine, please call us at 1-877-478-5043 Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00 pm Eastern Time. That’s 1-877-478-5043. Thank you.

SCRIPT 4 – Machines only

This is Tom Faust, Chief Executive Officer of Eaton Vance.

I understand that you or someone else in your household owns shares of one or more Eaton Vance Mutual Funds.

Fund Shareholders are being asked to approve new investment advisory agreements in connection with the proposed acquisition of Eaton Vance by Morgan Stanley. By combining the capabilities and resources of Eaton Vance and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, we seek to better serve Fund shareholders and our other clients. To date, we have received responses from thousands of shareholders in support of the Fund proposals but we still need to hear from you.

It is very important that you vote your shares.

If you have received this message on your answering machine, please call us at 1-877-478-5043 Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00 pm Eastern Time. That’s 1-877-478-5043. Thank you.