Form 8-K - Current report
October 10 2024 - 4:09PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
October 10, 2024
EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED GLOBAL BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
(State or other
jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
811-21745
(Commission File Number) |
20-3293050
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts
(Address of principal executive offices) |
|
02109
(Zip Code) |
(617)
482-8260
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
□ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
□ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
□ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
□ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b)
of the Act:
Titles of
Each Class |
Trading
Symbol |
Name of
exchange on which registered |
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value |
ETW |
NYSE |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company □
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. □
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change
in Fiscal Year.
On January 26, 2023, the Board
of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) voted to exempt, on a going forward basis, all prior and, until further notice, new
acquisitions of Fund shares that otherwise might be deemed “Control Share Acquisitions” under the Fund’s Amended and
Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) from the provisions of the By-Laws addressing “Control Share Acquisitions” (the
“Control Share Provisions”). On October 10, 2024, the Board adopted Amendment No. 1 to the By-Laws to formally eliminate the
Control Share Provisions and to make certain related conforming changes.
A copy of Amendment No. 1 to the
By-Laws is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.03 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number |
Description |
5.03 |
Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Fund, effective as of October 10, 2024 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED GLOBAL BUY-WRITE
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
By: /s/ Deidre E. Walsh
Name: Deidre E. Walsh
Title: Vice President & Chief
Legal Officer
Date: October 10, 2024
EXHIBIT 5.03
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED GLOBAL BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
This Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund, effective as of August 13, 2020 (the “By-Laws”), is made as of October 10,
2024, in accordance with Article XV of the By-Laws. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise herein defined are used as defined
in the By-Laws.
| 1. | The first paragraph under Article IV, Section 5 is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: |
SECTION 5. Voting. At each meeting of the shareholders,
every shareholder of the Trust shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the Trust held by such shareholder
then having voting power in respect of the matter upon which the vote is to be taken, standing in his name on the books of the Trust at
the time of the closing of the transfer books for the meeting, or, if the books be not closed for any meeting, on the record date fixed
as provided in Section 4 of Article VI of these By-Laws for determining the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or if the books
be not closed and no record date be fixed, at the time of the meeting. The record holder of a fraction of a share shall be entitled in
like manner to corresponding fraction of a vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustees may, in connection with the establishment
of any class (or series) of shares or in proxy materials for any meeting of shareholders or in other solicitation materials or by vote
or other action duly taken by them, establish conditions under which the several classes (or series) shall have separate voting rights
or no voting rights.
| 2. | Article XIII is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with “Reserved.” |
| 3. | Except as specifically amended herein, the By-Laws shall remain unchanged
and in full force and effect. |
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