PR Newswire
BOSTON, April 8, 2020
BOSTON, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Plus Fund (the "Fund") announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis"), two leading independent proxy advisory firms, have each recommended that Fund shareholders vote FOR the election of the Board's recommended nominees, Thomas E. Faust Jr., Cynthia E. Frost and Scott E. Wennerholm, as listed on the WHITE proxy card in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 16, 2020.
In reports dated March 31, 2020 and April 2, 2020, respectively, ISS and Glass Lewis noted that:1
1 Permission to use quotations neither sought nor obtained. |
The Board encourages shareholders to follow the recommendations of ISS and Glass Lewis by voting on the WHITE proxy card today FOR Thomas E. Faust Jr., Cynthia E. Frost and Scott E. Wennerholm. The Board also unanimously recommends that shareholders vote AGAINST the non-binding declassification proposal on the WHITE proxy card (contrary to the recommendations of ISS and Glass Lewis to vote FOR such proposal).
We urge you not to return any gold proxy card sent to you by Saba Capital Management, L.P., as doing so will revoke your vote on the WHITE proxy card.
About Eaton Vance Corp.
The Fund's investment adviser is Eaton Vance Management, a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) provides advanced investment strategies and wealth management solutions to forward-thinking investors around the world. Through principal investment affiliates Eaton Vance Management, Parametric, Atlanta Capital, Calvert and Hexavest, the Company offers a diversity of investment approaches, encompassing bottom-up and top-down fundamental active management, responsible investing, systematic investing and customized implementation of client-specified portfolio exposures. As of January 31, 2020, Eaton Vance had consolidated assets under management of $518.2 billion. For more information, visit eatonvance.com.
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