BOSTON, March 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (NYSE: ETY) today
announced important information concerning its distribution
declared in March 2014. This press release is issued as
required by the Fund's managed distribution plan (Plan) and an
exemptive order received from the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Board of Trustees has approved the
implementation of the Plan to make monthly cash distributions to
common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common
share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes
only and is an estimate of the sources of the March
distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of
the Fund's distributions for the 2014 calendar year. Shareholders
should note that the Fund's total regular distribution amount is
subject to change as a result of market conditions or other
factors.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this notice
are estimates, are not being provided for tax reporting purposes
and the distribution may later be determined to be from other
sources including realized short-term gains, long-term gains, to
the extent permitted by law, and return of capital. The actual
amounts and sources for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the
Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal
year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations.
The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that
will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income
tax purposes.
Distribution Period: March 2014
Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.0843
The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the
Fund's March distribution and its cumulative distributions paid
this fiscal year to date. Amounts are expressed on a per
common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution
amount.
Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund
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Source
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Current
Distribution
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% of Current
Distribution
|
Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date1
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% of the Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-Date1
|
Net Investment
Income
|
$0.0331
|
39.3%
|
$0.0860
|
20.4%
|
Net Realized
Short-Term Capital Gains
|
$0.0000
|
0.0%
|
$0.0000
|
0.0%
|
Net Realized
Long-Term Capital Gains
|
$0.0000
|
0.0%
|
$0.0000
|
0.0%
|
Return of Capital or
Other Capital Source(s)
|
$0.0512
|
60.7%
|
$0.3355
|
79.6%
|
Total per common
share
|
$0.0843
|
100.0%
|
$0.4215
|
100.0%
|
1 The
Fund's fiscal year is November 1, 2013 to October 31,
2014
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IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any
conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount
of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Plan.
The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its income and
net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your
distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may
occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested
in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution
does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and
should not be confused with 'yield' or 'income.' The amounts
and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only
estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting
purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for
accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the
Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal
year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The
Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will
tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax
purposes.
Set forth in the table below is information relating to the
Fund's performance based on its net asset value (NAV) for certain
periods.
Average annual total
return at NAV for the 5-year period ended on February 28,
20141
|
16.38%
|
Annualized current
distribution rate expressed as a percentage of NAV as of February
28, 20142
|
8.19%
|
Cumulative total
return at NAV for the fiscal year through February 28,
20143
|
7.29%
|
Cumulative fiscal
year to date distribution rate as a percentage of NAV as of
February 28, 20144
|
2.73%
|
|
1 Average
annual total return at NAV represents the simple arithmetic average
of the annual NAV total returns of the Fund for the 5-year period
ended on February 28, 2014.
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2 The
annualized current distribution rate is the cumulative distribution
rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund's NAV as of February
28, 2014.
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3
Cumulative total return at NAV is the percentage change in the
Fund's NAV for the period from the beginning of its fiscal year to
February 28, 2014 including distributions paid and assuming
reinvestment of those distributions.
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4
Cumulative fiscal year distribution rate for the period from the
beginning of its fiscal year to February 28, 2014 measured on the
dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a
percentage of the Fund's NAV as of February 28, 2014.
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SOURCE Eaton Vance Management