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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

For the period ended Apr 9, 2025. Filed Feb 27, 2025.

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Apr 9, 2025 · Filed Feb 27, 2025

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PROXY STATEMENT

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Trustees of each of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II (the “Enhanced Equity Fund”), Eaton Vance Risk-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (the “Risk-Managed Fund”), Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund (the “Buy-Write Income Fund”), Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the “Buy-Write Opportunities Fund”) and Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the “Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund”) (collectively, the “Funds”). The proxies will be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of each Fund and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Annual Meeting”). The Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the principal office of each Fund, One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, as discussed further herein. The Annual Meeting will be held for the purposes set forth in the accompanying notice. This proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card(s) are first being sent or given to shareholders on or about February 26, 2025.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (the “Board” or the “Board of Trustees”) has fixed the close of business on January 28, 2025 as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The number of common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Shares”), of each Fund outstanding on January 28, 2025, were as follows:

FundNo. of Common Shares Outstanding on January 28, 2025
Enhanced Equity Fund52,435,605
Risk-Managed Fund67,301,787
Buy-Write Income Fund29,374,715
Buy-Write Opportunities Fund116,754,568
Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund108,597,786

Each Fund will vote separately on each proposal; votes of multiple Funds will not be aggregated.

To the knowledge of the Funds, based on filings made on Schedules 13D and 13G pursuant to Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), as of January 28, 2025, one or more shareholders of Buy-Write Income Fund owned 5% or more of the Fund’s Common Shares. Information relating to such shareholders can be found on Exhibit C. With respect to each other Fund, To the knowledge of the Funds, as of January 28, 2025: (i) no other shareholder owned 5% or more of the Fund’s outstanding Common Shares; and (ii) the Trustees and executive officers of each Fund, individually and as a group, owned beneficially less than 1% of the outstanding Common Shares of each Fund.

Shareholders as of the close of business on the record date of January 28, 2025 are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting. All properly executed proxies received prior to the Annual Meeting will be voted at the Annual Meeting. Each proxy will be voted in accordance with its instructions; if no instruction is given, an executed proxy will authorize the persons named on the respective proxy card enclosed as proxies, or any of them, to vote FOR the election of each Trustee. An executed proxy delivered to a Fund is revocable by the person giving it, prior to its exercise, by a signed writing filed with the Fund’s Secretary, by executing and delivering a later dated proxy, or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting the shares at the Annual Meeting. Merely attending the Annual Meeting will not revoke a previously executed proxy. If you hold Fund shares through an intermediary (such as a broker, bank, adviser or custodian), please consult with the intermediary regarding your ability to revoke voting instructions after they have been provided.

If you are a record holder of Fund shares and plan to attend the Annual Meeting, you must show a valid photo identification (such as a driver’s license) to gain admission to the Annual Meeting. Please call 1-800-262-1122 for information on how to obtain directions to be able to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting.

1Proxy Statement dated February 26, 2025

If you hold Fund shares through an intermediary and plan to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting, you will be required to show a valid photo identification and your authority to vote your shares (referred to as a “legal proxy”) to gain admission to the Annual Meeting. As described above, you must contact your intermediary to obtain a legal proxy for your shares.

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