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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950135-05-003034

CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-2/A

PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		16

FILED AS OF DATE:		20050525

DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050725


FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001322436

		IRS NUMBER:				000000000



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A

		SEC ACT:		1933 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-123770

		FILM NUMBER:		05856255



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE

		CITY:			BOSTON

		STATE:			MA

		ZIP:			02110

		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-482-8260



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE

		CITY:			BOSTON

		STATE:			MA

		ZIP:			02110




FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001322436

		IRS NUMBER:				000000000



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A

		SEC ACT:		1940 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21735

		FILM NUMBER:		05856254



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE

		CITY:			BOSTON

		STATE:			MA

		ZIP:			02110

		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-482-8260



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE

		CITY:			BOSTON

		STATE:			MA

		ZIP:			02110



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<DESCRIPTION>EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2005
                                                 1933 Act File No. 333-123770
                                                 1940 Act File No. 811-21735

                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-2

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933     [ ]
                      PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1          [X]
                          POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.       [ ]

                                     AND/OR

                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
                      INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940         [ ]
                             AMENDMENT NO. 1                 [X]
                        (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX OR BOXES)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
              ----------------------------------------------------
               (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

     THE EATON VANCE BUILDING, 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------
               (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)

        REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (617) 482-8260
        -----------------------------------------------------------------

                                 ALAN R. DYNNER
     THE EATON VANCE BUILDING, 255 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                     NAME AND ADDRESS (OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                          COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:

            MARK P. GOSHKO, ESQ.                   LEONARD B. MACKEY, JR., ESQ.
KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART NICHOLSON GRAHAM LLP         CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP
              75 STATE STREET                        31 WEST 52ND STREET
        BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109                   NEW YORK, NY 10019

      APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING: As soon as practicable after
the effective date of this Registration Statement.

      If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities
Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend
reinvestment plan, check the following box. [ ]

      It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate
box):

      [ ] when declared effective pursuant to Section 8(c)


<PAGE>


        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              PROPOSED          PROPOSED
                                         AMOUNT BEING         MAXIMUM            MAXIMUM            AMOUNT OF
                                          REGISTERED          OFFERING          AGGREGATE       REGISTRATION FEES
TITLE OF SECURITIES BEING REGISTERED          (1)          PRICE PER UNIT    OFFERING PRICE         (1)(2)(3)
                                                                (1)                (1)
<S>                                      <C>               <C>               <C>                <C>
Common Shares of Beneficial
Interest, $0.01 par value                   50,000             $20.00          $1,000,000            $117.70
</TABLE>

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(1)   Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee,
      pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2)   Includes Shares that may be offered to the Underwriters pursuant to an
      option to cover over-allotments.

(3)   A registration fee of $117.70 was previously paid in connection with the
      initial filing filed on April 1, 2005.

                      ------------------------------------

      THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATES AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
<PAGE>

THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY
NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER
TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

                             SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

                   PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 25, 2005
PROSPECTUS
                                              SHARES

                            EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED
                          BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                                 COMMON SHARES
                                $20.00 PER SHARE
                                                              (EATON VANCE LOGO)

                             ----------------------

       Investment objectives.  Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities
Fund (the "Fund") is a newly organized, diversified, closed-end management
investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide
current income and gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In
pursuing its investment objectives, the Fund will evaluate returns on an
after-tax basis, seeking to minimize and defer shareholder federal income taxes.

       Portfolio management strategies.  Under normal market conditions, the
Fund's investment program will consist primarily of (1) owning a diversified
portfolio of common stocks, a segment of which (the "S&P 500 Segment") seeks to
exceed the total return performance of the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index
(the "S&P 500") and a segment of which (the "NASDAQ-100 Segment") seeks to
exceed the total return performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the "NASDAQ-100")
and (2) selling on a continuous basis S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of
the value of the S&P 500 Segment and NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of
the value of the NASDAQ-100 Segment.

                                               (continued on inside front cover)

       INVESTING IN THE FUND'S COMMON SHARES INVOLVES RISKS THAT ARE DESCRIBED
IN THE "RISK FACTORS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 36 OF THIS PROSPECTUS.

                             ----------------------

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                       PER SHARE           TOTAL(3)
                                                                       ---------           --------
         <S>                                                           <C>                 <C>
         Public offering price.......................................   $20.00                $
         Sales load(1)...............................................     $.90                $
         Estimated offering expenses.................................     $.04                $
         Proceeds, after expenses, to the Fund(2)....................   $19.06                $
</Table>

                                               (footnotes on inside front cover)

       Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.

       BECAUSE THE FUND IS NEWLY ORGANIZED, ITS COMMON SHARES HAVE NO HISTORY OF
PUBLIC TRADING. THE SHARES OF CLOSED-END INVESTMENT COMPANIES OFTEN TRADE AT A
DISCOUNT FROM THEIR NET ASSET VALUE, WHICH MAY INCREASE INVESTORS' RISK OF LOSS.

       The Common Shares will be ready for delivery on or about           ,
2005.

                             ----------------------

<Table>
<S>                                <C>                               <C>
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.                      UBS INVESTMENT BANK              WACHOVIA SECURITIES
A.G. EDWARDS                                RAYMOND JAMES                        ADVEST, INC.
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO.               BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC        FERRIS, BAKER WATTS
                                                                                 INCORPORATED
J.J.B. HILLIARD, W.L. LYONS, INC.    JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC      KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS
LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER                    OPPENHEIMER & CO.               RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
           INCORPORATED
TD WATERHOUSE                         WEDBUSH MORGAN SECURITIES        WELLS FARGO SECURITIES
</Table>

                             ----------------------

                The date of this prospectus is           , 2005.
<PAGE>

(footnotes from previous page)

       (1) The Fund has agreed to pay the underwriters $.00667 per Common Share
           as a partial reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with
           the offering. Eaton Vance Management (not the Fund) will pay
           additional compensation to certain qualifying underwriters. See
           "Underwriting" on page 56 of this prospectus.

       (2) In addition to the sales load, the Fund will pay offering expenses of
           up to $.04 per Common Share, estimated to total $     , which will
           reduce the proceeds to the Fund. Eaton Vance or an affiliate has
           agreed to (i) reimburse all organizational costs of the Fund and (ii)
           pay all offering costs (other than sales load) that exceed $.04 per
           Common Share.

       (3) The underwriters have an option to purchase up to      additional
           shares of the Fund at the public offering price, less the sales load,
           within 45 days of the date of this prospectus to cover any
           overallotments. If the underwriters exercise this option in full, the
           total public offering price, sales load, estimated offering expenses
           and proceeds, after expenses, to the Fund will be $     , $     ,
           $     and $     , respectively. See "Underwriting" on page 56 of this
           prospectus.

(continued from previous page)

       Investment adviser and sub-advisers.  The Fund's investment adviser is
Eaton Vance Management ("Eaton Vance" or the "Adviser"). As of January 31, 2005,
Eaton Vance and its subsidiaries managed approximately $98 billion on behalf of
funds, institutional clients and individuals, including approximately $58.6
billion in equity assets. Eaton Vance has engaged its affiliate, Parametric
Portfolio Associates LLC ("Parametric" or a "Sub-Adviser") as a sub-adviser to
the Fund. Parametric, founded in 1987, specializes in managing broadly
diversified, risk controlled and tax-efficient portfolios for high net worth and
investment company clients. Parametric managed approximately $9.2 billion in
assets as of January 31, 2005. Eaton Vance has also engaged Rampart Investment
Management Company, Inc. ("Rampart" or a "Sub-Adviser") as a sub-adviser of the
Fund. Rampart, founded in 1983, specializes in options management and trading
for institutional, high net worth and investment company clients. Rampart
managed approximately $2.7 billion in assets as of February 28, 2005. Eaton
Vance will be responsible for managing the Fund's overall investment program,
providing research support to the Sub-Advisers and supervising the performance
of the Sub-Advisers. Parametric will be responsible for structuring and managing
the Fund's common stock portfolio, including tax-loss harvesting and other
tax-management techniques, relying in part on the fundamental research and
analytical judgments of the Adviser. Parametric has developed specialized
programs and systems that are designed to provide for efficient implementation
of the Fund's strategies. Rampart will be responsible for providing advice on
and execution of the Fund's options strategy.

       Portfolio contents.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest
at least 80% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of common stocks,
designated segments of which seek to exceed the total return performance of the
S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100. Initially, the S&P 500 Segment is expected to
represent approximately 55% to 65% of the value of the Fund's stock portfolio
and the NASDAQ-100 Segment approximately 35% to 45%. Over time, these
percentages may vary as a result of relative changes in the indices, the
Adviser's evaluation of equity market conditions and other factors. Due to tax
considerations, the Fund intends to limit the overlap between its stock holdings
(and any subset thereof) and each of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less than
70% on an ongoing basis. The Fund's stock holdings may include stocks not
included in either index. The Fund will invest primarily in common stocks of
U.S. issuers.

       THE FUND SEEKS TO GENERATE CURRENT EARNINGS FROM OPTION PREMIUMS AND, TO
A LESSER EXTENT, FROM DIVIDENDS ON STOCKS HELD.  The Fund generally intends to
sell index options that qualify for treatment as "section 1256 contracts" on
which capital gains and losses are generally treated as 60% long-term and 40%
short-term, regardless of holding period. The Fund intends to employ a variety
of tax-management techniques and strategies as described herein, seeking in part
to minimize the Fund's ordinary income and its net realized short-term capital
gains in excess of net realized long-term capital losses. To the extent that the
Fund's ordinary income and net realized short-term gains over net realized
long-term losses exceed Fund expenses, dividends with respect to such amounts
when paid to Common Shareholders will be taxable as ordinary income.

       The Fund will seek to generate current earnings in part by employing an
options strategy of writing (selling) index call options on the S&P 500 and the
NASDAQ-100. Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to sell on a
continuous basis S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the value of the S&P
500 Segment and NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of the value of the
NASDAQ-100 Segment. Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the value of
the Fund's total assets will be subject to written index call options. Writing
index call options involves a tradeoff between the option premiums received and
reduced participation in potential future stock price appreciation of the Fund's
portfolio of common stocks.
<PAGE>

       Exchange listing.  The Fund's common shares have been approved for
listing on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ETV," subject to notice
of issuance. Because the Fund is newly organized, its common shares have no
history of public trading. The shares of closed-end management investment
companies frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value. The returns
earned by holders of the Fund's Common Shares ("Common Shareholders") who
purchase their shares in this offering and sell their shares below net asset
value will be reduced.

       Eaton Vance believes that the Fund may be appropriate for investors
seeking an investment vehicle that combines regular distributions of current
earnings and the potential for capital appreciation. The Fund may be
particularly well suited for taxpaying investors who can benefit from the
minimization and deferral of federal income taxes that the Fund seeks to
provide.

       The Fund's net asset value and distribution rate will vary and may be
affected by numerous factors, including changes in stock prices, option
premiums, market interest rates, dividend rates and other factors. An investment
in the Fund may not be appropriate for all investors. There is no assurance that
the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.

       This prospectus sets forth concisely information you should know before
investing in the shares of the Fund. Please read and retain this prospectus for
future reference. A Statement of Additional Information dated           , 2005
has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be obtained
without charge by calling 1-800-225-6265 or by writing to the Fund. A table of
contents to the Statement of Additional Information is located at page 60 of
this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by reference the entire Statement
of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information is available
along with shareholder reports and other Fund-related materials: at the
Securities Exchange Commission's public reference room in Washington, DC (call
1-202-942-8090 for information on the operation of the reference room); from the
EDGAR database on the Securities Exchange Commission's internet site
(http://www.sec.gov); upon payment of copying fees by writing to the Securities
Exchange Commission's public reference section, Washington, DC 20549-0102; or by
electronic mail at publicinfo@sec.gov. The Fund's address is The Eaton Vance
Building, 255 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 and its telephone number
is 1-800-225-6265.

       The Fund's shares do not represent a deposit or obligation of, and are
not guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank or other insured depository institution,
and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency.
<PAGE>

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              PAGE
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<S>                                                           <C>
Prospectus Summary..........................................     1
Summary of Fund Expenses....................................    23
The Fund....................................................    24
Use of Proceeds.............................................    24
Investment Objectives and Policies..........................    24
Risk Factors................................................    36
Management of the Fund......................................    42
Distributions...............................................    44
Federal Income Tax Matters..................................    46
Dividend Reinvestment Plan..................................    49
Description of Capital Structure............................    51
Underwriting................................................    56
Custodian and Transfer Agent................................    58
Legal Opinions..............................................    58
Reports to Shareholders.....................................    58
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm...............    59
Additional Information......................................    59
Table of Contents for the Statement of Additional
  Information...............................................    60
The Fund's Privacy Policy...................................    61
</Table>

                             ----------------------

       You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. The Fund has not, and the underwriters have not,
authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone
provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on
it. The Fund is not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell these
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. The
Fund will notify shareholders promptly of any material change to this prospectus
that occurs during the period that this prospectus is required to be delivered.
The Fund's business, financial condition and results of operations may have
changed since the date of this prospectus.

                                        i
<PAGE>

                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

       The following provides a summary of certain information contained in this
prospectus relating to the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
and its Common Shares and does not contain all of the information that you
should consider before investing in the Fund or purchasing its Common Shares.
The information is qualified in all respects by the more detailed information
included elsewhere in this prospectus, the Statement of Additional Information
and in the appropriate registration statements filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

THE FUND.........................    Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write
                                     Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") is a newly
                                     organized, diversified, closed-end
                                     management investment company. The Fund
                                     seeks to provide current income and gains,
                                     with a secondary objective of capital
                                     appreciation. Investments are based on
                                     Eaton Vance Management's ("Eaton Vance" or
                                     the "Adviser"), Parametric Portfolio
                                     Associates LLC's ("Parametric" or a
                                     "Sub-Adviser") and Rampart Investment
                                     Management Company, Inc.'s ("Rampart" or a
                                     "Sub-Adviser") internal research and
                                     proprietary modeling techniques and
                                     software. An investment in the Fund may not
                                     be appropriate for all investors. There is
                                     no assurance that the Fund will achieve its
                                     investment objectives.

THE OFFERING.....................    The Fund is offering           common
                                     shares of beneficial interest, par value
                                     $.01 per share, through a group of
                                     underwriters (the "Underwriters") led by
                                     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                                     Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch"). The common
                                     shares of beneficial interest are called
                                     "Common Shares." The Underwriters have been
                                     granted an option by the Fund to purchase
                                     up to an additional           Common Shares
                                     solely to cover orders in excess of
                                               Common Shares. The initial public
                                     offering price is $20.00 per Common Share.
                                     The minimum purchase in this offering is
                                     100 Common Shares ($2,000). See
                                     "Underwriting." Eaton Vance or an affiliate
                                     has agreed to (i) reimburse all
                                     organizational costs of the Fund and (ii)
                                     pay all offering costs (other than sales
                                     load) that exceed $.04 per Common Share.

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND
STRATEGIES.......................    The Fund's primary investment objective is
                                     to provide current income and gains, with a
                                     secondary objective of capital
                                     appreciation. In pursuing its investment
                                     objectives, the Fund will evaluate returns
                                     on an after-tax basis, seeking to minimize
                                     and defer shareholder federal income taxes.
                                     There can be no assurance that the Fund
                                     will achieve its investment objectives.

                                     Under normal market conditions, the Fund's
                                     investment program will consist primarily
                                     of (1) owning a diversified portfolio of
                                     common stocks, a segment of which (the "S&P
                                     500 Segment") seeks to exceed the total
                                     return performance of the S&P 500 Composite
                                     Stock Price Index (the "S&P 500") and a
                                     segment of which (the "NASDAQ-100 Segment")
                                     seeks to exceed the total return
                                     performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the
                                     "NASDAQ-100") and (2) selling on a
                                     continuous basis

                                        1
<PAGE>

                                     S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the
                                     value of the S&P 500 Segment and NASDAQ-100
                                     call options on at least 80% of the value
                                     of the NASDAQ-100 Segment.

                                     Under normal market conditions, the Fund
                                     will invest at least 80% of its total
                                     assets in a diversified portfolio of common
                                     stocks, designated segments of which seek
                                     to exceed the total return performance of
                                     the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100. Initially,
                                     the S&P 500 Segment is expected to
                                     represent approximately 55% to 65% of the
                                     value of the Fund's stock portfolio and the
                                     NASDAQ-100 Segment approximately 35% to
                                     45%. Over time, these percentages may vary
                                     as a result of relative changes in the
                                     indices, the Adviser's evaluation of equity
                                     market conditions and other factors.
                                     Although the Fund will designate separate
                                     S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 segments, the Fund's
                                     stock portfolio will be managed on an
                                     integrated basis. Among other portfolio
                                     considerations set forth below, the Fund
                                     will seek to minimize the projected
                                     tracking of its stock holdings versus a
                                     blend of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100
                                     corresponding to the weightings within the
                                     Fund's stock portfolio of the S&P 500
                                     Segment and the NASDAQ-100 Segment. Due to
                                     tax considerations, the Fund intends to
                                     limit the overlap between its stock
                                     holdings (and any subset thereof) and each
                                     of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less
                                     than 70% on an ongoing basis. The Fund's
                                     stock holdings may include stocks not
                                     included in either index. The Fund will
                                     invest primarily in common stocks of U.S.
                                     issuers. The Fund may invest up to 10% of
                                     its total assets in securities of foreign
                                     issuers, including securities evidenced by
                                     American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"),
                                     Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") and
                                     European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"). The
                                     Fund may invest up to 5% of its total
                                     assets in securities of emerging market
                                     issuers. The Fund expects that its assets
                                     will normally be invested across a broad
                                     range of industries and market sectors. The
                                     Fund may not invest 25% or more of its
                                     total assets in the securities of issuers
                                     in any single industry or group of
                                     industries. The Fund may invest a portion
                                     of its assets in stocks of
                                     mid-capitalization companies. Eaton Vance
                                     generally considers mid-capitalization
                                     companies to be those companies having
                                     market capitalizations within the range of
                                     capitalizations for the S&P MidCap 400
                                     Index (the "S&P MidCap 400"). As of March
                                     31, 2005, the median market capitalization
                                     of companies in the S&P MidCap 400 was
                                     approximately $2.36 billion.

                                     The Fund will seek to generate current
                                     earnings in part by employing an options
                                     strategy of writing (selling) index call
                                     options on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100.
                                     Under normal market conditions, the Fund
                                     expects to sell on a continuous basis S&P
                                     500 call options on at least 80% of the
                                     value of the S&P 500 Segment and NASDAQ-100
                                     call options on at least 80% of the value
                                     of the NASDAQ-100

                                        2
<PAGE>

                                     Segment. Under normal market conditions, at
                                     least 80% of the value of the Fund's total
                                     assets will be subject to written index
                                     call options. Writing index call options
                                     involves a tradeoff between the option
                                     premiums received and reduced participation
                                     in potential future stock price
                                     appreciation of the Fund's portfolio of
                                     common stocks. The Fund seeks to generate
                                     current earnings from option premiums and,
                                     to a lesser extent, from dividends on
                                     stocks held.

                                     The Fund intends to sell S&P 500 and
                                     NASDAQ-100 call options that are
                                     exchange-listed and "European style,"
                                     meaning that the options may be exercised
                                     only on the expiration date of the option.
                                     Index options differ from options on
                                     individual securities in that index options
                                     (i) typically are settled in cash rather
                                     than by delivery of securities and (ii)
                                     reflect price fluctuations in a group of
                                     securities or segments of the securities
                                     market rather than price fluctuations in a
                                     single security.

                                     As the seller of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100
                                     call options, the Fund will receive cash
                                     (the premiums) from option purchasers. The
                                     purchaser of an S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 call
                                     option has the right to any appreciation in
                                     the value of the applicable index over a
                                     fixed price (the exercise price) as of a
                                     specified date in the future (the option
                                     valuation date). Generally, the Fund
                                     intends to sell S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call
                                     options that are slightly
                                     "out-of-the-money" (i.e., the exercise
                                     price generally will be slightly above the
                                     current level of the applicable index when
                                     the option is sold). The Fund may also sell
                                     index options that are more substantially
                                     "out-of-the-money." Such options that are
                                     more substantially "out-of-the-money"
                                     provide greater potential for the Fund to
                                     realize capital appreciation on its
                                     portfolio stocks but generally would pay a
                                     lower premium than options that are
                                     slightly "out-of-the-money." By selling
                                     index options, the Fund will, in effect,
                                     sell the potential appreciation in the
                                     value of the S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 above
                                     the exercise price in exchange for the
                                     option premium received. If, at expiration,
                                     an S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 call option sold
                                     by the Fund is exercised, the Fund will pay
                                     the purchaser the difference between the
                                     cash value of the applicable index and the
                                     exercise price of the option. The premium,
                                     the exercise price and the market value of
                                     the applicable index will determine the
                                     gain or loss realized by the Fund as the
                                     seller of the index call option.

                                     The Fund's policies, under normal market
                                     conditions, that the Fund will invest at
                                     least 80% of its total assets in a
                                     diversified portfolio of common stocks,
                                     designated segments of which seek to exceed
                                     the total return performance of the S&P 500
                                     and the NASDAQ-100, and that at least 80%
                                     of the value of the Fund's total assets
                                     will be subject to

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                                     written index call options are
                                     non-fundamental policies and may be changed
                                     by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the
                                     "Board") without Common Shareholder
                                     approval following the provision of 60 days
                                     prior written notice to Common
                                     Shareholders.

                                     In implementing the Fund's investment
                                     strategy, the Adviser and Sub-Advisers
                                     intend to employ a variety of techniques
                                     and strategies designed to minimize and
                                     defer the federal income taxes incurred by
                                     shareholders in connection with their
                                     investment in the Fund as described below.

                                     The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index of 500
                                     stocks maintained and published by Standard
                                     & Poor's that is market-capitalization
                                     weighted and generally representative of
                                     the performance of larger stocks traded in
                                     the United States. It is not possible to
                                     invest directly in the S&P 500. The
                                     NASDAQ-100 is an unmanaged index maintained
                                     by the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq")
                                     that includes 100 of the largest domestic
                                     and international non-financial companies
                                     listed on the Nasdaq based upon market
                                     capitalization. The NASDAQ-100 reflects
                                     companies across a range of major industry
                                     groups, including computer hardware and
                                     software, telecommunications,
                                     retail/wholesale trade and biotechnology.
                                     It is not possible to invest directly in
                                     the NASDAQ-100. Compared to the S&P 500,
                                     the NASDAQ-100 has a substantially higher
                                     weighting in technology oriented
                                     industries. The Fund is not sponsored,
                                     endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard &
                                     Poor's or Nasdaq, and neither makes any
                                     representation regarding the advisability
                                     of investing in the Fund.

INVESTMENT SELECTION
STRATEGIES.......................    Eaton Vance will be responsible for
                                     managing the Fund's overall investment
                                     program, providing research support to the
                                     Sub-Advisers and supervising the
                                     performance of the Sub-Advisers. Parametric
                                     will be responsible for structuring and
                                     managing the Fund's common stock portfolio,
                                     including tax-loss harvesting and other
                                     tax-management techniques, relying in part
                                     on the fundamental research and analytical
                                     judgments of the Adviser. Parametric has
                                     developed specialized programs and systems
                                     that are designed to provide for efficient
                                     implementation of the Fund's strategies.
                                     The Fund's investments will be actively
                                     managed, and securities may be bought or
                                     sold on a daily basis. Rampart will be
                                     responsible for providing advice on and
                                     execution of the Fund's options strategy.

                                     The Adviser believes that a strategy of
                                     owning a portfolio of common stocks and
                                     selling covered call options (a "buy-write
                                     strategy") can provide current income and
                                     gains and attractive risk-adjusted returns.
                                     The Fund will sell only "covered" call
                                     options. An index call option is considered
                                     covered if the Fund maintains with its
                                     custodian assets determined to be liquid
                                     (in accordance with procedures

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                                     established by the Board) in an amount
                                     equal to the contract value of the index.
                                     An index call option also is covered if the
                                     Fund holds a call on the same index as the
                                     call written where the exercise price of
                                     the call held is (i) equal to or less than
                                     the exercise price of the call written, or
                                     (ii) greater than the exercise price of the
                                     call written, provided the difference is
                                     maintained by the Fund in segregated assets
                                     determined to be liquid (in accordance with
                                     procedures established by the Board).
                                     Compared to selling call options on
                                     individual stocks, the Adviser believes
                                     that selling index call options can achieve
                                     better tax and transactional efficiency
                                     because listed options on broad-based
                                     securities indices are "section 1256
                                     contracts" as defined in the Internal
                                     Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
                                     "Code"), subject to favorable tax treatment
                                     and because the markets for index options
                                     are generally deeper and more liquid than
                                     options on individual stocks.

                                     Eaton Vance further believes that a
                                     strategy of owning a portfolio of common
                                     stocks, designated segments of which seek
                                     to extend the total return performance of
                                     the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100, in
                                     conjunction with writing index call options
                                     on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 should
                                     generally provide returns that are superior
                                     to owning the same stocks without an
                                     associated call option writing program
                                     under three different stock market
                                     scenarios: (1) down-trending equity
                                     markets; (2) flat market conditions; and
                                     (3) moderately rising equity markets. In
                                     the Adviser's opinion, only in more
                                     strongly rising equity markets would the
                                     buy-write strategy generally be expected to
                                     underperform the stock-only portfolio. For
                                     these purposes, the Adviser considers more
                                     strongly rising equity market conditions to
                                     exist whenever the current annual rate of
                                     return for U.S. common stocks (as
                                     represented by the S&P 500 and/or the
                                     NASDAQ-100) exceeds the long-term
                                     historical average of stock market returns.
                                     The Adviser considers moderately rising
                                     equity market conditions to exist whenever
                                     current annual returns on U.S. common
                                     stocks are positive, but do not exceed the
                                     long-term historical average of stock
                                     market returns.

                                     To avoid being subject to the "straddle
                                     rules" under federal income tax law, the
                                     Fund intends to limit the overlap between
                                     its stock holdings (and any subset thereof)
                                     and each of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100
                                     to less than 70% on an ongoing basis. Under
                                     the "straddle rules," "offsetting positions
                                     with respect to personal property"
                                     generally are considered to be straddles.
                                     In general, investment positions will be
                                     offsetting if there is a substantial
                                     diminution in the risk of loss from holding
                                     one position by reason of holding one or
                                     more other positions. The Fund expects that
                                     the index call options it writes will not
                                     be considered straddles because its stock
                                     holdings will be sufficiently dissimilar
                                     from the components of the

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                                     S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 under applicable
                                     guidance established by the Internal
                                     Revenue Service (the "IRS"). Under certain
                                     circumstances, however, the Fund may enter
                                     into options transactions or certain other
                                     investments that may constitute positions
                                     in a straddle. Parametric will consider a
                                     variety of factors in constructing and
                                     maintaining the Fund's stock portfolio,
                                     including, but not limited to, stock
                                     performance ratings as determined by the
                                     Adviser, stock dividend yields, overlap
                                     between the Fund's stock holdings and the
                                     S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100, projected
                                     tracking of the Fund's stock holdings
                                     versus a blend of the S&P 500 and the
                                     NASDAQ-100, realization of loss harvesting
                                     opportunities and other tax management
                                     considerations. The Adviser's evaluation of
                                     the future performance potential of
                                     individual stocks will be one among several
                                     considerations in portfolio construction
                                     and will not, on a standalone basis, be
                                     determinative of portfolio construction.
                                     The Adviser's stock ratings will be based
                                     primarily on fundamental research.

                                     The Fund's index option strategy is
                                     designed to produce current cash flow from
                                     options premiums and to moderate the
                                     volatility of the Fund's returns. This
                                     index option strategy is of a hedging
                                     nature, and is not designed to speculate on
                                     equity market performance. The Adviser
                                     believes that the Fund's index option
                                     strategy will moderate the volatility of
                                     the Fund's returns because the option
                                     premiums received will help to mitigate the
                                     impact of downward price movements in the
                                     stocks held by the Fund, while the Fund's
                                     obligations under index calls written will
                                     effectively limit the Fund's ability to
                                     participate in upward price movements in
                                     portfolio stocks beyond certain levels.

                                     The Fund expects to sell on a continuous
                                     basis S&P 500 call options on at least 80%
                                     of the value of the S&P 500 Segment and
                                     NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of
                                     the value of the NASDAQ-100 Segment. Under
                                     normal conditions, at least 80% of the
                                     value of the Fund's total assets will be
                                     subject to written index call options. The
                                     Adviser does not intend to sell index call
                                     options representing amounts greater than
                                     the value of the Fund's common stock
                                     portfolio (i.e., take a "naked" position).
                                     The Adviser intends to sell S&P 500 and
                                     NASDAQ-100 call options that are
                                     exchange-listed and "European style,"
                                     meaning that the options may only be
                                     exercised on the expiration date of the
                                     option. Exchange-traded index options are
                                     typically settled in cash and provide that
                                     the holder of the option has the right to
                                     receive an amount of cash determined by the
                                     excess of the exercise-settlement value of
                                     the index over the exercise price of the
                                     option. The exercise-settlement value is
                                     calculated based on opening sales prices of
                                     the component index stocks on the option
                                     valuation date, which is the last business
                                     day before the expiration date. Generally,
                                     the Adviser intends to sell

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                                     S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options that
                                     are slightly "out-of-the-money," meaning
                                     that option exercise prices generally will
                                     be slightly above the current level of the
                                     index at the time the options are written.
                                     The Fund may also sell index options that
                                     are more substantially "out-of-the-money."
                                     Such options that are more substantially
                                     "out-of-the-money" provide greater
                                     potential for the Fund to realize capital
                                     appreciation on its portfolio stocks but
                                     generally would pay a lower premium than
                                     options that are slightly
                                     "out-of-the-money." The Adviser expects
                                     initially to follow a primary options
                                     strategy of selling S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100
                                     call options with a remaining maturity of
                                     between approximately one and three months
                                     and maintaining its short call options
                                     positions until approximately their option
                                     valuation date, at which time replacement
                                     call option positions with a remaining
                                     maturity within this range are written.

                                     In implementing the Fund's investment
                                     strategy, the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers
                                     intend to employ a variety of techniques
                                     and strategies designed to minimize and
                                     defer the federal income taxes incurred by
                                     Common Shareholders in connection with
                                     their investment in the Fund. These
                                     include: (1) selling index call options
                                     that qualify for treatment as "section 1256
                                     contracts" as defined in the Code, on which
                                     capital gains and losses are generally
                                     treated as 60% long-term and 40%
                                     short-term, regardless of holding period;
                                     (2) limiting the overlap between its stock
                                     holdings (and any subset thereof) and each
                                     of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less
                                     than 70% on an ongoing basis so that the
                                     Fund's stock holdings and S&P 500 and
                                     NASDAQ-100 call options are not subject to
                                     the "straddle rules;" (3) engaging in a
                                     systematic program of tax-loss harvesting
                                     in the Fund's stock portfolio, periodically
                                     selling stock positions that have
                                     depreciated in value to realize capital
                                     losses that can be used to offset capital
                                     gains realized by the Fund; and (4)
                                     managing the sale of appreciated stock
                                     positions so as to minimize the Fund's net
                                     realized short-term capital gains in excess
                                     of net realized long-term capital losses.
                                     The Fund will seek to offset the 40% of
                                     gains on index options treated as
                                     short-term against Fund expenses and
                                     realized losses on other investments
                                     allocable against short-term gains. When an
                                     appreciated security is sold, the Fund
                                     intends to select for sale the share lots
                                     resulting in the most favorable tax
                                     treatment, generally those with holding
                                     periods sufficient to qualify for long-term
                                     capital gains treatment that have the
                                     highest cost basis.

                                     In addition, the Fund will seek to earn and
                                     distribute "qualified dividend income."
                                     Under federal income tax law enacted in
                                     2003, the qualified dividend income of
                                     individuals and other noncorporate
                                     taxpayers is taxed at long-term capital
                                     gain tax rates if certain holding period
                                     and other

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                                     requirements are met. Qualified dividends
                                     are dividends from domestic corporations
                                     and dividends from foreign corporations
                                     that meet certain specified criteria. The
                                     Fund generally can pass the tax treatment
                                     of qualified dividend income it receives
                                     through to Common Shareholders. For the
                                     Fund to receive tax-advantaged treatment of
                                     its qualified dividend income, the Fund
                                     must hold stock paying qualified dividends
                                     for more than 60 days during the 121-day
                                     period beginning 60 days before the
                                     ex-dividend date (or more than 90 days
                                     during the associated 181-day period, in
                                     the case of certain preferred stocks). In
                                     addition, the Fund cannot be obligated to
                                     make related payments (pursuant to a short
                                     sale or otherwise) with respect to
                                     positions in any security that is
                                     substantially similar or related property
                                     with respect to such stock. Similar
                                     provisions apply to each Common
                                     Shareholder's investment in the Fund. In
                                     order for qualified dividend income paid by
                                     the Fund to a Common Shareholder to be
                                     taxable at long-term capital gains rates,
                                     the Common Shareholder must hold his or her
                                     Fund shares for more than 60 days during
                                     the 121-day period surrounding the ex-
                                     dividend date. The provisions of the Code
                                     applicable to qualified dividend income are
                                     effective through 2008. Thereafter,
                                     qualified dividend income will be subject
                                     to tax at ordinary income rates unless
                                     further legislative action is taken. The
                                     Fund's investment program and the tax
                                     treatment of Fund distributions may be
                                     affected by IRS interpretations of the Code
                                     and future changes in tax laws and
                                     regulations, including changes resulting
                                     from the "sunset" provisions described
                                     above that would have the effect of
                                     repealing the favorable treatment of
                                     qualified dividend income and reimposing
                                     the higher tax rates applicable to ordinary
                                     income in 2009 unless further legislative
                                     action is taken.

                                     The Fund may seek to enhance the level of
                                     tax-advantaged dividend income it receives
                                     by emphasizing higher-yielding stocks in
                                     its stock portfolio and by engaging in
                                     dividend capture trading. In a dividend
                                     capture trade, the Fund sells a stock on or
                                     shortly after the stock's ex-dividend date
                                     and uses the sale proceeds to purchase one
                                     or more other stocks that are expected to
                                     pay dividends before the next dividend
                                     payment on the stock being sold. Through
                                     this practice, the Fund may receive more
                                     dividend payments over a given time period
                                     than if it held a single stock. In order
                                     for dividends received by the Fund to
                                     qualify for favorable tax treatment, the
                                     Fund must comply with the holding period
                                     and other requirements set forth in the
                                     preceding paragraph. By complying with
                                     applicable holding period and other
                                     requirements while engaging in dividend
                                     capture trading, the Fund may be able to
                                     enhance the level of tax-advantaged
                                     dividend income it receives because it will
                                     receive more dividend payments qualifying
                                     for favorable treatment during the same
                                     time period than if it

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                                     simply held its portfolio stocks. The use
                                     of dividend capture trading strategies will
                                     expose the Fund to increased trading costs
                                     and potentially higher short-term gain or
                                     loss.

                                     The foregoing policies relating to
                                     investments in common stocks and options
                                     writing are the Fund's primary investment
                                     policies. In addition to its primary
                                     investment policies, the Fund may invest to
                                     a limited extent in other types of
                                     securities and engage in certain other
                                     investment practices. In addition to
                                     writing index call options, the Fund may
                                     invest up to 20% of its total assets in
                                     derivative instruments acquired for
                                     hedging, risk management and investment
                                     purposes (to gain exposure to securities,
                                     securities markets, markets indices and/or
                                     currencies consistent with its investment
                                     objectives and policies), provided that no
                                     more than 10% of the Fund's total assets
                                     may be invested in such derivative
                                     instruments acquired for non-hedging
                                     purposes. To seek to protect against price
                                     declines in securities holdings with large
                                     accumulated gains, the Fund may use various
                                     hedging techniques (such as the purchase
                                     and sale of futures contracts on stocks and
                                     stock indices and options thereon, equity
                                     swaps, covered short sales, forward sales
                                     of stocks and the purchase and sale of
                                     forward currency exchange contracts and
                                     currency futures). By using these
                                     techniques rather than selling appreciated
                                     securities, the Fund can, within certain
                                     limitations, reduce its exposure to price
                                     declines in the securities without
                                     realizing substantial capital gains under
                                     current tax law. Derivative instruments may
                                     also be used by the Fund to enhance returns
                                     or as a substitute for the purchase or sale
                                     of securities. As a general matter,
                                     dividends received on hedged stock
                                     positions are characterized as ordinary
                                     income and are not eligible for favorable
                                     tax treatment. Dividends received on
                                     securities with respect to which the Fund
                                     is obligated to make related payments
                                     (pursuant to short sales or otherwise) will
                                     be treated as fully taxable ordinary income
                                     (i.e., income other than tax-advantaged
                                     dividends). In addition, use of derivatives
                                     may give rise to short-term capital gains
                                     and other income that would not qualify for
                                     favorable tax treatment. See "Risk
                                     Factors."

LISTING..........................    The Fund's Common Shares have been approved
                                     for listing on the New York Stock Exchange
                                     under the symbol "ETV," subject to notice
                                     of issuance.

INVESTMENT ADVISER, ADMINISTRATOR
AND SUB-ADVISERS.................    Eaton Vance, a wholly owned subsidiary of
                                     Eaton Vance Corp., is the Fund's investment
                                     adviser and administrator. The Adviser and
                                     its subsidiaries managed approximately $98
                                     billion on behalf of funds, institutional
                                     clients and individuals as of January 31,
                                     2005, including approximately $58.6 billion
                                     in equity assets. Thirty-two of the funds
                                     managed by Eaton Vance are closed-end
                                     funds. Eaton Vance has engaged Parametric,
                                     an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of
                                     Eaton Vance Corp., as a sub-adviser to the

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                                     Fund. Parametric, founded in 1987,
                                     specializes in managing broadly
                                     diversified, risk controlled and
                                     tax-efficient portfolios for high net worth
                                     and investment company clients. Parametric
                                     managed approximately $9.2 billion in
                                     assets as of January 31, 2005. Eaton Vance
                                     has also engaged Rampart as a sub-adviser.
                                     Rampart, founded in 1983, specializes in
                                     options management and trading for
                                     institutional, high net worth and
                                     investment company clients. Rampart managed
                                     approximately $2.7 billion in assets as of
                                     February 28, 2005. Eaton Vance will be
                                     responsible for managing the Fund's overall
                                     investment program, providing research
                                     support to the Sub-Advisers and supervising
                                     the performance of the Sub-Advisers.
                                     Parametric will be responsible for
                                     structuring and managing the Fund's common
                                     stock portfolio, including tax-loss
                                     harvesting and other tax-management
                                     techniques, relying in part on the
                                     fundamental research and analytical
                                     judgments of the Adviser. Parametric has
                                     developed specialized programs and systems
                                     that are designed to provide for efficient
                                     implementation of the Fund's strategies.
                                     Rampart will be responsible for providing
                                     advice on and execution of the Fund's
                                     options strategy. See "Management of the
                                     Fund."

DISTRIBUTIONS....................    Commencing with the Fund's first
                                     distribution, the Fund intends to make
                                     regular quarterly distributions to Common
                                     Shareholders sourced from the Fund's cash
                                     available for distribution. "Cash available
                                     for distribution" will consist of the
                                     Fund's net option premiums, net realized
                                     and unrealized gains on stock investments,
                                     and dividends and interest income, after
                                     payment of Fund expenses. The Fund's
                                     distribution rate may be adjusted from time
                                     to time. The Board may modify this
                                     distribution policy at any time without
                                     obtaining the approval of Common
                                     Shareholders. The initial distribution is
                                     expected to be declared approximately 75
                                     days and paid approximately 90 to 120 days
                                     after the completion of this offering,
                                     depending on market conditions.

                                     The Fund's annual distributions will likely
                                     differ from annual net investment income.
                                     The investment income of the Fund will
                                     consist of all dividend and interest income
                                     accrued on portfolio investments,
                                     short-term capital gain (including
                                     short-term gains on option positions and
                                     gains on the sale of portfolio investments
                                     held for one year or less) in excess of
                                     long-term capital loss and income from
                                     certain hedging transactions, less all
                                     expenses of the Fund. Expenses of the Fund
                                     will be accrued each day. To the extent
                                     that the Fund's net investment income for
                                     any year exceeds the total quarterly
                                     distributions paid during the year, the
                                     Fund will make a special distribution at or
                                     near year-end of such excess amount as may
                                     be required. Over time, all of the Fund's
                                     investment company taxable income will be
                                     distributed.

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                                     At least annually, the Fund intends to
                                     distribute any net capital gain (which is
                                     the excess of net long-term capital gain
                                     over net short-term capital loss) or,
                                     alternatively, to retain all or a portion
                                     of the year's net capital gain and pay
                                     federal income tax on the retained gain. As
                                     provided under federal tax law, Common
                                     Shareholders of record as of the end of the
                                     Fund's taxable year will include their
                                     attributable share of the retained gain in
                                     their income for the year as a long-term
                                     capital gain, and will be entitled to a tax
                                     credit or refund for the tax deemed paid on
                                     their behalf by the Fund. The Fund may
                                     treat the cash value of tax credit and
                                     refund amounts in connection with retained
                                     capital gains as a substitute for
                                     equivalent cash distributions.

                                     If the Fund's total quarterly distributions
                                     in any year exceed the amount of its net
                                     investment income for the year, any such
                                     excess would be characterized as a return
                                     of capital for federal income tax purposes
                                     to the extent not designated as a capital
                                     gain dividend. Distributions in any year
                                     may include a substantial return of capital
                                     component. Under the Investment Company Act
                                     of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), for
                                     any distribution that includes amounts from
                                     sources other than net income, the Fund is
                                     required to provide Common Shareholders a
                                     written statement regarding the components
                                     of such distribution. Such a statement will
                                     be provided at the time of any distribution
                                     believed to include any such amounts.

                                     To permit the Fund to maintain more stable
                                     distributions, distribution rates will be
                                     based on projected annual cash available
                                     from distribution. As a result, the
                                     distributions paid by the Fund for any
                                     particular quarter may be more or less than
                                     the amount of cash available for
                                     distribution from that quarterly period. In
                                     certain circumstances, the Fund may be
                                     required to sell a portion of its
                                     investment portfolio to fund distributions.
                                     Distributions will reduce the Common
                                     Shares' net asset value.

                                     The Fund has applied for an order from the
                                     Securities Exchange Commission granting it
                                     an exemption from Section 19(b) of the 1940
                                     Act and Rule 19b-1 thereunder to permit the
                                     Fund to include realized long-term capital
                                     gains as a part of its regular
                                     distributions to Common Shareholders more
                                     frequently than would otherwise be
                                     permitted by the 1940 Act (generally once
                                     per taxable year). In the event that such
                                     an exemptive order is obtained, the Fund
                                     will consider increasing the frequency of
                                     its regular distributions from quarterly to
                                     monthly. There is no assurance that the
                                     Securities Exchange Commission will grant
                                     the Fund's request for such exemptive
                                     order. The staff of the Securities Exchange
                                     Commission has indicated that it has
                                     suspended the processing of exemptive
                                     applications requesting the type of relief
                                     referenced above, pending review by the
                                     staff of the results of an industry-wide
                                     Securities Exchange Commission inspection
                                     focusing on
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                                     the dividend practices of closed-end
                                     investment companies. There can be no
                                     assurance as to when that review might be
                                     completed or whether, following that
                                     review, the staff would process such
                                     applications or grant such relief. As a
                                     result of this development, the Fund has no
                                     current expectation that it will be in a
                                     position to include long-term capital gains
                                     in Fund distributions more frequently than
                                     is permitted under the 1940 Act, thus
                                     leaving the Fund with the possibility of
                                     variability in distributions (and their tax
                                     attributes) as discussed above.

                                     Common Shareholders may elect automatically
                                     to reinvest some or all of their
                                     distributions in additional Common Shares
                                     under the Fund's dividend reinvestment
                                     plan. See "Distributions" and "Dividend
                                     Reinvestment Plan."

DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN.......    The Fund has established a dividend
                                     reinvestment plan (the "Plan"). Under the
                                     Plan, a Common Shareholder may elect to
                                     have all distributions automatically
                                     reinvested in additional Common Shares
                                     either purchased in the open market or
                                     newly issued by the Fund if the Common
                                     Shares are trading at or above their net
                                     asset value. Common Shareholders may elect
                                     to participate in the Plan by completing
                                     the dividend reinvestment plan application
                                     form. Common Shareholders who do not elect
                                     to participate in the Plan will receive all
                                     distributions in cash paid by check mailed
                                     directly to them by PFPC Inc., as dividend
                                     paying agent. Common Shareholders who
                                     intend to hold their Common Shares through
                                     a broker or nominee should contact such
                                     broker or nominee to determine whether or
                                     how they may participate in the Plan. See
                                     "Dividend Reinvestment Plan."

CLOSED-END STRUCTURE.............    Closed-end funds differ from traditional,
                                     open-end management investment companies
                                     (commonly referred to as mutual funds) in
                                     that closed-end funds generally list their
                                     shares for trading on a securities exchange
                                     and do not redeem their shares at the
                                     option of the shareholder. By comparison,
                                     mutual funds issue securities that are
                                     redeemable at net asset value at the option
                                     of the shareholder and typically engage in
                                     a continuous offering of their shares.

                                     Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade
                                     at a discount from their net asset value.
                                     In recognition of this possibility and that
                                     any such discount may not be in the
                                     interest of Common Shareholders, the Fund's
                                     Board, in consultation with Eaton Vance,
                                     from time to time may review possible
                                     actions to reduce any such discount. The
                                     Board might consider open market
                                     repurchases or tender offers for Common
                                     Shares at net asset value. There can be no
                                     assurance that the Board will decide to
                                     undertake any of these actions or that, if
                                     undertaken, such actions would result in
                                     the Common Shares trading at a price equal
                                     to or close to net asset value per Common
                                     Share. The Board might also consider the
                                     conversion of the Fund to an open-

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                                     end mutual fund. The Board believes,
                                     however, that the closed-end structure is
                                     desirable, given the Fund's investment
                                     objectives and policies. Investors should
                                     assume, therefore, that it is highly
                                     unlikely that the Board would vote to
                                     convert the Fund to an open-end investment
                                     company.

SPECIAL RISK CONSIDERATIONS......    The following describes various principal
                                     risks of investing in the Fund. A more
                                     detailed description of these and other
                                     risks of investing in the Fund are
                                     described under "Risk Factors" in this
                                     prospectus and under "Additional Investment
                                     Information and Restrictions" in the Fund's
                                     Statement of Additional Information

                                     No operating history.  The Fund is a newly
                                     organized, diversified closed-end
                                     investment company with no history of
                                     operations and is designed for long-term
                                     investors and not as a trading vehicle.

                                     Investment and market risk.  An investment
                                     in Common Shares is subject to investment
                                     risk, including the possible loss of the
                                     entire principal amount invested. An
                                     investment in Common Shares represents an
                                     indirect investment in the securities owned
                                     by the Fund, which are generally traded on
                                     a securities exchange or in the
                                     over-the-counter markets. The value of
                                     these securities, like other market
                                     investments, may move up or down, sometimes
                                     rapidly and unpredictably. Because the Fund
                                     intends to sell stock index call options on
                                     a continuous basis on at least 80% of the
                                     value of its total assets, the Fund's
                                     appreciation potential from equity market
                                     performance will be limited. The Common
                                     Shares at any point in time may be worth
                                     less than the original investment, even
                                     after taking into account any reinvestment
                                     of distributions.

                                     Issuer risk.  The value of securities held
                                     by the Fund may decline for a number of
                                     reasons that directly relate to the issuer,
                                     such as management performance, financial
                                     leverage and reduced demand for the
                                     issuer's goods and services.

                                     Equity risk.  Under normal market
                                     conditions, the Fund will invest at least
                                     80% of its total assets in a diversified
                                     portfolio of common stocks. Therefore, a
                                     principal risk of investing in the Fund is
                                     equity risk. Equity risk is the risk that
                                     the value of securities held by the Fund
                                     will fluctuate or fall due to general
                                     market or economic conditions, perceptions
                                     regarding the industries in which the
                                     issuers of securities held by the Fund
                                     participate, and the particular
                                     circumstances and performance of particular
                                     companies whose securities the Fund holds.
                                     Although common stocks have historically
                                     generated higher average returns than
                                     fixed-income securities over the long term,
                                     common stocks also have experienced
                                     significantly more volatility in returns.
                                     An adverse event, such as an unfavorable
                                     earnings report, may depress the value of
                                     equity securities of an issuer held by the
                                     Fund; the price of common stock of an

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                                     issuer may be particularly sensitive to
                                     general movements in the stock market; or a
                                     drop in the stock market may depress the
                                     price of most or all of the common stocks
                                     held by the Fund. In addition, common stock
                                     of an issuer in the Fund's portfolio may
                                     decline in price if the issuer fails to
                                     make anticipated dividend payments because,
                                     among other reasons, the issuer of the
                                     security experiences a decline in its
                                     financial condition. Common stocks in which
                                     the Fund will invest are structurally
                                     subordinated to preferred stocks, bonds and
                                     other debt instruments in a company's
                                     capital structure, in terms of priority to
                                     corporate income, and therefore will be
                                     subject to greater dividend risk than
                                     preferred stocks or debt instruments of
                                     such issuers. Finally, common stock prices
                                     may be sensitive to rising interest rates,
                                     as the costs of capital rise and borrowing
                                     costs increase.

                                     Risks of investing in mid-cap
                                     companies.  The Fund may make investments
                                     in stocks of companies whose market
                                     capitalization is considered middle sized
                                     or "mid-cap." Mid-cap companies often are
                                     newer or less established companies than
                                     larger capitalization companies.
                                     Investments in mid-cap companies carry
                                     additional risks because earnings of these
                                     companies tend to be less predictable; they
                                     often have limited product lines, markets,
                                     distribution channels or financial
                                     resources; and the management of such
                                     companies may be dependent upon one or a
                                     few key people. The market movements of
                                     equity securities of mid-cap companies may
                                     be more abrupt or erratic than the market
                                     movements of equity securities of larger,
                                     more established companies or the stock
                                     market in general. Historically, mid-cap
                                     companies have sometimes gone through
                                     extended periods when they did not perform
                                     as well as larger companies. In addition,
                                     equity securities of mid-cap companies
                                     generally are less liquid than those of
                                     larger companies. This means that the Fund
                                     could have greater difficulty selling such
                                     securities at the time and price that the
                                     Fund would like.

                                     Risks of "growth" stock investing.  The
                                     Fund expects to invest substantially in
                                     stocks with "growth" characteristics.
                                     Growth stocks can react differently to
                                     issuer, political, market and economic
                                     developments than the market as a whole and
                                     other types of stocks. Growth stocks tend
                                     to be more expensive relative to their
                                     earnings or assets compared to other types
                                     of stocks. As a result, growth stocks tend
                                     to be sensitive to changes in their
                                     earnings and more volatile than other types
                                     of stocks.

                                     Risk of selling index call options.  The
                                     Fund expects to sell on a continuous basis
                                     S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the
                                     value of the S&P 500 Segment and NASDAQ-100
                                     call options on at least 80% of the value
                                     of the NASDQ-100 Segment, and collectively
                                     to sell index call options on at least 80%
                                     of the Fund's total assets. The

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                                     purchaser of an index call option has the
                                     right to any appreciation in the value of
                                     the index over the exercise price of the
                                     call option as of the valuation date of the
                                     option. Because their exercise is settled
                                     in cash, sellers of index call options such
                                     as the Fund cannot provide in advance for
                                     their potential settlement obligations by
                                     acquiring and holding the underlying
                                     securities. The Fund intends to mitigate
                                     the risks of its written index call
                                     positions by holding a diversified
                                     portfolio of stocks, the S&P 500 Segment of
                                     which is similar to the S&P 500 and the
                                     NASDAQ-100 Segment of which is similar to
                                     the NASDAQ-100. However, the Fund does not
                                     intend to acquire and hold a portfolio
                                     containing exactly the same stocks as the
                                     S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100. Due to tax
                                     considerations, the Fund intends to limit
                                     the overlap between its stock holdings (and
                                     any subset thereof) and each of the S&P 500
                                     and the NASDAQ-100 to less than 70% on an
                                     ongoing basis. Consequently, the Fund bears
                                     the risk that the performance of the
                                     securities held will vary from the
                                     performance of the S&P 500 and the
                                     NASDAQ-100. For example, the Fund will
                                     suffer a loss if the S&P 500 appreciates
                                     substantially above the exercise price of
                                     S&P 500 call options written by the Fund
                                     while the securities held by the Fund in
                                     the S&P 500 Segment in the aggregate fail
                                     to appreciate as much or decline in value
                                     over the life of the written option. Index
                                     options written by the Fund will be priced
                                     on a daily basis. Their value will be
                                     affected primarily by changes in the price
                                     and dividend rates of the underlying common
                                     stocks in the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100,
                                     changes in actual or perceived volatility
                                     of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 and the
                                     remaining time to the options' expiration.
                                     The trading price of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100
                                     call options will also be affected by
                                     liquidity considerations and the balance of
                                     purchase and sale orders.

                                     A decision as to whether, when and how to
                                     use options involves the exercise of skill
                                     and judgment, and even a well-conceived and
                                     well-executed options program may be
                                     adversely affected by market behavior or
                                     unexpected events. As the writer of S&P 500
                                     and NASDAQ-100 call options, the Fund will
                                     forgo, during the option's life, the
                                     opportunity to profit from increases in the
                                     value of the applicable index above the sum
                                     of the option premium received and the
                                     exercise price of the call option, but
                                     retains the risk of loss, minus the option
                                     premium received, should the value of the
                                     applicable index decline. When a call
                                     option is exercised, the Fund will be
                                     required to deliver an amount of cash
                                     determined by the excess of the value of
                                     the applicable index at contract
                                     termination over the exercise price of the
                                     option. Thus, the exercise of index call
                                     options sold by the Fund may require the
                                     Fund to sell

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                                     portfolio securities to generate cash at
                                     inopportune times or for unattractive
                                     prices.

                                     The trading price of options may be
                                     adversely affected if the market for such
                                     options becomes less liquid or smaller. The
                                     Fund may close out a call option by buying
                                     the option instead of letting it expire or
                                     be exercised. There can be no assurance
                                     that a liquid market will exist when the
                                     Fund seeks to close out a call option
                                     position by buying the option. Reasons for
                                     the absence of a liquid secondary market on
                                     an exchange include the following: (i)
                                     there may be insufficient trading interest
                                     in certain options; (ii) restrictions may
                                     be imposed by an exchange on opening
                                     transactions or closing transactions or
                                     both; (iii) trading halts, suspensions or
                                     other restrictions may be imposed with
                                     respect to particular classes or series of
                                     options; (iv) unusual or unforeseen
                                     circumstances may interrupt normal
                                     operations on an exchange; (v) the
                                     facilities of an exchange or the Options
                                     Clearing Corporation (the "OCC") may not at
                                     all times be adequate to handle current
                                     trading volume; or (vi) one or more
                                     exchanges could, for economic or other
                                     reasons, decide or be compelled to
                                     discontinue the trading of options (or a
                                     particular class or series of options) at
                                     some future date. If trading were
                                     discontinued, the secondary market on that
                                     exchange (or in that class or series of
                                     options) would cease to exist. However,
                                     outstanding options on that exchange that
                                     had been issued by the OCC as a result of
                                     trades on that exchange would continue to
                                     be exercisable in accordance with their
                                     terms.

                                     The hours of trading for options may not
                                     conform to the hours during which common
                                     stocks held by the Fund are traded. To the
                                     extent that the options markets close
                                     before the markets for securities,
                                     significant price and rate movements can
                                     take place in the securities markets that
                                     would not be reflected concurrently in the
                                     options markets. Index call options are
                                     marked to market daily and their value is
                                     affected by changes in the value and
                                     dividend rates of the securities
                                     represented in the underlying index,
                                     changes in interest rates, changes in the
                                     actual or perceived volatility of the
                                     associated index and the remaining time to
                                     the options' expiration, as well as trading
                                     conditions in the options market.

                                     Tax risk.  Reference is made to "Federal
                                     Income Tax Matters" for an explanation of
                                     the federal income tax consequences and
                                     attendant risks of investing in the Fund.
                                     Although the Fund seeks to minimize and
                                     defer the federal income taxes incurred by
                                     Common Shareholders in connection with
                                     their investment in the Fund, there can be
                                     no assurance that it will be successful in
                                     this regard. The tax treatment and
                                     characterization of the Fund's
                                     distributions may change over time due to
                                     changes in the Fund's mix of investment
                                     returns and changes in the federal tax
                                     laws,

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                                     regulations and administrative and judicial
                                     interpretations. Distributions paid on the
                                     Common Shares may be characterized
                                     variously as non-qualified dividends
                                     (taxable at ordinary income rates),
                                     qualified dividends and capital gains
                                     dividends (each taxable at long-term
                                     capital gains rates) or return of capital
                                     (not currently taxable). The ultimate tax
                                     characterization of the Fund's
                                     distributions made in a calendar year may
                                     not finally be determined until after the
                                     end of that calendar year. Distributions to
                                     a Common Shareholder that are return of
                                     capital will be tax free to the amount of
                                     the Common Shareholder's current tax basis
                                     in his or her Common Shares, with any
                                     distribution amounts exceeding such basis
                                     treated as capital gain on a deemed sale of
                                     Common Shares. Common Shareholders are
                                     required to reduce their tax basis in
                                     Common Shares by the amount of tax-free
                                     return of capital distributions received,
                                     thereby increasing the amount of capital
                                     gain (or decreasing the amount of capital
                                     loss) to be recognized upon a later
                                     disposition of the Common Shares. In order
                                     for Fund distributions of qualified
                                     dividend income to be taxable at favorable
                                     long-term capital gains rates, a Common
                                     Shareholder must meet certain prescribed
                                     holding period and other requirements with
                                     respect to his or her Common Shares. If
                                     positions held by the Fund were treated as
                                     "straddles" for federal income tax
                                     purposes, dividends on such positions would
                                     not constitute qualified dividend income
                                     subject to favorable income tax treatment.
                                     Gain or loss on positions in a straddle are
                                     subject to special (and generally
                                     disadvantageous) rules as described under
                                     "Distributions -- Federal Income Tax
                                     Matters."

                                     Distribution risk.  The quarterly
                                     distributions Common Shareholders will
                                     receive from the Fund will be sourced from
                                     the Fund's net option premiums, net
                                     realized and unrealized gains on stock
                                     investments, and dividends and interest
                                     income, after payment of Fund expenses. The
                                     Fund's cash available for distribution may
                                     vary widely over the short- and long-term.
                                     If stock market volatility declines or
                                     stock prices decline, the level of premiums
                                     from writing index call options and the
                                     amounts available for distribution from
                                     options activity will likely decrease as
                                     well. Payments to close written call
                                     options will reduce amounts available for
                                     distribution from call option premiums
                                     received. Net realized and unrealized gains
                                     on the Fund's stock investments will be
                                     determined primarily by the direction and
                                     movement of the U.S. stock market (and the
                                     particular stocks held). Dividends on
                                     common stocks are not fixed but are
                                     declared at the discretion of the issuer's
                                     board of directors. There can be no
                                     assurance that quarterly distributions paid
                                     by the Fund to the Common Shareholders will
                                     be maintained at initial levels or increase
                                     over time.

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                                     Foreign security risk.  The value of
                                     foreign securities is affected by changes
                                     in currency rates, foreign tax laws
                                     (including withholding tax), government
                                     policies (in this country or abroad),
                                     relations between nations and trading,
                                     settlement, custodial and other operational
                                     risks. In addition, the costs of investing
                                     abroad (such as foreign brokerage costs,
                                     custodial expenses and other fees) are
                                     generally higher than in the United States,
                                     and foreign securities markets may be less
                                     liquid, more volatile and less subject to
                                     governmental supervision than markets in
                                     the United States. Foreign investments also
                                     could be affected by other factors not
                                     present in the United States, including
                                     expropriation of assets, armed conflict,
                                     confiscatory taxation, lack of uniform
                                     accounting and auditing standards, less
                                     publicly available financial and other
                                     information and potential difficulties in
                                     enforcing contractual obligations or
                                     repatriating capital invested in foreign
                                     countries. As an alternative to holding
                                     foreign-traded securities, the Fund may
                                     invest in dollar-denominated securities of
                                     foreign companies that trade on U.S.
                                     exchanges or in the U.S. over-the-counter
                                     market (including depositary receipts,
                                     which evidence ownership in underlying
                                     foreign securities). Since the Fund may
                                     invest in securities denominated or quoted
                                     in currencies other than the U.S. dollar,
                                     the Fund may be affected by changes in
                                     foreign currency exchange rates (and
                                     exchange control regulations) which affect
                                     the value of investments held by the Fund
                                     and the accrued income and appreciation or
                                     depreciation of the investments in U.S.
                                     dollars. Changes in foreign currency
                                     exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar
                                     will affect the U.S. dollar value of the
                                     Fund's assets denominated in that currency
                                     and the Fund's return on such assets as
                                     well as any temporary uninvested reserves
                                     in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
                                     addition, the Fund will incur costs in
                                     connection with conversions between various
                                     currencies.

                                     Because foreign companies are not subject
                                     to uniform accounting, auditing and
                                     financial reporting standards, practices
                                     and requirements comparable to those
                                     applicable to U.S. companies, there may be
                                     less or less reliable publicly available
                                     information about a foreign company than
                                     about a domestic company. Volume and
                                     liquidity in most foreign markets are less
                                     than in the United States and securities of
                                     some foreign companies are less liquid and
                                     more volatile than securities of comparable
                                     U.S. companies. There is generally less
                                     government supervision and regulation of
                                     securities exchanges, broker-dealers and
                                     listed companies than in the United States.
                                     Mail service between the United States and
                                     foreign countries may be slower or less
                                     reliable than within the United States,
                                     thus increasing the risk of delayed
                                     settlements of portfolio transactions for,
                                     or loss of certificates of, portfolio

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                                     securities. Payment for securities before
                                     delivery may be required. In addition, with
                                     respect to certain foreign countries, there
                                     is the possibility of expropriation or
                                     confiscatory taxation, political or social
                                     instability, or diplomatic developments,
                                     which could affect investments in those
                                     countries. Moreover, individual foreign
                                     economies may differ favorably or
                                     unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such
                                     respects as growth of gross national
                                     product, rate of inflation, capital
                                     reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and
                                     balance of payments position. Foreign
                                     securities markets, while growing in volume
                                     and sophistication, are generally not as
                                     developed as those in the United States,
                                     and securities of some foreign issuers
                                     (particularly those located in developing
                                     countries) may be less liquid and more
                                     volatile than securities of comparable U.S.
                                     companies. The risks of foreign investments
                                     described above apply to an even greater
                                     extent to investments in emerging markets.

                                     Emerging market security risk.  The Fund
                                     may invest up to 5% of its total assets in
                                     securities of issuers located in emerging
                                     markets. The risks of foreign investments
                                     described above apply to an even greater
                                     extent to investments in emerging markets.
                                     The securities markets of emerging
                                     countries are generally smaller, less
                                     developed, less liquid, and more volatile
                                     than the securities markets of the United
                                     States and developed foreign markets.
                                     Disclosure and regulatory standards in many
                                     respects are less stringent than in the
                                     United States and developed foreign
                                     markets. There also may be a lower level of
                                     monitoring and regulation of securities
                                     markets in emerging market countries and
                                     the activities of investors in such markets
                                     and enforcement of existing regulations has
                                     been extremely limited. Many emerging
                                     countries have experienced substantial, and
                                     in some periods extremely high, rates of
                                     inflation for many years. Inflation and
                                     rapid fluctuations in inflation rates have
                                     had and may continue to have very negative
                                     effects on the economies and securities
                                     markets of certain emerging countries.
                                     Economies in emerging markets generally are
                                     heavily dependent upon international trade
                                     and, accordingly, have been and may
                                     continue to be affected adversely by trade
                                     barriers, exchange controls, managed
                                     adjustments in relative currency values,
                                     and other protectionist measures imposed or
                                     negotiated by the countries with which they
                                     trade. The economies of these countries
                                     also have been and may continue to be
                                     adversely affected by economic conditions
                                     in the countries in which they trade. The
                                     economies of countries with emerging
                                     markets may also be predominantly based on
                                     only a few industries or dependent on
                                     revenues from particular commodities. In
                                     addition, custodial services and other
                                     costs relating to investment in foreign
                                     markets may be more expensive in emerging
                                     markets than in many developed

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                                     foreign markets, which could reduce the
                                     Fund's income from such securities.

                                     In many cases, governments of emerging
                                     countries continue to exercise significant
                                     control over their economies, and
                                     government actions relative to the economy,
                                     as well as economic developments generally,
                                     may affect the Fund's investments in those
                                     countries. In addition, there is a
                                     heightened possibility of expropriation or
                                     confiscatory taxation, imposition of
                                     withholding taxes on interest payments, or
                                     other similar developments that could
                                     affect investments in those countries.
                                     There can be no assurance that adverse
                                     political changes will not cause the Fund
                                     to suffer a loss of any or all of its
                                     investments.

                                     Interest rate risk.  The premiums from
                                     writing index call options and amounts
                                     available for distribution from the Fund's
                                     options activity may decrease in declining
                                     interest rate environments. The value of
                                     the Fund's common stock investments may
                                     also be influenced by changes in interest
                                     rates. Higher yielding stocks and stocks of
                                     issuers whose businesses are substantially
                                     affected by changes in interest rates may
                                     be particularly sensitive to interest rate
                                     risk.

                                     Derivatives risk.  In addition to writing
                                     index call options, the risks of which are
                                     described above, the Fund may invest up to
                                     20% of its total assets in other derivative
                                     investments acquired for hedging, risk
                                     management and investment purposes.
                                     Derivative transactions including options
                                     on securities and securities indices and
                                     other transactions in which the Fund may
                                     engage (such as futures contracts and
                                     options thereon, swaps and short sales) may
                                     subject the Fund to increased risk of
                                     principal loss due to unexpected movements
                                     in stock prices, changes in stock
                                     volatility levels and interest rates, and
                                     imperfect correlations between the Fund's
                                     securities holdings and indices upon which
                                     derivative transactions are based. The Fund
                                     also will be subject to credit risk with
                                     respect to the counterparties to any
                                     over-the-counter derivatives contracts
                                     entered into by the Fund. If a counterparty
                                     becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to
                                     perform its obligations under a derivative
                                     contract due to financial difficulties, the
                                     Fund may experience significant delays in
                                     obtaining any recovery under the derivative
                                     contract in a bankruptcy or other
                                     reorganization proceeding. The Fund may
                                     obtain only a limited recovery or no
                                     recovery in such circumstances. Derivatives
                                     may disproportionately increase losses and
                                     have a potentially large negative impact on
                                     the Fund's performance.

                                     Liquidity risk.  The Fund may invest up to
                                     15% of its total assets in securities for
                                     which there is no readily available trading
                                     market or which are otherwise illiquid. The
                                     Fund may not be able readily to dispose of
                                     such securities at prices that approximate
                                     those at which the Fund could sell such
                                     securities if they were more widely traded
                                     and, as a

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                                     result of such illiquidity, the Fund may
                                     have to sell other investments or engage in
                                     borrowing transactions if necessary to
                                     raise cash to meet its obligations. In
                                     addition, the limited liquidity could
                                     affect the market price of the securities,
                                     thereby adversely affecting the Fund's net
                                     asset value, and at times may make the
                                     disposition of securities impracticable.

                                     Inflation risk.  Inflation risk is the risk
                                     that the purchasing power of assets or
                                     income from investments will be worth less
                                     in the future as inflation decreases the
                                     value of money. As inflation increases, the
                                     real value of the Common Shares and
                                     distributions thereon can decline.

                                     Market price of common shares.  The shares
                                     of closed-end management investment
                                     companies often trade at a discount from
                                     their net asset value, and the Fund's
                                     Common Shares may likewise trade at a
                                     discount from net asset value. The net
                                     asset value per Common Share will be
                                     reduced immediately following this offering
                                     by the sales load and the amount of
                                     offering expenses paid by the Fund. The
                                     trading price of the Fund's Common Shares
                                     may be less than the public offering price.
                                     The risk will be greater for investors who
                                     sell their Common Shares in a relatively
                                     short period after completion of the public
                                     offering.

                                     Financial leverage risk.  Although the Fund
                                     has no current intention to do so, the Fund
                                     is authorized and reserves the flexibility
                                     to utilize leverage through the issuance of
                                     preferred shares and/or borrowings,
                                     including the issuance of debt securities.
                                     In the event that the Fund determines in
                                     the future to utilize investment leverage,
                                     there can be no assurance that such a
                                     leveraging strategy will be successful
                                     during any period in which it is employed.
                                     Leverage creates risks for Common
                                     Shareholders, including the likelihood of
                                     greater volatility of net asset value and
                                     market price of the Common Shares and the
                                     risk that fluctuations in distribution
                                     rates on any preferred shares or
                                     fluctuations in borrowing costs may affect
                                     the return to Common Shareholders. To the
                                     extent the returns derived from securities
                                     purchased with proceeds received from
                                     leverage exceeds the cost of leverage, the
                                     Fund's distributions may be greater than if
                                     leverage had not been used. Conversely, if
                                     the returns from the securities purchased
                                     with such proceeds is not sufficient to
                                     cover the cost of leverage, the amount
                                     available for distribution to Common
                                     Shareholders will be less than if leverage
                                     had not been used. In the latter case,
                                     Eaton Vance, in its best judgment, may
                                     nevertheless determine to maintain the
                                     Fund's leveraged position if it deems such
                                     action to be appropriate. The costs of an
                                     offering of preferred shares and/or a
                                     borrowing program would be borne by Common
                                     Shareholders and consequently would result
                                     in a reduction of the net asset value of
                                     Common Shares. In addition, the fee paid to
                                     Eaton Vance will be calculated on the basis
                                     of the Fund's average daily gross assets,
                                     including proceeds from the issuance of
                                     preferred shares and/or borrowings, so the
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                                     fee will be higher when leverage is
                                     utilized. In this regard, holders of
                                     preferred shares do not bear the investment
                                     advisory fee. Rather, Common Shareholders
                                     bear the portion of the investment advisory
                                     fee attributable to the assets purchased
                                     with the proceeds of the preferred shares
                                     offering.

                                     Technology risk.  The technology industries
                                     can be significantly affected by
                                     obsolescence of existing technology, short
                                     product cycles, falling prices and profits,
                                     competition from new market entrants, and
                                     general economic conditions.

                                     Management risk.  The Fund is subject to
                                     management risk because it is an actively
                                     managed portfolio. Eaton Vance, Parametric,
                                     Rampart and the individual portfolio
                                     managers invest the assets of the Fund as
                                     they deem appropriate in implementing the
                                     Fund's investment strategy. Accordingly,
                                     the success of the Fund depends upon the
                                     investment skills and analytical abilities
                                     of Eaton Vance, Parametric, Rampart and the
                                     individual portfolio managers to develop
                                     and actively implement investment
                                     strategies that achieve the Fund's
                                     investment objectives. There is no
                                     assurance that Eaton Vance, Parametric,
                                     Rampart and the individual portfolio
                                     managers will be successful in developing
                                     and implementing the Fund's investment
                                     strategy. Subjective decisions made by
                                     Eaton Vance, Parametric, Rampart and the
                                     individual portfolio managers may cause the
                                     Fund to incur losses or to miss profit
                                     opportunities on which it could otherwise
                                     have capitalized.

                                     Market disruption.  The terrorist attacks
                                     in the United States on September 11, 2001
                                     had a disruptive effect on the securities
                                     markets. These terrorist attacks and
                                     related events, including the war in Iraq,
                                     its aftermath, and continuing occupation of
                                     Iraq by coalition forces, have raised
                                     short-term market risk and may have adverse
                                     long-term effects on U.S. and world
                                     economies and markets. A similar disruption
                                     of the financial markets could impact
                                     trading in common stocks and stock options,
                                     interest rates, credit risk, inflation and
                                     other factors relating to the Common
                                     Shares. The Fund cannot predict the effects
                                     of similar events in the future on the U.S.
                                     economy and securities markets.

                                     Anti-takeover provisions.  The Fund's
                                     Agreement and Declaration of Trust includes
                                     provisions that could limit the ability of
                                     other persons or entities to acquire
                                     control of the Fund or to change the
                                     composition of its Board. These provisions
                                     may deprive Common Shareholders of
                                     opportunities to sell their Common Shares
                                     at a premium over the then current market
                                     price of the Common Shares. See "Risk
                                     Factors" and "Description of Capital
                                     Structure -- Anti-Takeover Provisions in
                                     the Declaration of Trust."

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                            SUMMARY OF FUND EXPENSES

       The purpose of the table below is to help you understand all fees and
expenses that you, as a Common Shareholder, would bear directly or indirectly.

<Table>
<S>                                                            <C>
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
  Sales load paid by you (as a percentage of offering
     price).................................................   4.50%
  Expenses borne by Common Shareholders.....................   .20%(1)
  Dividend reinvestment plan fees...........................   None(2)
</Table>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                               PERCENTAGE OF NET
                                                              ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE
                                                               TO COMMON SHARES
                                                              -------------------
<S>                                                           <C>
ANNUAL EXPENSES
  Management fee............................................          1.00%
  Other expenses............................................           .20%(3)
                                                                      ----
  Total annual expenses.....................................          1.20%
                                                                      ====
</Table>

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(1) Eaton Vance or an affiliate has agreed to reimburse all organizational costs
    and pay all offering costs (other than sales load) that exceed $.04 per
    Common Share (.20% of the offering price).

(2) You will be charged a $5.00 service charge and pay brokerage charges if you
    direct the plan agent to sell your Common Shares held in a dividend
    reinvestment account.

(3) Estimated expenses based on the current fiscal year.

       The expenses shown in the table are based on estimated amounts for the
Fund's first year of operations and assume that the Fund issues approximately
12,500,000 Common Shares. If the Fund issues fewer Common Shares, these expenses
as a percentage of net assets attributable to Common Shares generally would
increase. See "Management of the Fund" and "Dividend Reinvestment Plan."

EXAMPLE

       The following Example illustrates the expenses that you would pay on a
$1,000 investment in Common Shares (including the sales load of $45 and
estimated offering expenses of this offering of $2), assuming (i) total annual
expenses of 1.20% of net assets attributable to Common Shares and (ii) a 5%
annual returns*:

<Table>
<Caption>
1 YEAR  3 YEARS   5 YEARS   10 YEARS
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<S>     <C>       <C>       <C>
$59       $83      $110       $186
</Table>

       THE EXAMPLE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF FUTURE EXPENSES.
ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE HIGHER OR LOWER.
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* The example assumes that the estimated Other expenses set forth in the Annual
  Expenses table are accurate, and that all dividends and distributions are
  reinvested at net asset value. Actual expenses may be greater or less than
  those assumed. Moreover, the Fund's actual rate of return may be greater or
  less than the hypothetical 5% return shown in the example.

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                                    THE FUND

       Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") is a
newly organized, diversified, closed-end management investment company
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"
or the "Investment Company Act"). The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts
business trust on March 30, 2005 pursuant to a Declaration of Trust governed by
the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has no operating history. The
Fund's principal office is located at The Eaton Vance Building, 255 State
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, and its telephone number is 1-800-225-6265.

       This prospectus relates to the initial public offering of the Fund's
common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value (the "Common Shares"). See
"Underwriting."

                                USE OF PROCEEDS

       The net proceeds of this offering of Common Shares will be approximately
$          (or $          assuming exercise of the Underwriters' overallotment
option in full), which, after payment of the estimated offering expenses, will
be invested in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives and policies as
soon as practicable, but, in no event, assuming normal market conditions, later
than three months after the receipt thereof. Pending such investment, the
proceeds may be invested in high-quality, short-term debt securities, cash
and/or cash equivalents. Eaton Vance or an affiliate has agreed to (i) reimburse
all organizational costs of the Fund and (ii) pay all offering costs of the Fund
(other than sales load) that exceed $.04 per Common Share.

                       INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES

       The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income and
gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In pursuing its
investment objectives, the Fund will evaluate returns on an after-tax basis,
seeking to minimize and defer shareholder federal income taxes. There can be no
assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.

       Under normal market conditions, the Fund's investment program will
consist primarily of (1) owning a diversified portfolio of common stocks, a
segment of which (the "S&P 500 Segment") seeks to exceed the total return
performance of the S&P 500 Composite Stock Price Index (the "S&P 500") and a
segment of which (the "NASDAQ-100 Segment") seeks to exceed the total return
performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the "NASDAQ-100") and (2) selling on a
continuous basis S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the value of the S&P
500 Segment and NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of the value of the
NASDAQ-100 Segment.

PRIMARY INVESTMENT POLICIES

       General composition of the Fund.  Under normal market conditions, the
Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of
common stocks, designated segments of which seek to exceed the total return
performance of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100. Initially, the S&P 500 Segment is
expected to represent approximately 55% to 65% of the value of Fund's stock
portfolio and the NASDAQ-100 Segment approximately 35% to 45%. Over time, these
percentages may vary as a result of relative changes in the indices, the
Adviser's evaluation of equity market conditions and other factors. Although the
Fund will designate separate S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 segments, the Fund's stock
portfolio will be managed on an integrated basis. Among other portfolio
considerations set forth below, the Fund will seek to minimize the projected
tracking of its stock holdings versus a blend of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100
corresponding to the weightings within the Fund's stock portfolio of the S&P 500
Segment and the NASDAQ-100 Segment. Due to tax considerations, the Fund intends
to limit the overlap between its stock holdings (and any subset thereof) and
each of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less than 70% on an ongoing basis. The
Fund's common stock holdings may include stocks not included in either index.
The Fund will invest primarily in common stocks of U.S. issuers. The
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Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in securities of foreign issuers,
including American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), Global Depositary Receipts
("GDRs") and European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"). The Fund may invest up to 5%
of its total assets in securities of emerging markets issuers. The Fund normally
expects that its assets will be invested across a broad range of industries and
market sectors. The Fund may not invest 25% or more of its total assets in the
securities of issuers in any single industry or group of industries. The Fund
may invest a portion of its assets in stocks of mid-capitalization companies.
Eaton Vance generally considers mid-capitalization companies to be those
companies having market capitalizations within the range of capitalizations for
the S&P MidCap 400 Index (the "S&P MidCap 400"). As of March 31, 2005, the
median market capitalization of companies in the S&P MidCap 400 was
approximately $2.36 billion.

       The Fund will seek to generate current earnings in part by employing an
options strategy of writing (selling) index call options on the S&P 500 and the
NASDAQ-100. Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to sell on a
continuous basis S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the value of the S&P
500 Segment and NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of value of the
NASDAQ-100 Segment. Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the value of
the Fund's total assets will be subject to written index call options on a
continuous basis. Writing index call options involves a tradeoff between the
option premiums received and reduced participation in potential future stock
price appreciation of the Fund's portfolio of common stocks. Generally, the Fund
intends to sell S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options that are slightly
"out-of-the-money," meaning that option exercise prices generally will be
slightly higher than the current level of the index at the time the options are
written. The Fund may also sell index options that are more substantially
"out-of-the-money." Such options that are more substantially "out-of-the-money"
provide greater potential for the Fund to realize capital appreciation on its
portfolio stocks but generally would pay a lower premium than options that are
slightly "out-of-the-money." The Fund seeks to generate current earnings from
option premiums and, to a lesser extent, from dividends on stocks held.

       The Fund intends to sell S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options that are
exchange-listed and "European style," meaning that the options may be exercised
only on the expiration date of the option. Index options differ from options on
individual securities in that index options (i) typically are settled in cash
rather than by delivery of securities (meaning the exercise of an index option
does not involve the actual purchase or sale of securities) and (ii) reflect
price fluctuations in a group of securities or segments of the securities market
rather than price fluctuations in a single security.

       As the seller of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options, the Fund will
receive cash (the premium) from options purchasers. The purchaser of an index
option has the right to receive from the option seller any appreciation in the
value of the index over a fixed price (the exercise price) as of a specified
date in the future (the option valuation date). The exercise-settlement value of
the applicable index is calculated based on opening sales prices of the
component index stocks on the option valuation date, which is the last business
day before the expiration date. By writing S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options,
the Fund will, in effect, sell the potential appreciation in the value of the
applicable index above the exercise price in exchange for the option premium
received. If, at expiration, an S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 call option sold by the
Fund is exercised, the Fund will pay the purchaser the difference between the
cash value of the applicable index and the exercise price of the option. The
premium, the exercise price and the market value of the applicable index will
determine the gain or loss realized by the Fund as the seller of the index call
option.

       The Fund expects to maintain high turnover in index call options, based
on the Adviser's intent to sell index call options on at least 80% of the full
value of its assets and the Fund's initial expectation to roll forward its
options positions approximately every one to three months. For its stock
holdings, the Fund's annual portfolio turnover rate is expected to exceed that
of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 due to turnover in connection with the Fund's
tax loss harvesting, gain matching, dividend capture and other strategies. On an
overall basis, the Fund's annual turnover rate may exceed 100%. A high turnover
rate (100% or more) necessarily involves greater trading costs to the Fund.

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       The Fund's policies, under normal market conditions, that the Fund will
invest at least 80% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of common
stocks, designated segments of which seek to exceed the total return performance
of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100, and that at least 80% of the value of the
Fund's total assets will be subject to written index call options, are
non-fundamental policies and may be changed by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the
"Board") without Common Shareholder approval following the provision of 60 days
prior written notice to Common Shareholders.

       In implementing the Fund's investment strategy, the Adviser and
Sub-Advisers intend to employ a variety of techniques and strategies designed to
minimize and defer the federal income taxes incurred by shareholders in
connection with their investment in the Fund as described below.

       The S&P 500 is an unmanaged index of 500 stocks maintained and published
by Standard & Poor's that is market-capitalization weighted and generally
representative of the performance of larger stocks traded in the United States.
It is not possible to invest directly in the S&P 500. The NASDAQ-100 is an
unmanaged index maintained by the Nasdaq Stock Markets, Inc. ("Nasdaq") that
includes 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies
listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market based upon market capitalization. The
NASDAQ-100 reflects companies across major industry groups, including computer
hardware and software, telecommunications, retail/wholesale trade and
biotechnology. It is not possible to invest directly in the NASDAQ-100. Compared
to the S&P 500, the NASDAQ-100 has a substantially higher weighting in
technology oriented industries. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or
promoted by Standard & Poor's or Nasdaq, and neither makes any representation
regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

       Investment strategy.  Eaton Vance will be responsible for managing the
Fund's overall investment strategy, providing research support to the
Sub-Advisers and supervising the performance of the Sub-Advisers. Parametric
will be responsible for structuring and managing the Fund's common stock
portfolio, including tax-loss harvesting and other tax-management techniques,
relying in part on the fundamental research and analytical judgments of the
Adviser. Parametric has developed specialized programs and systems that are
designed to provide for efficient implementation of the Fund's strategies. The
Fund's investments are actively managed, and securities may be bought or sold on
a daily basis. Rampart will be responsible for providing advice on and execution
of the Fund's options strategy. See "Management of the Fund."

       The Adviser believes that a strategy of owning a portfolio of common
stocks and selling covered call options (a "buy-write strategy") can provide
current income and gains and attractive risk-adjusted returns. Compared to
selling call options on individual stocks, selling index call options can
achieve better tax and transactional efficiency because index options are
cash-settled "section 1256 contracts" subject to favorable tax treatment and
because the markets for index options are generally deeper and more liquid than
options on individual stocks.

       Eaton Vance further believes that a strategy of owning a portfolio of
common stocks, designated segments of which seek to exceed the total return
performance of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100, in conjunction with writing index
call options on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 should generally provide returns
that are superior to owning the same stocks without an associated call option
writing program under three different stock market scenarios: (1) down-trending
equity markets; (2) flat market conditions; and (3) moderately rising equity
markets. In the Adviser's opinion, only in more strongly rising equity markets
would the buy-write strategy generally be expected to underperform the
stock-only portfolio. For these purposes, the Adviser considers more strongly
rising equity market conditions to exist whenever the current annual rate of
return for U.S. stocks (as represented by the S&P 500 and/or the NASDAQ-100)
exceeds the long-term historical average of stock market returns. The Adviser
considers moderately rising equity market conditions to exist whenever current
annual returns on U.S. common stocks are positive, but do not exceed the
long-term historical average of stock market returns.

       To avoid being subject to the "straddle rules" under federal income tax
law, the Fund intends to limit the overlap between its stock holdings (and any
subset thereof) and each of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less than 70% on
an ongoing basis. Under the "straddle" rules, "offsetting positions with respect
to personal property" generally are considered to be straddles. In general,
investment positions will
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be offsetting if there is a substantial diminution in the risk of loss from
holding one position by reason of holding one or more other positions. The Fund
expects that the index call options it writes will not be considered straddles
because its stock holdings will be sufficiently dissimilar from the components
of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 under applicable guidelines established by the
IRS. Under certain circumstances, however, the Fund may enter into options
transactions or certain other investments that may constitute positions in a
straddle. Parametric will consider a variety of factors in constructing and
maintaining the Fund's stock portfolio, including, but not limited to, stock
performance ratings as determined by the Adviser, stock dividend yields, overlap
between the Fund's stock holdings and the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100, projected
tracking of the Fund's stock portfolio versus a blend of the S&P 500 and the
NASDAQ-100, realization of loss harvesting opportunities and other tax
management considerations. The Adviser's evaluation of the future performance
potential of individual stocks will be one among several considerations in
portfolio construction and will not, on a standalone basis, be determinative of
portfolio construction. The Adviser's stock ratings will be based primarily on
fundamental research.

       The Fund's index option strategy is designed to produce current cash flow
from option premiums and to moderate the volatility of the Fund's returns. This
index option strategy is of a hedging nature, and is not designed to speculate
on equity market performance. The Adviser believes that the Fund's index option
strategy will moderate the volatility of the Fund's returns because the option
premiums received will help to mitigate the impact of downward price movements
in the stocks held by the Fund, while the Fund's obligations under index calls
written will effectively limit the Fund's ability to participate in upward price
movements in portfolio stocks beyond certain levels. The Adviser initially
expects to follow a primary options strategy of selling S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100
call options with a remaining maturity of between approximately one and three
months and maintaining its short call options positions until approximately
their option valuation date, at which time replacement call option positions
with a remaining maturity within this range are written. The Adviser expects to
sell S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the value of the S&P 500 Segment
and NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of the value of the NASDAQ-100
Segment. The Adviser does not intend to sell index call options representing
amounts greater than the value of the Fund's common stock portfolio (i.e., take
a "naked" position).

       The foregoing policies relating to investment in common stocks and index
options writing are the Fund's primary investment policies. In addition to its
primary investment policies, the Fund may invest to a limited extent in other
types of securities and engage in certain other investment practices.

       In addition to the intended strategy of selling index call options, the
Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other derivative instruments
acquired for hedging, risk management and investment purposes (to gain exposure
to securities, securities markets, markets indices and/or currencies consistent
with its investment objectives and policies), provided that no more than 10% of
the Fund's total assets may be invested in such derivative instruments acquired
for non-hedging purposes. Derivative instruments may be used in order to help
protect against a decline in the value of its portfolio securities. Derivative
instruments may also be used by the Fund to enhance returns or as a substitute
for the purchase or sale of securities.

       Tax-managed investing.  Taxes are a major influence on the net after-tax
returns that investors receive on their taxable investments. There are five
potential sources of returns for a Common Shareholder: (1) appreciation or
depreciation in the value of the Common Shares; (2) distributions of qualified
dividend income; (3) distributions of other investment income and net short-term
capital gains; (4) distributions of long-term capital gains (and long-term
capital gains retained by the Fund); and (5) distributions of return of capital.
These different sources of investment returns are subject to widely varying
federal income tax treatment. Distributions of other investment income (i.e.,
non-qualified dividend income) and net realized short-term gains are taxed
currently as ordinary income, at rates as high as 35%. Distributions of
qualified dividend income and net realized long-term gains (whether distributed
or retained by the Fund) are taxed currently at rates up to 15% for individuals
and other noncorporate taxpayers. Generally, return from unrealized appreciation
and depreciation in the value of Common Shares and distributions characterized
as return of capital are not taxable until the Common Shareholder sells his
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or her Common Shares. Upon sale, a capital gain or loss equal to the difference
between the net proceeds of such sale and the Common Shareholder's adjusted tax
basis is realized. Capital gain is considered long-term and is taxed at rates up
to 15% for individuals and other noncorporate taxpayers if the Common
Shareholder has held his or her shares more than one year. Otherwise, capital
gain is considered short-term and is taxed at rates up to 35%. The after-tax
returns achieved by a Common Shareholder will be substantially influenced by the
mix of different types of returns subject to varying federal income tax
treatment.

       In implementing the Fund's investment strategy, the Adviser and
Sub-Advisers intend to employ a variety of techniques and strategies designed to
skew the mix of Fund returns to the types of returns that are most
advantageously taxed, thereby seeking to minimize and defer the federal income
taxes incurred by Common Shareholders in connection with their investment in the
Fund. Such techniques and strategies are expected to include: (1) employing a
call options strategy consisting of selling S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options
that qualify for treatment as "section 1256 contracts" on which capital gains
and losses are generally treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term, regardless
of holding period; (2) limiting the overlap between its stock holdings (and any
subset thereof) and each of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less than 70% on
an ongoing basis so that the Fund's stock holdings and S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100
call options are not subject to the "straddle rules;" (3) engaging in a
systematic program of tax-loss harvesting in the Fund's stock portfolio,
periodically selling stock positions that have depreciated in value to realize
capital losses that can be used to offset capital gains realized by the Fund;
and (4) managing the sale of appreciated stock positions so as to minimize the
Fund's net realized short-term capital gains in excess of net realized long-term
capital losses. The Fund will seek to offset the 40% of gains on index options
treated as short-term against Fund expenses and realized losses on other
investments allocable against short-term gains. When an appreciated security is
sold, the Fund intends to select for sale the share lots resulting in the most
favorable tax treatment, generally those with holding periods sufficient to
qualify for long-term capital gains treatment that have the highest cost basis.

       In addition, the Fund will seek to earn and distribute "qualified
dividend income." Under federal income tax law enacted in 2003, the qualified
dividend income of individuals and other noncorporate taxpayers is taxed at
long-term capital gain tax rates if certain holding period and other
requirements are met. Qualified dividends are dividends from domestic
corporations and dividends from foreign corporations that meet certain specified
criteria. The Fund generally can pass the tax treatment of qualified dividend
income it receives through to Common Shareholders. For the Fund to receive
tax-advantaged treatment of its qualified dividend income, the Fund must hold
stock paying qualified dividends for more than 60 days during the 121-day period
beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date (or more than 90 days during the
associated 181-day period, in the case of certain preferred stocks). In
addition, the Fund cannot be obligated to make related payments (pursuant to a
short sale or otherwise) with respect to positions in any security that is
substantially similar or related property with respect to such stock. Similar
provisions apply to each Common Shareholder's investment in the Fund. In order
for qualified dividend income paid by the Fund to a Common Shareholder to be
taxable at long-term capital gains rates, the Common Shareholder must hold his
or her Fund shares for more than 60 days during the 121-day period surrounding
the ex-dividend date. The provisions of the Code applicable to qualified
dividend income are effective through 2008. Thereafter, qualified dividend
income will be taxable as ordinary income unless further legislative action is
taken. The Fund's investment program and the tax treatment of Fund distributions
may be affected by IRS interpretations of the Code and future changes in tax
laws and regulations, including changes resulting from the "sunset" provisions
described above that would have the effect of repealing the favorable treatment
of qualified dividend income and reimposing the higher tax rates applicable to
ordinary income in 2009 unless further legislative action is taken.

       The Fund may seek to enhance the level of tax-advantaged dividend income
it receives by emphasizing higher-yielding stocks in its stock portfolio and by
engaging in dividend capture trading. In a dividend capture trade, the Fund
sells a stock on or shortly after the stock's ex-dividend date and uses the sale
proceeds to purchase one or more other stocks that are expected to pay dividends
before the next dividend payment on the stock being sold. Through this practice,
the Fund may receive more dividend payments over a given time period than if it
held a single stock. In order for dividends received by the
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Fund to qualify for favorable tax treatment, the Fund must comply with the
holding period and other requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph. By
complying with applicable holding period and other requirements while engaging
in dividend capture trading, the Fund may be able to enhance the level of
tax-advantaged dividend income it receives because it will receive more dividend
payments qualifying for favorable treatment during the same time period than if
it simply held portfolio stocks. The use of dividend capture trading strategies
will expose the Fund to increased trading costs and potentially higher
short-term gain or loss.

       To seek to protect against price declines in securities holdings with
large accumulated gains, the Fund may use various hedging techniques (such as
the sale of futures contracts on stocks and stock indices and options thereon,
equity swaps, covered short sales, and forward sales of stocks). By using these
techniques rather than selling appreciated securities, the Fund can, within
certain limitations, reduce its exposure to price declines in the securities
without realizing substantial capital gains under current tax law. Derivative
instruments may also be used by the Fund to enhance returns or as a substitute
for the purchase or sale of securities. As a general matter, dividends received
on hedged stock positions are characterized as ordinary income and are not
eligible for favorable tax treatment. Dividends received on securities with
respect to which the Fund is obligated to make related payments (pursuant to
short sales or otherwise) will be treated as fully taxable ordinary income
(i.e., income other than tax-advantaged qualified dividend income). In addition,
use of derivatives may give rise to short-term capital gains and other income
that would not qualify for favorable tax treatment. As indicated above, in
addition to writing index call options, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its
total assets in derivative instruments acquired for hedging, risk management and
investment purposes (to gain exposure to securities, securities markets, markets
indices and/or currencies consistent with its investment objectives and
policies), provided that no more than 10% of the Fund's total assets may be
invested in such derivative instruments acquired for non-hedging purposes.

       Common stocks.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at
least 80% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of common stocks,
designated segments of which seek to exceed the total return performance of the
S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100. Common stock represents an equity ownership interest
in the issuing corporation. Holders of common stock generally have voting rights
in the issuer and are entitled to receive common stock dividends when, as and if
declared by the corporation's board of directors. Common stock normally occupies
the most subordinated position in an issuer's capital structure. Returns on
common stock investments consist of any dividends received plus the amount of
appreciation or depreciation in the value of the stock.

       Although common stocks have historically generated higher average returns
than fixed-income securities over the long term and particularly during periods
of high or rising concerns about inflation, common stocks also have experienced
significantly more volatility in returns and may not maintain their real value
during inflationary periods. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings
report, may depress the value of a particular common stock held by the Fund.
Also, the prices of common stocks are sensitive to general movements in the
stock market and a drop in the stock market may depress the price of common
stocks to which the Fund has exposure. Common stock prices fluctuate for many
reasons, including changes in investors' perceptions of the financial condition
of an issuer or the general condition of the relevant stock market, or when
political or economic events affecting the issuer occur. In addition, common
stock prices may be sensitive to rising interest rates as the costs of capital
rise and borrowing costs increase.

       Foreign securities.  The Fund may invest up to 10% of its total assets in
securities of non-United States issuers, including up to 5% of its total assets
in securities of issuers located in emerging markets. The value of foreign
securities is affected by changes in currency rates, foreign tax laws (including
withholding tax), government policies (in this country or abroad), relations
between nations and trading, settlement, custodial and other operational risks.
In addition, the costs of investing abroad are generally higher than in the
United States, and foreign securities markets may be less liquid, more volatile
and less subject to governmental supervision than markets in the United States.
Foreign investments also could be affected by other factors not present in the
United States, including expropriation, armed conflict,
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confiscatory taxation, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards, less
publicly available financial and other information and potential difficulties in
enforcing contractual obligations. As an alternative to holding foreign-traded
securities, the Fund may invest in dollar-denominated securities of foreign
companies that trade on U.S. exchanges or in the U.S. over-the-counter market
(including depositary receipts, which evidence ownership in underlying foreign
securities). Dividends received with respect to stock of a foreign corporation
may qualify for the reduced rates of federal income taxation applicable to
qualified dividend income only if such corporation satisfies the requirements to
be a "qualified foreign corporation."

       The Fund may invest in ADRs, EDRs and GDRs, which are certificates
evidencing ownership of shares of foreign issuers and are alternatives to
purchasing directly the underlying foreign securities in their national markets
and currencies. However, they continue to be subject to many of the risks
associated with investing directly in foreign securities. These risks include
foreign exchange risk as well as the political and economic risks of the
underlying issuer's country. ADRs, EDRs and GDRs may be sponsored or
unsponsored. Unsponsored receipts are established without the participation of
the issuer. Unsponsored receipts may involve higher expenses, may not pass
through voting or other shareholder rights, and may be less liquid than
sponsored receipts.

       Index options generally.  The Fund will pursue its objectives in part by
selling on a continuous basis S&P 500 call options on at least 80% of the value
of the S&P 500 Segment and NASDAQ-100 call options on at least 80% of value of
the NASDAQ-100 Segment.

       The Fund will sell S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 index options that are
exchange-listed and that are "European style," meaning that the options may only
be exercised on the expiration date of the option. Index options differ from
options on individual securities in that index options (i) typically are settled
in cash rather than by delivery of securities and (ii) reflect price
fluctuations in a group of securities or segments of the securities market
rather than price fluctuations in a single security.

       Option contracts are originated and standardized by the Options Clearing
Corporation (the "OCC"). Currently, index options are available on approximately
89 indexes, with new listings added periodically. The Fund will sell S&P 500 and
NASDAQ-100 call options that are generally issued, guaranteed and cleared by the
OCC. S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 index options currently trade exclusively on the
Chicago Board Options Exchange. The Adviser believes that there exists a large
trading volume of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 options, sufficient to fulfill the
Fund's requirements to implement its index options strategy.

       Selling index call options.  The Fund's index option strategy is designed
to produce current cash flow from options premiums and to moderate the
volatility of the Fund's returns. This index option strategy is of a hedging
nature, and is not designed to speculate on equity market performance.

       As the seller of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options, the Fund will
receive cash (the premium) from the purchasers thereof. The purchaser of an
index option has the right to any appreciation in the value of the applicable
index over a fixed price (the exercise price) as of a specified date in the
future (the option valuation date). Generally, the Fund intends to sell S&P 500
and NASDAQ-100 call options that are slightly "out-of-the-money" (i.e., the
exercise price generally will be slightly above the current level of the
applicable index when the option is sold). The Fund may also sell index options
that are more substantially "out-of-the-money." Such options that are more
substantially "out-of-the-money" provide greater potential for the Fund to
realize capital appreciation on its portfolio stocks but generally would pay a
lower premium than options that are slightly "out-of-the-money." The Fund will,
in effect, sell the potential appreciation in the value of the S&P 500 or
NASDAQ-100 above the exercise price in exchange for the option premium received.
If, at expiration, an S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 call option sold by the Fund is
exercised, the Fund will pay the purchaser the difference between the cash value
of the applicable index and the exercise price of the option. The premium, the
exercise price and the market value of the S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100, as applicable,
will determine the gain or loss realized by the Fund as the seller of the index
call option.

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       Prior to expiration, the Fund may close an option position by making an
offsetting market purchase of identical option contracts (same type, underlying
index, exercise price and expiration). The cost of closing transactions and
payments in settlement of exercised options will reduce the net option premiums
available for distribution to Common Shareholders by the Fund. The reduction in
net option premiums due to a rise in stock prices should generally be offset, at
least in part, by appreciation in the value of the Fund's common stock portfolio
and by the opportunity to realize higher premium income from selling new index
options at higher exercise prices.

       In certain extraordinary market circumstances, to limit the risk of loss
on the Fund's index option strategy, the Fund may enter into "spread"
transactions by purchasing index call options with higher exercise prices than
those of index call options written. The Fund will only engage in such
transactions when Eaton Vance and Rampart believe that certain extraordinary
events temporarily have depressed equity prices and substantial short-term
appreciation of such prices is expected. By engaging in spread transactions in
such circumstances the Fund will reduce the limitation imposed on its ability to
participate in such recovering equity markets that exist if the Fund only writes
index call options. The premiums paid to purchase such call options are expected
to be lower than the premiums earned from the call options written at lower
exercise prices. However, the payment of these premiums will reduce amounts
available for distribution from the Fund's option activity.

       The Fund will sell only "covered" call options. An index call option is
considered covered if the Fund maintains with its custodian assets determined to
be liquid (in accordance with procedures established by the Board) in an amount
equal to the contract value of the index. An index call option also is covered
if the Fund holds a call on the same index as the call written where the
exercise price of the call held is (i) equal to or less than the exercise price
of the call written, or (ii) greater than the exercise price of the call
written, provided the difference is maintained by the Fund in segregated assets
determined to be liquid (in accordance with procedures established by the
Board).

       If an option written by the Fund expires unexercised, the Fund realizes
on the expiration date a capital gain equal to the premium received by the Fund
at the time the option was written. If an option written by the Fund is
exercised, the Fund realizes on the expiration date a capital gain if the cash
payment made by the Fund upon exercise is less than the premium received from
writing the option and a capital loss if the cash payment made is more than the
premium received. If a written option is repurchased, the Fund realizes upon the
closing purchase transaction a capital gain if the cost of repurchasing the
option is less than the premium received from writing the option and a capital
loss if the cost of repurchasing the option is more than the premium received.
Because exchange-listed S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 options are "section 1256
contracts," the Fund's gains and losses thereon generally will be treated as 60%
long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss, regardless of holding period.
In addition, the Fund generally will be required to "mark to market" (i.e.,
treat as sold for fair market value) each outstanding index option position at
the close of each taxable year (and on October 31 of each year for excise tax
purposes). See "Federal Income Tax Matters."

       The principal factors affecting the market value of an option contract
include supply and demand in the options market, interest rates, the current
market price of the underlying index in relation to the exercise price of the
option, the actual or perceived volatility associated with the underlying index,
and the time remaining until the expiration date. The premium received for an
option written by the Fund is recorded as an asset of the Fund and its
obligation under the option contract as an equivalent liability. The Fund then
adjusts over time the liability as the market value of the option changes. The
value of each written option will be marked to market daily and valued at the
closing price on the exchange on which it is traded or, if not traded on an
exchange or no closing price is available, at the mean between the last bid and
asked prices or otherwise at fair value as determined by the Board of the Fund.

       The transaction costs of buying and selling options consist primarily of
commissions (which are imposed in opening, closing and exercise transactions),
but may also include margin and interest costs in particular transactions. The
impact of transaction costs on the profitability of a transaction may often be
greater for options transactions than for transactions in the underlying
securities because these costs are often greater in relation to option premiums
than in relation to the prices of underlying securities.
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Transaction costs may be especially significant in option strategies calling for
multiple purchases and sales of options over short periods of time or
concurrently. Transaction costs associated with the Fund's options strategy will
vary depending on market circumstances and other factors.

       The standard contract size for exchange-listed S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100
index options is the index level multiplied by $100. There are three items
needed to identify a particular S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 index option contract: (1)
the expiration month, (2) the exercise (or strike) price and (3) the type (i.e.,
call or put). For example, a January 2005 1200 strike S&P 500 call option
provides the option holder the right to receive $100 multiplied by the positive
difference between the January option exercise-settlement value of the S&P 500
(determine on January 20, 2005 based on opening sales prices of the component
index stocks on that date) and 1200. A call option whose exercise price is above
the current price of the underlying index is called "out-of-the-money" and a
call option whose exercise price is below the current price of the underlying
index is called "in-the-money."

       The following is a conceptual example of the returns that may be achieved
from a buy-write investment strategy that consists of holding a portfolio of
stocks whose performance matches the S&P 500 and selling S&P 500 call options on
the full value of the stock position. This example is not meant to represent the
performance of actual option contracts or the Fund.

       A holder of a portfolio of common stocks writes (sells) January 2005 1200
strike S&P 500 call options on December 17, 2004 when the S&P 500 is at 1198.63.
The options writer receives $14.41 (1.20%) per option written. Assume that the
portfolio of stocks held by the options writer matches the performance of the
S&P 500 over the period until the January exercise-settlement value of the S&P
500 is determined on January 20, 2005.

       In the example, the return over the period until option expiration earned
by the holder of a portfolio of stocks whose performance matches the S&P 500 and
who writes S&P 500 index call options on the full value of the portfolio
position and maintains the options position until expiration will be as follows:
(1) if the S&P 500 declines 1.20%, the option will expire worthless and the
holder will have a net return of zero (option premium offsets loss in stock
portfolio); (2) if the S&P 500 is flat, the option will again expire worthless
and the holder will have a net return of 1.20% (option premium plus no gain or
loss on portfolio); (3) if the S&P 500 rises 0.11%, the option will again expire
with no value and the holder will have a net return of 1.31% (option premium
plus 0.11% portfolio return); and (4) if the index rises more than 0.11%, the
exercise of the option would limit portfolio gain to 0.11% and total net return
to 1.31%. If the index value at exercise exceeds the exercise price, returns
over the period from the position are capped at 1.31%. On an annualized basis,
before accounting for the costs of the options transactions, in this example
option premiums increase returns by approximately 12.9% in down, flat and
moderately up markets; annualized returns in this example for the buy-write
strategy, before accounting for the costs of the options transactions, are
capped at approximately 14.1% in a strong up market. It should be noted that the
Fund will seek to offset the 40% of short-term gains realized on writing options
on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 against losses and expenses on the Fund's
stock portfolio.

       As demonstrated in the example, writing index call options can lower the
variability of potential return outcomes and can enhance returns in three of
four market performance scenarios (down, flat or moderately up). Only when the
level of the index at option expiration exceeds the sum of the premium received
and the option exercise price would the buy-write strategy be expected to
provide lower returns than the stock portfolio-only alternative. The amount of
downside protection afforded by the buy-write strategy in declining market
scenarios is limited, however, to the amount of option premium received. If the
S&P 500 or NASDAQ-100 declines by an amount greater than the option premium, a
buy-write strategy consisting of owning all of the stocks in the index and
writing index options on the value thereof would generate an investment loss.
The Fund's returns from implementing a buy-write strategy using S&P 500 and
NASDAQ-100 options will also be substantially affected by the performance of S&P
500 Segment of the Fund's portfolio versus the S&P 500 and the performance of
the NASDAQ-100 Segment of the Fund's portfolio versus the NASDAQ-100. The
returns on these segments are unlikely to be the same as the returns on the
corresponding indices. Also, the Fund's returns from its buy-write strategy will
be affected by the level of premiums available on options written on the S&P 500
and the NASDAQ-100, which level may, depending on the market conditions, be more
or less than the premiums in the example.
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ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT PRACTICES

       In addition to its primary investment strategies as described above, the
Fund may engage in the following investment practices.

       Temporary investments.  During unusual market circumstances, the Fund may
temporarily invest a substantial portion of its assets in cash or cash
equivalents. Cash equivalents are highly liquid, short-term securities such as
commercial paper, time deposits, certificates of deposit, short-term notes and
short-term U.S. government obligations. In moving to a substantial temporary
investments position and in transitioning from such a position back into
conformity with the Fund's normal investment policies, the Fund may incur
transaction costs that would not be incurred if the Fund had remained fully
invested in accordance with such normal policies. The transition to and from a
substantial temporary investments position may also result in the Fund having to
sell common stocks and/or close out options positions and then later purchase
common stocks and open new options positions in circumstances that might not
otherwise be optimal. The Fund's investment in such temporary investments under
unusual market circumstances may not be in furtherance of the Fund's investment
objectives.

       When-issued securities and forward commitments.  Securities may be
purchased on a "forward commitment" or "when-issued" basis (meaning securities
are purchased or sold with payment and delivery taking place in the future) in
order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield at the
time of entering into the transaction. However, the return on a comparable
security when the transaction is consummated may vary from the return on the
security at the time that the forward commitment or when-issued transaction was
made. From the time of entering into the transaction until delivery and payment
is made at a later date, the transacted securities are subject to market
fluctuations. In forward commitment or when-issued transactions, if the seller
or buyer, as the case may be, fails to consummate the transaction, the
counterparty may miss the opportunity of obtaining a price or yield considered
to be advantageous. Forward commitment or when-issued transactions may occur a
month or more before delivery is due. However, no payment or delivery is made
until payment is received or delivery is made from the other party to the
transaction. The Fund does not intend to enter into forward commitment or
when-issued transactions for the purpose of investment leverage.

       Illiquid securities.  The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets
in securities for which there is no readily available trading market or that are
otherwise illiquid. Illiquid securities include securities legally restricted as
to resale, such as commercial paper issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and securities eligible for resale pursuant
to Rule 144A thereunder. Section 4(2) and Rule 144A securities may, however, be
treated as liquid by the Adviser pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board,
which require consideration of factors such as trading activity, availability of
market quotations and number of dealers willing to purchase the security. If the
Fund invests in Rule 144A securities, the level of portfolio illiquidity may be
increased to the extent that eligible buyers become uninterested in purchasing
such securities.

       It may be difficult to sell illiquid securities at a price representing
their fair value until such time as such securities may be sold publicly. Where
registration is required, a considerable period may elapse between a decision by
the Fund to sell the securities and the time when it would be permitted to sell.
Thus, the Fund may not be able to obtain as favorable a price as that prevailing
at the time of the decision to sell. The Fund may also acquire securities
through private placements under which it may agree to contractual restrictions
on the resale of such securities. Such restrictions might prevent their sale at
a time when such sale would otherwise be desirable.

       Other derivative instruments.  In addition to the intended strategy of
selling index call options, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in
other derivative instruments (which are instruments that derive their value from
another instrument, security or index) acquired for hedging, risk management and
investment purposes (to gain exposure to securities, securities markets, markets
indices and/or currencies consistent with its investment objectives and
policies), provided that no more than 10% of the Fund's total assets may be
invested in such derivative instruments for non-hedging purposes. These
strategies may be executed through the use of derivative contracts in the United
States or abroad. In the course of pursuing these investment strategies, the
Fund may purchase and sell derivative contracts based
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on equity and fixed-income indices and other instruments, purchase and sell
futures contracts and options thereon, and enter into various transactions such
as swaps, caps, floors or collars. In addition, derivatives may also include new
techniques, instruments or strategies that are permitted as regulatory changes
occur. Derivative instruments may be used by the Fund to enhance returns or as a
substitute for the purchase or sale of securities.

       Swaps.  Swap contracts may be purchased or sold to hedge against
fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or market conditions, to
mitigate non-payment or default risk or to gain exposure to particular
securities, baskets of securities, indices or currencies. In a standard "swap"
transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in
rates of return) on different currencies, securities, baskets of currencies or
securities, indices or other instruments, which returns are calculated with
respect to a "notional amount," i.e., the designated referenced amount of
exposure to the underlying instruments. The Fund will enter into swaps only on a
net basis, i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving
or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. If the
other party to a swap defaults, the Fund's risk of loss consists of the net
amount of payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive. The net
amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund's obligations over its entitlements
will be maintained in a segregated account by the Fund's custodian. The Fund
will not enter into any swap unless the claims-paying ability of the other party
thereto is considered to be investment grade by the Adviser. If there is a
default by the other party to such a transaction, the Fund will have contractual
remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. Swaps are traded
in the over-the-counter market. The use of swaps is a highly specialized
activity, which involves investment techniques and risks different from those
associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. If the Adviser is
incorrect in its forecasts of market values, interest rates and other applicable
factors, the total return performance of the Fund would be unfavorably affected.

       Total return swaps.  Total return swaps are contracts in which one party
agrees to make payments of the total return from the designated underlying
asset(s), which may include securities, baskets of securities, or securities
indices during the specified period, in return for payments equal to a fixed or
floating rate of interest or the total return from other designated underlying
asset(s).

       Interest rate swaps.  Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by the
Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive
interest (e.g., an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments).

       Futures and options on futures.  The Fund may purchase and sell various
kinds of financial futures contracts and options thereon to seek to hedge
against changes in stock prices or interest rates, for other risk management
purposes or to gain exposure to certain securities, indices and currencies.
Futures contracts may be based on various securities indices and securities.
Such transactions involve a risk of loss or depreciation due to adverse changes
in securities prices, which may exceed the Fund's initial investment in these
contracts. The Fund will only purchase or sell futures contracts or related
options in compliance with the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission. These transactions involve transaction costs. Sales of futures
contracts and related options generally result in realization of short-term or
long-term capital gain depending on the period for which the investment is held.
To the extent that any futures contract or options on futures contract held by
the Fund is a "section 1256 contract" under the Code, the contract will be
marked-to-market annually and any gain or loss will be treated as 60% long-term
and 40% short-term, regardless of the holding period for such contract.

       Short sales.  The Fund may sell a security short if it owns at least an
equal amount of the security sold short or another security convertible or
exchangeable for an equal amount of the security sold short without payment of
further compensation (a short sale against-the-box). In a short sale
against-the-box, the short seller is exposed to the risk of being forced to
deliver stock that it holds to close the position if the borrowed stock is
called in by the lender, which would cause gain or loss to be recognized on the
delivered stock. The Fund expects normally to close its short sales
against-the-box by delivering newly acquired stock.

       Short sales against-the-box can be a tax-efficient alternative to the
sale of an appreciated securities position. The ability to use short sales
against-the-box as a tax-efficient management technique
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with respect to holdings of appreciated securities is limited to circumstances
in which the hedging transaction is closed out not later than thirty days after
the end of the Fund's taxable year in which the transaction was initiated, and
the underlying appreciated securities position is held unhedged for at least the
next sixty days after the hedging transaction is closed. Not meeting these
requirements would trigger the recognition of gain on the underlying appreciated
securities position under the federal tax laws applicable to constructive sales.

       Securities lending.  The Fund may seek to earn income by lending
portfolio securities to broker-dealers or other institutional borrowers. As with
other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of
rights in the securities loaned if the borrower of the securities fails
financially. Loans will be made only to organizations whose credit quality or
claims paying ability is considered by the Adviser to be at least investment
grade and when the expected returns, net of administrative expenses and any
finders' fees, justifies the attendant risk. Securities loans currently are
required to be secured continuously by collateral in cash, cash equivalents
(such as money market instruments) or other liquid securities held by the
custodian and maintained in an amount at least equal to the market value of the
securities loaned. The financial condition of the borrower will be monitored by
the Adviser on an ongoing basis.

       Borrowings.  The Fund may borrow money to the extent permitted under the
1940 Act as interpreted, modified or otherwise permitted by the regulatory
authority having jurisdiction. Although it does not currently intend to do so,
the Fund may in the future from time to time borrow money to add leverage to the
portfolio. The Fund may also borrow money for temporary administrative purposes
or to meet temporary cash needs.

       Reverse repurchase agreements.  The Fund may enter into reverse
repurchase agreements. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund
temporarily transfers possession of a portfolio instrument to another party,
such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash. At the same time, the Fund
agrees to repurchase the instrument at an agreed upon time (normally within
seven days) and price, which reflects an interest payment. The Fund may enter
into such agreements when it is able to invest the cash acquired at a rate
higher than the cost of the agreement, which would increase earned income.
Income realized on reverse repurchase agreements is taxable as ordinary income.

       When the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, any
fluctuations in the market value of either the securities transferred to another
party or the securities in which the proceeds may be invested would affect the
market value of the Fund's assets. As a result, such transactions may increase
fluctuations in the market value of the Fund's assets. There is a risk that
large fluctuations in the market value of the Fund's assets could affect net
asset value and the market price of Common Shares. Because reverse repurchase
agreements may be considered to be the practical equivalent of borrowing funds,
they constitute a form of leverage and may be subject to leverage risks. Such
agreements will be treated as subject to investment restrictions as mentioned
above under "Borrowings." If the Fund reinvests the proceeds of a reverse
repurchase agreement at a rate lower than the cost of the agreement, entering
into the agreement will lower the Fund's cash available for distribution.

       Portfolio turnover.  The Fund will buy and sell securities to seek to
accomplish it investment objectives. Portfolio turnover generally involves
expense to the Fund, including brokerage commissions and other transaction costs
on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities. The Fund expects
to maintain high turnover in index call options, based on the Adviser's intent
to sell index call options on at least 80% of the full value of its assets and
the Fund's initial expectation to roll forward its options positions
approximately every one to three months. For its stock holdings, the Fund's
annual portfolio turnover rate is expected to exceed that of the S&P 500 and the
NASDAQ-100 due to turnover in connection with the Fund's tax loss harvesting,
gain matching, dividend capture and other strategies. On an overall basis, the
Fund's annual turnover rate may exceed 100%. A high turnover rate (100% or more)
necessarily involves greater trading costs to the Fund.

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                                  RISK FACTORS

       Risk is inherent in all investing. The following discussion summarizes
the principal risks that you should consider before deciding whether to invest
in the Fund. For additional information about the risks associated with
investing in the Fund, see "Additional Investment Information and Restrictions"
in the Statement of Additional Information.

NO OPERATING HISTORY

       The Fund is a newly organized, diversified closed-end investment company
with no history of operations and is designed for long-term investors and not as
a trading vehicle.

INVESTMENT AND MARKET RISK

       An investment in Common Shares is subject to investment risk, including
the possible loss of the entire principal amount invested. An investment in
Common Shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the
Fund, which are generally traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-
counter markets. The value of these securities, like other market investments,
may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Because the Fund
intends to sell index call options on a continuous basis on substantially the
full value of its common stock holdings, the Fund's appreciation potential from
equity market performance will be limited. The Common Shares at any point in
time may be worth less than the original investment, even after taking into
account any reinvestment of distributions.

ISSUER RISK

       The value of securities held by the Fund may decline for a number of
reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance,
financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods and services.

EQUITY RISK

       Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest its managed assets
in a diversified portfolio of common stocks. Therefore, a principal risk of
investing in the Fund is equity risk. Equity risk is the risk that the value of
securities held by the Fund will fall due to general market or economic
conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of
securities held by the Fund participate, and the particular circumstances and
performance of particular companies whose securities the Fund holds. Although
common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than
fixed-income securities over the long term, common stocks also have experienced
significantly more volatility in returns. An adverse event, such as an
unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of equity securities of an
issuer held by the Fund; the price of common stock of an issuer may be
particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in
the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the common stocks held
by the Fund. In addition, common stock of an issuer in the Fund's portfolio may
decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments
because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline
in its financial condition. Common stocks in which the Fund will invest are
structurally subordinated to preferred stocks, bonds and other debt instruments
in a company's capital structure, in terms of priority to corporate income, and
therefore will be subject to greater dividend risk than preferred stocks or debt
instruments of such issuers. Finally, common stock prices may be sensitive to
rising interest rates, as the costs of capital rise and borrowing costs
increase.

RISKS OF INVESTING IN MID-CAP COMPANIES

       The Fund may make investments in stocks of companies whose market
capitalization is considered middle sized or "mid-cap." Mid-cap companies often
are newer or less established companies than larger companies. Investments in
mid-cap companies carry additional risks because earnings of these companies
tend to be less predictable; they often have limited product lines, markets,
distribution channels or financial resources; and the management of such
companies may be dependent upon one or a few key people. The market movements of
equity securities of mid-cap companies may be more abrupt or erratic than the
market movements of equity securities of larger, more established companies or
the stock market
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in general. Historically, mid-cap companies have sometimes gone through extended
periods when they did not perform as well as larger companies. In addition,
equity securities of mid-cap companies generally are less liquid than those of
larger companies. This means that the Fund could have greater difficulty selling
such securities at the time and price that the Fund would like.

RISKS OF "GROWTH" STOCK INVESTING

       The Fund expects to invest substantially in stocks with "growth"
characteristics. Growth stocks can react differently to issuer, political,
market and economic developments than the market as a whole and other types of
stocks. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to their earnings or
assets compared to other types of stocks. As a result, growth stocks tend to be
sensitive to changes in their earnings and more volatile than other types of
stocks.

RISK OF SELLING INDEX CALL OPTIONS

       The Fund expects to sell S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options on a
continuous basis on at least 80% of the value of its total assets. The purchaser
of an index call option has the right to any appreciation in the value of the
index over the exercise price of the call option as of the valuation date of the
option. Because their exercise is settled in cash, sellers of index call options
such as the Fund cannot provide in advance for their potential settlement
obligations by acquiring and holding the underlying securities. The Fund intends
to mitigate the risks of its written index call positions by holding a
diversified portfolio of stocks, the S&P 500 Segment of which is similar to the
S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 Segment of which is similar to the NASDAQ-100.
However, the Fund does not intend to acquire and hold a portfolio containing
exactly the same stocks as the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100. Due to tax
considerations, the Fund intends to limit the overlap between its stock holdings
(and any subset thereof) and each of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 to less than
70% on an ongoing basis. Consequently, the Fund bears the risk that the
performance of the securities held will vary from the performance of the S&P 500
and the NASDAQ-100. For example, the Fund will suffer a loss if the S&P 500
appreciates substantially above the exercise price of the S&P 500 call options
written by the Fund while the securities held by the Fund in the S&P 500 Segment
in the aggregate fail to appreciate as much or decline in value over the life of
the written option. Index options written by the Fund will be priced on a daily
basis. Their value will be affected primarily by changes in the price and
dividend rates of the underlying common stocks in the S&P 500 and the
NASDAQ-100, changes in actual or perceived volatility of the S&P 500 and the
NASDAQ-100 and the remaining time to the options' expiration. The trading price
of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options will also be affected by liquidity
considerations and the balance of purchase and sale orders.

       A decision as to whether, when and how to use options involves the
exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived and well-executed
options program may be adversely affected by market behavior or unexpected
events. As the writer of S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call options, the Fund will
forgo, during the option's life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the
value of the applicable index above the sum of the option premium received and
the exercise price of the call option, but retains the risk of loss, minus the
option premium received, should the value of the applicable index decline. When
a call option is exercised, the Fund will be required to deliver an amount of
cash determined by the excess of the value of the applicable index at contract
termination over the exercise price of the option. Thus, the exercise of index
call options sold by the Fund may require the Fund to sell portfolio securities
to generate cash at inopportune times or for unattractive prices.

       The trading price of options may be adversely affected if the market for
such options becomes less liquid or smaller. The Fund may close out a call
option by buying the option instead of letting it expire or be exercised. There
can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist when the Fund seeks to close
out a call option position by buying the option. Reasons for the absence of a
liquid secondary market on an exchange include the following: (i) there may be
insufficient trading interest in certain options; (ii) restrictions may be
imposed by an exchange on opening transactions or closing transactions or both;
(iii) trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions may be imposed with
respect to particular classes or series of options; (iv) unusual or unforeseen
circumstances may interrupt normal operations on an
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exchange; (v) the facilities of an exchange or the Options Clearing Corporation
(the "OCC") may not at all times be adequate to handle current trading volume;
or (vi) one or more exchanges could, for economic or other reasons, decide or be
compelled to discontinue the trading of options (or a particular class or series
of options) at some future date. If trading were discontinued, the secondary
market on that exchange (or in that class or series of options) would cease to
exist. However, outstanding options on that exchange that had been issued by the
OCC as a result of trades on that exchange would continue to be exercisable in
accordance with their terms.

       The hours of trading for options may not conform to the hours during
which common stocks held by the Fund are traded. To the extent that the options
markets close before the markets for securities, significant price and rate
movements can take place in the securities markets that would not be reflected
concurrently in the options markets. Index call options are marked to market
daily and their value is substantially affected by changes in the value of and
dividend rates of the securities represented in the underlying index, changes in
interest rates, changes in the actual or perceived volatility of the associated
index and the remaining time to the options' expiration, as well as trading
conditions in the options market.

TAX RISK

       Reference is made to "Federal Income Tax Matters" for an explanation of
the federal income tax consequences and attendant risks of investing in the
Fund. Although the Fund seeks to minimize and defer the federal income taxes
incurred by Common Shareholders in connection with their investment in the Fund,
there can be no assurance that it will be successful in this regard. The tax
treatment and characterization of the Fund's distributions may change over time
due to changes in the Fund's mix of investment returns and changes in the
federal tax laws, regulations and administrative and judicial interpretations.
Distributions paid on the Common Shares may be characterized variously as
non-qualified dividends (taxable at ordinary income rates), qualified dividends
and capital gains dividends (each taxable at long-term capital gains rates) or
return of capital (not currently taxable). The ultimate tax characterization of
the Fund's distributions made in a calendar year may not finally be determined
until after the end of that calendar year. Distributions to a Common Shareholder
that are return of capital will be tax free to the amount of the Common
Shareholder's current tax basis in his or her Common Shares, with any
distribution amounts exceeding such basis treated as capital gain on a deemed
sale of Common Shares. Common Shareholders are required to reduce their tax
basis in Common Shares by the amount of tax-free return of capital distributions
received, thereby increasing the amount of capital gain (or decreasing the
amount of capital loss) to be recognized upon a later disposition of the Common
Shares. In order for Fund distributions of qualified dividend income to be
taxable at favorable long-term capital gains rates, a Common Shareholder must
meet certain prescribed holding period and other requirements with respect to
his or her Common Shares. If positions held by the Fund were treated as
"straddles" for federal income tax purposes, dividends on such positions would
not constitute qualified dividend income subject to favorable income tax
treatment. Gain or loss on positions in a straddle are subject to special (and
generally disadvantageous) rules as described under "Federal Income Tax
Matters."

DISTRIBUTION RISK

       The quarterly distributions Common Shareholders will receive from the
Fund will be sourced from the Fund's net option premiums, net realized and
unrealized gains on stock investments, and dividends and interest income, after
payment of Fund expenses. The Fund's cash available for distribution may vary
widely over the short- and long-term. If stock market volatility declines and,
therefore, stock prices decline, the level of premiums from writing index call
options and the amounts available for distribution from options activity will
likely decrease as well. Payments to close written call options will reduce
amounts available for distribution from call option premiums received. Net
realized and unrealized gains on the Fund's stock investments will be determined
primarily by the direction and movement of the U.S. stock market (and the
particular stocks held). Dividends on common stocks are not fixed but are
declared at the discretion of the issuer's board of directors. There can be no
assurance that quarterly

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distributions paid by the Fund to the Common Shareholders will be maintained at
initial levels or increase over time.

FOREIGN SECURITY RISK

       The value of foreign securities is affected by changes in currency rates,
foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), government policies (in this
country or abroad), relations between nations and trading, settlement, custodial
and other operational risks. In addition, the costs of investing abroad (such as
foreign brokerage costs, custodial expenses and other fees) are generally higher
than in the United States, and foreign securities markets may be less liquid,
more volatile and less subject to governmental supervision than markets in the
United States. Foreign investments also could be affected by other factors not
present in the United States, including expropriation of assets, armed conflict,
confiscatory taxation, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards, less
publicly available financial and other information and potential difficulties in
enforcing contractual obligations or repatriating capital invested in foreign
countries. As an alternative to holding foreign-traded securities, the Fund may
invest in dollar-denominated securities of foreign companies that trade on U.S.
exchanges or in the U.S. over-the-counter market (including depositary receipts,
which evidence ownership in underlying foreign securities). Since the Fund may
invest in securities denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar, the Fund will be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates
(and exchange control regulations) which affect the value of investments held by
the Fund and the accrued income and appreciation or depreciation of the
investments in U.S. dollars. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates relative
to the U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of the Fund's assets
denominated in that currency and the Fund's return on such assets as well as any
temporary uninvested reserves in bank deposits in foreign currencies. In
addition, the Fund will incur costs in connection with conversions between
various currencies. Foreign securities may not be eligible for the reduced rate
of taxation applicable to qualified dividend income.

       Because foreign companies are not subject to uniform accounting, auditing
and financial reporting standards, practices and requirements comparable to
those applicable to U.S. companies, there may be less publicly available
information about a foreign company than about a domestic company. Volume and
liquidity in most foreign markets are less than in the United States and
securities of some foreign companies are less liquid and more volatile than
securities of comparable U.S. companies. There is generally less government
supervision and regulation of securities exchanges, broker-dealers and listed
companies than in the United States. Mail service between the United States and
foreign countries may be slower or less reliable than within the United States,
thus increasing the risk of delayed settlements of portfolio transactions for,
or loss of certificates of, portfolio securities. Payment for securities before
delivery may be required. In addition, with respect to certain foreign
countries, there is the possibility of expropriation or confiscatory taxation,
political or social instability, or diplomatic developments, which could affect
investments in those countries. Moreover, individual foreign economies may
differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth
of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource
self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. Foreign securities markets,
while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as
those in the United States, and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly
those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than
securities of comparable U.S. companies.

EMERGING MARKET SECURITY RISK

       The Fund may invest up to 5% of its total assets in securities of issuers
located in emerging markets. The risks of foreign investments described above
apply to an even greater extent to investments in emerging markets. The
securities markets of emerging countries are generally smaller, less developed,
less liquid, and more volatile than the securities markets of the United States
and developed foreign markets. Disclosure and regulatory standards in many
respects are less stringent than in the United States and developed foreign
markets. There also may be a lower level of monitoring and regulation of
securities markets in emerging market countries and the activities of investors
in such markets and enforcement of existing regulations has been extremely
limited. Many emerging countries have experienced substantial, and in some
periods extremely high, rates of inflation for many years. Inflation and rapid
fluctuations in
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inflation rates have had and may continue to have very negative effects on the
economies and securities markets of certain emerging countries. Economies in
emerging markets generally are heavily dependent upon international trade and,
accordingly, have been and may continue to be affected adversely by trade
barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values,
and other protectionist measures imposed or negotiated by the countries with
which they trade. The economies of these countries also have been and may
continue to be adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries in
which they trade. The economies of countries with emerging markets may also be
predominantly based on only a few industries or dependent on revenues from
particular commodities. In addition, custodial services and other costs relating
to investment in foreign markets may be more expensive in emerging markets than
in many developed foreign markets, which could reduce the Fund's income from
such securities.

       In many cases, governments of emerging countries continue to exercise
significant control over their economies, and government actions relative to the
economy, as well as economic developments generally, may affect the Fund's
investments in those countries. In addition, there is a heightened possibility
of expropriation or confiscatory taxation, imposition of withholding taxes on
interest payments, or other similar developments that could affect investments
in those countries. There can be no assurance that adverse political changes
will not cause the Fund to suffer a loss of any or all of its investments.

INTEREST RATE RISK

       The premiums from writing index call options and amounts available for
distribution from the Fund's options activity may decrease in declining interest
rate environments. The value of the Fund's common stock investments may also be
influenced by changes in interest rates. Higher yielding stocks and stocks of
issuers whose businesses are substantially affected by changes in interest rates
may be particularly sensitive to interest rate risk.

DERIVATIVES RISK

       In addition to writing index call options, the risks of which are
described above, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in other
derivative investments acquired for hedging, risk management and investment
purposes. Derivative transactions including options on securities and securities
indices and other transactions in which the Fund may engage (such as futures
contracts and options thereon, swaps and short sales) may subject the Fund to
increased risk of principal loss due to unexpected movements in stock prices,
changes in stock volatility levels and interest rates, and imperfect
correlations between the Fund's securities holdings and indices upon which
derivative transactions are based. The Fund also will be subject to credit risk
with respect to the counterparties to any over-the-counter derivatives contracts
entered into by the Fund. If a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails
to perform its obligations under a derivative contract due to financial
difficulties, the Fund may experience significant delays in obtaining any
recovery under the derivative contract in a bankruptcy or other reorganization
proceeding. The Fund may obtain only a limited recovery or no recovery in such
circumstances. Derivatives may disproportionately increase losses and have a
potentially large negative impact on the Funds' performance.

LIQUIDITY RISK

       The Fund may invest up to 15% of its total assets in securities for which
there is no readily available trading market or which are otherwise illiquid.
The Fund may not be able readily to dispose of such securities at prices that
approximate those at which the Fund could sell such securities if they were more
widely traded and, as a result of such illiquidity, the Fund may have to sell
other investments or engage in borrowing transactions if necessary to raise cash
to meet its obligations. In addition, the limited liquidity could affect the
market price of the securities, thereby adversely affecting the Fund's net asset
value, and at times may make the disposition of securities infeasible.

INFLATION RISK

       Inflation risk is the risk that the purchasing power of assets or income
from investment will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the
value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the Common Shares and
distributions thereon can decline.
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MARKET PRICE OF COMMON SHARES

       The shares of closed-end management investment companies often trade at a
discount from their net asset value, and the Fund's Common Shares may likewise
trade at a discount from net asset value. The net asset value per Common Share
will be reduced immediately following this offering by the sales load and the
amount of offering expenses paid by the Fund. The trading price of the Fund's
Common Shares may be less than the public offering price. The risk will be
greater for investors who sell their Common Shares in a relatively short period
after completion of the public offering.

FINANCIAL LEVERAGE RISK

       Although the Fund has no current intention to do so, the Fund is
authorized and reserves the flexibility to utilize leverage through the issuance
of preferred shares and/or borrowings, including the issuance of debt
securities. In the event that the Fund determines in the future to utilize
investment leverage, there can be no assurance that such a leveraging strategy
will be successful during any period in which it is employed. Leverage creates
risks for Common Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of
net asset value and market price of the Common Shares and the risk that
fluctuations in distribution rates on any preferred shares or fluctuations in
borrowing costs may affect the return to Common Shareholders. To the extent the
returns derived from securities purchased with proceeds received from leverage
exceeds the cost of leverage, the Fund's distributions may be greater than if
leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the returns from the securities
purchased with such proceeds is not sufficient to cover the cost of leverage,
the amount available for distribution to Common Shareholders will be less than
if leverage had not been used. In the latter case, Eaton Vance, in its best
judgment, may nevertheless determine to maintain the Fund's leveraged position
if it deems such action to be appropriate. The costs of an offering of preferred
shares and/or a borrowing program would be borne by Common Shareholders and
consequently would result in a reduction of the net asset value of Common
Shares. In addition, the fee paid to Eaton Vance will be calculated on the basis
of the Fund's average daily gross assets, including proceeds from the issuance
of preferred shares and/or borrowings, so the fee will be higher when leverage
is utilized. In this regard, holders of preferred shares do not bear the
investment advisory fee. Rather, Common Shareholders bear the portion of the
investment advisory fee attributable to the assets purchased with the proceeds
of the preferred shares offering.

TECHNOLOGY RISK

       The technology industries can be significantly affected by obsolescence
of existing technology, short product cycles, falling prices and profits,
competition from new market entrants, and general economic conditions.

MANAGEMENT RISK

       The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed
portfolio. Eaton Vance, Parametric, Rampart and the individual portfolio
managers invest the assets of the Fund as they deem appropriate in implementing
the Fund's investment strategy. Accordingly, the success of the Fund depends
upon the investment skills and analytical abilities of Eaton Vance, Parametric,
Rampart and the individual portfolio managers to develop and actively implement
investment strategies that achieve the Fund's investment objectives. There is no
assurance that Eaton Vance, Parametric, Rampart and the individual portfolio
managers will be successful in developing and implementing the Fund's investment
strategy. Subjective decisions made by Eaton Vance, Parametric, Rampart and the
individual portfolio managers may cause the Fund to incur losses or to miss
profit opportunities on which it could otherwise have capitalized.

MARKET DISRUPTION

       The terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001 had a
disruptive effect on the securities markets. These terrorist attacks and related
events, including the war in Iraq, its aftermath, and continuing occupation of
Iraq by coalition forces, have raised short-term market risk and may have
adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets. A similar
disruption of the financial markets
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could impact trading in common stocks and stock options, interest rates, credit
risk, inflation and other factors relating to the Common Shares. The Fund cannot
predict the effects of similar events in the future on the U.S. economy and
securities markets.

ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS

       The Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust includes provisions that
could limit the ability of other persons or entities to acquire control of the
Fund or to change the composition of its Board. These provisions may deprive
Common Shareholders of opportunities to sell their Common Shares at a premium
over the then current market price of the Common Shares. See "Description of
Capital Structure -- Anti-Takeover Provisions in the Declaration of Trust."

                             MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

       The management of the Fund, including general supervision of the duties
performed by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement (as defined below) and the
Sub-Advisers under each Sub-Advisory Agreement (as defined below), is the
responsibility of the Fund's Board under the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the 1940 Act.

THE ADVISER

       Eaton Vance acts as the Fund's investment adviser under an Investment
Advisory Agreement (the "Advisory Agreement"). The Adviser's principal office is
located at The Eaton Vance Building, 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109. Eaton
Vance, its affiliates and predecessor companies have been managing assets of
individuals and institutions since 1924 and of investment funds since 1931.
Eaton Vance (or its affiliates) currently serves as the investment adviser to
investment funds and various individual and institutional clients with combined
assets under management of approximately $98 billion as of January 31, 2005,
including approximately $58.6 billion in equity assets. Eaton Vance is a direct,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., a publicly-held holding company,
which through its subsidiaries and affiliates engages primarily in investment
management, administration and marketing activities.

       Under the general supervision of the Fund's Board, Eaton Vance will be
responsible for managing the Fund's overall investment program, providing the
Sub-Advisers with research support and supervising the performance of the
Sub-Advisers. As described below under the caption "The Sub-Advisers,"
Parametric will be responsible for structuring and managing the Fund's common
stock portfolio, including tax-loss harvesting and other tax-management
techniques, relying in part on the fundamental research and analytical judgments
of the Adviser; Rampart will responsible for providing advice on and execution
of the Fund's options strategy. The Adviser will furnish to the Fund investment
advice and office facilities, equipment and personnel for servicing the
investments of the Fund. The Adviser will compensate all Trustees and officers
of the Fund who are members of the Adviser's organization and who render
investment services to the Fund, and will also compensate all other Adviser
personnel who provide research and investment services to the Fund. In return
for these services, facilities and payments, the Fund has agreed to pay the
Adviser as compensation under the Advisory Agreement an annual fee in the amount
of 1.00% of the average daily gross assets of the Fund. For purposes of the
Advisory Agreement and each Sub-Advisory Agreement, gross assets of the Fund
means total assets of the Fund, including any form of investment leverage that
the Fund may in the future determine to utilize, minus all accrued expenses
incurred in the normal course of operations, but not excluding any liabilities
or obligations attributable to any future investment leverage obtained through
(i) indebtedness of any type (including, without limitation, borrowing through a
credit facility/commercial paper program or the issuance debt securities), (ii)
the issuance of preferred shares or other similar preference securities, (iii)
the reinvestment of collateral received for securities loaned in accordance with
the Fund's investment objectives and policies and/or (iv) any other means.
During any future periods in which the Fund is using leverage, the fees paid to
Eaton Vance for investment advisory services will be higher than if the Fund did
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not use leverage because the fees paid will be calculated on the basis of the
Fund's gross assets, including proceeds from any borrowings and from the
issuance of preferred shares.

       Walter A. Row and other Eaton Vance investment professionals comprise the
investment team responsible for managing the Fund's overall investment program,
providing the Sub-Advisers with research support and supervising the performance
of the Sub-Advisers. Mr. Row is the portfolio manager responsible for the
day-to-day management of Eaton Vance's responsibilities with respect to the
Fund's investment portfolio.

       Mr. Row is a Vice President and the Director of Equity Research at Eaton
Vance. He is a member of Eaton Vance's Equity Strategy Committee, manages three
other Eaton Vance registered closed-end investment companies that utilize
buy-write strategies and has been an equity analyst and member of Eaton's
Vance's equity research team since 1996.

THE SUB-ADVISERS

       Eaton Vance has engaged its affiliate Parametric as a sub-adviser to the
Fund. Parametric will be responsible for structuring and managing the Fund's
common stock portfolio, including tax-loss harvesting and other tax-management
techniques, relying in part on the fundamental research and analytical judgments
of the Adviser. Parametric has developed specialized programs and systems that
allow for efficient implementation of the Fund's strategies. Parametric's
principal office is located at 1151 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109.
Parametric was founded in 1987. In September of 2003, Eaton Vance Corp, the
parent company of Eaton Vance, acquired an 80% interest in the firm with the
remaining 20% owned primarily by Parametric employees. Parametric specializes in
managing broadly diversified, risk controlled and tax-efficient portfolios for
high net worth investors and investment company clients. Parametric managed
approximately $9.2 billion in assets as of January 31, 2005.

       Under the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement (a "Sub-Advisory
Agreement") between Eaton Vance and Parametric, Eaton Vance (and not the Fund)
will pay Parametric a fee at an annual rate equal to .25% of the average daily
gross assets of the Fund. Pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement, Eaton
Vance, upon approval by the Board, may terminate the Sub-Advisory Agreement and
Eaton Vance may assume full responsibility for the services provided by
Parametric without the need for approval by shareholders of the Fund.

       David Stein, Ph.D. and Thomas Seto are the Parametric portfolio managers
responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's common stock portfolio.
Mr. Stein and Mr. Seto manage one other Eaton Vance closed-end investment
company that utilizes a buy-write investment strategy.

       Mr. Stein is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at
Parametric, where he leads the investment, research and technology activities.
Prior to joining Parametric, Mr. Stein held senior research, development and
portfolio management positions at GTE Investment Management Corp., the Vanguard
Group and IBM Retirement Funds.

       Mr. Seto is a Vice President and the Director of Portfolio Management at
Parametric where he is responsible for all portfolio management, including
taxable, tax-exempt, quantitative-active and international strategies. Prior to
joining Parametric, Mr. Seto served as the Head of U.S. Equity Index Investments
at Barclays Global Investors.

       Eaton Vance has engaged Rampart to serve as a sub-adviser to the Fund to
provide advice on and execution of the Fund's options strategy. Rampart's
principal office is located at One International Place, Boston, Massachusetts
02110. Founded in 1983, Rampart provides customized investment management
services within its core competency in options program management to a spectrum
of institutional, high net worth and investment company clients. Rampart managed
approximately $2.7 billion in assets as of February 28, 2005.

       Ronald M. Egalka is the portfolio manager at Rampart responsible for the
development and implementation of the options strategy utilized in managing the
Fund.

       Mr. Egalka is President and CEO of Rampart. He is also President of
Rampart Securities, Inc., an affiliate of Rampart and a NASD member
broker/dealer. Mr. Egalka oversees the development and
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implementation of investment strategies and tactics for Rampart. Mr. Egalka is
responsible for the development and implementation of the options strategies
utilized by three other Eaton Vance closed-end investment companies.

       Under the terms of the Sub-Advisory Agreement (a "Sub-Advisory
Agreement") between Eaton Vance and Rampart, Eaton Vance (and not the Fund) will
pay Rampart a fee at an annual rate equal to .05% of the average daily gross
assets of the Fund. Pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement, Eaton
Vance, upon approval by the Board, may terminate the Sub-Advisory Agreement and
Eaton Vance may assume full responsibility for the services provided by Rampart
without the need for approval by shareholders of the Fund.

       The Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Advisers have adopted codes of ethics
relating to personal securities transactions (the "Codes of Ethics"). The Codes
of Ethics permit Adviser and Sub-Adviser personnel to invest in securities
(including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund) for their own
accounts, subject to certain pre-clearance, reporting and other restrictions and
procedures contained in such Codes of Ethics.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

       The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information
about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the
portfolio managers, and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the
Fund.

THE ADMINISTRATOR

       Eaton Vance serves as administrator of the Fund. Under an Administration
Agreement with the Fund (the "Administration Agreement"), Eaton Vance is
responsible for managing the business affairs of the Fund, subject to the
supervision of the Fund's Board. Eaton Vance will furnish to the Fund all office
facilities, equipment and personnel for administering the affairs of the Fund.
Eaton Vance's administrative services include recordkeeping, preparation and
filing of documents required to comply with federal and state securities laws,
supervising the activities of the Fund's custodian and transfer agent, providing
assistance in connection with the Board and shareholders' meetings, providing
service in connection with any repurchase offers and other administrative
services necessary to conduct the Fund's business. Eaton Vance currently
receives no compensation for providing administrative services to the Fund. In
addition to the management fee, the Fund pays all costs and expenses of its
operation, including compensation of its Trustees (other than those affiliated
with the Adviser), custodial expenses, dividend disbursing expenses, legal fees,
expenses of independent auditors, expenses of preparing Fund documents and
reports to governmental agencies, and taxes and filing or other fees, if any.

                                 DISTRIBUTIONS

       Commencing with the Fund's first distribution, the Fund intends to make
regular quarterly distributions to Common Shareholders sourced from the Fund's
cash available for distribution. "Cash available for distribution" will consist
of the Fund's net option premiums, net realized and unrealized gains on stock
investments, and dividends and interest income, after payment of Fund expenses.
The Fund's distribution rate may be adjusted from time to time. The Board may
modify this distribution policy at any time without obtaining the approval of
Common Shareholders. The initial distribution is expected to be declared
approximately 75 days and paid approximately 90 to 120 days after the completion
of this offering, depending on market conditions.

       The Fund's annual distributions will likely differ from annual net
investment income. The investment income of the Fund will consist of all
dividend and interest income accrued on portfolio investments, short-term
capital gain (including short-term gains on option positions and gains on the
sale of portfolio investments held for one year or less) in excess of long-term
capital loss and income from certain hedging transactions, less all expenses of
the Fund. Expenses of the Fund will be accrued each day. To the extent that that
Fund's net investment income for any year exceeds the total quarterly
distributions
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paid during the year, the Fund will make a special distribution at or near
year-end of such excess amount as may be required. Over time, all of the Fund's
investment company taxable income will be distributed.

       At least annually, the Fund intends to distribute any net capital gain
(which is the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital
loss) or, alternatively, to retain all or a portion of the year's net capital
gain and pay federal income tax on the retained gain. As provided under federal
tax law, Common Shareholders of record as of the end of the Fund's taxable year
will include their attributable share of the retained gain in their income for
the year as a long-term capital gain, and will be entitled to a tax credit or
refund for the tax paid on their behalf by the Fund. The Fund may treat the cash
value of tax credit and refund amounts in connection with retained capital gains
as a substitute for equivalent cash distributions.

       If, for any calendar year, as discussed above, the total distributions
made exceed the Fund's net investment taxable income and net capital gains, the
excess generally will be treated as a tax-free return of capital to each Common
Shareholder (up to the amount of the Common Shareholder's basis in his or her
Common Shares) and thereafter as gain from the sale of Common Shares. The amount
treated as a tax-free return of capital will reduce the Common Shareholder's
adjusted basis in his or her Common Shares, thereby increasing his or her
potential gain or reducing his or her potential loss on the subsequent sale of
his or her Common Shares. Distributions in any year may include a substantial
return of capital component. Under the 1940 Act, for any distribution that
includes amounts from sources other than net income, the Fund is required to
provide Common Shareholders a written statement regarding the components of such
distribution. Such a statement will be provided at the time of any distribution
believed to include any such amounts.

       To permit the Fund to maintain more stable distributions, distribution
rates will be based on projected annual cash available for distribution. As a
result, the distributions paid by the Fund for any particular quarter may be
more or less than the amount of cash available for distribution for that
quarterly period. In certain circumstances, the Fund may be required to sell a
portion of its investment portfolio to fund distributions. Distributions will
reduce the Common Shares' net asset value.

       Common Shareholders may elect automatically to reinvest some or all of
their distributions in additional Common Shares under the Fund's dividend
reinvestment plan. See "Dividend Reinvestment Plan."

       The Fund has applied for an order from the Securities Exchange Commission
granting it an exemption from Section 19(b) of the 1940 Act and Rule 19b-1
thereunder to permit the Fund to include realized long-term capital gains as a
part of its regular distributions to Common Shareholders more frequently than
would otherwise be permitted by the 1940 Act (generally once per taxable year).
In the event that such an exemptive order is obtained, the Fund will consider
increasing the frequency of its regular distributions to Common Shareholders
from quarterly to monthly. The Fund does not intend to designate more than the
permitted number of capital gain distributions until it receives such an
exemptive order. The staff of the Securities Exchange Commission has indicated
that it has suspended the processing of exemptive applications requesting the
type of relief referenced above, pending review by the staff of the results of
an industry-wide Securities Exchange Commission inspection focusing on the
dividend practices of closed-end investment companies. There can be no assurance
as to when that review might be completed or whether, following that review, the
staff would process such applications or grant such relief. As a result of this
development, the Fund has no current expectation that it will be in a position
to include long-term capital gains in Fund distributions more frequently than is
permitted under the 1940 Act, thus leaving the Fund with the possibility of
variability in distributions (and their tax attributes) as discussed above.
Failure to receive exemptive relief would increase the likelihood that in
certain taxable years the Fund would retain all or a portion of the year's net
capital gain and pay tax on the retained gain as described above. The Adviser
does not believe that retaining capital gains and paying tax thereon would have
a material adverse affect on the Fund or the Common Shareholders.

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                           FEDERAL INCOME TAX MATTERS

       The following discussion of federal income tax matters is based on the
advice of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, counsel to the Fund. The
Fund intends to elect to be treated and to qualify each year as a regulated
investment company under the Code. Accordingly, the Fund intends to satisfy
certain requirements relating to sources of its income and diversification of
its assets and to distribute substantially all of its net income and net
short-term capital gains (after reduction by any available capital loss
carryforwards) in accordance with the timing requirements imposed by the Code,
so as to maintain its regulated investment company status and to avoid paying
federal income or excise tax thereon. To the extent it qualifies for treatment
as a regulated investment company and satisfies the above-mentioned distribution
requirements, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on income paid
to its shareholders in the form of dividends or capital gains distributions.

       At least annually, the Fund intends to distribute any net capital gain
(which is the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital
loss) or, alternatively, to retain all or a portion of the year's net capital
gain and pay federal income tax on the retained gain. As provided under federal
tax law, Common Shareholders of record as of the end of the Fund's taxable year
will include their attributable share of the retained gain in their income for
the year as long-term capital gain (regardless of holding period in the Common
Shares), and will be entitled to a tax credit or refund for the tax paid on
their behalf by the Fund. Common Shareholders of record for the retained capital
gain will also be entitled to increase their tax basis in their Common Shares by
65 percent of the allocated gain. Distributions of the Fund's net capital gain
("capital gain distributions"), if any, are taxable to Common Shareholders as
long-term capital gain, regardless of their holding period in the Common Shares.
Distributions of the Fund's net realized short-term gains will be taxable as
ordinary income.

       If, for any calendar year, the Fund's total distributions exceed the
Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess will be treated
as a tax-free return of capital to each Common Shareholder (up to the amount of
the Common Shareholder's basis in his or her Common Shares) and thereafter as
gain from the sale of Common Shares (assuming the Common Shares are held as a
capital asset). The amount treated as a tax-free return of capital will reduce
the Common Shareholder's adjusted basis in his or her Common Shares, thereby
increasing his or her potential gain or reducing his or her potential loss on
the subsequent sale or other disposition of his or her Common Shares. See below
for a summary of the maximum tax rates applicable to long-term capital gain
(including capital gain distributions). A corporation that owns Fund shares
generally will not be entitled to the dividends received deduction with respect
to all (or any prescribed percentage) of the distributions it receives from the
Fund. Fund distributions that are attributable to qualified dividend income
received by the Fund from certain domestic corporations may be designated by the
Fund as being eligible for the dividends received deduction.

       If the Fund does not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year, the Fund's
taxable income will be subject to corporate income taxes, and all distributions
from earnings and profits, including distributions of net capital gain (if any),
will be taxable to the shareholder as ordinary income. Such distributions
generally would be eligible (i) to be treated as qualified dividend income in
the case of individual and other noncorporate shareholders and (ii) for the
dividends received deduction ("DRD") in the case of corporate shareholders. In
addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund may be required
to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make
certain distributions.

       Certain of the Fund's investment practices are subject to special and
complex federal income tax provisions that may, among other things, (i) convert
dividends that would otherwise constitute qualified dividend income into
ordinary income, (ii) treat dividends that would otherwise be eligible for the
corporate dividends received deduction as ineligible for such treatment, (iii)
disallow, suspend or otherwise limit the allowance of certain losses or
deductions, (iv) convert long-term capital gain into short-term capital gain or
ordinary income, (v) convert an ordinary loss or deduction into a capital loss
(the deductibility of which is more limited), (vi) cause the Fund to recognize
income or gain without a corresponding receipt of cash, (vii) adversely affect
the time as to when a purchase or sale of stock or securities is deemed to occur
and (viii) adversely alter the characterization of certain complex financial

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transactions. While it may not always be successful in doing so, the Fund will
seek to avoid or minimize any adverse tax consequences of its investment
practices.

       In the case of Fund transactions involving S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 call
options (or other listed options on broad-based securities indices), Code
Section 1256 generally will require any gain or loss arising from the lapse,
closing out or exercise of such positions to be treated as 60% long-term and 40%
short-term capital gain or loss. In addition, the Fund generally will be
required to "mark to market" (i.e., treat as sold for fair market value) each
outstanding index option position at the close of each taxable year (and on
October 31 of each year of excise tax purposes). If a Section 1256 Contract held
by the Fund at the end of a taxable year is sold in the following year, the
amount of any gain or loss realized on such sale will be adjusted to reflect the
gain or loss previously taken into account under the "mark to market" rules. In
addition to most index call options, Section 1256 Contracts include certain
other options contracts, certain regulated futures contracts, and certain other
financial contracts.

       The Code contains special rules that apply to "straddles," defined
generally as the holding of "offsetting positions with respect to personal
property." For example, the straddle rules normally apply when a taxpayer holds
stock and an offsetting option with respect to such stock or substantially
identical stock or securities. In general, investment positions will be
offsetting if there is a substantial diminution in the risk of loss from holding
one position by reason of holding one or more other positions. The Fund expects
that the index call options it writes will not be considered straddles for this
purpose because the Fund's portfolio of common stocks will be sufficiently
dissimilar from the components of the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100 under
applicable guidance established by the IRS. Under certain circumstances,
however, the Fund may enter into options transactions or certain other
investments that may constitute positions in a straddle. If two or more
positions constitute a straddle, recognition of a realized loss from one
position must generally be deferred to the extent of unrecognized gain in an
offsetting position. In addition, long-term capital gain may be recharacterized
as short-term capital gain, or short-term capital loss as long-term capital
loss. Interest and other carrying charges allocable to personal property that is
part of a straddle are not currently deductible but must instead be capitalized.
Similarly, "wash sale" rules apply to prevent the recognition of loss by the
Fund from the disposition of stock or securities at a loss in a case in which
identical or substantially identical stock or securities (or an option to
acquire such property) is or has been acquired within a prescribed period.

       The Code allows a taxpayer to elect to offset gains and losses from
positions that are part of a "mixed straddle." A "mixed straddle" is any
straddle in which one or more but not all positions are Section 1256 Contracts.
The Fund may be eligible to elect to establish one or more mixed straddle
accounts for certain of its mixed straddle trading positions. The mixed straddle
account rules require a daily "marking to market" of all open positions in the
account and a daily netting of gains and losses from all positions in the
account. At the end of a taxable year, the annual net gains or losses from the
mixed straddle account are recognized for tax purposes. The net capital gain or
loss is treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss if
attributable to the Section 1256 Contract positions, or all short-term capital
gain or loss if attributable to the non-Section 1256 Contract positions.

       The Fund may recognize gain (but not loss) from a constructive sale of
certain "appreciated financial positions" if the Fund enters into a short sale,
offsetting notional principal contract, or forward contract transaction with
respect to the appreciated position or substantially identical property.
Appreciated financial positions subject to this constructive sale treatment
include interests (including options and forward contracts and short sales) in
stock and certain other instruments. Constructive sale treatment does not apply
if the transaction is closed out not later than thirty days after the end of the
taxable year in which the transaction was initiated, and the underlying
appreciated securities position is held unhedged for at least the next sixty
days after the hedging transaction is closed.

       Gain or loss from a short sale of property is generally considered as
capital gain or loss to the extent the property used to close the short sale
constitutes a capital asset in the Fund's hands. Except with respect to certain
situations where the property used to close a short sale has a long-term holding
period on the date the short sale is entered into, gains on short sales
generally are short-term capital gains. A loss on a short sale will be treated
as a long-term capital loss if, on the date of the short sale, "substantially
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identical property" has been held by the Fund for more than one year. In
addition, entering into a short sale may result in suspension of the holding
period of "substantially identical property" held by the Fund.

       Gain or loss on a short sale will generally not be realized until such
time as the short sale is closed. However, as described above in the discussion
of constructive sales, if the Fund holds a short sale position with respect to
securities that have appreciated in value, and it then acquires property that is
the same as or substantially identical to the property sold short, the Fund
generally will recognize gain on the date it acquires such property as if the
short sale were closed on such date with such property. Similarly, if the Fund
holds an appreciated financial position with respect to securities and then
enters into a short sale with respect to the same or substantially identical
property, the Fund generally will recognize gain as if the appreciated financial
position were sold at its fair market value on the date it enters into the short
sale. The subsequent holding period for any appreciated financial position that
is subject to these constructive sale rules will be determined as if such
position were acquired on the date of the constructive sale.

       Under the "Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003" (the
"Tax Act"), certain dividend distributions paid by the Fund (whether paid in
cash or reinvested in additional Common Shares) to individual taxpayers are
taxed at rates applicable to net long-term capital gains (15%, or 5% for
individuals in the 10% or 15% tax brackets). This tax treatment applies only if
certain holding period and other requirements are satisfied by the Common
Shareholder and the dividends are attributable to qualified dividend income
received by the Fund itself. For this purpose, "qualified dividend income" means
dividends received by the Fund from United States corporations and "qualified
foreign corporations," provided that the Fund satisfies certain holding period
and other requirements in respect of the stock of such corporations. In order
for qualified dividends paid by the Fund to a Common Shareholder to be taxable
at long-term capital gains rates, the Common Shareholder must hold his or her
Common Shares for more than 60 days during the 121-day period surrounding the
ex-dividend date. For the Fund to receive tax-advantaged dividend income, the
Fund must hold stock paying qualified dividend income for more than 60 days
during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date (or more
than 90 days during the associated 181-day period, in the case of certain
preferred stocks). In addition, the Fund cannot be obligated to make related
payments (pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) with respect to positions in
any security that is substantially similar or related property with respect to
such stock. Gains on option positions treated as short-term and other short-term
gains, interest income and non-qualified dividends are not eligible for the
lower tax rate. The special rules relating to the taxation of ordinary income
dividends paid by the Fund generally apply to taxable years beginning before
January 1, 2009. Thereafter, the Fund's distributions that are characterized as
dividends, other than capital gain distributions, will be fully taxable at
ordinary income tax rates unless further Congressional action is taken. There
can be no assurance as to what portion of the Fund's dividend distributions will
qualify for favorable treatment under the Tax Act. The Fund's investment program
and the tax treatment of Fund distributions may be affected by IRS
interpretations of the Code and future changes in tax laws and regulations,
including changes resulting from the "sunset" provisions described above that
would have the effect of repealing the favorable treatment of qualified dividend
income and reimposing the higher tax rates applicable to ordinary income in 2009
unless further legislative action is taken.

       The Fund will inform Common Shareholders of the source and tax status of
all distributions promptly after the close of each calendar year.

       Selling Common Shareholders will generally recognize gain or loss in an
amount equal to the difference between the Common Shareholder's adjusted tax
basis in the Common Shares sold and the sale proceeds. If the Common Shares are
held as a capital asset, the gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss. The
maximum tax rate applicable to net capital gains recognized by individuals and
other non-corporate taxpayers is (i) the same as the maximum ordinary income tax
rate for gains recognized on the sale of capital assets held for one year or
less, or (ii) 15% for gains recognized on the sale of capital assets held for
more than one year (as well as any capital gain distributions) (5% for
individuals in the 10% or 15% tax brackets). Any loss on a disposition of Common
Shares held for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss
to the extent of any capital gain distributions received with respect to those
Common Shares. For purposes of determining whether Common Shares have been held
for six months or
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less, the holding period is suspended for any periods during which the Common
Shareholder's risk of loss is diminished as a result of holding one or more
other positions in substantially similar or related property, or through certain
options or short sales. Any loss realized on a sale or exchange of Common Shares
will be disallowed to the extent those Common Shares are replaced by other
Common Shares within a period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30
days after the date of disposition of the Common Shares (whether through the
reinvestment of distributions or otherwise). In that event, the basis of the
replacement Common Shares will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss.

       An investor should be aware that, if Common Shares are purchased shortly
before the record date for any taxable distribution (including a capital gain
distribution), the purchase price likely will reflect the value of the
distribution and the investor then would receive a taxable distribution that is
likely to reduce the trading value of such Common Shares, in effect resulting in
a taxable return of some of the purchase price. Taxable distributions to certain
individuals and certain other non-corporate Common Shareholders, including those
who have not provided their correct taxpayer identification number and other
required certifications, may be subject to "backup" federal income tax
withholding at the fourth lowest rate of tax applicable to a single individual
(in 2005, 28%).

       An investor should also be aware that the benefits of the reduced tax
rate applicable to long-term capital gains and qualified dividend income may be
impacted by the application of the alternative minimum tax to individual
shareholders.

       The foregoing briefly summarizes some of the important federal income tax
consequences to Common Shareholders of investing in Common Shares, reflects the
federal tax law as of the date of this prospectus, and does not address special
tax rules applicable to certain types of investors, such as corporate and
foreign investors. Unless otherwise noted, this discussion assumes that an
investor is a U.S. person and holds Common Shares as a capital asset. This
discussion is based upon current provisions of the Code, the regulations
promulgated thereunder, and judicial and administrative ruling authorities, all
of which are subject to change or differing interpretations by the courts or the
IRS retroactively or prospectively. Investors should consult their tax advisors
regarding other federal, state or local tax considerations that may be
applicable in their particular circumstances, as well as any proposed tax law
changes.

                           DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

       Pursuant to the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan (the "Plan"), a Common
Shareholder may elect to have all distributions (including capital gain
distributions) automatically reinvested in Common Shares. Common Shareholders
may elect to participate in the Plan by completing the dividend reinvestment
plan application form.

       PFPC Inc. (the "Plan Agent") serves as agent for the Common Shareholders
in administering the Plan. Common Shareholders who elect not to participate in
the Plan will receive all Fund distributions in cash paid by check mailed
directly to the Common Shareholder of record (or if the Common Shares are held
in street or other nominee name, then to the nominee) by PFPC Inc., as
disbursing agent. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be
terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by written notice if received
by the Plan Agent prior to any distribution record date.

       Common Shares will be acquired by the Plan Agent or an independent
broker-dealer for the participants' accounts, depending upon the circumstances
described below, either (i) through receipt of additional previously authorized
but unissued Common Shares from the Fund ("newly issued Common Shares") or (ii)
by purchase of outstanding Common Shares on the open market ("open-market
purchases") on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date
for the distribution, the net asset value per Common Share is equal to or less
than the market price per Common Share plus estimated brokerage commissions
(such condition being referred to herein as "market premium"), the Plan Agent
will invest the distribution amount in newly issued Common Shares on behalf of
the participants. The number of newly issued Common Shares to be credited to
each participant's account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of
the distribution by the net asset value per Common Share on the date the Common
Shares are issued, provided that the maximum discount from the then current
market price per Common Share on the date of issuance may not exceed 5%. If on
the distribution
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payment date the net asset value per Common Share is greater than the market
value plus estimated brokerage commissions (such condition being referred to
herein as "market discount"), the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount
in Common Shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open-market
purchases.

       In the event of a market discount on the distribution payment date, the
Plan Agent will have up to 30 days after the distribution payment date to invest
the distribution amount in Common Shares acquired in open-market purchases. If,
before the Plan Agent has completed its open-market purchases, the market price
of a Common Share exceeds the net asset value per Common Share, the average per
Common Share purchase price paid by the Plan Agent could exceed the net asset
value of the Fund's Common Shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer Common
Shares than if the distribution had been paid in newly issued Common Shares on
the distribution payment date. Therefore, the Plan provides that if the Plan
Agent is unable to invest the full distribution amount in open-market purchases
during the purchase period or if the market discount shifts to a market premium
during the purchase period, the Plan Agent will cease making open-market
purchases and will invest the uninvested portion of the distribution amount in
newly issued Common Shares.

       The Plan Agent maintains all Common Shareholders' accounts in the Plan
and furnishes written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts,
including information needed by Common Shareholders for tax records. Common
Shares in the account of each Plan participant will be held by the Plan Agent on
behalf of the Plan participant, and each Common Shareholder's proxy will include
those Common Shares purchased or received pursuant to the Plan. The Plan Agent
will forward all proxy solicitation materials to participants and vote proxies
for Common Shares held pursuant to the Plan in accordance with the instructions
of the participants. In the case of Common Shareholders such as banks, brokers
or nominees that hold Common Shares for others who are the beneficial owners,
the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of Common
Shares certified from time to time by the record Common Shareholder's name and
held for the account of beneficial owners who participate in the Plan.

       There will be no brokerage charges with respect to Common Shares issued
directly by the Fund as a result of distributions payable either in Common
Shares or in cash. However, each Plan participant will pay a pro rata share of
brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent's open-market
purchases in connection with the reinvestment of distributions.

       Common Shareholders participating in the Plan may receive benefits not
available to Common Shareholders not participating in the Plan. If the market
price (plus commissions) of the Fund's Common Shares is above their net asset
value, participants in the Plan will receive Common Shares of the Fund purchased
at a discount to market price and having a current value that exceeds the cash
distributions they would have otherwise received on their Common Shares. If the
market price (plus commissions) of the Fund's Common Shares is below their net
asset value, Plan participants will receive Common Shares with a net asset value
that exceeds the cash distributions they would have otherwise received on their
Common Shares. There may, however, be insufficient Common Shares available in
the market at prices below net asset value to satisfy the Plan's requirements,
in which case the Plan Agent will acquire newly issued Common Shares. Also,
since the Fund does not redeem its Common Shares, the price on resale of Common
Shares may be more or less than their net asset value.

       Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable.
Accordingly, upon 30 days' notice to Plan participants, the Fund reserves the
right to amend or terminate the Plan. A Plan participant will be charged a $5.00
service charge and pay brokerage charges whenever he or she directs the Plan
Agent to sell Common Shares held in a distribution reinvestment account.

       All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan
Agent at PFPC Inc., P.O. Box 43027, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3027. Please
call 1-800-331-1710 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time if
you have questions regarding the Plan.

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                        DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE

       The Fund is an unincorporated business trust established under the laws
of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by an Agreement and Declaration of Trust
dated and filed with the Secretary of The Commonwealth on March 30, 2005 (the
"Declaration of Trust"). The Declaration of Trust provides that the Board may
authorize separate classes of shares of beneficial interest. The Board has
authorized an unlimited number of Common Shares. The Fund intends to hold annual
meetings of Common Shareholders in compliance with the requirements of the New
York Stock Exchange.

COMMON SHARES

       The Declaration of Trust permits the Fund to issue an unlimited number of
full and fractional common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per
share. Each Common Share represents an equal proportionate interest in the
assets of the Fund with each other Common Share in the Fund. Holders of Common
Shares will be entitled to the payment of distributions when, as and if declared
by the Board. The 1940 Act or the terms of any future borrowings or issuance of
preferred shares may limit the payment of distributions to the holders of Common
Shares. Each whole Common Share shall be entitled to one vote as to matters on
which it is entitled to vote pursuant to the terms of the Declaration of Trust
on file with the Securities Exchange Commission. Upon liquidation of the Fund,
after paying or adequately providing for the payment of all liabilities of the
Fund and the liquidation preference with respect to any outstanding preferred
shares, and upon receipt of such releases, indemnities and refunding agreements
as they deem necessary for their protection, the Board may distribute the
remaining assets of the Fund among the holders of the Common Shares. The
Declaration of Trust provides that Common Shareholders are not liable for any
liabilities of the Fund, and requires inclusion of a clause to that effect in
agreements entered into by the Fund and, in coordination with the Fund's
By-laws, indemnifies shareholders against any such liability. Although
shareholders of an unincorporated business trust established under Massachusetts
law may, in certain limited circumstances, be held personally liable for the
obligations of the business trust as though they were general partners, the
provisions of the Fund's Declaration of Trust and By-laws described in the
foregoing sentence make the likelihood of such personal liability remote.

       The Fund has no current intention to issue preferred shares or to borrow
money. However, if at some future time there are any borrowings or preferred
shares outstanding, the Fund may not be permitted to declare any cash
distribution on its Common Shares, unless at the time of such declaration, (i)
all accrued distributions on preferred shares or accrued interest on borrowings
have been paid and (ii) the value of the Fund's total assets (determined after
deducting the amount of such distribution), less all liabilities and
indebtedness of the Fund not represented by senior securities, is at least 300%
of the aggregate amount of such securities representing indebtedness and at
least 200% of the aggregate amount of securities representing indebtedness plus
the aggregate liquidation value of the outstanding preferred shares. In addition
to the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Fund may be required to comply with
other asset coverage requirements as a condition of the Fund obtaining a rating
of preferred shares from a nationally recognized statistical rating agency (a
"Rating Agency"). These requirements may include an asset coverage test more
stringent than under the 1940 Act. This limitation on the Fund's ability to make
distributions on its Common Shares could in certain circumstances impair the
ability of the Fund to maintain its qualification for taxation as a regulated
investment company for federal income tax purposes. If the Fund were in the
future to issue preferred shares or borrow money, it would intend, however, to
the extent possible to purchase or redeem preferred shares or reduce borrowings
from time to time to maintain compliance with such asset coverage requirements
and may pay special distributions to the holders of the preferred shares in
certain circumstances in connection with any potential impairment of the Fund's
status as a regulated investment company. See "Federal Income Tax Matters."
Depending on the timing of any such redemption or repayment, the Fund may be
required to pay a premium in addition to the liquidation preference of the
preferred shares to the holders thereof.

       The Fund has no present intention of offering additional Common Shares,
except as described herein. Other offerings of its Common Shares, if made, will
require approval of the Board. Any additional offering will not be sold at a
price per Common Share below the then current net asset value (exclusive of
underwriting discounts and commissions) except in connection with an offering to
existing Common
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Shareholders or with the consent of a majority of the Fund's outstanding Common
Shares. The Common Shares have no preemptive rights.

       The Fund generally will not issue Common Share certificates. However,
upon written request to the Fund's transfer agent, a share certificate will be
issued for any or all of the full Common Shares credited to an investor's
account. Common Share certificates that have been issued to an investor may be
returned at any time.

REPURCHASE OF COMMON SHARES AND OTHER DISCOUNT METHODS

       Because shares of closed-end management investment companies frequently
trade at a discount to their net asset values, the Board has determined that
from time to time it may be in the interest of Common Shareholders for the Fund
to take corrective actions to reduce trading discounts in the Common Shares. The
Board, in consultation with Eaton Vance, will review at least annually the
possibility of open market repurchases and/or tender offers for the Common
Shares and will consider such factors as the market price of the Common Shares,
the net asset value of the Common Shares, the liquidity of the assets of the
Fund, the effect on the Fund's expenses, whether such transactions would impair
the Fund's status as a regulated investment company or result in a failure to
comply with applicable asset coverage requirements, general economic conditions
and such other events or conditions that may have a material effect on the
Fund's ability to consummate such transactions. There are no assurances that the
Board will, in fact, decide to undertake either of these actions or, if
undertaken, that such actions will result in the Common Shares trading at a
price equal to or approximating their net asset value. The Board, in
consultation with Eaton Vance, may from time to time review other possible
actions to reduce trading discounts in the Common Shares.

PREFERRED SHARES

       The Fund has no current intention of issuing any shares other than the
Common Shares. However, the Declaration of Trust authorizes the issuance of an
unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with preference rights (the
"preferred shares") in one or more series, with rights as determined by the
Board, by action of the Board without the approval of the Common Shareholders.

       Under the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Fund must, immediately after
the issuance of any preferred shares, have an "asset coverage" of at least 200%.
Asset coverage means the ratio which the value of the total assets of the Fund,
less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities (as
defined in the 1940 Act), bears to the aggregate amount of senior securities
representing indebtedness of the Fund, if any, plus the aggregate liquidation
preference of the preferred shares. If the Fund seeks a rating for preferred
shares, asset coverage requirements in addition to those set forth in the 1940
Act may be imposed. The liquidation value of any preferred shares would be
expected to equal their aggregate original purchase price plus redemption
premium, if any, together with any accrued and unpaid distributions thereon (on
a cumulative basis), whether or not earned or declared. The terms of any
preferred shares, including their distribution rate, voting rights, liquidation
preference and redemption provisions, will be determined by the Board (subject
to applicable law and the Fund's Declaration of Trust) if and when it authorizes
preferred shares. The Fund may issue preferred shares that provide for the
periodic redetermination of the distribution rate at relatively short intervals
through an auction or remarketing procedure, although the terms of such
preferred shares may also enable the Fund to lengthen such intervals. At times,
the distribution rate as redetermined on any preferred shares could exceed the
Fund's return after expenses on the investment of proceeds from the preferred
shares and the Fund's leveraged capital structure would result in a lower rate
of return to Common Shareholders than if the Fund were not so structured.

       In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Fund, the terms of any preferred shares may entitle the
holders of preferred shares to receive a preferential liquidating distribution
(expected to equal the original purchase price per share plus redemption
premium, if any, together with accrued and unpaid dividends, whether or not
earned or declared and on a cumulative basis) before any distribution of assets
is made to Common Shareholders. After payment of the full amount of the
liquidating distribution to which they are entitled, the preferred shareholders
would not be
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entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Fund.
Holders of preferred shares, voting as a class, would be entitled to elect two
of the Fund's Trustees, if any preferred shares are issued. Under the 1940 Act,
if at any time dividends on the preferred shares are unpaid in an amount equal
to two full years' dividends thereon, the holders of all outstanding preferred
shares, voting as a class, will be entitled to elect a majority of the Board
until all dividends in default have been paid or declared and set apart for
payment. In addition, if required by a Rating Agency rating the preferred shares
or if the Board determines it to be in the best interests of the Common
Shareholders, issuance of the preferred shares may result in more restrictive
provisions than required under the 1940 Act. In this regard, holders of
preferred shares may, for example, be entitled to elect a majority of the Fund's
Board if only one dividend on the preferred shares is in arrears.

       In the event of any future issuance of preferred shares, the Fund likely
would seek a credit rating for such preferred shares from a Rating Agency. In
such event, as long as preferred shares are outstanding, the composition of its
portfolio will reflect guidelines established by such Rating Agency. Based on
previous guidelines established by Rating Agencies for the securities of other
issuers, the Fund anticipates that the guidelines with respect to any preferred
shares would establish a set of tests for portfolio composition and asset
coverage that supplement (and in some cases are more restrictive than) the
applicable requirements under the 1940 Act. Although no assurance can be given
as to the nature or extent of the guidelines that may be imposed in connection
with obtaining a rating of any preferred shares, the Fund anticipates that such
guidelines would include asset coverage requirements that are more restrictive
than those under the 1940 Act, restrictions on certain portfolio investments and
investment practices and certain mandatory redemption requirements relating to
any preferred shares. No assurance can be given that the guidelines actually
imposed with respect to any preferred shares by a Rating Agency would be more or
less restrictive than those described in this prospectus.

CREDIT FACILITY/COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAM

       The Fund has no current intention to borrow money for the purpose of
obtaining investment leverage. If, in the future, the Fund determines to engage
in investment leverage using borrowings, the Fund may enter into definitive
agreements with respect to a credit facility/commercial paper program or other
borrowing program, pursuant to which the Fund would expect to be entitled to
borrow up to a specified amount. Any such borrowings would constitute financial
leverage. Borrowings under such a facility/commercial paper program would not be
expected to be convertible into any other securities of the Fund. Outstanding
amounts would be expected to be prepayable by the Fund prior to final maturity
without significant penalty, and no sinking fund or mandatory retirement
provisions would be expected to apply. Outstanding amounts would be payable at
maturity or such earlier times as required by the agreement. The Fund may be
required to prepay outstanding amounts under the facility/program or incur a
penalty rate of interest in the event of the occurrence of certain events of
default. The Fund would be expected to indemnify the lenders under the
facility/program against liabilities they may incur in connection with the
facility/program.

       In addition, the Fund expects that any such credit facility/program would
contain covenants that, among other things, likely would limit the Fund's
ability to pay distributions in certain circumstances, incur additional debt,
change its fundamental investment policies and engage in certain transactions,
including mergers and consolidations, and may require asset coverage ratios in
addition to those required by the 1940 Act. The Fund may be required to pledge
its assets and to maintain a portion of its assets in cash or high-grade
securities as a reserve against interest or principal payments and expenses. The
Fund expects that any credit facility/program would have customary covenant,
negative covenant and default provisions. There can be no assurance that the
Fund will enter into an agreement for a credit facility/ program on terms and
conditions representative of the foregoing, or that additional material terms
will not apply. In addition, if entered into, any such credit facility/program
may in the future be replaced or refinanced by one or more credit facilities
having substantially different terms or by the issuance of preferred shares or
debt securities.

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EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE FUTURE LEVERAGE

       As discussed above, the Fund has no current intention to issue preferred
shares or to borrow money for the purpose of obtaining investment leverage. In
the event that the Fund determines in the future to utilize investment leverage,
there can be no assurance that such a leveraging strategy would be successful
during any period in which it is employed. Leverage creates risks for Common
Shareholders, including the likelihood of greater volatility of net asset value
and market price of the Common Shares and the risk that fluctuations in
distribution rates on any preferred shares or fluctuations in borrowing costs
may affect the return to Common Shareholders. To the extent that amounts
available for distribution derived from securities purchased with the proceeds
of leverage exceed the cost of such leverage, the Fund's distributions would be
greater than if leverage had not been used. Conversely, if the amounts available
for distribution derived from securities purchased with leverage proceeds are
not sufficient to cover the cost of leverage, distributions to Common
Shareholders would be less than if leverage had not been used. In the latter
case, Eaton Vance, in its best judgment, may nevertheless determine to maintain
the Fund's leveraged position if it deems such action to be appropriate. The
costs of an offering of preferred shares and/or a borrowing program would be
borne by Common Shareholders and consequently would result in a reduction of the
net asset value of Common Shares. See "Risk Factors -- Financial Leverage Risk."

       In addition, the fee paid to Eaton Vance will be calculated on the basis
of the Fund's average daily gross assets, including proceeds from the issuance
of preferred shares and/or borrowings, so the fees would be higher if leverage
is utilized. In this regard, holders of preferred shares would not bear the
investment advisory fee. Rather, Common Shareholders would bear the portion of
the investment advisory fee attributable to the assets purchased with the
proceeds of the preferred shares offering. See "Risk Factors -- Financial
Leverage Risk."

ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS IN THE DECLARATION OF TRUST

       The Declaration of Trust includes provisions that could have the effect
of limiting the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the
Fund or to change the composition of its Board and could have the effect of
depriving Common Shareholders of an opportunity to sell their Common Shares at a
premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking
to obtain control of the Fund. These provisions may have the effect of
discouraging attempts to acquire control of the Fund, which attempts could have
the effect of increasing the expenses of the Fund and interfering with the
normal operation of the Fund. The Board is divided into three classes, with the
term of one class expiring at each annual meeting of shareholders. At each
annual meeting, one class of Trustees is elected to a three-year term. This
provision could delay for up to two years the replacement of a majority of the
Board. A Trustee may be removed from office only for cause by a written
instrument signed by the remaining Trustees or by a vote of the holders of at
least two-thirds of the class of shares of the Fund that elected such Trustee
and are entitled to vote on the matter.

       In addition, the Declaration of Trust requires the favorable vote of the
holders of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of each class of the Fund,
voting as a class, then entitled to vote to approve, adopt or authorize certain
transactions with 5%-or-greater holders of a class of shares and their
associates, unless the Board shall by resolution have approved a memorandum of
understanding with such holders, in which case normal voting requirements would
be in effect. For purposes of these provisions, a 5%-or-greater holder of a
class of shares (a "Principal Shareholder") refers to any person who, whether
directly or indirectly and whether alone or together with its affiliates and
associates, beneficially owns 5% or more of the outstanding shares of any class
of beneficial interest of the Fund. The transactions subject to these special
approval requirements are: (i) the merger or consolidation of the Fund or any
subsidiary of the Fund with or into any Principal Shareholder; (ii) the issuance
of any securities of the Fund to any Principal Shareholder for cash; (iii) the
sale, lease or exchange of all or any substantial part of the assets of the Fund
to any Principal Shareholder (except assets having an aggregate fair market
value of less than $1,000,000, aggregating for the purpose of such computation
all assets sold, leased or exchanged in any series of similar transactions
within a twelve-month period); or (iv) the sale, lease or exchange to the Fund
or any subsidiary thereof, in exchange for securities of the Fund, of any assets
of any Principal
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Shareholder (except assets having an aggregate fair market value of less than
$1,000,000, aggregating for the purposes of such computation all assets sold,
leased or exchanged in any series of similar transactions within a twelve-month
period).

       The Board has determined that provisions with respect to the Board and
the 75% voting requirements described above, which voting requirements are
greater than the minimum requirements under Massachusetts law or the 1940 Act,
are in the best interest of Common Shareholders generally. Reference should be
made to the Declaration of Trust on file with the Securities Exchange Commission
for the full text of these provisions.

CONVERSION TO OPEN-END FUND

       The Fund may be converted to an open-end management investment company at
any time if approved by the lesser of (i) two-thirds or more of the Fund's then
outstanding Common Shares and preferred shares (if any), each voting separately
as a class, or (ii) more than 50% of the then outstanding Common Shares and
preferred shares (if any), voting separately as a class if such conversion is
recommended by at least 75% of the Trustees then in office. If approved in the
foregoing manner, conversion of the Fund could not occur until 90 days after the
shareholders' meeting at which such conversion was approved and would also
require at least 30 days' prior notice to all shareholders. Conversion of the
Fund to an open-end management investment company also would require the
redemption of any outstanding preferred shares and could require the repayment
of borrowings, which would eliminate any future leveraged capital structure of
the Fund with respect to the Common Shares. In the event of conversion, the
Common Shares would cease to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other
national securities exchange or market system. The Board believes that the
closed-end structure is desirable, given the Fund's investment objectives and
policies. Investors should assume, therefore, that it is unlikely that the Board
would vote to convert the Fund to an open-end management investment company.
Shareholders of an open-end management investment company may require the
company to redeem their shares at any time (except in certain circumstances as
authorized by or under the 1940 Act) at their net asset value, less such
redemption charge, if any, as might be in effect at the time of a redemption. If
the Fund were to convert to an open-end investment company, the Fund expects it
would pay all such redemption requests in cash, but would likely reserve the
right to pay redemption requests in a combination of cash or securities. If such
partial payment in securities were made, investors may incur brokerage costs in
converting such securities to cash. If the Fund were converted to an open-end
fund, it is likely that new Common Shares would be sold at net asset value plus
a sales load.

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                                  UNDERWRITING

       Subject to the terms and conditions stated in the purchase agreement
dated           , 2005, each Underwriter named below, for which Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is acting as representative, has severally
agreed to purchase, and the Fund has agreed to sell to such Underwriter, the
number of Common Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                 NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER                                                    COMMON SHARES
-----------                                                    -------------
<S>                                                            <C>
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
             Incorporated...................................
UBS Securities LLC..........................................
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC...............................
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. ..................................
Raymond James & Associates, Inc. ...........................
Advest, Inc. ...............................................
Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated..........................
Banc of America Securities LLC..............................
Ferris, Baker Watts, Incorporated...........................
J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc. ..........................
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.................................
KeyBanc Capital Markets, a division of McDonald Investments
  Inc. .....................................................
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated........................
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. .....................................
RBC Capital Markets Corporation.............................
TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc. ......................
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. .............................
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.................................
                                                               -------------
             Total..........................................
                                                               =============
</Table>

       The purchase agreement provides that the obligations of the Underwriters
to purchase the Common Shares included in this offering are subject to the
approval of certain legal matters by counsel and to certain other conditions.
The Underwriters are obligated to purchase all the Common Shares sold under the
purchase agreement if any of the Common Shares are purchased. In the purchase
agreement, the Fund and the Adviser have jointly agreed to indemnify the
Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute payments the
underwriters may be required to make for any of those liabilities.

COMMISSIONS AND DISCOUNTS

       The Underwriters propose to initially offer some of the Common Shares
directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page
of this prospectus and some of the Common Shares to certain dealers at the
public offering price less a concession not in excess of $     per Common Share.
The sales load the Fund will pay of $.90 per Common Share is equal to 4.5% of
the initial offering price. The Underwriters may allow, and the dealers may
reallow, a discount not in excess of $     per Common Share on sales to other
dealers. After the initial public offering, the public offering price,
concession and discount may be changed. Investors must pay for any Common Shares
purchased on or before           , 2005.

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       The following table shows the public offering price, sales load,
estimated offering expenses and proceeds, after expenses, to the Fund. The
information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the Underwriters of
their overallotment option.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                            WITHOUT          WITH
                                             PER SHARE   OVERALLOTMENT   OVERALLOTMENT
                                             ---------   -------------   -------------
<S>                                          <C>         <C>             <C>
Public offering price......................   $20.00           $               $
Sales load.................................     $.90           $               $
Estimated offering expenses................     $.04           $               $
Proceeds, after expenses, to the Fund......   $19.06           $               $
</Table>

       The expenses of the offering are estimated at $     and are payable by
the Fund. The Fund has agreed to pay the Underwriters $.00667 per Common Share
as a partial reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with the offering.
The amount paid by the Fund as this partial reimbursement to the Underwriters
will not exceed .03335% of the total price to the public of the Common Shares
sold in this offering. The Adviser has agreed to reimburse all of the Fund's
organizational expenses and to pay the amount by which the aggregate offering
expenses (other than the sales load, but including the reimbursement of expenses
described above) exceed $.04 per Common Share.

OVERALLOTMENT OPTION

       The Fund has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to
          additional Common Shares at the public offering price, less the sales
load, within 45 days from the date of this prospectus solely to cover any
overallotments. If the underwriters exercise this option, each will be
obligated, subject to conditions contained in the purchase agreement, to
purchase a number of additional Common Shares proportionate to that
Underwriter's initial amount reflected in the above table.

PRICE STABILIZATION, SHORT POSITIONS AND PENALTY BIDS

       Until the distribution of the Common Shares is complete, Securities and
Exchange Commission rules may limit Underwriters and selling group members from
bidding for and purchasing the Fund's Common Shares. However, the representative
may engage in transactions that stabilize the price of Common Shares, such as
bids or purchases to peg, or maintain, that price.

       If the Underwriters create a short position in the Common Shares in
connection with the offering (i.e., if they sell more Common Shares than are
listed on the cover of this prospectus), the representative may reduce that
short position by purchasing Common Shares in the open market. The
representative may also elect to reduce any short position by exercising all or
part of the overallotment option described above. The Underwriters also may
impose a penalty bid, whereby selling concessions allowed to syndicate members
or other broker-dealers in respect of the Common Shares sold in this offering
for their account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if such Common Shares are
repurchased by the syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. Purchases
of Common Shares to stabilize its price or to reduce a short position may cause
the price of the Fund's Common Shares to be higher than it might be in the
absence of such purchases.

       Neither the Fund nor any of the Underwriters makes any representation or
prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions
described above may have on the price of the Common Shares. In addition, neither
the Fund nor any of the Underwriters makes any representation that the
representative will engage in these transactions or that these transactions,
once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

       The Fund has agreed not to offer or sell any additional Common Shares for
a period of 180 days after the date of the purchase agreement without the prior
written consent of the Underwriters, except for the sale of Common Shares to the
Underwriters pursuant to the purchase agreement and certain transactions
relating to the Plan.

       The Fund anticipates that the Underwriters may from time to time act as
brokers or dealers in connection with the Fund's portfolio transactions. The
Underwriters are active underwriters of, and dealers in, securities and act as
market makers in a number of such securities and, therefore, can be expected to
engage in portfolio transactions with the Fund.
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       One or more of the Underwriters of the Common Shares may also act as an
underwriter of the Fund's preferred shares, if any, and as a broker-dealer in
connection with auctions of the preferred shares.

       The Common Shares will be sold in such a manner as to ensure that New
York Stock Exchange distribution standards (that is, round lots, public shares
and aggregate market value) will be met.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO UNDERWRITERS AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS

       The Adviser (and not the Fund) has agreed to pay a quarterly fee to
Merrill Lynch at the annual rate of .15% of the Fund's average total assets
during the continuance of the Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and the
Fund. The total amount of these additional compensation payments to Merrill
Lynch will not exceed   % of the total price to the public of the Common Shares
sold in this offering. The Adviser (and not the Fund) has also agreed to pay to
          , quarterly in arrears, an annual fee of up to   % of the Fund's
average total assets attributable to the Common Shares sold by           . The
total amount of the additional compensation payments paid to           will not
exceed   % of the total price to the public of the Common Shares sold in this
offering.

       These fee payments will remain in effect only so long as the Advisory
Agreement remains in effect between the Fund and the Adviser or any successor in
interest or affiliate of the Adviser, as and to the extent that such Advisory
Agreement is renewed periodically in accordance with the 1940 Act. Merrill Lynch
and           have agreed to provide, upon the request of the Adviser, certain
after-market support services to the Adviser designed to maintain the visibility
of the Fund on an ongoing basis, information, studies or reports regarding the
Fund and the closed-end investment company industry, and advice as to strategies
for addressing any discount of the market value of the Fund's Common Shares to
its net asset value.

       The total amount of these additional compensation payments paid to
Merrill Lynch and           , plus the amount paid by the Fund as the $.00667
per Common Share reimbursement to the Underwriters, will not exceed 4.5% of the
total price to the public of the Common Shares offered hereby. The sum total of
all compensation to the Underwriters in connection with this public offering of
Common Shares, including sales load and all forms of additional compensation to
the Underwriters, will be limited to not more than 9.0% of the total price to
the public of the Common Shares sold in this offering.

       The principal business address of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated is 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080.

                          CUSTODIAN AND TRANSFER AGENT

       Investors Bank & Trust Company ("IBT"), 200 Clarendon Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02116 is the custodian of the Fund and will maintain custody of
the securities and cash of the Fund. IBT maintains the Fund's general ledger and
computes net asset value per share daily. IBT also attends to details in
connection with the sale, exchange, substitution, transfer and other dealings
with the Fund's investments and receives and disburses all funds. IBT also
assists in preparation of shareholder reports and the electronic filing of such
reports with the Securities Exchange Commission.

       PFPC Inc., P.O. Box 43027, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3027 is the
transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent of the Fund.

                                 LEGAL OPINIONS

       Certain legal matters in connection with the Common Shares will be passed
upon for the Fund by Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, Boston,
Massachusetts, and for the Underwriters by Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, New
York. Clifford Chance US LLP may rely on the opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Nicholson Graham LLP as to certain matters of Massachusetts law.

                            REPORTS TO SHAREHOLDERS

       The Fund will send to Common Shareholders unaudited semi-annual and
audited annual reports, including a list of investments held.
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                 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

       Deloitte & Touche LLP, Boston, Massachusetts is the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Fund and will audit the Fund's
financial statements.

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

       The Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information do not contain
all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement that the Fund has
filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. The complete Registration
Statement may be obtained from the Securities Exchange Commission upon payment
of the fee prescribed by its rules and regulations. The Statement of Additional
Information can be obtained without charge by calling 1-800-225-6265.

       Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any
contract or other documents referred to are not necessarily complete, and, in
each instance, reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this prospectus forms
a part, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such reference.

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         TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              PAGE
                                                              ----
<S>                                                           <C>
Additional Investment Information and Restrictions..........    2
Trustees and Officers.......................................    6
Investment Advisory and Other Services......................   14
Determination of Net Asset Value............................   20
Portfolio Trading...........................................   21
Taxes.......................................................   24
Other Information...........................................   29
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm...............   30
Statement of Assets and Liabilities.........................   32
Notes to Financial Statements...............................   33
Appendix A: Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures............  A-1
</Table>

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                           THE FUND'S PRIVACY POLICY

       The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial
privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the
following policy ("Privacy Policy") with respect to nonpublic personal
information about its customers:

       -     Only such information received from you, through application forms
             or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund
             transactions will be collected. This may include information such
             as name, address, social security number, tax status, account
             balances and transactions.

       -     None of such information about you (or former customers) will be
             disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes
             disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the
             normal course of servicing a customer's account, Eaton Vance may
             share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform
             various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and
             broker/dealers.

       -     Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and
             procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect
             the confidentiality of such information.

       -     We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon
             proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our
             Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on
             our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

       Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton
Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management,
Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Boston Management and Research, and Eaton Vance
Distributors, Inc.

       In addition, our Privacy Policy only applies to those Eaton Vance
customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a
customer's account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party
financial adviser/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such adviser's privacy
policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued
privacy disclosures.

       For more information about Eaton Vance's Privacy Policy, please call
1-800-262-1122.

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       Until           , 2005 (the 25th day after the date of this prospectus),
all dealers effecting transactions in these securities, whether or not
participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is
in addition to the dealers' obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as
underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.
                                             SHARES

                               (EATON VANCE LOGO)

                            EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED
                          BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND

                                 COMMON SHARES
                                $20.00 PER SHARE
                             ----------------------
                                   PROSPECTUS
                             ----------------------
                              MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
                              UBS INVESTMENT BANK
                              WACHOVIA SECURITIES
                                  A.G. EDWARDS
                                 RAYMOND JAMES
                                  ADVEST, INC.
                             ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO.
                         BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
                              FERRIS, BAKER WATTS
                                  INCORPORATED
                       J.J.B. HILLIARD, W.L. LYONS, INC.
                          JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC
                            KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS
                             LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER
                                  INCORPORATED
                               OPPENHEIMER & CO.
                              RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
                                 TD WATERHOUSE
                           WEDBUSH MORGAN SECURITIES
                             WELLS FARGO SECURITIES
                                          , 2005
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                       SUBJECT TO COMPLETION MAY 25, 2005

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
          , 2005

EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
THE EATON VANCE BUILDING
255 STATE STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109
(800) 225-6265

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                              PAGE
                                                              ----
<S>                                                           <C>
Additional Investment Information and Restrictions..........    2
Trustees and Officers.......................................    6
Investment Advisory and Other Services......................   14
Determination of Net Asset Value............................   20
Portfolio Trading...........................................   21
Taxes.......................................................   24
Other Information...........................................   29
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm...............   30
Statement of Assets and Liabilities.........................   32
Notes to Financial Statements...............................   33
Appendix A: Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures............  A-1
</Table>

       THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ("SAI") IS NOT A PROSPECTUS AND
IS AUTHORIZED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ONLY IF PRECEDED OR
ACCOMPANIED BY THE PROSPECTUS OF EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES
FUND (THE "FUND") DATED           , 2005 (THE "PROSPECTUS"), AS SUPPLEMENTED
FROM TIME TO TIME, WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. THIS SAI SHOULD BE
READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH SUCH PROSPECTUS, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED
WITHOUT CHARGE BY CONTACTING YOUR FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY OR CALLING THE FUND AT
1-800-225-6265.

       THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT
COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD UNTIL THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS
EFFECTIVE. THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH IS NOT A PROSPECTUS,
IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY
THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.
<PAGE>

       Capitalized terms used in this SAI and not otherwise defined have the
meanings given them in the Fund's Prospectus.

               ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INFORMATION AND RESTRICTIONS

       Primary investment strategies are described in the Prospectus. The
following is a description of the various investment policies that may be
engaged in, whether as a primary or secondary strategy, and a summary of certain
attendant risks. Eaton Vance and the Sub-Advisers may not buy any of the
following instruments or use any of the following techniques unless they believe
that doing so will help to achieve the Fund's investment objectives.

       Equity Investments.  As described in the Prospectus, the Fund invests
primarily in common stocks.

       Preferred Stocks.  The Fund may invest in preferred stocks of both
domestic and foreign issuers. Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects,
with respect to that portion of its total assets invested in preferred stocks,
to invest only in preferred stocks of investment grade quality as determined by
S&P, Fitch or Moody's or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by
Eaton Vance. The foregoing credit quality policies apply only at the time a
security is purchased, and the Fund is not required to dispose of a security in
the event of a downgrade of an assessment of credit quality or the withdrawal of
a rating. Preferred stocks involve credit risk, which is the risk that a
preferred stock will decline in price, or fail to pay dividends when expected,
because the issuer experiences a decline in its financial status. In addition to
credit risk, investment in preferred stocks involves certain other risks as more
fully described in the Prospectus.

       Derivative Instruments.  Derivative instruments (which are instruments
that derive their value from another instrument, security or index) will be
acquired for hedging, risk management and investment purposes (to gain exposure
to securities, securities markets, markets indices and/or currencies consistent
with the Fund's investment objectives and policies), provided that no more than
10% of the Fund's total assets may be invested in such derivative instruments
acquired for non-hedging purposes. These strategies may be executed through the
use of derivative contracts in the United States or abroad. In the course of
pursuing these investment strategies, the Fund may: purchase and sell
exchange-listed and over-the-counter put and call options on securities, equity
and fixed-income indices and other instruments; purchase and sell futures
contracts and options thereon; and enter into various transactions such as
swaps, caps, floors or collars. In addition, derivatives may include new
techniques, instruments or strategies that are permitted as regulatory changes
occur. Transactions in derivative instruments involve a risk of loss or
depreciation due to: unanticipated adverse changes in securities prices,
interest rates, indices, or the other financial instruments' prices; the
inability to close out a position; default by the counterparty; imperfect
correlation between a position and the desired hedge; tax constraints on closing
out positions; and portfolio management constraints on securities subject to
such transactions. The loss on derivative instruments (other than purchased
options) may substantially exceed an investment in these instruments. In
addition, the entire premium paid for purchased options may be lost before they
can be profitably exercised. Transaction costs are incurred in opening and
closing positions. Derivative instruments may sometimes increase or leverage
exposure to a particular market risk, thereby increasing price volatility.
Over-the-counter ("OTC") derivative instruments, equity swaps and forward sales
of stocks involve an enhanced risk that the issuer or counterparty will fail to
perform its contractual obligations. Some derivative instruments are not readily
marketable or may become illiquid under adverse market conditions. In addition,
during periods of market volatility, a commodity exchange may suspend or limit
trading in an exchange-traded derivative instrument, which may make the contract
temporarily illiquid and difficult to price. Commodity exchanges may also
establish daily limits on the amount that the price of a futures contract or
futures option can vary from the previous day's settlement price. Once the daily
limit is reached, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond the limit.
This may prevent the closing out of positions to limit losses. The staff of the
Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC") takes the position that certain
purchased OTC options, and assets used as cover for written OTC options, are
illiquid. The

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ability to terminate OTC derivative instruments may depend on the cooperation of
the counterparties to such contracts. For thinly traded derivative instruments,
the only source of price quotations may be the selling dealer or counterparty.
In addition, certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code") limit the use of derivative instruments. The Fund has claimed an
exclusion from the definition of a Commodity Pool Operator ("CPO") under the
Commodity Exchange Act and therefor is not subject to registration or regulation
as a CPO. There can be no assurance that the use of derivative instruments will
be advantageous.

       Foreign exchange traded futures contracts and options thereon may be used
only if the Adviser determines that trading on such foreign exchange does not
entail risks, including credit and liquidity risks, that are materially greater
than the risks associated with trading on CFTC-regulated exchanges.

SHORT SALES

       The Fund may sell a security short if it owns at least an equal amount of
the security sold short or another security convertible or exchangeable for an
equal amount of the security sold short without payment of further compensation
(a short sale against-the-box).

       Purchasing securities to close out the short position can itself cause
the price of the securities to rise further, thereby exacerbating the loss.
Short-selling exposes the Fund to unlimited risk with respect to that security
due to the lack of an upper limit on the price to which an instrument can rise.
Although the Fund reserves the right to utilize short sales, the Adviser is
under no obligation to utilize short sales at all.

SECURITIES LENDING

       As described in the Prospectus, the Fund may lend a portion of its
portfolio securities to broker-dealers or other institutional borrowers. Loans
will be made only to organizations whose credit quality or claims paying ability
is considered by the Adviser to be at least investment grade. All securities
loans will be collateralized on a continuous basis by cash, cash equivalents
(such as money market instruments) or other liquid securities held by the
custodian and maintained in an amount at least equal to the market value of the
securities loaned. The Fund may receive loan fees in connection with loans that
are collateralized by securities or on loans of securities for which there is
special demand. The Fund may also seek to earn income on securities loans by
reinvesting cash collateral in securities consistent with its investment
objectives and policies, seeking to invest at rates that are higher than the
"rebate" rate that it normally will pay to the borrower with respect to such
cash collateral. Any such reinvestment will be subject to the investment
policies, restrictions and risk considerations described in the Prospectus and
in this SAI.

       Securities loans may result in delays in recovering, or a failure of the
borrower to return, the loaned securities. The defaulting borrower ordinarily
would be liable to the Fund for any losses resulting from such delays or
failures, and the collateral provided in connection with the loan normally would
also be available for that purpose. Securities loans normally may be terminated
by either the Fund or the borrower at any time. Upon termination and the return
of the loaned securities, the Fund would be required to return the related cash
or securities collateral to the borrower and it may be required to liquidate
longer term portfolio securities in order to do so. To the extent that such
securities have decreased in value, this may result in the Fund realizing a loss
at a time when it would not otherwise do so. The Fund also may incur losses if
it is unable to reinvest cash collateral at rates higher than applicable rebate
rates paid to borrowers and related administrative costs. These risks are
substantially the same as those incurred through investment leverage and will be
subject to the investment policies, restrictions and risk considerations
described in the Prospectus and in this SAI.

       The Fund will receive amounts equivalent to any interest or other
distributions paid on securities while they are on loan, and the Fund will not
be entitled to exercise voting or other beneficial rights on loaned securities.
The Fund will exercise its right to terminate loans and thereby regain these
rights whenever the Adviser considers it to be in the Fund's interest to do so,
taking into account the related loss of reinvestment income and other factors.
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TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS

       The Fund may invest temporarily in cash or cash equivalents. Cash
equivalents are highly liquid, short-term securities such as commercial paper,
time deposits, certificates of deposit, short-term notes and short-term U.S.
government obligations.

INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

       The following investment restrictions of the Fund are designated as
fundamental policies and as such cannot be changed without the approval of the
holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, which as used
in this SAI means the lesser of (a) 67% of the shares of the Fund present or
represented by proxy at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the
outstanding shares are present or represented at the meeting or (b) more than
50% of outstanding shares of the Fund. As a matter of fundamental policy the
Fund may not:

                (1) Borrow money, except as permitted by the Investment Company
       Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). The 1940 Act currently requires
       that any indebtedness incurred by a closed-end investment company have an
       asset coverage of at least 300%;

                (2) Issue senior securities, as defined in the 1940 Act, other
       than (a) preferred shares which immediately after issuance will have
       asset coverage of at least 200%, (b) indebtedness which immediately after
       issuance will have asset coverage of at least 300% or (c) the borrowings
       permitted by investment restriction (1) above. The 1940 Act currently
       defines "senior security" as any bond, debenture, note or similar
       obligation or instrument constituting a security and evidencing
       indebtedness and any stock of a class having priority over any other
       class as to distribution of assets or payment of dividends. Debt and
       equity securities issued by a closed-end investment company meeting the
       foregoing asset coverage provisions are excluded from the general 1940
       Act prohibition on the issuance of senior securities;

                (3) Purchase securities on margin (but the Fund may obtain such
       short-term credits as may be necessary for the clearance of purchases and
       sales of securities). The purchase of investment assets with the proceeds
       of a permitted borrowing or securities offering will not be deemed to be
       the purchase of securities on margin;

                (4) Underwrite securities issued by other persons, except
       insofar as it may technically be deemed to be an underwriter under the
       Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in selling or disposing of a
       portfolio investment;

                (5) Make loans to other persons, except by (a) the acquisition
       of loan interests, debt securities and other obligations in which the
       Fund is authorized to invest in accordance with its investment objectives
       and policies, (b) entering into repurchase agreements and (c) lending its
       portfolio securities;

                (6) Purchase or sell real estate, although it may purchase and
       sell securities which are secured by interests in real estate and
       securities of issuers which invest or deal in real estate. The Fund
       reserves the freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate acquired
       as a result of the ownership of securities;

                (7) Purchase or sell physical commodities or contracts for the
       purchase or sale of physical commodities. Physical commodities do not
       include futures contracts with respect to securities, securities indices,
       currencies, interest or other financial instruments;

                (8) With respect to 75% of its total assets, invest more than 5%
       of its total assets in the securities of a single issuer or purchase more
       than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of a single issuer, except
       obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or
       instrumentalities and except securities of other investment companies;
       and

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                (9) Invest 25% or more of its total assets in any single
       industry or group of industries (other than securities issued or
       guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities).

       The Fund may borrow money as a temporary measure for extraordinary or
emergency purposes, including the payment of dividends and the settlement of
securities transactions which otherwise might require untimely dispositions of
Fund securities. The 1940 Act currently requires that the Fund have 300% asset
coverage with respect to all borrowings other than temporary borrowings.

       For purposes of construing restriction (9), a large economic or market
sector shall not be construed as a group of industries.

       The Fund has adopted the following nonfundamental investment policy which
may be changed by the Board without approval of the Fund's shareholders. As a
matter of nonfundamental policy, the Fund may not make short sales of securities
or maintain a short position, unless at all times when a short position is open
the Fund either owns an equal amount of such securities or owns securities
convertible into or exchangeable, without payment of any further consideration,
for securities of the same issue as, and equal in amount to, the securities sold
short.

       Upon the Board's approval, the Fund may invest more than 10% of its total
assets in one or more other management investment companies (or may invest in
affiliated investment companies) to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act and
rules thereunder.

       Whenever an investment policy or investment restriction set forth in the
Prospectus or this SAI states a maximum percentage of assets that may be
invested in any security or other assets or describes a policy regarding quality
standards, such percentage limitation or standard shall be determined
immediately after and as a result of the Fund's acquisition of such security or
asset. Accordingly, any later increase or decrease resulting from a change in
values, assets or other circumstances or any subsequent rating change made by a
rating service (or as determined by the Adviser if the security is not rated by
a rating agency) will not compel the Fund to dispose of such security or other
asset. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund must always be in compliance with
the borrowing policies set forth above.

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                             TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

       The Trustees of the Fund are responsible for the overall management and
supervision of the affairs of the Fund. The Trustees and officers of the Fund
are listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown
or other offices in the same company for the last five years. The "noninterested
Trustees" consist of those Trustees who are not "interested persons" of the
Fund, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business address of each
Trustee and officer is The Eaton Vance Building, 255 State Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109. As used in this SAI, "EVC" refers to Eaton Vance Corp.,
"EV" refers to Eaton Vance, Inc., "BMR" refers to Boston Management and
Research, and "EVD" refers to Eaton Vance Distributors Inc. EVC and EV are the
corporate parent and trustee, respectively, of Eaton Vance and BMR. Eaton Vance
has engaged Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC ("Parametric" or the
"Sub-Adviser") to serve as sub-adviser to the Fund to structure and manage the
Fund's common stock portfolio, including tax harvesting and other tax management
techniques, pursuant to an investment sub-advisory agreement (the "Sub-Advisory
Agreement") between the Adviser and Parametric. Eaton Vance has also engaged
Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. ("Rampart" or the "Sub-Adviser") to
serve as sub-adviser to the Fund to provide advice on and execution of the
construction of the Fund's equity portfolio and options strategy, pursuant to an
investment sub-advisory agreement (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement") between the
Adviser and Rampart.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                           NUMBER OF
                                                                                         PORTFOLIOS IN
                                           TERM OF OFFICE                                FUND COMPLEX
NAME AND                   POSITION(S)           AND          PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S)     OVERSEEN BY          OTHER
DATE OF BIRTH             WITH THE FUND   LENGTH OF SERVICE    DURING PAST FIVE YEARS     TRUSTEE(1)     DIRECTORSHIPS HELD
-------------             -------------   -----------------   -----------------------    -------------   ------------------
<S>                       <C>             <C>                <C>                         <C>             <C>
INTERESTED TRUSTEES
James B. Hawkes.........  Trustee(2) and  Since 3/30/05      Chairman, President and          197        Director of EVC
11/9/41                   Vice President  Three Years        Chief Executive Officer of
                                                             BMR, Eaton Vance, EVC and
                                                             EV; Director of EV; Vice
                                                             President and Director of
                                                             EVD. Trustee and/or
                                                             officer of 195 registered
                                                             investment companies in
                                                             the Eaton Vance Fund
                                                             Complex. Mr. Hawkes is an
                                                             interested person because
                                                             of his positions with BMR,
                                                             Eaton Vance, EVC and EV,
                                                             which are affiliates of
                                                             the Fund.
NONINTERESTED TRUSTEES
Benjamin C. Esty........  Trustee(2)      Since 4/29/05      Professor, Harvard               135        None
1/2/63                                    Three Years        University Graduate School
                                                             of Business Administration
                                                             (since 2003). Formerly
                                                             Associate Professor,
                                                             Harvard University
                                                             Graduate School of
                                                             Business Administration
                                                             (2000-2003).
Samuel L. Hayes, III....  Chairman of     Chairman of the    Jacob H. Schiff Professor        197        Director of
2/23/35                   the Board and   Board since 2005   of Investment Banking                       Tiffany & Co.
                          Trustee(2)      and Trustee since  Emeritus, Harvard                           (specialty
                                          4/15/05. Three     University Graduate School                  retailer) and
                                          Years              of Business                                 Telect, Inc.
                                                             Administration.                             (telecommunication
                                                                                                         services company)
</Table>

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<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                           NUMBER OF
                                                                                         PORTFOLIOS IN
                                           TERM OF OFFICE                                FUND COMPLEX
NAME AND                   POSITION(S)           AND          PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S)     OVERSEEN BY          OTHER
DATE OF BIRTH             WITH THE FUND   LENGTH OF SERVICE    DURING PAST FIVE YEARS     TRUSTEE(1)     DIRECTORSHIPS HELD
-------------             -------------   -----------------   -----------------------    -------------   ------------------
<S>                       <C>             <C>                <C>                         <C>             <C>
William H. Park.........  Trustee(3)      Since 4/15/05      President and Chief              197        None
9/19/47                                   Three Years        Executive Officer, Prizm
                                                             Capital Management, LLC
                                                             (investment management
                                                             firm) (since 2002).
                                                             Executive Vice President
                                                             and Chief Financial
                                                             Officer, United Asset
                                                             Management Corporation (a
                                                             holding company owning
                                                             institutional investment
                                                             management firms
                                                             (1982-2001).
Ronald A. Pearlman......  Trustee(3)      Since 4/15/05      Professor of Law,                197        None
7/10/40                                   Three Years        Georgetown University Law
                                                             Center (since 1999). Tax
                                                             Partner, Covington and
                                                             Burling, Washington, DC
                                                             (1991-2000).
Norton A. Reamer........  Trustee(4)      Since 4/15/05      President, Chief Executive       197        None
9/21/35                                   Three Years        Officer and a Director of
                                                             Asset Management Finance
                                                             Corp. (a specialty finance
                                                             company serving the
                                                             investment management
                                                             industry) (since October
                                                             2003). President, Unicorn
                                                             Corporation (an investment
                                                             and financial services
                                                             company) (since September
                                                             2000). Formerly, Chairman,
                                                             Hellman, Jordan Management
                                                             Co., Inc. (an investment
                                                             management company)
                                                             (2000-2003). Formerly,
                                                             Advisory Director of
                                                             Berkshire Capital
                                                             Corporation (investment
                                                             banking firm) (2002-2003).
                                                             Formerly, Chairman of the
                                                             Board, United Asset
                                                             Management Corporation (a
                                                             holding company owning
                                                             institutional investment
                                                             management firms) and
                                                             Chairman, President and
                                                             Director, UAM Funds
                                                             (mutual funds)
                                                             (1980-2000).
Lynn A. Stout...........  Trustee(4)      Since 4/15/05      Professor of Law,                197        None
9/14/57                                   Three Years        University of California
                                                             at Los Angeles School of
                                                             Law (since July 2001).
                                                             Formerly, Professor of
                                                             Law, Georgetown University
                                                             Law Center
</Table>

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<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                           NUMBER OF
                                                                                         PORTFOLIOS IN
                                           TERM OF OFFICE                                FUND COMPLEX
NAME AND                   POSITION(S)           AND          PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S)     OVERSEEN BY          OTHER
DATE OF BIRTH             WITH THE FUND   LENGTH OF SERVICE    DURING PAST FIVE YEARS     TRUSTEE(1)     DIRECTORSHIPS HELD
-------------             -------------   -----------------   -----------------------    -------------   ------------------
<S>                       <C>             <C>                <C>                         <C>             <C>
Ralph F. Verni..........  Trustee(4)      Since 4/29/05      Consultant and private           135        Director of W.P.
1/26/43                                   Three Years        investor (since 2000).                      Carey & Company
                                                             Formerly, President and                     LLC (manager of
                                                             Chief Executive Officer,                    real estate
                                                             Redwood Investment                          investment trusts)
                                                             Systems, Inc. (software
                                                             developer) (2000).
                                                             Formerly President and
                                                             Chief Executive Officer,
                                                             State Street Research &
                                                             Management (investment
                                                             adviser), SSRM Holdings
                                                             (parent of State Street
                                                             Research & Management),
                                                             and SSR Realty
                                                             (institutional realty
                                                             manager) (1992-2000).
</Table>

------------

(1) Includes both master and feeder funds in master-feeder structure.

(2) Class I Trustees whose term expires in 2006.

(3) Class II Trustees whose term expires in 2007.

(4) Class III Trustees whose term expires in 2008.

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<PAGE>

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEES

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                      TERM OF OFFICE AND   PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS DURING
NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH    POSITION(S) WITH THE FUND   LENGTH OF SERVICE          PAST FIVE YEARS
----------------------    -------------------------   ------------------   ----------------------------
<S>                       <C>                         <C>                  <C>
Duncan W. Richardson....  President and Chief           Since 3/30/05      Senior Vice President and
10/26/57                  Executive Officer                                Chief Equity Investment
                                                                           Officer of Eaton Vance and
                                                                           BMR. Officer of 48
                                                                           registered investment
                                                                           companies managed by Eaton
                                                                           Vance or BMR.
Thomas E. Faust Jr......  Vice President                Since 3/30/05      Executive Vice President of
5/31/58                                                                    Eaton Vance, BMR, EVC and
                                                                           EV; Chief Investment Officer
                                                                           of Eaton Vance and BMR and
                                                                           Director of EVC. Chief
                                                                           Executive Officer of Belair
                                                                           Capital Fund LLC, Belcrest
                                                                           Capital Fund LLC, Belmar
                                                                           Capital Fund LLC; Belport
                                                                           Capital Fund LLC and Belrose
                                                                           Capital Fund LLC (private
                                                                           investment companies
                                                                           sponsored by Eaton Vance).
                                                                           Officer of 61 registered
                                                                           investment companies managed
                                                                           by Eaton Vance or BMR.
Michael R. Mach.........  Vice President                Since 3/30/05      Vice President of Eaton
7/15/47                                                                    Vance and BMR. Officer of 31
                                                                           registered investment
                                                                           companies managed by Eaton
                                                                           Vance or BMR.
Judith A. Saryan........  Vice President                Since 3/30/05      Vice President of Eaton
8/21/54                                                                    Vance and BMR. Officer of 30
                                                                           registered investment
                                                                           companies managed by Eaton
                                                                           Vance or BMR.
Alan R. Dynner..........  Secretary                     Since 3/30/05      Vice President, Secretary
10/10/40                                                                   and Chief Legal Officer of
                                                                           BMR, Eaton Vance, EVD EV and
                                                                           EVC. Officer of 197
                                                                           registered investment
                                                                           companies managed by Eaton
                                                                           Vance or BMR.
James L. O'Connor.......  Treasurer and Principal       Since 3/30/05      Vice President of Eaton
4/1/45                    Financial and Accounting                         Vance, BMR and EVD. Officer
                          Officer                                          of 121 registered investment
                                                                           companies managed by Eaton
                                                                           Vance or BMR.
</Table>

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<PAGE>

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                      TERM OF OFFICE AND   PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS DURING
NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH    POSITION(S) WITH THE FUND   LENGTH OF SERVICE          PAST FIVE YEARS
----------------------    -------------------------   ------------------   ----------------------------
<S>                       <C>                         <C>                  <C>
Paul M. O'Neil..........  Chief Compliance Officer      Since 3/30/05      Vice President of Eaton
7/11/53                                                                    Vance and BMR. Officer of
                                                                           197 registered investment
                                                                           companies managed by Eaton
                                                                           Vance or BMR.
</Table>

       The Board of Trustees of the Fund has several standing Committees,
including the Governance Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Special
Committee. Each such Committee is comprised of only noninterested Trustees.

       Messrs. Hayes, Park, Pearlman and Reamer and Ms. Stout are members of the
Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fund. Ms. Stout currently
serves as chairperson of the Governance Committee. The purpose of the Governance
Committee is to consider, evaluate and make recommendations to the Board of
Trustees with respect to the structure, membership and operation of the Board of
Trustees and the Committees thereof, including the nomination and selection of
noninterested Trustees and a Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and
compensation of such persons.

       The Governance Committee will, when a vacancy exists or is anticipated,
consider any nominee for noninterested Trustee recommended by a shareholder if
such recommendation is submitted in writing to the Governance Committee,
contains sufficient background information concerning the candidate including
evidence the candidate is willing to serve as a noninterested Trustee if
selected for the position and is received in a sufficiently timely manner.

       Messrs. Reamer (Chairman), Hayes, Park, Verni and Ms. Stout are members
of the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of
Trustees has designated Messrs. Hayes, Park and Reamer, each a noninterested
Trustee, as audit committee financial experts. The Audit Committee's purposes
are to (i) oversee the Fund's accounting and financial reporting processes, its
internal control over financial reporting, and, as appropriate, the internal
control over financial reporting of certain service providers; (ii) oversee or,
as appropriate, assist Board oversight of the quality and integrity of the
Fund's financial statements and the independent audit thereof; (iii) oversee,
or, as appropriate, assist Board oversight of, the Fund's compliance with legal
and regulatory requirements that relate to the Fund's accounting and financial
reporting, internal control over financial reporting and independent audits;
(iv) approve prior to appointment the engagement and, when appropriate,
replacement of the independent registered public accounting firm, and, if
applicable, nominate the independent registered public accounting firm to be
proposed for shareholder ratification in any proxy statement of the Fund; (v)
evaluate the qualifications, independence and performance of the independent
registered public accounting firm and the audit partner in charge of leading the
audit; and (vi) prepare, as necessary, audit committee reports consistent with
the requirements of Rule 306 of Regulation S-K for inclusion in the proxy
statement of the Fund.

       Messrs. Hayes (Chairman), Esty, Park, Pearlman, Reamer and Ms. Stout are
currently members of the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Fund.
The purposes of the Special Committee are to consider, evaluate and make
recommendations to the Board of Trustees concerning the following matters: (i)
contractual arrangements with each service provider to the Fund, including
advisory, sub-advisory, transfer agency, custodial and fund accounting,
distribution services and administrative services; (ii) any and all other
matters in which any of the Fund service providers (including Eaton Vance or any
affiliated entity thereof) has an actual or potential conflict of interest with
the interests of the Fund, or investors therein; and (iii) any other matter
appropriate for review by the non-interested Trustees, unless the matter is
within the responsibilities of the Audit Committee or the Governance Committee
of the Fund.

       As of the date of this SAI, the Governance Committee has met      times,
the Audit Committee and Special Committee have met      times.

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<PAGE>

       When considering approval of the Advisory Agreement between the Fund and
the Adviser, and the Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Adviser and Parametric,
and the Adviser and Rampart, the Special Committee considered, among other
things, the following:

       -     A report comparing the fees and expenses of the Fund and certain
             profitability analyses prepared by Eaton Vance, Rampart and
             Parametric;

       -     Information on the relevant peer group(s) of funds;

       -     The economic outlook and the general investment outlook in the
             relevant investment markets;

       -     Eaton Vance's, and Parametric's results and financial condition and
             the overall organization of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser;

       -     Eaton Vance's and Rampart's results and financial condition and the
             overall organization of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser;

       -     Arrangements regarding the distribution of Fund shares;

       -     The procedures used to determine the fair value of the Fund's
             assets;

       -     The allocation of brokerage and the benefits received by the
             Adviser and the Sub-Advisers as the result of brokerage allocation,
             including allocations to soft dollar brokerage and allocations to
             firms that sell Eaton Vance fund shares;

       -     Eaton Vance's management of the relationship with the custodian,
             subcustodians and fund accountants;

       -     The resources devoted to Eaton Vance's compliance efforts
             undertaken on behalf of the funds it manages and the record of
             compliance with the investment policies and restrictions and with
             policies on personal securities transactions;

       -     Parametric's compliance efforts with respect to the accounts it
             manages;

       -     Rampart's compliance efforts with respect to the accounts it
             manages;

       -     The quality, nature, cost and character of the administrative and
             other non-investment management services provided by Eaton Vance
             and its affiliates and by Parametric and Rampart;

       -     The terms of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory
             Agreements, and the reasonableness and appropriateness of the
             particular fee paid by the Fund for the services described therein;

       -     Operating expenses (including transfer agency expenses) to be paid
             to third parties; and

       -     Information to be provided to investors, including the Fund's
             shareholders.

       In evaluating the Advisory Agreement between the Fund and Eaton Vance,
the Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Parametric, and the
Sub-Advisory Agreement between the Adviser and Rampart, the Special Committee
reviewed material furnished by Eaton Vance, Rampart and Parametric at the
initial Board meeting held on April 18, 2005, including the above referenced
considerations and information relating to the education, experience and number
of investment professionals and other personnel who would provide services under
the Advisory Agreement and under the Sub-Advisory Agreements. The Special
Committee also took into account the time and attention to be devoted by senior
management to the Fund and the other funds in the complex. The Special Committee
evaluated the level of skill required to manage the Fund and concluded that the
human resources available at Eaton Vance were appropriate to fulfill effectively
the duties of the Adviser on behalf of the Fund. The Special Committee also
considered the business reputation of the Adviser, its financial resources and
professional liability insurance coverage and concluded that Eaton Vance would
be able to meet any

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reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Advisory Agreement. The Special
Committee also considered the business reputations of Parametric and Rampart,
Parametric's and Rampart's respective investment strategies and their past
experience in implementing these strategies.

       The Special Committee received information concerning the investment
philosophy and investment process to be applied by Eaton Vance, Rampart and
Parametric in managing the Fund. In this regard, the Special Committee
considered Eaton Vance's in-house research capabilities as well as other
resources available to Eaton Vance personnel, including research services that
may be available to Eaton Vance as a result of securities transactions effected
for the Fund and other investment advisory clients. The Special Committee
concluded that Eaton Vance's, Parametric's and Rampart's investment process,
research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund, given the
Fund's investment objective and policies.

       In addition to the factors mentioned above, the Special Committee also
reviewed the level of the Adviser's profits in respect of the management of the
Eaton Vance funds, including the Fund. The Special Committee considered the
other profits realized by Eaton Vance and its affiliates in connection with the
operation of the Fund. The Special Committee also considered profit margins of
Eaton Vance in comparison with available industry data. In addition, the Special
Committee considered the fiduciary duty assumed by the Adviser in connection
with the service rendered to the Fund and the business reputation of the
Adviser, its financial resources and its professional liability insurance
coverage. In evaluating the fees to be paid to Parametric and Rampart, the
Special Committee considered and discussed fees paid to other investment
sub-advisers in similar circumstances, as well as fees charged by Parametric and
Rampart to their other clients.

       The Special Committee did not consider any single factor as controlling
in determining whether or not to approve the Advisory Agreement and the
Sub-Advisory Agreements. Nor are the items described herein all encompassing of
the matters considered by the Special Committee. In assessing the information
provided by Eaton Vance, Parametric, Rampart and their affiliates, the Special
Committee also took into consideration the benefits to shareholders of investing
in a fund that is part of a large family of funds which provides a large variety
of shareholder services.

       Based on its consideration of all factors that it deemed material and
assisted by the advice of its independent counsel, the Special Committee
concluded that the approval of the Advisory Agreement and the Sub-Advisory
Agreements, including the fee structure (described herein) is in the interests
of shareholders. The Special Committee also considered that the Adviser would
enter into an additional compensation agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, whereby the Adviser (and not the Fund) would pay
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated to provide upon request
certain market data and reports to support shareholder services pursuant to the
agreement.

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SHARE OWNERSHIP

       The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities
beneficially owned by each Trustee in the Fund and all Eaton Vance Funds
overseen by the Trustee as of December 31, 2004.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                      DOLLAR RANGE OF     AGGREGATE DOLLAR RANGE OF EQUITY
                                                     EQUITY SECURITIES   SECURITIES OWNED IN ALL REGISTERED
                                                       OWNED IN THE       FUNDS OVERSEEN BY TRUSTEE IN THE
NAME OF TRUSTEE                                            FUND               EATON VANCE FUND COMPLEX
---------------                                      -----------------   ----------------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>                 <C>
INTERESTED TRUSTEE
  James B. Hawkes..................................        None                Over $100,000
NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES
  Benjamin C. Esty**...............................        None                     None
  Samuel L. Hayes, III.............................        None                Over $100,000
  William H. Park..................................        None                Over $100,000
  Ronald A. Pearlman...............................        None                Over $100,000
  Norton H. Reamer.................................        None                Over $100,000
  Lynn A. Stout....................................        None                Over $100,000*
  Ralph F. Verni**.................................        None                     None
</Table>

*  Includes shares which may be deemed to be beneficially owned through a
   Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan.

** Messrs. Esty and Verni were elected Trustees on April 29, 2005 and thus had
   no beneficial ownership of securities in the Fund or in the Eaton Vance Fund
   Complex as of December 31, 2004.

       As of December 31, 2004, no non-interested Trustee or any of their
immediate family members owned beneficially or of record any class of securities
of EVC, EVD, Parametric or any person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with EVC, EVD, Rampart or Parametric.

       During the calendar years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004,
no non-interested Trustee (or their immediate family members) had:

                1. Any direct or indirect interest in Eaton Vance, EVC, EVD,
       Parametric, Rampart or any person controlling, controlled by or under
       common control with EVC, EVD, Rampart or Parametric;

                2. Any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction
       or series of similar transactions with (i) the Fund; (ii) another fund
       managed by EVC, Rampart or Parametric, distributed by EVD or a person
       controlling, controlled by or under common control with EVC, EVD, Rampart
       or Parametric; (iii) EVC, EVD, Rampart or Parametric; (iv) a person
       controlling, controlled by or under common control with EVC, EVD, Rampart
       or Parametric; or (v) an officer of any of the above; or

                3. Any direct or indirect relationship with (i) the Fund; (ii)
       another fund managed by EVC, Rampart or Parametric, distributed by EVD or
       a person controlling, controlled by or under common control with EVC,
       EVD, Rampart or Parametric; (iii) EVC, EVD, Rampart or Parametric; (iv) a
       person controlling, controlled by or under common control with EVC, EVD,
       Rampart or Parametric; or (v) an officer of any of the above.

       During the calendar years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004
no officer of EVC, EVD, Parametric, Rampart or any person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with EVC, EVD, Parametric or Rampart
served on the Board of Directors of a company where a noninterested Trustee of
the Fund or any of their immediate family members served as an officer.

       Trustees of the Fund who are not affiliated with the Adviser may elect to
defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the
terms of a Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Trustees' Plan"). Under the
Trustees' Plan, an eligible Trustee may elect to have his deferred fees

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invested by the Fund in the shares of one or more funds in the Eaton Vance
Family of Funds, and the amount paid to the Trustees under the Trustees' Plan
will be determined based upon the performance of such investments. Deferral of
Trustees' fees in accordance with the Trustees' Plan will have a negligible
effect on the Fund's assets, liabilities, and net income per share, and will not
obligate the Fund to retain the services of any Trustee or obligate the Fund to
pay any particular level of compensation to the Trustee. The Fund does not have
a retirement plan for its Trustees.

       The fees and expenses of the Trustees of the Fund are paid by the Fund.
(A Trustee of the Fund who is a member of the Eaton Vance organization receives
no compensation from the Fund.) For the Fund's fiscal year ending December 31,
2005, it is anticipated that the Trustees of the Fund will earn the following
compensation in their capacities as Trustees. For the year ended December 31,
2004, the Trustees earned the compensation set forth below in their capacities
as Trustees from the funds in the Eaton Vance fund complex(1).

<Table>
<Caption>
                        SAMUEL L.    WILLIAM H.   RONALD A.   NORTON H.   LYNN A.    BENJAMIN C.   RALPH F.
SOURCE OF COMPENSATION  HAYES, III      PARK      PEARLMAN     REAMER      STOUT        ESTY        VERNI
----------------------  ----------   ----------   ---------   ---------   --------   -----------   --------
<S>                     <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>           <C>
Fund*.................   $            $           $           $           $              $            $
Fund Complex**........   $200,000     $180,000(2) $180,000    $190,000    $190,000(3)     $0          $0
</Table>

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*   Estimated

**  Mssers. Esty and Verni were elected on April 29, 2005 and they did not
    receive fees for the period.

(1) As of           , 2005, the Eaton Vance fund complex consisted of 197
    registered investment companies or series thereof.

(2) Includes $107,008 of deferred compensation.

(3) Includes $45,000 of deferred compensation.

       PROXY VOTING POLICY.  The Fund is subject to the Eaton Vance Funds Proxy
Voting Policy and Procedures, pursuant to which the Trustees have delegated
proxy voting responsibility to the Adviser and adopted the Adviser's Proxy
Voting Policies and Procedures (the "Policies") which are attached as Appendix A
to this SAI. The Trustees will review the Fund's proxy voting records from time
to time and will annually consider approving the Policies for the upcoming year.
In the event that a conflict of interest arises between the Fund's shareholders
and the Adviser or any of its affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund, the
Adviser will generally refrain from voting the proxies related to the companies
giving rise to such conflict until it consults with the Board of the Fund,
except as contemplated under the Policies. The Board's Special Committee will
instruct the Adviser on the appropriate course of action. The Fund's and the
Adviser's Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures are attached as Appendix A to
this SAI.

       Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio
securities during the 12 month period ended June 30, 2005 will be available (1)
without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122, and (2) on the
Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.

                     INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES

       THE INVESTMENT ADVISER.  Eaton Vance, its affiliates and its predecessor
companies have been managing assets of individuals and institutions since 1924
and of investment companies since 1931. They maintain a large staff of
experienced fixed-income, senior loan and equity investment professionals to
service the needs of their clients. The equity group covers stocks ranging from
blue chip to emerging growth companies. Eaton Vance and its affiliates act as
adviser to a family of mutual funds, and individual and various institutional
accounts. The fixed-income group focuses on all kinds of taxable
investment-grade and high-yield securities, tax-exempt investment-grade and
high-yield securities, and U.S. government securities. The senior loan group
focuses on senior floating rate loans, unsecured loans and other floating rate
debt securities such as notes, bonds and asset backed securities, including
corporations, hospitals, retirement plans, universities, foundations and trusts.

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       The Fund will be responsible for all of its costs and expenses not
expressly stated to be payable by Eaton Vance under the Advisory Agreement or
the Administration Agreement. Such costs and expenses to be borne by the Fund
include, without limitation: custody and transfer agency fees and expenses,
including those incurred for determining net asset value and keeping accounting
books and records; expenses of pricing and valuation services; the cost of share
certificates; membership dues in investment company organizations; expenses of
acquiring, holding and disposing of securities and other investments; fees and
expenses of registering under the securities laws, stock exchange listing fees
and governmental fees; rating agency fees and preferred share remarketing
expenses; expenses of reports to shareholders, proxy statements and other
expenses of shareholders' meetings; insurance premiums; printing and mailing
expenses; interest, taxes and corporate fees; legal and accounting expenses;
compensation and expenses of Trustees not affiliated with Eaton Vance; expenses
of conducting repurchase offers for the purpose of repurchasing Fund shares; and
investment advisory and administration fees. The Fund will also bear expenses
incurred in connection with any litigation in which the Fund is a party and any
legal obligation to indemnify its officers and Trustees with respect thereto, to
the extent not covered by insurance.

       Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the
Fund, the Fund has agreed to pay an investment advisory fee, payable on a
monthly basis, at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily gross assets of
the Fund. Gross assets of the Fund means total assets of the Fund, including any
form of investment leverage that the Fund may in the future determine to
utilize, minus all accrued expenses incurred in the normal course of operations,
but not excluding any liabilities or obligations attributable to any future
investment leverage obtained through (i) indebtedness of any type (including,
without limitation, borrowing through a credit facility/commercial paper program
or the issuance debt securities), (ii) the issuance of preferred shares or other
similar preference securities, (iii) the reinvestment of collateral received for
securities loaned in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives and
policies and/or (iv) any other means.

       The Advisory Agreement with the Adviser continues in effect for an
initial period of two years until April 18, 2007, and from year to year
thereafter so long as such continuance is approved at least annually (i) by the
vote of a majority of the noninterested Trustees of the Fund or of the Adviser,
such vote being cast in person at a meeting specifically called for the purpose
of voting on such approval and (ii) by the Board of Trustees of the Fund or by
vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The Fund's
Administration Agreement continues in effect from year to year so long as such
continuance is approved at least annually by the vote of a majority of the
Fund's Trustees. Each agreement may be terminated at any time without penalty on
sixty (60) days' written notice by the Trustees of the Fund or Eaton Vance, as
applicable, or by vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
Each agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment. Each
agreement provides that, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations or duties to the Fund under
such agreements on the part of Eaton Vance, Eaton Vance shall not be liable to
the Fund for any loss incurred, to the extent not covered by insurance.

       The Advisory Agreement provides that Eaton Vance may engage one or more
investment sub-advisers to assist with some or all aspects of the management of
the Fund's investments subject to such approvals as are required under the 1940
Act. Pursuant to these provisions, Eaton Vance has engaged Rampart, as a
sub-adviser to provide assistance with the development, implementation and
execution of the Fund's options strategy and Parametric, as a sub-adviser to
structure and manage the Fund's common stock portfolio, including tax harvesting
and other tax management techniques. The Advisory Agreement provides that Eaton
Vance may terminate any sub-advisory agreement entered into and directly assume
any functions performed by the sub-adviser, upon approval of the Board of
Trustees, without the need for approval of the shareholders of the Fund.

       Eaton Vance is a business trust organized under Massachusetts law. EV
serves as trustee of Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance and EV are subsidiaries of EVC, a
Maryland corporation and publicly-held holding company. Through its subsidiaries
and affiliates EVC engages primarily in investment management, administration
and marketing activities. The Directors of EVC are James B. Hawkes, John G. L.
Cabot, Thomas E. Faust Jr., Leo I. Higdon, Jr., Vincent M. O'Reilly, Winthrop H.
Smith, Jr. and Ralph Z.
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Sorenson. All shares of the outstanding Voting Common Stock of EVC are deposited
in a voting trust, the voting trustees of which are Messrs. Hawkes, Faust,
Jeffrey P. Beale, Alan R. Dynner, Thomas J. Fetter, Scott H. Page, Duncan W.
Richardson, William M. Steul, Payson F. Swaffield, Michael W. Weilheimer and
Wharton P. Whitaker (all of whom are officers of Eaton Vance). The voting
trustees have unrestricted voting rights for the election of Directors of EVC.
All of the outstanding voting trust receipts issued under said voting trust are
owned by certain of the officers of BMR and Eaton Vance who are also officers,
or officers and Directors of EVC and EV. As indicated under "Trustees and
officers", all of the officers of the Fund (as well as Mr. Hawkes who is also a
Trustee) hold positions in the Eaton Vance organization.

       EVC and its affiliates and their officers and employees from time to time
enter into transactions with various banks, including the custodian of the Fund,
Investors Bank & Trust Company ("IBT"). It is Eaton Vance's opinion that the
terms and conditions of such transactions were not and will not be influenced by
existing or potential custodial or other relationships between the Fund and such
banks.

       THE SUB-ADVISER.  Parametric acts as an investment sub-adviser to the
Fund and structures and manages the Fund's common stock portfolio, including tax
harvesting and other tax management techniques, pursuant to a sub-advisory
agreement between the Adviser and Parametric (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement").
Parametric's principal office is located at 1151 Fairview Avenue North, Seattle,
WA 98109. Parametric was founded in 1987. In September of 2003, Eaton Vance
Corp, the parent company of Eaton Vance, acquired an 80% interest in the firm
with the remaining 20% owned primarily by Parametric employees. Parametric
specializes in managing broadly diversified, risk controlled and tax-efficient
portfolios for institutional, high net worth investors and investment company
clients and their advisers. Parametric managed approximately $9.2 billion in
assets as of January 31, 2005.

       Under the terms of its Sub-Advisory Agreement, Parametric provides
structure and manages the Fund's common stock portfolio, including tax
harvesting and other tax management techniques, all subject to the supervision
and direction of the Fund's Board of Trustees and the Adviser. For services
rendered by Parametric under its Sub-Advisory Agreement, Eaton Vance pays
Parametric a fee, payable monthly, in an annual amount equal to 0.25% of the
average daily gross assets of the Fund.

       The Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric continues until April 18, 2007
and from year to year thereafter if approved annually (i) by the Fund's Board of
Trustees or by the holders of a majority of its outstanding voting securities
and (ii) by a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" (as
defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, by vote
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Sub-Advisory Agreement terminates automatically on its assignment and may be
terminated without penalty on 60 days written notice at the option of either the
Adviser, by the Fund's Board of Trustees or by a vote of a majority (as defined
in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding shares or by Parametric upon three
months notice. As discussed above, Eaton Vance may terminate the Sub-Advisory
Agreement with Parametric and directly assume responsibility for the services
provided by Parametric upon approval by the Board of Trustees without the need
for approval of the shareholders of the Fund.

       The Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric provides that in the absence
of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard for
its obligations and duties thereunder, Parametric is not liable for any error or
judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund.

       Rampart acts as the Fund's investment sub-adviser and provides advice and
assistance in pursuing the Fund's options strategy pursuant to a sub-advisory
agreement between the Adviser and Rampart (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement").
Rampart, a Massachusetts corporation, was founded in 1983 by its current owners
Ronald M. Egalka and David R. Fraley. The Sub-Adviser provides customized
investment management services within a core competency in options to a spectrum
of institutional clients. Since its inception, the Sub-Adviser has expanded its
computer modeling and analytical capabilities and created tools to capitalize on
opportunities in the capital markets. Rampart's principal office is located at
One International Place, Boston, MA 02110. As of February 28, 2005 Rampart had
approximately $2.7 billion of assets under management.
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       Under the terms of its Sub-Advisory Agreement, Rampart provides advice
and assistance with the development, implementation and execution of the Fund's
options strategy, all subject to the supervision and direction of the Fund's
Board of Trustees and the Adviser. For services rendered by Rampart under the
Sub-Advisory Agreement, Eaton Vance pays Rampart a fee, payable monthly, in an
annual amount equal to 0.05% of the average daily gross assets of the Fund.

       The Sub-Advisory Agreement with Rampart continues until April 18, 2007
and from year to year thereafter if approved annually (i) by the Fund's Board of
Trustees or by the holders of a majority of its outstanding voting securities
and (ii) by a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" (as
defined in the 1940 Act) of any party to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, by vote
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Sub-Advisory Agreement terminates automatically on its assignment and may be
terminated without penalty on 60 days' written notice at the option of either
the Adviser, by the Fund's Board of Trustees or by a vote of a majority (as
defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund's outstanding shares or by Rampart upon
three months notice. As discussed above, Eaton Vance may terminate the
Sub-Advisory Agreement with Rampart and directly assume responsibility for the
services provided by Rampart upon approval by the Board of Trustees without the
need for approval of the shareholders of the Fund.

       The Sub-Advisory Agreement with Rampart provides that in the absence of
willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard for its
obligations and duties thereunder, Rampart is not liable for any error or
judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund.

       PORTFOLIO MANAGERS.  The portfolio managers of the Fund are Walter A. Row
of Eaton Vance, David Stein and Thomas Seto of Parametric and Ronald M. Egalka
of Rampart. Each portfolio manager manages other investment companies and/or
investment accounts in addition to the Fund. The following tables show, as of
February 28, 2005, the number of accounts each portfolio manager managed in each
of the listed categories and the total assets in the accounts managed within
each category. The table also shows the number of accounts with respect to which
the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account, if any, and the
total assets in those accounts.

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                               NUMBER OF    TOTAL ASSETS
                                                                               ACCOUNTS     OF ACCOUNTS
                                                  NUMBER                       PAYING A       PAYING A
                                                    OF      TOTAL ASSETS OF   PERFORMANCE   PERFORMANCE
                                                 ACCOUNTS      ACCOUNTS*          FEE           FEE
                                                 --------   ---------------   -----------   ------------
<S>                                              <C>        <C>               <C>           <C>
WALTER A. ROW, III
Registered Investment Companies**..............       3         $1,623             0             $0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles...............       0         $    0             0             $0
Other Accounts.................................       0         $    0             0             $0
DAVID STEIN
Registered Investment Companies................       7         $  949             0             $0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles...............       0         $    0             0             $0
Other Accounts.................................   5,268         $8,650             0             $0
THOMAS SETO
Registered Investment Companies................       7         $  949             0             $0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles...............       0         $    0             0             $0
Other Accounts.................................   5,268         $8,650             0             $0
RONALD M. EGALKA
Registered Investment Companies................       2         $1,701             0             $0
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles...............       0         $    0             0             $0
Other Accounts.................................     307         $1,041             0             $0
</Table>

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*  In millions of dollars.

** For registered investment companies, assets represent net assets of all
   open-end investment companies and gross assets of all closed-end investment
   companies.

       None of the portfolio managers beneficially owned shares of the Fund as
of the date of this SAI.

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       It is possible that conflicts of interest may arise in connection with
the portfolio managers' management of the Fund's investments on the one hand and
the investments of other accounts for which the Fund manager is responsible for
on the other. For example, a portfolio manager may have conflicts of interest in
allocating management time, resources and investment opportunities among the
Fund and other accounts he advises. In addition due to differences in the
investment strategies or restrictions between the Fund and the other accounts, a
portfolio manager may take action with respect to another account that differs
from the action taken with respect to the Fund. In some cases, another account
managed by a portfolio manager may compensate the investment adviser based on
the performance of the securities held by that account. The existence of such a
performance-based fee may create additional conflicts of interest for the
portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment
opportunities. Whenever conflicts of interest arise, the portfolio manager will
endeavor to exercise his discretion in a manner that he believes is equitable to
all interested persons.

       EATON VANCE'S COMPENSATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD TO DETERMINE
COMPENSATION.  Compensation of the Adviser's portfolio managers and other
investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) an
annual cash bonus and (3) annual stock-based compensation consisting of options
to purchase shares of EVC's nonvoting common stock and/or restricted shares of
EVC's nonvoting common stock. The Adviser's investment professionals also
receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly
available to all the Adviser's employees. Compensation of the Adviser's
investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses,
stock-based compensation awards, and adjustments in base salary are typically
paid or put into effect at or shortly after the October 31st fiscal year-end of
EVC.

       The Adviser compensates its portfolio managers based primarily on the
scale and complexity of their portfolio responsibilities and the total return
performance of managed funds and accounts versus appropriate peer groups or
benchmarks. Performance is normally based on periods ending on the September
30th preceding fiscal year-end. Fund performance is evaluated primarily versus
peer groups of funds as determined by Lipper Inc. and/or Morningstar, Inc. In
evaluating the performance of a fund and its manager, primary emphasis is
normally placed on three-year performance, with secondary consideration of
performance over longer and shorter periods. For funds that are tax-managed or
otherwise have an objective of after-tax returns, performance is measured net of
taxes. For other funds, performance is evaluated on a pre-tax basis. In addition
to rankings within peer groups of funds on the basis of absolute performance,
consideration may also be given to risk-adjusted performance. For funds with an
investment objective other than total return (such as current income),
consideration will also be given to the fund's success in achieving its
objective. For managers responsible for multiple funds and accounts, investment
performance is evaluated on an aggregate basis, based on averages or weighted
averages among managed funds and accounts. Funds and accounts that have
performance-based advisory fees are not accorded disproportionate weightings in
measuring aggregate portfolio manager performance.

       The compensation of portfolio managers with other job responsibilities
(such as heading an investment group or providing analytical support to other
portfolios) will include consideration of the scope of such responsibilities and
the managers' performance in meeting them.

       The Adviser seeks to compensate portfolio managers commensurate with
their responsibilities and performance, and competitive with other firms within
the investment management industry. The Adviser participates in
investment-industry compensation surveys and utilizes survey data as a factor in
determining salary, bonus and stock-based compensation levels for portfolio
managers and other investment professionals. Salaries, bonuses and stock-based
compensation are also influenced by the operating performance of the Adviser and
its parent company. The overall annual cash bonus pool is based on a
substantially fixed percentage of pre-bonus operating income. While the salaries
of the Adviser's portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, cash bonuses and
stock-based compensation may fluctuate significantly from year to year, based on
changes in manager performance and other factors as described herein. For a high
performing portfolio manager, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may
represent a substantial portion of total compensation.

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       Parametric's Compensation Structure and Method to Determine
Compensation.  Compensation of Parametric portfolio managers and other
investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) a
quarterly cash bonus and (3) annual stock-based compensation consisting of
options to purchase shares of EVC's nonvoting common stock. Parametric
investment professionals also receive certain retirement, insurance and other
benefits that are broadly available to Parametric employees. Compensation of
Parametric investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis.
Stock-based compensation awards and adjustments in base salary and bonus are
typically paid and/or put into effect at or shortly after calendar year-end.

       Parametric seeks to compensate portfolio managers commensurate with their
responsibilities and performance, and competitive with other firms within the
investment management industry. The performance of portfolio managers is
evaluated primarily based on success in achieving portfolio objectives for
managed funds and accounts. The compensation of portfolio managers with other
job responsibilities (such as product development) will include consideration of
the scope of such responsibilities and the managers' performance in meeting
them.

       Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by the
operating performance of Parametric and EVC, its parent company. Cash bonuses
are determined based on a target percentage of Parametric profits. While the
salaries of Parametric portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, cash bonuses
and stock-based compensation may fluctuate substantially from year to year,
based on changes in financial performance and other factors.

       Rampart's Compensation Structure and Method to Determine
Compensation.  The identified Rampart portfolio manager is a founding
shareholder. The compensation of the identified portfolio manager has two
primary components: (1) a base salary, and (2) an annual cash bonus. There are
also certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available
to all Rampart employees. Compensation of Rampart investment professionals is
reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses and adjustments in base
salary are typically paid or put into effect at or shortly after the June 30
fiscal year-end of Rampart.

       Method to Determine Compensation.  Rampart compensates its founding
shareholders/identified portfolio managers based primarily on the scale and
complexity of their responsibilities. The performance of portfolio managers is
evaluated primarily based on success in achieving portfolio objectives for
managed funds and accounts. Rampart seeks to compensate all portfolio managers
commensurate with their responsibilities and performance, and competitive with
other firms within the investment management industry. This is reflected in the
founding shareholders/identified portfolio managers' salaries.

       Salaries and profit participations are also influenced by the operating
performance of Rampart. While the salaries of Rampart's founding
shareholders/identified portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, profit
participations may fluctuate substantially from year to year, based on changes
in financial performance.

CODES OF ETHICS

       The Adviser, Parametric, Rampart and the Fund have adopted Codes of
Ethics governing personal securities transactions. Under the Codes of Ethics,
Eaton Vance, Rampart and Parametric employees may purchase and sell securities
(including securities held or eligible for purchase by the Fund) subject to
certain pre-clearance and reporting requirements and other procedures.

       The Codes of Ethics can be reviewed and copied at the Securities and
Exchange Commission's public reference room in Washington, DC (call
1-202-942-8090 for information on the operation of the public reference room);
on the EDGAR Database on the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov); or by
sending a written request and payment of copying fees to the SEC's public
reference section, at Washington, DC 20549-0102, or by electronic mail at
publicinfo@sec.gov.

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INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES

       Under the general supervision of the Fund's Board of Trustees, Eaton
Vance will carry out the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund,
will furnish continuously an investment program with respect to the Fund, will
determine which securities should be purchased, sold or exchanged, and will
implement such determinations and will supervise the overall activities of the
Sub-Advisers. Eaton Vance will furnish to the Fund investment advice and provide
related office facilities and personnel for servicing the investments of the
Fund. Eaton Vance will compensate all Trustees and officers of the Fund who are
members of the Eaton Vance organization and who render investment services to
the Fund, and will also compensate all other Eaton Vance personnel who provide
research and investment services to the Fund.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

       Under the Administration Agreement, Eaton Vance is responsible for
managing the business affairs of the Fund, subject to the supervision of the
Fund's Board of Trustees. Eaton Vance will furnish to the Fund all office
facilities, equipment and personnel for administering the affairs of the Fund.
Eaton Vance will compensate all Trustees and officers of the Fund who are
members of the Eaton Vance organization and who render executive and
administrative services to the Fund, and will also compensate all other Eaton
Vance personnel who perform management and administrative services for the Fund.
Eaton Vance's administrative services include recordkeeping, preparation and
filing of documents required to comply with federal and state securities laws,
supervising the activities of the Fund's custodian and transfer agent, providing
assistance in connection with the Trustees' and shareholders' meetings,
providing services in connection with repurchase offers, if any, and other
administrative services necessary to conduct the Fund's business.

                        DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

       The net asset value per share of the Fund is determined no less
frequently than daily, on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (the
"Exchange") is open for trading, as of the close of regular trading on the
Exchange (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time). The Fund's net asset value per
share is determined by IBT, in the manner authorized by the Trustees of the
Fund. Net asset value is computed by dividing the value of the Fund's total
assets, less its liabilities, by the number of shares outstanding.

       The Trustees of the Fund have established the following procedures for
fair valuation of the Fund's assets under normal market conditions. Marketable
securities listed on foreign or U.S. securities exchanges generally are valued
at closing sale prices or, if there were no sales, at the mean between the
closing bid and asked prices therefor on the exchange where such securities are
principally traded (unless an active over-the-counter market in an exchange
listed security better reflects current market value). Marketable securities
listed on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the NASDAQ official
closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sale prices are
not available are valued at the mean between the latest bid and asked prices. An
exchange-traded option is valued on the valuation day at the "Primary Market"
quote reported by the Option Price Reporting Authority ("OPRA"). OPRA gathers
options quotations from the six major U.S. options exchanges and reports the
last sale price from any exchange on which the option is listed. If no such
sales are reported, such option will be valued at the mean of the closing bid
and asked prices on the valuation day on the exchange on which the options are
primarily traded. When the Fund writes a call option it records the premium as
an asset and equivalent liability and thereafter adjusts the liability to the
market value of the option determined in accordance with the preceding sentence.

       The Adviser and the valuation committee may implement new pricing
methodologies or expand mark-to-market valuation of debt securities whose market
prices are not readily available in the future, which may result in a change in
the Fund's net asset value per share. The Fund's net asset value per share will
also be affected by fair value pricing decisions and by changes in the market
for such debt securities. In determining the fair value of a debt security, the
Adviser will consider relevant factors, data, and information, including: (i)
the characteristics of and fundamental analytical data relating to the debt
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security, including the cost, size, current interest rate, period until next
interest rate reset, maturity and base lending rate of the debt security, the
terms and conditions of the debt security and any related agreements, and the
position of the debt security in the borrower's debt structure; (ii) the nature,
adequacy and value of the collateral, including the Fund's rights, remedies and
interests with respect to the collateral; (iii) the creditworthiness of the
borrower, based on an evaluation of its financial condition, financial
statements and information about the borrower's business, cash flows, capital
structure and future prospects; (iv) information relating to the market for the
debt security, including price quotations for and trading in the debt security
and interests in similar debt securities and the market environment and investor
attitudes towards the debt security and interests in similar debt securities;
(v) the experience, reputation, stability and financial condition of the agent
and any intermediate participants in the debt security; and (vi) general
economic and market conditions affecting the fair value of the debt security.
The fair value of each debt security is reviewed and approved by the Adviser's
valuation committee and the Fund's Trustees.

       Debt securities for which the over-the-counter market is the primary
market are normally valued on the basis of prices furnished by one or more
pricing services at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices.
OTC options are valued at prices obtained from a broker (typically the
counterparty to the options) on the valuation day. Financial futures contracts
listed on commodity exchanges and exchange-traded options are valued at closing
settlement prices. Short-term obligations having remaining maturities of less
than 60 days are valued at amortized cost, which approximates value, unless the
Trustees determine that under particular circumstances such method does not
result in fair value. As authorized by the Trustees, debt securities (other than
short-term obligations) may be valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a
pricing service which determines valuations based upon market transactions for
normal, institutional-size trading units of such securities. Securities for
which there is no such quotation or valuation and all other assets are valued at
fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Fund's
Trustees considering relevant factors, data and information, including the
market value of freely tradable securities of the same class in the principal
market on which such securities are normally traded.

       All other securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith
by or at the direction of the Trustees.

       The daily valuation of foreign equity securities held by the Fund
generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on
which such securities trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on
foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign
securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of
regular trading on the Exchange. The Fund may rely on an independent pricing
service in making any such adjustment. Foreign securities held by the Fund will
be valued in U.S. dollars; such values will be computed by the custodian based
on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by an independent
quotation service.

                               PORTFOLIO TRADING

       Decisions concerning the execution of portfolio security transactions,
including the selection of the market and the executing firm, are made by Eaton
Vance, the Fund's Adviser, Parametric or Rampart as the Sub-Advisers. As used
below, "Adviser" refers to Eaton Vance, Parametric, and Rampart, as applicable.
The Adviser is also responsible for the execution of transactions for all other
accounts managed by it. The Adviser places the portfolio security transactions
for execution with many firms. The Adviser uses its best efforts to obtain
execution of portfolio security transactions at prices which are advantageous to
the Fund and at reasonably competitive spreads or (when a disclosed commission
is being charged) at reasonably competitive commission rates. In seeking such
execution, the Adviser will use its best judgment in evaluating the terms of a
transaction, and will give consideration to various relevant factors, including
without limitation the full range and quality of the executing firm's services,
the value of the brokerage and research services provided, the responsiveness of
the firm to the Adviser, the size and type of the transaction, the nature and
character of the market for the security, the confidentiality, speed and
certainty of effective execution required for the transaction, the general
execution and operational capabilities of the

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executing firm, the reputation, reliability, experience and financial condition
of the firm, the value and quality of the services rendered by the firm in this
and other transactions, and the reasonableness of the spread or commission, if
any. In addition, the Advisers may consider the receipt of Proprietary Research
Services (as defined below), provided it does not compromise the Advisers'
obligations to seek best overall execution. The Adviser may engage in portfolio
brokerage transaction with a broker-dealer firm that sells shares of Eaton Vance
funds, provided such transactions are not directed to that firm as compensation
for the promotion or sale of such shares.

       Transactions on stock exchanges and other agency transactions involve the
payment of negotiated brokerage commissions. Such transactions will be conducted
in conformity with the rules under the 1940 Act. Such commissions vary among
different broker-dealer firms, and a particular broker-dealer may charge
different commissions according to such factors as the difficulty and size of
the transaction and the volume of business done with such broker-dealer.
Transactions in foreign securities often involve the payment of brokerage
commissions, which may be higher than those in the United States. There is
generally no stated commission in the case of securities traded in the
over-the-counter markets, but the price paid or received usually includes an
undisclosed dealer markup or markdown. In an underwritten offering the price
paid often includes a disclosed fixed commission or discount retained by the
underwriter or dealer.

       Although spreads or commissions paid on portfolio security transactions
will, in the judgment of the Adviser, be reasonable in relation to the value of
the services provided, commissions exceeding those which another firm might
charge may be paid to broker-dealers who were selected to execute transactions
on behalf of the Adviser's clients in part for providing brokerage and research
services to the Adviser.

       As authorized in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, a broker or dealer who executes a portfolio transaction on behalf of
the Fund may receive a commission which is in excess of the amount of commission
another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction if
the Adviser determines in good faith that such compensation was reasonable in
relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided. This
determination may be made on the basis of that particular transaction or on the
basis of overall responsibilities which the Adviser and its affiliates have for
accounts over which they exercise investment discretion. Brokerage and research
services may include advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of
investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, and the availability of
securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; furnishing analyses and
reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends,
portfolio strategy and the performance of accounts; effecting securities
transactions and performing functions incidental thereto (such as clearance and
settlement); and the "Research Services" referred to in the next paragraph.

       It is a common practice of the investment advisory industry and of the
advisers of investment companies, institutions and other investors to receive
research, analytical, statistical and quotation services, data, information and
other services, products and materials which assist such advisers in the
performance of their investment responsibilities ("Research Services") from
broker-dealer firms which execute portfolio transactions for the clients of such
advisers and from affiliates of executing broker-dealers. Advisers also commonly
receive Research Services from research providers that are not affiliated with
an executing broker-dealer, but which have entered into payment arrangements
involving an executing broker-dealer ("Third Party Research Services"). Under a
typical Third Party Research Services payment arrangement, the research provider
agrees to provide services to an Adviser in exchange for specified payments to
the research provider by a broker-dealer that executes portfolio transactions
for clients of the Adviser. The Adviser and the executing broker-dealer enter
into a related agreement specifying the amount of brokerage business the Adviser
will direct to the executing broker-dealer to offset payments made by the
executing broker-dealer for Third Party Research Services received by the
Adviser. For example, the Adviser may agree to direct brokerage business
generating $45,000 in commissions on portfolio transactions to a broker-dealer
firm as consideration for the executing broker-dealer making payments of $30,000
to a provider of Third Party Research Services. The ratio of the commissions to
be paid to an executing broker-dealer as consideration for Third Party Research
Services over the cost borne by the executing broker-dealer in

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connection with providing such services to the Adviser is referred to herein as
the "Third Party Research Services Payment Ratio."

       Consistent with the foregoing practices, the Adviser receives Research
Services from many broker-dealer firms with which the Adviser places the Fund's
transactions and from third parties with which these broker-dealers have
arrangements. The Fund and the Adviser may also receive Research Services from
underwriters and dealers in fixed-price offerings, which Research Services are
reviewed and evaluated by the Adviser in connection with its investment
responsibilities.

       Research Services received by the Advisers include such matters as
general economic, political, business and market information, industry and
company reviews, evaluations of securities and portfolio strategies and
transactions, proxy voting data and analysis services, technical analysis of
various aspects of the securities market, recommendations as to the purchase and
sale of securities and other portfolio transactions, financial, industry and
trade publications, news and information services, pricing and quotation
equipment and services, and research oriented computer hardware, software,
databases and services. Any particular Research Service obtained through a
broker-dealer may be used by the Adviser in connection with client accounts
other than those accounts which pay commissions to such broker-dealer. Any such
Research Service may be broadly useful and of value to the Adviser in rendering
investment advisory services to all or a significant portion of its clients, or
may be relevant and useful for the management of only one client's account or of
a few clients' accounts, or may be useful for the management of merely a segment
of certain clients' accounts, regardless of whether any such account or accounts
paid commissions to the broker-dealer through which such Research Service was
obtained. The advisory fee paid by the Fund is not reduced because the Adviser
receives such Research Services. The Adviser evaluates the nature and quality of
the various Research Services obtained through broker-dealer firms and attempts
to allocate sufficient portfolio security transactions to such firms to ensure
the continued receipt of Research Services which the Adviser believes are useful
or of value to it in rendering investment advisory services to its clients.

       In the event that the Adviser executes Fund securities transactions with
a broker-dealer and the associated commission is consideration for Third Party
Research Services (as described above), the Adviser has agreed to reduce the
advisory fee payable by the Fund by an amount equal to the commission payment
associated with the transaction divided by the applicable Third Party Research
Services Payment Ratio.

       Some executing broker-dealers develop and make available directly to
their brokerage customers proprietary Research Services ("Proprietary Research
Services"). As a general matter, broker-dealers bundle the cost of Proprietary
Research Services with trade execution services rather than charging separately
for each. In such circumstances, the independent cost or other value of the
Proprietary Research Services cannot be determined. The advisory fee paid by the
Fund will not be reduced in connection with the receipt of Proprietary Research
Services by the Adviser.

       The investment companies sponsored by the Adviser or its affiliates may
allocate brokerage commissions to acquire information relating to the
performance, fees and expenses of such companies and other mutual funds, which
information is used by the Directors or Trustees of such companies to fulfill
their responsibility to oversee the quality of the services provided by various
entities, including the Adviser. Such companies may also pay cash for such
information.

       Securities considered as investments for the Fund may also be appropriate
for other investment accounts managed by the Adviser or its affiliates. Whenever
decisions are made to buy or sell securities by the Fund and one or more of such
other accounts simultaneously, the Adviser will allocate the security
transactions (including "hot" issues) in a manner which it believes to be
equitable under the circumstances. As a result of such allocations, there may be
instances where the Fund will not participate in a transaction that is allocated
among other accounts. If an aggregated order cannot be filled completely,
allocations will generally be made on a pro rata basis. An order may not be
allocated on a pro rata basis where, for example: (i) consideration is given to
portfolio managers who have been instrumental in developing or negotiating a
particular investment; (ii) consideration is given to an account with
specialized
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investment policies that coincide with the particulars of a specific investment;
(iii) pro rata allocation would result in odd-lot or de minimis amounts being
allocated to a portfolio or other client; or (iv) where the Adviser reasonably
determines that departure from a pro rata allocation is advisable. While these
aggregation and allocation policies could have a detrimental effect on the price
or amount of the securities available to the Fund from time to time, it is the
opinion of the Trustees of the Fund that the benefits from the Adviser's
organization outweigh any disadvantage that may arise from exposure to
simultaneous transactions.

                                     TAXES

       The following discussion of federal income tax matters is based on the
advice of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, counsel to the Fund. The
Fund intends to elect to be treated and to qualify each year as a regulated
investment company ("RIC") under the Code.

       Qualification as a RIC requires, among other things, that the Fund: (i)
derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross income from: (a)
dividends, interest, payments with respect to certain securities loans, and
gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign
currencies, or other income (including but not limited to gain from options,
futures and forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing
in such stock, securities or foreign currencies; and (b) net income derived from
interests in certain publicly traded partnerships that are treated as
partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that derive less than 90%
of their gross income for the items described in (a) above (each a "Qualified
Publicly Traded Partnership"); and (ii) diversify its holdings so that, at the
end of each quarter of each taxable year: (a) at least 50% of the value of the
Fund's total assets is represented by (I) cash and cash items, U.S. government
securities, the securities of other regulated investment companies and (II)
other securities, with such other securities limited, in respect to any one
issuer, to an amount not greater than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets
and not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer and
(b) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets is invested in the
securities (other than U.S. government securities and the securities of other
regulated investment companies) of (i) any one issuer, (ii) any two or more
issuers that the Fund controls and that are determined to be engaged in the same
or similar trades or businesses or related trades or businesses or (iii) any one
or more Qualified Publicly Traded Partnerships.

       As a RIC, the Fund generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income
tax on its investment company taxable income (as that term is defined in the
Code, but without regard to the deductions for dividends paid)and net capital
gain (the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital
loss), if any, that it distributes in each taxable year to its shareholders,
provided that it distributes at least 90% of its investment company taxable
income for such taxable year. The Fund intends to distribute to its
shareholders, at least annually, substantially all of its investment company
taxable income and net capital gain. In order to avoid incurring a nondeductible
4% federal excise tax obligation, the Code requires that the Fund distribute (or
be deemed to have distributed) by December 31 of each calendar year an amount at
least equal to the sum of (i) 98% of its ordinary income for such year, (ii) 98%
of its capital gain net income (which is the excess of its realized net
long-term capital gain over its realized net short-term capital loss), generally
computed on the basis of the one-year period ending on October 31 of such year,
after reduction by any available capital loss carryforwards, and (iii) 100% of
any ordinary income and capital gain net income from the prior year (as
previously computed) that were not paid out during such year and on which the
Fund paid no federal income tax. Under current law, provided that the Fund
qualifies as a RIC for federal income tax purposes, the Fund should not be
liable for any income, corporate excise or franchise tax in The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

       If the Fund does not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year, the Fund's
taxable income will be subject to corporate income taxes, and all distributions
from earnings and profits, including distributions of net capital gain (if any),
will be taxable to the shareholder as ordinary income. Such distributions
generally would be eligible (i) to be treated as qualified dividend income in
the case of individual and other noncorporate shareholders and (ii) for the
dividends received deduction ("DRD") in the case of

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corporate shareholders. In addition, in order to requalify for taxation as a
RIC, the Fund may be required to recognize unrealized gains, pay substantial
taxes and interest, and make certain distributions.

       For U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions paid out of the
Fund's current or accumulated earnings and profits will, except in the case of
distributions of qualified dividend income and capital gain dividends described
below, be taxable as ordinary dividend income. Under the "Jobs and Growth Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003" (the "Tax Act"), certain income distributions
paid by the Fund (whether paid in cash or reinvested in additional Fund shares)
to individual taxpayers are taxed at rates applicable to net long-term capital
gains (15%, or 5% for individuals in the 10% or 15% tax brackets). This tax
treatment applies only if certain holding period requirements and other
requirements are satisfied by the shareholder and the dividends are attributable
to qualified dividend income received by the Fund itself. For this purpose,
"qualified dividend income" means dividends received by the Fund from United
States corporations and "qualified foreign corporations," provided that the Fund
satisfies certain holding period and other requirements in respect of the stock
of such corporations. These special rules relating to the taxation of ordinary
income dividends paid by RICs generally apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2002 and beginning before January 1, 2009. Thereafter, the Fund's
dividends, other than capital gain dividends, will be fully taxable at ordinary
income tax rates unless further Congressional action is taken. There can be no
assurance as to what portion of the Fund's dividend distributions will qualify
for favorable treatment under the Tax Act.

       Shareholders receiving any distribution from the Fund in the form of
additional shares pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan will be treated as
receiving a taxable distribution in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the shares received, determined as of the reinvestment date.

       Dividends of investment company taxable income designated by the Fund and
received by corporate shareholders of the Fund will qualify for the DRD to the
extent of the amount of qualifying dividends received by the Fund from domestic
corporations for the taxable year. A dividend received by the Fund will not be
treated as a qualifying dividend (i) if the stock on which the dividend is paid
is considered to be "debt-financed" (generally, acquired with borrowed funds),
(ii) if the Fund fails to meet certain holding period requirements for the stock
on which the dividend is paid or (iii) to the extent that the Fund is under an
obligation (pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make related payments with
respect to positions in substantially similar or related property. Moreover, the
DRD may be disallowed or reduced if the corporate shareholder fails to satisfy
the foregoing requirements with respect to its shares of the Fund or by
application of the Code.

       Distributions of net capital gain, if any, designated as capital gains
dividends are taxable to a shareholder as long-term capital gains, regardless of
how long the shareholder has held Fund shares. A distribution of an amount in
excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will be
treated by a shareholder as a return of capital which is applied against and
reduces the shareholder's basis in his or her shares. To the extent that the
amount of any such distribution exceeds the shareholder's basis in his or her
shares, the excess will be treated by the shareholder as gain from a sale or
exchange of the shares. Distributions of gains from the sale of investments that
the Fund owned for one year or less will be taxable as ordinary income.

       The Fund may elect to retain its net capital gain or a portion thereof
for investment and be taxed at corporate rates on the amount retained. In such
case, it may designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gains in a
notice to its shareholders who will be treated as if each received a
distribution of his pro rata share of such gain, with the result that each
shareholder will (i) be required to report his pro rata share of such gain on
his tax return as long-term capital gain, (ii) receive a refundable tax credit
for his pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain and (iii) increase
the tax basis for his shares by an amount equal to the deemed distribution less
the tax credit.

       Selling shareholders will generally recognize gain or loss in an amount
equal to the difference between the shareholder's adjusted tax basis in the
shares sold and the sale proceeds. If the shares are held as a capital asset,
the gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss. The maximum tax rate applicable
to net capital gains recognized by individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers
is (i) the same as the
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maximum ordinary income tax rate for gains recognized on the sale of capital
assets held for one year or less, or (ii) 15% for gains recognized on the sale
of capital assets held for more than one year (as well as certain capital gain
distributions) (5% for individuals in the 10% or 15% tax brackets).

       Any loss realized upon the sale or exchange of Fund shares with a holding
period of six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the
extent of any capital gain distributions received with respect to such shares.
In addition, all or a portion of a loss realized on a sale or other disposition
of Fund shares may be disallowed under "wash sale" rules to the extent the
shareholder acquires other shares of the same Fund (whether through the
reinvestment of distributions or otherwise) within a period of 61 days beginning
30 days before and ending 30 days after the date of disposition of the common
shares. Any disallowed loss will result in an adjustment to the shareholder's
tax basis in some or all of the other shares acquired.

       Sales charges paid upon a purchase of shares cannot be taken into account
for purposes of determining gain or loss on a sale of the shares before the 91st
day after their purchase to the extent a sales charge is reduced or eliminated
in a subsequent acquisition of shares of the Fund (or of another fund) pursuant
to the reinvestment or exchange privilege. Any disregarded amounts will result
in an adjustment to the shareholder's tax basis in some or all of any other
shares acquired.

       Dividends and distributions on the Fund's shares are generally subject to
federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed the
Fund's realized income and gains, even though such dividends and distributions
may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder's investment.
Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares purchased at a time
when the Fund's net asset value reflects gains that are either unrealized, or
realized but not distributed. Such realized gains may be required to be
distributed even when the Fund's net asset value also reflects unrealized
losses. Certain distributions declared in October, November or December and paid
in the following January will be taxed to shareholders as if received on
December 31 of the year in which they were declared. In addition, certain other
distributions made after the close of a taxable year of the Fund may be "spilled
back" and treated as paid by the Fund (except for purposes of the non-deductible
4% federal excise tax) during such taxable year. In such case, shareholders will
be treated as having received such dividends in the taxable year in which the
distributions were actually made.

       The Fund will inform shareholders of the source and tax status of all
distributions promptly after the close of each calendar year.

       The benefits of the reduced tax rates applicable to long-term capital
gains and qualified dividend income may be impacted by the application of the
alternative minimum tax to individual shareholders.

       In the case of Fund transactions involving S&P 500 call options (or other
listed options on broad-based securities indices), Code Section 1256 generally
will require any gain or loss arising from the lapse, closing out or exercise of
such positions to be treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or
loss. In addition, the Fund generally will be required to "mark to market"
(i.e., treat as sold for fair market value) each outstanding index option
position at the close of each taxable year (and on October 31 of each year for
excise tax purposes). If a Section 1256 Contract held by the Fund at the end of
a taxable year is sold in the following year, the amount of any gain or loss
realized on such sale will be adjusted to reflect the gain or loss previously
taken into account under the "mark to market" rules. In addition to most index
call options, Section 1256 Contracts include certain other options contracts,
certain regulated futures contracts, and certain other financial contracts.

       The Code contains special rules that apply to "straddles," defined
generally as the holding of "offsetting positions with respect to personal
property." For example, the straddle rules normally apply when a taxpayer holds
stock and an offsetting option with respect to such stock or substantially
identical stock or securities. In general, investment positions will be
offsetting if there is a substantial diminution in the risk of loss from holding
one position by reason of holding one or more other positions. The Fund expects
that the index call options it writes will not be considered straddles for this
purpose because the Fund's portfolio of common stocks will be sufficiently
dissimilar from the components of the S&P 500 and

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the NASDAQ-100 under applicable guidance established by the Internal Revenue
Service ("the Service"). Under certain circumstances, however, the Fund may
enter into options transactions or certain other investments that may constitute
positions in a straddle. If two or more positions constitute a straddle,
recognition of a realized loss from one position must generally be deferred to
the extent of unrecognized gain in an offsetting position. In addition,
long-term capital gain may be recharacterized as short-term capital gain, or
short-term capital loss as long-term capital loss. Interest and other carrying
charges allocable to personal property that is part of a straddle are not
currently deductible but must instead be capitalized. Similarly, "wash sale"
rules apply to prevent the recognition of loss by the Fund from the disposition
of stock or securities at a loss in a case in which identical or substantially
identical stock or securities (or an option to acquire such property) is or has
been acquired within a prescribed period.

       The Code allows a taxpayer to elect to offset gains and losses from
positions that are part of a "mixed straddle." A "mixed straddle" is any
straddle in which one or more but not all positions are Section 1256 Contracts.
The Fund may be eligible to elect to establish one or more mixed straddle
accounts for certain of its mixed straddle trading positions. The mixed straddle
account rules require a daily "marking to market" of all open positions in the
account and a daily netting of gains and losses from all positions in the
account. At the end of a taxable year, the annual net gains or losses from the
mixed straddle account are recognized for tax purposes. The net capital gain or
loss is treated as 60% long-term and 40% short-term capital gain or loss if
attributable to the Section 1256 Contract positions, or all short-term capital
gain or loss if attributable to the non-Section 1256 Contract positions.

       The Fund may recognize gain (but not loss) from a constructive sale of
certain "appreciated financial positions" if the Fund enters into a short sale,
offsetting notional principal contract, or forward contract transaction with
respect to the appreciated position or substantially identical property.
Appreciated financial positions subject to this constructive sale treatment
include interests (including options and forward contracts and short sales) in
stock and certain other instruments. Constructive sale treatment does not apply
if the transaction is closed out not later than thirty days after the end of the
taxable year in which the transaction was initiated, and the underlying
appreciated securities position is held unhedged for at least the next sixty
days after the hedging transaction is closed.

       Gain or loss from a short sale of property is generally considered as
capital gain or loss to the extent the property used to close the short sale
constitutes a capital asset in the Fund's hands. Except with respect to certain
situations where the property used to close a short sale has a long-term holding
period on the date the short sale is entered into, gains on short sales
generally are short-term capital gains. A loss on a short sale will be treated
as a long-term capital loss if, on the date of the short sale, "substantially
identical property" has been held by the Fund for more than one year. In
addition, entering into a short sale may result in suspension of the holding
period of "substantially identical property" held by the Fund.

       Gain or loss on a short sale will generally not be realized until such
time as the short sale is closed. However, as described above in the discussion
of constructive sales, if the Fund holds a short sale position with respect to
securities that have appreciated in value, and it then acquires property that is
the same as or substantially identical to the property sold short, the Fund
generally will recognize gain on the date it acquires such property as if the
short sale were closed on such date with such property. Similarly, if the Fund
holds an appreciated financial position with respect to securities and then
enters into a short sale with respect to the same or substantially identical
property, the Fund generally will recognize gain as if the appreciated financial
position were sold at its fair market value on the date it enters into the short
sale. The subsequent holding period for any appreciated financial position that
is subject to these constructive sale rules will be determined as if such
position were acquired on the date of the constructive sale.

       The Fund's transactions in futures contracts and options will be subject
to special provisions of the Code that, among other things, may affect the
character of gains and losses realized by the Fund (i.e., may affect whether
gains or losses are ordinary or capital, or short-term or long-term), may
accelerate recognition of income to the Fund and may defer Fund losses. These
rules could, therefore, affect the character, amount and timing of distributions
to shareholders. These provisions also (a) will require the Fund to
mark-to-market certain types of the positions in its portfolio (i.e., treat them
as if they

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were closed out), and (b) may cause the Fund to recognize income without
receiving cash with which to make distributions in amounts necessary to satisfy
the 90% distribution requirement for qualifying to be taxed as a RIC and the 98%
distribution requirement for avoiding excise taxes. The Fund will monitor its
transactions, will make the appropriate tax elections and will make the
appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires any futures
contract, option or hedged investment in order to mitigate the effect of these
rules and prevent disqualification of the Fund from being taxed as a regulated
investment company.

       Further, certain of the Fund's investment practices are subject to
special and complex federal income tax provisions that may, among other things,
(i) convert dividends that would otherwise constitute qualified dividend income
into short-term capital gain or ordinary income taxed at the higher rate
applicable to ordinary income, (ii) treat dividends that would otherwise be
eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction as ineligible for such
treatment, (iii) disallow, suspend or otherwise limit the allowance of certain
losses or deductions, (iv) convert long-term capital gain into short-term
capital gain or ordinary income, (v) convert an ordinary loss or deduction into
a capital loss (the deductibility of which is more limited) and (vi) cause the
Fund to recognize income or gain without a corresponding receipt of cash; (vii)
adversely affect the time as to when a purchase or sale of stock or securities
is deemed to occur, (viii) adversely alter the characterization of certain
complex financial transactions, and (ix) produce income that will not qualify as
good income for purposes of the 90% annual gross income requirement described
above.

       Dividends and interest received, and gains realized, by the Fund on
foreign securities may be subject to income, withholding or other taxes imposed
by foreign countries and U.S. possessions (collectively "foreign taxes") that
would reduce the return on its securities. Tax conventions between certain
countries and the United States, however, may reduce or eliminate foreign taxes,
and many foreign countries do not impose taxes on capital gains in respect of
investments by foreign investors. Shareholders will generally not be entitled to
claim a credit or deduction with respect to foreign taxes paid by the Fund.

       The Fund may invest in the stock of "passive foreign investment
companies" ("PFICs"). A PFIC is any foreign corporation (with certain
exceptions) that, in general, meets either of the following tests: (1) at least
75% of its gross income is passive or (2) an average of at least 50% of its
assets produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. Under certain
circumstances, the Fund will be subject to federal income tax on a portion of
any "excess distribution" received on the stock of a PFIC or of any gain from
disposition of that stock (collectively "PFIC income"), plus interest thereon,
even if the Fund distributes the PFIC income as a taxable dividend to its
shareholders. The balance of the PFIC income will be included in the Fund's
investment company taxable income and, accordingly, will not be taxable to it to
the extent it distributes that income to its shareholders.

       If the Fund invests in a PFIC and elects to treat the PFIC as a
"qualified electing fund" ("QEF"), then in lieu of the foregoing tax and
interest obligation, the Fund will be required to include in income each year
its pro rata share of the QEF's annual ordinary earnings and net capital
gain -- which it may have to distribute to satisfy the distribution requirement
and avoid imposition of the excise tax -- even if the QEF does not distribute
those earnings and gain to the Fund. In most instances it will be very
difficult, if not impossible, to make this election because of certain of its
requirements.

       The Fund may elect to "mark to market" its stock in any PFIC.
"Marking-to-market," in this context, means including in ordinary income each
taxable year the excess, if any, of the fair market value of a PFIC's stock over
the Fund's adjusted basis therein as of the end of that year. Pursuant to the
election, the Fund also would be allowed to deduct (as an ordinary, not capital,
loss) the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis in PFIC stock over the fair
market value thereof as of the taxable year-end, but only to the extent of any
net mark-to-market gains (reduced by any prior deductions) with respect to that
stock included by the Fund for prior taxable years under the election. The
Fund's adjusted basis in each PFIC's stock with respect to which it has made
this election will be adjusted to reflect the amounts of income included and
deductions taken thereunder.

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       Under Section 988 of the Code, gains or losses attributable to
fluctuations in exchange rates between the time the Fund accrues income or
receivables or expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency
and the time the Fund actually collects such income or receivables or pays such
liabilities are generally treated as ordinary income or loss.

       Amounts paid by the Fund to individuals and certain other shareholders
who have not provided the Fund with their correct taxpayer identification number
("TIN") and certain certifications required by the Service as well as
shareholders with respect to whom the Fund has received certain information from
the Service or a broker may be subject to "backup" withholding of federal income
tax arising from the Fund's taxable dividends and other distributions as well as
the gross proceeds of sales of shares, at a rate of 28% for amounts paid during
2005. An individual's TIN is generally his or her social security number. Backup
withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup
withholding rules from payments made to a shareholder may be refunded or
credited against such shareholder's federal income tax liability, if any,
provided that the required information is furnished to the Service.

       The foregoing briefly summarizes some of the important federal income tax
consequences to shareholders of investing in common shares, reflects the federal
tax law as of the date of this Statement of Additional Information, and does not
address special tax rules applicable to certain types of investors, such as
corporate and foreign investors. Unless otherwise noted, this discussion assumes
that an investor is a U.S. person and holds Common Shares as a capital asset.
This discussion is based upon present provisions of the Code, the regulations
promulgated thereunder, and judicial and administrative ruling authorities, all
of which are subject to change or differing interpretations by the courts or the
Service retroactively or prospectively. Investors should consult their tax
advisors regarding other federal, state or local tax considerations that may be
applicable to their particular circumstances, as well as any proposed tax law
changes.

                               OTHER INFORMATION

       The Fund is an organization of the type commonly known as a
"Massachusetts business trust." Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of such a
trust may, in certain circumstances, be held personally liable as partners for
the obligations of the trust. The Declaration of Trust contains an express
disclaimer of shareholder liability in connection with Fund property or the
acts, obligations or affairs of the Fund. The Declaration of Trust, together
with the Fund's By-laws, also provides for indemnification out of Fund property
of any shareholder held personally liable for the claims and liabilities to
which a shareholder may become subject by sole reason of being or having been a
shareholder. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account
of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the Fund itself is
unable to meet its obligations. The Fund has been advised by its counsel that
the risk of any shareholder incurring any liability for the obligations of the
Fund is remote.

       The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustees will not be liable
for errors of judgment or mistakes of fact or law; but nothing in the
Declaration of Trust protects a Trustee against any liability to the Fund or its
shareholders to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of his or her office. Voting rights are not cumulative,
which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the
election of Trustees can elect 100% of the Trustees and, in such event, the
holders of the remaining less than 50% of the shares voting on the matter will
not be able to elect any Trustees.

       The Declaration of Trust provides that no person shall serve as a Trustee
if shareholders holding two-thirds of the outstanding shares have removed him
from that office either by a written declaration filed with the Fund's custodian
or by votes cast at a meeting called for that purpose. The Declaration of Trust
further provides that the Trustees of the Fund shall promptly call a meeting of
the shareholders for the purpose of voting upon a question of removal of any
such Trustee or Trustees when requested in writing to do so by the record
holders of not less than 10% of the outstanding shares.

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       The Fund's Prospectus and this SAI do not contain all of the information
set forth in the Registration Statement that the Fund has filed with the SEC.
The complete Registration Statement may be obtained from the SEC upon payment of
the fee prescribed by its Rules and Regulations.

                 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

       Deloitte & Touche LLP, Boston, Massachusetts is the independent
registered public accounting firm for the Fund, providing audit services, tax
return preparation, and assistance and consultation with respect to the
preparation of filings with the SEC.

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            REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

                            TO BE ADDED BY AMENDMENT

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              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND

                      STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
                             AS OF           , 2005

<Table>
<S>                                                           <C>
                              ASSETS
  Cash......................................................  $
  Offering costs............................................
  Receivable from Adviser...................................
                                                              ----
  Total assets..............................................  $
                                                              ====

                           LIABILITIES
  Accrued offering costs....................................  $
  Accrued organizational costs..............................
  Total liabilities.........................................  $
                                                              ====
Net assets applicable to          common shares of
  beneficial interest issued and outstanding................  $
                                                              ====
NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE................  $
                                                              ====
</Table>

                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

   PERIOD FROM MARCH 30, 2005 (DATE OF ORGANIZATION) THROUGH           , 2005

<Table>
<S>                                                           <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME...........................................  $ --
                                                              ----
EXPENSES
  Organization costs........................................  $
  Expense reimbursement.....................................  $(  )
                                                              ----
     Net expenses...........................................  $ --
                                                              ----
NET INVESTMENT INCOME.......................................  $ --
                                                              ====
</Table>

                       See notes to financial statements.
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                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1:  ORGANIZATION

       The Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") was
organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2005 and has been
inactive since that date except for matters relating to its organization and
registration as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the sale of           common shares to Eaton Vance Management,
the Fund's Investment Adviser.

       Eaton Vance Management, or an affiliate, has agreed to reimburse all
organizational costs, estimated at approximately $          . Eaton Vance
Management, or an affiliate, directly provided certain organizational services
to the Fund at no expense. The costs of such services are not material.

       Eaton Vance Management, or an affiliate, has agreed to pay all offering
costs (other than sales loads) that exceed $0.04 per common share. The total
estimated fund offering costs are $          , of which the Fund would pay
$          and Eaton Vance Management would pay $          based on such
estimate. The total estimated Fund offering costs includes the $.00667 per
common share the Fund has agreed to pay the underwriters as a partial
reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with the offering.

       The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide current income and
gains, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. In pursuing its
investment objectives, the Fund will evaluate returns on an after-tax basis,
seeking to minimize and defer shareholder federal income taxes. Under normal
market conditions, the Fund's investment program will consist primarily of (1)
owning a diversified portfolio of common stocks, a segment of which (the "S&P
500 Segment") seeks to exceed the total return performance of the S&P 500
Composite Stock Price Index (the "S&P 500") and a segment of which (the
"NASDAQ-100 Segment") seeks to exceed the total return performance of the
NASDAQ-100 Index (the NASDAQ-100") and (2) selling on a continuous basis S&P 500
call options on at least 80% of the value of the S&P 500 Segment and NASDAQ-100
call options on at least 80% of the value of the NASDAQ-100 Segment.

NOTE 2:  ACCOUNTING POLICIES

       The Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which
require management to make estimates. Actual results may differ from those
estimates.

       The Fund's share of offering costs will be recorded within paid in
capital as a reduction of the proceeds from the sale of common shares upon the
commencement of Fund operations. The offering costs reflected above assume the
sale of           common shares.

NOTE 3:  INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

       Pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the
Fund, the Fund has agreed to pay an investment advisory fee, payable on a
monthly basis, at an annual rate of 1.00% of the average daily gross assets of
the Fund. Gross assets of the Fund shall be calculated by deducting accrued
liabilities of the Fund not including the amount of any preferred shares
outstanding or the principal amount of any indebtedness for money borrowed.

       Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC ("Parametric"), the Adviser has agreed to
pay a sub-advisory fee to Parametric, in an annual amount equal to 0.25% of the
average daily gross assets of the Fund.

       Pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement among the Fund, the Adviser and
Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc. ("Rampart"), the Adviser has agreed
to pay a sub-advisory fee to Rampart, in an annual amount equal to 0.05% of the
average daily gross assets of the Fund.

NOTE 4:  FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

       The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its
taxable income, including any net realized gain on investments.

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                                                                      APPENDIX A

                               EATON VANCE FUNDS
                       Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

I.  OVERVIEW

       The Boards of Trustees (the "Boards") of the Eaton Vance Funds (the
"Funds") recognize that it is their fiduciary responsibility to actively monitor
the Funds' operations. The Boards have always placed paramount importance on
their oversight of the implementation of the Funds' investment strategies and
the overall management of the Funds' investments. A critical aspect of the
investment management of the Funds continues to be the effective assessment and
voting of proxies relating to the Funds' portfolio securities. While the Boards
will continue to delegate the day-to-day responsibilities relating to the
management of the proxy-voting process to the relevant investment adviser or
sub-adviser, if applicable, of the Fund (or its underlying portfolio in the case
of a master-feeder arrangement), the Boards have determined that it is in the
interests of the Funds' shareholders to adopt these written proxy voting policy
and procedures (the "Policy"). For purposes of this Policy the term "Fund" shall
include a Fund's underlying portfolio in the case of a master-feeder arrangement
and the term "Adviser" shall mean the adviser to a Fund or its sub-adviser if a
sub-advisory relationship exists.

II.  DELEGATION OF PROXY VOTING RESPONSIBILITIES

       Pursuant to investment advisory agreements between each Fund and its
Adviser, the Adviser has long been responsible for reviewing proxy statements
relating to Fund investments and, if the Adviser deems it appropriate to do so,
to vote proxies on behalf of the Funds. The Boards hereby formally delegate this
responsibility to the Adviser, except as otherwise described in this Policy. In
so doing, the Boards hereby adopt on behalf of each Fund the proxy voting
policies and procedures of the Adviser(s) to each Fund as the proxy voting
policies and procedures of the Fund. The Boards recognize that the Advisers may
from time to time amend their policies and procedures. The Advisers will report
material changes to the Boards in the manner set forth in Section IV below. In
addition, the Boards will annually review and approve the Advisers' proxy voting
policies and procedures.

III.  DELEGATION OF PROXY VOTING DISCLOSURE RESPONSIBILITIES

       The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") recently
enacted certain new reporting requirements for registered investment companies.
The Commission's new regulations require that funds (other than those which
invest exclusively in non-voting securities) make certain disclosures regarding
their proxy voting activities. The most significant disclosure requirement for
the Funds is the duty pursuant to Rule 30b1-4 promulgated under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), to file Form N-PX no later
than August 31st of each year beginning in 2004.

       Under Form N-PX, each Fund will be required to disclose, among other
things, information concerning proxies relating to the Fund's portfolio
investments, whether or not the Fund (or its Adviser) voted the proxies relating
to securities held by the Fund and how it voted in the matter and whether it
voted for or against management.

       The Boards hereby delegate to each Adviser the responsibility for
recording, compiling and transmitting in a timely manner all data required to be
filed on Form N-PX to Eaton Vance Management, which acts as administrator to
each of the Funds (the "Administrator"), for each Fund that such Adviser
manages. The Boards hereby delegate the responsibility to file Form N-PX on
behalf of each Fund to the Administrator.

IV.  CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

       The Boards expect each Adviser, as a fiduciary to the Fund(s) it manages,
to put the interests of each Fund and its shareholders above those of the
Adviser. In the event that in connection with its proxy

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voting responsibilities a conflict of interest arises between a Fund's
shareholders and the Fund's Adviser or the Administrator (or any of their
affiliates) or any affiliated person of the Fund, the Adviser, to the extent it
is aware or reasonably should have been aware of the conflict, will refrain from
voting any proxies related to companies giving rise to such conflict until it
notifies and consults with the appropriate Board(s) concerning the conflict.

       Once the Adviser notifies the relevant Board(s) of the conflict, the
Board(s) shall convene a meeting of the Boards' Fund Special Committee (the
"Committee") to review and consider all relevant materials related to the
proxies involved. In considering such proxies, the Adviser shall make available
all materials requested by the Committee and make reasonably available
appropriate personnel to discuss the matter with the Committee upon the
Committee's request. The Committee will instruct the Adviser on the appropriate
course of action. If the Committee is unable to meet and the failure to vote a
proxy would have a material adverse impact on the Fund(s) involved, each Adviser
will have the right to vote such proxy, provided that it discloses the existence
of the conflict to the Committee at its next meeting.

V.  REPORTS

       The Administrator shall make copies of each Form N-PX filed on behalf of
the Funds available for the Boards' review upon the Boards' request. The
Administrator (with input from the Adviser for the relevant Fund(s)) shall also
provide any reports reasonably requested by the Boards regarding the proxy
voting records of the Funds.

       Each Adviser shall annually report any material changes to such Adviser's
proxy voting policies and procedures to the relevant Board(s) and the relevant
Board(s) will annually review and approve the Adviser's proxy voting policies
and procedures. Each Adviser shall report any changes to such Adviser's proxy
voting policies and procedures to the Administrator prior to implementing such
changes in order to enable the Administrator to effectively coordinate the
Funds' disclosure relating to such policies and procedures.

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                             EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
                         BOSTON MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH
                      Proxy Voting Policies And Procedures

I.  INTRODUCTION

       Eaton Vance Management, Boston Management and Research and Eaton Vance
Investment Counsel (each an "Adviser" and collectively the "Advisers") have each
adopted and implemented policies and procedures that each Adviser believes are
reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interest of
clients, in accordance with its fiduciary duties and Rule 206(4)-6 under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Advisers' authority to vote the
proxies of their clients is established by their advisory contracts or similar
documentation, such as the Eaton Vance Funds Proxy Voting Policies and
Procedures. These proxy policies and procedures reflect the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") requirements governing advisers and the
long-standing fiduciary standards and responsibilities for ERISA accounts set
out in the Department of Labor Bulletin 94-2 C.F.R. 2509.94-2 (July 29, 1994).

  OVERVIEW

       Each Adviser manages its clients' assets with the overriding goal of
seeking to provide the greatest possible return to such clients consistent with
governing laws and the investment policies of each client. In pursuing that
goal, each Adviser seeks to exercise its clients' rights as shareholders of
voting securities to support sound corporate governance of the companies issuing
those securities with the principle aim of maintaining or enhancing the
companies' economic value.

       The exercise of shareholder rights is generally done by casting votes by
proxy at shareholder meetings on matters submitted to shareholders for approval
(for example, the election of directors or the approval of a company's stock
option plans for directors, officers or employees). Each Adviser is adopting the
formal written guidelines described in detail below and will utilize such
guidelines in voting proxies on behalf of its clients. These guidelines are
designed to promote accountability of a company's management and board of
directors to its shareholders and to align the interests of management with
those of shareholders.

       In seeking to ensure a level of consistency and rationality in the proxy
voting process, the guidelines contained in these policies and procedures are
designed to address the manner in which certain matters that arise regularly in
proxies will generally be voted. However, each Adviser takes the view that these
guidelines should not be used as mechanical instructions for the exercise of
this important shareholder right. Except in the instance of routine matters
related to corporate administrative matters which are not expected to have a
significant economic impact on the company or its shareholders (on which the
Advisers will routinely vote with management), the Advisers will review each
matter on a case-by-case basis and reserve the right to deviate from these
guidelines when they believe the situation warrants such a deviation. In
addition, no set of guidelines can anticipate all situations that may arise. In
special cases, the Proxy Administrator (the person specifically charged with the
responsibility to review and vote proxies on behalf of each Adviser's clients)
may seek insight from the Adviser's analysts, portfolio managers and/or Chief
Equity Investment Officer on how a particular proxy proposal will impact the
financial prospects of a company, and vote accordingly. The guidelines are just
that: guidelines rather than hard and fast rules, simply because corporate
governance issues are so varied.

  PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES

       The following guidelines relate to the types of proposals that are most
frequently presented in proxy statements to shareholders. Absent unusual
circumstances, each Adviser will utilize these guidelines when voting proxies on
behalf of its clients.

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A.  ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

       The Advisers believe that a Board of Directors should primarily be
independent, not have significant ties to management and consist of members who
are all elected annually. In addition, the Advisers believe that important Board
committees (e.g., audit, nominating and compensation committees) should be
entirely independent. In general,

       -     The Advisers will support the election of directors that result in
             a Board made up of a majority of independent directors.

       -     The Advisers will support the election for independent directors to
             serve on the audit, compensation, and/or nominating committees of a
             Board of Directors.

       -     The Advisers will hold all directors accountable for the actions of
             the Board's committees. For example, the Advisers will consider
             withholding votes for nominees who have recently approved
             compensation arrangements that the Advisers deem excessive or
             propose equity-based compensation plans that unduly dilute the
             ownership interests of shareholders.

       -     The Advisers will support efforts to declassify existing Boards,
             and will vote against proposals by companies to adopt classified
             Board structures.

       -     The Advisers will vote against proposals for cumulative voting,
             confidential stockholder voting and the granting of pre-emptive
             rights.

B.  APPROVAL OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

       The Advisers believe that the relationship between the company and its
auditors should be limited primarily to the audit engagement and closely allied
audit-related and tax services, although non-audit services may be provided so
long as they are consistent with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and,
if required, have been approved by an independent audit committee. The Advisers
will also consider the reputation of the auditor and any problems that may have
arisen in the auditor's performance of services.

C.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

       The Advisers believe that appropriately designed equity-based
compensation plans, approved by shareholders, can be an effective way to align
the interests of shareholders and the interests of management, employees, and
directors. However, the Advisers are opposed to plans that substantially dilute
shareholders' ownership interests in the company or have objectionable
structural features.

       -     The Advisers will generally vote against plans where total
             potential dilution (including all equity-based plans) seems likely
             to exceed 15% of shares outstanding over ten years and extends
             longer than ten years.

       -     The Advisers will generally vote against plans if annual option
             grants exceed 2% of shares outstanding.

       These total and annual dilution thresholds are guidelines, not ceilings,
and when assessing a plan's impact on client shareholdings the Advisers will
consider other factors such as specific industry practices, company and stock
performance and management credibility. The Proxy Administrator may consult with
the relevant analyst(s) or portfolio manager(s) or, if appropriate, the Chief
Equity Investment Officer, to determine when or if it may be appropriate to
exceed these guidelines.

       -     The Advisers will typically vote against plans that have any of the
             following structural features:

           -     Ability to re-price underwater options without shareholder
                 approval.

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           -     The unrestricted ability to issue options with an exercise
                 price below the stock's current market price.

           -     Automatic share replenishment ("evergreen") feature.

       -     The Advisers are supportive of measures intended to increase
             long-term stock ownership by executives. These may include:

           -     Requiring senior executives to hold a minimum amount of stock
                 in the company (frequently expressed as a certain multiple of
                 the executive's salary).

           -     Using restricted stock grants instead of options.

           -     Utilizing phased vesting periods or vesting tied to company
                 specific milestones or stock performance.

       -     The Advisers will generally support the use of employee stock
             purchase plans to increase company stock ownership by employees,
             provided that shares purchased under the plan are acquired for no
             less than 85% of their market value.

       In assessing a company's executive compensation plan, the Advisers will
weigh all components of the plan. For example, the grant of stock options to
executives of a company in a particular year may appear excessive if that grant
goes above 2% of the shares outstanding of the company. However, such grants may
be appropriate if the senior management of the company has accepted
significantly reduced cash compensation for the year in lieu of receiving a
greater number of options.

D.  CORPORATE STRUCTURE MATTERS/ANTI-TAKEOVER DEFENSES

       As a general matter, the Advisers oppose anti-takeover measures and other
proposals designed to limit the ability of shareholders to act on possible
transactions. In general,

       -     Because a classified board structure prevents shareholders from
             electing a full slate of directors annually, the Advisers will
             typically vote against proposals to create classified boards and
             vote in favor of shareholder proposals to declassify a board.

       -     The Advisers will vote for proposals to subject shareholder rights
             plans ("poison pills") to a shareholder vote.

       -     The Advisers will vote for shareholder proposals that seek to
             eliminate supermajority voting requirements and oppose proposals
             seeking to implement supermajority voting requirements.

       -     The Advisers will generally vote against proposals to authorize
             preferred stock whose voting, conversion, dividend and other rights
             are determined at the discretion of the board of directors when the
             stock is issued, when used as an anti-takeover device. However,
             such "blank check" preferred stock may be issued for legitimate
             financing needs and the Adviser may vote for proposals to issue
             such preferred stock when it believes such circumstances exist.

       -     The Advisers will vote for proposals to lower barriers to
             shareholder action (for example, limiting rights to call special
             meetings or act by written consent).

       -     The Advisers will vote against proposals for a separate class of
             stock with disparate voting rights.

       -     The Advisers will consider on a case-by-case basis on board
             approved proposals regarding changes to a company's capitalization;
             however, the Advisers will generally vote in favor of proposals
             authorizing the issuance of additional common stock (except in the
             case of a merger, restructuring or another significant corporate
             event which will be handled on a case-by-case basis), provided that
             such issuance does not exceed three times the number of currently
             outstanding shares.

                                       A-5
<PAGE>

E.  STATE OF INCORPORATION/OFFSHORE PRESENCE

       Under ordinary circumstances, the Advisers will not interfere with a
choice to reincorporate or reorganize a company in a different jurisdiction,
provided that management's decision has been approved by the board of directors.
The Advisers recognize that there may be benefits to reincorporation (such as
tax benefits and more developed business laws in the jurisdiction of
reincorporation). Each proposal to reincorporate in offshore tax havens will be
reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine whether such actions are in the
best interests of the shareholders of the company, including the Advisers'
clients.

F.  ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES

       The Advisers believe that "ordinary business matters" are primarily the
responsibility of management and should be approved solely by the company's
board of directors. The Advisers recognize that certain social and environmental
issues raised in shareholder proposals are the subject of vigorous public debate
and many are the subject of legal statutes or regulation by federal and/or state
agencies. The Advisers generally support management on these types of proposals,
although they may make exceptions where they believe a proposal has substantial
economic implications. The Advisers expect that the companies in which they
invest their clients' assets will act as responsible corporate citizens.

G.  CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE ADVISERS WILL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING

       The Advisers will seek to vote all proxies for clients who have delegated
the responsibility to vote such proxies to the Advisers. Under certain
circumstances, the costs to their clients associated with voting such proxies
would far outweigh the benefit derived from exercising the right to vote. In
those circumstances, the Advisers will make a case-by-case determination on
whether or not to vote such proxies. In the case of countries which required
so-called "share blocking," the Adviser may also abstain from voting. The
Advisers will not seek to vote proxies on behalf of their clients unless they
have agreed to take on that responsibility on behalf of a client. Finally, the
Advisers may be required to abstain from voting on a particular proxy in a
situation where a conflict exists between the Adviser and its client. The policy
for resolution of such conflicts is described below in Section V.

  RECORDKEEPING

       The Advisers will maintain records relating to the proxies they vote on
behalf of their clients in accordance with Section 204-2 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Those records will include:

       -     A copy of the Advisers' proxy voting policies and procedures;

       -     Proxy statements received regarding client securities (if such
             proxies are available on the SEC's EDGAR system or a third party
             undertakes to promptly provide a copy of such documents to the
             Advisers, the Advisers do not need to retain a separate copy of the
             proxy statement);

       -     A record of each vote cast;

       -     A copy of any document created by the Advisers that was material to
             making a decision on how to vote a proxy for a client or that
             memorializes the basis for such a decision; and

       -     Each written client request for proxy voting records and the
             Advisers' written response to any client request (whether written
             or oral) for such records.

       All records described above will be maintained in an easily accessible
place for five years and will be maintained in the offices of the Advisers for
two years after they are created.

                                       A-6
<PAGE>

  IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS WITH CLIENTS

       As fiduciaries to their clients, each Adviser puts the interests of its
clients ahead of its own. In order to ensure that relevant personnel of the
Advisers are able to identify potential conflicts of interest, each Adviser will
take the following steps:

       -     Quarterly, the Eaton Vance Legal and Compliance Departments will
             seek information from the department heads of each department of
             the Advisers and of Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. ("EVD") (an
             affiliate of the Advisers and principal underwriter of the Eaton
             Vance Funds). Each department head will be asked to provide a list
             of significant clients or prospective clients of the Advisers or
             EVD. For example, a department head would report the fact that EVD
             was in discussions with a corporate client considering management
             of the corporation's 401(k) plan assets.

       -     A representative of the Legal and Compliance Departments will
             compile a list of the companies identified (the "Conflicted
             Companies") and provide that list to the Proxy Administrator.

       -     The Proxy Administrator will compare the list of Conflicted
             Companies with the names of companies for which he or she expects
             to receive or has received proxy statements (the "Proxy
             Companies"). If a Conflicted Company is also a Proxy Company, the
             Proxy Administrator will report that fact to the Eaton Vance Chief
             Legal Officer and the Chief Equity Investment Officer.

       The Chief Legal Officer and Chief Equity Investment Officer will then
determine if a conflict of interest exists between the relevant Adviser and its
client. If they determine that a conflict exists, they or their designees will
take the following steps to seek to resolve such conflict prior to voting any
proxies relating to these Conflicted Companies.

       -     For clients other than a Fund, if the Proxy Administrator expects
             to vote the proxy of the Conflicted Company strictly according to
             the guidelines contained in these Proxy Voting Policies and
             Procedures (the "Policies"), she will (i) inform the Chief Legal
             Officer and Chief Equity Investment Officer (or their designees) of
             that fact, (ii) vote the proxies and (iii) record the existence of
             the conflict and the resolution of the matter.

       -     If (i) the client involved is a Fund, or (ii) the Proxy
             Administrator intends to vote in a manner inconsistent with the
             guidelines contained herein or, if the issues raised by the proxy
             are not contemplated by these Policies, and the matters involved in
             such proxy could have a material economic impact on the client(s)
             involved, the Adviser will seek instruction on how the proxy should
             be voted from:

           -     The client, in the case of an individual or corporate client;

           -     In the case of a Fund its board of directors, or any committee
                 identified by the board; or

           -     The adviser, in situations where the Adviser acts as a
                 sub-adviser to such adviser.

       The Adviser will provide all reasonable assistance to each party to
enable such party to make an informed decision.

       If the client, fund board or adviser, as the case may be, fails to
instruct the Adviser on how to vote the proxy, the Adviser will generally
abstain from voting in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety. If however,
the failure of the Adviser to vote its clients' proxies would have a material
adverse economic impact on the Advisers' clients' securities holdings in the
Conflicted Company, the Adviser may vote such proxies in order to protect its
clients' interests. In either case, the Proxy Administrator will record the
existence of the conflict and the resolution of the matter.

                                       A-7
<PAGE>

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND

                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                                       , 2005

                             ----------------------

                      INVESTMENT ADVISER AND ADMINISTRATOR
                             Eaton Vance Management
                                255 State Street
                                Boston, MA 02109

                                  SUB-ADVISER
                      Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
                           1151 Fairview Avenue North
                               Seattle, WA 98109

                                  SUB-ADVISER
                  Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc.
                            One International Place
                                Boston, MA 02110

                                   CUSTODIAN
                         Investors Bank & Trust Company
                              200 Clarendon Street
                                Boston, MA 02116

                                 TRANSFER AGENT
                                   PFPC Inc.
                                 P.O. Box 43027
                           Providence, RI 02940-3027

                 INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
                             Deloitte & Touche LLP
                              200 Berkeley Street
                                Boston, MA 02116
<PAGE>
                                     PART C

                                OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 25. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(1)   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

      Included in Part A:
      Not applicable.

      Included in Part B:
      Independent Auditor's Report*
      Statement of Assets and Liabilities*
      Notes to Financial Statement*

----------
*To be added by amendment.

(2)   EXHIBITS:

      (a) Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated March 30, 2005 is
incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's initial Registration
Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-123770 and 811-21735) as to the
Registrant's common shares of beneficial interest ("Common Shares") filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2005 (Accession No.
0000898432-05-000288) ("Initial Common Shares Registration Statement").

      (b) By-Laws are incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's
Initial Common Shares Registration Statement.

      (c) Not applicable.

      (d) Form of Specimen Certificate for Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
filed herewith.

      (e) Form of Dividend Reinvestment Plan filed herewith.

      (f) Not applicable.

      (g)   (1)   Investment Advisory Agreement dated April 18, 2005 filed
                  herewith.

            (2)   Sub-Advisory Agreement with Rampart Investment Company, Inc.
                  dated April 18, 2005 filed herewith.

            (3)   Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates
                  LLC dated April 18, 2005 filed herewith.

      (h) Form of Purchase Agreement filed herewith.

<PAGE>
      (i)   The Securities and Exchange Commission has granted the Registrant an
            exemptive order that permits the Registrant to enter into deferred
            compensation arrangements with its independent Trustees. See in the
            matter of Capital Exchange Fund, Inc., Release No. IC- 20671
            (November 1, 1994).

      (j)   (1)   Master Custodian Agreement with Investors Bank & Trust Company
                  dated April 18, 2005 filed herewith.

            (2)   Extension Agreement dated August 31, 2000 to Master Custodian
                  Agreement with Investors Bank & Trust Company filed as Exhibit
                  (g)(4) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 85 of Eaton Vance
                  Municipals Trust (File Nos. 33-572, 811-4409) filed with the
                  Commission on January 23, 2001 (Accession No.
                  0000940394-01-500027) and incorporated herein by reference.

            (3)   Delegation Agreement dated December 11, 2000, with Investors
                  Bank & Trust Company filed as Exhibit (j)(e) to the Eaton
                  Vance Prime Rate Reserves N-2, Amendment No. 5 (File Nos.
                  333-32267, 811-05808) filed April 3, 2002 (Accession No.
                  0000940394-01-500126) and incorporated herein by reference.

      (k)   (1)   Supplement to the Transfer Agency and Services Agreement dated
                  April 18, 2005 filed herewith.

            (2)   Transfer Agency and Services Agreement as amended and restated
                  on June 16, 2003, filed as Exhibit (k)(2) to the Registration
                  Statement of Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund
                  (File Nos. 333- 107050 and 811-21400) filed July 15, 2003
                  (Accession No. 0000898432- 03- 000638) and incorporated herein
                  by reference.

            (3)   Administration Agreement dated April 18, 2005 filed herewith.

            (4)   Organizational and Expense Reimbursement Arrangement filed
                  herewith.

            (5)   Form of Additional Compensation Agreement filed herewith.

      (l)   Opinion and Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
            as to Registrant's Common Shares to be filed by amendment.

      (m)   Not applicable.

      (n)   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm filed
            herewith.

      (o)   Not applicable.

      (p)   Letter Agreement with Eaton Vance Management to be filed by
            amendment.

      (q)   Not applicable.

<PAGE>

      (r)   (1)   Code of Ethics adopted by Eaton Vance Corp., Eaton Vance
                  Management Boston Management and Research, Eaton Vance
                  Distributors, Inc. and the Eaton Vance Funds effective
                  September 1, 2000, as revised February 1, 2005 filed as
                  Exhibit (r)(1) to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 of
                  Eaton Vance Global Enhanced Equity Income Fund (File Nos.
                  33-122540, 811-21711) filed February 4, 2005 (Accession No.
                  0000898432-05-000098) and incorporated herein by reference.

            (2)   Code of Ethics for Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc.
                  effective September 1, 2004, filed as Exhibit (r)(2) to
                  Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 of Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity
                  Income Fund (File Nos. 333-118180, 811-21614) filed September
                  24, 2004 (Accession No. 0000950135-04-004565) and incorporated
                  herein by reference.

            (3)   Code of Ethics for Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
                  effective January 1, 2005, filed as Exhibit (r)(3) to
                  Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed
                  Buy-Write Income Fund (File Nos. 333-120666, 811-21676) filed
                  March 23, 2005 (Accession No. 0000950135-05-001628) and
                  incorporated herein by reference.

      (s)   (1)   Power of Attorney dated April 18, 2005 filed herewith.

            (2)   Power of Attorney dated April 29, 2005 filed herewith.

ITEM 26. MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS

      See Form of Purchase Agreement filed herewith.

ITEM 27. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

      The approximate expenses in connection with the offering are as follows:

<TABLE>
<S>                                                             <C>
Registration and Filing Fees                                    $
                                                                ----------------
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Fees
New York Stock Exchange Fees
Costs of Printing and Engraving
Accounting Fees and Expenses
Legal Fees and Expenses
                                                                ================
Total                                                           $
                                                                ----------------
</TABLE>

ITEM 28. PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL

      None.

ITEM 29. NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

      Set forth below is the number of record holders as of May 19, 2005, of
each class of securities of the Registrant:

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Title of Class                                          Number of Record Holders
--------------                                          ------------------------
<S>                                                     <C>
Common Shares of Beneficial
interest, par value $0.01 per share                                 0
</TABLE>

ITEM 30. INDEMNIFICATION

      The Registrant's By-Laws incorporated herein by reference contain, and the
form of Purchase Agreement filed herewith contains provisions limiting the
liability, and providing for indemnification, of the Trustees and officers under
certain circumstances.

      Registrant's Trustees and officers are insured under a standard investment
company errors and omissions insurance policy covering loss incurred by reason
of negligent errors and omissions committed in their official capacities as
such. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions
described in this Item 30, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 31. BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER

      Reference is made to: (i) the information set forth under the caption
Investment advisory and other services" in the Statement of Additional
Information; (ii) the Eaton Vance Corp. 10-K filed under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (File No. 001-8100); and (iii) the Form ADV of Eaton Vance
Management (File No. 801-15930) filed with the Commission, all of which are
incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 32. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

      All applicable accounts, books and documents required to be maintained by
the Registrant by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
Rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession and custody of the
Registrant's custodian, Investors Bank & Trust Company, 200 Clarendon Street,
16th Floor, Boston, MA 02116, and its transfer agent, PFPC Inc., 4400 Computer
Drive, Westborough, MA 01581-5120, with the exception of certain corporate
documents and portfolio trading documents which are in the possession and
custody of Eaton Vance Management, The Eaton Vance Building, 255 State Street,
Boston, MA 02109. Registrant is informed that all applicable accounts, books and
documents required to be maintained by registered investment advisers are in the
custody and possession of Eaton Vance Management.

<PAGE>

ITEM 33. MANAGEMENT SERVICES

      Not applicable.

ITEM 34. UNDERTAKINGS

      1. The Registrant undertakes to suspend offering of Common Shares until
the prospectus is amended if (1) subsequent to the effective date of this
Registration Statement, the net asset value declines more than 10 percent from
its net asset value as of the effective date of this Registration Statement or
(2) the net asset value increases to an amount greater than its net proceeds as
stated in the prospectus.

      2. Not applicable.

      3. Not applicable.

      4. Not applicable.

      5. The Registrant undertakes that:

            a. for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to 497(h) under the Securities Act
shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the time it was
declared effective; and

            b. for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      6. The Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means
designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days of receipt
of an oral or written request, its Statement of Additional Information.


<PAGE>


                                     NOTICE

      A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of Eaton Vance
Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund is on file with the Secretary of State
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this
instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the
Registrant as an officer and not individually and that the obligations of or
arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees,
officers or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and
property of the Registrant.



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<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended the Registrant has duly caused
this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of
Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 24th day of May 2005.

                                       EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE
                                           OPPORTUNITIES FUND

                                       By: /s/ Duncan W. Richardson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Duncan W. Richardson
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                       Title                            Date
-----------------------------   ------------------------------   ---------------
<S>                             <C>                              <C>
/s/ Duncan W. Richardson        President and Chief Executive    May 24, 2005
-----------------------------   Officer
Duncan W. Richardson

/s/ James L. O'Connor           Treasurer and Principal          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------   Financial and Accounting
James L. O'Connor

/s/ James B. Hawkes             Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
James B. Hawkes

Benjamin C. Esty*               Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
Benjamin C. Esty

Samuel L. Hayes, III*           Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
Samuel L. Hayes, III

William H. Park*                Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
William H. Park

Ronald A. Pearlman*             Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
Ronald A. Pearlman

Norton H. Reamer*               Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
Norton H. Reamer

Lynn A. Stout*                  Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
Lynn A. Stout

Ralph F. Verni*                 Trustee                          May 24, 2005
-----------------------------
Ralph F. Verni

*By: /s/Alan R. Dynner
     ------------------------
     Alan R. Dynner
     (As Attorney-in-Fact)
</TABLE>


<PAGE>


                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

(d)      Specimen Certificate for Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

(e)      Dividend Reinvestment Plan

(g)(1)   Investment Advisory Agreement

(g)(2)   Sub-Advisory Agreement with Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc.

(g)(3)   Sub-Advisory Agreement with Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC

(h)      Form of Purchase Agreement

(j)(1)   Master Custodian Agreement

(k)(1)   Supplement to Transfer Agency Agreement

(k)(3)   Administration Agreement

(k)(4)   Organizational and Expense Reimbursement Arrangement

(k)(5)   Form of Additional Compensation Agreement

(n)      Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

(s)(1)   Power of Attorney dated April 18, 2005

(s)(2)   Power of Attorney dated April 29, 2005

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(D)
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxdy.txt
<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF SPECIMEN CERTIFICATE FOR COMMON SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                     Exhibit (d)

SPECIMEN CERTIFICATE ONLY

CERTIFICATE                                              NUMBER OF
  NUMBER                                                  SHARES

___________                                              _________

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
          Organized Under the Laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
                                  Common Shares
                            $.01 Par Value Per Share

                                                     Cusip No. _________________

      This certifies that ______________________ is the owner of _______________
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Shares, $.01 par value per share,
of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the "Fund")
transferable only on the books of the Fund by the holder thereof in person or by
duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the transfer agent and
registrar.

      A statement in full, of all the designations, preferences, qualifications,
limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights of the shares of each
class authorized to be issued, will be furnished by the Fund to any shareholders
upon request and without charge.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Fund has caused this Certificate to be signed by
its duly authorized officers and its Seal to be hereunto affixed this
__________ day of __________________________ A.D. 2005.

INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY          EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE
As Transfer Agent and Registrar         OPPORTUNITIES FUND


By:   _____________________________     By:     __________________________
      Authorized Signature                      President

                                        Attest: _________________________
                                        Secretary
<PAGE>
      FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ____________________________________ hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto _____________________________ Shares represented by
this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
____________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said Shares on the
books of the within named Fund with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated ______________________________, ________________

In presence of

_____________________________________      ____________________________________

            Shares of Common Shares evidenced by this Certificate may be sold,
            transferred, or otherwise disposed of only pursuant to the
            provisions of the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as
            amended, a copy of which may be at the office of the Secretary of
            the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

            The Fund will furnish to any shareholder, upon request and without
            charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences,
            limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class of
            series of capital stock of the Fund authorized to be issued, so far
            as they have been determined, and the authority of the Board of
            Trustees to determine the relative rights and preferences of
            subsequent classes or series. Any such request should be addressed
            to the Secretary of the Fund.
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(E)
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxey.txt
<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                     Exhibit (e)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND

               TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

     Holders  of  common  shares  (the  "Shares")  of  Eaton  Vance  Tax-Managed
Buy-Write  Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") who participate (the  "Participants")
in the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan") are advised as follows:

     1. The Plan  Agent.  PFPC  Inc.  (the  "Agent")  will act as Agent for each
Participant.  The Agent will open an account for each Participant under the Plan
in the same name as his or her outstanding Shares are registered.

     2.  Election  to  Participate.  A  Shareholder  may  elect to  receive  all
distributions  ("Distributions")  payable  with  respect to his or her Shares in
additional  Shares.  To participate in the Plan and receive all Distributions in
Shares,  a Shareholder  must indicate his or her election to do so by completing
and returning to the Plan Agent a Dividend  Reinvestment  Plan Application Form.
Shareholders  who do not  elect to  participate  in the Plan by  completing  and
returning such Form will receive Distributions in cash paid directly by the Plan
Agent as dividend disbursing agent for the applicable Fund.

     3. Market Premium Issuances. If on the payment date for a Distribution, the
net asset  value per Share is equal to or less than the  market  price per Share
plus  estimated  brokerage  commissions,  the Agent shall  receive  newly issued
Shares,  including fractions,  from the Fund for each Participant's account. The
number of additional  Shares to be credited  shall be determined by dividing the
dollar  amount of the  Distribution  by the  greater of the net asset  value per
Share on the payment date, or 95% of the then current market price per Share.

     4. Market Discount Purchases.  If the net asset value per Share exceeds the
market  price plus  estimated  brokerage  commissions  on the payment date for a
Distribution,  the  Agent  (or a  broker-dealer  selected  by the  Agent)  shall
endeavor,  for a  purchase  period  of 30 days,  to  apply  the  amount  of such
Distribution  on each  Participant's  Shares  (less  their  pro  rata  share  of
brokerage  commissions  incurred)  to purchase  Shares on the open  market.  The
weighted average price (including brokerage commissions) of all Shares purchased
by  the  Agent  as  Agent  shall  be the  price  per  Share  allocable  to  each
Participant.  If, at the close of business on any day during the purchase period
on which net asset value per Share is calculated  such net asset value equals or
is less than the market price per Share plus  estimated  brokerage  commissions,
the Agent will cease open-market  purchases,  and the uninvested portion of such
Distribution shall be filled through the issuance of new Shares from the Fund at
the price set forth in Paragraph 3 above.  Open-market  purchases may be made on
any securities exchange where Shares are traded, in the over-the-counter  market
or in negotiated  transactions,  and may be on such terms as to price,  delivery
and otherwise as the Agent shall determine.

     5. Valuation.  The market price of Shares on a particular date shall be the
last sales price on the Exchange  where the Shares are listed on that date,  or,
if there is no sale on such  Exchange  on that date,  then the mean  between the
closing bid and asked  quotations on such  Exchange on such date.  The net asset
value  per  Share  on a  particular  date  shall  be the  amount  most  recently
calculated by or on behalf of the Fund as required by law.

     6.  Liability of Agent.  The Agent shall at all times act in good faith and
agree to use its best efforts within reasonable limits to ensure the accuracy of
all services  performed  under this Agreement and to comply with applicable law,
but assumes no responsibility  and shall not be liable for loss or damage due to
errors  unless such error is caused by the  Agent's  negligence,  bad faith,  or
willful misconduct or that of its employees. Each Participant's uninvested funds
<PAGE>
held by the Agent will not bear  interest.  The Agent shall have no liability in
connection  with any inability to purchase  Shares within the time provided,  or
with  the  timing  of  any   purchases   effected.   The  Agent  shall  have  no
responsibility  for the  value  of  Shares  acquired.  For the  purpose  of cash
investments, the Agent may commingle Participants' funds (of the same Fund).

     7.  Recordkeeping.  The Agent may hold each  Participant's  Shares acquired
pursuant to the Plan together with the Shares of other  shareholders of the Fund
acquired  pursuant to the Plan in  noncertificated  form in the Agent's  name or
that of the Agent's nominee.  Upon a Participant's  written  request,  the Agent
will deliver to the  Participant,  without charge, a certificate or certificates
for the full shares.  Each  Participant will be sent a confirmation by the Agent
of each acquisition made for their account as soon as practicable, but not later
than 60 days after the date thereof.  Although each Participant may from time to
time  have  an  undivided  fractional  interest  in a  share  of  the  Fund,  no
certificates for a fractional share will be issued.  Distributions on fractional
shares  will  be  credited  to  each  Participant's  account.  In the  event  of
termination of a Participant's account under the Plan, the Agent will adjust for
any such undivided  fractional interest in cash at the market value of Shares at
the time of termination.

     Any share dividends or split shares  distributed by the Fund on Shares held
by the Agent for Participants  will be credited to their accounts.  In the event
that the Fund makes available to its shareholders  rights to purchase additional
shares of other securities,  the Shares held for each Participant under the Plan
will be added to other shares held by the  Participant in calculating the number
of rights to be issued to each Participant.

     8. Proxy  Materials.  The Agent will forward to each  Participant any proxy
solicitation  material  and will vote any  shares  so held for each  Participant
first in accordance with the  instructions  set forth on proxies returned by the
Participant  to the Fund,  and then with  respect to any proxies not returned by
the  Participant  to the Fund in the same  portion  as the Agent  votes  proxies
returned by the Participants to the Fund.

     9. Fees. The Agent's service fee for handling Distributions will be paid by
the Fund.  Each  Participant  will be charged  their pro rata share of brokerage
commissions on all open-market  purchases.  If a Participant elects by notice to
the Agent to have the Agent  sell part or all of his or her Shares and remit the
proceeds,  the  Agent  is  authorized  to  deduct  a $5.00  fee  plus  brokerage
commissions from the proceeds.

     10. Termination in the Plan. Each registered  Participant may terminate his
or her  account  under the Plan by  notifying  the Agent in writing at P.O.  Box
43027,  Providence,  RI  02940-3027,  or  by  telephone  at  800-331-1710.  Such
termination   will  be  effective  with  respect  to  a   Distribution   if  the
Participant's  notice is received by the Agent prior to the Distribution  record
date. The Plan may be terminated by the Agent or the Fund upon notice in writing
mailed to each  Participant  at least 30 days prior to any  record  date for the
payment  of any  Distribution.  Upon any  termination,  the Agent  will  cause a
certificate  or  certificates  to be issued  for the full  shares  held for each
Participant  under the Plan and cash adjustment for any fraction to be delivered
to them without charge.

     11. Amendment of the Plan. These terms and conditions may be amended by the
Agent,  or the  Fund  at any  time  or  times  but,  except  when  necessary  or
appropriate  to  comply  with  applicable  law or the rules or  policies  of the
Securities and Exchange  Commission or any other regulatory  authority,  only by
mailing to each Participant appropriate written notice at least 30 days prior to
the effective date thereof. The amendment shall be deemed to be accepted by each
Participant  unless,  prior to the effective  date thereof,  the Agent  receives
notice of the termination of the Participant's  account under the Plan. Any such
amendment may include an appointment by the Agent of a successor Agent.

     12.  Applicable  Law. These terms and  conditions  shall be governed by the
laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


                                       2
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(G)(1)
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxgyx1y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (g)(1)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                          INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT


     AGREEMENT  made  this  18th  day  of  April,   2005,  between  Eaton  Vance
Tax-Managed  Buy-Write  Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts  business trust (the
"Trust"),  and Eaton  Vance  Management,  a  Massachusetts  business  trust (the
"Adviser").

     1. Duties of the Adviser.  The Trust  hereby  employs the Adviser to act as
investment  adviser for and to manage the  investment  and  reinvestment  of the
assets of the Trust and to administer its affairs, subject to the supervision of
the  Trustees  of the  Trust,  for the period and on the terms set forth in this
Agreement.

     The Adviser hereby accepts such employment, and undertakes to afford to the
Trust the advice and assistance of the Adviser's  organization  in the choice of
investments  and in the  purchase  and sale of  securities  for the Trust and to
furnish  for  the  use of the  Trust  office  space  and  all  necessary  office
facilities,  equipment and personnel for servicing the  investments of the Trust
and to pay the  salaries  and fees of all officers and Trustees of the Trust who
are  members of the  Adviser's  organization  and all  personnel  of the Adviser
performing services relating to research and investment activities.  The Adviser
shall for all  purposes  herein be deemed to be an  independent  contractor  and
shall, except as otherwise  expressly provided or authorized,  have no authority
to act for or represent  the Trust in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of
the Trust.

     The Adviser shall  provide the Trust with such  investment  management  and
supervision as the Trust may from time to time consider necessary for the proper
supervision of the Trust. As investment  adviser to the Trust, the Adviser shall
furnish continuously an investment program and shall determine from time to time
what  securities  and  other  investments  shall  be  acquired,  disposed  of or
exchanged  and what  portion of the  Trust's  assets  shall be held  uninvested,
subject  always to the  applicable  restrictions  of the  Declaration  of Trust,
By-Laws and  registration  statement  of the Trust.  Should the  Trustees of the
Trust at any time,  however,  make any specific  determination  as to investment
policy for the Trust and notify the  Adviser  thereof in  writing,  the  Adviser
shall be bound by such  determination for the period, if any,  specified in such
notice or until similarly notified that such determination has been revoked. The
Adviser shall take, on behalf of the Trust,  all actions that it deems necessary
or desirable to implement the investment policies of the Trust.

     The Adviser  shall place all orders for the  purchase or sale of  portfolio
securities for the account of the Trust either  directly with the issuer or with
brokers or dealers  selected by the  Adviser,  and, to that end,  the Adviser is
authorized,  as the agent of the Trust, to give instructions to the custodian of
the Trust as to deliveries of securities and payments of cash for the account of
the Trust.  In connection  with the selection of such brokers or dealers and the
placing of such orders,  the Adviser shall adhere to  procedures  adopted by the
Board of Trustees of the Trust.

     The  Adviser  shall  not  be  responsible  for  providing  certain  special
administrative  services  to  the  Trust  under  this  Agreement.   Eaton  Vance
Management,  in its capacity as Administrator of the Trust, shall be responsible
for  providing   such   services  to  the  Trust  under  the  Trust's   separate
Administration Agreement.
<PAGE>
     2. Compensation of the Adviser.  For the services,  payments and facilities
to be  furnished  hereunder  by the  Adviser,  the Adviser  shall be entitled to
receive from the Trust  compensation in an amount equal to 1.00% annually of the
average  daily gross  assets of the Trust.  (For  purposes of this  calculation,
"gross assets" of the Trust shall mean total assets of the Trust,  including any
form of investment  leverage,  minus all accrued expenses incurred in the normal
course  of  operations,   but  not  excluding  any  liabilities  or  obligations
attributable to investment  leverage  obtained  through (i)  indebtedness of any
type (including, without limitation,  borrowing through a credit facility or the
issuance debt securities), (ii) the issuance of preferred stock or other similar
preference  securities,  (iii)  the  reinvestment  of  collateral  received  for
securities  loaned in  accordance  with the Trust's  investment  objectives  and
policies, and/or (iv) any other means.)

     Such compensation shall be paid monthly in arrears on the last business day
of each month.  The Trust's net assets shall be computed in accordance  with the
Declaration of Trust of the Trust and any applicable votes and determinations of
the Trustees of the Trust.

     In case of initiation or termination of the Agreement during any month, the
fee for that month shall be reduced  proportionately  on the basis of the number
of calendar  days during  which the  Agreement is in effect and the fee shall be
computed  upon the basis of the average  gross assets for the business  days the
Agreement is so in effect for that month.

     The  Adviser  may,  from  time to time,  waive  all or a part of the  above
compensation.

     3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses. It is understood that the Trust will
pay all expenses other than those expressly  stated to be payable by the Adviser
hereunder,  which expenses  payable by the Trust shall include,  without implied
limitation (i) expenses of  maintaining  the Trust and continuing its existence;
(ii)  registration of the Trust under the Investment  Company Act of 1940; (iii)
commissions,  spreads,  fees and other expenses  connected with the acquisition,
holding and  disposition  of securities  and other  investments;  (iv) auditing,
accounting and legal expenses;  (v) taxes and interest;  (vi) governmental fees;
(vii)  expenses  of  listing  shares of the  Trust  with a stock  exchange,  and
expenses of issue, sale,  repurchase and redemption (if any) of interests in the
Trust,  including  expenses  of  conducting  tender  offers  for the  purpose of
repurchasing Trust interests;  (viii) expenses of registering and qualifying the
Trust and its shares under  federal and state  securities  laws and of preparing
and filing  registration  statements  and  amendments  for such  purposes;  (ix)
expenses of reports and notices to shareholders  and of meetings of shareholders
and proxy  solicitations  therefore;  (x)  expenses  of reports to  governmental
officers and commissions;  (xi) insurance expenses; (xii) association membership
dues;  (xiii) fees,  expenses and  disbursements of custodians and subcustodians
for all services to the Trust  (including,  without  limitation,  safekeeping of
funds, securities and other investments, keeping of books, accounts and records,
and determination of net asset values);  (xiv) fees,  expenses and disbursements
of transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents, shareholder servicing agents and
registrars  for  all  services  to  the  Trust;   (xv)  expenses  for  servicing
shareholder  accounts;  (xvi) any direct charges to shareholders approved by the
Trustees of the Trust; (xvii) compensation and expenses of Trustees of the Trust
who are not members of the Adviser's organization; (xviii) pricing and valuation
services  employed by the Trust;  (xix) all expenses incurred in connection with
leveraging  of  Trust's  assets  through  a  line  of  credit,  or  issuing  and
maintaining  preferred shares; and (xx) such  non-recurring  items as may arise,
including  expenses  incurred in connection  with  litigation,  proceedings  and
claims and the  obligation of the Trust to indemnify its Trustees,  officers and
shareholders with respect thereto.

                                       2
<PAGE>
     4. Other  Interests.  It is  understood  that  Trustees and officers of the
Trust and  shareholders  of the Trust are or may be or become  interested in the
Adviser as trustees,  officers,  employees,  shareholders  or otherwise and that
trustees,  officers  and  shareholders  of the  Adviser  are or may be or become
similarly  interested  in the  Trust,  and that  the  Adviser  may be or  become
interested in the Trust as a shareholder  or  otherwise.  It is also  understood
that trustees,  officers,  employees and  shareholders  of the Adviser may be or
become interested (as directors, trustees, officers, employees,  shareholders or
otherwise) in other companies or entities (including,  without limitation, other
investment companies) that the Adviser may organize, sponsor or acquire, or with
which it may merge or consolidate, and which may include the words "Eaton Vance"
or any  combination  thereof as part of their name,  and that the Adviser or its
subsidiaries  or affiliates may enter into advisory or management  agreements or
other contracts or relationships with such other companies or entities.

     5.  Limitation of Liability of the Adviser.  The services of the Adviser to
the Trust are not to be deemed to be exclusive, the Adviser being free to render
services to others and engage in other  business  activities.  In the absence of
willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  gross  negligence  or reckless  disregard  of
obligations  or duties  hereunder on the part of the Adviser,  the Adviser shall
not be subject to liability to the Trust or to any  shareholder of the Trust for
any act or  omission in the course of, or  connected  with,  rendering  services
hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the acquisition, holding or
disposition  of any interest in a Loan or of any  security,  investment or other
asset.

     6.   Sub-Investment   Advisers.   The   Adviser  may  employ  one  or  more
sub-investment  advisers  from  time to time to  perform  such of the  acts  and
services of the Adviser provided for by this Agreement,  including the selection
of brokers or dealers to execute the Trust's  portfolio  security  transactions,
and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Adviser and
such  sub-investment  adviser and approved by the Trustees of the Trust,  all as
permitted by the Investment  Company Act of 1940.  This provision does not limit
the  Adviser's  ability,  pursuant to this  Agreement,  to provide the  services
contemplated  without the  assistance  of a  sub-investment  adviser.  Moreover,
subject to approval  of the  Trust's  Board of  Trustees,  the  Adviser  retains
complete  authority at any time immediately to assume direct  responsibility for
any function  delegated to a  sub-investment  adviser pursuant to this Section 6
without the need for any approval by the holders of the voting securities of the
Trust.

     7. Duration and Termination of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall become
effective  upon the date of its  execution,  and,  unless  terminated  as herein
provided,  shall remain in full force and effect through and including April 18,
2007 and shall continue in full force and effect  indefinitely  thereafter,  but
only so long as such continuance  after April 18, 2007 is specifically  approved
at least  annually  (i) by the  Board of  Trustees  of the Trust or by vote of a
majority of the outstanding  voting securities of the Trust and (ii) by the vote
of a majority of those Trustees of the Trust who are not  interested  persons of
the  Adviser or the Trust cast in person at a meeting  called for the purpose of
voting on such approval.

     Either  party  hereto may,  at any time on sixty (60) days'  prior  written
notice to the  other,  terminate  this  Agreement  without  the  payment  of any
penalty,  by action of Trustees of the Trust or the trustees of the Adviser,  as
the case may be, and the Trust may, at any time upon such written  notice to the
Adviser,  terminate  this  Agreement  by vote of a majority  of the  outstanding
voting securities of the Trust. This Agreement shall terminate  automatically in
the event of its assignment.

     8. Amendments of the Agreement.  This Agreement may be amended by a writing
signed by both parties  hereto,  provided  that no  amendment to this  Agreement
shall  be  effective  until  approved  (i) by the  vote of a  majority  of those
Trustees of the Trust who are not interested persons of the Adviser or the Trust
cast in person at a meeting  called for the purpose of voting on such  approval,
and (ii) by vote of a  majority  of the  outstanding  voting  securities  of the
Trust,  except for any such  amendment as may be effected in the absence of such
approval without violating the Investment  Company Act of 1940.

                                       3
<PAGE>
     9.  Limitation  of  Liability.   The  Adviser  expressly  acknowledges  the
provision  in the  Declaration  of  Trust of the  Trust  limiting  the  personal
liability of the  Trustees,  officers  and  shareholders  of the Trust,  and the
Adviser  hereby  agrees that it shall have  recourse to the Trust for payment of
claims or obligations  as between the Trust and the Adviser  arising out of this
Agreement  and  shall  not  seek  satisfaction  from  any  Trustee,  officer  or
shareholders of the Trust.

     10. Use of the Name "Eaton Vance".  The Adviser hereby  consents to the use
by the Trust of the name "Eaton  Vance" as part of the Trust's  name;  provided,
however,  that such consent  shall be  conditioned  upon the  employment  of the
Adviser or one of its  affiliates as the  investment  adviser of the Trust.  The
name  "Eaton  Vance" or any  variation  thereof may be used from time to time in
other  connections  and for other purposes by the Adviser and its affiliates and
other  investment  companies  that have obtained  consent to the use of the name
"Eaton  Vance".  The Adviser  shall have the right to require the Trust to cease
using the name "Eaton  Vance" as part of the Trust's  name if the Trust  ceases,
for any reason,  to employ the Adviser or one of its  affiliates  as the Trust's
investment  adviser.  Future names  adopted by the Trust for itself,  insofar as
such names include identifying words requiring the consent of the Adviser, shall
be the  property  of the  Adviser  and shall be  subject  to the same  terms and
conditions.

     11. Certain  Definitions.  The terms "assignment" and "interested  persons"
when used herein shall have the respective  meanings specified in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 as now in effect or as hereafter  amended subject,  however,
to such  exemptions as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange  Commission
by  any  rule,  regulation  or  order.  The  term  "vote  of a  majority  of the
outstanding   voting   securities"   shall  mean  the  vote,  at  a  meeting  of
shareholders,  of the  lesser of (a) 67 per  centum or more of the shares of the
Trust present or represented by proxy at the meeting if the shareholders of more
than 50 per centum of the  shares of the Trust are  present  or  represented  by
proxy at the meeting, or (b) more than 50 per centum of the shares of the Trust.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this  Agreement to be
executed on the day and year first above written.


                                EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE
                                OPPORTUNITIES FUND


                                By:     /s/ Duncan W. Richardson
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Duncan W. Richardson
                                        President, and not Individually


                                EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT


                                By:     /s/ Frederick S. Marius
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Frederick S. Marius
                                        Vice President, and not Individually

                                       4
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(G)(2)
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxgyx2y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT (RAMPART INVESTMENT COMPANY)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (g)(2)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                        INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT effective this 18th day of April, 2005 between Eaton Vance Management,
a  Massachusetts   business  trust  (the  "Adviser"),   and  Rampart  Investment
Management Company, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the "Sub-Adviser").

WHEREAS,  Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write  Opportunities Fund (the "Trust") is
registered  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as amended  (the "1940
Act"), as a closed-end, management investment company; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated April 18, 2005 (the
"Advisory Agreement"), a copy of which has been provided to the Sub-Adviser, the
Trust has retained the Adviser to render  advisory and management  services with
regard to the Trust's options strategy; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted to the Adviser in the Advisory Agreement,
the Adviser  wishes to retain the  Sub-Adviser  to furnish  investment  advisory
services  to the  Trust  related  to  the  Trust's  options  strategy,  and  the
Sub-Adviser is willing to furnish such services to the Trust and the Adviser.

NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the premises and the promises and mutual
covenants herein contained, it is agreed between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser
as follows:

     1.  Appointment.  The Adviser hereby appoints the Sub-Adviser to act as the
investment  adviser for and to manage the  investment  and  reinvestment  of the
assets of the Trust  related to the  Trust's  option  strategy  on the terms set
forth in this Agreement.  The Sub-Adviser accepts such appointment and agrees to
furnish  the  services  herein  set forth  herein  for the  compensation  herein
provided.  The  Sub-Adviser  shall not be responsible for aspects of the Trust's
investment program other than its option strategy,  including without limitation
purchases  and sales of securities  other than options,  selection of brokers to
conduct such  purchases and sales of securities  other than options,  compliance
with investment  policies and restrictions other than those concerning  options,
or proxy voting.

     2. Sub-Adviser  Duties.  Subject to the supervision of the Trust's Board of
Trustees  (the  "Board")  and  the  Adviser,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  provide  a
continuous  investment  program  relating  to the  Trust's  purchase  or sale of
options for the Trust's portfolio.  Subject to approval of the Trust's Board and
notice to the Sub-Adviser, the Adviser retains complete authority immediately to
assume direct responsibility for any function delegated to the Sub-Adviser under
this Agreement.  Subject to the foregoing,  the Sub-Adviser will provide options
investment  research  and conduct a  continuous  program of options  evaluation,
investment,  sales,  and  reinvestment  of the Trust's assets by determining the
options  strategy that the Trust shall pursue,  including which options shall be
purchased,  entered into, sold,  closed,  or exchanged for the Trust, when these
transactions  should be  executed,  and what  portion of the assets of the Trust
shall have options written  against.  The Sub-Adviser  will provide the services
under this  Agreement in  accordance  with the Trust's  investment  objective or
objectives,  policies,  and  restrictions as stated in the Trust's  Registration
Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission ("SEC"), as amended
(the "Registration Statement"), copies of which shall be sent to the Sub-Adviser
by the  Adviser  prior  to the  commencement  of  this  Agreement  and  promptly
following any such amendment.  The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  further agree as
follows:

          a. Each of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  will conform with the 1940
Act and all rules and regulations  thereunder,  all other applicable federal and
state  laws and  regulations,  with any  applicable  procedures  adopted  by the
Trust's Board of which the  Sub-Adviser has been sent a copy, and the provisions
<PAGE>
of the Registration  Statement, of which the Sub-Adviser has received a copy and
with the Sub-Adviser's  portfolio  manager operating  policies and procedures as
are  approved by the  Adviser.  Each of the Adviser  and the  Sub-Adviser  shall
exercise reasonable care in the performance of its duties under the Agreement.

          b. In  connection  with any  purchase and sale of  securities  for the
Trust related to the  implementation  of the options  strategy  developed by the
Sub-Adviser,  the Sub-Adviser will arrange for the transmission to the custodian
for the Trust  (the  "Custodian")  on a daily  basis  such  confirmation,  trade
tickets,  and other documents and  information,  including,  but not limited to,
Cusip,  Cedel, or other numbers that identify options to be purchased or sold on
behalf of the Trust,  as may be reasonably  necessary to enable the Custodian to
perform its  administrative and recordkeeping  responsibilities  with respect to
the Trust. With respect to options to be settled through the Trust's  Custodian,
the Sub-Adviser will arrange for the prompt  transmission of the confirmation of
such options trades to the Trust's Custodian.

          c. The  Sub-Adviser  will  assist  the  Custodian  in  determining  or
confirming,   consistent   with  the  procedures  and  policies  stated  in  the
Registration  Statement  or adopted by the  Board,  the value of any  options or
other assets of the Trust for which the Sub-Adviser is responsible and for which
the Custodian seeks assistance from or identifies for review by the Sub-Adviser;
provided that the  Sub-Adviser  shall be  responsible  for  determining  in good
faith,  consistent with the procedures and policies  stated in the  Registration
Statement  or adopted by the Board,  the fair value of the Trust's  portfolio of
options for which the  Sub-Adviser  is  responsible  and shall obtain at its own
expense pricing  services for the Trust's  portfolio of options from Interactive
Data ("IDS"),  Bloomberg,  or another pricing service to be mutually agreed. The
parties  acknowledge  that the  Sub-Adviser  is not a  custodian  of the Trust's
assets and will not take possession or custody of such assets.

          d.  Following  the end of the  Trust's  semi-annual  period and fiscal
year,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  assist  the  Adviser  in  preparing  a letter  to
shareholders  containing a discussion of relevant  investment factors in respect
of both the prior quarter and the fiscal year to date.

          e. The  Sub-Adviser  will complete and deliver to the Adviser for each
quarter by the 5th business day of the  following  quarter a written  compliance
checklist in a form provided by the Adviser  relating to the performances of the
Sub-Adviser under this Agreement.

          f. The  Sub-Adviser  will make available to the Trust and the Adviser,
promptly  upon  request,  any of the  Trust's  investment  records  and  ledgers
maintained by the  Sub-Adviser  (which shall not include the records and ledgers
maintained by the Custodian or portfolio  accounting agent for the Trust) as are
necessary to assist the Trust and the Adviser to comply with requirements of the
1940 Act and the  Investment  Advisers Act of 1940,  as amended  (the  "Advisers
Act"),  and the  rules  under  each,  as  well as  other  applicable  laws.  The
Sub-Adviser  will  furnish  to  regulatory   authorities  having  the  requisite
authority any information or reports in connection with such services in respect
to the Trust which may be  requested by such  authorities  in order to ascertain
whether the operations of the Trust are being  conducted in a manner  consistent
with applicable laws and regulations.

          g. The Sub-Adviser will provide reports to the Board for consideration
at meetings of the Board on the options  portion of the  investment  program for
the Trust and the options purchased and sold for the Trust's portfolio, and will
furnish the Board with such  periodic  and special  reports as the Board and the
Adviser may reasonably request.

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          h.  The  Adviser  shall  assure  that  the  Trust  complies  with  its
investment policies and restrictions as set forth in the Registration Statement,
except for policies and restrictions  concerning  implementation  of the Trust's
options strategy, and the Adviser acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser shall not be
responsible  for  the  Trust's  compliance  with  its  investment  policies  and
restrictions  other than those concerning  implementation  of the Trust's option
strategy.

          i.  The  Adviser  acknowledges  that  the  Sub-Adviser  shall  not  be
responsible  for  meeting  or  monitoring  compliance  with the income and asset
diversification  requirements  of Section 851 of the Internal  Revenue Code, and
the Adviser acknowledges that the Adviser is responsible for the same.

     3. Broker-Dealer Selection. The Sub-Adviser is authorized to make decisions
to buy and sell options for the Trust's portfolio,  and to select broker-dealers
and to negotiate brokerage  commission rates in effecting an option transaction.
The Sub-Adviser's  primary consideration in effecting an option transaction will
be to obtain the best  execution for the Trust,  taking into account the factors
specified in the prospectus  and/or statement of additional  information for the
Trust,  and  determined in  consultation  with the Adviser,  which include price
(including the applicable  brokerage  commission or dollar spread),  the size of
the  order,  the  nature  of the  market  for  the  option,  the  timing  of the
transaction,   the  reputation,   experience  and  financial  stability  of  the
broker-dealer involved, the quality of the service, the difficulty of execution,
and the execution  capabilities and operational facilities of the firm involved,
and the firm's risk in positioning a block of options. Accordingly, the price to
the Trust in any  transaction  may be less  favorable  than that  available from
another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified, in the judgment
of the Sub-Adviser in the exercise of its fiduciary obligations to the Trust, by
other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered. The Sub-Adviser shall
not receive any research service from any  broker-dealer or from any third party
that is paid by such  broker-dealer  in return for placing  trades  through such
broker-dealer  on behalf of the Trust.  The  Sub-Adviser  will  consult with the
Adviser  to  ensure  that  portfolio  transactions  on  behalf  of the Trust are
directed  to  broker-dealers  on the  basis of  criteria  reasonably  considered
appropriate by the Adviser.  To the extent consistent with these standards,  the
Sub-Adviser is further  authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf
of the Trust to an affiliated  broker-dealer.  Such allocation  shall be in such
amounts and proportions as the Sub-Adviser  shall determine  consistent with the
above standards, and the Sub-Adviser will report on said allocation regularly to
the Trust's Board indicating the  broker-dealers  to which such allocations have
been made and the basis therefore.

     4.  Disclosure  about  Sub-Adviser.  The  Sub-Adviser has reviewed the most
recent Amendment to the Registration  Statement for the Trust filed with the SEC
(the  "Registration  Statement") that contain  disclosure about the Sub-Adviser,
and represents and warrants that, with respect only to the disclosure  expressly
concerning  the  Sub-Adviser,  its  business,  operations,  or  employees,  such
Registration  Statement contains,  as of the date hereof, no untrue statement of
any material  fact and do not omit any  statement  of a material  fact which was
required to be stated  therein or  necessary  to make the  statements  contained
therein,  in  light  of the  circumstances  under  which  they  were  made,  not
misleading.  The Sub-Adviser  further  represents and warrants that it is a duly
registered  investment  adviser  under the Advisers Act and will  maintain  such
registration  so long as this  Agreement  remains in effect.  The Adviser hereby
acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Sub-Adviser's  Form ADV, Part II
at least 48 hours prior to entering into this Agreement.

     5. Expenses.  During the term of this Agreement,  the Sub-Adviser  will pay
all expenses incurred by it and its staff and for their activities in connection
with its duties under this Agreement  including,  but not limited to, rental and
overhead expenses, expenses of the Sub-Adviser's personnel,  pricing services in
accordance  with Section 2,  insurance  of the  Sub-Adviser  and its  personnel,
research services, and taxes of the Sub-Adviser.  The Adviser or the Trust shall

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be  responsible  for  all  other  expenses  of  the  Trust's  or  the  Adviser's
operations,  including  without  limitation  costs of marketing or  distributing
shares of the Trust,  brokerage  expenses and  commissions,  custody and banking
expenses, administration expenses, legal, audit and other professional expenses,
governmental filing fees, and costs of communications with shareholders.

     6.  Compensation.  For the services provided to the Trust, the Adviser will
pay the  Sub-Adviser  an annual fee equal to the amount  specified in Schedule A
hereto,  payable monthly in arrears on the last business day of each month.  The
fee will be  appropriately  prorated to reflect any portion of a calendar  month
that this  Agreement is not in effect  among the parties.  The Adviser is solely
responsible  for the  payment of fees to the  Sub-Adviser,  and the  Sub-Adviser
agrees to seek payment of its fees solely from the Adviser. The Trust shall have
no liability for Sub-Adviser's fee hereunder.

     7.  Materials.  During the term of this  Agreement,  the Adviser  agrees to
furnish  the  Sub-Adviser  at  its  principal  office  all  prospectuses,  proxy
statements,   and  reports  to   shareholders   prepared  for   distribution  to
shareholders of the Trust, all sales literature or advertisements for the Trust,
and all other  communications  with the public of the Trust, or the Adviser that
refer to the  Sub-Adviser in any way, prior to the use thereof,  and the Adviser
shall  not use any such  materials  if the  Sub-Adviser  reasonably  objects  in
writing within 2 business days (or such other period as may be mutually  agreed)
after receipt thereof.  The  Sub-Adviser's  right to object to such materials is
limited to reasonable  objections related to the portions of such materials that
expressly relate to the Sub-Adviser,  its services and its clients.  The Adviser
agrees to use its reasonable  best efforts to ensure that materials  prepared by
its employees or agents or its affiliates  that refer to the  Sub-Adviser or its
clients in any way are consistent  with those materials  previously  approved by
the Sub-Adviser as referenced in the first sentence of this paragraph.

     8. Compliance.

          a.  As  required  by  Rule  206(4)-7   under  the  Advisers  Act,  the
Sub-Adviser has adopted written policies and procedures  reasonably  designed to
prevent violation by it, or any of its supervised  persons,  of the Advisers Act
and the rules under the Advisers Act and all other laws and regulations relevant
to the  performance  of its duties under this  Agreement.  The  Sub-Adviser  has
designated  a chief  compliance  officer  responsible  for  administering  these
compliance  policies  and  procedures.  The  chief  compliance  officer  at  the
Sub-Adviser's  expense shall provide such written compliance reports relating to
the  operations  and  compliance  procedures of the  Sub-Adviser  to the Adviser
and/or  the Trust and  their  respective  chief  compliance  officers  as may be
required  by  law  or  regulation  or as  are  otherwise  reasonably  requested.
Moreover,  the  Sub-Adviser  agrees to use such other or  additional  compliance
techniques  as the  Adviser  or the  Board  may  reasonably  adopt  or  approve,
including written compliance procedures.

          b. The Sub-Adviser  agrees that it shall promptly  notify,  if legally
permitted,  the Adviser and the Trust (1) in the event that the SEC has censured
the  Sub-Adviser;   placed   limitations  upon  its  activities,   functions  or
operations;  suspended or revoked its  registration  as an  investment  adviser;
commenced  proceedings or an  investigation  (formally or  informally)  that may
result  in any of these  actions;  or  corresponded  with the  Sub-Adviser  on a
non-routine basis concerning either the  Sub-Adviser's  performances  under this
Agreement  or any other matter that might  materially  affect the ability of the
Sub-Adviser  to perform its duties  under this  Agreement,  including  sending a
deficiency letter or raising issues about the business, operations, or practices
of  the  Sub-Adviser,   (2)  in  the  event  of  any  notice  of  investigation,
examination,  inquiry,  audit  or  subpoena  of  the  Sub-Adviser  or any of its
officers or  employees by any federal,  state,  municipal or other  governmental
department,  commission,  bureau,  board, agency or instrumentality.  If legally
permitted, the Sub-Adviser will furnish the Adviser, upon request, copies of any

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and all documents relating to the foregoing.  The Sub-Adviser  further agrees to
notify the Adviser  and the Trust  promptly  of any  material  fact known to the
Sub-Adviser  respecting or relating to the Sub-Adviser  that is not contained in
the  Registration  Statement or  prospectus  for the Trust,  or any amendment or
supplement  thereto  that is required to be so  contained,  or if any  statement
contained therein concerning the Sub-Adviser that becomes untrue in any material
respect.

          c. The  Adviser  agrees  that it shall  promptly  notify,  if  legally
permitted,  the  Sub-Adviser  (1) in the  event  that the SEC has  censured  the
Adviser  or the  Trust;  placed  limitations  upon  either of their  activities,
functions, or operations;  suspended or revoked the Adviser's registration as an
investment adviser; suspended or revoked the Trust's registration under the 1940
Act, issued any stop order concerning any offering of the Trust's securities, or
has commenced  proceedings or an  investigation  that may result in any of these
actions,  or corresponded  with the Adviser or the Trust on a non-routine  basis
concerning  the  management or operations of the Trust or the advisory  services
provided by the Adviser to the Trust that would have a material  adverse  impact
on the Sub-Adviser or (2) upon having a reasonable  basis for believing that the
Trust has  ceased to  qualify or might not  qualify  as a  regulated  investment
company under Subchapter M of the Internal  Revenue Code. If legally  permitted,
the Adviser will furnish the  Sub-Adviser,  upon request,  copies of any and all
documents relating to the foregoing.

          d. The  Sub-Adviser  will  provide  the  Adviser  with  such  reports,
presentations,   certifications   and  other  information  as  the  Adviser  may
reasonably  request from time to time  concerning the business and operations of
the  Sub-Adviser in performing  services  hereunder or generally  concerning the
Sub-Adviser's  investment advisory services,  the Sub-Adviser's  compliance with
applicable  federal,  state and local law and  regulations,  and  changes in the
Sub-Adviser's key personnel, investment strategies, policies and procedures, and
other  matters  that are  likely to have a material  impact on the  Sub-Advisers
duties  hereunder.  The Adviser and the Trust shall provide the Sub-Adviser with
such  reports  as the  Sub-Adviser  may  from  time to time  reasonably  request
concerning  their  compliance with applicable  federal,  state and local law and
regulations.

     9. Books and Records.  The Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that all records which
it maintains  for the Trust are the property of the Trust and further  agrees to
surrender  promptly  to the Trust any of such  records  upon the  Trust's or the
Adviser's  request in compliance  with the  requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the
1940 Act,  although the Sub-Adviser  may, at its own expense,  make and retain a
copy of such records. The Sub-Adviser further agrees to preserve for the periods
prescribed  by Rule  31a-2  under  the  1940  Act  the  records  required  to be
maintained by Rule 31a-l under the 1940 Act.

     10.  Cooperation;  Confidentiality;  Proprietary Rights. Each party to this
Agreement  agrees to  cooperate  with the other  party and with all  appropriate
governmental authorities having the requisite jurisdiction  (including,  but not
limited to, the SEC) in connection with any investigation or inquiry relating to
this Agreement or the Trust.  Subject to the foregoing,  the  Sub-Adviser  shall
treat as  confidential  and use only in connection  with the Trust in accordance
with this  Agreement all  information  pertaining  to the Trust,  actions of the
Trust or the Adviser,  and the Adviser shall treat as confidential  and use only
in connection  with the Trust in accordance  with this Agreement all information
furnished  to the Trust or the Adviser by the  Sub-Adviser  (and all  derivative
works produced  therefrom),  in connection  with its duties under this Agreement
except that the aforesaid  information  need not be treated as  confidential  if
required to be disclosed  under  applicable  law, if generally  available to the
public  through  means  that do not  involve  a breach  of this  section  by the
Sub-Adviser  or the  Adviser,  or if  available  from a  source  other  than the
Adviser,  Sub-Adviser or the Trust.  The parties  acknowledge that any breach of
the undertaking in the immediately preceding sentence might result in immediate,
irreparable injury to another party and that,  accordingly,  equitable remedies,
including  ex parte  remedies,  are  appropriate  in the  event  of any  actual,
apparent, or threatened breach of such undertaking.

          The Adviser acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser is the sole owner of the
names "Rampart Investment  Management" and "ROMS", and all related names, marks,
and trade dress (the "Rampart Marks") and all associated  goodwill.  The Adviser
shall not take any action inconsistent with such ownership,  including,  without

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limitation, contesting the Sub-Adviser's ownership of or validity of the Rampart
Marks. The Adviser agrees that all use of the Rampart Marks under this Agreement
inures to the benefit of the Sub-Adviser.  Apart from the license granted in the
next  paragraph,  the Adviser shall  acquire no right,  title or interest of any
kind or nature  whatsoever  in the  Rampart  Marks and the  goodwill  associated
therewith by virtue of this  Agreement.  The Adviser shall upon request  execute
and deliver such documents as the Sub-Adviser may reasonably  require to further
evidence,  assure,  and  confirm  the rights of the  Sub-Adviser  in the Rampart
Marks.

          The  Sub-Adviser  hereby  grants  to  the  Adviser  and  the  Trust  a
non-exclusive  worldwide  license  to  use,  publish,  reproduce,   modify,  and
distribute  the  Rampart  Marks  solely in  connection  with the  conduct of the
business of the Trust and in accordance with this Agreement (the "License"). The
Adviser and the Trust shall not use,  publish,  reproduce,  modify or distribute
any Rampart Marks for any other purpose.  The Adviser and the Trust shall comply
with the reasonable written  instructions of the Sub-Adviser  concerning the use
of the  Rampart  Marks  under the  License,  including  instructions  concerning
trademark  notices and updates of the Rampart Marks. The Sub-Adviser  shall have
the right to monitor  and  observe  the  Adviser's  and the  Trust's  use of the
Rampart  Marks  pursuant  to the  License  for the  purpose  of  protecting  and
maintaining  its control over the nature and quality of the Rampart  Marks,  and
the Adviser shall upon request supply Rampart with a written  accounting of such
use.

          The Adviser acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser is the sole owner of the
Rampart  Options  Management  System  ("ROMS").  The Adviser  shall not take any
action  inconsistent  with  such  ownership,   including,   without  limitation,
contesting  the  Sub-Adviser's  ownership of ROMS.  The Adviser shall acquire no
right,  title or  interest of any kind or nature  whatsoever  in ROMS under this
Agreement.  This section  does not prohibit the Advisor,  for the Trust or other
clients,  or the Trust from either (1) contesting what constitutes part of ROMS;
(2) from  using any  systems,  methods or  processes  for  selecting  or trading
options that are not  proprietary to the  Sub-Adviser;  or (3)without the use of
any proprietary processes, methods, or systems of the Sub-Adviser,  managing the
options  strategy  of the Trust  where a portion of the stocks in the  portfolio
have options written on them with the intention of generating income.

     11. Control.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of the Agreement,  it is
understood  and agreed  that the Trust  shall at all times  retain the  ultimate
responsibility  for and  control of all  functions  performed  pursuant  to this
Agreement and has reserved the right to reasonably  direct any action  hereunder
taken on its behalf by the Sub-Adviser.

     12. Liability.

          a.  Except as may  otherwise  be required by the 1940 Act or the rules
thereunder or other applicable law, the Adviser agrees that the Sub-Adviser, any
affiliated  person of the Sub-Adviser,  and each person, if any, who, within the
meaning of  Section  15 of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "1933
Act"),  controls  the  Sub-Adviser  shall not be liable  for, or subject to, any
damages,  expenses,  or losses in connection with, any act or omission connected
with or arising out of any services  rendered  under this  Agreement,  except by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance
of the Sub-Adviser's duties, or any breach by the Sub-Adviser of its obligations
or duties under this Agreement.

          b.  Except as may  otherwise  be required by the 1940 Act or the rules
thereunder or other applicable law, the Sub-Adviser agrees that the Adviser, any
affiliated  person of the Adviser,  and each  person,  if any,  who,  within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act,  controls the Adviser shall not be liable
for, or subject to, any damages, expenses, or losses in connection with, any act

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or omission  connected  with or arising out of any services  rendered under this
Agreement,  except  by  reason  of  willful  misfeasance,  bad  faith,  or gross
negligence  in the  performance  of the Adviser's  duties,  or any breach by the
Adviser of its obligations or duties under this Agreement.

     13. Indemnification.

          a. The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the  Sub-Adviser,
any affiliated  person of the Sub-Adviser,  and each person, if any, who, within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act  controls  ("controlling  person") the
Sub-Adviser  (all of such persons being referred to as "Sub-Adviser  Indemnified
Persons")  against  any  and  all  losses,  claims,  damages,   liabilities,  or
litigation   (including  legal  and  other  expenses)  to  which  a  Sub-Adviser
Indemnified  Person may become  subject  under the 1933 Act,  the 1940 Act,  the
Advisers Act, under any other statute,  at common law or otherwise,  arising out
of the Adviser's responsibilities to the Sub-Adviser which (1) may be based upon
the  Adviser's  gross  negligence,  willful  misfeasance,  or bad  faith  in the
performance  of its  duties,  or by reason  of the  Adviser's  disregard  of its
obligations  and duties  under this  Agreement  and to the Trust,  or (2) may be
based upon any untrue  statement or alleged untrue  statement of a material fact
contained in the  Registration  Statement or prospectus  covering  shares of the
Trust, or any amendment  thereof or any supplement  thereto,  or the omission or
alleged  omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or  necessary  to make  the  statements  therein  not  misleading,  unless  such
statement or omission was made in reliance upon and conformity with  information
furnished by the Sub-Adviser to the Adviser or the Trust expressly for inclusion
in such Registration Statements, prospectuses, amendments, or supplements either
in writing or orally with a subsequent  confirmation  by the  Sub-Adviser of the
information as it appears in the Registration Statement or prospectus;  provided
however,  that in no case  shall  the  indemnity  in  favor  of the  Sub-Adviser
Indemnified  Person be deemed to protect  such person  against any  liability to
which such person would  otherwise be subject by reason of willful  misfeasance,
bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of
its  breach or  reckless  disregard  of its  obligations  or duties  under  this
Agreement.

          b.  Notwithstanding  Section  12 of this  Agreement,  the  Sub-Adviser
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser,  any affiliated person of the
Adviser,  and any  controlling  person of the Adviser (all of such persons being
referred  to as  "Adviser  Indemnified  Persons")  against  any and all  losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, or litigation (including legal and other expenses)
to which an Adviser  Indemnified  Person may become  subject under the 1933 Act,
1940 Act, the Advisers Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise,
arising out of the  Sub-Adviser's  responsibilities  as Sub-Adviser of the Trust
which  (1)  may be  based  upon  the  Sub-Adviser's  gross  negligence,  willful
misfeasance,  or bad faith in the performance of its duties, or by reason of the
Sub-Adviser's  disregard of its obligations or duties under this  Agreement,  or
(2) may be based upon any untrue  statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or prospectus covering the
shares of the Trust, or any amendment or supplement  thereto, or the omission or
alleged  omission to state  therein a material  fact known or which  should have
been known to the Sub-Adviser and was required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements  therein not misleading,  if such a statement or omission
was made in reliance  upon and  conformity  with  information  furnished  by the
Sub-Adviser  to the  Adviser  or the  Trust  expressly  for  inclusion  in  such
Registration  Statements,  prospectuses,  amendments,  or supplements  either in
writing or orally  with a  subsequent  confirmation  by the  Sub-Adviser  of the
information as it appears in the Registration Statement or prospectus; provided,
however,  that in no case shall the indemnity in favor of an Adviser Indemnified
Person be deemed to protect  such  person  against any  liability  to which such
person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,
gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of its breach or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

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          c. The Adviser shall not be liable under Paragraph (a) of this Section
13 with  respect  to any claim made  against a  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person
unless such  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person shall have notified the Adviser in
writing within a reasonable  time after the summons or other first legal process
giving  information  of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person (or after such Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person
shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent), but failure
to notify the Adviser of any such claim  shall not relieve the Adviser  from any
liability which it may have to the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person against whom
such  action is brought  except to the extent the Adviser is  prejudiced  by the
failure  or delay in giving  such  notice.  In case any such  action is  brought
against the  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  the Adviser  will be entitled to
participate,  at its own expense, in the defense thereof or, after notice to the
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  to assume the defense  thereof,  with counsel
satisfactory to the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person. If the Adviser assumes the
defense of any such  action  and the  selection  of  counsel  by the  Adviser to
represent the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person would result in a
conflict of interests and therefore,  would not, in the  reasonable  judgment of
the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified Person,  adequately  represent the interests of the
Sub-Adviser Indemnified Person, the Adviser will, at its own expense, assume the
defense with counsel to the Adviser and, also at its own expense,  with separate
counsel  to  the  Sub-Adviser   Indemnified  Person,   which  counsel  shall  be
satisfactory  to the  Adviser and to the  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person.  The
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person  shall  bear  the  fees  and  expenses  of  any
additional  counsel  retained by it, and the Adviser  shall not be liable to the
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person  under  this  Agreement  for any legal or other
expenses   subsequently   incurred  by  the   Sub-Adviser   Indemnified   Person
independently in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs
of  investigation;  provided  however,  the Adviser shall be responsible for the
additional counsel of Sub-Adviser in the event the Adviser is determined to have
made  the  fraudulent  representations,  by the  final  decision  of a court  of
competent  jurisdiction  (that is not  subject to appeal or as to which the time
for  appeal  has  elapsed),  and such  representations  are the  basis for which
Sub-Adviser's  liability  is  based.  The  Adviser  shall  not have the right to
compromise on or settle the litigation  without the prior written consent of the
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified Person if the compromise or settlement  results, or may
result in a finding of  wrongdoing  on the part of the  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified
Person.

          d. The  Sub-Adviser  shall not be liable under  Paragraph  (b) of this
Section 13 with respect to any claim made against an Adviser  Indemnified Person
unless such Adviser  Indemnified  Person shall have notified the  Sub-Adviser in
writing within a reasonable  time after the summons or other first legal process
giving  information  of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Adviser  Indemnified Person (or after such Adviser Indemnified Person shall have
received notice of such service on any designated  agent), but failure to notify
the  Sub-Adviser  of any such claim shall not relieve the  Sub-Adviser  from any
liability which it may have to the Adviser  Indemnified Person against whom such
action is brought  except to the extent the  Sub-Adviser  is  prejudiced  by the
failure  or delay in giving  such  notice.  In case any such  action is  brought
against the Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  the  Sub-Adviser  will be entitled to
participate,  at its own expense, in the defense thereof or, after notice to the
Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  to  assume  the  defense  thereof,  with  counsel
satisfactory to the Adviser  Indemnified  Person. If the Sub-Adviser assumes the
defense of any such action and the  selection of counsel by the  Sub-Adviser  to
represent both the Sub-Adviser and the Adviser  Indemnified  Person would result
in a conflict of interests and therefore,  would not, in the reasonable judgment
of the Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  adequately  represent the interests of the
Adviser Indemnified Person, the Sub-Adviser will, at its own expense, assume the
defense  with counsel to the  Sub-Adviser  and,  also at its own  expense,  with
separate  counsel to the Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  which  counsel  shall be
satisfactory  to the  Sub-Adviser  and to the Adviser  Indemnified  Person.  The

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Adviser  Indemnified  Person shall bear the fees and expenses of any  additional
counsel  retained by it, and the Sub-Adviser  shall not be liable to the Adviser
Indemnified  Person  under  this  Agreement  for any  legal  or  other  expenses
subsequently  incurred  by  the  Adviser  Indemnified  Person  independently  in
connection   with  the  defense   thereof   other  than   reasonable   costs  of
investigation.  The  Sub-Adviser  shall not have the right to  compromise  on or
settle  the  litigation  without  the  prior  written  consent  of  the  Adviser
Indemnified Person if the compromise or settlement  results,  or may result in a
finding of wrongdoing on the part of the Adviser Indemnified Person.

     14. Duration and Termination.

          a. This Agreement  shall become  effective on the date first indicated
above, subject to the condition that the Trust's Board,  including a majority of
those  Trustees who are not  interested  persons (as such term is defined in the
1940 Act) of the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser, and the Holders of Interests in the
Trust,  shall have  approved this  Agreement in the manner  required by the 1940
Act. Unless  terminated as provided herein,  this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect through and including April 18, 2007 and shall continue in full
force and affect indefinitely  thereafter,  but only so long as such continuance
is specifically approved at least annually by (a) the Board, or by the vote of a
majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of
the  Trust,  and (b) the  vote  of a  majority  of  those  Trustees  who are not
interested  persons  (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of any such party
to this  Agreement  cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting
on such approval.

          b.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  this Agreement may be terminated:
(a) by the Adviser at any time  without  payment of any  penalty,  upon 60 days'
prior written notice to the Sub-Adviser  and the Trust;  (b) at any time without
payment of any penalty by the Trust,  by the Trust's  Board or a majority of the
outstanding  voting  securities of the Trust, upon 60 days' prior written notice
to the Adviser and the  Sub-Adviser,  or (c) by the  Sub-Adviser  upon 3 months'
prior written notice unless the Trust or the Adviser requests additional time to
find a replacement  for the  Sub-Adviser,  in which case the  Sub-Adviser  shall
allow the  additional  time  requested  by the Trust or Adviser  not to exceed 3
additional  months  beyond the  initial  three-month  notice  period;  provided,
however,  that the  Sub-Adviser may terminate this Agreement at any time without
penalty,  effective  upon  written  notice to the Adviser and the Trust,  in the
event either the Sub-Adviser  (acting in good faith) or the Adviser ceases to be
registered as an investment  adviser under the Advisers Act or otherwise becomes
legally incapable of providing  investment  management  services pursuant to its
respective contract with the Trust.

          c. In the event of  termination  for any  reason,  all  records of the
Trust shall  promptly  be  returned  to the Adviser or the Trust,  free from any
claim or  retention  of rights in such record by the  Sub-Adviser,  although the
Sub-Adviser  may, at its own  expense,  make and retain a copy of such  records.
This Agreement shall automatically  terminate in the event of its assignment (as
such  term is  described  in the 1940  Act).  In the  event  this  Agreement  is
terminated  or is not approved in the manner  described  above,  the Sections or
Paragraphs  numbered  9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of this  Agreement  shall  remain in
effect,  as well as any  applicable  provision  of this  Section 14 and,  to the
extent  that  only  amounts  are owed to the  Sub-Adviser  as  compensation  for
services rendered while the agreement was in effect, Section 6.

     15. Notices.  Any notice must be in writing and shall be sufficiently given
(1)  when  delivered  in  person,  (2) when  dispatched  by  electronic  mail or
electronic  facsimile  transfer  (confirmed in writing by postage  prepaid first
class air mail  simultaneously  dispatched),  (3) when  sent by  internationally
recognized  overnight  courier service (with receipt confirmed by such overnight
courier service), or (4) when sent by registered or certified mail, to the other
party at the address of such party set forth  below or at such other  address as
such party may from time to time specify in writing to the other party.

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        If to the Trust:

        Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
        The Eaton Vance Building
        255 State Street
        Boston, Massachusetts 02109
        Attn: Chief Legal Officer

        If to the Adviser:

        Eaton Vance Management
        The Eaton Vance Building
        255 State Street
        Boston, Massachusetts 02109
        Attn: Chief Legal Officer

        If to the Sub-Adviser:

        Rampart Investment Management, Inc.
        One International Place, 14th Floor
        Boston, Massachusetts 02110
        Attn:  Ronald M. Egalka

     16.  Amendments.  No provision of this  Agreement  may be changed,  waived,
discharged or terminated  orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by
the  party  against  which  enforcement  of the  change,  waiver,  discharge  or
termination  is sought,  and no amendment of this  Agreement  shall be effective
until approved as required by applicable law.

     17. Miscellaneous.

          a. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts,  provided  that  nothing  herein  shall be  construed in a manner
inconsistent  with the 1940 Act,  the Advisers Act or rules or orders of the SEC
thereunder, and without regard for the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The
term  "affiliate"  or "affiliated  person" as used in this Agreement  shall mean
"affiliated person" as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act.

          b. The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  acknowledge  that the Trust enjoys
the rights of a third-party  beneficiary  under this Agreement,  and the Adviser
acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser enjoys the rights of a third party beneficiary
under the Advisory Agreement.

          c.  The  Sub-Adviser  expressly  acknowledges  the  provision  in  the
Declaration  of Trust of the Adviser  limiting  the  personal  liability  of the
Trustee and officers of the Adviser,  and the Sub-Adviser  hereby agrees that it
shall have  recourse  to the Adviser  for  payment of claims or  obligations  as
between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  arising out of this Agreement and shall
not seek satisfaction from the Trustee or any officer of the Adviser.

          d. The captions of this  Agreement are included for  convenience  only
and in no way define or limit any of the provisions  hereof or otherwise  affect
their construction or effect.

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          e. To the extent  permitted under Section 14 of this  Agreement,  this
Agreement  may only be assigned by any party with the prior  written  consent of
the other party.  This Agreement shall  terminate upon its  assignment,  and for
purposes of this section the term  "assignment"  shall have the meaning assigned
to it in the 1940 Act.

          f. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by
a court decision,  statute,  rule or otherwise,  the remainder of this Agreement
shall not be  affected  thereby,  and to this  extent,  the  provisions  of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

          g. Nothing herein shall be construed as  constituting  the Sub-Adviser
as an agent or  co-partner  of the Adviser,  or  constituting  the Adviser as an
agent or co-partner of the Sub-Adviser.

          h. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

          i. The Sub-Adviser shall not be responsible for any failure to perform
its duties under this  Agreement as a result of war, acts of terrorism,  natural
disasters, failures of electricity, telephone lines, and other utility services,
closures  of  securities  and  options  markets,  and other  events  beyond  the
reasonable  control of the  Sub-Adviser  provided the Sub-Adviser has maintained
contingency  procedures  reasonably  designed,  where  possible,  to prevent and
mitigate the effect of such events.

                            [Signature page follows.]

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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have caused this  instrument to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT


                                By:     /s/ Frederick S. Marius
                                        -----------------------------------
                                Name:   Frederick S. Marius
                                        Vice President, and not individually

                                RAMPART INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.

                                By:     /s/ Ronald M. Egalka
                                        -----------------------------------
                                Name:   Ronald M. Egalka
                                        President

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                       Annual Investment Sub-Advisory Fee
                        0.05% of Assets under Management

The  Trust's  daily  net  assets  shall  be  computed  in  accordance  with  the
Declaration of Trust of the Trust and any applicable votes and determinations of
the Board of the Trust.

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<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (g)(3)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                        INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT effective this 18th day of April, 2005 between Eaton Vance Management,
a  Massachusetts  business  trust  (the  "Adviser"),  and  Parametric  Portfolio
Associates, LLC., a Delaware corporation (the "Sub-Adviser").

WHEREAS,  Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write  Opportunities Fund (the "Trust") is
registered  under the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as amended  (the "1940
Act"), as a closed-end, management investment company; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated April 18, 2005 (the
"Advisory Agreement"), a copy of which has been provided to the Sub-Adviser, the
Trust has retained the Adviser to render  advisory and management  services with
regard to the Trust's investment strategy; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to authority granted to the Adviser in the Advisory Agreement,
the Adviser  wishes to retain the  Sub-Adviser  to furnish  investment  advisory
services to the Trust related to the Trust's  tax-managed  investment  strategy,
and the  Sub-Adviser  is willing to furnish  such  services to the Trust and the
Adviser.

NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the premises and the promises and mutual
covenants herein contained, it is agreed between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser
as follows:

     1.  Appointment.  The Adviser hereby appoints the Sub-Adviser to act as the
investment  adviser for and to manage the  investment  and  reinvestment  of the
assets of the Trust related to the Trust's  tax-managed  investment  strategy on
the terms set forth in this Agreement.  The Sub-Adviser accepts such appointment
and agrees to furnish the services herein set forth herein for the  compensation
herein provided.

     2. Sub-Adviser  Duties.  Subject to the supervision of the Trust's Board of
Trustees  (the  "Board")  and  the  Adviser,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  provide  a
continuous  investment  program  relating  to the  Trust's  purchase  or sale of
securities for the Trust's  portfolio.  Subject to approval of the Trust's Board
and  notice  to  the  Sub-Adviser,   the  Adviser  retains  complete   authority
immediately to assume direct  responsibility  for any function  delegated to the
Sub-Adviser under this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, the Sub-Adviser will
provide a continuous program of investment  evaluation,  investment,  sales, and
reinvestment of the Trust's assets by determining  the investment  strategy that
the Trust shall pursue,  including which  investments shall be purchased or sold
for the Trust. The Sub-Adviser will provide the services under this Agreement in
accordance with the Trust's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions as
stated in the  Trust's  Registration  Statement  filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"), as amended (the "Registration  Statement"),  copies
of  which  shall  be  sent  to the  Sub-Adviser  by  the  Adviser  prior  to the
commencement of this Agreement and promptly  following any such  amendment.  The
Adviser and the Sub-Adviser further agree as follows:

          a. Each of the Adviser and the  Sub-Adviser  will  conform  materially
with the 1940 Act and all rules and regulations thereunder, all other applicable
federal and state laws and regulations,  with any applicable  procedures adopted
by the  Trust's  Board of which the  Sub-Adviser  has been sent a copy,  and the
provisions of the Registration  Statement, of which the Sub-Adviser has received
a copy and with the  Sub-Adviser's  portfolio  manager  operating  policies  and
procedures  as are  approved  by  the  Adviser.  Each  of the  Adviser  and  the
Sub-Adviser  shall  exercise  reasonable  care in the  performance of its duties
under the Agreement.


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          b. In  connection  with any  purchase and sale of  securities  for the
Trust related to the implementation of the investment  strategy developed by the
Sub-Adviser,  the Sub-Adviser will arrange for the transmission to the custodian
for the Trust  (the  "Custodian")  on a daily  basis  such  confirmation,  trade
tickets,  and other documents and  information,  including,  but not limited to,
Cusip, Cedel, or other numbers that identify investments to be purchased or sold
on behalf of the Trust,  as may be reasonably  necessary to enable the Custodian
to perform its administrative and recordkeeping responsibilities with respect to
the  Trust.  With  respect to  investments  to be settled  through  the  Trust's
Custodian,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  arrange for the prompt  transmission  of the
confirmation of such trades to the Trust's Custodian.

          c. The  Sub-Adviser  will  assist  the  Custodian  in  determining  or
confirming,   consistent   with  the  procedures  and  policies  stated  in  the
Registration  Statement or adopted by the Board,  the value of any investment or
other assets of the Trust for which the Sub-Adviser is responsible and for which
the Custodian seeks assistance from or identifies for review by the Sub-Adviser;
provided that the  Sub-Adviser  shall be  responsible  for  determining  in good
faith,  consistent with the procedures and policies  stated in the  Registration
Statement  or adopted by the Board,  the fair value of the Trust's  portfolio of
investment for which the  Sub-Adviser is responsible and shall obtain at its own
expense pricing services for the Trust's portfolio of investment from Bloomberg,
or another pricing service to be mutually agreed.  The parties  acknowledge that
the  Sub-Adviser  is not a  custodian  of the  Trust's  assets and will not take
possession or custody of such assets.

          d.  Following  the end of the  Trust's  semi-annual  period and fiscal
year,  the  Sub-Adviser  will  assist  the  Adviser  in  preparing  a letter  to
shareholders  containing a discussion of relevant  investment factors in respect
of both the prior quarter and the fiscal year to date.

          e. The  Sub-Adviser  will complete and deliver to the Adviser for each
quarter by the 5th business day of the  following  quarter a written  compliance
checklist in a form provided by the Adviser  relating to the performances of the
Sub-Adviser under this Agreement.

          f. The  Sub-Adviser  will make available to the Trust and the Adviser,
promptly  upon  request,  any of the  Trust's  investment  records  and  ledgers
maintained by the  Sub-Adviser  (which shall not include the records and ledgers
maintained by the Custodian or portfolio  accounting agent for the Trust) as are
necessary to assist the Trust and the Adviser to comply with requirements of the
1940 Act and the  Investment  Advisers Act of 1940,  as amended  (the  "Advisers
Act"),  and the  rules  under  each,  as  well as  other  applicable  laws.  The
Sub-Adviser  will  furnish  to  regulatory   authorities  having  the  requisite
authority any information or reports in connection with such services in respect
to the Trust which may be  requested by such  authorities  in order to ascertain
whether the operations of the Trust are being  conducted in a manner  consistent
with applicable laws and regulations.

          g. The Sub-Adviser will provide reports to the Board for consideration
at  meetings  of the  Board on the  investment  program  for the  Trust  and the
investment  purchased and sold for the Trust's  portfolio,  and will furnish the
Board with such  periodic  and special  reports as the Board and the Adviser may
reasonably request.

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          h. The  Sub-Adviser  shall  assure  that the Trust  complies  with its
investment policies and restrictions as set forth in the Registration Statement.

     3. Broker-Dealer Selection. The Sub-Adviser is authorized to make decisions
to  buy  and  sell  investment  for  the  Trust's   portfolio,   and  to  select
broker-dealers  and to negotiate  brokerage  commission  rates in effecting  the
Trust's  investments.  The Sub-Adviser's  primary  consideration in effecting an
investment  on behalf of the Trust will be to obtain the best  execution for the
Trust,  taking into  account  the factors  specified  in the  prospectus  and/or
statement  of  additional   information   for  the  Trust,   and  determined  in
consultation  with the Adviser,  which include price  (including  the applicable
brokerage commission or dollar spread), the size of the order, the nature of the
market  for  the  security,  the  timing  of the  transaction,  the  reputation,
experience and financial stability of the broker-dealer involved, the quality of
the service,  the difficulty of execution,  and the execution  capabilities  and
operational  facilities of the firm involved, and the firm's risk in positioning
a block of investment.  Accordingly,  the price to the Trust in any  transaction
may be less  favorable than that  available  from another  broker-dealer  if the
difference is reasonably  justified,  in the judgment of the  Sub-Adviser in the
exercise of its  fiduciary  obligations  to the Trust,  by other  aspects of the
portfolio  execution  services  offered.  The Sub-Adviser  shall not receive any
research service from any  broker-dealer or from any third party that is paid by
such  broker-dealer  in return for placing trades through such  broker-dealer on
behalf of the Trust.  The  Sub-Adviser  will  consult with the Adviser to ensure
that   portfolio   transactions   on  behalf  of  the  Trust  are   directed  to
broker-dealers on the basis of criteria reasonably considered appropriate by the
Adviser.  To the extent  consistent  with these  standards,  the  Sub-Adviser is
further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Trust to
an  affiliated  broker-dealer.  Such  allocation  shall be in such  amounts  and
proportions  as the  Sub-Adviser  shall  determine  consistent  with  the  above
standards,  and the Sub-Adviser will report on said allocation  regularly to the
Trust's Board indicating the  broker-dealers to which such allocations have been
made and the basis therefore.

     4.  Disclosure  about  Sub-Adviser.  The  Sub-Adviser has reviewed the most
recent  Amendment to the Registration  Statement that contains  disclosure about
the  Sub-Adviser,  and represents  and warrants  that,  with respect only to the
disclosure expressly concerning the Sub-Adviser,  its business,  operations,  or
employees,  such  Registration  Statement  contains,  as of the date hereof,  no
untrue  statement  of any  material  fact and does not omit any  statement  of a
material  fact which was required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the
statements  contained  therein,  in light of the circumstances  under which they
were made, not misleading.  The Sub-Adviser further represents and warrants that
it is a duly  registered  investment  adviser  under the  Advisers  Act and will
maintain such  registration  so long as this  Agreement  remains in effect.  The
Adviser  hereby  acknowledges  that it has received a copy of the  Sub-Adviser's
Form ADV, Part II at least 48 hours prior to entering into this Agreement.

     5. Expenses.  During the term of this Agreement,  the Sub-Adviser  will pay
all expenses incurred by it and its staff and for their activities in connection
with its duties under this Agreement  including,  but not limited to, rental and
overhead expenses, expenses of the Sub-Adviser's personnel,  pricing services in
accordance  with Section 2,  insurance  of the  Sub-Adviser  and its  personnel,
research services, and taxes of the Sub-Adviser.

     6.  Compensation.  For the services provided to the Trust, the Adviser will
pay the  Sub-Adviser  an annual fee equal to the amount  specified in Schedule A
hereto,  payable monthly in arrears on the last business day of each month.  The
fee will be  appropriately  prorated to reflect any portion of a calendar  month
that this  Agreement is not in effect  among the parties.  The Adviser is solely
responsible  for the  payment of fees to the  Sub-Adviser,  and the  Sub-Adviser
agrees to seek payment of its fees solely from the Adviser. The Trust shall have
no liability for Sub-Adviser's fee hereunder.

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     7.  Materials.  During the term of this  Agreement,  the Adviser  agrees to
furnish  the  Sub-Adviser  at  its  principal  office  all  prospectuses,  proxy
statements,   and  reports  to   shareholders   prepared  for   distribution  to
shareholders of the Trust, all sales literature or advertisements for the Trust,
and all other  communications  with the public of the Trust, or the Adviser that
refer to the Sub-Adviser in any way. The  Sub-Adviser's  right to object to such
materials is limited to  reasonable  objections  related to the portions of such
materials  that  expressly  relate  to the  Sub-Adviser,  its  services  and its
clients.  The Adviser agrees to use its  reasonable  best efforts to ensure that
materials  prepared by its employees or agents or its  affiliates  that refer to
the  Sub-Adviser or its clients in any way are consistent  with those  materials
previously  approved by the  Sub-Adviser  as referenced in the first sentence of
this paragraph.

     8. Compliance.

          a.  As  required  by  Rule  206(4)-7   under  the  Advisers  Act,  the
Sub-Adviser has adopted written policies and procedures  reasonably  designed to
prevent violation by it, or any of its supervised  persons,  of the Advisers Act
and the rules under the Advisers Act and all other laws and regulations relevant
to the  performance  of its duties under this  Agreement.  The  Sub-Adviser  has
designated  a chief  compliance  officer  responsible  for  administering  these
compliance  policies  and  procedures.  The  chief  compliance  officer  at  the
Sub-Adviser's  expense shall provide such written compliance reports relating to
the  operations  and  compliance  procedures of the  Sub-Adviser  to the Adviser
and/or  the Trust and  their  respective  chief  compliance  officers  as may be
required  by  law  or  regulation  or as  are  otherwise  reasonably  requested.
Moreover,  the  Sub-Adviser  agrees to use such other or  additional  compliance
techniques  as the  Adviser  or the  Board  may  reasonably  adopt  or  approve,
including written compliance procedures.

          b. The Sub-Adviser  agrees that it shall promptly  notify,  if legally
permitted,  the Adviser and the Trust (1) in the event that the SEC has censured
the  Sub-Adviser;   placed   limitations  upon  its  activities,   functions  or
operations;  suspended or revoked its  registration  as an  investment  adviser;
commenced  proceedings or an  investigation  (formally or  informally)  that may
result  in any of these  actions;  or  corresponded  with the  Sub-Adviser  on a
non-routine basis concerning either the  Sub-Adviser's  performances  under this
Agreement  or any other matter that might  materially  affect the ability of the
Sub-Adviser  to perform its duties  under this  Agreement,  including  sending a
deficiency letter or raising issues about the business, operations, or practices
of  the  Sub-Adviser,   (2)  in  the  event  of  any  notice  of  investigation,
examination,  inquiry,  audit  or  subpoena  of  the  Sub-Adviser  or any of its
officers or  employees by any federal,  state,  municipal or other  governmental
department,  commission,  bureau,  board, agency or instrumentality.  If legally
permitted, the Sub-Adviser will furnish the Adviser, upon request, copies of any
and all documents relating to the foregoing.  The Sub-Adviser  further agrees to
notify the Adviser  and the Trust  promptly  of any  material  fact known to the
Sub-Adviser  respecting or relating to the Sub-Adviser  that is not contained in
the  Registration  Statement or  prospectus  for the Trust,  or any amendment or
supplement  thereto  that is required to be so  contained,  or if any  statement
contained therein concerning the Sub-Adviser that becomes untrue in any material
respect.

          c. The  Sub-Adviser  will  provide  the  Adviser  with  such  reports,
presentations,   certifications   and  other  information  as  the  Adviser  may
reasonably  request from time to time  concerning the business and operations of
the  Sub-Adviser in performing  services  hereunder or generally  concerning the
Sub-Adviser's  investment advisory services,  the Sub-Adviser's  compliance with
applicable  federal,  state and local law and  regulations,  and  changes in the
Sub-Adviser's key personnel, investment strategies, policies and procedures, and
other  matters  that are  likely to have a material  impact on the  Sub-Advisers
duties  hereunder.  The Adviser and the Trust shall provide the Sub-Adviser with
such  reports  as the  Sub-Adviser  may  from  time to time  reasonably  request
concerning  their  compliance with applicable  federal,  state and local law and
regulations.

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     9. Books and Records.  The Sub-Adviser hereby agrees that all records which
it maintains  for the Trust are the property of the Trust and further  agrees to
surrender  promptly  to the Trust any of such  records  upon the  Trust's or the
Adviser's  request in compliance  with the  requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the
1940 Act,  although the Sub-Adviser  may, at its own expense,  make and retain a
copy of such records. The Sub-Adviser further agrees to preserve for the periods
prescribed  by Rule  31a-2  under  the  1940  Act  the  records  required  to be
maintained by Rule 31a-l under the 1940 Act.

     10.  Cooperation;  Confidentiality;  Proprietary Rights. Each party to this
Agreement  agrees to  cooperate  with the other  party and with all  appropriate
governmental authorities having the requisite jurisdiction  (including,  but not
limited to, the SEC) in connection with any investigation or inquiry relating to
this Agreement or the Trust.  Subject to the foregoing,  the  Sub-Adviser  shall
treat as  confidential  and use only in connection  with the Trust in accordance
with this  Agreement all  information  pertaining  to the Trust,  actions of the
Trust or the Adviser. The parties acknowledge that any breach of the undertaking
in the  immediately  preceding  sentence might result in immediate,  irreparable
injury to another party and that, accordingly,  equitable remedies, including ex
parte  remedies,  are  appropriate  in the  event of any  actual,  apparent,  or
threatened breach of such undertaking.

     11. Control.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of the Agreement,  it is
understood  and agreed  that the Trust  shall at all times  retain the  ultimate
responsibility  for and  control of all  functions  performed  pursuant  to this
Agreement and has reserved the right to reasonably  direct any action  hereunder
taken on its behalf by the Sub-Adviser.

     12. Liability.

          a.  Except as may  otherwise  be required by the 1940 Act or the rules
thereunder or other applicable law, the Adviser agrees that the Sub-Adviser, any
affiliated  person of the Sub-Adviser,  and each person, if any, who, within the
meaning of  Section  15 of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "1933
Act"),  controls  the  Sub-Adviser  shall not be liable  for, or subject to, any
damages,  expenses,  or losses in connection with, any act or omission connected
with or arising out of any services  rendered  under this  Agreement,  except by
reason of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,  or negligence in the performance of
the Sub-Adviser's duties, or any breach by the Sub-Adviser of its obligations or
duties under this Agreement.

          b.  Except as may  otherwise  be required by the 1940 Act or the rules
thereunder or other applicable law, the Sub-Adviser agrees that the Adviser, any
affiliated  person of the Adviser,  and each  person,  if any,  who,  within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act,  controls the Adviser shall not be liable
for, or subject to, any damages, expenses, or losses in connection with, any act
or omission  connected  with or arising out of any services  rendered under this
Agreement, except by reason of willful misfeasance,  bad faith, or negligence in
the  performance  of the Adviser's  duties,  or any breach by the Adviser of its
obligations or duties under this Agreement.

     13. Indemnification.

          a. The Adviser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the  Sub-Adviser,
any affiliated  person of the Sub-Adviser,  and each person, if any, who, within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act  controls  ("controlling  person") the
Sub-Adviser  (all of such persons being referred to as "Sub-Adviser  Indemnified
Persons")  against  any  and  all  losses,  claims,  damages,   liabilities,  or
litigation   (including  legal  and  other  expenses)  to  which  a  Sub-Adviser
Indemnified  Person may become  subject  under the 1933 Act,  the 1940 Act,  the
Advisers Act, under any other statute,  at common law or otherwise,  arising out
of the Adviser's responsibilities to the Sub-Adviser which (1) may be based upon

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the  Adviser's  gross  negligence,  willful  misfeasance,  or bad  faith  in the
performance  of its  duties,  or by reason  of the  Adviser's  disregard  of its
obligations  and duties  under this  Agreement  and to the Trust,  or (2) may be
based upon any untrue  statement or alleged untrue  statement of a material fact
contained in the  Registration  Statement or prospectus  covering  shares of the
Trust, or any amendment  thereof or any supplement  thereto,  or the omission or
alleged  omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or  necessary  to make  the  statements  therein  not  misleading,  unless  such
statement or omission was made in reliance upon and conformity with  information
furnished by the Sub-Adviser to the Adviser or the Trust expressly for inclusion
in such Registration Statements, prospectuses, amendments, or supplements either
in writing or orally with a subsequent  confirmation  by the  Sub-Adviser of the
information as it appears in the Registration Statement or prospectus;  provided
however,  that in no case  shall  the  indemnity  in  favor  of the  Sub-Adviser
Indemnified  Person be deemed to protect  such person  against any  liability to
which such person would  otherwise be subject by reason of willful  misfeasance,
bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of
its  breach or  reckless  disregard  of its  obligations  or duties  under  this
Agreement.

          b.  Notwithstanding  Section  12 of this  Agreement,  the  Sub-Adviser
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Adviser,  any affiliated person of the
Adviser,  and any  controlling  person of the Adviser (all of such persons being
referred  to as  "Adviser  Indemnified  Persons")  against  any and all  losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, or litigation (including legal and other expenses)
to which an Adviser  Indemnified  Person may become  subject under the 1933 Act,
1940 Act, the Advisers Act, under any other statute, at common law or otherwise,
arising out of the  Sub-Adviser's  responsibilities  as Sub-Adviser of the Trust
which  (1)  may be  based  upon  the  Sub-Adviser's  gross  negligence,  willful
misfeasance,  or bad faith in the performance of its duties, or by reason of the
Sub-Adviser's  disregard of its obligations or duties under this  Agreement,  or
(2) may be based upon any untrue  statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or prospectus covering the
shares of the Trust, or any amendment or supplement  thereto, or the omission or
alleged  omission to state  therein a material  fact known or which  should have
been known to the Sub-Adviser and was required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements  therein not misleading,  if such a statement or omission
was made in reliance  upon and  conformity  with  information  furnished  by the
Sub-Adviser  to the  Adviser  or the  Trust  expressly  for  inclusion  in  such
Registration  Statements,  prospectuses,  amendments,  or supplements  either in
writing or orally  with a  subsequent  confirmation  by the  Sub-Adviser  of the
information as it appears in the Registration Statement or prospectus; provided,
however,  that in no case shall the indemnity in favor of an Adviser Indemnified
Person be deemed to protect  such  person  against any  liability  to which such
person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith,
gross negligence in the performance of its duties, or by reason of its breach or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

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          c. The Adviser shall not be liable under Paragraph (a) of this Section
13 with  respect  to any claim made  against a  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person
unless such  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person shall have notified the Adviser in
writing within a reasonable  time after the summons or other first legal process
giving  information  of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person (or after such Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person
shall have received notice of such service on any designated agent), but failure
to notify the Adviser of any such claim  shall not relieve the Adviser  from any
liability which it may have to the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person against whom
such  action is brought  except to the extent the Adviser is  prejudiced  by the
failure  or delay in giving  such  notice.  In case any such  action is  brought
against the  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  the Adviser  will be entitled to
participate,  at its own expense, in the defense thereof or, after notice to the
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  to assume the defense  thereof,  with counsel
satisfactory to the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person. If the Adviser assumes the
defense of any such  action  and the  selection  of  counsel  by the  Adviser to
represent the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person would result in a
conflict of interests and therefore,  would not, in the  reasonable  judgment of
the Sub-Adviser  Indemnified Person,  adequately  represent the interests of the
Sub-Adviser Indemnified Person, the Adviser will, at its own expense, assume the
defense with counsel to the Adviser and, also at its own expense,  with separate
counsel  to  the  Sub-Adviser   Indemnified  Person,   which  counsel  shall  be
satisfactory  to the  Adviser and to the  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person.  The
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person  shall  bear  the  fees  and  expenses  of  any
additional  counsel  retained by it, and the Adviser  shall not be liable to the
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified  Person  under  this  Agreement  for any legal or other
expenses   subsequently   incurred  by  the   Sub-Adviser   Indemnified   Person
independently in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs
of  investigation;  provided  however,  the Adviser shall be responsible for the
additional counsel of Sub-Adviser in the event the Adviser is determined to have
made  the  fraudulent  representations,  by the  final  decision  of a court  of
competent  jurisdiction  (that is not  subject to appeal or as to which the time
for  appeal  has  elapsed),  and such  representations  are the  basis for which
Sub-Adviser's  liability  is  based.  The  Adviser  shall  not have the right to
compromise on or settle the litigation  without the prior written consent of the
Sub-Adviser  Indemnified Person if the compromise or settlement  results, or may
result in a finding of  wrongdoing  on the part of the  Sub-Adviser  Indemnified
Person.

          d. The  Sub-Adviser  shall not be liable under  Paragraph  (b) of this
Section 13 with respect to any claim made against an Adviser  Indemnified Person
unless such Adviser  Indemnified  Person shall have notified the  Sub-Adviser in
writing within a reasonable  time after the summons or other first legal process
giving  information  of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such
Adviser  Indemnified Person (or after such Adviser Indemnified Person shall have
received notice of such service on any designated  agent), but failure to notify
the  Sub-Adviser  of any such claim shall not relieve the  Sub-Adviser  from any
liability which it may have to the Adviser  Indemnified Person against whom such
action is brought  except to the extent the  Sub-Adviser  is  prejudiced  by the
failure  or delay in giving  such  notice.  In case any such  action is  brought
against the Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  the  Sub-Adviser  will be entitled to
participate,  at its own expense, in the defense thereof or, after notice to the
Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  to  assume  the  defense  thereof,  with  counsel
satisfactory to the Adviser  Indemnified  Person. If the Sub-Adviser assumes the
defense of any such action and the  selection of counsel by the  Sub-Adviser  to
represent both the Sub-Adviser and the Adviser  Indemnified  Person would result
in a conflict of interests and therefore,  would not, in the reasonable judgment
of the Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  adequately  represent the interests of the
Adviser Indemnified Person, the Sub-Adviser will, at its own expense, assume the
defense  with counsel to the  Sub-Adviser  and,  also at its own  expense,  with
separate  counsel to the Adviser  Indemnified  Person,  which  counsel  shall be

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satisfactory  to the  Sub-Adviser  and to the Adviser  Indemnified  Person.  The
Adviser  Indemnified  Person shall bear the fees and expenses of any  additional
counsel  retained by it, and the Sub-Adviser  shall not be liable to the Adviser
Indemnified  Person  under  this  Agreement  for any  legal  or  other  expenses
subsequently  incurred  by  the  Adviser  Indemnified  Person  independently  in
connection   with  the  defense   thereof   other  than   reasonable   costs  of
investigation.  The  Sub-Adviser  shall not have the right to  compromise  on or
settle  the  litigation  without  the  prior  written  consent  of  the  Adviser
Indemnified Person if the compromise or settlement  results,  or may result in a
finding of wrongdoing on the part of the Adviser Indemnified Person.

     14. Duration and Termination.

          a. This Agreement  shall become  effective on the date first indicated
above, subject to the condition that the Trust's Board,  including a majority of
those  Trustees who are not  interested  persons (as such term is defined in the
1940 Act) of the Adviser or the Sub-Adviser, and the Holders of Interests in the
Trust,  shall have  approved this  Agreement in the manner  required by the 1940
Act. Unless  terminated as provided herein,  this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect through and including April 18, 2007 and shall continue in full
force and affect indefinitely  thereafter,  but only so long as such continuance
is specifically approved at least annually by (a) the Board, or by the vote of a
majority of the  outstanding  voting  securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of
the  Trust,  and (b) the  vote  of a  majority  of  those  Trustees  who are not
interested  persons  (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of any such party
to this  Agreement  cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting
on such approval.

          b.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  this Agreement may be terminated:
(a) by the Adviser at any time  without  payment of any  penalty,  upon 60 days'
prior written notice to the Sub-Adviser  and the Trust;  (b) at any time without
payment of any penalty by the Trust,  by the Trust's  Board or a majority of the
outstanding  voting  securities of the Trust, upon 60 days' prior written notice
to the Adviser and the  Sub-Adviser,  or (c) by the  Sub-Adviser  upon 3 months'
prior written notice unless the Trust or the Adviser requests additional time to
find a replacement  for the  Sub-Adviser,  in which case the  Sub-Adviser  shall
allow the  additional  time  requested  by the Trust or Adviser  not to exceed 3
additional  months  beyond the  initial  three-month  notice  period;  provided,
however,  that the  Sub-Adviser may terminate this Agreement at any time without
penalty,  effective  upon  written  notice to the Adviser and the Trust,  in the
event either the Sub-Adviser  (acting in good faith) or the Adviser ceases to be
registered as an investment  adviser under the Advisers Act or otherwise becomes
legally incapable of providing  investment  management  services pursuant to its
respective contract with the Trust.

          c. In the event of  termination  for any  reason,  all  records of the
Trust shall  promptly  be  returned  to the Adviser or the Trust,  free from any
claim or  retention  of rights in such record by the  Sub-Adviser,  although the
Sub-Adviser  may, at its own  expense,  make and retain a copy of such  records.
This Agreement shall automatically  terminate in the event of its assignment (as
such  term is  described  in the 1940  Act).  In the  event  this  Agreement  is
terminated  or is not approved in the manner  described  above,  the Sections or
Paragraphs  numbered  9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of this  Agreement  shall  remain in
effect,  as well as any  applicable  provision  of this  Section 14 and,  to the
extent  that  only  amounts  are owed to the  Sub-Adviser  as  compensation  for
services rendered while the agreement was in effect, Section 6.

     15. Notices.  Any notice must be in writing and shall be sufficiently given
(1)  when  delivered  in  person,  (2) when  dispatched  by  electronic  mail or
electronic  facsimile  transfer  (confirmed in writing by postage  prepaid first
class air mail  simultaneously  dispatched),  (3) when  sent by  internationally
recognized  overnight  courier service (with receipt confirmed by such overnight
courier service), or (4) when sent by registered or certified mail, to the other
party at the address of such party set forth  below or at such other  address as
such party may from time to time specify in writing to the other party.

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        If to the Trust:

        Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
        The Eaton Vance Building
        255 State Street
        Boston, Massachusetts 02109
        Attn:  Chief Legal Officer

        If to the Adviser:

        Eaton Vance Management
        The Eaton Vance Building
        255 State Street
        Boston, Massachusetts 02109
        Attn:  Chief Legal Officer

        If to the Sub-Adviser:

        Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC.
        1151 Fairview Avenue N.
        Seattle, WA 98109
        Attn:  Aaron Singleton

     16.  Amendments.  No provision of this  Agreement  may be changed,  waived,
discharged or terminated  orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by
the  party  against  which  enforcement  of the  change,  waiver,  discharge  or
termination  is sought,  and no amendment of this  Agreement  shall be effective
until approved as required by applicable law.

     17. Miscellaneous.

          a. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts,  provided  that  nothing  herein  shall be  construed in a manner
inconsistent  with the 1940 Act,  the Advisers Act or rules or orders of the SEC
thereunder, and without regard for the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The
term  "affiliate"  or "affiliated  person" as used in this Agreement  shall mean
"affiliated person" as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act.

          b. The Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  acknowledge  that the Trust enjoys
the rights of a third-party  beneficiary  under this Agreement,  and the Adviser
acknowledges that the Sub-Adviser enjoys the rights of a third party beneficiary
under the Advisory Agreement.

          c.  The  Sub-Adviser  expressly  acknowledges  the  provision  in  the
Declaration  of Trust of the Adviser  limiting  the  personal  liability  of the
Trustee and officers of the Adviser,  and the Sub-Adviser  hereby agrees that it
shall have  recourse  to the Adviser  for  payment of claims or  obligations  as
between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser  arising out of this Agreement and shall
not seek satisfaction from the Trustee or any officer of the Adviser.

          d. The captions of this  Agreement are included for  convenience  only
and in no way define or limit any of the provisions  hereof or otherwise  affect
their construction or effect.

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          e. To the extent  permitted under Section 14 of this  Agreement,  this
Agreement  may only be assigned by any party with the prior  written  consent of
the other party.  This Agreement shall  terminate upon its  assignment,  and for
purposes of this section the term  "assignment"  shall have the meaning assigned
to it in the 1940 Act.

          f. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by
a court decision,  statute,  rule or otherwise,  the remainder of this Agreement
shall not be  affected  thereby,  and to this  extent,  the  provisions  of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be severable.

          g. Nothing herein shall be construed as  constituting  the Sub-Adviser
as an agent or  co-partner  of the Adviser,  or  constituting  the Adviser as an
agent or co-partner of the Sub-Adviser.

          h. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

          i. The Sub-Adviser shall not be responsible for any failure to perform
its duties under this  Agreement as a result of war, acts of terrorism,  natural
disasters, failures of electricity, telephone lines, and other utility services,
closures of  securities  and  investment  markets,  and other events  beyond the
reasonable  control of the  Sub-Adviser  provided the Sub-Adviser has maintained
contingency  procedures  reasonably  designed,  where  possible,  to prevent and
mitigate the effect of such events.

                            [Signature page follows.]

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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have caused this  instrument to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.

                                EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT


                                By:     /s/ Frederick S. Marius
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                Name:   Frederick S. Marius
                                        Vice President, and not individually

                                PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES, LLC.

                                By:     /s/ Brian Langstraat
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                Name:   Brian Langstraat
                                        President

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                       Annual Investment Sub-Advisory Fee
                        0.25% of Assets under Management

The  Trust's  daily  net  assets  shall  be  computed  in  accordance  with  the
Declaration of Trust of the Trust and any applicable votes and determinations of
the Board of the Trust.

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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(H)
<SEQUENCE>7
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxhy.txt
<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                                                     Exhibit (h)

                                                            CC US DRAFT 05/11/05


              Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
                        (a Massachusetts business trust)

                      Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
                                ($0.01 Par Value)

                           FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                                                June [___], 2005

Merrill Lynch & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
            Incorporated
[other co-managers]


c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                Incorporated
4 World Financial Center
New York, New York 10080

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         Each of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund, a
Massachusetts business trust (the "Fund"), the Fund's investment adviser, Eaton
Vance Management, a Massachusetts business trust ("Eaton Vance" or the
"Investment Adviser"), the Fund's sub-adviser, Parametric Portfolio Associates
LLC, a [_____] limited liability company ("Parametric") and the Fund's
sub-adviser, Rampart Investment Management Company, Inc., a [_______]
corporation ("Rampart"; and together with Parametric, the "Sub-Advisers" and
each a "Sub-Adviser"; and together with Eaton Vance and Parametric, the
"Investment Advisers"), confirm their agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch"), [other
co-managers] and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto
(collectively, the "Underwriters," which term shall also include any underwriter
substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill
Lynch and [other co-managers] are acting as representatives (in such capacity,
the "Representatives"), with respect to the issue and sale by the Fund and the
purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the
respective number of common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value, of
the Fund ("Common Shares") set forth in said Schedule A, and with respect to the
grant by the Fund to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the
option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of [______]
additional Common Shares to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid [______]
Common Shares (the "Initial Securities") to be purchased by the Underwriters and
all or any part of the [______] Common Shares subject to the option described in
Section 2(b) hereof (the "Option Securities") are hereinafter called,
collectively, the "Securities."

         The Fund understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public
offering of the Securities as soon as the Representatives deem advisable after
this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

         The Fund has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form N-2 (No. 333-123770 and No.
811-21735) covering the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), including the related preliminary
prospectus or prospectuses, and a notification on Form N-8A of registration of
the Fund as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act"), and the

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rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act (the
"Rules and Regulations"). Promptly after execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Fund will either (i) prepare and file a prospectus in accordance
with the provisions of Rule 430A ("Rule 430A") of the Rules and Regulations and
paragraph (c) or (h) of Rule 497 ("Rule 497") of the Rules and Regulations or
(ii) if the Fund has elected to rely upon Rule 434 ("Rule 434") of the Rules and
Regulations, prepare and file a term sheet (a "Term Sheet") in accordance with
the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule 497. The information included in any such
prospectus or in any such Term Sheet, as the case may be, that was omitted from
such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed
to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective, if
applicable, (a) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A is referred to as "Rule
430A Information" or (b) pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule 434 is referred to as
"Rule 434 Information." Each prospectus used before such registration statement
became effective, and any prospectus that omitted, as applicable, the Rule 430A
Information or the Rule 434 Information, that was used after such effectiveness
and prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, including in each
case any statement of additional information incorporated therein by reference,
is herein called a "preliminary prospectus." Such registration statement,
including the exhibits thereto and schedules thereto at the time it became
effective and including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information,
as applicable, is herein called the "Registration Statement." Any registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations is herein
referred to as the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement," and after such filing
the term "Registration Statement" shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement. The final prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriters
for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the
statement of additional information incorporated therein by reference, is herein
called the "Prospectus." If Rule 434 is relied on, the term "Prospectus" shall
refer to the preliminary prospectus dated May [__], 2005 together with the Term
Sheet and all references in this Agreement to the date of the Prospectus shall
mean the date of the Term Sheet. For purposes of this Agreement, all references
to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any
Term Sheet or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be
deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic
Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR").

         All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated" in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other
references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

         (a) Representations and Warranties by the Fund and the Investment
Advisers. The Fund and the Investment Advisers jointly and severally represent
and warrant to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time
referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any)
referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agree with each Underwriter, as follows:

                  (i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. Each of the
         Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has
         become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the
         effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
         Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act, or order of
         suspension or revocation of registration pursuant to Section 8(e) of
         the 1940 Act, and no proceedings for any such purpose have been
         instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Fund or the
         Investment Advisers, are contemplated by the Commission, and any
         request on the part of the Commission for additional information has
         been complied with.

                  At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule
         462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto
         became effective and at the Closing Time

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         (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery),
         the Registration Statement, the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, the
         notification of Form N-8A and any amendments and supplements thereto
         complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements
         of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not
         and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
         state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
         make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor
         any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or
         any such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time
         (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the Date of Delivery),
         included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or
         omitted or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
         make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
         which they were made, not misleading. If Rule 434 is used, the Fund
         will comply with the requirements of Rule 434 and the Prospectus shall
         not be "materially different," as such term is used in Rule 434, from
         the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it
         became effective.

                  Each preliminary prospectus and the prospectus filed as part
         of the effective Registration Statement or as part of any amendment
         thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 497 under the 1933 Act, complied
         when so filed in all material respects with the Rules and Regulations
         and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the
         Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to
         the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
         pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

                  If a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is required in
         connection with the offering and sale of the Securities, the Fund has
         complied or will comply with the requirements of Rule 111 under the
         1933 Act Regulations relating to the payment of filing fees thereof.

                  (ii) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The
         accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting
         schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement are from an
         independent registered public accounting firm as required by the 1933
         Act and the Rules and Regulations.

                  (iii) Financial Statements. The statement of assets and
         liabilities included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
         together with the related notes, presents fairly the financial position
         of the Fund at the date indicated; said statement has been prepared in
         conformity with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").

                  (iv) Expense Summary. The information set forth in the
         Prospectus in the Fee Table has been prepared in accordance with the
         requirements of Form N-2 and to the extent estimated or projected, such
         estimates or projections are reasonably believed to be attainable and
         reasonably based.

                  (v) No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as
         of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no
         material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in
         the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Fund,
         whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a "Material
         Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by
         the Fund, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which
         are material with respect to the Fund, and (C) there has been no
         dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Fund
         on any class of its capital shares.

                  (vi) Good Standing of the Fund. The Fund has been duly
         organized and is validly existing as a business trust under the laws of
         The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has power and authority to own,
         lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as

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         described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its
         obligations under this Agreement; and the Fund is duly qualified as a
         foreign business trust to transact business and is in good standing in
         each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
         whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
         conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in
         good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (vii) No Subsidiaries. The Fund has no subsidiaries.

                  (viii) Investment Company Status. The Fund is duly registered
         with the Commission under the 1940 Act as a closed-end, diversified
         management investment company, and no order of suspension or revocation
         of such registration has been issued or proceedings therefor initiated
         or threatened by the Commission.

                  (ix) Officers and Trustees. No person is serving or acting as
         an officer, trustee or investment adviser of the Fund except in
         accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the Rules and
         Regulations and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
         "Advisers Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
         promulgated under the Advisers Act (the "Advisers Act Rules and
         Regulations"). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
         the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to either of them), no
         trustee of the Fund is (A) an "interested person" (as defined in the
         1940 Act) of the Fund or (B) an "affiliated person" (as defined in the
         1940 Act) of any Underwriter.

                  (x) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding
         shares of beneficial interest of the Fund is as set forth in the
         Prospectus. All issued and outstanding common shares of beneficial
         interest of the Fund have been duly authorized and validly issued and
         are fully paid and non-assessable (except as described in the
         Registration Statement) and have been offered and sold or exchanged by
         the Fund in compliance with all applicable laws (including, without
         limitation, federal and state securities laws); none of the outstanding
         common shares of beneficial interest of the Fund was issued in
         violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any
         securityholder of the Fund.

                  (xi) Authorization and Description of Securities. The
         Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Fund have been
         duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to
         this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Fund pursuant to
         this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein,
         will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable (except as
         described in the Registration Statement). The Common Shares conform to
         all statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus and such
         description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments
         defining the same, to the extent such rights are set forth; no holder
         of the Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of
         being such a holder; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject
         to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the
         Fund.

                  (xii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Fund is not in
         violation of its agreement and declaration of trust or by-laws, each as
         amended from time to time, or in default in the performance or
         observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
         contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or
         credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
         it is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the
         property or assets of the Fund is subject (collectively, "Agreements
         and Instruments") except for such violations or defaults that would not
         result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and
         performance of this Agreement, the Investment Advisory Agreement, the
         Administration Agreement, the Custodian Agreement and the Transfer
         Agency and Service Agreement referred to in the Registration Statement
         (as used herein, the "Advisory Agreement," the "Administration
         Agreement," the "Custodian Agreement" and the "Transfer Agency

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         Agreement," respectively) and the consummation of the transactions
         contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement (including the
         issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from
         the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the
         caption "Use of Proceeds") and compliance by the Fund with its
         obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary
         corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the
         giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or
         constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
         below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
         charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Fund pursuant
         to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches
         or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in
         a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any
         violation of the provisions of the agreement and declaration of trust
         or by-laws of the Fund, each as amended from time to time, or any
         applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
         decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic
         or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Fund or any of its assets,
         properties or operations. As used herein, a "Repayment Event" means any
         event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or
         other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's
         behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of
         all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Fund.

                  (xiii) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
         proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
         governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
         the knowledge of the Fund, threatened, against or affecting the Fund,
         which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement (other
         than as disclosed therein), or which might reasonably be expected to
         result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be
         expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of
         the Fund or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this
         Agreement or the performance by the Fund of its obligations hereunder.
         The aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which
         the Fund is a party or of which any of its property or assets is the
         subject which are not described in the Registration Statement,
         including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could
         not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (xiv) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or
         documents which are required to be described in the Registration
         Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits thereto by the
         1933 Act, the 1940 Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not
         been so described and filed as required.

                  (xv) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Fund owns or
         possesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent
         rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade
         secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or
         confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service
         marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively,
         "Intellectual Property") necessary to carry on the business now
         operated by the Fund, and the Fund has not received any notice or is
         not otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted
         rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any
         facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property
         invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Fund therein, and
         which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
         decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in
         the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (xvi) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
         authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
         qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
         agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Fund of its
         obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or
         sale of the Securities hereunder or the

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         consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
         such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933
         Act, the 1940 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
         "1934 Act"), the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") or
         state securities laws.

                  (xvii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Fund possesses
         such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
         (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the appropriate
         federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
         necessary to operate its properties and to conduct the business as
         contemplated in the Prospectus, except where the absence of such
         possession would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Fund is
         in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental
         Licenses; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force
         and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or
         the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and
         effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Fund has not
         received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
         modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the
         aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
         finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (xviii) Advertisements. Any advertising, sales literature or
         other promotional material (including "prospectus wrappers," "broker
         kits," "road show slides" and "road show scripts") authorized in
         writing by or prepared by the Fund or the Investment Adviser used in
         connection with the public offering of the Securities (collectively,
         "sales material") does not contain an untrue statement of a material
         fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
         necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Moreover, all
         sales material complied and will comply in all material respects with
         the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules
         and Regulations and the rules and interpretations of the National
         Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD").

                  (xix) Subchapter M. The Fund intends to direct the investment
         of the proceeds of the offering described in the Registration Statement
         in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of
         the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Subchapter M of the
         Code" and the "Code," respectively), and intends to qualify as a
         regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.

                  (xx) Distribution of Offering Materials. The Fund has not
         distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (A) the Closing Time
         and (B) completion of the distribution of the Common Shares, will not
         distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and
         sale of the Common Shares other than the Registration Statement, a
         preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or the sales materials.

                  (xxi) Accounting Controls. The Fund maintains a system of
         internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
         assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
         management's general or specific authorization and with the applicable
         requirements of the 1940 Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Code;
         (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
         financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
         accountability for assets and to maintain compliance with the books and
         records requirements under the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations;
         (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with the
         management's general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded
         accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at
         reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to
         any differences.

                  (xxii) Absence of Undisclosed Payments. To the Fund's
         knowledge, neither the Fund nor any employee or agent of the Fund has
         made any payment of funds of the Fund or received or

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         retained any funds, which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of
         a character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus.

                  (xxiii) Material Agreements. This Agreement, the Advisory
         Agreement referred to in the Registration Statement, the Administration
         Agreement, the Custodian Agreement and the Transfer Agency Agreement
         have each been duly authorized by all requisite action on the part of
         the Fund, executed and delivered by the Fund, as of the dates noted
         therein and each complies with all applicable provisions of the 1940
         Act. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
         parties thereto, each such Agreement constitutes a valid and binding
         agreement of the Fund, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
         as affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
         reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
         affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles
         (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied
         covenant of good faith and fair dealing and except as rights to
         indemnify or contribute thereunder may be limited by federal or state
         laws.

                  (xxiv) Registration Rights. There are no persons with
         registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities of
         the Fund registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise
         registered by the Fund under the 1933 Act.

                  (xxv) NYSE Listing. The Securities have been duly authorized
         for listing, upon notice of issuance, on the NYSE and the Fund's
         registration statement on Form 8-A under the 1934 Act has become
         effective.

         (b) Representations and Warranties by the Investment Adviser. The
Investment Adviser represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date
hereof, as of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of
each Date of Delivery (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof as follows:

                  (i) Good Standing of the Investment Advisers. The Investment
         Adviser has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good
         standing as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of
         Massachusetts, with full power and authority to own, lease and operate
         its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
         Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign business trust to
         transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in
         which such qualification is required.

                  (ii) Investment Adviser Status. The Investment Adviser is duly
         registered and in good standing with the Commission as an investment
         adviser under the Advisers Act, and is not prohibited by the Advisers
         Act or the 1940 Act, or the rules and regulations under such acts, from
         acting under the Advisory Agreement for the Fund as contemplated by the
         Prospectus.

                  (iii) Description of the Investment Adviser. The description
         of the Investment Adviser in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement to either of them) complied
         and comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933
         Act, the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, the Rules and Regulations and the
         Advisers Act Rules and Regulations and is true and correct and does not
         contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
         make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
         they were made, not misleading.

                  (iv) Capitalization. The Investment Adviser has the financial
         resources available to it necessary for the performance of its services
         and obligations as contemplated in the Prospectus, this Agreement and
         under the Advisory Agreement, each of the Sub-Advisory Agreements
         between the Investment Adviser and the Sub-Advisors (the "Sub-Advisory
         Agreements"), the Additional Compensation Agreement between the
         Investment Adviser and Merrill Lynch dated

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         June [_], 2005 (the "Additional Compensation Agreement") and the [other
         additional compensation agreements] (collectively, the "Additional
         Compensation Agreements").

                  (v) Authorization of Agreements; Absence of Defaults and
         Conflicts. This Agreement, the Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory
         Agreements and the Additional Compensation Agreement[s] have each been
         duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Investment Adviser, and,
         assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties
         thereto, the Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory Agreements and the
         Additional Compensation Agreement[s] constitute valid and binding
         obligations of the Investment Adviser, each enforceable in accordance
         with its terms, except as affected by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
         laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general
         equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or
         at law); and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
         Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory Agreements or the Additional
         Compensation Agreement[s] nor the performance by the Investment Adviser
         of its obligations hereunder or thereunder will conflict with, or
         result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
         constitute, with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or
         both, a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the
         Investment Adviser is a party or by which it is bound, the declaration
         of trust, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Investment
         Adviser, or by any law, order, decree, rule or regulation applicable to
         it of any jurisdiction, court, federal or state regulatory body,
         administrative agency or other governmental body, stock exchange or
         securities association having jurisdiction over the Investment Adviser
         or its properties or operations; and no consent, approval,
         authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or agency
         is required for the consummation by the Investment Adviser of the
         transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Advisory Agreement,
         the Sub-Advisory Agreements or the Additional Compensation
         Agreement[s], except as have been obtained or may be required under the
         1933 Act, the 1940 Act, the 1934 Act, NYSE or state securities laws.

                  (vi) No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as
         of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has not occurred
         any event which should reasonably be expected to have a material
         adverse effect on the ability of the Investment Adviser to perform its
         obligations under this Agreement, the Advisory Agreement, the
         Sub-Advisory Agreements or the Administration Agreement.

                  (vii) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
         proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
         governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
         the knowledge of the Investment Adviser, threatened against or
         affecting either the Investment Adviser or any parent or subsidiary of
         the Investment Adviser or any partners, trustees, officers or employees
         of the foregoing, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
         business, which might reasonably be expected to result in any material
         adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings,
         business affairs or business prospects of the Investment Adviser,
         materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the
         Investment Adviser or materially impair or adversely affect the ability
         of the Investment Adviser to function as an investment adviser or
         perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory
         Agreements or the Additional Compensation Agreements, or which is
         required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus (and has not been so disclosed).

                  (viii) Absence of Violation or Default. The Investment Adviser
         is not in violation of its organizational documents or in default under
         any agreement, indenture or instrument, where such violation or default
         would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
         ability of the Investment Adviser to function as an investment adviser
         or perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement.

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         (c) Representations and Warranties by Parametric. Parametric represents
and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time
referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any)
referred to in Section 2(b) hereof as follows:

                  (i) Good Standing of Parametric. Parametric has been duly
         organized and is validly existing and in good standing as a limited
         liability company under the laws of the State of [________], with full
         limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate
         its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
         Prospectus, and Parametric is duly qualified to transact business and
         is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such
         qualification is required.

                  (ii) Parametric's Status. Parametric is duly registered and in
         good standing with the Commission as an investment adviser under the
         Advisers Act, and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940
         Act, or the rules and regulations under such acts, from acting under
         the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party for the Fund as
         contemplated by the Prospectus.

                  (iii) Descriptions of Parametric. The descriptions of
         Parametric in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any
         amendment or supplement to either of them) complied and comply in all
         material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act,
         the Advisers Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules
         and Regulations and are true and correct and do not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
         required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
         statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
         made, not misleading.

                  (iv) Capitalization. Parametric has the financial resources
         available to it necessary for the performance of its services and
         obligations as contemplated in the Prospectus, this Agreement and the
         Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party.

                  (v) Authorization of Agreements; Absence of Defaults and
         Conflicts. This Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is
         a party have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
         Parametric, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by
         the other parties thereto, such agreements constitute valid and binding
         obligations of Parametric, enforceable in accordance with their
         respective terms, except as affected by bankruptcy, insolvency,
         fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
         laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and general
         equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or
         at law); and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or
         the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party nor the performance
         by Parametric of its obligations hereunder or thereunder will conflict
         with, or result in, a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
         constitute, with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or
         both, a default under any agreement or instrument to which Parametric
         is a party or by which it is bound, the organizational documents of
         Parametric or by any law, order, decree, rule or regulation applicable
         to it of any jurisdiction, court, federal or state regulatory body,
         administrative agency or other governmental body, stock exchange or
         securities association having jurisdiction over Parametric or its
         properties or operations; and no consent, approval, authorization or
         order of any court or governmental authority or agency is required for
         the consummation by Parametric of the transactions contemplated by this
         Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party, except
         as have been obtained or may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1940
         Act, the 1934 Act or state securities laws.

                  (vi) No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as
         of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has not occurred
         any event which should reasonably be expected to have a material
         adverse effect

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         on the ability of Parametric to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party.

                  (vii) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
         proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
         governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
         the knowledge of Parametric, threatened against or affecting Parametric
         or any "affiliated person" (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of
         Parametric or any partners, directors, officers or employees of the
         foregoing, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
         which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse
         change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business
         affairs or business prospects of Parametric, to materially and
         adversely affect the properties or assets of Parametric or to
         materially impair or adversely affect the ability of Parametric to
         function as an investment adviser or perform its obligations under the
         Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party, or which is required to
         be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

                  (viii) Absence of Violation or Default. Parametric is not in
         violation of its organizational documents or in default under any
         agreement, indenture or instrument, where such violation or default
         would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
         ability of Parametric to function as an investment adviser or perform
         its obligations under the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a
         party.

         (d) Representations and Warranties by Rampart. Rampart represents and
warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Time
referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Date of Delivery (if any)
referred to in Section 2(b) hereof as follows:

                  (i) Good Standing of Rampart. Rampart has been duly organized
         and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the
         laws of the State of [_______], with full corporate power and authority
         to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
         described in the Prospectus, and Rampart is duly qualified to transact
         business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which
         such qualification is required.

                  (ii) Rampart's Status. Rampart is duly registered and in good
         standing with the Commission as an investment adviser under the
         Advisers Act, and is not prohibited by the Advisers Act or the 1940
         Act, or the rules and regulations under such acts, from acting under
         the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party for the Fund as
         contemplated by the Prospectus.

                  (iii) Descriptions of Rampart. The descriptions of Rampart in
         the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (and any amendment or
         supplement to either of them) complied and comply in all material
         respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, the
         Advisers Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and
         Regulations and are true and correct and do not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
         required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
         statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
         made, not misleading.

                  (iv) Capitalization. Rampart has the financial resources
         available to it necessary for the performance of its services and
         obligations as contemplated in the Prospectus, this Agreement and the
         Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party.

                  (v) Authorization of Agreements; Absence of Defaults and
         Conflicts. This Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is
         a party have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
         Rampart, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
         other parties thereto, such agreements constitute valid and binding
         obligations of Rampart, enforceable in accordance with their respective
         terms, except as affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
         conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating
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         or affecting creditors' rights generally and general equitable
         principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
         and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
         Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party nor the performance by
         Rampart of its obligations hereunder or thereunder will conflict with,
         or result in, a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or
         constitute, with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or
         both, a default under any agreement or instrument to which Rampart is a
         party or by which it is bound, the organizational documents of Rampart
         or by any law, order, decree, rule or regulation applicable to it of
         any jurisdiction, court, federal or state regulatory body,
         administrative agency or other governmental body, stock exchange or
         securities association having jurisdiction over Rampart or its
         respective properties or operations; and no consent, approval,
         authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or agency
         is required for the consummation by Rampart of the transactions
         contemplated by this Agreement or the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which
         it is a party, except as have been obtained or may be required under
         the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act, the 1934 Act or state securities laws.

                  (vi) No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as
         of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
         Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, there has not occurred
         any event which should reasonably be expected to have a material
         adverse effect on the ability of Rampart to perform its obligations
         under this Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a
         party.

                  (vii) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit,
         proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
         governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to
         the knowledge of Rampart, threatened against or affecting Rampart or
         any "affiliated person" (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of
         Rampart or any partners, directors, officers or employees of the
         foregoing, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
         which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse
         change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or earnings, business
         affairs or business prospects of Rampart, to materially and adversely
         affect the properties or assets of Rampart or to materially impair or
         adversely affect the ability of Rampart to function as an investment
         adviser or perform its obligations under the Sub-Advisory Agreement to
         which it is a party, or which is required to be disclosed in the
         Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

                  (viii) Absence of Violation or Default. Rampart is not in
         violation of its organizational documents or in default under any
         agreement, indenture or instrument, where such violation or default
         would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
         ability of Rampart to function as an investment adviser or perform its
         obligations under the Sub-Advisory Agreement to which it is a party.

         (e) Officer's Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of
the Fund or the Investment Advisers delivered to the Representatives or to
counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Fund or the Investment Advisers, as the case may be, to each Underwriter as
to the matters covered thereby.

         SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

         (a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Fund agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly,
and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the
Fund, at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, the number of Initial
Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus
any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become
obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

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         (b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations
and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth, the Fund hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and
not jointly, to purchase up to an additional [____] Common Shares in the
aggregate at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, less an amount per
share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Fund and payable
on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option
hereby granted will expire 45 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in
whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering
overallotments which may be made in connection with the offering and
distribution of the Initial Securities upon written notice by the
Representatives to the Fund setting forth the number of Option Securities as to
which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and
date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date
of delivery (a "Date of Delivery") shall be determined by the Representatives,
but shall not be earlier than the third day after the date on which the option
is being exercised nor later than seven full business days after the exercise of
said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined.
If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities,
each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that
proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which
the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of
such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in
each case to such adjustments as Merrill Lynch in its discretion shall make to
eliminate any sales or purchases of a fractional number of Option Securities
plus any additional number of Option Securities which such Underwriter may
become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

         (c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, 75 State Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the
Representatives and the Fund, at 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third (fourth,
if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on any given day) business
day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date
as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Fund (such time and date
of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time").

         In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are
purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery
of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned
offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives
and the Fund, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the
Representatives to the Fund.

         Payment shall be made to the Fund by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Fund, against delivery to
the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of
certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that
each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept
delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the
Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to
purchase. Merrill Lynch, individually and not as representative of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase
price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing
Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment
shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

         (d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial
Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least
one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery,
as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option
Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the
Representatives in the City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M.

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(Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant
Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

SECTION 3. Covenants.

           The Fund and the Investment Advisers, jointly and severally, covenant
with each Underwriter as follows:

         (a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The
Fund, subject to Section 3(b) will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A or
Rule 434, as applicable, and will notify the Representatives immediately, and
confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt
of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for
any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to
the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary
prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for any of such purposes. The Fund will promptly effect the filings
necessary pursuant to Rule 497 and will take such steps as it deems necessary to
ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under
Rule 497 was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was
not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Fund will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, or order of suspension or
revocation of registration pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act, and, if any
such stop order or order of suspension or revocation of registration is issued,
to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

         (b) Filing of Amendments. The Fund will give the Representatives notice
of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement
(including any filing under Rule 462(b)), any Term Sheet or any amendment,
supplement or revision to either the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, will furnish the
Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time
prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or
use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the
Underwriters shall reasonably object.

         (c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Fund has furnished or will
deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge,
signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by
reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of
experts, and will also deliver to the Representatives, without charge, a
conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of
the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the
Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof
filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T.

         (d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Fund has delivered to each
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as
such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Fund hereby consents to the use
of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Fund will furnish to
each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of
copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may
reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except
to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

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         (e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. If at any time when a
prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales
of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of
which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the
Fund, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus
in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at
the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the
opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or
amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of
the 1933 Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Fund will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement
as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the
Fund will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or
supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

         (f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Fund will use its best efforts, in
cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and
sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions
of the United States as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such
qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the later
of the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Fund shall not be obligated
to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign
business trust or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is
not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business
in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each
jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Fund will file
such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction
to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year
from the effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement.

         (g) Rule 158. The Fund will make generally available to its
securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement, if applicable, for
the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph
of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

         (h) Use of Proceeds. The Fund will use the net proceeds received by it
from the sale of the Securities substantially in the manner specified in the
Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds."

         (i) Listing. The Fund will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Securities to be duly authorized for listing by the NYSE, prior to the date the
Securities are issued.

         (j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 180 days from
the date of the Prospectus, the Fund will not, without the prior written consent
of Merrill Lynch, (A) directly or indirectly, offer, pledge, sell, contract to
sell, sell any option, rights or warrant to purchase, purchase any option or
contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise
transfer or dispose of Common Shares or any securities convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares or file any registration statement
under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (B) enter into any
swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the
Common Shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (A) or
(B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Shares or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (1)
the Securities to be sold hereunder or (2) Common Shares issued or, for
avoidance of doubt, purchased in the open market pursuant to any dividend
reinvestment plan.

         (k) Reporting Requirements. The Fund, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will
file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1940
Act and the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1940 Act

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and the Rules and Regulations and the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, respectively.

         (l) Subchapter M. The Fund will use its best efforts to comply with the
requirements of Subchapter M of the Code to qualify as a regulated investment
company under the Code.

         (m) No Manipulation of Market for Securities. The Fund will not take,
directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that
might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of
the price of any security of the Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities in violation of federal or state securities laws, until the Closing
Date, or the Date of Delivery, if any, (a) sell, bid for or purchase the
Securities or pay any person any compensation for soliciting purchases of the
Securities or (b) pay or agree to pay to any person any compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Fund.

         (n) Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. If the Fund elects to rely upon
Rule 462(b), the Fund shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the
Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time,
on the date of this Agreement, and the Fund shall at the time of filing either
pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule
111(b) under the 1933 Act.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.

         (a) Expenses. The Fund will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment
thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this
Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be
required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery
of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or
other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and
disbursements of the Fund's counsel, the independent registered public
accounting firm and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities
under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation
of the Blue Sky survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and
delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus,
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation,
printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and
any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or
registrar for the Securities, (ix) the filing fees incident to, and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection
with, the review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (x) the
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on
the NYSE and (xi) the printing of any sales material. Also, the Fund shall pay
the Underwriters $.00667 per common share as partial reimbursement of expenses
incurred in connection with the offering. The amount paid by the Fund as this
partial reimbursement to the Underwriters will not exceed .03335% of the total
price to the public of the common stock sold in this offering. The Fund's
Investment Adviser or an affiliate has agreed to pay the Fund's offering costs
(other than sales load) that exceed $.04 per common share and to reimburse all
of the Fund's organizational costs.

         (b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)
hereof, the Fund and each of the Investment Advisers, jointly and severally,
agree that they shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket
expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters.

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SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations.

         The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Fund and each of the
Investment Advisers contained in Section 1 hereof or in certificates of any
officer of the Fund or any of the Investment Advisers delivered pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Fund and each of the Investment
Advisers of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to
the following further conditions:

         (a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become
effective or will have become effective by 5:30 p.m., New York City time on the
date hereof, and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act, no notice
or order pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act shall have been issued, and no
proceedings with respect to either shall have been initiated or, to the
knowledge of counsel to the Underwriters and counsel to the Fund, threatened by
the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional
information shall have been complied with or waived to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule
430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with
Rule 497 (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have
been filed and declared effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule
430A or a certificate must have been filed in accordance with Rule 497(j)) or,
if the Fund has elected to rely upon Rule 434, a Term Sheet shall have been
filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 497.

         (b) Opinion of Counsel for Fund and the Investment Advisers. At Closing
Time, the Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, counsel for the
Fund and the Investment Advisers, together with signed or reproduced copies of
such letter for each of the other Underwriters substantially to the effect set
forth in Exhibit A hereto or in such other forms and substance reasonably
satisfactory to counsel to the Underwriters.

         (c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the
Representatives shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing
Time, of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with
signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters
with respect to the matters set forth in clauses (A) (i), (ii), (vi), (vii)
(solely as to preemptive or other similar rights arising by operation of law or
under the charter or by-laws of the Fund), (viii) through (x), inclusive, (xii),
(xiv) (solely as to the information in the Prospectus under "Description of
Capital Structure") and the last paragraph of Exhibit A hereto. In giving such
opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of
jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of
the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the
Representatives. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion
involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon
certificates of officers of the Fund and certificates of public officials.

         (d) Officers' Certificates. At Closing Time, there shall not have been,
since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the
Fund, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the
Representatives shall have received a certificate of a duly authorized officer
of the Fund and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Fund
and of the President or a Vice President or Managing Director of each Investment
Adviser, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such
material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Sections
1(a), (b), (c) and (d) hereof, as applicable, are true and correct with the same
force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) each
of the Fund and the Investment Advisers, respectively, has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to Closing Time, (iv) with respect to
each Investment Adviser only, there has been no material

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adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of such Investment Adviser, whether or
not arising in the ordinary course of business, and (v) with respect to the Fund
only, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
or order of suspension or revocation of registration pursuant to Section 8(e) of
the 1940 Act, has been issued and no proceedings for any such purpose have been
instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the Commission.

         (e) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's Comfort Letter. At
the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have
received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in independent
registered public accounting firm's "comfort letters" to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

         (f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Representatives
shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated as of Closing
Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter
furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified
date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to
Closing Time.

         (g) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall have
been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of
issuance.

         (h) No Objection. The NASD has confirmed that it has not raised any
objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting
terms and arrangements.

         (i) Execution of Additional Compensation Agreement[s]. At Closing Time,
Merrill Lynch shall have received the Additional Compensation Agreement, dated
as of the Closing Date, as executed by the Investment Adviser. At Closing Time,
[____] shall have received the [other additional compensation agreement], dated
as of the Closing Date, as executed by the Investment Adviser.

         (j) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the
Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase
all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties
of the Fund contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by
the Fund hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at
the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representatives shall have received:

                  (i) Officers' Certificates. Certificates, dated such Date of
         Delivery, of a duly authorized officer of the Fund and of the chief
         financial or chief accounting officer of the Fund and of the President
         or a Vice President or Managing Director of each Investment Adviser
         confirming that the information contained in the certificate delivered
         by each of them at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof
         remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

                  (ii) Opinion of Counsel for the Fund and the Investment
         Advisers. The favorable opinion of counsel for the Fund and the
         Investment Advisers, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for
         the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option
         Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to
         the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof.

                  (iii) Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. The favorable
         opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated
         such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be
         purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as
         the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

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                  (iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Deloitte &
         Touche LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives
         and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and
         substance as the letter furnished to the Representatives pursuant to
         Section 5(f) hereof, except that the "specified date" in the letter
         furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five
         days prior to such Date of Delivery.

         (k) Additional Documents. At Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery,
counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and
opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to
evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the
fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings
taken by the Fund and the Investment Advisers in connection with the
organization and registration of the Fund under the 1940 Act and the issuance
and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

         (l) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this
Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this
Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option
Securities, on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the
obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option
Securities, may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Fund at
any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may
be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8 and 13
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

         SECTION 6. Indemnification.

         (a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Fund and the Investment
Advisers, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, as follows:

                  (i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
         expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
         alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
         Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
         430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or the
         omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
         be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
         misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
         statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or
         the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the
         omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
         order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
         under which they were made, not misleading;

                  (ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
         expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
         paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
         proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
         or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
         omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
         that (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such settlement is effected
         with the written consent of the Fund; and

                  (iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
         (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Merrill
         Lynch), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
         against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
         governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
         whatsoever based upon

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         any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
         statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid
         under (i) or (ii) above;

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Fund or an
Investment Adviser by any Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in
the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A
Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

         (b) Indemnification of the Fund, Investment Advisers, Trustees and
Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Fund and the Investment Advisers, their respective trustees and shareholders,
each of the Fund's officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each
person, if any, who controls the Fund or an Investment Adviser within the
meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any
and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity
contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect
to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions,
made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the
Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Fund or the Investment Advisers by such Underwriter through Merrill Lynch
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto),
including the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, or such
preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto).

         (c) Indemnification for Marketing Materials. In addition to the
foregoing indemnification, the Fund and the Investment Advisers also, jointly
and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 6(a),
as limited by the proviso set forth therein, with respect to any sales material.

         (d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of
any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it
from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Merrill Lynch, and, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Fund or an Investment Adviser, as
applicable. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the
defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying
party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be
counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party be
liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local
counsel) separate from its own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection
with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in
respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this
Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual
or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i)
includes an unconditional release of

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each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation,
investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to
or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.

         (e) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by
Section 6(a)(ii) (through, if applicable, the provisions of Section 6(b))
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more
than 60 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request,
(ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and
(iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party
in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

         SECTION 7. Contribution.

         If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any
reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in
respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to
therein, then, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred,
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Fund or the Investment Advisers on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to
this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of
the Fund and the Investment Advisers on the one hand and of the Underwriters on
the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations.

         The relative benefits received by the Fund and the Investment Advisers
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in
the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of
the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received
by the Fund and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters
(whether from the Fund or otherwise), in each case as set forth on the cover of
the Prospectus, or, if Rule 434 is used, the corresponding location on the Term
Sheet, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as
set forth on such cover.

         The relative fault of the Fund and the Investment Advisers on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates
to information supplied by the Fund or the Investment Advisers or by the
Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

         The Fund, the Investment Advisers and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section
7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall
be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation

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or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or
any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission.

         Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

         No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

         For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director and shareholder of the Fund and each director of an Investment
Adviser, respectively, each officer of the Fund who signed the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Fund or any Investment
Adviser, within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Fund and such
Investment Adviser, respectively. The Underwriters' respective obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of
Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A
hereto and not joint.

         SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery.

         All representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Fund or an Investment Adviser
submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or
controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Fund or the Investment Adviser,
and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.

         SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.

         (a) Termination; General. The Representatives may terminate this
Agreement, by notice to the Fund, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if
there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Fund or an Investment
Adviser, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if
there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the
United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of
hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or
development involving a prospective change in national or international
political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is
such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or
inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the
Securities, or (iii) if trading in the Common Shares of the Fund has been
suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NYSE, or if trading
generally on the American Stock Exchange or the NYSE or in the Nasdaq National
Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices
for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by
any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the NASD
or any other governmental authority, or a material disruption has occurred in
commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United
States, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or
New York authorities.

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         (b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections
1, 6, 7, 8 and 13 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and
effect.

         SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters.

         If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date
of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to
purchase under this Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the Representatives
shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one
or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to
purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts
as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the
Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour
period, then:

         (a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the
number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full
amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations
hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting
Underwriters, or

         (b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of
Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any
Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the
Underwriters to purchase and of the Fund to sell the Option Securities to be
purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

         No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

         In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination
of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the
Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the
Underwriters to purchase and the Fund to sell the relevant Option Securities, as
the case may be, either the Representatives or the Fund shall have the right to
postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for
a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
As used herein, the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter under this Section 10.

         SECTION 11. Tax Disclosure.

         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, from the
commencement of discussions with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby, the Fund and the Investment Adviser (and each employee, representative
or other agent of the Fund) may disclose to any and all persons, without
limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure (as such terms are
used in Sections 6011, 6111 and 6112 of the U.S. Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

         SECTION 12. Notices.

         All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard
form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the
Representatives, Merrill Lynch & Co., 4 World Financial Center, New York, New
York 10080, attention of Equity Capital Markets; notices to the Fund or the
Investment Adviser shall be directed, as appropriate, to the office of Eaton
Vance Management, The Eaton Vance Building, 255 State Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109, Attention: Fred Marius, Esq.; notices to

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Parametic shall be directed to it at [_______________], Attention: [_______];
and notices to Rampart shall be directed to it at [_______________], Attention:
[___________].

         SECTION 13. Parties.

         This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the Underwriters, the Fund, the Investment Advisers and their respective
partners and successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is
intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other
than the Underwriters, the Fund, the Investment Advisers and their respective
successors and the controlling persons and officers, trustees, shareholders and
directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and
all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Fund, the Investment Advisers and
their respective partners and successors, and said controlling persons and
officers, shareholders and trustees and their heirs and legal representatives,
and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of
Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason
merely of such purchase.

         SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME.

         THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMED IN SAID STATE. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY PROVIDED, SPECIFIED TIMES
OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

         SECTION 15. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND BENEFICIARIES.

         A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of each of the Fund
and the Investment Adviser is on file with the Secretary of State of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and notice hereby is given that this Purchase
Agreement is executed on behalf of the Fund and the Investment Adviser,
respectively, by an officer or trustee of the Fund or the Investment Advisers,
as the case may be, in his or her capacity as an officer or trustee of the Fund
or the Investment Advisers, as the case may be, and not individually and that
the obligations under or arising out of this Purchase Agreement are not binding
upon any of the trustees, officers or shareholders individually but are binding
only upon the assets and properties of the Fund or the Investment Advisers, as
the case may be.

         SECTION 16. Effect of Headings.

         The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.

                         [signatures on following page]

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         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this
instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among
the Underwriters, the Fund and the Investment Advisers in accordance with its
terms.

                                   Very truly yours,


                                   Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write
                                   Opportunities Fund


                                   By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:


                                   Eaton Vance Management

                                   By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:


                                   Parametric Portfolio Associates, LLC


                                   By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:


                                   Rampart Investment Company, Inc.


                                   By:
                                         -------------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
      as of the date first above written:

MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
            INCORPORATED
[OTHER CO-MANAGERS]

By:        MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                       INCORPORATED

By:
      -----------------------------------------
      Authorized Signatory

For themselves and as Representatives of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto.

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                                   SCHEDULE A

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          NUMBER OF
                      NAME OF UNDERWRITER             INITIAL SECURITIES
                      -------------------             ------------------
<S>                                                   <C>
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
            Incorporated.........................       [____________]
[other Underwriters].............................       [____________]

                               Total.............       [____________]
</TABLE>

                                    Sch A-1

<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE B

               Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund
                      Common Shares of Beneficial Interest
                                ($0.01 Par Value)

           1. The initial public offering price per share for the Securities,
determined as provided in said Section 2, shall be $[20.00].

           2. The purchase price per share for the Securities to be paid by the
several Underwriters shall be $[19.10], being an amount equal to the initial
public offering price set forth above less $[.90] per share; provided that the
purchase price per share for any Option Securities purchased upon the exercise
of the overallotment option described in Section 2(b) shall be reduced by an
amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Fund
and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities.

                                    Sch B-1

<PAGE>


                                                                       Exhibit A

               FORM OF OPINION OF FUND'S AND INVESTMENT ADVISERS'
                       COUNSEL TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
                                  SECTION 5(b)

(A) With respect to the Fund:

                  (i)The Fund has been duly organized and is validly existing as
         a business trust in good standing under the laws of the State of
         Massachusetts.

                  (ii) The Fund has power and authority to own, lease and
         operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
         Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the
         Purchase Agreement.

                  (iii) The Fund is duly qualified as a foreign business trust
         to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction
         in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
         ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
         where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
         result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (iv) To the best of our knowledge, the Fund does not have any
         subsidiaries.

                  (v) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of
         beneficial interest of the Fund are as set forth in the Prospectus
         under the caption "Description of Capital Structure" (except for
         subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement); all
         issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Fund have
         been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
         non-assessable and have been offered and sold or exchanged by the Fund
         in compliance with all applicable laws (including, without limitation,
         federal and state securities laws); the Common Shares conform as to
         legal matters to all statements relating thereto contained in the
         Prospectus and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the
         instruments defining the same; and none of the outstanding shares of
         beneficial interest of the Fund was issued in violation of the
         preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Fund.

                  (vi) The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters from
         the Fund have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the
         Underwriters pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and, when issued and
         delivered by the Fund pursuant to the Purchase Agreement against
         payment of the consideration set forth in the Purchase Agreement, will
         be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and no holder of
         the Securities is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of
         being such a holder.

                  (vii) The issuance of the Securities is not subject to
         preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Fund.

                  (viii) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized,
         executed and delivered by the Fund.

                  (ix) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
         Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act;
         any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(c) or Rule
         497(h) has been made in the manner and within the time period required
         by Rule 497; and, to the best of our knowledge, no stop order
         suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule
         462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act, and,
         to the best of our knowledge, no order of suspension or revocation of
         registration pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1940 Act has been issued,
         and no proceedings for any such purpose have been instituted or are
         pending or threatened by the Commission.

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                  (x) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
         Registration Statement, the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434
         Information, as applicable, the Prospectus and each amendment or
         supplement to the Registration Statement and Prospectus as of their
         respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial
         statements and supporting schedules included therein or omitted
         therefrom, as to which we need express no opinion), and the
         notification on Form N-8A complied as to form in all material respects
         with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and
         Regulations.

                  (xi) If Rule 434 has been relied upon, the Prospectus was not
         "materially different," as such term is used in Rule 434, from the
         prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became
         effective.

                  (xii) The form of certificate used to evidence the Common
         Shares complies in all material respects with all applicable statutory
         requirements, with any applicable requirements of the declaration of
         trust and by-laws of the Fund and the requirements of the NYSE.

                  (xiii) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or
         threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to
         which the Fund is a party, or to which the property of the Fund is
         subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body,
         domestic or foreign, which might reasonably be expected to result in a
         Material Adverse Effect, or which might reasonably be expected to
         materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Fund or
         the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase
         Agreement or the performance by the Fund of its obligations thereunder.

                  (xiv) The information in the Prospectus under "Description of
         Capital Structure" and "Tax Matters" and in the Registration Statement
         under Item 29 (Indemnification), to the extent that it constitutes
         matters of law, summaries of legal matters, the Fund's declaration of
         trust and by-laws or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been
         reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects.

                  (xv) Each of the Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory
         Agreements, the Administration Agreement, the Custodian Agreement, the
         Transfer Agency Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Additional
         Compensation Agreement[s] comply in all material respects with all
         applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, the Advisers Act, the Rules and
         Regulations and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations.

                  (xvi) The Fund is duly registered with the Commission under
         the 1940 Act as a closed-end, diversified management investment
         company; and, to the best of our knowledge, no order of suspension or
         revocation of such registration has been issued or proceedings therefor
         initiated or threatened by the Commission.

                  (xvii) To the best of our knowledge, no person is serving as
         an officer, director or investment adviser of the Fund except in
         accordance with the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations and the
         Investment Advisers Act and the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations.
         Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus (or
         any amendment or supplement to either of them), to the best of our
         knowledge, no director of the Fund is an "interested person" (as
         defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or an "affiliated person" (as
         defined in the 1940 Act) of an Underwriter.

                  (xviii) There are no statutes or regulations that are required
         to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as required.

                  (xix) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of
         contracts and other documents to which the Fund is a party are accurate
         in all material respects. To the best of our knowledge,

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         there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan
         agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described
         or referred to in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits
         thereto other than those described or referred to therein or filed or
         incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions
         thereof or references thereto are correct in all material respects.

                  (xx) To the best of our knowledge, the Fund is not in
         violation of its declaration of trust or by-laws and no default by the
         Fund exists in the due performance or observance of any material
         obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
         indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
         instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration
         Statement or the Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an
         exhibit to the Registration Statement.

                  (xxi) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
         license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or
         governmental authority or agency (other than under the 1933 Act, the
         1934 Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations, which have been
         obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws
         of the various states, as to which we need express no opinion) is
         necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
         execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement or for the offering,
         issuance or sale of the Securities or the consummation of the
         transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

                  (xxii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase
         Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the
         Purchase Agreement and in the Registration Statement (including the
         issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from
         the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the
         caption "Use of Proceeds") and compliance by the Fund with its
         obligations under the Purchase Agreement do not and will not, whether
         with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict
         with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as
         defined in Section 1(a)(xii) of the Purchase Agreement) under or result
         in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
         any property or assets of the Fund pursuant to any contract, indenture,
         mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any
         other agreement or instrument, known to us, to which the Fund is a
         party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of
         the property or assets of the Fund is subject, nor will such action
         result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of
         the Fund, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
         order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government, government
         instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
         the Fund or any of its properties, assets or operations.

                  (xxiii) The Purchase Agreement, the Advisory Agreement, the
         Administration Agreement, the Custodian Agreement and the Transfer
         Agency Agreement have each been duly authorized by all requisite action
         on the part of the Fund, executed and delivered by the Fund, as of the
         dates noted therein. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
         by the other parties thereto with respect to the Administration
         Agreement, the Custodian Agreement and the Transfer Agency Agreement,
         each of the Advisory Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the
         Custodian Agreement and the Transfer Agency Agreement constitutes a
         valid and binding agreement of the Fund, enforceable in accordance with
         its terms, except as affected by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
         conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating
         to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable
         principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
         an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

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(B) With respect to the Investment Adviser:

                  (i) The Investment Adviser has been duly organized and is
         validly existing as a business trust in good standing under the laws of
         the State of Massachusetts.

                  (ii) The Investment Adviser has power and authority to own,
         lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
         described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its
         obligations under the Purchase Agreement.

                  (iii) The Investment Adviser is duly qualified as a foreign
         business trust to transact business and is in good standing in each
         other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
         reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
         business, except where the failure to so qualify would not result in a
         Material Adverse Effect.

                  (iv) The Investment Adviser is duly registered with the
         Commission as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not
         prohibited by the Advisers Act, the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations,
         the 1940 Act or the Rules and Regulations from acting under the
         Advisory Agreement for the Fund as contemplated by the Prospectus.

                  (v) The Purchase Agreement, the Advisory Agreement, the
         Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Administration Agreement and the
         Additional Compensation Agreement[s] have been duly authorized,
         executed and delivered by the Investment Adviser, and the Advisory
         Agreement, the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Administration Agreement
         and the Additional Compensation Agreement[s] each constitute a valid
         and binding obligation of the Investment Adviser, enforceable in
         accordance with their terms, except as affected by bankruptcy,
         insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other
         similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
         general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in
         equity or at law).

                  (vi) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or
         threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to
         which the Investment Adviser is a party, or to which the property of
         the Investment Adviser is subject, before or brought by any court or
         governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which might
         reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the
         condition, financial or otherwise, in the earnings, business affairs or
         business prospects of the Investment Adviser, materially and adversely
         affect the properties or assets of the Investment Adviser or materially
         impair or adversely affect the ability of the Investment Adviser to
         function as an investment adviser or perform its obligations under the
         Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Administration
         Agreement and the Additional Compensation Agreement[s] or which is
         required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the
         Prospectus.

                  (vii) To the best of our knowledge, there are no franchises,
         contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or
         other instruments required to be described or referred to in the
         Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than
         those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by
         reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or
         references thereto are correct in all material respects.

                  (viii) To the best of our knowledge, the Investment Adviser is
         not in violation of its declaration of trust, by-laws or other
         organizational documents and no default by the Investment Adviser
         exists in the due performance or observance of any material obligation,
         agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
         mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
         that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the
         Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
         Registration Statement.

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<PAGE>

                  (ix) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
         license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or
         governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under
         the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations, which have
         been obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky
         laws of the various states, as to which we need express no opinion) is
         necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
         execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement.

                  (x) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase
         Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the
         Purchase Agreement and in the Registration Statement and compliance by
         the Investment Adviser with its obligations under the Purchase
         Agreement do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of
         notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach
         of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(xii) of
         the Purchase Agreement) under or result in the creation or imposition
         of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
         Investment Adviser pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed
         of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement
         or instrument, known to us, to which the Investment Adviser is a party
         or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the
         property or assets of the Investment Adviser is subject (except for
         such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances
         that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action
         result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of
         the Investment Adviser, or any applicable law, statute, rule,
         regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any
         government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign,
         having jurisdiction over the Investment Adviser or any of its
         properties, assets or operations.

(C) With respect to each of the Sub-Advisers:

                  (i) The Sub-Adviser has been duly organized and is validly
         existing as a [limited liability company/corporation] in good standing
         under the laws of the State of [____/_____]. -

                  (ii) The Sub-Adviser has full [limited liability
         company/corporate] power and authority to own, lease and operate its
         properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus
         and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase
         Agreement.

                  (iii) The Sub-Adviser is duly qualified as a foreign [limited
         liability company/corporation] to transact business and is in good
         standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
         required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or
         the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify would
         not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

                  (iv) The Sub-Adviser is duly registered with the Commission as
         an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is not prohibited by
         the Advisers Act, the Advisers Act Rules and Regulations, the 1940 Act
         or the Rules and Regulations from acting under the Sub-Advisory
         Agreement.

                  (v) The Purchase Agreement and the Sub-Advisory Agreement to
         which the Sub-Adviser is a party have been duly authorized, executed
         and delivered by the Sub-Adviser, and the Sub-Advisory Agreement
         constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Sub-Adviser,
         enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as affected by
         bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
         moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors'
         rights generally and general equitable principles (whether considered
         in a proceeding in equity or at law).

                  (vi) To the best of our knowledge, there is not pending or
         threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, to
         which the Sub-Adviser is a party, or to which the property

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<PAGE>

         of the Sub-Adviser is subject, before or brought by any court or
         governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which might
         reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the
         condition, financial or otherwise, in the earnings, business affairs or
         business prospects of the Sub-Adviser, materially and adversely affect
         the properties or assets of the Sub-Adviser or materially impair or
         adversely affect the ability of the Sub-Adviser to function as an
         investment adviser or perform its obligations under the Sub-Advisory
         Agreement to which it is a party, or which is required to be disclosed
         in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

                  (vii) To the best of our knowledge, there are no franchises,
         contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or
         other instruments required to be described or referred to in the
         Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than
         those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by
         reference as exhibits thereto, and the descriptions thereof or
         references thereto are correct in all material respects.

                  (viii) To the best of our knowledge, the Sub-Adviser is not in
         violation of its [certificate of formation/incorporation], by-laws or
         other organizational documents and no default by the Sub-Adviser exists
         in the due performance or observance of any material obligation,
         agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
         mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument
         that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the
         Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
         Registration Statement.

                  (ix) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent,
         license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or
         governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under
         the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the Rules and Regulations, which have
         been obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky
         laws of the various states, as to which we need express no opinion) is
         necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
         execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement.

                  (x) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase
         Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the
         Purchase Agreement and in the Registration Statement and compliance by
         the Sub-Adviser with its obligations under the Purchase Agreement do
         not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse
         of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or
         Repayment Event (as defined in Section 1(a)(xii) of the Purchase
         Agreement) under or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
         charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Sub-Adviser
         pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or
         credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument,
         known to us, to which the Sub-Adviser is a party or by which it may be
         bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Sub-Adviser is
         subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens,
         charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect),
         nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
         charter or by-laws of the Sub-Adviser, or any applicable law, statute,
         rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any
         government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign,
         having jurisdiction over the Sub-Adviser or any of its properties,
         assets or operations.

         In addition, we have participated in the preparation of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and participated in discussions with
certain officers, trustees and employees of the Fund and the Investment
Advisers, representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered
public accounting firm who examined the statement of assets and liabilities of
the Fund included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, and you and your representatives and we have reviewed certain
Fund records and documents. While we have not independently verified and are not
passing upon, and do not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the information contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, except to the extent necessary to

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<PAGE>

enable us to give the opinions with respect to the Fund in paragraphs (A)(v),
(xiv) and (xix), on the basis of such participation and review, nothing has come
to our attention that would lead us to believe that the Registration Statement
(except for financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial data
included therein or omitted therefrom, supporting schedules or other financial
data, as to which we do not express any belief), at the time such Registration
Statement became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus (except for
financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial data included
therein or omitted therefrom, supporting schedules or other financial data, as
to which we do not express any belief), at the time the Prospectus was issued,
or at the Closing Time, included or includes an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

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                                                                  Exhibit (j)(1)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND




                                April 18, 2005



Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund hereby adopts and agrees to
become a party to the attached Custodian  Agreement as amended and extended with
Investors Bank & Trust Company.


                                EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE
                                OPPORTUNITIES FUND


                                By:     /s/ James L. O'Connor
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        James L. O'Connor
                                        Treasurer, and not Individually


Accepted and agreed to:

INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY



By:     /s/ Andrew M. Nesvet
        ------------------------------------
        Andrew M. Nesvet
        Managing Director

<PAGE>















                           MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

                                     between

                           EATON VANCE GROUP OF FUNDS

                                       and

                         INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
<PAGE>
                                TABLE OF CONTENTS



<TABLE>
<S>  <C>                                                                    <C>
1.   Definitions............................................................1-2

2.   Employment of Custodian and Property to be held by it..................2-3

3.   Duties of the Custodian with Respect to Property of the Fund.............3

     A.  Safekeeping and Holding of Property..................................3
     B.  Delivery of Securities.............................................3-6
     C.  Registration of Securities...........................................6
     D.  Bank Accounts........................................................6
     E.  Payments for Shares of the Fund....................................6-7
     F.  Investment and Availability of Federal Funds.........................7
     G.  Collections........................................................7-8
     H.  Payment of Fund Moneys.............................................8-9
     I.  Liability for Payment in Advance of Receipt of
         Securities Purchased.................................................9
     J.  Payments for Repurchases of Redemptions of Shares
         of the Fund.......................................................9-10
     K.  Appointment of Agents by the Custodian..............................10
     L.  Deposit of Fund Portfolio Securities in Securities Systems.......10-12
     M.  Deposit of Fund Commercial Paper in an Approved Book-Entry
           System for Commercial Paper....................................12-13
     N.  Segregated Account..................................................14
     O.  Ownership Certificates for Tax Purposes.............................14
     P.  Proxies.............................................................14
     Q.  Communications Relating to Fund Portfolio Securities................14
     R.  Exercise of Rights;  Tender Offers..................................15
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<S>  <C>                                                                    <C>
     S.  Depository Receipts.................................................15
     T.  Interest Bearing Call or Time Deposits...........................15-16
     U.  Options, Futures Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions.....16-17
     V.  Actions Permitted Without Express Authority.........................17
     W.  Advances by the Bank................................................18

 4.  Duties of Bank with Respect to Books of Account and Calculations
     of Net Asset Value......................................................18

 5.  Records and Miscellaneous Duties.....................................18-19

 6.  Opinion of Fund's Independent Public Accountants........................19

 7.  Compensation and Expenses of Bank.......................................19

 8.  Responsibility of Bank...............................................19-20

 9.  Persons Having Access to Assets of the Fund.............................20

10.  Effective Period, Termination and Amendment; Successor Custodian.....20-21

11.  Interpretive and Additional Provisions..................................21

12.  Notices.................................................................21

13.  Massachusetts Law to Apply..............................................22

14.  Adoption of the Agreement by the Fund...................................22
</TABLE>


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                           MASTER CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

     This  Agreement is made between each  investment  company  advised by Eaton
Vance  Management which has adopted this Agreement in the manner provided herein
and Investors Bank & Trust Company  (hereinafter called "Bank",  "Custodian" and
"Agent"),  a trust company  established  under the laws of Massachusetts  with a
principal place of business in Boston, Massachusetts.

     Whereas,  each such investment  company is registered  under the Investment
Company  Act of 1940  and has  appointed  the  Bank to act as  Custodian  of its
property and to perform certain duties as its Agent,  as more fully  hereinafter
set forth; and

     Whereas,  the  Bank is  willing  and  able to act as each  such  investment
company's Custodian and Agent,  subject to and in accordance with the provisions
hereof;

     Now,  therefore,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and  of  the  mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained,  each such investment company and the
Bank agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS

     Whenever used in this Agreement,  the following  words and phrases,  unless
the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

     (a)  "Fund"  shall  mean the  investment  company  which has  adopted  this
Agreement.  If the Fund is a Massachusetts  business trust, it may in the future
establish and designate  other separate and distinct  series of shares,  each of
which may be called a  "portfolio";  in such case,  the term  "Fund"  shall also
refer to each such separate series or portfolio.

     (b)  "Board"  shall mean the board of  directors/trustees/managing  general
partners/director general partners of the Fund, as the case may be.

     (c) "The Depository Trust Company",  a clearing agency  registered with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934  which  acts  as  a  securities  depository  and  which  has  been
specifically approved as a securities depository for the Fund by the Board.

     (d)  "Participants  Trust Company",  a clearing agency  registered with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange
Act  of  1934  which  acts  as  a  securities  depository  and  which  has  been
specifically approved as a securities depository for the Fund by the Board.

     (e)  "Approved  Clearing  Agency"  shall mean any other  domestic  clearing
agency registered with the Securities and Exchange  Commission under Section 17A
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which acts as a securities depository BUT
ONLY if the  Custodian  has  received  a  certified  copy of a vote of the Board
approving such clearing agency as a securities depository for the Fund.

     (f) "Federal  Book-Entry  System" shall mean the book-entry system referred
to in Rule 17f-4(b) under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 for United States
and  federal  agency  securities  (i.e.,  as  provided  in Subpart O of Treasury
Circular No. 300, 31 CFR 306,  Subpart B of 31 CFR Part 350, and the  book-entry
regulations of federal agencies substantially in the form of Subpart O).
<PAGE>
     (g)  "Approved  Foreign   Securities   Depository"  shall  mean  a  foreign
securities  depository  or clearing  agency  referred to in Rule 17f-4 under the
Investment  Company Act of 1940 for foreign securities BUT ONLY if the Custodian
has received a certified copy of a vote of the Board  approving such  depository
or clearing agency as a foreign securities depository for the Fund.

     (h) "Approved  Book-Entry  System for Commercial Paper" shall mean a system
maintained by the Custodian or by a subcustodian  employed pursuant to Section 2
hereof for the holding of commercial  paper in  book-entry  form BUT ONLY if the
Custodian  has received a certified  copy of a vote of the Board  approving  the
participation by the Fund in such system.

     (i) The Custodian shall be deemed to have received "proper instructions" in
respect of any of the matters  referred  to in this  Agreement  upon  receipt of
written or facsimile  instructions  signed by such one or more person or persons
as the Board  shall  have from time to time  authorized  to give the  particular
class of instructions in question.  Electronic instructions for the purchase and
sale of  securities  which are  transmitted  by Eaton  Vance  Management  to the
Custodian  through the Eaton  Vance  equity  trading  system and the Eaton Vance
fixed income trading system shall be deemed to be proper instructions;  the Fund
shall cause all such instructions to be confirmed in writing.  Different persons
may be authorized to give instructions for different purposes.  A certified copy
of a vote  of the  Board  may be  received  and  accepted  by the  Custodian  as
conclusive  evidence  of the  authority  of any  such  person  to act and may be
considered  as in full force and effect until  receipt of written  notice to the
contrary.  Such  instructions  may be general or  specific  in terms and,  where
appropriate, may be standing instructions.  Unless the vote delegating authority
to any person or persons to give a particular class of instructions specifically
requires that the approval of any person,  persons or committee shall first have
been obtained before the Custodian may act on  instructions  of that class,  the
Custodian  shall be under no  obligation  to question the right of the person or
persons  giving  such  instructions  in so  doing.  Oral  instructions  will  be
considered proper instructions if the Custodian reasonably believes them to have
been given by a person  authorized to give such instructions with respect to the
transaction involved. The Fund shall cause all oral instructions to be confirmed
in  writing.  The Fund  authorizes  the  Custodian  to tape  record  any and all
telephonic or other oral instructions given to the Custodian.  Upon receipt of a
certificate  signed by two officers of the Fund as to the  authorization  by the
President and the Treasurer of the Fund accompanied by a detailed description of
the communication  procedures approved by the President and the Treasurer of the
Fund, "proper  instructions" may also include  communications  effected directly
between  electromechanical or electronic devices provided that the President and
Treasurer  of the Fund and the  Custodian  are  satisfied  that such  procedures
afford  adequate  safeguards  for the Fund's  assets.  In performing  its duties
generally,  and more  particularly  in connection  with the  purchase,  sale and
exchange  of  securities  made  by or for  the  Fund,  the  Custodian  may  take
cognizance  of  the  provisions  of the  governing  documents  and  registration
statement of the Fund as the same may from time to time be in effect (and votes,
resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders or the Board), but, nevertheless,
except as otherwise  expressly  provided herein, the Custodian may assume unless
and until notified in writing to the contrary that so-called proper instructions
received by it are not in conflict with or in any way contrary to any provisions
of such governing documents and registration statement, or votes, resolutions or
proceedings of the shareholders or the Board.

2. EMPLOYMENT OF CUSTODIAN AND PROPERTY TO BE HELD BY IT

     The Fund hereby appoints and employs the Bank as its Custodian and Agent in
accordance  with and  subject  to the  provisions  hereof,  and the Bank  hereby
accepts  such  appointment  and  employment.  The Fund  agrees to deliver to the
Custodian all securities,  participation interests,  cash and other assets owned

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by  it,  and  all  payments  of  income,   payments  of  principal  and  capital
distributions and adjustments  received by it with respect to all securities and
participation  interests  owned by the  Fund  from  time to  time,  and the cash
consideration  received by it for such new or treasury shares  ("Shares") of the
Fund as may be  issued or sold from  time to time.  The  Custodian  shall not be
responsible  for any property of the Fund held by the Fund and not  delivered by
the Fund to the  Custodian.  The Fund will also deliver to the Bank from time to
time  copies of its  currently  effective  charter (or  declaration  of trust or
partnership agreement,  as the case may be), by-laws,  prospectus,  statement of
additional   information   and   distribution   agreement   with  its  principal
underwriter,  together with such resolutions, votes and other proceedings of the
Fund as may be necessary for or convenient to the Bank in the performance of its
duties hereunder.

     The  Custodian  may from time to time employ one or more  subcustodians  to
perform  such acts and  services  upon such  terms  and  conditions  as shall be
approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.  Any such  subcustodian so
employed by the Custodian shall be deemed to be the agent of the Custodian,  and
the  Custodian   shall  remain   primarily   responsible   for  the  securities,
participation  interests,  moneys  and other  property  of the Fund held by such
subcustodian. Any foreign subcustodian shall be a bank or trust company which is
an  eligible  foreign  custodian  within the  meaning  of Rule  17f-5  under the
Investment  Company Act of 1940, and the foreign custody  arrangements  shall be
approved by the Board of Directors and shall be in  accordance  with and subject
to the provisions of said Rule. For the purposes of this Agreement, any property
of the Fund held by any such subcustodian  (domestic or foreign) shall be deemed
to be held by the Custodian under the terms of this Agreement.

3. DUTIES OF THE CUSTODIAN WITH RESPECT TO PROPERTY OF THE FUND

     A.   FEKEEPING AND HOLDING OF PROPERTY. The Custodian shall keep safely all
          property of the Fund and on behalf of the Fund shall from time to time
          receive delivery of Fund property for safekeeping. The Custodian shall
          hold,  earmark and  segregate on its books and records for the account
          of the  Fund all  property  of the  Fund,  including  all  securities,
          participation  interests  and other assets of the Fund (1)  physically
          held by the  Custodian,  (2) held by any  subcustodian  referred to in
          Section 2 hereof or by any agent  referred  to in  Paragraph K hereof,
          (3)  held by or  maintained  in The  Depository  Trust  Company  or in
          Participants Trust Company or in an Approved Clearing Agency or in the
          Federal  Book-Entry  System  or  in  an  Approved  Foreign  Securities
          Depository, each of which from time to time is referred to herein as a
          "Securities  System",  and  (4)  held  by  the  Custodian  or  by  any
          subcustodian  referred  to in Section 2 hereof and  maintained  in any
          Approved Book-Entry System for Commercial Paper.

     B.   DELIVERY  OF  SECURITIES.  The  Custodian  shall  release  and deliver
          securities  or  participation  interests  owned by the  Fund  held (or
          deemed to be held) by the  Custodian  or  maintained  in a  Securities
          System  account or in an  Approved  Book-Entry  System for  Commercial
          Paper account only upon receipt of proper  instructions,  which may be
          continuing  instructions when deemed  appropriate by the parties,  and
          only in the following cases:

               1)   Upon sale of such securities or participation  interests for
                    the account of the Fund, BUT ONLY against receipt of payment
                    therefor;  if  delivery  is made in Boston or New York City,
                    payment  therefor shall be made in accordance with generally
                    accepted  clearing  house  procedures  or by use of  Federal

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<PAGE>
                    Reserve  Wire  System   procedures;   if  delivery  is  made
                    elsewhere  payment  therefor shall be in accordance with the
                    then current "street  delivery" custom or in accordance with
                    such  procedures  agreed to in writing  from time to time by
                    the  parties  hereto;  if the  sale is  effected  through  a
                    Securities  System,  delivery and payment  therefor shall be
                    made in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Paragraph  L
                    hereof;  if the sale of  commercial  paper is to be effected
                    through an Approved  Book-Entry System for Commercial Paper,
                    delivery and payment  therefor  shall be made in  accordance
                    with the provisions of Paragraph M hereof; if the securities
                    are to be sold  outside the United  States,  delivery may be
                    made in accordance with procedures agreed to in writing from
                    time to time by the parties hereto; for the purposes of this
                    subparagraph,  the term "sale" shall include the disposition
                    of a portfolio  security  (i) upon the exercise of an option
                    written by the Fund and (ii) upon the failure by the Fund to
                    make a successful bid with respect to a portfolio  security,
                    the continued holding of which is contingent upon the making
                    of such a bid;

               2)   Upon  the  receipt  of  payment  in   connection   with  any
                    repurchase   agreement  or  reverse   repurchase   agreement
                    relating to such securities and entered into by the Fund;

               3)   To the depository  agent in connection  with tender or other
                    similar offers for portfolio securities of the Fund;

               4)   To the issuer  thereof or its agent when such  securities or
                    participation  interests  are called,  redeemed,  retired or
                    otherwise  become payable;  PROVIDED that, in any such case,
                    the cash or other  consideration  is to be  delivered to the
                    Custodian or any subcustodian employed pursuant to Section 2
                    hereof;

               5)   To the issuer thereof,  or its agent,  for transfer into the
                    name of the  Fund or into  the  name of any  nominee  of the
                    Custodian  or into the  name or  nominee  name of any  agent
                    appointed pursuant to Paragraph K hereof or into the name or
                    nominee  name  of  any  subcustodian  employed  pursuant  to
                    Section 2 hereof;  or for exchange for a different number of
                    bonds,  certificates or other evidence representing the same
                    aggregate face amount or number of units;  PROVIDED that, in
                    any such case, the new securities or participation interests
                    are to be  delivered to the  Custodian  or any  subcustodian
                    employed pursuant to Section 2 hereof;

               6)   To the broker selling the same for examination in accordance
                    with  the  "street  delivery"  custom;   PROVIDED  that  the
                    Custodian  shall adopt such procedures as the Fund from time
                    to time shall  approve to ensure their prompt  return to the
                    Custodian  by the broker in the event the broker  elects not
                    to accept them;

               7)   For exchange or  conversion  pursuant to any plan of merger,
                    consolidation,    recapitalization,     reorganization    or
                    readjustment  of  the  securities  of  the  Issuer  of  such
                    securities, or pursuant to provisions for conversion of such
                    securities,  or pursuant to any deposit agreement;  provided

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                    that, in any such case, the new securities and cash, if any,
                    are to be  delivered to the  Custodian  or any  subcustodian
                    employed pursuant to Section 2 hereof;

               8)   In the case of warrants,  rights or similar securities,  the
                    surrender  thereof in  connection  with the exercise of such
                    warrants,  rights or similar securities, or the surrender of
                    interim  receipts or  temporary  securities  for  definitive
                    securities;  PROVIDED  that,  in  any  such  case,  the  new
                    securities  and cash,  if any,  are to be  delivered  to the
                    Custodian or any subcustodian employed pursuant to Section 2
                    hereof;

               9)   For delivery in connection with any loans of securities made
                    by the Fund (such loans to be made  pursuant to the terms of
                    the Fund's current registration statement), BUT ONLY against
                    receipt of adequate  collateral  as agreed upon from time to
                    time by the Custodian and the Fund, which may be in the form
                    of  cash  or   obligations   issued  by  the  United  States
                    government,  its agencies or instrumentalities;  except that
                    in connection with any securities loans for which collateral
                    is  to  be  credited  to  the  Custodian's  account  in  the
                    book-entry  system  authorized  by the  U.S.  Department  of
                    Treasury,   the  Custodian   will  not  be  held  liable  or
                    responsible  for the  delivery of  securities  loaned by the
                    Fund prior to the receipt of such collateral;

               10)  For delivery as security in connection  with any  borrowings
                    by the Fund requiring a pledge or hypothecation of assets by
                    the Fund (if then permitted under circumstances described in
                    the current registration  statement of the Fund),  provided,
                    that the  securities  shall be released only upon payment to
                    the Custodian of the monies  borrowed,  except that in cases
                    where   additional   collateral  is  required  to  secure  a
                    borrowing already made,  further  securities may be released
                    for that purpose;  upon receipt of proper instructions,  the
                    Custodian may pay any such loan upon redelivery to it of the
                    securities   pledged  or  hypothecated   therefor  and  upon
                    surrender of the note or notes evidencing the loan;

               11)  When required for delivery in connection with any redemption
                    or repurchase  of Shares of the Fund in accordance  with the
                    provisions of Paragraph J hereof;

               12)  For  delivery  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of any
                    agreement between the Custodian (or a subcustodian  employed
                    pursuant to Section 2 hereof) and a broker-dealer registered
                    under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, if necessary,
                    the  Fund,  relating  to  compliance  with the  rules of The
                    Options Clearing  Corporation or of any registered  national
                    securities  exchange,  or of  any  similar  organization  or
                    organizations,   regarding   deposit   or  escrow  or  other
                    arrangements in connection with options  transactions by the
                    Fund;

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               13)  For  delivery  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of any
                    agreement  among the Fund,  the Custodian (or a subcustodian
                    employed  pursuant  to  Section  2  hereof),  and a  futures
                    commissions merchant,  relating to compliance with the rules
                    of the Commodity  Futures Trading  Commission  and/or of any
                    contract   market  or   commodities   exchange   or  similar
                    organization,  regarding  futures margin account deposits or
                    payments in  connection  with  futures  transactions  by the
                    Fund;

               14)  For any  other  proper  corporate  purpose,  BUT  ONLY  upon
                    receipt of, in addition to proper instructions,  a certified
                    copy of a vote of the Board  specifying the securities to be
                    delivered, setting forth the purpose for which such delivery
                    is to be made, declaring such purpose to be proper corporate
                    purpose,  and naming the person or persons to whom  delivery
                    of such securities shall be made.

     C.   REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES.  Securities  held by the Custodian  (other
          than  bearer  securities)  for  the  account  of  the  Fund  shall  be
          registered  in the name of the Fund or in the name of any  nominee  of
          the Fund or of any nominee of the Custodian, or in the name or nominee
          name of any agent appointed  pursuant to Paragraph K hereof, or in the
          name or nominee name of any subcustodian  employed pursuant to Section
          2  hereof,  or in the name or  nominee  name of The  Depository  Trust
          Company or Participants  Trust Company or Approved  Clearing Agency or
          Federal Book-Entry System or Approved Book-Entry System for Commercial
          Paper;  provided,  that  securities  are  held  in an  account  of the
          Custodian  or of such agent or of such  subcustodian  containing  only
          assets of the Fund or only assets held by the  Custodian or such agent
          or such  subcustodian as a custodian or subcustodian or in a fiduciary
          capacity for customers.  All certificates  for securities  accepted by
          the Custodian or any such agent or  subcustodian on behalf of the Fund
          shall be in "street" or other good  delivery form or shall be returned
          to the  selling  broker or dealer  who shall be  advised of the reason
          thereof.

     D.   BANK ACCOUNTS.  The Custodian  shall open and maintain a separate bank
          account or accounts in the name of the Fund,  subject only to draft or
          order  by the  Custodian  acting  in  pursuant  to the  terms  of this
          Agreement, and shall hold in such account or accounts,  subject to the
          provisions  hereof, all cash received by it from or for the account of
          the Fund  other  than cash  maintained  by the Fund in a bank  account
          established   and  used  in  accordance  with  Rule  17f-3  under  the
          Investment  Company Act of 1940.  Funds held by the  Custodian for the
          Fund may be  deposited by it to its credit as Custodian in the Banking
          Department of the Custodian or in such other banks or trust  companies
          as the Custodian may in its  discretion  deem  necessary or desirable;
          provided,  however,  that  every such bank or trust  company  shall be
          qualified to act as a custodian  under the  Investment  Company Act of
          1940 and that  each  such  bank or trust  company  and the funds to be
          deposited  with each such bank or trust  company  shall be approved in
          writing by two officers of the Fund.  Such funds shall be deposited by
          the  Custodian in its  capacity as  Custodian  and shall be subject to
          withdrawal only by the Custodian in that capacity.

     E.   PAYMENT FOR SHARES OF THE FUND. The Custodian  shall make  appropriate
          arrangements with the Transfer Agent and the principal  underwriter of
          the Fund to enable the Custodian to make certain it promptly  receives
          the  cash or  other  consideration  due to the  Fund  for  such new or
          treasury  Shares  as may be  issued  or sold  from time to time by the

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          Fund,  in  accordance  with  the  governing   documents  and  offering
          prospectus  and statement of additional  information  of the Fund. The
          Custodian will provide prompt  notification to the Fund of any receipt
          by it of payments for Shares of the Fund.

     F.   INVESTMENT AND AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS.  Upon agreement  between
          the Fund and the Custodian,  the Custodian shall,  upon the receipt of
          proper instructions,  which may be continuing instructions when deemed
          appropriate by the parties,

               1)   invest  in such  securities  and  instruments  as may be set
                    forth in such  instructions  on the same day as received all
                    federal funds  received after a time agreed upon between the
                    Custodian and the Fund; and

               2)   make  federal  funds  available  to the Fund as of specified
                    times  agreed  upon  from  time to time by the  Fund and the
                    Custodian  in the amount of checks  received  in payment for
                    Shares  of the Fund  which  are  deposited  into the  Fund's
                    account.

     G.   COLLECTIONS. The Custodian shall promptly collect all income and other
          payments with respect to registered securities held hereunder to which
          the Fund shall be entitled  either by law or pursuant to custom in the
          securities  business,  and shall promptly collect all income and other
          payments with respect to bearer  securities if, on the date of payment
          by the issuer,  such  securities  are held by the  Custodian  or agent
          thereof and shall  credit such  income,  as  collected,  to the Fund's
          custodian account.

          The Custodian  shall do all things  necessary and proper in connection
          with such prompt  collections  and, without limiting the generality of
          the foregoing, the Custodian shall

               1)   Present  for payment  all  coupons  and other  income  items
                    requiring presentations;

               2)   Present for payment  all  securities  which may mature or be
                    called, redeemed, retired or otherwise become payable;

               3)   Endorse and deposit for collection, in the name of the Fund,
                    checks, drafts or other negotiable instruments;

               4)   Credit  income from  securities  maintained  in a Securities
                    System or in an Approved  Book-Entry  System for  Commercial
                    Paper at the time funds become  available to the  Custodian;
                    in the case of securities maintained in The Depository Trust
                    Company  funds  shall be  deemed  available  to the Fund not
                    later than the opening of business on the first business day
                    after receipt of such funds by the Custodian.

          The Custodian shall notify the Fund as soon as reasonably  practicable
          whenever income due on any security is not promptly collected.  In any
          case in which the Custodian does not receive any due and unpaid income
          after it has made demand for the same, it shall  immediately so notify
          the Fund in  writing,  enclosing  copies  of any  demand  letter,  any

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          written response thereto,  and memoranda of all oral responses thereto
          and to telephonic  demands,  and await instructions from the Fund; the
          Custodian  shall in no case have any liability  for any  nonpayment of
          such income  provided  the  Custodian  meets the  standard of care set
          forth in Section 8 hereof.  The  Custodian  shall not be  obligated to
          take  legal  action  for  collection   unless  and  until   reasonably
          indemnified to its satisfaction.

          The  Custodian  shall also  receive and  collect all stock  dividends,
          rights and other items of like nature, and deal with the same pursuant
          to proper instructions relative thereto.

     H.   PAYMENT OF FUND MONEYS. Upon receipt of proper instructions, which may
          be continuing instructions when deemed appropriate by the parties, the
          Custodian  shall  pay out  moneys of the Fund in the  following  cases
          only:

               1)   Upon the purchase of  securities,  participation  interests,
                    options, futures contracts, forward contracts and options on
                    futures contracts  purchased for the account of the Fund but
                    only (a) against the receipt of

                    (i) such  securities  registered  as provided in Paragraph C
                    hereof or in proper form for transfer or

                    (ii) detailed  instructions signed by an officer of the Fund
                    regarding the participation interests to be purchased or

                    (iii)  written  confirmation  of the purchase by the Fund of
                    the options, futures contracts, forward contracts or options
                    on futures contracts

                    by the Custodian (or by a subcustodian  employed pursuant to
                    Section 2 hereof or by a clearing  corporation of a national
                    securities exchange of which the Custodian is a member or by
                    any  bank,  banking   institution  or  trust  company  doing
                    business in the United  States or abroad  which is qualified
                    under  the  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940  to  act as a
                    custodian and which has been  designated by the Custodian as
                    its agent  for this  purpose  or by the  agent  specifically
                    designated  in  such   instructions  as   representing   the
                    purchasers of a new issue of privately  placed  securities);
                    (b) in the case of a purchase  effected through a Securities
                    System,  upon receipt of the  securities  by the  Securities
                    System  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  set  forth in
                    Paragraph  L  hereof;  (c)  in the  case  of a  purchase  of
                    commercial  paper  effected  through an Approved  Book-Entry
                    System for  Commercial  Paper,  upon receipt of the paper by
                    the  Custodian  or   subcustodian  in  accordance  with  the
                    conditions set forth in Paragraph M hereof;  (d) in the case
                    of repurchase  agreements  entered into between the Fund and
                    another  bank or a  broker-dealer,  against  receipt  by the
                    Custodian  of  the  securities   underlying  the  repurchase
                    agreement  either in  certificate  form or  through an entry
                    crediting  the   Custodian's   segregated,   non-proprietary
                    account  at the  Federal  Reserve  Bank of Boston  with such
                    securities  along with written  evidence of the agreement by

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                    the bank or broker-dealer to repurchase such securities from
                    the  Fund;  or (e)  with  respect  to  securities  purchased
                    outside of the United  States,  in  accordance  with written
                    procedures  agreed  to from time to time in  writing  by the
                    parties hereto;

               2)   When required in connection with the conversion, exchange or
                    surrender  of  securities  owned by the Fund as set forth in
                    Paragraph B hereof;

               3)   When required for the  redemption or repurchase of Shares of
                    the Fund in  accordance  with the  provisions of Paragraph J
                    hereof;

               4)   For the payment of any expense or liability  incurred by the
                    Fund,  including but not limited to the  following  payments
                    for the  account of the Fund:  advisory  fees,  distribution
                    plan payments,  interest, taxes, management compensation and
                    expenses,  accounting,  transfer  agent and legal fees,  and
                    other  operating  expenses  of the Fund  whether or not such
                    expenses are to be in whole or part  capitalized  or treated
                    as deferred expenses;

               5)   For the payment of any dividends or other  distributions  to
                    holders of Shares declared or authorized by the Board; and

               6)   For any  other  proper  corporate  purpose,  BUT  ONLY  upon
                    receipt of, in addition to proper instructions,  a certified
                    copy of a vote of the Board,  specifying  the amount of such
                    payment, setting forth the purpose for which such payment is
                    to be made,  declaring such purpose to be a proper corporate
                    purpose,  and  naming  the  person or  persons  to whom such
                    payment is to be made.

     I.   LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT IN ADVANCE OF RECEIPT OF  SECURITIES  PURCHASED.
          In any and every case where payment for purchase of securities for the
          account of the Fund is made by the  Custodian in advance of receipt of
          the   securities   purchased  in  the  absence  of  specific   written
          instructions  signed by two officers of the Fund to so pay in advance,
          the  Custodian  shall  be  absolutely  liable  to the  Fund  for  such
          securities to the same extent as if the  securities  had been received
          by the  Custodian;  EXCEPT that in the case of a repurchase  agreement
          entered  into by the Fund with a bank which is a member of the Federal
          Reserve  System,  the Custodian  may transfer  funds to the account of
          such bank prior to the receipt of (i) the  securities  in  certificate
          form subject to such  repurchase  agreement  or (ii) written  evidence
          that the  securities  subject to such  repurchase  agreement have been
          transferred by book-entry into a segregated non-proprietary account of
          the Custodian  maintained  with the Federal  Reserve Bank of Boston or
          (iii) the safekeeping  receipt,  PROVIDED that such securities have in
          fact been so  transferred  by  book-entry  and the written  repurchase
          agreement is received by the Custodian in due course;  AND EXCEPT that
          if the  securities  are to be  purchased  outside  the United  States,
          payment may be made in accordance with procedures agreed to in writing
          from time to time by the parties hereto.

     J.   PAYMENTS FOR  REPURCHASES OR  REDEMPTIONS OF SHARES OF THE FUND.  From
          such funds as may be  available  for the  purpose,  but subject to any
          applicable  votes  of  the  Board  and  the  current   redemption  and
          repurchase  procedures of the Fund, the Custodian shall,  upon receipt
          of  written  instructions  from the Fund or from the  Fund's  transfer
          agent or from the principal  underwriter,  make funds and/or portfolio

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          securities  available for payment to holders of Shares who have caused
          their  Shares to be  redeemed  or  repurchased  by the Fund or for the
          Fund's account by its transfer agent or principal underwriter.

          The  Custodian  may  maintain a special  checking  account  upon which
          special checks may be drawn by shareholders of the Fund holding Shares
          for which certificates have not been issued. Such checking account and
          such special checks shall be subject to such rules and  regulations as
          the Custodian and the Fund may from time to time adopt.  The Custodian
          or the Fund may suspend or terminate use of such  checking  account or
          such special checks (either generally or for one or more shareholders)
          at any  time.  The  Custodian  and the Fund  shall  notify  the  other
          immediately of any such suspension or termination.

     K.   APPOINTMENT OF AGENTS BY THE CUSTODIAN.  The Custodian may at any time
          or times in its  discretion  appoint  (and may at any time remove) any
          other bank or trust  company  (provided  such bank or trust company is
          itself qualified under the Investment  Company Act of 1940 to act as a
          custodian  or is itself  an  eligible  foreign  custodian  within  the
          meaning of Rule 17f-5 under said Act) as the agent of the Custodian to
          carry out such of the duties and functions of the Custodian  described
          in this  Section  3 as the  Custodian  may from  time to time  direct;
          providED,  however,  that the  appointment of any such agent shall not
          relieve the Custodian of any of its  responsibilities  or  liabilities
          hereunder,  and as between the Fund and the  Custodian  the  Custodian
          shall be fully  responsible  for the  acts and  omissions  of any such
          agent.  For the purposes of this  Agreement,  any property of the Fund
          held by any such  agent  shall be deemed  to be held by the  Custodian
          hereunder.

     L.   DEPOSIT  OF  FUND  PORTFOLIO  SECURITIES  IN  SECURITIES  SYSTEMS  The
          Custodian may deposit and/or maintain securities owned by the Fund

                   (1)  in The Depository Trust Company;

                   (2)  in Participants Trust Company;

                   (3)  in any other Approved Clearing Agency;

                   (4)  in the Federal Book-Entry System; or

                   (5)  in an Approved Foreign Securities Depository

          in each case only in accordance with applicable  Federal Reserve Board
          and Securities and Exchange  Commission rules and regulations,  and at
          all times subject to the following provisions:


          (a)  The  Custodian  may  (either  directly  or  through  one or  more
          subcustodians  employed  pursuant to Section 2 keep  securities of the
          Fund  in  a  Securities  System  provided  that  such  securities  are
          maintained in a non-proprietary  account  ("Account") of the Custodian

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          or such  subcustodian in the Securities System which shall not include
          any assets of the Custodian or such  subcustodian  or any other person
          other than  assets held by the  Custodian  or such  subcustodian  as a
          fiduciary, custodian, or otherwise for its customers.

          (b) The records of the  Custodian  with respect to  securities  of the
          Fund which are  maintained  in a Securities  System shall  identify by
          book-entry those  securities  belonging to the Fund, and the Custodian
          shall  be  fully  and  completely   responsible   for   maintaining  a
          recordkeeping  system capable of accurately and currently  stating the
          Fund's holdings maintained in each such Securities System.

          (c) The  Custodian  shall pay for  securities  purchased in book-entry
          form for the  account  of the Fund only upon (i)  receipt of notice or
          advice  from the  Securities  System  that such  securities  have been
          transferred  to the  Account,  and (ii) the making of any entry on the
          records of the  Custodian to reflect such payment and transfer for the
          account of the Fund. The Custodian shall transfer  securities sold for
          the account of the Fund only upon (i) receipt of notice or advice from
          the  Securities  System  that  payment  for such  securities  has been
          transferred  to the  Account,  and (ii) the  making of an entry on the
          records of the  Custodian to reflect such transfer and payment for the
          account  of the  Fund.  Copies  of all  notices  or  advices  from the
          Securities  System of transfers of  securities  for the account of the
          Fund  shall  identify  the  Fund,  be  maintained  for the Fund by the
          Custodian  and be promptly  provided to the Fund at its  request.  The
          Custodian  shall  promptly  send  to the  Fund  confirmation  of  each
          transfer  to or from the  account of the Fund in the form of a written
          advice or notice of each such  transaction,  and shall  furnish to the
          Fund  copies  of  daily  transaction   sheets  reflecting  each  day's
          transactions  in the Securities  System for the account of the Fund on
          the next business day.

          (d) The Custodian  shall promptly send to the Fund any report or other
          communication  received or obtained by the  Custodian  relating to the
          Securities System's  accounting system,  system of internal accounting
          controls or procedures for  safeguarding  securities  deposited in the
          Securities  System;  the Custodian shall promptly send to the Fund any
          report or other  communication  relating to the  Custodian's  internal
          accounting   controls  and  procedures  for  safeguarding   securities
          deposited in any  Securities  System;  and the Custodian  shall ensure
          that any  agent  appointed  pursuant  to  Paragraph  K  hereof  or any
          subcustodian employed pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall promptly send
          to the Fund and to the  Custodian  any  report or other  communication
          relating  to  such  agent's  or sub  custodian's  internal  accounting
          controls and procedures for safeguarding  securities  deposited in any
          Securities  System.  The Custodian's books and records relating to the
          Fund's  participation  in each  Securities  System  will at all  times
          during regular  business hours be open to the inspection of the Fund's
          authorized officers, employees or agents.

          (e) The Custodian  shall not act under this Paragraph L in the absence
          of receipt of a  certificate  of an officer of the Fund that the Board
          has approved the use of a particular  Securities System; the Custodian
          shall also obtain appropriate  assurance from the officers of the Fund
          that the Board has annually  reviewed the continued use by the Fund of
          each  Securities  System,  and the  Fund  shall  promptly  notify  the
          Custodian if the use of a Securities System is to be discontinued;  at
          the request of the Fund,  the Custodian  will terminate the use of any
          such Securities System as promptly as practicable.

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          (f) Anything to the contrary in this  Agreement  notwithstanding,  the
          Custodian  shall be  liable  to the Fund for any loss or damage to the
          Fund  resulting  from use of the  Securities  System  by reason of any
          negligence,  misfeasance  or misconduct of the Custodian or any of its
          agents or  subcustodians  or of any of its or their  employees or from
          any  failure of the  Custodian  or any such agent or  subcustodian  to
          enforce  effectively such rights as it may have against the Securities
          System or any other  person;  at the election of the Fund, it shall be
          entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Custodian  with respect
          to any claim against the  Securities  System or any other person which
          the Custodian may have as a consequence  of any such loss or damage if
          and to the  extent  that the Fund has not been made whole for any such
          loss or damage.

     M.   DEPOSIT OF FUND COMMERCIAL PAPER IN AN APPROVED  BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM FOR
          COMMERCIAL PAPER. Upon receipt of proper  instructions with respect to
          each issue of direct issue commercial paper purchased by the Fund, the
          Custodian may deposit and/or  maintain direct issue  commercial  paper
          owned by the Fund in any  Approved  Book-Entry  System for  Commercial
          Paper, in each case only in accordance with applicable  Securities and
          Exchange Commission rules, regulations,  and no-action correspondence,
          and at all times subject to the following provisions:

          (a)  The  Custodian  may  (either  directly  or  through  one or  more
          subcustodians employed pursuant to Section 2) keep commercial paper of
          the  Fund in an  Approved  Book-Entry  System  for  Commercial  Paper,
          provided that such paper is issued in book entry form by the Custodian
          or  subcustodian  on behalf of an issuer with which the  Custodian  or
          subcustodian  has entered  into a  book-entry  agreement  and provided
          further that such paper is  maintained  in a  non-proprietary  account
          ("Account")  of the  Custodian  or such  subcustodian  in an  Approved
          Book-Entry  System for  Commercial  Paper  which shall not include any
          assets of the Custodian or such subcustodian or any other person other
          than assets held by the Custodian or such subcustodian as a fiduciary,
          custodian, or otherwise for its customers.

          (b) The records of the Custodian  with respect to commercial  paper of
          the Fund which is  maintained  in an  Approved  Book-Entry  System for
          Commercial  Paper shall identify by book-entry  each specific issue of
          commercial paper purchased by the Fund which is included in the System
          and  shall at all  times  during  regular  business  hours be open for
          inspection  by authorized  officers,  employees or agents of the Fund.
          The  Custodian   shall  be  fully  and  completely   responsible   for
          maintaining a recordkeeping system capable of accurately and currently
          stating the Fund's  holdings of  commercial  paper  maintained in each
          such System.

          (c)  The  Custodian  shall  pay  for  commercial  paper  purchased  in
          book-entry form for the account of the Fund only upon  contemporaneous
          (i)  receipt of notice or advice  from the issuer  that such paper has
          been issued, sold and transferred to the Account,  and (ii) the making
          of an entry on the records of the Custodian to reflect such  purchase,
          payment and transfer for the account of the Fund. The Custodian  shall
          transfer such commercial paper which is sold or cancel such commercial
          paper  which  is  redeemed  for the  account  of the  Fund  only  upon
          contemporaneous  (i) receipt of notice or advice that payment for such
          paper has been  transferred to the Account,  and (ii) the making of an
          entry on the  records of the  Custodian  to reflect  such  transfer or
          redemption  and  payment  for the  account of the Fund.  Copies of all


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          notices,  advices and  confirmations  of transfers of commercial paper
          for the account of the Fund shall identify the Fund, be maintained for
          the Fund by the Custodian and be promptly  provided to the Fund at its
          request. The Custodian shall promptly send to the Fund confirmation of
          each  transfer  to or from  the  account  of the Fund in the form of a
          written advice or notice of each such  transaction,  and shall furnish
          to the Fund copies of daily  transaction  sheets reflecting each day's
          transactions  in the  System  for the  account of the Fund on the next
          business day.

          (d) The Custodian  shall promptly send to the Fund any report or other
          communication  received or obtained by the Custodian  relating to each
          System's accounting system,  system of internal accounting controls or
          procedures for safeguarding  commercial paper deposited in the System;
          the  Custodian  shall  promptly  send to the Fund any  report or other
          communication relating to the Custodian's internal accounting controls
          and  procedures for  safeguarding  commercial  paper  deposited in any
          Approved  Book-Entry  System for Commercial  Paper;  and the Custodian
          shall ensure that any agent  appointed  pursuant to Paragraph K hereof
          or any  subcustodian  employed  pursuant  to  Section  2 hereof  shall
          promptly  send to the Fund and to the  Custodian  any  report or other
          communication  relating to such  agent's or sub  custodian's  internal
          accounting   controls  and  procedures  for  safeguarding   securities
          deposited in any Approved Book-Entry System for Commercial Paper.

          (e) The Custodian  shall not act under this Paragraph M in the absence
          of receipt of a  certificate  of an officer of the Fund that the Board
          has approved the use of a particular  Approved  Book-Entry  System for
          Commercial   Paper;  the  Custodian  shall  also  obtain   appropriate
          assurance  from the  officers of the Fund that the Board has  annually
          reviewed the  continued  use by the Fund of each  Approved  Book-Entry
          System for Commercial  Paper,  and the Fund shall promptly  notify the
          Custodian if the use of an Approved  Book-Entry  System for Commercial
          Paper is to be discontinued; at the request of the Fund, the Custodian
          will terminate the use of any such System as promptly as practicable.

          (f) The Custodian (or subcustodian,  if the Approved Book-Entry System
          for Commercial  Paper is maintained by the  subcustodian)  shall issue
          physical commercial paper or promissory notes whenever requested to do
          so by the Fund or in the event of an electronic  system  failure which
          impedes issuance, transfer or custody of direct issue commercial paper
          by book-entry.

          (g) Anything to the contrary in this  Agreement  notwithstanding,  the
          Custodian  shall be  liable  to the Fund for any loss or damage to the
          Fund  resulting  from  use  of  any  Approved  Book-Entry  System  for
          Commercial   Paper  by  reason  of  any  negligence,   misfeasance  or
          misconduct of the Custodian or any of its agents or  subcustodians  or
          of any of its or their  employees or from any failure of the Custodian
          or any such agent or subcustodian to enforce  effectively  such rights
          as it may have against the System,  the issuer of the commercial paper
          or any other person; at the election of the Fund, it shall be entitled
          to be subrogated  to the rights of the  Custodian  with respect to any
          claim against the System,  the issuer of the  commercial  paper or any
          other person which the Custodian may have as a consequence of any such
          loss or  damage if and to the  extent  that the Fund has not been made
          whole for any such loss or damage.

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     N.   SEGREGATED  ACCOUNT.  The  Custodian  shall  upon  receipt  of  proper
          instructions  establish and maintain a segregated  account or accounts
          for and on behalf of the Fund,  into which  account or accounts may be
          transferred cash and/or securities, including securities maintained in
          an account by the  Custodian  pursuant to  Paragraph L hereof,  (i) in
          accordance  with the  provisions of any agreement  among the Fund, the
          Custodian and any registered  broker-dealer (or any futures commission
          merchant),  relating  to  compliance  with the  rules  of the  Options
          Clearing   Corporation  and  of  any  registered  national  securities
          exchange (or of the  Commodity  Futures  Trading  Commission or of any
          contract   market  or  commodities   exchange),   or  of  any  similar
          organization or  organizations,  regarding  escrow or deposit or other
          arrangements  in connection  with  transactions  by the Fund, (ii) for
          purposes  of  segregating  cash  or  U.S.  Government   securities  in
          connection  with  options  purchased,  sold or  written by the Fund or
          futures  contracts or options  thereon  purchased or sold by the Fund,
          (iii) for the purposes of compliance  by the Fund with the  procedures
          required  by  Investment   Company  Act  Release  No.  10666,  or  any
          subsequent   release  or  releases  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
          Commission  relating  to the  maintenance  of  segregated  accounts by
          registered  investment  companies and (iv) for other proper  purposes,
          BUT ONLY, in the case of clause (iv),  upon receipt of, in addition to
          proper instructions, a certificate signed by two officers of the Fund,
          setting forth the purpose such  segregated  account and declaring such
          purpose to be a proper purpose.

     O.   OWNERSHIP  CERTIFICATES FOR TAX PURPOSES.  The Custodian shall execute
          ownership and other  certificates  and  affidavits for all federal and
          state tax  purposes  in  connection  with  receipt  of income or other
          payments  with  respect  to  securities  of the Fund held by it and in
          connection with transfers of securities.

     P.   PROXIES.  The Custodian shall,  with respect to the securities held by
          it hereunder,  cause to be promptly delivered to the Fund all forms of
          proxies  and  all  notices  of  meetings  and  any  other  notices  or
          announcements  or other written  information  affecting or relating to
          the securities,  and upon receipt of proper instructions shall execute
          and deliver or cause its nominee to execute and deliver  such  proxies
          or other authorizations as may be required.  Neither the Custodian nor
          its nominee shall vote upon any of the securities or execute any proxy
          to vote  thereon  or give any  consent or take any other  action  with
          respect thereto (except as otherwise  herein  provided) unless ordered
          to do so by proper instructions.

     Q.   COMMUNICATIONS  RELATING TO FUND PORTFOLIO  SECURITIES.  The Custodian
          shall deliver promptly to the Fund all written information (including,
          without limitation,  pendency of call and maturities of securities and
          participation  interests  and  expirations  of  rights  in  connection
          therewith  and notices of exercise of call and put options  written by
          the Fund and the  maturity of futures  contracts  purchased or sold by
          the Fund)  received by the  Custodian  from issuers and other  persons
          relating to the securities and participation  interests being held for
          the Fund.  With respect to tender or exchange  offers,  the  Custodian
          shall deliver promptly to the Fund all written information received by
          the  Custodian  from  issuers  and  other  persons   relating  to  the
          securities  and  participation  interests  whose tender or exchange is
          sought  and from the  party  (or his  agents)  making  the  tender  or
          exchange offer.

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     R.   EXERCISE  OF  RIGHTS;  TENDER  OFFERS.  In the case of tender  offers,
          similar  offers to  purchase or exercise  rights  (including,  without
          limitation,  pendency  of  calls  and  maturities  of  securities  and
          participation  interests  and  expirations  of  rights  in  connection
          therewith  and  notices of  exercise  of call and put  options and the
          maturity of futures contracts) affecting or relating to securities and
          participation  interests held by the Custodian  under this  Agreement,
          the Custodian  shall have  responsibility  for promptly  notifying the
          Fund of all such offers in accordance  with the standard of reasonable
          care set forth in Section 8 hereof.  For all such offers for which the
          Custodian  is  responsible  as provided in this  Paragraph R, the Fund
          shall  have  responsibility  for  providing  the  Custodian  with  all
          necessary  instructions  in timely  fashion.  Upon  receipt  of proper
          instructions,  the  Custodian  shall  timely  deliver to the issuer or
          trustee thereof,  or to the agent of either,  warrants,  puts,  calls,
          rights or similar  securities  for the purpose of being  exercised  or
          sold upon  proper  receipt  therefor  and upon  receipt of  assurances
          satisfactory  to the Custodian  that the new  securities  and cash, if
          any,  acquired by such action are to be delivered to the  Custodian or
          any subcustodian  employed pursuant to Section 2 hereof.  Upon receipt
          of proper instructions,  the Custodian shall timely deposit securities
          upon  invitations  for  tenders  of  securities  upon  proper  receipt
          therefor and upon receipt of assurances  satisfactory to the Custodian
          that  the  consideration  to be  paid  or  delivered  or the  tendered
          securities  are  to be  returned  to  the  Custodian  or  subcustodian
          employed pursuant to Section 2 hereof.  Notwithstanding  any provision
          of this  Agreement  to the  contrary,  the  Custodian  shall  take all
          necessary action,  unless otherwise directed to the contrary by proper
          instructions,  to comply with the terms of all mandatory or compulsory
          exchanges, calls, tenders,  redemptions, or similar rights of security
          ownership, and shall thereafter promptly notify the Fund in writing of
          such action.

     S.   DEPOSITORY  RECEIPTS.  The  Custodian  shall,  upon  receipt of proper
          instructions,  surrender or cause to be surrendered foreign securities
          to the depository used by an issuer of American Depository Receipts or
          International  Depository Receipts (hereinafter  collectively referred
          to as "ADRs") for such securities,  against a written receipt therefor
          adequately   describing   such   securities   and   written   evidence
          satisfactory  to the Custodian that the  depository  has  acknowledged
          receipt of  instructions to issue with respect to such securities ADRs
          in the name of a nominee  of the  Custodian  or in the name or nominee
          name of any subcustodian  employed  pursuant to Section 2 hereof,  for
          delivery to the  Custodian or such  subcustodian  at such place as the
          Custodian or such  subcustodian  may from time to time designate.  The
          Custodian shall, upon receipt of proper  instructions,  surrender ADRs
          to the issuer thereof  against a written receipt  therefor  adequately
          describing the ADRs surrendered and written  evidence  satisfactory to
          the Custodian that the issuer of the ADRs has acknowledged  receipt of
          instructions  to  cause  its  depository  to  deliver  the  securities
          underlying  such ADRs to the Custodian or to a  subcustodian  employed
          pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

     T.   INTEREST  BEARING CALL OR TIME  DEPOSITS.  The Custodian  shall,  upon
          receipt of proper instructions,  place interest bearing fixed term and
          call deposits with the banking department of such banking  institution
          (other  than  the  Custodian)  and in such  amounts  as the  Fund  may
          designate.  Deposits  may be  denominated  in U.S.  Dollars  or  other
          currencies. The Custodian shall include in its records with respect to
          the  assets of the Fund  appropriate  notation  as to the  amount  and
          currency of each such deposit,  the accepting banking  institution and
          other  appropriate  details  and shall  retain such forms of advice or

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          receipt  evidencing  the  deposit,  if any, as may be forwarded to the
          Custodian by the banking  institution.  Such deposits  shall be deemed
          portfolio  securities of the applicable  Fund for the purposes of this
          Agreement,  and the Custodian  shall be responsible for the collection
          of income from such accounts and the  transmission of cash to and from
          such accounts.

     U.   OPTIONS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS.

               1.  OPTIONS.   The  Custodians  shall,  upon  receipt  of  proper
               instructions  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  any
               agreement  between the Custodian,  any  registered  broker-dealer
               and, if  necessary,  the Fund,  relating to  compliance  with the
               rules of the Options  Clearing  Corporation  or of any registered
               national   securities   exchange  or  similar   organization   or
               organizations,   receive  and  retain   confirmations   or  other
               documents,  if any,  evidencing  the  purchase  or  writing of an
               option  on a  security  or  securities  index or other  financial
               instrument  or index  by the  Fund;  deposit  and  maintain  in a
               segregated account for each Fund separately, either physically or
               by book-entry  in a Securities  System,  securities  subject to a
               covered  call  option  written by the Fund;  and  release  and/or
               transfer such  securities or other assets only in accordance with
               a  notice  or  other  communication  evidencing  the  expiration,
               termination or exercise of such covered  option  furnished by the
               Options Clearing Corporation,  the securities or options exchange
               on which such covered option is traded or such other organization
               as may be responsible for handling such options transactions. The
               Custodian  and the  broker-dealer  shall be  responsible  for the
               sufficiency of assets held in each Fund's  segregated  account in
               compliance with applicable margin maintenance requirements.

               2. FUTURES CONTRACTS. The Custodian shall, upon receipt of proper
               instructions,   receive  and  retain   confirmations   and  other
               documents,  if any,  evidencing the purchase or sale of a futures
               contract or an option on a futures contract by the Fund;  deposit
               and  maintain  in a  segregated  account,  for the benefit of any
               futures  commission  merchant,  assets  designated by the Fund as
               initial,  maintenance or variation  "margin" deposits  (including
               mark-to-market   payments)   intended   to  secure   the   Fund's
               performance  of  its  obligations  under  any  futures  contracts
               purchased or sold or any options on futures  contracts written by
               Fund,  in  accordance  with the  provisions  of any  agreement or
               agreements  among  the  Fund,  the  Custodian  and  such  futures
               commission  merchant,  designed  to comply  with the rules of the
               Commodity  Futures  Trading  Commission  and/or  of any  contract
               market or commodities exchange or similar organization  regarding
               such margin  deposits or payments;  and release  and/or  transfer
               assets in such margin  accounts only in accordance  with any such
               agreements or rules.  The  Custodian  and the futures  commission
               merchant shall be responsible  for the sufficiency of assets held
               in the  segregated  account  in  compliance  with the  applicable
               margin maintenance and mark-to-market payment requirements.

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               3. FOREIGN EXCHANGE  TRANSACTIONS.  The Custodian shall, pursuant
               to proper  instructions,  enter into or cause a  subcustodian  to
               enter into foreign exchange  contracts or options to purchase and
               sell foreign  currencies  for spot and future  delivery on behalf
               and  for  the  account  of the  Fund.  Such  transactions  may be
               undertaken by the Custodian or subcustodian  with such banking or
               financial institutions or other currency brokers, as set forth in
               proper instructions. Foreign exchange contracts and options shall
               be  deemed  to  be  portfolio   securities   of  the  Fund;   and
               accordingly,  the  responsibility of the Custodian therefor shall
               be the same as and no greater than the Custodian's responsibility
               in  respect  of  other  portfolio  securities  of the  Fund.  The
               Custodian shall be responsible for the transmittal to and receipt
               of  cash  from  the  currency  broker  or  banking  or  financial
               institution  with  which the  contract  or  option  is made,  the
               maintenance of proper records with respect to the transaction and
               the maintenance of any segregated  account required in connection
               with the  transaction.  The  Custodian  shall  have no duty  with
               respect to the  selection of the  currency  brokers or banking or
               financial  institutions  with  which the Fund  deals or for their
               failure  to comply  with the  terms of any  contract  or  option.
               Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed that upon receipt of
               proper  instructions  and insofar as funds are made  available to
               the Custodian for the purpose,  the Custodian may (if  determined
               necessary by the Custodian to consummate a particular transaction
               on behalf and for the  account  of the Fund)  make free  outgoing
               payments of cash in the form of U.S.  dollars or foreign currency
               before receiving  confirmation of a foreign exchange  contract or
               confirmation  that the  counter  value  currency  completing  the
               foreign  exchange  contact has been  delivered or  received.  The
               Custodian  shall not be  responsible  for any costs and  interest
               charges  which may be incurred by the Fund or the  Custodian as a
               result  of the  failure  or  delay of third  parties  to  deliver
               foreign exchange;  provided that the Custodian shall nevertheless
               be held to the standard of care set forth in, and shall be liable
               to the Fund in accordance with, the provisions of Section 8.

     V.        ACTIONS PERMITTED WITHOUT EXPRESS AUTHORITY. The Custodian may in
               its discretion, without express authority from the Fund:

               1)   make  payments  to itself or others  for minor  expenses  of
                    handling  securities or other similar items  relating to its
                    duties  under  this  Agreement,   PROVIDED,  that  all  such
                    payments  shall be  accounted  for by the  Custodian  to the
                    Treasurer of the Fund;

               2)   surrender  securities  in temporary  form for  securities in
                    definitive form;

               3)   endorse  for  collection,  in the name of the Fund,  checks,
                    drafts and other negotiable instruments; and

               4)   in  general,  attend  to  all  nondiscretionary  details  in
                    connection with the sale, exchange, substitution,  purchase,
                    transfer and other dealings with the securities and property
                    of the Fund except as otherwise directed by the Fund.

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     W.   ADVANCES BY THE BANK.  The Bank may, in its sole  discretion,  advance
          funds on  behalf  of the Fund to make any  payment  permitted  by this
          Agreement  upon receipt of any proper  authorization  required by this
          Agreement  for such  payments  by the Fund.  Should  such a payment or
          payments,  with  advanced  funds,  result  in  an  overdraft  (due  to
          insufficiencies  of the Fund's account with the Bank, or for any other
          reason)   this   Agreement   deems  any  such   overdraft  or  related
          indebtedness  a loan made by the Bank to the Fund  payable  on demand.
          Such overdraft  shall bear interest at the current rate charged by the
          Bank for such  secured  loans  unless the Fund shall  provide the Bank
          with agreed upon compensating  balances. The Fund agrees that the Bank
          shall have a continuing  lien and  security  interest to the extent of
          any overdraft or indebtedness or the extent required by law, whichever
          is  greater,  in and to any  property  at any time  held by it for the
          Fund's  benefit or in which the Fund has an interest and which is then
          in the Bank's  possession or control (or in the  possession or control
          of any third party acting on the Bank's  behalf).  The Fund authorizes
          the Bank,  in the Bank's  sole  discretion,  at any time to charge any
          overdraft or indebtedness, together with interest due thereon, against
          any  balance  of  account  standing  to the  credit of the Fund on the
          Bank's books.

4. DUTIES OF BANK WITH RESPECT TO BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND CALCULATIONS OF NET ASSET
   VALUE

     The Bank  shall as Agent  (or as  Custodian,  as the case may be) keep such
books of account (including records showing the adjusted tax costs of the Fund's
portfolio  securities)  and  render  as at the close of  business  on each day a
detailed  statement  of the  amounts  received  or paid  out  and of  securities
received or delivered for the account of the Fund during said day and such other
statements,  including  a  daily  trial  balance  and  inventory  of the  Fund's
portfolio  securities;  and shall furnish such other  financial  information and
data as from time to time requested by the Treasurer or any executive officer of
the Fund;  and shall compute and  determine,  as of the close of business of the
New York  Stock  Exchange,  or at such  other  time or times  as the  Board  may
determine,  the net asset  value of a Share in the Fund,  such  computation  and
determination to be made in accordance with the governing  documents of the Fund
and the votes and instructions of the Board at the time in force and applicable,
and promptly  notify the Fund and its investment  adviser and such other persons
as the Fund may request of the result of such computation and determination.  In
computing the net asset value the  Custodian  may rely upon security  quotations
received by telephone or otherwise from sources or pricing  services  designated
by the Fund by  proper  instructions,  and may  further  rely  upon  information
furnished  to it  by  any  authorized  officer  of  the  Fund  relative  (a)  to
liabilities  of the Fund not  appearing  on its  books  of  account,  (b) to the
existence,  status and proper  treatment of any reserve or reserves,  (c) to any
procedures  established  by the  Board  regarding  the  valuation  of  portfolio
securities,  and (d) to the value to be assigned to any bond,  note,  debenture,
Treasury bill, repurchase agreement, subscription right, security, participation
interests or other asset or property for which market quotations are not readily
available.

5. RECORDS AND MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES

     The Bank shall  create,  maintain and preserve all records  relating to its
activities and obligations  under this Agreement in such manner as will meet the
obligations  of  the  Fund  under  the  Investment  Company  Act of  1940,  with
particular attention to Section 31 thereof and Rules 31a-1 and 31a-2 thereunder,
applicable federal and state tax laws and any other law or administrative  rules
or  procedures  which may be  applicable  to the Fund.  All books of account and
records  maintained by the Bank in connection with the performance of its duties
under  this  Agreement  shall be the  property  of the Fund,  shall at all times
during  the  regular  business  hours  of the  Bank be open  for  inspection  by
authorized  officers,  employees  or  agents  of the  Fund,  and in the event of

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termination  of this  Agreement  shall be delivered to the Fund or to such other
person or persons as shall be designated by the Fund. Disposition of any account
or record after any required period of preservation  shall be only in accordance
with  specific  instructions  received  from the  Fund.  The Bank  shall  assist
generally in the preparation of reports to  shareholders,  to the Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  including  Forms  N-SAR and  N-1Q,  to state  "blue  sky"
authorities and to others, audits of accounts,  and other ministerial matters of
like nature;  and,  upon  request,  shall  furnish the Fund's  auditors  with an
attested  inventory  of  securities  held  with  appropriate  information  as to
securities  in transit or in the process of purchase or sale and with such other
information as said auditors may from time to time request.  The Custodian shall
also  maintain  records  of all  receipts,  deliveries  and  locations  of  such
securities,  together  with a  current  inventory  thereof,  and  shall  conduct
periodic   verifications   (including  sampling  counts  at  the  Custodian)  of
certificates representing bonds and other securities for which it is responsible
under this Agreement in such manner as the Custodian  shall  determine from time
to time to be advisable in order to verify the accuracy of such  inventory.  The
Bank  shall  not  disclose  or use any  books  or  records  it has  prepared  or
maintained  by reason  of this  Agreement  in any  manner  except  as  expressly
authorized  herein or directed by the Fund, and the Bank shall keep confidential
any information obtained by reason of this Agreement.

6. OPINION OF FUND'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

     The Custodian shall take all reasonable  action,  as the Fund may from time
to time  request,  to  enable  the Fund to obtain  from  year to year  favorable
opinions  from the Fund's  independent  public  accountants  with respect to its
activities   hereunder  in  connection   with  the  preparation  of  the  Fund's
registration  statement  and  Form  N-SAR  or  other  periodic  reports  to  the
Securities and Exchange Commission and with respect to any other requirements of
such Commission.

7. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF BANK

     The Bank shall be entitled to reasonable  compensation  for its services as
Custodian  and Agent,  as agreed upon from time to time between the Fund and the
Bank.   The  Bank  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  from  the  Fund  on  demand
reimbursement  for its  cash  disbursements,  expenses  and  charges,  including
counsel fees, in  connection  with its duties as Custodian and Agent  hereunder,
but excluding salaries and usual overhead expenses.

8. RESPONSIBILITY OF BANK

     So long as and to the extent that it is in the exercise of reasonable care,
the Bank as  Custodian  and Agent  shall be held  harmless  in  acting  upon any
notice, request, consent, certificate or other instrument reasonably believed by
it to be genuine and to be signed by the proper party or parties.

     The Bank as  Custodian  and Agent  shall be entitled to rely on and may act
upon  advice of counsel  (who may be counsel for the Fund) on all  matters,  and
shall be without  liability for any action  reasonably taken or omitted pursuant
to such advice.

     The Bank as Custodian and Agent shall be held to the exercise of reasonable
care in carrying out the  provisions of this  Agreement but shall be liable only
for its own negligent or bad faith acts or failures to act.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing,  nothing  contained in this  paragraph is intended to nor shall it be
construed  to  modify  the  standards  of care and  responsibility  set forth in
Section  2  hereof  with  respect  to  subcustodians  and in  subparagraph  f of
Paragraph  L of Section 3 hereof  with  respect  to  Securities  Systems  and in

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<PAGE>
subparagraph  g of  Paragraph M of Section 3 hereof with  respect to an Approved
Book-Entry System for Commercial Paper.

     The  Custodian  shall be  liable  for the acts or  omissions  of a  foreign
banking   institution   to  the  same  extent  as  set  forth  with  respect  to
subcustodians  generally  in  Section 2 hereof,  provided  that,  regardless  of
whether assets are maintained in the custody of a foreign banking institution, a
foreign  securities  depository or a branch of a U.S. bank, the Custodian  shall
not be liable for any loss, damage, cost, expense,  liability or claim resulting
from,  or caused by, the direction of or  authorization  by the Fund to maintain
custody of any securities or cash of the Fund in a foreign county including, but
not limited to, losses resulting from nationalization,  expropriation,  currency
restrictions,  acts of war,  civil war or terrorism,  insurrection,  revolution,
military or usurped powers,  nuclear fission,  fusion or radiation,  earthquake,
storm or other disturbance of nature or acts of God.

     If the Fund  requires  the Bank in any  capacity  to take any  action  with
respect to  securities,  which  action  involves  the  payment of money or which
action  may,  in the  opinion  of the Bank,  result  in the Bank or its  nominee
assigned  to the Fund  being  liable  for the  payment  of  money  or  incurring
liability of some other form,  the Fund,  as a  prerequisite  to  requiring  the
Custodian to take such action,  shall  provide  indemnity to the Custodian in an
amount and form satisfactory to it.

9. PERSONS HAVING ACCESS TO ASSETS OF THE FUND

     (i) No trustee,  director,  general partner,  officer, employee or agent of
the Fund  shall  have  physical  access  to the  assets  of the Fund held by the
Custodian or be authorized or permitted to withdraw any investments of the Fund,
nor shall the  Custodian  deliver any assets of the Fund to any such person.  No
officer or director,  employee or agent of the  Custodian  who holds any similar
position with the Fund or the  investment  adviser of the Fund shall have access
to the assets of the Fund.

     (ii) Access to assets of the Fund held hereunder shall only be available to
duly authorized officers, employees,  representatives or agents of the Custodian
or  other  persons  or  entities  for  whose  actions  the  Custodian  shall  be
responsible  to the extent  permitted  hereunder,  or to the Fund's  independent
public  accountants in connection with their auditing duties performed on behalf
of the Fund.

     (iii)  Nothing in this Section 9 shall  prohibit  any officer,  employee or
agent  of the  Fund  or of  the  investment  adviser  of the  Fund  from  giving
instructions  to the Custodian or executing a certificate so long as it does not
result in delivery of or access to assets of the Fund  prohibited  by  paragraph
(i) of this Section 9.

10. EFFECTIVE PERIOD, TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT; SUCCESSOR CUSTODIAN

     This Agreement shall become  effective as of its execution,  shall continue
in full force and effect until  terminated by either party after August 31, 2000
by an instrument in writing  delivered or mailed,  postage  prepaid to the other
party, such termination to take effect not sooner than sixty (60) days after the
date of such  delivery  or mailing;  PROVIDED,  that the Fund may at any time by
action of its  Board,  (i)  substitute  another  bank or trust  company  for the
Custodian by giving notice as described  above to the Custodian in the event the
Custodian  assigns  this  Agreement  to  another  party  without  consent of the
noninterested  Trustees  of  the  Funds,  or  (ii)  immediately  terminate  this
Agreement in the event of the  appointment  of a conservator or receiver for the
Custodian  by the  Federal  Deposit  Insurance  Corporation  or by  the  Banking
Commissioner  of The  Commonwealth of  Massachusetts  or upon the happening of a
like event at the  direction  of an  appropriate  regulatory  agency or court of
competent jurisdiction. Upon termination of the Agreement, the Fund shall pay to

                                      -20-
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the Custodian such compensation as may be due as of the date of such termination
(and  shall  likewise  reimburse  the  Custodian  for its  costs,  expenses  and
disbursements).

     This  Agreement may be amended at any time by the written  agreement of the
parties hereto. If a majority of the non-interested trustees of any of the Funds
determines  that the  performance  of the Custodian has been  unsatisfactory  or
adverse to the interests of  shareholders of any Fund or Funds or that the terms
of the  Agreement are no longer  consistent  with  publicly  available  industry
standards,  then the Fund or Funds shall give written notice to the Custodian of
such  determination  and the  Custodian  shall have 60 days to (1) correct  such
performance  to  the  satisfaction  of  the   non-interested   trustees  or  (2)
renegotiate terms which are satisfactory to the  non-interested  trustees of the
Funds. If the conditions of the preceding  sentence are not met then the Fund or
Funds may terminate this Agreement on sixty (60) days written notice.

     The Board of the Fund shall, forthwith,  upon giving or receiving notice of
termination of this Agreement,  appoint as successor custodian,  a bank or trust
company having the qualifications required by the Investment Company Act of 1940
and the Rules  thereunder.  The Bank, as Custodian,  Agent or otherwise,  shall,
upon  termination of the Agreement,  deliver to such  successor  custodian,  all
securities  then held  hereunder  and all funds or other  properties of the Fund
deposited  with or held by the  Bank  hereunder  and all  books of  account  and
records kept by the Bank pursuant to this  Agreement,  and all documents held by
the Bank  relative  thereto.  In the event that no written  order  designating a
successor  custodian shall have been delivered to the Bank on or before the date
when such termination  shall become  effective,  then the Bank shall not deliver
the  securities,  funds and other  properties  of the Fund to the Fund but shall
have the right to deliver to a bank or trust company  doing  business in Boston,
Massachusetts  of its own selection  meeting the above required  qualifications,
all funds,  securities  and properties of the Fund held by or deposited with the
Bank,  and all books of account  and records  kept by the Bank  pursuant to this
Agreement, and all documents held by the Bank relative thereto.  Thereafter such
bank or trust  company  shall  be the  successor  of the  Custodian  under  this
Agreement.

11. INTERPRETIVE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

     In connection with the operation of this  Agreement,  the Custodian and the
Fund  may  from  time to time  agree on such  provisions  interpretive  of or in
addition to the  provisions  of this  Agreement as may in their joint opinion be
consistent  with the general tenor of this Agreement.  Any such  interpretive or
additional  provisions shall be in a writing signed by both parties and shall be
annexed  hereto,  PROVIDED that no such  interpretive  or additional  provisions
shall contravene any applicable federal or state regulations or any provision of
the governing  instruments of the Fund. No interpretive or additional provisions
made as provided in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be an amendment of
this Agreement.

12. NOTICES

     Notices and other writings  delivered or mailed postage prepaid to the Fund
addressed to 24 Federal Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts  02110, or to such other
address as the Fund may have designated to the Bank, in writing, or to Investors
Bank & Trust Company, 24 Federal Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts 02110, shall be
deemed to have been  properly  delivered or given  hereunder  to the  respective
addressees.

13. MASSACHUSETTS LAW TO APPLY

     This Agreement  shall be construed and the provisions  thereof  interpreted
under and in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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     If the Fund is a  Massachusetts  business  trust,  the Custodian  expressly
acknowledges  the  provision  in the Fund's  declaration  of Trust  limiting the
personal  liability  of the  trustees  and  shareholders  of the  Fund;  and the
Custodian  agrees that it shall have recourse only to the assets of the Fund for
the  payment of claims or  obligations  as between  the  Custodian  and the Fund
arising out of this Agreement,  and the Custodian shall not seek satisfaction of
any such claim or obligation from the trustees or shareholders of the Fund.

14. ADOPTION OF THE AGREEMENT BY THE FUND

     The Fund represents that its Board has approved this Agreement and has duly
authorized the Fund to adopt this Agreement,  such adoption to be evidenced by a
letter agreement  between the Fund and the Bank reflecting such adoption,  which
letter  agreement shall be dated and signed by a duly authorized  officer of the
Fund and duly authorized  officer of the Bank. This Agreement shall be deemed to
be duly  executed and delivered by each of the parties in its name and behalf by
its duly authorized  officer as of the date of such letter  agreement,  and this
Agreement  shall be deemed to supersede  and  terminate,  as of the date of such
letter agreement, all prior agreements between the Fund and the Bank relating to
the custody of the Fund's assets.




                                    * * * * *














                                      -22-
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(K)(1)
<SEQUENCE>9
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxkyx1y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>SUPPLEMENT TO THE TRANSFER AGENCY AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (k)(1)

              Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
                            The Eaton Vance Building
                                255 State Street
                                Boston, MA 02109
                               Tel: (617)482-8260



                                                April 18, 2005

PFPC Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, MA 01581-5120
Attn:  President

     Re:  Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

Dear Sirs:

Please be advised that, pursuant to Trustee action taken on April 18, 2005, your
firm was  appointed  transfer  and  dividend  disbursing  agent for Eaton  Vance
Tax-Managed  Buy-Write  Opportunities  Fund.  Accordingly,  pursuant to Sections
10(e) and  12(a) of that  certain  Amended  and  Restated  Transfer  Agency  and
Services  Agreement dated as of June 16, 2003, by and between PFPC Inc. and each
of the various Eaton Vance Funds listed on Exhibit 1 thereto (the  "Agreement"),
you are hereby  notified that Eaton Vance  Tax-Managed  Buy-Write  Opportunities
Fund has been added as a party to the  Agreement and that Exhibit 1 and Schedule
B to the Agreement (as attached hereto) are hereby restated in their entirety.

                        Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund


                        By:     /s/ Duncan W. Richardson
                                ------------------------------------
                                Duncan W. Richardson
                                President









Accepted and Acknowledged:

PFPC Inc.


By:     /s/ Michael G. McCarthy
        -----------------------------------
        Michael G. McCarthy
        Authorized Officer


<PAGE>
                                                                       EXHIBIT 1

                                  LIST OF FUNDS
                             RESTATED APRIL 18, 2005

Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance Florida Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance Massachusetts Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance Michigan Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance New Jersey Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance Ohio Municipal Income Trust
Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust

Eaton Vance Insured Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Insured California Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Insured New York Municipal Bond Fund

Eaton Vance Insured Municipal Bond Fund II
Eaton Vance Insured California Municipal Bond Fund II
Eaton Vance Insured Florida Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Insured Massachusetts Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Insured Michigan Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Insured New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Insured New York Municipal Bond Fund II
Eaton Vance Insured Ohio Municipal Bond Fund
Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund

Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund

Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II

Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund

Eaton Vance Global Enhanced Equity Income Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund


<PAGE>
                                   SCHEDULE B

                             RESTATED APRIL 18, 2005

                                  FEE SCHEDULE

1.   Initial Public Offering Fees

     IPO Project Administration Fee:    $3,000 per Fund

     IPO Project Administration Fee covers:

          Issuance of up to 1,000  certificates  - Issuance of  certificates  in
          excess of 1,000 to be billed at $2.00 per certificate

          Administration  coordination  with IPO client,  underwriter  and legal
          representatives

          Attendance  at closing (out of pocket  expenses  associated  with such
          attendance will be billed as incurred)

          Set-up,  testing  and  implementation  of  electronic  settlement  and
          delivery of shares through The Depository Trust Company

2.   Over-allotment Fee:        $1,000 per Fund

          Applies  in the  event  that the  underwriters  elect to  exercise  an
          over-allotment option which requires a second closing

3.   Standard Service Fee:

     (a)  The  following  standard  service fees shall apply with respect to the
          shares offered by: Eaton Vance Insured Municipal Bond Fund;

                Eaton Vance Insured California Municipal Bond Fund;
                Eaton Vance Insured New York Municipal Bond Fund;
                Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund;
                Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund;
                Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust;
                Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund;
                Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Opportunities Fund;
                Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund; and
                Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity Income Fund II
                Eaton Vance Short Duration Diversified Income Fund
                Eaton Vance Global Enhanced Equity Income Fund
                Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Income Fund
                Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
                Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

          Annual Service Fee:   $15.00 Per Account
          Monthly Minimum Fee:  $5,000.00


<PAGE>
     (b)  The  following  standard  service fees shall apply with respect to the
          shares offered by: Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust;

                Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance Florida Municipal Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance Massachusetts Municipal Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance Michigan Municipal Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance New Jersey Municipal Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance New York Municipal Income Trust;
                Eaton Vance Ohio Municipal Income Trust; and
                Eaton Vance Pennsylvania Municipal Income Trust.

          Each Fund shall pay 9 basis points  annually on the average  daily net
          assets, paid monthly,  in arrears,  with respect to the shares offered
          by the Fund.

     (c)  The  following  standard  service fees shall apply with respect to the
          shares offered by: Eaton Vance Insured Municipal Bond Fund II;

                Eaton Vance Insured California Municipal Bond Fund II;
                Eaton Vance Insured Florida Municipal Bond Fund;
                Eaton Vance Insured Massachusetts Municipal Bond Fund;
                Eaton Vance Insured Michigan Municipal Bond Fund;
                Eaton Vance Insured New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund;
                Eaton Vance Insured New York Municipal Bond Fund II;
                Eaton Vance Insured Ohio Municipal Bond Fund; and
                Eaton Vance Insured Pennsylvania Municipal Bond Fund.

          Each Fund shall pay 7.5 basis points annually on the average daily net
          assets, paid monthly,  in arrears,  with respect to the shares offered
          by the Fund.

After the one year anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, PFPC may
adjust  the above  fees once per  calendar  year,  upon  thirty  (30) days prior
written notice in an amount not to exceed the cumulative  percentage increase in
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) U.S. City Average,  All
items  (unadjusted) - (1982-84=100),  published by the U.S.  Department of Labor
since the last such adjustment in the Fund's monthly fees (or the Effective Date
absent a prior such adjustment).
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(K)(3)
<SEQUENCE>10
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxkyx3y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (k)(3)

              EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                            ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

     AGREEMENT  made  this  18th  day  of  April,   2005,  between  Eaton  Vance
Tax-Managed  Buy-Write  Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts  business trust (the
"Fund"),  and Eaton  Vance  Management,  a  Massachusetts  business  trust  (the
"Administrator").

     1. Duties of the  Administrator.  The Fund hereby employs the Administrator
to act as administrator  for and to administer the affairs of the Fund,  subject
to the  supervision  of the Trustees of the Fund for the period and on the terms
set forth in this Agreement.

     The Administrator hereby accepts such employment,  and agrees to administer
the Fund's business affairs and, in connection therewith, to furnish for the use
of the Fund office space and all  necessary  office  facilities,  equipment  and
personnel for  administering  the affairs of the Fund. The  Administrator  shall
also pay the salaries and  compensation of all officers and Trustees of the Fund
who are members of the Administrator's organization and who render executive and
administrative  services to the Fund, and the salaries and  compensation  of all
other personnel of the Administrator  performing  management and  administrative
services for the Fund. The Administrator shall for all purposes herein be deemed
to be an  independent  contractor  and  shall,  except  as  otherwise  expressly
provided or  authorized,  have no authority to act for or represent  the Fund in
any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund.

     In connection with its  responsibilities  as Administrator of the Fund, the
Administrator  (i) will assist in preparing  all annual,  semi-annual  and other
reports required to be sent to Fund  shareholders,  and arrange for the printing
and  dissemination  of such  reports  to  shareholders;  (ii) will  prepare  and
assemble all reports  required to be filed by the Fund with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  ("SEC") on Forms N-SAR and N-CSR, or on such other form as
the SEC may substitute  for Form N-SAR or N-CSR,  and file such reports with the
SEC;  (iii) will review the  provision  of  services  by the Fund's  independent
accountants,  including, but not limited to, the preparation by such accountants
of audited  financial  statements of the Fund and the Fund's federal,  state and
local tax returns;  and make such reports and recommendations to the Trustees of
the Fund  concerning  the  performance  of the  independent  accountants  as the
Trustees deem appropriate; (iv) will arrange for the filing with the appropriate
authorities all required federal,  state and local tax returns; (v) will arrange
for the  dissemination to shareholders of the Fund's proxy  materials,  and will
oversee the  tabulation  of proxies by the Fund's  transfer  agent or other duly
authorized  proxy  tabulator;  (vi) will review and  supervise  the provision of
custodian services to the Fund; and make such reports and recommendations to the
Trustees  concerning  the  provision  of  such  services  as the  Trustees  deem
appropriate; (vii) will value all such portfolio investments and other assets of
the  Fund as may be  designated  by the  Trustees  (subject  to any  guidelines,
directions  and  instructions  of the  Trustees),  and review and  supervise the
calculation of the net asset value of the Fund's shares by the custodian; (viii)
will negotiate the terms and conditions under which transfer agency and dividend
disbursing services will be provided to the Fund, and the fees to be paid by the
Fund in  connection  therewith;  review and  supervise the provision of transfer
agency and dividend  disbursing  services to the Fund; and make such reports and
recommendations  to the  Trustees  concerning  the  performance  of  the  Fund's
transfer and dividend  disbursing agent as the Trustees deem  appropriate;  (ix)
will establish the accounting policies of the Fund;  reconcile accounting issues
which may arise with  respect to the Fund's  operations;  and  consult  with the
Fund's  independent  accountants,  legal  counsel,  custodian,   accounting  and
bookkeeping  agents and transfer and dividend  disbursing  agent as necessary in
connection  therewith;  (x) will determine the amount of all distributions to be
paid by the Fund to its  shareholders;  prepare and arrange for the  printing of
notices to  shareholders  regarding  such  distributions  and provide the Fund's
transfer and dividend disbursing agent and custodian with such information as is
required  for such  parties  to  effect  the  payment  of  distributions  and to
implement the Fund's  dividend  reinvestment  plan;  (xi) will review the Fund's
bills and authorize  payments of such bills by the Fund's custodian;  (xii) will
make  recommendations  to the  Trustees  as to  whether  the  Fund  should  make
repurchase or tender offers for its own shares;  arrange for the preparation and
filing of all documents  required to be filed by the Fund with the SEC;  arrange
for the preparation and  dissemination  of all appropriate  repurchase or tender
offer  documents and papers on behalf of the Fund; and supervise and conduct the


<PAGE>
Fund's periodic  repurchase or tender offers for its own shares;  (xiii) monitor
any  variance  between  the  market  value and net asset  value per  share,  and
periodically  report to the  Trustees  available  actions  that may conform such
values; (xiv) monitor the activities of any shareholder servicing agent retained
by the  Administrator  and  periodically  report  to  the  Trustees  about  such
activities;  (xv)  will  arrange  for the  preparation  and  filing of all other
reports,  forms,  registration  statements and documents required to be filed by
the Fund with the SEC, the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. and
any securities  exchange where Fund shares are listed; and (xvi) will provide to
the Fund such  other  internal  legal,  auditing  and  accounting  services  and
internal executive  management and administrative  services as the Trustees deem
appropriate to conduct the Fund's business affairs.

     Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  the  Administrator  shall not be deemed to
have assumed any duties with respect to, and shall not be  responsible  for, the
management  of the  Fund's  assets or the  rendering  of  investment  advice and
supervision  with respect thereto or the distribution of shares of the Fund, nor
shall the  Administrator  be deemed to have  assumed or have any  responsibility
with respect to functions  specifically assumed by any transfer agent, custodian
or shareholder servicing agent of the Fund.

     Sub-Administrators.    The   Administrator   may   employ   one   or   more
sub-administrators from time to time to perform such of the acts and services of
the  Administrator  and upon such  terms and  conditions  as may be agreed  upon
between  the  Administrator  and such  sub-administrators  and  approved  by the
Trustees of the Fund.

     2.  Compensation  of the  Administrator.  The Board of Trustees of the Fund
have  currently  determined  that,  based on the current  level of  compensation
payable  to  Eaton  Vance  Management  by the  Fund  under  the  Fund's  present
Investment  Advisory  Agreement with Eaton Vance  Management,  the Administrator
shall  receive no  compensation  from the Fund in respect of the  services to be
rendered  and the  facilities  to be  provided by the  Administrator  under this
Agreement.   If  the  Trustees  subsequently  determine  that  the  Fund  should
compensate the Administrator for such services and facilities, such compensation
shall be set forth in a new agreement or in an amendment to this Agreement to be
entered into by the parties hereto.

     3. Allocation of Charges and Expenses.  It is understood that the Fund will
pay all its  expenses  other  than those  expressly  stated to be payable by the
Administrator  hereunder,  which  expenses  payable by the Fund  shall  include,
without implied limitation,  (i) expenses of maintaining the Fund and continuing
its existence; (ii) registration of the Fund under the Investment Company Act of
1940; (iii) commissions, fees and other expenses connected with the acquisition,
holding and  disposition  of securities  and other  investments;  (iv) auditing,
accounting and legal expenses;  (v) taxes and interest;  (vi) governmental fees;
(vii) expenses of repurchase  and  redemption (if any) of shares,  including all
expenses incurred in conducting  repurchase and tender offers for the purpose of
repurchasing Fund shares; (viii) expenses of registering and qualifying the Fund
and its  shares  under  federal  and  state  securities  laws  and of  preparing
registration  statements  and  amendments  for such  purposes;  (ix) expenses of
reports and notices to shareholders  and of meetings of  shareholders  and proxy
solicitations  therefor;  (x) expenses of reports to  governmental  officers and
commissions;  (xi) insurance expenses; (xii) association membership dues; (xiii)
fees,  expenses  and  disbursements  of  custodians  and  subcustodians  for all
services to the Fund  (including  without  limitation  safekeeping  of funds and

                                       2
<PAGE>
securities, keeping of books and accounts and determination of net asset value);
(xiv) fees,  expenses and disbursements of transfer agents,  dividend disbursing
agents,  shareholder  servicing  agents and  registrars  for all services to the
Fund;  (xv) expenses of listing shares with a stock  exchange;  (xvi) any direct
charges  to  shareholders   approved  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Fund;   (xvii)
compensation  of and any expenses of Trustees of the Fund who are not members of
the Administrator's  organization;  (xviii) all payments to be made and expenses
to be assumed by the Fund in connection  with the  distribution  of Fund shares;
(xix)  any  pricing  and  valuation  services  employed  by the  Fund;  (xx) any
investment  advisory fee payable to an  investment  adviser;  (xxi) all expenses
incurred in  connection  with  leveraging  the Fund's  assets  through a line of
credit,  or  issuing  and  maintaining   preferred   shares;   and  (xxii)  such
non-recurring items as may arise, including expenses incurred in connection with
litigation,  proceedings and claims and obligations of the Fund to indemnify its
shareholders, Trustees, officers and employees with respect thereto.

     4.  Other  Interests.   It  is  understood  that  Trustees,   officers  and
shareholders of the Fund are or may be or become interested in the Administrator
as trustees, officers,  employees,  shareholders or otherwise and that trustees,
officers,  employees  and  shareholders  of the  Administrator  are or may be or
become similarly  interested in the Fund, and that the  Administrator  may be or
become  interested  in the  Fund  as a  shareholder  or  otherwise.  It is  also
understood  that  trustees,   officers,   employees  and   shareholders  of  the
Administrator  may be or become  interested (as directors,  trustees,  officers,
employees, stockholders or otherwise) in other companies or entities (including,
without  limitation,  other  investment  companies) that the  Administrator  may
organize,  sponsor or acquire,  or with which it may merge or  consolidate,  and
that  the  Administrator  or its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates  may  enter  into
advisory,   management  or  administration  agreements  or  other  contracts  or
relationship with such other companies or entities.

     5.  Limitation  of  Liability  of the  Administrator.  The  services of the
Administrator  to  the  Fund  are  not  to  be  deemed  to  be  exclusive,   the
Administrator  being  free to  render  services  to others  and  engage in other
business  activities.  In the absence of willful  misfeasance,  bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless  disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part
of the Administrator, the Administrator shall not be subject to liability to the
Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any act or omission in the course of,
or connected with,  rendering  services hereunder or for any losses which may be
sustained in the  acquisition,  holding or  disposition of any security or other
investment.

     6. Duration and Termination of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall become
effective  upon the date of its  execution,  and,  unless  terminated  as herein
provided,  shall remain in full force and effect through and including April 18,
2007 and shall continue in full force and effect  indefinitely  thereafter,  but
only so long as such continuance  after April 18, 2007 is specifically  approved
at least annually (i) by the Board of Trustees of the Fund, and (ii) by the vote
of a majority of those  Trustees of the Fund who are not  interested  persons of
the Administrator or the Fund.

     Either  party  hereto may,  at any time on sixty (60) days'  prior  written
notice to the other,  terminate  this Agreement by action of the Trustees of the
Fund or the  trustees of the  Administrator,  and the Fund may, at any time upon
such written notice to the  Administrator,  terminate the Agreement by vote of a
majority of the outstanding  voting securities of the Fund. This Agreement shall
terminate automatically in the event of its assignment.

     7. Amendments of the Agreement.  This Agreement may be amended by a writing
signed by both parties  hereto,  provided  that no  amendment to this  Agreement
shall  be  effective  until  approved  (i) by the  vote of a  majority  of those
Trustees of the Fund who are not interested  persons of the Administrator or the
Fund, and (ii) by vote of the Board of Trustees of the Fund.

     8. Limitation of Liability. Each party expressly acknowledges the provision
in the other party's  Agreement and  Declaration  of Trust limiting the personal
liability of its  shareholders  officers,  and  Trustees,  and each party hereby
agrees  that it shall have  recourse to the other party for payment of claims or
obligations  as  between  the Fund  and the  Administrator  arising  out of this
Agreement  and  shall  not seek  satisfaction  from the  Trustees,  officers  or
shareholders of the other party.

                                       3
<PAGE>
     9. Use of the Name "Eaton Vance." The Administrator  hereby consents to the
use by the Fund of the name "Eaton Vance" as part of the Fund's name;  provided,
however,  that such consent  shall be  conditioned  upon the  employment  of the
Administrator  or one of its  affiliates as the  administrator  of the Fund. The
name  "Eaton  Vance" or any  variation  thereof may be used from time to time in
other connections and for other purposes by the Administrator and its affiliates
and other investment companies that have obtained consent to the use of the name
"Eaton  Vance."  The  Administrator  shall have the right to require the Fund to
cease  using  the name  "Eaton  Vance"  as part of the  Fund's  name if the Fund
ceases,  for any reason, to employ the Administrator or one of its affiliates as
the Fund's administrator.  Future names adopted by the Fund for itself,  insofar
as  such  names  include   identifying   words  requiring  the  consent  of  the
Administrator,  shall be the property of the  Administrator and shall be subject
to the same terms and conditions.

     10. Certain  Definitions.  The terms "assignment" and "interested  persons"
when used herein shall have the respective  meanings specified in the Investment
Company Act of 1940 as now in effect or as hereafter  amended subject,  however,
to such  exemptions as may be granted by the Securities and Exchange  Commission
by  any  rule,  regulation  or  order.  The  term  "vote  of a  majority  of the
outstanding  voting  securities" shall mean the vote of the lesser of (a) 67 per
centum or more of the shares of the Fund present or  represented by proxy at the
meeting if the holders of more than 50 per centum of the  outstanding  shares of
the Fund are present or represented by proxy at the meeting, or (b) more than 50
per centum of the outstanding shares of the Fund.


EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED                EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT
BUY-WRITE OPPORTUNITIES FUND


By:  /s/ Duncan W. Richardson          By:  /s/ Jeffrey P. Beale
     ------------------------------         -------------------------------
     Duncan W. Richardson                   Jeffrey P. Beale
     President, and not Individually        Vice President, and not Individually

                                       4
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(K)(4)
<SEQUENCE>11
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxkyx4y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>ORGANIZATIONAL AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                 Exhibit (k) (4)

As of May 18, 2005

To Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

With Reference to the Investment Advisory Agreement entered into by Eaton Vance
Management ("Eaton Vance") with Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities
Fund (the "Fund") we hereby notify you of the following:

     In connection with the organization and initial offering of the common
     shares of the Fund, Eaton Vance hereby agrees to (i) reimburse all
     organizational costs of the Fund and (ii) pay all offering costs of such
     offering of the Fund (other than sales load, but inclusive of the
     reimbursement of underwriter expenses of $0.00667 per share) that exceeds
     $0.04 per share.

This instrument is executed under seal and shall be governed by Massachusetts
law.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT

                                          By:    /s/James B. Hawkes
                                                 ------------------
                                          Name:  James B. Hawkes
                                          Title: President, and not Individually


ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO
ON BEHALF OF THE FUND

By:    /s/James L. O'Connor
       --------------------
Name:  James L. O'Connor
Title: Treasurer, and not Individually
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(K)(5)
<SEQUENCE>12
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxkyx5y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (k)(5)
                                                           CC US DRAFT: 05/11/05

                        ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

      ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of June
[__], 2005, between Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") and Eaton Vance Management ("Eaton Vance").

      WHEREAS, the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
(including any successor by merger or otherwise) (the "Fund") is a diversified,
closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), and its common shares are registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and

      WHEREAS, Eaton Vance is the investment adviser of the Fund;

      WHEREAS, Merrill Lynch is acting as lead underwriter in an offering of the
Fund's common shares;

      WHEREAS, Eaton Vance desires to provide additional compensation to Merrill
Lynch for acting as lead underwriter in an offering of the Fund's common shares;
and

      WHEREAS, Eaton Vance desires to retain Merrill Lynch to provide
after-market support services designed to maintain the visibility of the Fund on
an ongoing basis, and Merrill Lynch is willing to render such services;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and conditions set
forth below, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    (a)   Eaton Vance hereby employs Merrill Lynch, for the period and on the
            terms and conditions set forth herein, to provide the following
            services at the reasonable request of Eaton Vance:

            (1)   after-market support services designed to maintain the
                  visibility of the Fund on an ongoing basis;

            (2)   relevant information, studies or reports regarding general
                  trends in the closed-end investment company and asset
                  management industries, if reasonably obtainable, and consult
                  with representatives of Eaton Vance in connection therewith;
                  and

            (3)   information to and consult with Eaton Vance with respect to
                  applicable strategies designed to address market value
                  discounts, if any.

      (b)   At the request of Eaton Vance, Merrill Lynch shall limit or cease
            any action or service provided hereunder to the extent and for the
            time period requested by Eaton Vance; provided, however, that
            pending termination of this Agreement as provided for in Section 6
            hereof, any such limitation or cessation shall not relieve Eaton
            Vance of its payment obligations pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

      (c)   Merrill Lynch will promptly notify Eaton Vance, as the case may be,
            if it learns of any material inaccuracy or misstatement in, or
            material omission from, any written information, as of the date such
            information was published, provided by Merrill Lynch to Eaton Vance
            in connection with the performance of services by Merrill Lynch
            under this Agreement.

<PAGE>

2.    Eaton Vance shall pay Merrill Lynch a fee computed weekly and payable
      quarterly in arrears commencing June 30, 2005 at an annualized rate of
      0.15% of the average daily Gross Assets (as defined below) of the Fund for
      a term as described in Section 6 hereof; provided that the total amount of
      the fee hereunder, shall not exceed [_____]% of the total price to the
      public of the Fund's common shares offered by the Prospectus dated June
      [__], 2005 (the "Prospectus") (including all Initial Securities and Option
      Securities as such terms are described in the Purchase Agreement, dated
      June [__], 2005, by and among the Fund, Eaton Vance and each of the
      Underwriters named therein (the "Purchase Agreement")). The sum total of
      this fee, [any other additional compensation], plus the amount of the
      expense reimbursement of $.00667 per common share payable by the Fund to
      the underwriters pursuant to the Purchase Agreement shall not exceed 4.5%
      of the total price of the Fund's common shares offered by the Prospectus.
      The sum total of all compensation to the Underwriters in connection with
      the public offering of the common shares of the Fund, including sales load
      and all forms of additional compensation to the Underwriters, shall not
      exceed 9.0% of the total price of the Fund's common shares offered by the
      Prospectus. "Gross Assets" is defined as total assets of the Fund,
      including any form of investment leverage that the Fund may in the future
      determine to utilize, minus all accrued expenses incurred in the normal
      course of operations, but not excluding any liabilities or obligations
      attributable to any future investment leverage obtained through (i)
      indebtedness of any type (including, without limitation, borrowing through
      a credit facility/commercial paper program or the issuance debt
      securities), (ii) the issuance of preferred shares or other similar
      preference securities, (iii) the reinvestment of collateral received for
      securities loaned in accordance with the Fund's investment objectives and
      policies, and/or (iv) any other means. All quarterly fees payable
      hereunder shall be paid to Merrill Lynch within 15 days following the end
      of each calendar quarter.

3.    Eaton Vance shall be permitted to discharge all or a portion of its
      payment obligations hereunder upon prepayment in full or in part of the
      remaining balance due of the maximum additional commission amount
      described in Section 2 above.

4.    Eaton Vance acknowledges that the services of Merrill Lynch provided for
      hereunder do not include any advice as to the value of securities or
      regarding the advisability of purchasing or selling any securities for the
      Fund's portfolio. No provision of this Agreement shall be considered as
      creating, nor shall any provision create, any obligation on the part of
      Merrill Lynch, and Merrill Lynch is not hereby agreeing, to: (i) furnish
      any advice or make any recommendations regarding the purchase or sale of
      portfolio securities or (ii) render any opinions, valuations or
      recommendations of any kind or to perform any such similar services in
      connection with providing the services described in Section 1 hereof.

5.    Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting Merrill Lynch or its
      affiliates from providing similar or other services to any other clients
      (including other registered investment companies or other investment
      managers), so long as Merrill Lynch's services to Eaton Vance are not
      impaired thereby.

6.    The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the date referred to above
      and shall be in effect so long as Eaton Vance acts as the investment
      manager to the Fund pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement (as
      such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) or other subsequent
      advisory agreement.

7.    Eaton Vance will furnish Merrill Lynch with such information as Merrill
      Lynch believes appropriate to its assignment hereunder (all such
      information so furnished being the "Information"). Eaton Vance recognizes
      and confirms that Merrill Lynch (a) will use and rely


                                       2
<PAGE>

      primarily on the Information and on information available from generally
      recognized public sources in performing the services contemplated by this
      Agreement without having independently verified the same and (b) does not
      assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Information
      and such other information. To the best of Eaton Vance's knowledge, the
      Information to be furnished by Eaton Vance when delivered, will be true
      and correct in all material respects and will not contain any material
      misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make
      the statements contained therein not misleading. Eaton Vance will promptly
      notify Merrill Lynch if it learns of any material inaccuracy or
      misstatement in, or material omission from, any Information delivered to
      Merrill Lynch.

8.    Eaton Vance agrees that Merrill Lynch shall have no liability to Eaton
      Vance or the Fund for any act or omission to act by Merrill Lynch in the
      course of its performance under this Agreement, in the absence of gross
      negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Merrill Lynch. Eaton Vance
      agrees to the indemnification and other agreements set forth in the
      Indemnification Agreement attached hereto, the provisions of which are
      incorporated herein by reference and shall survive the termination,
      expiration or supersession of this Agreement.

9.    This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or
      nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement
      ("Claim") shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
      of the State of New York.

10.   No Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than
      the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New
      York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
      New York, which courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the
      adjudication of such matters, and Eaton Vance and Merrill Lynch consent to
      the jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto.
      Each of Merrill Lynch and Eaton Vance waives all right to trial by jury in
      any proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way
      arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Eaton Vance agrees that a
      final judgment in any proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court
      shall be conclusive and binding upon Eaton Vance and may be enforced in
      any other courts to the jurisdiction of which Eaton Vance is or may be
      subject, by suit upon such judgment.

11.   This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without the prior
      written consent of the other party.

12.   This Agreement (including the attached Indemnification Agreement) embodies
      the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and
      supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
      matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be
      invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such determination will not
      affect such provision in any other respect or any other provision of this
      Agreement, which will remain in full force and effect. This Agreement may
      not be amended or otherwise modified or waived except by an instrument in
      writing signed by both Merrill Lynch and Eaton Vance.

13.   All notices required or permitted to be sent under this Agreement shall be
      sent, if to Eaton Vance:

      c/o Eaton Vance Management
      The Eaton Vance Building
      255 State Street
      Boston, Massachusetts 02109
      Attention: Fund Administration


                                       3
<PAGE>

      or if to Merrill Lynch:

      Merrill Lynch & Co.
      Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                  Incorporated
      4 World Financial Center
      New York, New York 10080
      Attention:  Tina Singh

      or such other name or address as may be given in writing to the other
      parties. Any notice shall be deemed to be given or received on the third
      day after deposit in the U.S. mail with certified postage prepaid or when
      actually received, whether by hand, express delivery service or facsimile
      transmission, whichever is earlier.

14.   A copy of the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of each of the Fund and
      Eaton Vance is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of
      Massachusetts, and notice hereby is given that this Additional
      Compensation Agreement is executed on behalf of Eaton Vance by an officer
      or trustee of Eaton Vance in his or her capacity as an officer or trustee
      of Eaton Vance and not individually and that the obligations under or
      arising out of this Additional Compensation Agreement are not binding upon
      any of the trustees, officers or shareholders individually but are binding
      only upon the assets and properties of Eaton Vance.

15.   This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is
      deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one
      and the same agreement.

                  [Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]


                                       4
<PAGE>


      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Additional
Compensation Agreement as of the date first above written.

EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT                   MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
                                         MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
                                                     INCORPORATED


By:                                      By:
   -----------------------------------      ------------------------------------
   Name:                                    Name:
   Title:                                   Title:


                                       5
<PAGE>


                  MERRILL LYNCH & CO. INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

                                                                 June [__], 2005

Merrill Lynch & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
   Incorporated
4 World Financial Center
New York, New York  10080

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      In connection with the engagement of Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") to advise and assist the
undersigned (together with its affiliates and subsidiaries, referred to as the
"Company") with the matters set forth in the Agreement dated June [__], 2005
between the Company and Merrill Lynch (the "Agreement"), in the event that
Merrill Lynch becomes involved in any capacity in any claim, suit, action,
proceeding, investigation or inquiry (including, without limitation, any
shareholder or derivative action or arbitration proceeding) (collectively, a
"Proceeding") in connection with any matter in any way relating to or referred
to in the Agreement or arising out of the matters contemplated by the Agreement,
the Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Merrill Lynch harmless to the
fullest extent permitted by law, from and against any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses in connection with any matter in any way relating to or
referred to in the Agreement or arising out of the matters contemplated by the
Agreement, except to the extent that it shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a judgment that has become final in that it is no
longer subject to appeal or other review, that such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Merrill Lynch. In addition, in the event that Merrill Lynch
becomes involved in any capacity in any Proceeding in connection with any matter
in any way relating to or referred to in the Agreement or arising out of the
matters contemplated by the Agreement, the Company will reimburse Merrill Lynch
for its legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and
preparation) as such expenses are incurred by Merrill Lynch in connection
therewith. If such indemnification were not to be available for any reason, the
Company agrees to contribute to the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses involved (i) in the proportion appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received or sought to be received by the Company and its stockholders
and affiliates and other constituencies, on the one hand, and Merrill Lynch, on
the other hand, in the matters contemplated by the Agreement or (ii) if (but
only if and to the extent) the allocation provided for in clause (i) is for any
reason held unenforceable, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault
of the Company and its stockholders and affiliates and other constituencies, on
the one hand, and the party entitled to contribution, on the other hand, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The Company agrees that for the
purposes of this paragraph the relative benefits received, or sought to be
received, by the Company and its stockholders and affiliates, on the one hand,
and the party entitled to contribution, on the other hand, of a transaction as
contemplated shall be deemed to be in the same proportion that the total value
received or paid or contemplated to be received or paid by the Company or its
stockholders or affiliates and other constituencies, as the case may be, as a
result of or in connection with the transaction (whether or not consummated) for
which Merrill Lynch has been retained to perform financial services bears to the
fees paid to Merrill Lynch under the Agreement; provided, that in no event shall
the Company contribute less than the amount necessary to assure that Merrill
Lynch is not liable for losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in
excess of the amount of fees actually received by Merrill Lynch pursuant to the
Agreement. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other


                                       6
<PAGE>

things, whether any alleged untrue statement or omission or any other alleged
conduct relates to information provided by the Company or other conduct by the
Company (or its employees or other agents), on the one hand, or by Merrill
Lynch, on the other hand. The Company will not settle any Proceeding in respect
of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, whether or not Merrill Lynch is an
actual or potential party to such Proceeding, without Merrill Lynch's prior
written consent. For purposes of this Indemnification Agreement, Merrill Lynch
shall include Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, any of its affiliates, each other person, if any, controlling
Merrill Lynch or any of its affiliates, their respective officers, current and
former directors, employees and agents, and the successors and assigns of all of
the foregoing persons. The foregoing indemnity and contribution agreement shall
be in addition to any rights that any indemnified party may have at common law
or otherwise.

      The Company agrees that neither Merrill Lynch nor any of its affiliates,
directors, agents, employees or controlling persons shall have any liability to
the Company or any person asserting claims on behalf of or in right of the
Company in connection with or as a result of either Merrill Lynch's engagement
under the Agreement or any matter referred to in the Agreement, including,
without limitation, related services and activities prior to the date of the
Agreement, except to the extent that it shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a judgment that has become final in that it is no
longer subject to appeal or other review that any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses incurred by the Company resulted solely from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Merrill Lynch in performing the services
that are the subject of the Agreement.

      THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR DISPUTE OF
ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT ("CLAIM"), DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW,
NO CLAIM MAY BE COMMENCED, PROSECUTED OR CONTINUED IN ANY COURT OTHER THAN THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR IN
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WHICH
COURTS SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER THE ADJUDICATION OF SUCH MATTERS,
AND THE COMPANY AND MERRILL LYNCH CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND
PERSONAL SERVICE WITH RESPECT THERETO. THE COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS TO PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, SERVICE AND VENUE IN ANY COURT IN WHICH ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF
OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS BROUGHT BY ANY THIRD PARTY AGAINST
MERRILL LYNCH OR ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY. EACH OF MERRILL LYNCH AND THE COMPANY
WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING OR CLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON
CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT. THE COMPANY AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY PROCEEDING OR CLAIM
ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH
COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND BINDING UPON THE COMPANY AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN
ANY OTHER COURTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF WHICH THE COMPANY IS OR MAY BE SUBJECT,
BY SUIT UPON SUCH JUDGMENT.


                                       7
<PAGE>


      The foregoing Indemnification Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding any termination of Merrill Lynch's engagement. This
Indemnification Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the
same agreement.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT

                                         By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Name:
                                            Title:

Accepted and agreed to as of
the date first above written:

MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
   INCORPORATED

By:
   ------------------------------------
   Name:
   Title:


                                       8


</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(N)
<SEQUENCE>13
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxny.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                     Exhibit (n)

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM'S CONSENT

We consent to the reference to our Firm under the heading "Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund on Form N-2 filed by the
Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Registration No. 333-123770)
and under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (Registration No. 811
-21735).


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
-------------------------
Boston, Massachusetts
May 25, 2005

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(S)(1)
<SEQUENCE>14
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxsyx1y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (4/18/05)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (s)(1)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed
Buy-Write Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts business trust, do hereby
severally constitute and appoint Alan R. Dynner, Thomas E. Faust Jr., James B.
Hawkes or James L. O'Connor, or any of them, to be true, sufficient and lawful
attorneys, or attorney for each of us, to sign for each of us, in the name of
each of us in the capacities indicated below, Registration Statements and any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
Statements on Form N-2 filed by Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities
Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of any class of
shares of beneficial interest and other documents and papers relating thereto.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands on the dates set opposite
our respective signatures.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                       Title                           Date
---------                       -----                           ----
<S>                             <C>                             <C>
/s/ Duncan W. Richardson        President and Principal         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------   Executive Officer
Duncan W. Richardson

/s/ James L. O'Connor           Treasurer and Principal         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------   Financial and Accounting
James L. O'Connor               Officer

/s/ James B. Hawkes             Trustee                         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------
James B. Hawkes

/s/ Samuel L. Hayes, III        Trustee                         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------
Samuel L. Hayes, III

/s/ William H. Park             Trustee                         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------
William H. Park

/s/ Ronald A. Pearlman          Trustee                         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------
Ronald A. Pearlman

/s/ Norton H. Reamer            Trustee                         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------
Norton H. Reamer

/s/ Lynn A. Stout               Trustee                         April 18, 2005
-----------------------------
Lynn A. Stout
</TABLE>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.(S)(2)
<SEQUENCE>15
<FILENAME>b55027a1exv99wxsyx2y.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (4/29/05)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
                                                                  Exhibit (s)(2)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed
Buy-Write Opportunities Fund, a Massachusetts business trust, do hereby
severally constitute and appoint Alan R. Dynner, Thomas E. Faust Jr., James B.
Hawkes or James L. O'Connor, or any of them, to be true, sufficient and lawful
attorneys, or attorney for each of us, to sign for each of us, in the name of
each of us in the capacities indicated below, Registration Statements and any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
Statements on Form N-2 filed by Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities
Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of any class of
shares of beneficial interest and other documents and papers relating thereto.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands on the dates set opposite
our respective signatures.

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<CAPTION>
Signature                       Title                   Date
---------                       -----                   ----
<S>                             <C>                     <C>
/s/ Benjamin C. Esty            Trustee                 April 29, 2005
----------------------------
Benjamin C. Esty

/s/ Ralph F. Verni              Trustee                 April 29, 2005
----------------------------
Ralph F. Verni
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<TYPE>COVER
<SEQUENCE>16
<FILENAME>filename16.txt
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
75 State Street
Boston, MA   02109
Tel.:  (617) 261-3246
Fax.:  (617) 261-3175


May 25, 2005

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

      Re:   Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund
            Registration Statement on Form N-2 (333-123770; 811-21735)

Dear Mr. Di Stefano:

      Transmitted electronically with this letter for filing pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, on behalf of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (the
"Fund") is Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's registration statement on
Form N-2 relating to Registrant's initial issuance of common shares of
beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share ("Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1").

      It is expected that the Fund will file a pre-effective amendment
responding to any comments and registering additional shares promptly after the
resolution of any comments, along with a request for acceleration of
effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

      Questions should be directed to the undersigned at (617) 261-3246.

                                             Sincerely,

                                             /s/ Clair E. Pagnano
                                             --------------------
                                             Clair E. Pagnano
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