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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001288992
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		STREET 1:		TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		617-482-8260

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		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EATON VANCE FLOATING-RATE INCOME TRUST</B><BR>
Supplement to Statement of Additional Information dated September 26, 2017</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in"><B>The following
changes are effective October 1, 2018:</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>1.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><B>The following is added to the table under &#8220;Trustees and Officers&#8221; under &#8220;Noninterested
Trustees&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 13%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Name and </FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Year of Birth</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 10%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Fund</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Position(s)<SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 10%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Length of Service</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; text-align: center; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 34%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">and Other Relevant Experience</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; text-align: center; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 12%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Number of Portfolios</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">in Fund Complex</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Overseen By</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Trustee<SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 16%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Other Directorships Held</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">During Last Five Years<SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Keith Quinton</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">1958</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Class II</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Until 2021.</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">3 years.</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Since 2018.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.9pt">Independent Investment Committee Member at New Hampshire
        Retirement System (since 2017). Advisory Committee member at Northfield Information Systems (risk management analytics provider)
        (since 2016). Formerly, Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst at Fidelity Investments (investment management firm)
        (2001 - 2014).</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/normal Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 2.9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">174</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt NewsGoth Lt BT; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">Director of New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank (since 2016).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Marcus L. Smith</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">1966</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Class III</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Trustee</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Until 2019.</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">1 year.</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Since 2018.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">Member of Posse Boston Advisory Board (foundation) (since 2015); Trustee at University of Mount Union (since 2008). Formerly, Portfolio Manager at MFS Investment Management (investment management firm) (1994 &#8211; 2017).</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; text-align: center; line-height: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">174</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 2.9pt; line-height: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt NewsGoth Lt BT; padding-left: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 9pt">Director of MSCI Inc. (global provider of investment decision support tools) (since 2017). Director of DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (logistics real estate company) (since 2017).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>2.</B></TD><TD><B>The following replaces the third footnote to the table under &#8220;Trustees and Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in">During their respective tenures, the Trustees (except
for Mmes. Frost and Sutherland and Messrs. Fetting, Gorman, Quinton, Smith and Wennerholm) also served as Board members of one
or more of the following funds (which operated in the years noted): eUnits<SUP>TM</SUP> 2 Year U.S. Market Participation Trust:
Upside to Cap / Buffered Downside (launched in 2012 and terminated in 2014); and eUnits<SUP>TM</SUP> 2 Year U.S. Market Participation
Trust II: Upside to Cap / Buffered Downside (launched in 2012 and terminated in 2014). However, Ms. Mosley did not serve as a Board
member of eUnits<SUP>TM</SUP> 2 Year U.S. Market Participation Trust: Upside to Cap / Buffered Downside (launched in 2012 and terminated
in 2014).</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>3.</B></TD><TD><B>The following replaces the third sentence in the first paragraph in the paragraphs below the tables under &#8220;Trustees
and Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">The Board is currently
composed of twelve Trustees, including eleven Trustees who are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Trust, as that term
is defined in the 1940 Act (each a &#8220;noninterested Trustee&#8221;).</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>4.</B></TD><TD><B>The following is added as the sixteenth paragraph in the paragraphs below the tables under &#8220;Trustees and Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><I>Keith Quinton. </I>Mr. Quinton has served as a member
of the Eaton Vance Fund Boards since October 1, 2018. Mr. Quinton had over thirty years of experience in the investment industry
before retiring from Fidelity Investments in 2014. Prior to joining Fidelity, Mr. Quinton was a vice president and quantitative
analyst at MFS Investment Management from 2000-2001. From 1997 through 2000, he was a senior quantitative analyst at Santander
Global Advisors and, from 1995 through 1997, Mr. Quinton was senior vice president in the quantitative equity research department
at Putnam Investments. Prior to joining Putnam Investments, Mr. Quinton served in various investment roles at Eberstadt Fleming,
Falconwood Securities Corporation and Burnham Lambert, where he began his career in the investment industry as a senior quantitative
analyst in 1983. Mr. Quinton currently serves as an Independent Investment Committee Member of the New Hampshire Retirement System,
a five member committee that manages investments based on the investment policy and asset allocation approved by the board of
trustees, and as a Director of the New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in"><I>Marcus L. Smith. </I>Mr. Smith has served as a member
of the Eaton Vance Fund Boards since October 1, 2018. Since 2017, Mr. Smith has been a Director of MSCI Inc., a leading provider
of investment decision support tools worldwide, where he serves on the Audit Committee, and a Director of DCT Industrial Trust
Inc., a leading logistics real estate company, where he is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance and Audit Committees.
From 1994 through 2017, Mr. Smith served in several capacities at MFS Investment Management, an investment management firm, where
he managed the MFS Institutional International Fund for 17 years and the MFS Concentrated International Fund for 10 years. In addition
to his portfolio management duties, Mr. Smith served as Director of Equity, Canada from 2012-2017, Director of Equity, Asia from
2010-2012, and Director of Asian Equity Research from 2005-2010. Prior to joining MFS, Mr. Smith was a senior consultant at Andersen
Consulting (now known as Accenture) from 1988-1992. Mr. Smith served as a United States Army Reserve Officer from 1987-1992. He
has also been a trustee of the University of Mount Union since 2008 and has served as the chairman of the finance committee since
2015. Mr. Smith currently sits on the Boston advisory board of the Posse Foundation.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>6.</B></TD><TD><B>The following replaces the first sentence of the paragraph describing the Governance Committee under &#8220;Trustees and
Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in">Mmes. Mosley (Chairperson), Frost, Peters, Sutherland
and Taggart and Messrs. Fetting, Gorman, Park, Quinton, Smith and Wennerholm are members of the Governance Committee.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>7.</B></TD><TD><B>The following replaces the first sentence of the paragraph describing the Contract Review Committee under &#8220;Trustees
and Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in">Messrs. Wennerholm (Chairperson), Fetting, Gorman, Park,
Quinton and Smith and Mmes. Frost, Mosley, Peters, Sutherland and Taggart are members of the Contract Review Committee.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>8.</B></TD><TD><B>The following replaces the first sentence of the paragraph describing the Portfolio Management Committee under &#8220;Trustees
and Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in">Mmes. Frost (Chairperson), Mosley and Peters and Messrs.
Fetting and Smith are members of the Portfolio Management Committee.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>9.</B></TD><TD><B>The following replaces the first sentence of the paragraph describing the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee
under &#8220;Trustees and Officers&#8221;:</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in">Messrs. Sutherland (Chairperson) and Taggart and Messrs.
Gorman, Quinton and Wennerholm are members of the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee.</P>

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