UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2014

                               

   EATON VANCE CORP.   

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

1-8100

    

04-2718215

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

  of incorporation)

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts

02110

  (Address of principal executive offices)

 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 482-8260

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INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On May 7, 2014, the Registrant sold 18,623 shares of its Voting Common Stock (“Shares”) in a private transaction to Edward J. Perkin for aggregate cash consideration of $102,798.96.  Effective April 29, 2014, Mr. Perkin joined as Chief Equity Investment Officer of Eaton Vance Management, a subsidiary of the Registrant. Mr. Perkin will report to Thomas E. Faust Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant.

The Registrant claims an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”) in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Act. The purchaser of the Shares immediately deposited the Shares in a voting trust (“Voting Trust”) and received voting trust receipts (“Receipts”) therefore. All of the shares of other outstanding Voting Common Stock of the Registrant have also been deposited in the Voting Trust, and all of the 22 holders of such Common Stock and of the Shares are employees of the Registrant or its subsidiaries and are trustees under the Voting Trust. Under Article Seventh of the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended, Voting Common Stock (including the Shares) may not be transferred without first being offered for sale to the Registrant at book value, and upon a Shareholder’s death or cessation as an employee of the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries, the Voting Common Stock must be offered for sale to the Registrant at book value. The Receipts may not be transferred without the consent of a majority of the Voting Trust’s trustees, and upon a Receipt holder’s death or cessation as an employee of the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries, the Shares represented by his or her Receipts may be purchased by the Registrant at book value.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EATON VANCE CORP.

(Registrant)

Date:

May 8, 2014

/s/ Laurie G. Hylton

Laurie G. Hylton

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Accounting Officer