UNITED STATE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Eaton Vance Management (1)
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
The Eaton Vance Building, 255 State Street
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(Street)
Boston MA 02109
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (EVF)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (voluntary)
04-3101341
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4. Statement for Month/Year
October, 1999
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below) [X] Other (specify below)
See attached page 3
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filig (check applicable line)
[ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[X] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Transaction 3. Transaction 4. Securities 5. Amount of Securi- 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
Date Code Acquired (A) ties Beneficially ship Indirect
or Disposed of (D) Owned at End Form Beneficial
of Month Direct Ownership
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Inst. 3) (MM/DD/YY) (Inst. 8) (Inst. 3, 4 and 5) (Inst. 3 and 4) (Inst. 4) (Inst. 4)
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Code V Amount (A) Price
or
(D)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/4/99 S 32,400 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/5/99 S 15,000 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/6/99 S 2,600 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/12/99 S 14,500 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/13/99 S 24,800 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/14/99 S 5,000 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/14/99 S 5,700 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/19/99 S 9,700 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/20/99 S 19,000 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/21/99 S 6,100 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/22/99 S 12,900 D $9.93750
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Shares of beneficial
interest,
$0.01 par value 10/29/99 S 150,000 D $9.75 83,800 D(2)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Response)
(1) Eaton Vance Management is the designated filer for a group of parents and
subsidiaries pursuant to rules 16a-1(a)(3) and 16a-3(j). See attached page
3.
(2) All shares are directly owned by Eaton Vance Management, the designated
filer.
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date 7. Title and 8. Price of 9. Number 10. Owner- 11. Nature
Deriva- sion or action action Derivative Exer- Amount of Deriva- of ship of
tive Exercise Date Code Securities cisable Underlying tive Deriva- Form of Indirect
Security Price of Acquired and Securities Security ative Deriva- Bene-
Deriva- (A) or Expir- Secur- tive ficial
tive Disposed ation ities Security: Owner-
Security of (D) Date Benefi- Direct ship
ally (D)
Owned Indirect
at End (I)
of
Month
(Inst. 3) (MM (Inst. 8) (Inst. (MM/ (Inst. 3 (Inst. 5) (Inst. 4) (Inst. 4) (Inst. 4)
DD/ 3 and DD/ and 4)
YY) 4) YY)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Ex- Title Amt
Ex- pir- or
er- at- Num-
cis- ion ber
able Date of
Shares
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Explanation of Responses
EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT, on behalf of itself
and all additional reporting entities listed on page 3
By: /s/ William M. Steul November 9, 1999
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Treasurer
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violation. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If
space provided is insufficent, see instruction 6 for procedure.
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FORM 4 ADDITIONAL ENTITIES REPORTING JOINTLY PURSUANT TO RULES 16a-1(a)(3) and
16-3(j)
The designated filer, Eaton Vance Management, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Eaton Vance Corp. Boston Management and Research is the investment advisor of
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (a closed-end investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Eaton Vance Management. All entities listed below (except Eaton Vance Corp., the
parent) which are reporting jointly with Eaton Vance Management are subsidiaries
of Eaton Vance Corp. None of the entities listed below own shares of beneficial
interest of EatEach entity listed below confirms that it has authorized and
designated Eaton Vance Management to execute and file on such entity's behalf
all Forms 3,4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that such entity may be
required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of such
entity's ownership of or transactions in securities of Eaton Vance Senior Income
Trust. The authority of Eaton Vance Management under this Statement shall
continue until each such entity is no longer required to file Forms 3,4 and 5
with regard to such entity's ownership of or transactions in securities of Eaton
Vance Senior Income Trust. Each such entity confirms that the execution of this
Statement by Eaton Vance Management on page 2 hereof constitutes the execution
of this Statement by such entity. The address of each entity listed below is The
Eaton Vance Building, 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.
Additional Reporting Person IRS Identification No.
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Eaton Vance Corp. 04-2718215
Eaton Vance, Inc. 04-3106242
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. 04-3239487
Boston Management and Research 04-3164633
Spring Lane Associates, Inc. 04-2375367
MinVen, LLC 04-3439940
Northeast Properties, LLC 04-3439941
NP Management, Inc. 04-2875947
Eaton Vance Advisers, Ltd. Foreign Entity (applied for)
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