November 19, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice for Series of
Eaton Vance Municipals Trust
with September 30 Fiscal Year Ends
1933 Act File No. 33-572
1940 Act File No. 811-4409
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, Eaton Vance Municipals Trust hereby files its Rule 24f-2
Notice on behalf of its series with September 30 fiscal year ends.
This Rule 24f-2 Notice is being filed for series of the Trust whose
fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 ("Fiscal Year").
No shares of the Trust's series which have been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 (other than pursuant to Rule 24f-2) remained unsold at
the beginning of the Fiscal Year.
33,613,048 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate value of
$346,886,653, were registered during the Fiscal Year pursuant to Rule 24e-2.
62,363,902 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate sales price of
$619,924,719, were sold during the Fiscal Year in reliance upon Rule 24f-2
which registered an indefinite amount of securities. Attached to this Rule
24f-2 Notice, and made part hereof, is an opinion of counsel indicating that
the securities, the registration of which the Notice makes definite in number,
were legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable under the Trust.
9,979,675 shares of the Trust's series, with an aggregate sales price of
$101,583,255, were issued during the Fiscal Year in connection with the
Trust's dividend reinvestment plan.
For the Fiscal Year, an aggregate of 72,343,577 shares of the Trust's
series were sold, including those issued pursuant to its dividend reinvestment
plan, with an aggregate sales price of $721,507,974.
In accordance with subsection (c) of Rule 24f-2, no fee is required since
the actual aggregate sale price for which such securities were sold during the
Fiscal Year, including dividend reinvestments, was exceeded by the actual
aggregate redemption price of the shares redeemed by the Trust's series during
the Fiscal Year.
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Rule 24f-2 Notice for Series of Page 2
Eaton Vance Municipals Trust
with September 30 Fiscal Year Ends
1933 Act File No. 33-572
1940 Act File no. 811-4409
Aggregate Sale Price for Shares
Sold During Fiscal Year Pursuant to
Rule 24f-2 $619,924,719
Aggregate Price of Shares Issued
During Fiscal Year In Connection
with Dividend Reinvestment Plans 101,583,255
Aggregate Price of Shares Sold $721,507,974
Reduced by the Difference Between
(1) Aggregate Redemption Price of
Shares Redeemed During the
Fiscal Period 1,050,834,869
and
(2) Aggregate Redemption Price of
Redeemed Shares Previously
Applied by Trust Pursuant to
Rule 24e-2(a) in Filings Made
Pursuant to Section 24(e)(1) of
Investment Company Act of 1940 0
Equals $(329,326,895)
Any questions regarding the matter should by addressed to Jim Thebado, Eaton
Vance Management, 24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
Sincerely,
Barbara E. Campbell
Assistant Treasurer
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November 19, 1996
OPINION OF COUNSEL
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Rule 24f-2 Notice for Series of
Eaton Vance Municipals Trust
with September 30 Fiscal Year Ends
1933 Act File No. 33-572
1940 Act File No. 811-4409
Gentlemen:
By the filing of the captioned Notice pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Trust made definite the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of 72,343,577 shares sold,
including those pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan, in reliance upon
said Rule 24f-2 during the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996.
It is the opinion of the undersigned that such shares were legally issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
Sincerely,
H. Day Brigham, Jr.
Vice President and Member
of Massachusetts and New York
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