As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 1995.
1933 Act File No. 33-16435
1940 Act File No. 811-5453
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 12 [X]
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
AMENDMENT NO. 13 [X]
EATON VANCE EQUITY-INCOME TRUST
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(617) 482-8260
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(Registrant's Telephone Number)
H. DAY BRIGHAM, JR.
24 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective on November 15,
1995 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2(b)(3) under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
Registrant hereby terminates its declaration under Rule 24f-2 under the
Securities Act of 1933. Registrant is concurrently filing a final Rule 24f-2
Notice.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly
caused this Amendment 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 15th day of November, 1995.
EATON VANCE EQUITY-INCOME TRUST
By: James B. Hawkes*
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James B. Hawkes, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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Trustee, President and
Principal Executive
James B. Hawkes* Officer November 15, 1995
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James B. Hawkes
Treasurer and Principal
Financial and
/s/ James L. O'Connor Accounting Officer November 15, 1995
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James L. O'Connor
Donald R. Dwight* Trustee November 15, 1995
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Donald R. Dwight
Samuel L. Hayes, III* Trustee November 15, 1995
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Samuel L. Hayes, III
Norton H Reamer* Trustee November 15, 1995
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Norton H. Reamer
John L. Thorndike* Trustee November 15, 1995
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John L. Thorndike
Jack L. Treynor* Trustee November 15, 1995
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Jack L. Treynor
*By: /s/ H. Day Brigham, Jr.
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As Attorney-in-fact
