SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
AMENDMENT TO NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION
FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby amends its notification of
registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21,
1993, as amended January 19, 1996, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such amendment to
notification of registration submits the following information:
Name: The Massachusetts Health & Education Tax-Exempt Trust
Address of Principal Business Office:
255 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Telephone Number: (617) 482-8260
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Eaton Vance Management, as Administrator
Eric G. Woodbury
255 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b)
of the Investment Company of 1940 concurrently with the filing of this
amended Form N-8A: YES [ ] NO [X]
Item 1. Name of Registrant: The Massachusetts Health & Education Tax-Exempt
Trust.
Item 2. State and Date of Organization: Massachusetts; April 20, 1993.
Item 3. Form of Organization: Trust.
Item 4. Classification of Registrant: Management Company.
Item 5(a). Registrant is a closed-end company.
Item 5(b). Registrant is a non-diversified company.
Item 6. Investment Adviser of Registrant: Eaton Vance Management, 255 State
Street, Boston, MA 02109.
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Item 7. Board of Trustees of Registrant:
James F. Carlin (1)
Thomas H. Green (2)
Walter B. Prince (3)
Edward M. Murphy (4)
James M. Storey (5)
Officers of Registrant:
Chairman: Walter B. Prince (3)
President: Thomas J. Fetter*
Vice President: Robert B. MacIntosh*
Secretary: Eric G. Woodbury*
Treasurer: James L. O'Connor*
Assistant Secretary/
Assistant Treasurer: Kristin S. Anagnost*
The address for each of the above-named Trustees and Officers
of Registrant is as follows: (1) Carlin Consolidated, Inc.,
233 West Central St., Natick, MA 01760; (2) Salomon Smith
Barney, 28 State Street, Boston, MA 02109; (3) Peckham, Lobel,
Casey, Prince & Tye, 585 Commercial St, Boston, MA 02109; (4)
Olympus Healthcare Group, Inc., 775 Trapelo Road, Walthm, MA
02452; (5) Dechert Price & Rhoads, Ten Post Office Square
South, Boston, MA 02109; * 255 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.
Item 8. Inapplicable.
Item 9(a). No; Registrant is not currently issuing and offering its
securities directly to the public.
Item 9(b). Inapplicable.
Item 9(c). No; Registrant does not presently propose to make a public
offering of its securities.
Item 9(d). Yes. Prior offerings are completed.
Item 9(e). As of April 26, 1999, there were approximately 2,312,525
Common Shares and 200 Auction Preferred Shares outstanding.
No shareholders held more than 10% of the Registrant's
outstanding securities.
Item 10. Current Value of Registrant's Assets: $42,233,217.
Item 11. No.
Item 12. Reference is made to the Audited Financial Statements dated
December 31, 1998 filed electronically with the Commission
pursuant to Section 30(b)(2) (Accession No.
0000950156-99-000132), which are incorporated herein by
reference.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Registrant has caused this Amendment to its Notification of Registration to be
duly signed on its behalf in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
on the 3rd day of May, 1999.
THE MASSACHUSETTS HEALTH &
EDUCATION TAX-EXEMPT TRUST
By /s/ Thomas J. Fetter
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Thomas J. Fetter
President
ATTEST: /s/ Eric G. Woodbury
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Eric G. Woodbury
Secretary
