PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 16
TO PROSPECTUS DATED FEBRUARY 8, 2002
AS SUPPLEMENTED:
MARCH 24, 2005
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EATON VANCE CORP.
NON-VOTING COMMON STOCK
This Prospectus Supplement No. 16 supplements and amends the Prospectus
dated February 8, 2002 of Eaton Vance Corp., as supplemented (the "Prospectus"),
relating to the resale of shares of our non-voting common stock deliverable upon
exchange of Liquid Yield Option(TM) Notes due 2031 issued by Eaton Vance
Management by certain holders of LYONs(TM) who are named as selling stockholders
in this Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus.
You should read this Prospectus Supplement in conjunction with the
Prospectus. This Prospectus Supplement updates information in the Prospectus,
and, accordingly, to the extent inconsistent, the information in this Prospectus
Supplement supersedes the information contained in the Prospectus.
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INVESTING IN THE NOTES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE
4 OF THE PROSPECTUS.
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the
adequacy or accuracy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
The date of this Prospectus Supplement is March 24, 2005.
(TM) Trademark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
The table of selling stockholders contained in the Prospectus is hereby
amended and restated as set forth below to update entities as selling
stockholders. The table below sets forth, as of March 24, 2005, information
regarding the beneficial ownership of our non-voting common stock that each
selling stockholder may offer pursuant to the Prospectus. The information
contained in the table, which gives effect to the change described above, is
based solely on information provided by or on behalf of selling stockholders
through March 24, 2005. Information about other selling stockholders will be set
forth in future prospectus supplements, if required.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
SHARES OF
NON-VOTING PERCENTAGE OF
COMMON STOCK SHARES OF NON-VOTING
BENEFICIALLY NON-VOTING COMMON COMMON STOCK
OWNED PRIOR TO STOCK THAT MAY BE OUTSTANDING
SELLING STOCKHOLDER (1) OFFERING (2) OFFERED HEREBY (3) (4)
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White River Securities L.L.C. 62,490 62,490 *
Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. 62,490 62,490 *
Julius Baer Multibond Convertbond 28,732 28,732 *
R2 Investments, LDC 287,314 287,314 *
KBC Financial Products USA Inc. 43,098 43,098 *
KBC Financial Products (Cayman Islands) 1,278,546 1,278,546 *
JMG Triton Offshore Fund, Ltd 41,660 41,660 *
UFJ Investments Asia Ltd 287,314 287,314 *
MLQA Convertible Securities Arbitrage Ltd. 574,628 574,628 *
Deutsche Banc Alex Brown Inc. 1,120,524 1,120,524 *
First Union International Capital Markets Inc. 287,314 287,314 *
Gaia Offshore Master Fund Ltd. 248,526 248,526 *
Lyxor Master Fund 387,788 38,788 *
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (5) 199,684 199,684 *
UBS AG LON F/B/O PB 143,658 143,658 *
CALAMOS(R) Convertible Growth and Income
Fund - CALAMOS(R) Investment Trust 71,828 71,828 *
State of Florida, Office of the Treasurer 71,828 71,828 *
TD Securities (USA) Inc. 508,544 508,544 *
Dodeca Fund, L.P. 57,462 57,462 *
Akela Capital Master Fund, LLC 86,194 86,194 *
Amaranth L.L.C. 878,730 870,130 *
Sunrise Partners Limited Partnership 71,898 57,462 *
Susquehanna Capital Group 359,142 359,142 *
Topanga XI 11,492 11,492 *
(footnotes on following page)
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SHARES OF
NON-VOTING PERCENTAGE OF
COMMON STOCK SHARES OF NON-VOTING
BENEFICIALLY NON-VOTING COMMON COMMON STOCK
OWNED PRIOR TO STOCK THAT MAY BE OUTSTANDING
SELLING STOCKHOLDER (1) OFFERING (2) OFFERED HEREBY (3) (4)
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Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. 1,221,084 1,221,084 *
Canadian Imperial Holdings Inc. 287,314 287,314 *
Banc of America Securities LLC 11,492 11,492 *
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 252,836 252,836 *
SultonBrook Capital Portfolio, LP 1,967,095 1,967,095 *
CSS, LLC 86,194 86,194 *
TOTAL (6) 3,187,606 2.3%
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*Less than one percent (1%)
(1) The non-voting common stock share figures reported in this table for the
various selling stockholders are based on information supplied to us, as of
March 24, 2005, by the respective selling stockholders named in the table.
As of that date, these selling stockholders had supplied us with
information indicating that, collectively, they owned more than the
$110,945,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of LYONs currently
outstanding (which amount would be exchangeable into a maximum 3,187,606
shares of non-voting common stock). This reflects, we believe, that one or
more selling stockholders supplied us with information for inclusion in the
table and then subsequently (i) exercised their right to require EVM to
repurchase their LYONs, in whole or in part, for cash on August 13, 2002,
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture governing the LYONs; and/or (ii)
sold their LYONs in transactions exempt from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to persons who also supplied us
information with respect to the shares deliverable upon exchange of the
same LYONs.
(2) The number of shares of non-voting common stock deliverable upon exchange
of the LYONs are subject to change under certain circumstances described in
the Indenture governing the LYONs. As a result, the number of shares of
non-voting common stock deliverable upon exchange of the LYONs may increase
or decrease at any time.
(3) Assumes that the full amount of LYONs reported as held by a selling
stockholder is exchanged for shares of non-voting common stock at an
exchange rate of 28.7314 shares of non-voting common stock per $1,000
principal amount at maturity of LYONs, and that all shares received upon
exchange are offered hereunder by that selling stockholder. Since exchange
of the LYONs for shares of non-voting common stock is conditioned upon the
occurrence of specified events, and since Eaton Vance Management has the
right to pay cash in lieu of delivering shares of non-voting common stock
upon exchange, there can be no assurance that any selling stockholder will
be able to exchange its LYONs, or that it will receive shares of non-voting
common stock upon any such exchange.
(4) Calculated based on Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act, using
132,872,824 shares of non-voting common stock outstanding as of January 31,
2005. In calculating this amount for each holder, we treated as outstanding
the number of shares of non-voting common stock deliverable upon exchange
of all of that holder's LYONs, but we did not assume exchange of any other
holder's LYONs.
(5) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") is not aware
of any position, office, or directorship relationship with the company or
its affiliates; however, Merrill Lynch may or may not have, from time to
time, acted in a financial investment advisory capacity to the company or
its affiliates.
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(6) The total non-voting common stock share figure above represents the maximum
number of shares deliverable upon exchange of the aggregate principal
amount at maturity of LYONs outstanding as of March 24, 2005. Accordingly,
this figure represents the maximum number of shares of non-voting common
stock that could be sold hereunder.
The Prospectus, together with all Prospectus Supplements, constitutes the
Prospectus required to be delivered by Section 5(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, with respect to offers and sales of non-voting common stock
deliverable upon exchange of the LYONs.
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