The Fund may enter into credit default swap contracts. Credit default swaps involve an exchange of a stream of payments for protection against the loss in value of an underlying security or index in the event of default or bankruptcy. Under the terms of the swap, one party acts as a guarantor and receives a periodic stream of payments that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional principal amount over the term of the swap. The guarantor agrees to purchase the notional amount of the underlying instrument or index, at par, if a credit event occurs during the term of the swap. The Fund may enter into credit default swaps as either the guarantor or the counterparty.
Any premiums paid or received on the transactions are recorded as an asset or liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and amortized. The value of the swap contract is marked-to-market daily based on quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers and any change in value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Periodic payments made or received are recorded as realized gains or losses. In addition, payments received or made as a result of a credit event or termination of the contract are recognized as realized gains or losses. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the guarantor defaults on its obligation to perform, or if there are unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index.
Security transactions are recorded on trade date. Realized gains and losses are computed using the specific cost of the security sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign income and capital gains realized on some securities may be subject to foreign taxes, which are accrued as applicable.
Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
3. ADVISOR FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC (“EIMC”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation (“Wachovia”), is the investment advisor to the Fund and is paid an annual fee of 0.55% of the Fund’s average daily total assets. Total assets consist of the net assets of the Fund plus borrowings or other leverage for investment purposes. For the six months ended April 30, 2008, the advisory fee was equivalent to 0.84% of the Fund’s average daily net assets applicable to common shareholders (on an annualized basis).
First International Advisors, Inc. d/b/a Evergreen International Advisors, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia, is an investment sub-advisor to the Fund and is paid by EIMC for its services to the Fund.
Tattersall Advisory Group, Inc., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia is also an investment sub-advisor to the Fund and is paid by EIMC for its services to the Fund.
The Fund may invest in money market funds which are advised by EIMC. Income earned on these investments is included in income from affiliate on the Statement of Operations.
Effective January 1, 2008, EIMC replaced Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. (“EIS”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia, as the administrator to the Fund upon the assignment of the Fund’s Administrative Services Agreement from EIS to EIMC. There were no changes to the services being provided or fees being paid by the Fund. The administrator provides the Fund with facilities, equipment and personnel and is paid an annual administrative fee of 0.05% of the Fund’s average daily total assets. For the six months ended April 30, 2008, the administrative fee was equivalent to 0.08% of the Fund’s average daily net assets applicable to common shareholders (on an annualized basis).
The Fund has placed a portion of its portfolio transactions with brokerage firms that are affiliates of Wachovia. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Fund paid brokerage commissions of $130 to Wachovia Securities, LLC.
4. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
The Fund has authorized capital of $100,000,000 common shares with no par value. For the six months ended April 30, 2008 and the year ended October 31, 2007, the Fund did not issue any common shares, respectively.
The Fund has issued 16,000 shares of Auction Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares”) consisting of five series, each with a liquidation value of $25,000 plus accumulated but unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared). Dividends on each series of Preferred Shares are cumulative at a rate, which is reset based on the result of an auction. During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Preferred Shares experienced failed auctions and the Fund paid dividends to the holders of Preferred Shares based on the maximum rate allowed under the governing documents for the Preferred Shares. The
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annualized dividend rate of 4.84% for the six months ended April 30, 2008 includes the maximum rate for the dates on which the auctions failed. The Fund will not declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend to its common shareholders unless the Fund has declared and paid or contemporaneously declares and pays full cumulative dividends on each series of Preferred Shares through its most recent dividend payment date.
Each series of Preferred Shares is redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Fund on any dividend payment date at $25,000 per share plus any accumulated or unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared). Each series of Preferred Shares is also subject to mandatory redemption at $25,000 per share plus any accumulated or unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared) if the asset coverage with respect to the outstanding Preferred Shares fell below 200%.
The holders of Preferred Shares have voting rights equal to the holders of the Fund’s common shares and will vote together with holders of common shares as a single class. Holders of Preferred Shares, voting separately as a single class, have the right to elect at least two Trustees at all times. The remaining Trustees will be elected by holders of common shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class.
On April 30, 2008, the Fund secured debt financing from a multi-seller commercial paper conduit administered by a major financial institution (the “Facility”) in order to redeem approximately 80% of the Fund’s outstanding Preferred Shares. The Fund’s borrowings under the Facility are generally charged interest at a rate based on the rates of the commercial paper notes issued by the Facility to fund the Fund’s borrowings or at the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 4%. The Fund has pledged its assets to secure borrowings under the Facility. The Fund paid a structuring fee, which is being amortized over three years, and also pays, on a monthly basis, a liquidity fee at an annual rate of 0.50% of the total commitment amount and a program fee at an annual rate of 0.75% on the daily average outstanding principal amount of borrowings.
The structuring fee was paid by EIMC on April 30, 2008. The Fund will reimburse EIMC over a period of three years.
5. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) were as follows for the six months ended April 30, 2008:
Cost of Purchases | | Proceeds from Sales |
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Government | | Government | | Government | | Government |
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$142,414,211 | | $418,258,256 | | $115,578,863 | | $384,797,651 |
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As of the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Fund had unfunded loan commitments of $7,396,204.
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At April 30, 2008, the Fund had forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding as follows:
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Buy:
Exchange | | Contracts to | | U.S. Value at | | In Exchange for | | Unrealized |
Date | | Receive | | April 30, 2008 | | U.S. $ | | Loss |
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07/07/2008 | | 257,700,000 | JPY | | $ | 2,478,963 | | $ | 2,516,602 | | $ | 37,639 |
07/15/2008 | | 2,478,000 | EUR | | | 3,844,061 | | | 3,905,155 | | | 61,094 |
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Exchange
Date | | Contracts to
Receive | | U.S. Value at
April 30, 2008 | | In Exchange
for | | U.S. Value at
April 30, 2008 | | Unrealized
Gain (Loss) |
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05/19/2008 | | 1,575,713,000 | JPY | | $ | 15,114,290 | | 18,895,707 | NZD | | $ | 14,723,731 | | $ | 390,559 |
06/16/2008 | | 1,043,000,000 | JPY | | | 10,021,248 | | 79,296,896 | HKD | | | 10,188,042 | | | (166,794) |
07/14/2008 | | 2,669,670,000 | JPY | | | 25,691,365 | | 28,986,645 | AUD | | | 27,039,638 | | | (1,348,273) |
07/15/2008 | | 2,642,840,000 | JPY | | | 25,434,625 | | 16,648,860 | EUR | | | 25,826,967 | | | (392,342) |
07/15/2008 | | 8,406,050 | EUR | | | 13,040,098 | | 6,753,000 | GBP | | | 13,322,573 | | | (282,475) |
07/22/2008 | | 1,660,790,000 | JPY | | | 15,989,808 | | 16,288,483 | CAD | | | 16,161,890 | | | (172,082) |
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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Sell:
Exchange | | Contracts to | | U.S. Value at | | In Exchange for | | Unrealized Gain |
Date | | Deliver | | April 30, 2008 | | U.S. $ | | (Loss) |
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05/14/2008 | | 829,472 | EUR | | $ | 1,290,435 | | $ | 1,210,597 | | $ | (79,838) |
07/08/2008 | | 475,200 | EUR | | | 737,404 | | | 744,182 | | | 6,778 |
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During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Fund entered into reverse repurchase agreements that had an average daily balance outstanding of $132,384 (on an annualized basis) with a weighted average interest rate of 4.74 % and paid interest of $6,275. The maximum amount outstanding under reverse repurchase agreements during the six months ended April 30, 2008 was $2,759,235 (including accrued interest).
During the six months ended April 30, 2008, the Fund loaned securities to certain brokers and earned $153,892 in affiliated income relating to securities lending activity which is included in income from affiliate on the Statement of Operations. At April 30, 2008, the value of securities on loan and the total value of collateral received for securities loaned amounted to $89,807,134 and $92,050,941, respectively.
At April 30, 2008, the Fund had the following interest rate swap contracts outstanding:
Expiration | | Notional
Amount | | Counterparty | | Cash Flows Paid
by the Fund | | Cash Flows
Received by the
Fund | | Unrealized
Loss |
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11/26/2008 | | $ | 112,000,000 | | JPMorgan | | Fixed-3.582% | | Floating-2.89%1 | | $ | 478,839 |
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1 | This rate represents the 1 month USD London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) effective for the period from April 24, 2008 through May 24, 2008. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
At April 30, 2008, the Fund had the following credit default swap contracts outstanding:
Expiration | | Counterparty | | Reference Debt
Obligation/Index | | Notional
Amount | | Fixed
Payment
Made | | Frequency
of Payments
Made | | Unrealized
Loss |
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06/20/2013 | | Bank of | | Dow Jones CDX, | | $ | 645,000 | | 5.00% | | Quarterly | | $ | 3,046 |
| | America | | North America | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | High Yield Index | | | | | | | | | | |
06/20/2013 | | Lehman | | Pulte Corp., | | | 820,000 | | 4.17% | | Quarterly | | | 53,835 |
| | Brothers | | 5.25%, 1/15/2014 | | | | | | | | | | |
06/20/2013 | | UBS | | Dow Jones CDX, | | | 1,505,000 | | 5.00% | | Quarterly | | | 7,107 |
| | | | North America | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | High Yield Index | | | | | | | | | | |
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Expiration | | Counterparty | | Reference Debt
Obligation/Index | | Notional
Amount | | Fixed
Payment
Received | | Frequency
of Payments
Received | | Unrealized
Gain |
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12/12/2012 | | UBS | | Dow Jones CDX, | | $ | 54,450 | | 3.75% | | Quarterly | | $ | 1,728 |
| | | | North America | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | High Yield Index | | | | | | | | | | |
06/20/2013 | | Lehman | | Centex Corp., | | | 820,000 | | 5.12% | | Quarterly | | | 47,521 |
| | Brothers | | 5.25%, 06/15/2015 | | | | | | | | | | |
12/13/2049 | | Goldman Sachs | | Markit CMBX North | | | 415,000 | | 1.47% | | Quarterly | | | 43,240 |
| | | | America AJ.3 Index | | | | | | | | | | |
12/13/2049 | | UBS | | Markit CMBX North | | | 410,000 | | 0.08% | | Quarterly | | | 45,859 |
| | | | America AAA.3 Index | | | | | | | | | | |
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On April 30, 2008, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,270,458,463. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $34,244,598 and $35,413,998, respectively, with a net unrealized depreciation of $1,169,400.
As of October 31, 2007, the Fund had $18,342,604 in capital loss carryover for federal income tax purposes with $10,962,010 expiring in 2014 and $7,380,594 expiring in 2016.
6. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS
Through expense offset arrangements with the Fund’s custodian, a portion of fund expenses has been reduced.
7. DEFERRED TRUSTEES’ FEES
Each Trustee of the Fund may defer any or all compensation related to performance of his or her duties as a Trustee. The Trustees’ deferred balances are allocated to deferral accounts, which are included in the accrued expenses for the Fund. The investment performance of the deferral accounts is based on the investment performance of certain Evergreen funds. Any gains earned or losses incurred in the deferral accounts are reported in the Fund’s Trustees’ fees and expenses. At the election of the Trustees, the deferral account will be paid either in one lump sum or in quarterly installments for up to ten years.
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8. REGULATORY MATTERS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Pursuant to an administrative order issued by the SEC on September 19, 2007, EIMC, EIS, Evergreen Service Company, LLC (collectively, the “Evergreen Entities”), Wachovia Securities, LLC and the SEC have entered into an agreement settling allegations of (i) improper short-term trading arrangements in effect prior to May 2003 involving former officers and employees of EIMC and certain broker-dealers, (ii) insufficient systems for monitoring exchanges and enforcing exchange limitations as stated in certain funds’ prospectuses, and (iii) inadequate e-mail retention practices. Under the settlement, the Evergreen Entities were censured and have paid approximately $32 million in disgorgement and penalties. This amount, along with a fine assessed by the SEC against Wachovia Securities, LLC will be distributed pursuant to a plan to be developed by an independent distribution consultant and approved by the SEC. The Evergreen Entities neither admitted nor denied the allegations and findings set forth in its settlement with the SEC.
In addition, the Evergreen funds and EIMC and certain of its affiliates are involved in various legal actions, including private litigation and class action lawsuits. EIMC does not expect that any of such legal actions currently pending or threatened will have a material adverse impact on the financial position or operations of any of the Evergreen funds or on EIMC’s ability to provide services to the Evergreen funds.
Although EIMC believes that none of the matters discussed above will have a material adverse impact on the Evergreen funds, there can be no assurance that these matters and any publicity surrounding or resulting from them will not result in reduced sales or increased redemptions of Evergreen fund shares, which could increase Evergreen fund transaction costs or operating expenses, or that they will not have other adverse consequences on the Evergreen funds.
9. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. FAS 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. The change to current generally accepted accounting principles from the application of FAS 157 relates to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Management of the Fund does not believe the adoption of FAS 157 will materially impact the financial statement amounts, however, additional disclosures may be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements and the effect of certain of the measurements on changes in net assets for the period. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years.
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In March 2008, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 161”), an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why a fund uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and hedging activities are accounted for, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedging activities affect a fund’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Management of the Fund does not believe the adoption of FAS 161 will materially impact the financial statement amounts, but will require additional disclosures. This will include qualitative and quantitative disclosures on derivative positions existing at period end and the effect of using derivatives during the reporting period. FAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008.
10. SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTIONS
The Fund declared the following distributions to common shareholders:
Declaration
Date | | Record
Date | | Payable
Date | | Net Investment
Income |
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April 18, 2008 | | May 14, 2008 | | June 2, 2008 | | $0.1083 |
May 16, 2008 | | June 16, 2008 | | July 1, 2008 | | $0.1083 |
June 12, 2008 | | July 15, 2008 | | August 1, 2008 | | $0.1083 |
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These distributions are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements.
11. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
From May 27, 2008 through June 18, 2008, the Fund redeemed a pro rata portion of each of its series of Preferred Shares, having an aggregate liquidation preference of $320,000,000. These redemptions were funded through borrowings under the Facility described in Note 4.
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AUTOMATIC DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN (unaudited)
All common shareholders are eligible to participate in the Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“the Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, unless a common shareholder is ineligible or elects otherwise, all cash dividends and capital gains distributions are automatically reinvested by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as agent for shareholders in administering the Plan (“Plan Agent”), in additional common shares of the Fund. Whenever the Fund declares an ordinary income dividend or a capital gain dividend (collectively referred to as “dividends”) payable either in shares or in cash, nonparticipants in the Plan will receive cash, and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in shares of common shares. The shares are acquired by the Plan Agent for the participant’s account, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized common shares from the Fund (“newly issued common shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding common shares on the open market (open market purchases) on the American Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date for any dividend or distribution, the net asset value per share of the common shares is equal to or less than the market price per common share plus estimated brokerage commissions (“market premium”), the Plan Agent will invest the amount of such dividend or distribution in newly issued shares on behalf of the participant. The number of newly issued common shares to be credited to the participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the net asset value per share on the date the shares are issued, provided that the maximum discount from the then current market price per share on the date of issuance may not exceed 5%. If on the dividend payment date the net asset value per share is greater than the market value or market premium (“market discount”), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired on behalf of the participant in open market purchases. There will be no brokerage charges with respect to shares issued directly by the Fund as a result of dividends or capital gains distributions payable either in shares or in cash. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent at P.O. Box 43010, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3010.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (unaudited)
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The Annual Meeting of shareholders of the Fund was held on February 15, 2008. On December 14, 2007, the record date of the meeting, the Fund had $764,980,450 outstanding of which $660,347,000 (86.32%) in net assets were represented at the meeting.
The votes recorded at the meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1 — Election of Trustees:
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Charles A Austin III | | $ | 646,824,336 | $ | 13,522,664 |
Gerald M. McDonnell | | | 647,197,667 | | 13,149,333 |
Richard J. Shima | | | 647,116,595 | | 13,230,405 |
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
TRUSTEES1 | |
Charles A. Austin III
Trustee
DOB: 10/23/1934
Term of office since: 1991
Other directorships: None | Investment Counselor, Anchor Capital Advisors, LLC. (investment advice); Director, The Andover Companies (insurance); Trustee, Arthritis Foundation of New England; Former Director, The Francis Ouimet Society (scholarship program); Former Director, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, State Street Research & Management Company (investment advice) |
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K. Dun Gifford
Trustee
DOB: 10/23/1938
Term of office since: 1974
Other directorships: None | Chairman and President, Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust (education); Trustee, Chairman of the Finance Committee, Member of the Executive Committee, and Former Treasurer, Cambridge College |
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Dr. Leroy Keith, Jr. Trustee DOB: 2/14/1939 Term of office since: 1983 Other directorships: Trustee, Phoenix Fund Complex (consisting of 53 portfolios as of 12/31/2007) | Managing Director, Almanac Capital Management (commodities firm); Trustee, Phoenix Fund Complex; Director, Diversapack Co. (packaging company); Former Partner, Stonington Partners, Inc. (private equity fund); Former Director, Obagi Medical Products Co.; Former Director, Lincoln Educational Services |
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Carol A. Kosel1
Trustee
DOB: 12/25/1963
Term of office since: 2008
Other directorships: None | Former Consultant to the Evergreen Boards of Trustees; Former Vice President and Senior Vice President, Evergreen Investments, Inc.; Former Treasurer, Evergreen Funds; Former Treasurer, Vestaur Securities Fund |
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Gerald M. McDonnell
Trustee
DOB: 7/14/1939
Term of office since: 1988
Other directorships: None | Former Manager of Commercial Operations, CMC Steel (steel producer) |
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Patricia B. Norris
Trustee
DOB: 4/9/1948
Term of office since: 2006
Other directorships: None | President and Director of Buckleys of Kezar Lake, Inc. (real estate company); Former President and Director of Phillips Pond Homes Association (home community); Former Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (independent registered public accounting firm) |
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William Walt Pettit
Trustee
DOB: 8/26/1955
Term of office since: 1988
Other directorships: None | Partner and Vice President, Kellam & Pettit, P.A. (law firm); Director, Superior Packaging Corp. (packaging company); Member, Superior Land, LLC (real estate holding company), Member, K&P Development, LLC (real estate development); Former Director, National Kidney Foundationof North Carolina, Inc. (non-profit organization) |
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David M. Richardson
Trustee
DOB: 9/19/1941
Term of office since: 1982
Other directorships: None | President, Richardson, Runden LLC (executive recruitment advisory services); Director, J&M Cumming Paper Co. (paper merchandising); Trustee, NDI Technologies, LLP (communications); Former Consultant, AESC (The Association of Executive Search Consultants) |
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Dr. Russell A. Salton III
Trustee
DOB: 6/2/1947
Term of office since: 1984
Other directorships: None | President/CEO, AccessOne MedCard, Inc. |
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Michael S. Scofield
Trustee
DOB: 2/20/1943
Term of office since: 1984
Other directorships: None | Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield; Former Director and Chairman, Branded Media Corporation (multi-media branding company) |
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Richard J. Shima
Trustee
DOB: 8/11/1939
Term of office since: 1993
Other directorships: None | Independent Consultant; Director, Hartford Hospital; Trustee, Greater Hartford YMCA; Former Director, Trust Company of CT; Former Director, Old State House Association; Former Trustee, Saint Joseph College (CT) |
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Richard K. Wagoner, CFA2
Trustee
DOB: 12/12/1937
Term of office since: 1999
Other directorships: None | Member and Former President, North Carolina Securities Traders Association; Member, Financial Analysts Society |
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OFFICERS | |
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Dennis H. Ferro3
President
DOB: 6/20/1945
Term of office since: 2003 | Principal occupations: President and Chief Executive Officer, Evergreen Investment Company, Inc. and Executive Vice President, Wachovia Bank, N.A.; former Chief Investment Officer, Evergreen Investment Company, Inc. |
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Kasey Phillips4
Treasurer
DOB: 12/12/1970
Term of office since: 2005 | Principal occupations: Senior Vice President, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC; Former Vice President, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc.; Former Assistant Vice President, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. |
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Michael H. Koonce4
Secretary
DOB: 4/20/1960
Term of office since: 2000 | Principal occupations: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc.; Secretary, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC and Evergreen Service Company, LLC; Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Wachovia Corporation |
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Robert Guerin4
Chief Compliance Officer
DOB: 9/20/1965
Term of office since: 2007 | Principal occupations: Chief Compliance Officer, Evergreen Funds and Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investments Co., Inc.; Former Managing Director and Senior Compliance Officer, Babson Capital Management LLC; Former Principal and Director, Compliance and Risk Management, State Street Global Advisors; Former Vice President and Manager, Sales Practice Compliance, Deutsche Asset Management |
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1 | The Board of Trustees is classified into three classes of which one class is elected annually. Each Trustee, except Mses. Kosel and Norris, serves a three-year term concurrent with the class from which the Trustee is elected. Each Trustee, except Ms. Kosel, oversaw 94 Evergreen funds as of December 31, 2007. Ms Kosel became a Trustee on January 1, 2008. Correspondence for each Trustee may be sent to Evergreen Board of Trustees, P.O. Box 20083, Charlotte, NC 28202. |
2 | Mr. Wagoner is an “interested person” of the Fund because of his ownership of shares in Wachovia Corporation, the parent to the Fund’s investment advisor. |
3 | The address of the Officer is 401 S. Tryon Street, 20th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28288. |
4 | The address of the Officer is 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. |
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570141 rv2 06/2008
Item 2 - Code of Ethics
Not required for this filing.
Item 3 - Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable at this time.
Items 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not required for this filing.
Items 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not required for this filing.
Item 6 – Schedule of Investments
Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not required for this filing.
Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not required for this filing.
Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
If applicable/not applicable at this time.
Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees that have been implemented since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.
Item 11 - Controls and Procedures
(a) | The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely. |
(b) | There has been no changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonable likely to affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting . |
Item 12 - Exhibits
File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.
(a) | Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit. |
(b)(1) | Separate certifications for the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX99.CERT. |
(b)(2) | Separate certifications for the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 1350 of Title 18 of United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX99.906CERT. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph are not deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject |
to the liability of that section. Such certifications are not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Evergreen Multi-Sector Income Fund | | | |
By:
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| Dennis H. Ferro
Principal Executive Officer | | | |
Date: June 30, 2008
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:
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| Dennis H. Ferro
Principal Executive Officer | | | |
Date: June 30, 2008
By:
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| Kasey Phillips
Principal Financial Officer | | | |
Date: June 30, 2008
