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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
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Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed International Equity Fund
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES BEFORE AUGUST 17, 2012
Dear Shareholder:
We recently mailed you proxy materials relating to proposals to be voted on at a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed International Equity Fund scheduled for August 17, 2012. As of the mailing of this letter, we have not received your vote.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
For the reasons set forth in the proxy materials previously mailed to you,the Fund’s Board of Trustees believes the proposals are in the shareholders’ best interest and recommends that you vote in favor.
We encourage you to voteTODAY using one of the following convenient options:
1.
Vote by Phone. You may cast your vote by calling the toll-free number listed on the enclosed proxy card. Have your proxy card in hand in order to follow the recorded instructions.
2.
Vote by Internet. You may cast your vote by logging on to the website listed on the enclosed proxy card. Have your proxy card in hand in order to follow the displayed instructions.
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Vote by Mail. You may cast your vote by mail by signing, dating and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the postage-prepaid return envelope provided.
If you have any questions about the proposal, you may call Computershare Fund Services, the Fund’s proxy solicitation firm,toll free at(877) 456-7902. As a helpful reminder, you may receive a call from a representative of Computershare Fund Services encouraging you to vote. When you provide instructions to Computershare Fund Services by phone, they will be authorized to deliver your proxy on your behalf.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE TODAY!
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EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
EASY VOTING OPTIONS:
VOTE ON THE INTERNET
Log on to:
www.proxy-direct.com
Follow the on-screen instructions
available 24 hours
VOTE BY PHONE
Call 1-800-337-3503
Follow the recorded instructions
available 24 hours
VOTE BY MAIL
Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card
And return in the postage-paid
envelope
VOTE IN PERSON
Attend Shareholder Meeting
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
On August 17, 2012
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
PROXY
Eaton Vance Tax-Managed International Equity Fund
PROXY
Special Meeting of Shareholders – August 17, 2012
Proxy Solicited on Behalf of Board of Trustees
The undersigned holder of shares of beneficial interest of Eaton Vance Tax-Managed International Equity Fund (the “Fund”), hereby appoints KRISTIN S. ANAGNOST, BARBARA E. CAMPBELL, MAUREEN A. GEMMA AND DUNCAN W. RICHARDSON, and each of them, with full power of substitution and revocation, as proxies to represent the undersigned at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and at any and all adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of beneficial interest of the Fund which the undersigned would be entitled to vote, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present, in accordance with the instructions on this proxy.
WHEN THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED, THE SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSALS SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXIES WITH RESPECT TO ALL OTHER MATTERS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MEETING AND ANY ADJOURNMENTS THEREOF. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF THE ACCOMPANYING NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
Note: Please sign this proxy as your name appears on the books of the Fund. Joint owners should each sign personally. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, this signature should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.
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Signature
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Signature (if held jointly)
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Date EVT_23650_050312
EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT!
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on August 17, 2012
The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available atwww.eatonvance.com.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT! PLEASE VOTE, SIGN, DATE AND MAIL YOUR
PROXY CARDTODAY IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED.
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
The Board of Trustees recommends a voteFORthe following:
Please mark votes as in this example: [ X ]
