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EATON VANCE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN OPPORTUNITIES FUND

(formerly EATON VANCE GLOBAL BOND FUND)

Supplement to Summary Prospectus dated March 1, 2023

The following changes are effective July 1, 2023.

1.The following replaces “Fees and Expenses of the Fund”:

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. Investors may also pay commissions or other fees to their financial intermediary, which are not reflected below. You may qualify for a reduced sales charge on purchases of Class A shares if you invest, or agree to invest over a 13-month period, at least $100,000 in Eaton Vance funds. Certain financial intermediaries also may offer variations in Fund sales charges to their customers as described in Appendix A – Financial Intermediary Sales Charge Variations in the Fund's Prospectus. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary and in Sales Charges beginning on page 75 of the Fund's Prospectus and page 27 of the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Class A Class C Class I
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 3.25% None None
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) None(1) 1.00% None
(1)Class A shares purchased at net asset value in amounts of $500,000 or more are subject to a 0.75% contingent deferred sales charge if redeemed within 12 months of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)  (1) Class A Class C Class I
Management Fees 0.50% 0.50% 0.50%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25% 1.00% None
Other Expenses 1.08% 1.08% 1.08%
Interest Expense 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
Expenses Other than Interest Expense 1.06% 1.06% 1.06%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.83% 2.58% 1.58%
Expense Reimbursement(2) (0.86)% (0.86)% (0.86)%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement 0.97% 1.72% 0.72%
(1)Expenses in the table above and the Example below reflect the expenses of the Fund and International Income Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the Portfolio in which the Fund invests its assets.
(2)The investment adviser and administrator have agreed to reimburse the Fund’s expenses to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 0.95% for Class A shares, 1.70% for Class C shares and 0.70% for Class I shares. This expense reimbursement will continue through February 29, 2024. Any amendment to or termination of this reimbursement would require approval of the Board of Trustees. The expense reimbursement relates to ordinary operating expenses only and does not include expenses such as: brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses of unaffiliated funds, borrowing costs (including borrowing costs of any acquired funds), taxes or litigation expenses. Amounts reimbursed may be recouped by the investment adviser and administrator during the same fiscal year to the extent actual expenses are less than any contractual expense cap in place during such year.

Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the operating expenses remain the same and that any expense reimbursement arrangement remains in place for the contractual period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

  Expenses with Redemption Expenses without Redemption
  1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years  1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Class A shares $421 $801 $1,206 $2,335 $421 $801 $1,206 $2,335
Class C shares $275 $721 $1,293 $2,667 $175 $721 $1,293 $2,667
Class I  shares $74 $414 $779 $1,805 $74 $414 $779 $1,805

 

 

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