AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • April 4th, 2008 • Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust • Massachusetts
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (“Agreement”) is made as of this 6th day of August 2007, by and among Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Mutual Funds Trust”), on behalf of its series, Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund (“Acquiring Fund”), Eaton Vance Prime Rate Reserves, a Massachusetts business trust (“Prime Rate Reserves”), EV Classic Senior Floating-Rate Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (“Classic Senior Floating-Rate Fund”), Eaton Vance Institutional Senior Floating-Rate Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (“Institutional Senior Floating-Rate Fund”) and Eaton Vance Advisers Senior Floating-Rate Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (“Advisers Senior Floating-Rate Fund” and together with Prime Rate Reserves, Classic Senior Floating-Rate Fund and Institutional Senior Floating-Rate Fund, each an “Acquired Fund”). (Each of the Acquired Funds, Acquiring Fund, and Mutual Funds Trust is sometimes referred to herein as an “Investment Com
