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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1322436

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

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Vote records reported
2,073year to 30 June 2026
Against management
10.9%226 of 2,070 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
79.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
41.5%for, of for + against + abstain
87.4% for11.0% against1.7% other10.9% against management2,073 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund reported 2,073 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 10.9% of its votes as cast against management (226 of 2,070), 4.7 percentage points above the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.2%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 79.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 41.5% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (45.4% of 108), HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (38.1% of 21) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (22.7% of 44).

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share10.9%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate79.3%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate41.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%0.00%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS1,4961,381917.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES1541153020.1%
AUDIT-RELATED14414310.7%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES105530.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS87112.5%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE1818011.1%
COMPENSATION5450411.1%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE110783245.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE44113322.7%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE2181238.1%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION2652112.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES61134721.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20242,67033.8%57.2%76.2%
year to 30 June 20252,32129.6%53.2%47.3%
year to 30 June 20262,07310.9%79.3%41.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund voted against management on 30 of the 142 it marked either way (21.1%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 170 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund voted for 70 (41.2%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI data usage oversight
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI-generated misinformation
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Visa Inc.27 Jan 2026Shareholder proposal on shareholder right to act by written consent.
Mastercard Incorporated16 Jun 2026Consideration of a stockholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to prepare an annual lobbying report.
Eli Lilly and Company4 May 2026Shareholder proposal to adopt a policy and amend the bylaws to require an independent board chair.
Netflix, Inc.4 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled, "Proposal 4 - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent,"
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Biodiversity Impact and Dependency Assessment
The Home Depot, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Report on Packaging Policies for Plastics
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Commission a Third-Party Report on Human Rights Processes
CHEVRON CORPORATION27 May 2026Report on Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
PEPSICO, INC.6 May 2026Shareholder Proposal - Independent Board Chair.
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on risks related to ingredients
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend the bylaws to repeal 3% derivative suit ownership threshold.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to amend Article X of the bylaws.
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.13 May 2026Stockholder proposal requesting changes to the stockholder right to call a special meeting.
McDonald's Corporation20 May 2026Advisory Vote on Shareholders' Right to Act by Written Consent.
NextEra Energy, Inc.21 May 2026Report on Plans to Reduce and Align GHG Emissions with Paris Agreement Goals
QUALCOMM Incorporated17 Mar 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Meeting."
CATERPILLAR INC.10 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent
Pfizer Inc.23 Apr 2026Adopt an Independent Chair Policy
ServiceNow, Inc.21 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder right to act by written consent.
Texas Instruments Incorporated16 Apr 2026Stockholder proposal to permit stockholders to act by written consent.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Lobbying Disclosure
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.29 Apr 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Thresholds
Linde Plc29 Jul 2025A shareholder proposal requesting an annual report regarding the alignment of the Company's direct and...
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
S&P Global Inc.20 May 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal to reduce the stock ownership threshold for calling a special shareholder...
THE BOEING COMPANY17 Apr 2026Action by Written Consent.
Lam Research Corporation4 Nov 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Realistic Shareholder Ability to Call for a Special Shareholder Meeting,"
Analog Devices, Inc.11 Mar 2026To consider a shareholder proposal
CVS Health Corporation14 May 2026Stockholder Proposal for Reducing the Threshold for Our Stockholder Right to Act By Written Consent.

Shares on loan

Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund reported 145 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 115 were for (79.3%), 30 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 30 of the 142 say-on-pay items it marked either way.

How often does Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund vote against management?

10.9% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 226 of the 2,070 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 43 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 10 of them (23.3%). Across every category it voted for 41.5% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of this filer on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund (filer no. 1322436), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.