Eaton Vance Balanced A (Eaton Vance Balanced Fund Class) Fonds

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective and strategies primarily by allocating assets between common stocks and fixed-income securities through investment of substantially all of its assets in two other registered investment companies managed by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliates (the "Portfolios"). Under normal market conditions, the fund invests between 50% and 75% of its net assets in equity securities by investing in Stock Portfolio and between 25% and 50% of its net assets in fixed-income securities by investing in Core Bond Portfolio.