On March 1, 2021 (the Closing Date"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 7, 2020 (the Merger Agreement"), by and among Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation (Morgan Stanley"), Mirror Merger Sub 1 Inc., Mirror Merger Sub 2, LLC and Eaton Vance Corp., Merger Sub 1 merged with and into the Company (the First Merger"), with the company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, and immediately following the completion of the First Merger, the company merged with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 surviving the Second Merger and continuing as a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley with the name Mirror Merger Sub 2, LLC". Upon completion of the First Merger, the following directors of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time ceased to be directors of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement (and not because of any disagreement with the Company or its operations, policies or practices): Thomas E. Faust Jr.; Ann E. Berman; Leo I. Higdon, Jr.; Paula A. Johnson; Brian D. Langstraat; Dorothy E. Puhy; Winthrop H. Smith, Jr.; and Richard A. Spillane, Jr. From and after the Effective Time, until his successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified in accordance with applicable law, Sebastiano Visentini, who constituted the sole director of Merger Sub 1 became the sole director of the surviving entity as of immediately following the Effective Time pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.