Evergreen Global Dividend Opportunity Fund Declares Monthly Dividend

Evergreen Investments today announced the dividend declaration for Evergreen Global Dividend Opportunity Fund (NYSE:EOD).

Evergreen Global Dividend Opportunity Fund is a closed-end fund investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. companies. The Fund's investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The Fund’s secondary objective is long-term growth of capital.

Evergreen Global Dividend Opportunity Fund declared the following quarterly dividend from ordinary income:

Declaration Date

Ex-dividend Date

Record Date

Payable Date

Dividend rate/share

        
      
      
        
          March 05, 2010
        
        
        
        
          March 11, 2010
        
        
        
        
          March 15, 2010
        
        
        
        
          April 1, 2010
        
        
        
        
          $0.28 / share
        
      
    
    

This closed-end fund is no longer offered as an initial public offering and is only offered through broker/dealers on the secondary market.

About Evergreen Investments

Evergreen Investments is one of the brand names under which Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) conducts its investment management business. Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $1.2 trillion in assets (as of January 20, 2010), providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through almost 11,000 stores and the internet (WellsFargo.com) across North America and internationally. Evergreen Investments serves more than four million individual and institutional investors through a broad range of investment products. Evergreen Investments strives to meet client investment objectives through disciplined, team-based asset management and manages more than $142.9 billion in assets (as of December 31, 2009). Evergreen InvestmentsSM is a service mark of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC. Copyright 2010. Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC. For more information on Evergreen, please visit EvergreenInvestments.com. 120862 03-10

Funds: NOT FDIC INSURED | NOT BANK GUARANTEED | MAY LOSE VALUE