New Trustees Appointed for Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund

  
    
  
  
    
      Effective April 23, 2007, Heidi L. Steiger and Thomas E. Faust Jr. have 
      been appointed Trustees of Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income 
      Fund (NYSE:EVT) (the “Fund”). 
      Ms. Steiger and Mr. Faust are new additions to the current Board of the 
      Fund.
    
    
      Ms. Steiger is the President of the global wealth management firm, 
      Lowenhaupt Global Advisors, LLC. Prior to joining Lowenhaupt Global 
      Advisors, LLC, Ms. Steiger was President and Contributing Editor of 
      Worth Magazine (2004) and Executive Vice President, Global Head of 
      Private Asset Management at the investment firm, Neuberger Berman (from 
      1986 to 2004). Ms. Steiger also serves on the boards of Nuclear Electric 
      Insurance Ltd. and Aviva USA, both of which are insurance providers. Ms. 
      Steiger holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Boston 
      College in English and communications. The Boards have appointed Ms. 
      Steiger as a member of the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee.
    
    
      Mr. Faust is President and Chief Investment Officer of Eaton Vance 
      Corp., parent company of the Funds’ investment 
      adviser. Mr. Faust has been with the Eaton Vance organization since 
      1985. Mr. Faust holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.S. 
      degrees in mechanical engineering and economics from the Massachusetts 
      Institute of Technology. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Faust 
      will not serve on any Board committees.
    
    
      Ms. Steiger is not an “interested person” 
      of the Fund, as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 
      1940. Mr. Faust is an interested person of the Fund by reason of his 
      affiliation with Eaton Vance Management, the Fund’s 
      investment adviser.
    
    
      Eaton Vance Management is a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. Eaton Vance 
      Corp., a Boston-based investment management firm, is listed on the New 
      York Stock Exchange under the symbol EV. Through its subsidiaries, Eaton 
      Vance Corp. managed approximately $144.3 billion in assets on March 31, 
      2007. Eaton Vance is an adviser and distributor of investment companies 
      and separate accounts for individual and institutional clients.