Evergreen Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Dividends
March 13, 2008BOSTON — Evergreen Investments today announced the dividend declaration for Evergreen Income Advantage Fund (AMEX:EAD), Evergreen Multi-Sector Income Fund (AMEX:ERC), Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund (AMEX:ERH) and Evergreen International Balanced Income Fund (NYSE:EBI).
Evergreen Income Advantage Fund is a closed-end high-yield bond fund. The fund's investment objective is to seek a high level of current income. The fund may, as a secondary objective, seek capital appreciation to the extent consistent with its investment objective.
Evergreen Income Advantage Fund declared the following monthly dividend from ordinary income:
| Declaration Date | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payable Date | Dividend Rate/Share |
| March 13, 2008 | April 11, 2008 | April 15, 2008 | May 1, 2008 | $0.1094 / share |
Evergreen Multi-Sector Income Fund is a closed-end bond fund. The fund’s primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income consistent with limiting its overall exposure to domestic interest rate risk.
Evergreen Multi-Sector Income Fund declared the following monthly dividend from ordinary income:
| Declaration Date | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payable Date | Dividend Rate/Share |
| March 13, 2008 | April 11, 2008 | April 15, 2008 | May 1, 2008 | $0.1083 / share |
Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund is a closed-end equity and high-yield bond fund. The fund’s primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income and moderate capital growth, with emphasis on providing tax-advantaged dividend income.
Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund declared the following monthly dividend from ordinary income:
| Declaration Date | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payable Date | Dividend Rate/Share |
| March 13, 2008 | April 11, 2008 | April 15, 2008 | May 1, 2008 | $0.23 / share |
Evergreen International Balanced Income Fund is a closed-end fund investing primarily in international stocks and bonds. The fund's investment objective is to seek to provide a high level of income.
Evergreen International Balanced Income Fund declared the following monthly dividend from ordinary income:
| Declaration Date | Ex-Dividend Date | Record Date | Payable Date | Dividend Rate/Share |
| March 13, 2008 | April 11, 2008 | April 15, 2008 | May 1, 2008 | $0.1458 / share |
For information on the auction rate securities market as it pertains to closed-end funds, please refer to the March 7, 2008 statement from Evergreen President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Ferro.
To make changes to your account, please contact your financial advisor, brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee with whom your shares are registered. If your shares are registered with the funds’ transfer agent, Computershare, please contact them directly at 1-800-730-6001 or visit www.computershare.com.
These closed-end fund are no longer offered as an initial public offering and are only offered through broker/dealers on the secondary market.
About Evergreen Investments
Evergreen Investments is the brand name under which Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) conducts its investment management business. Wachovia Global Asset Management is the brand name under which Evergreen Investments conducts sales and distribution business outside of the United States. Combined, the groups serve more than four million individual and institutional investors through a broad range of investment products. Led by more than 300 investment professionals, Evergreen Investments strives to meet client investment objectives through disciplined, team-based asset management. Evergreen Investments manages more than $274 billion in assets (as of December 31, 2007). For more information on Evergreen, please visit EvergreenInvestments.com.
