SC TO-I/A

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2005
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

SCHEDULE TO

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund
(Name of Filing Persons (Offeror and Issuer))

Common Shares, No Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)

30034Q 10 9
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Michael H. Koonce, Esquire
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-5034
(617) 210-3663

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive
notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

With a copy to:
Timothy W. Diggins
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Telephone: (617) 951-7000

Calculation of Filing Fee

Transaction Valuation	Amount of Filing Fee
$12,448,974(a)	$1,465.24(b)

(a)  Calculated as the aggregate maximum purchase price to be paid for 546,487 shares in the offer, based upon the net asset value per share of $22.78 at March 16, 2005.

(b)  Calculated as the Transaction Valuation multiplied by .00011770.

x  Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:	$1,435.24
Form or Registration No.:	Schedule TO
Filing Party:	Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund
Date Filed:	March 22, 2005

o  Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

o  third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

x  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

o  going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

o  amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: /x/

Introductory Statement

This Amendment No. 2 amends the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“Schedule TO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2005 by Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund, a statutory trust organized under the laws of the state of Delaware (the “Fund”). The Schedule TO relates to an offer by the Fund to purchase for cash (the “Offer”) up to 5% or 546,487 of the Fund’s issued and outstanding common shares, no par value (the “Shares”). This Amendment No. 2 amends such Schedule TO to add an additional exhibit in accordance with Rule 13e-4(c)(1) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to add the following information in accordance with Rule 13e-4(c)(4) of the Exchange Act and General Instruction H of Schedule TO.

The Offer expired at 5:00 p.m. EST on April 20, 2005. Pursuant to the Offer, 4,233,219 Shares were properly tendered and not withdrawn, and 546,487 of the tendered Shares were accepted by the Fund on April 22, 2005 for purchase at the price of $22.62 per share, which is equal to the net asset value per share determined as of the close of the regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange on April 21, 2005. Payment of the Shares purchased will be made on April 25, 2005. The aggregate purchase price paid by the Fund for the Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer was $12,361,535.94.

Reference is hereby made to the press release issued by the Fund on April 20, 2005, a copy of which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule TO on April 20, 2005 and is incorporated herein by reference, and to the press release issued by the Fund on April 22, 2005, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(5)(v) and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. Exhibits.

The following material is hereby filed as an additional exhibit to the Fund’s Schedule TO:

(a)(5)(v) Press release issued on April 22, 2005.

NOTICE

A copy of the Certificate of Trust of Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund (the “Trust”), together with all amendments thereto, is on file with the Secretary of State of The State of Delaware and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Trust by trustees and officers of the Trust as officers and trustees and not individually and that the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the officers or trustees of the Trust or shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust or the relevant series.

SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND

	/s/ Dennis H. Ferro
	Name: Dennis H. Ferro
	Title:   President
Dated: April 22, 2005

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
(a)(5)(v)	Press release issued on April 22, 2005.

EX-99.(A)(5)(V)

PRESS RELEASE

	For Immediate Release
	22 April 2005
	Media Inquiries
	Laura Fay 617.210.3867
	lfay@evergreeninvestments.com
	Dan Flaherty 617.210.3887
	dflaherty@evergreeninvestments.com

EVERGREEN UTILITIES AND HIGH INCOME FUND ANNOUNCES FINAL RESULTS OF TENDER OFFER

BOSTON – Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund (AMEX:ERH), a closed-end equity and high yield bond fund, announced today the final results of its tender offer for up to 5% or 546,487, in the aggregate, of its issued and outstanding common shares, which expired on April 20, 2005. The Fund has accepted, after adjusting for fractional shares in accordance with the terms of the offer, 546,487 shares for payment on April 25, 2005 at a price of $22.62 per share, which was the net asset value per share determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on April 21, 2005. These shares represent 5% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares.

A total of 4,229,200 shares were properly tendered and not withdrawn by April 20, 2005, the final date for withdrawals. In accordance with the terms of the tender offer, the Fund is purchasing shares on a pro rata basis from all tendering shareholders, other than shareholders holding 99 or fewer shares who tendered all their shares and from whom the Fund is accepting all shares properly tendered. The Fund is purchasing an aggregate of 546,487 shares. Accordingly, on a pro rata basis, 7.492% of the shares tendered by each shareholder who properly tendered 100 or more shares have been accepted for payment.

Evergreen Utilities and High Income Fund is a non-diversified 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 an emphasis on providing tax-advantaged dividend income. Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC is the Fund’s investment advisor.

Investments in the fund involve risk. Additional risks are associated with investing in utility and below investment grade securities, such as risk that concentrating investments in one single sector could increase volatility of your investment and risk that below investment grade investment is more prone to default or decline in market value.

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PRESS RELEASE

Please contact EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., the Fund’s information agent, at 888-396-7866 for more information.

About Evergreen Investments

Evergreen Investments is the brand name under which Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) conducts its investment management business and is a leading asset management firm serving more than four million individual and institutional investors through a broad range of investment products. Led by 350 investment professionals, Evergreen Investments strives to meet client investment objectives through disciplined, team-based asset management. Evergreen Investments manages more than $248 billion in assets (as of March 31, 2005). For more information on Evergreen, please visit www.evergreeninvestments.com.

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