European Fund Portfolio of <strong>Investment</strong>s 31 December 2006 Transferable Securities Admitted to an Official Stock Exchange Listing or Dealt in on Another Regulated Market Holding Description Value (€) % COMMON STOCKS (SHARES) Belgium 239,836 Delhaize Group ___________ 15,181,619 ______ 1.32 Denmark 582,812 Danske Bank ___________ 19,585,523 ______ 1.70 Finland 726,733 Fortum ___________ 15,668,363 ______ 1.36 France 104,590 Air Liquide 18,951,708 1.65 103,776 Assurances Generales de France 12,245,568 1.06 640,860 AXA 19,712,854 1.71 350,421 Cap Gemini 16,680,040 1.45 78,465 EDF – Electricite de France 4,331,268 0.37 215,777 LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton 17,240,582 1.50 201,615 Societe Generale 26,109,142 2.27 664,001 Total ___________ 36,420,455 ______ 3.16 ___________ 151,691,617 ______ 13.17 Germany 339,898 Altana 15,975,206 1.39 469,370 Bayer 19,084,584 1.66 334,242 BMW – Bayerische Motoren Werke 14,542,869 1.26 803,659 Deutsche Post 18,355,572 1.59 179,700 Deutsche Postbank 11,495,409 1.00 452,607 Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermaerkte 12,252,071 1.06 212,912 RWE 17,778,152 1.54 528,580 SAP 21,280,631 1.85 360,562 Siemens ___________ 27,092,629 ______ 2.35 ___________ 157,857,123 ______ 13.70 Greece 130,995 Hellenic Telecommunications Organization ___________ 2,981,446 ______ 0.26 Ireland 942,374 Allied Irish Banks ___________ 21,203,415 ______ 1.84 Italy 3,804,820 Banca Intesa 21,573,329 1.87 1,003,161 ENI 25,620,732 2.22 9,152,969 Telecom Italia* 21,051,829 1.83 1,120,124 UniCredito Italiano 7,448,825 0.65 2,926,511 UniCredito Italiano ___________ 19,490,563 ______ 1.69 ___________ 95,185,278 ______ 8.26 Netherlands 1,106,971 Aegon 16,006,801 1.39 330,774 Randstad Holdings 17,332,558 1.50 Transferable Securities Admitted to an Official Stock Exchange Listing or Dealt in on Another Regulated Market Holding Description Value (€) % 1,379,400 STMicroelectronics 19,408,158 1.69 590,407 TNT 19,188,227 1.67 720,310 Unilever – CVA ___________ 14,989,651 ______ 1.30 ___________ 86,925,395 ______ 7.55 Spain 2,126,946 Banco Santander Central Hispano 29,926,130 2.60 1,422,834 Telefonica ___________ 22,879,171 ______ 1.98 ___________ 52,805,301 ______ 4.58 Sweden 767,686 Atlas Copco 'A'* 19,656,824 1.71 7,491,938 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson 'B' ___________ 22,870,833 ______ 1.98 ___________ 42,527,657 ______ 3.69 Switzerland 471,581 Compagnie Financiere Richemont 'A' 20,835,663 1.81 510,995 Credit Suisse Group 26,914,543 2.34 260,763 Holcim 18,129,036 1.57 625,792 Novartis 27,318,325 2.37 49,913 Swisscom ___________ 14,277,707 ______ 1.24 ___________ 107,475,274 ______ 9.33 United Kingdom 555,010 Anglo American 20,588,681 1.79 1,829,639 Aviva 22,397,070 1.94 1,913,321 BG Group 19,745,815 1.71 440,039 Cairn Energy 11,788,982 1.02 1,162,179 Drax Group 14,122,682 1.23 63,477 Enterprise Inns 1,278,993 0.11 1,620,645 GlaxoSmithKline 32,437,035 2.82 2,478,718 Home Retail Group 15,134,391 1.31 2,603,719 Imperial Chemical Industries 17,526,150 1.52 8,102 Imperial Tobacco Group 242,517 0.02 9,043,644 ITV 14,343,233 1.25 1,921,280 Marks & Spencer Group 20,514,635 1.78 764,618 Resolution 7,304,579 0.63 449,605 Rio Tinto 18,198,457 1.58 1,100,422 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 32,660,328 2.84 1,079,602 Royal Dutch Shell 'B' 28,778,668 2.50 760,014 Standard Chartered 16,886,685 1.47 2,748,817 Tullow Oil 16,292,318 1.41 16,288,893 Vodafone Group 34,324,324 2.98 454,184 Xstrata 17,247,494 1.50 1,761,459 Yell Group ___________ 14,952,072 ______ 1.30 ___________ 376,765,109 ______ 32.71 Total Portfolio 1,145,853,120 99.47 Other Net Asset ___________ 6,084,296 ______ 0.53 Total Net Assets (€) 1,151,937,416 ___________ ______ 100.00 ( * ) Securities lent, see Note 13 for further details. 92 <strong>Merrill</strong> <strong>Lynch</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Investment</strong> <strong>Funds</strong>
European Fund continued Sector Breakdown as at 31 December 2006 % of net assets Finance 26.9 Energy 12.0 Consumer discretionary 11.4 Materials 11.3 Industrials 8.9 Telecommunication services 8.3 Information technology 6.9 Healthcare 6.6 Utilities 4.5 Consumer staples 2.7 Other net assets ___________ 0.5 ___________ 100.0 Open Forward Foreign Exchange Transactions as at 31 December 2006 Purchases Sales Value date Unrealised profit € €996,116 £668,558 4/1/2007 _______ 574 Net unrealised profit _______ 574 Note: The net unrealised profit attributed to this transaction is included in the Statement of Net Assets (see Note 2c). The notes on pages 213 to 219 form an integral part of these financial statements. <strong>Audited</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Accounts 93