N-CSR 1 a06-26050_1ncsr.htm CERTIFIED ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:

811-09081

 

Morgan Stanley International Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York

 

10020

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Ronald E. Robison
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

212-762-4000

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

October 31, 2006

 

 

Date of reporting period:

October 31, 2006

 

 




Item 1 - Report to Shareholders




Welcome, Shareholder:

In this report, you'll learn about how your investment in Morgan Stanley International Fund performed during the annual period. We will provide an overview of the market conditions, and discuss some of the factors that affected performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes the Fund's financial statements and a list of Fund investments.

This material must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus for the fund being offered.

Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The Fund is subject to market risk, which is the possibility that market values of securities owned by the Fund will decline and, therefore, the value of the Fund's shares may be less than what you paid for them. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in this Fund. Please see the prospectus for more complete information on investment risks.



Fund Report

For the year ended October 31, 2006

Total Return for the 12 Months Ended October 31, 2006  
Class A   Class B   Class C   Class D   MSCI
EAFE
Index1
  Lipper
International
Large-Cap
Core Funds
Index2
 
  25.21 %     24.28 %     24.34 %     25.61 %     27.52 %     26.44 %  

 

The performance of the Fund's four share classes varies because each has different expenses. The Fund's total returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions but do not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Such costs would lower performance. See Performance Summary for standardized performance and benchmark information.

Market Conditions

During the one-year period ended October 31, 2006, global equities moved steadily higher until mid-May when they suffered a significant sell-off. Since that time, global equities have churned but still grinded higher. Recently, equity markets in the U.S., Europe and Asia all touched five-year highs. For the 12 months overall, the MSCI EAFE Index gained 27.52 percent. All developed markets — Asia ex-Japan, Europe and Japan — produced double-digit returns during the period. Sector performance, however, was a bit more mixed. Utilities and materials led, while telecommunication services and energy were the primary laggards.

As of the close of the period, markets had risen considerably since July; therefore we believe there may be some market correction. The big economic questions of the day relate to the extent and duration of the U.S. housing downturn and the future of inflation. We do not believe the housing recession is over, but we think its intensity will fade and that the U.S. economy will be aided by current global growth (in Europe and Asia). Inflation remains an issue, but labor participation is low and the Federal Reserve Board is watchful. We believe the current slowdown demonstrates restrained equity valuations and fairly solid corporate (and consumer) balance sheets. If inflation indeed melts away a bit here, we believe it may be a positive influence on equity markets. The sharp rise in leveraged buyout/private equity funding is a cause for some concern, but we believe a reduced supply of public equities and increasing merger and acquisition activity are market supportive. Despite all the worries about the impact of higher interest rates and reduced liquidity, credit spreads and credit default spreads have tightened.

Performance Analysis

Morgan Stanley International Fund underperformed the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index and the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index for the 12 months ended October 31, 2006, assuming no deduction of applicable sales charges.

Relative to the MSCI EAFE Index, the underweight allocation to Europe was the primary detractor from returns. In contrast, the portfolio's emerging market and Asia ex-Japan (namely, Hong Kong and Singapore) exposures offset Japan's underperformance. During this period, sector positions were muted and did not materially impact performance.

We have been disappointed with the underperformance of the Japanese market, but the portfolio remains

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overweight in this region for a couple of reasons. First, although economic growth has been disappointing, we think Japan's underlying fundamentals of domestic — and export — growth might provide a positive backdrop for current and future earnings. Though household spending, industrial production and exports have been below expectations, the yen appears very competitive by our measures and therefore supportive to the economy. Furthermore, the trajectories of job growth, small to medium-size business sentiment/bank borrowings, and real estate prices are still headed upward. Second, the underperformance of Japanese equities relative to global equities year-to-date has been excessive by historical standards and, on some technical measures, looks to be bottoming.

During the period, the portfolio was fully invested, with overweight positions in Japan and developed Asia and a roughly 4 percent average weight in emerging markets. We did not make significant changes to the investment strategy during the course of the 12 months based on our ongoing belief that a "soft landing" is likely in the U.S. economy and that global equity markets may still have room to grow.

There is no guarantee that any sectors mentioned will continue to perform as discussed herein or that securities in such sectors will be held by the Fund in the future.

TOP 10 HOLDINGS  
Toyota Motor Corp.     2.0 %  
BP PLC     1.8    
GlaxoSmithKline PLC     1.4    
HSBC Holdings PLC     1.4    
Total S.A.     1.2    
Nestle S.A. (Registered Shares)     1.2    
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (A Shares)     1.1    
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.     1.0    
Vodafone Group PLC     1.0    
UBS AG (Registered Shares)     1.0    
TOP FIVE COUNTRIES  
Japan     28.8 %  
United Kingdom     21.1    
Germany     9.4    
France     8.3    
Switzerland     5.7    

 

Data as of October 31, 2006. Subject to change daily. All percentages for top 10 holdings and top five countries are as a percentage of net assets. These data are provided for informational purposes only and should not be deemed a recommendation to buy or sell the securities mentioned. Morgan Stanley is a full-service securities firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities, investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services.

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Investment Strategy

The Fund will normally invest at least 65 percent of its assets in a diversified portfolio of international common stocks and other equity securities. The Fund's "Investment Adviser," Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., uses a "top-down" approach that emphasizes country and sector selection and weightings over individual stock selection.

For More Information About Portfolio Holdings

Each Morgan Stanley fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings in its semiannual and annual reports within 60 days of the end of the fund's second and fourth fiscal quarters. The semiannual reports and the annual reports are filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form N-CSRS and Form N-CSR, respectively. Morgan Stanley also delivers the semiannual and annual reports to fund shareholders and makes these reports available on its public web site, www.morganstanley.com. Each Morgan Stanley fund also files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the fund's first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Morgan Stanley does not deliver the reports for the first and third fiscal quarters to shareholders, nor are the reports posted to the Morgan Stanley public web site. You may, however, obtain the Form N-Q filings (as well as the Form N-CSR and N-CSRS filings) by accessing the SEC's web site, http://www.sec.gov. You may also review and copy them at the SEC's public reference room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the SEC's public reference room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the SEC's e-mail address (publicinfo@sec.gov) or by writing the public reference section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record

You may obtain a copy of the Fund's Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures without charge, upon request, by calling toll free (800) 869-NEWS or by visiting the Mutual Fund Center on our Web site at www.morganstanley.com. It is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

You may obtain information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 without charge by visiting the Mutual Fund Center on our Web site at www.morganstanley.com. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

Householding Notice

To reduce printing and mailing costs, the Fund attempts to eliminate duplicate mailings to the same address. The Fund delivers a single copy of certain shareholder documents, including shareholder reports, prospectuses and proxy materials, to investors with the same last name who reside at the same address. Your participation in this program will continue for an unlimited period of time unless you instruct us otherwise. You can request multiple copies of these documents by calling (800) 350-6414, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., ET. Once our Customer Service Center has received your instructions, we will begin sending individual copies for each account within 30 days.

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Performance Summary

Performance of $10,000 Investment

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Average Annual Total Returns—Period Ended October 31, 2006  
Symbol   Class A Shares*
(since 06/28/99)
INLAX
  Class B Shares**
(since 06/28/99)
INLBX
  Class C Shares
(since 06/28/99)
INLCX
  Class D Shares††
(since 06/28/99)
INLDX
 
1 Year
  25.21%3
18.64   4
  24.28%3
19.28   4
  24.34%3
23.34   4
  25.61% 3
 
5 Years
  12.52   3
11.31   4
  11.67   3
11.41   4
  11.71   3
11.71   4
  12.80   3
 
Since Inception
  5.46   3
4.69   4
  4.65   3
4.65   4
  4.68   3
4.68   4
  5.70   3
 

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be lower or higher than the figures shown. For most recent month-end performance figures, please visit www.morganstanley.com or speak with your Financial Advisor. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and fund shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Performance for Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D shares will vary due to differences in sales charges and expenses.

*  The maximum front-end sales charge for Class A is 5.25%.

**  The maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for Class B is 5.0%. The CDSC declines to 0% after six years.

†  The maximum contingent deferred sales charge for Class C is 1.0% for shares redeemed within one year of purchase.

††  Class D has no sales charge.

(1)  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index measures the performance for a diverse range of global stock markets within Europe, Australasia, and the Far East. The performance of the Index is listed in U.S. dollars and assumes reinvestment of net dividends. "Net dividends" reflects a reduction in dividends after taking into account withholding of taxes by certain foreign countries represented in the Index. Indexes are unmanaged and their returns do not include any sales charges or fees. Such costs would lower performance. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

(2)  The Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index is an equally weighted performance index of the largest qualifying funds (based on net assets) in the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds classification. The Index, which is adjusted for capital gains distributions and income dividends, is unmanaged and should not be considered an investment. There are currently 30 funds represented in this Index.

(3)  Figure shown assumes reinvestment of all distributions and does not reflect the deduction of any sales charges.

(4)  Figure shown assumes reinvestment of all distributions and the deduction of the maximum applicable sales charge. See the Fund's current prospectus for complete details on fees and sales charges.

‡  Ending value assuming a complete redemption on October 31, 2006.

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Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period 05/01/06 – 10/31/06.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing cost of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) and redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs, and will not help you determine the relative total cost of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account Value
  Ending
Account Value
  Expenses Paid
During Period *
 
    05/01/06   10/31/06   05/01/06 –
10/31/06
 
Class A  
Actual (1.39% return)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,013.90     $ 6.60    
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.65     $ 6.61    
Class B  
Actual (1.01% return)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,010.10     $ 10.39    
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,014.87     $ 10.41    
Class C  
Actual (1.01% return)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,010.10     $ 10.39    
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,014.87     $ 10.41    
Class D  
Actual (1.53% return)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,015.30     $ 5.33    
Hypothetical (5% annual return before expenses)   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.91     $ 5.35    

 

*  Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio of 1.30%, 2.05%, 2.05% and 1.05% for Class A, Class B, Class C and Class D shares, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Portfolio of Investments  n  October 31, 2006

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Common Stocks (97.8%)  
    Australia (3.7%)  
    Aluminum  
  37,438     Alumina Ltd.   $ 195,040    
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  37,487     Foster's Group Ltd.     187,171    
    Beverages: Non-Alcoholic  
  9,819     Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.     52,902    
    Biotechnology  
  1,766     CSL Ltd.     76,678    
    Building Products  
  36,849     CSR Ltd.     92,420    
    Casino/Gaming  
  7,441     TABCORP Holdings Ltd.     95,041    
    Chemicals: Major Diversified  
  9,241     Orica Ltd.     174,115    
    Construction Materials  
  19,249     Boral Ltd.     108,328    
  15,387     James Hardie
Industries NV (CDI)
    93,740    
  30,746     Rinker Group Ltd.     441,499    
      643,567    
    Containers/Packaging  
  29,065     Amcor Ltd.     155,695    
    Engineering & Construction  
  4,416     Leighton Holdings Ltd.     72,710    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  3,839     Macquarie Bank Ltd.     221,545    
  10,126     Suncorp-Metway Ltd. (b)     163,042    
      384,587    
    Food Retail  
  19,725     Coles Myer Ltd.     207,355    
  19,021     Woolworths Ltd.     304,643    
      511,998    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Gas Distributors  
  8,535     AGL Energy Ltd.*   $ 101,417    
  4,929     Alinta Ltd.     40,444    
  108,362     Origin Energy Ltd.     601,441    
      743,302    
    Hospital/Nursing Management  
  17,492     Symbion Health Ltd.     44,413    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  3,619     Ansell Ltd.     31,068    
  6,903     Wesfarmers Ltd.     184,568    
      215,636    
    Investment Managers  
  24,422     AMP Ltd.     179,598    
    Investment Trusts/
Mutual Funds
 
  42,757     Macquarie Infrastructure Group
(Stapled Securities)**
    111,872    
    Major Banks  
  26,584     Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group Ltd.
    597,605    
  21,970     Commonwealth Bank
of Australia
    811,233    
  29,418     National Australia Bank Ltd.     869,453    
  31,067     Westpac Banking Corp.     575,973    
      2,854,264    
    Major Telecommunications  
  39,612     Telstra Corp., Ltd.     121,428    
    Medical/Nursing Services  
  2,665     Sonic Healthcare Ltd. (b)     27,128    
    Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
 
  18,177     Brambles Industries Ltd.     175,604    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  31,198     Insurance Australia
Group Ltd.
    134,035    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Portfolio of Investments  n  October 31, 2006 continued

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Oil & Gas Production  
  79,581     Santos Ltd.   $ 652,383    
  43,545     Woodside Petroleum Ltd. (b)     1,265,742    
      1,918,125    
    Oil Refining/Marketing  
  15,113     Caltex Australia Ltd.     259,132    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  115,873     BHP Billiton Ltd.     2,446,942    
  10,049     Rio Tinto Ltd. (b)     609,868    
      3,056,810    
    Other Transportation  
  14,252     Sydney Roads Group
(Stapled Securities)* **
    12,577    
  11,186     Transurban Group
(Stapled Securities)**
    62,520    
      75,097    
    Pharmaceuticals: Other  
  17,492     Mayne Pharma Ltd.     59,172    
    Precious Metals  
  10,722     Newcrest Mining Ltd.     197,953    
    Property - Casualty Insurers  
  12,758     QBE Insurance Group Ltd.     243,936    
    Publishing: Newspapers  
  18,368     John Fairfax Holdings Ltd.     69,103    
    Pulp & Paper  
  15,735     PaperlinX Ltd.     50,184    
    Real Estate Development  
  7,770     Lend Lease Corp., Ltd.     101,289    
    Real Estate Investment Trusts  
  1,340     Stockland (Stapled
Securities)**
    7,863    
    Steel  
  24,665     BlueScope Steel Ltd. (b)     138,235    
  18,278     OneSteel Ltd.     59,567    
      197,802    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Trucking  
  6,924     Toll Holdings Ltd.   $ 83,078    
        Total Australia     13,568,748    
    Austria (1.0%)  
    Building Products  
  3,590     Wienerberger AG     186,607    
    Containers/Packaging  
  255     Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG     47,031    
    Electric Utilities  
  4,550     Oesterreichische
Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG
(Verbund) (Class A)
    227,100    
    Industrial Machinery  
  416     Andritz AG     75,462    
    Major Banks  
  1,872     Bank Austria Creditanstalt     271,133    
  10,985     Erste Bank der
oesterreichischen
Sparkassen AG (b)
    747,917    
  1,617     Raiffeisen International
Bank-Holding AG
    185,003    
      1,204,053    
    Major Telecommunications  
  19,779     Telekom Austria AG     492,218    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  1,329     Wiener Staedtische
Versicherung AG
    85,482    
    Oil Refining/Marketing  
  9,704     OMV AG     527,445    
    Other Transportation  
  625     Flughafen Wien AG     56,033    
    Real Estate Development  
  20,208     Immofinanz Immobilien
Anlagen AG*
    245,000    
  6,631     Meinl European Land Ltd.*     146,316    
      391,316    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Portfolio of Investments  n  October 31, 2006 continued

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Steel  
  2,136     Boehler-Uddeholm AG   $ 132,427    
  4,336     voestalpine AG     204,467    
      336,894    
        Total Austria     3,629,641    
    Belgium (1.0%)  
    Chemicals: Specialty  
  1,975     Solvay S.A.     255,578    
    Electronic Equipment/
Instruments
 
  1,997     Agfa Gevaert NV     50,385    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  42,807     Fortis     1,796,790    
    Major Banks  
  24,154     Dexia     652,264    
  3,321     KBC Groep NV     362,795    
      1,015,059    
    Major Telecommunications  
  3,180     Belgacom S.A.     130,110    
    Metal Fabrications  
  209     Bekaert NV     22,285    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  840     Umicore     130,356    
    Pharmaceuticals: Other  
  3,318     UCB S.A.     205,370    
        Total Belgium     3,605,933    
    Bermuda (0.1%)  
    Apparel/Footwear  
  32,500     Yue Yuen Industrial
(Holdings) Ltd.
    98,406    
    Construction Materials  
  31,000     Cheung Kong Infrastructure
Holdings Ltd.
    92,868    
        Total Bermuda     191,274    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Brazil (0.0%)  
    Aerospace & Defense  
  4,422     Empresa Brasileira de
Aeronautica S.A.
  $ 45,797    
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  39,339     Companhia de Bebidas das
Americas
    15,530    
    Steel  
  1,105     Arcelor Brasil, S.A.     19,391    
  604     Companhia Siderurgica
Nacional S.A.
    18,721    
      38,112    
    Tobacco  
  1,200     Souza Cruz S.A.     18,234    
        Total Brazil     117,673    
    Cayman Islands (0.1%)  
    Industrial Specialties  
  37,500     Kingboard Chemical
Holdings Ltd.
    133,314    
    Major Telecommunications  
  76,000     Hutchison Telecommunications
International Ltd.*
    146,377    
        Total Cayman Islands     279,691    
    Denmark (0.5%)  
    Biotechnology  
  1,550     Novozymes A/S (B Shares)     124,178    
    Electrical Products  
  1,700     Vestas Wind Systems A/S*     47,872    
    Major Banks  
  15,944     Danske Bank A/S     668,700    
    Marine Shipping  
  41     A P Moller - Maersk A/S     371,285    
    Pharmaceuticals: Major  
  4,450     Novo Nordisk A/S (Series B)     335,944    
    Telecommunication Equipment  
  4,500     GN Store Nord A/S     63,168    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Portfolio of Investments  n  October 31, 2006 continued

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Trucking  
  225     DSV A/S   $ 41,560    
        Total Denmark     1,652,707    
    Finland (1.3%)  
    Building Products  
  948     Uponor Oyj (b)     28,734    
    Engineering & Construction  
  2,578     Kone Oyj (B Shares)     122,126    
    Food Retail  
  9,810     Kesko Oyj (B Shares)     463,598    
    Industrial Machinery  
  7,088     Metso Oyj     308,006    
    Information Technology
Services
 
  5,020     TietoEnator Oyj (b)     139,150    
    Marine Shipping  
  1,289     Cargotec Corp. (B Shares)     58,645    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  11,210     Sampo Oyj (A Shares)     242,919    
    Oil Refining/Marketing  
  10,453     Fortum Oyj     287,613    
  3,313     Neste Oil Oyj     104,264    
      391,877    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  6,478     Outokumpu Oyj     199,901    
    Pulp & Paper  
  19,556     Stora Enso Oyj (R Shares)     316,459    
  17,023     UPM-Kymmene Oyj     432,105    
      748,564    
    Steel  
  2,962     Rautaruukki Oyj     97,829    
    Telecommunication Equipment  
  98,868     Nokia Oyj     1,962,027    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Trucks/Construction/
Farm Machinery
 
  1,518     Wartsila Oyj (B Shares)   $ 69,645    
        Total Finland     4,833,021    
    France (8.3%)  
    Advertising/Marketing Services  
  2,240     Publicis Groupe     86,675    
    Aerospace & Defense  
  3,679     Thales S.A. (b)     170,011    
  342     Zodiac S.A.     21,360    
      191,371    
    Apparel/Footwear  
  714     Hermes International     77,498    
  5,577     LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis
Vuitton S.A.
    581,133    
      658,631    
    Auto Parts: O.E.M.  
  2,683     Valeo S.A. (b)     100,975    
    Automotive Aftermarket  
  2,421     Compagnie Generale des
Etablissements Michelin
(B Shares)
    197,431    
    Broadcasting  
  2,759     Societe Television
Francaise 1 (b)
    93,730    
    Building Products  
  9,213     Compagnie de Saint-Gobain     679,003    
    Chemicals: Major Diversified  
  1,594     Arkema*     77,811    
    Chemicals: Specialty  
  3,778     Air Liquide S.A.     804,223    
    Construction Materials  
  1,038     Imerys S.A. (b)     89,682    
  5,520     Lafarge S.A.     741,799    
      831,481    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Data Processing Services  
  558     Atos Origin S.A.*   $ 31,761    
    Department Stores  
  1,436     PPR     214,234    
    Electric Utilities  
  3,280     Suez S.A. (Brussels
Exchange)
    146,340    
  20,351     Suez S.A. (Paris
Exchange) (b)
    910,576    
  3,280     Suez-Strip VVPR*     42    
      1,056,958    
    Electrical Products  
  6,397     Schneider Electric S.A.     664,537    
    Electronics/Appliances  
  5,560     Thomson     95,863    
    Engineering & Construction  
  7,982     Bouygues S.A.     465,325    
  4,217     Vinci S.A.     474,938    
      940,263    
    Food Distributors  
  4,533     Sodexho Alliance S.A.     243,433    
    Food Retail  
  13,148     Carrefour S.A.     801,052    
  1,733     Casino Guichard Perrachon     146,964    
      948,016    
    Food: Major Diversified  
  5,688     Groupe Danone     833,336    
    Hotels/Resorts/Cruiselines  
  8,803     Accor S.A.     611,151    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  3,385     Alstom*     312,331    
    Information Technology
Services
 
  4,278     Capgemini S.A.     242,951    
    Integrated Oil  
  63,760     Total S.A. (b)     4,316,706    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Internet Software/Services  
  1,686     Business Objects S.A.* (b)   $ 62,140    
    Life/Health Insurance  
  2,812     CNP Assurances     295,886    
    Major Banks  
  30,238     BNP Paribas     3,324,506    
  11,926     Societe Generale     1,981,639    
      5,306,145    
    Major Telecommunications  
  41,719     France Telecom S.A.     1,083,470    
    Media Conglomerates  
  20,102     Vivendi     761,159    
    Medical Specialties  
  1,227     Essilor International S.A.     128,717    
    Motor Vehicles  
  2,756     PSA Peugeot Citroen     158,309    
  2,837     Renault S.A.     331,826    
      490,135    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  67,459     Axa     2,569,822    
    Office Equipment/Supplies  
  1,215     Neopost S.A.     148,546    
    Oilfield Services/Equipment  
  796     Technip S.A.     47,938    
    Other Consumer Specialties  
  302     Societe BIC S.A.     19,425    
    Packaged Software  
  1,570     Dassault Systemes S.A.     85,675    
    Pharmaceuticals: Major  
  27,606     Sanofi-Aventis     2,346,370    
    Publishing: Books/Magazines  
  3,217     Lagardere S.C.A.     231,347    
    Real Estate Development  
  1,633     Gecina S.A. (b)     231,745    
  1,377     Klepierre     207,716    
  2,226     Unibail (b)     484,644    
      924,105    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Regional Banks  
  13,826     Credit Agricole S.A.   $ 587,746    
    Telecommunication Equipment  
  43,275     Alcatel S.A.     549,514    
  1,977     Safran S.A.     44,734    
      594,248    
    Water Utilities  
  4,407     Veolia Environnement     269,794    
        Total France     30,185,539    
    Germany (9.1%)  
    Air Freight/Couriers  
  30,740     Deutsche Post AG (Registered
Shares)
    851,299    
    Airlines  
  9,758     Deutsche Lufthansa AG
(Registered Shares)
    225,029    
    Apparel/Footwear  
  8,910     Adidas AG     446,423    
  520     Puma AG     184,375    
      630,798    
    Auto Parts: O.E.M.  
  5,580     Continental AG     623,959    
    Chemicals: Major Diversified  
  22,902     BASF AG     2,018,453    
  21,406     Bayer AG     1,077,708    
      3,096,161    
    Chemicals: Specialty  
  3,313     Linde AG     328,350    
    Department Stores  
  3,393     KarstadtQuelle AG*     79,675    
  6,156     Metro AG     365,710    
      445,385    
    Electric Utilities  
  26,484     E.ON AG     3,177,095    
  17,716     RWE AG     1,750,627    
      4,927,722    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Engineering & Construction  
  2,343     Hochtief AG   $ 153,095    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  13,676     Depfa Bank PLC     229,686    
  5,781     Hypo Real Estate Holding AG     363,352    
      593,038    
    Food: Specialty/Candy  
  3,310     Suedzucker AG     81,696    
    Hotels/Resorts/Cruiselines  
  9,809     TUI AG (b)     214,563    
    Household/Personal Care  
  2,204     Beiersdorf AG     125,167    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  6,674     MAN AG     593,234    
  34,443     Siemens AG (Registered
Shares)
    3,098,909    
  15,637     ThyssenKrupp AG     580,319    
      4,272,462    
    Industrial Machinery  
  2,250     Heidelberger
Druckmaschinen AG
    102,396    
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  4,376     Deutsche Boerse AG     705,565    
    Major Banks  
  25,218     Commerzbank AG (b)     895,015    
  21,123     Deutsche Bank AG (Registered
Shares)
    2,658,247    
  2,214     Deutsche Postbank AG     164,671    
      3,717,933    
    Major Telecommunications  
  122,221     Deutsche Telekom AG
(Registered Shares) (b)
    2,115,068    
    Medical Distributors  
  3,392     Celesio AG     174,886    
    Medical/Nursing Services  
  2,772     Fresenius Medical Care AG &
Co. KGaA
    369,823    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Motor Vehicles  
  34,865     DaimlerChrysler AG
(Registered Shares)
  $ 1,988,914    
  6,765     Volkswagen AG     667,369    
      2,656,283    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  16,643     Allianz SE (Registered Shares)     3,088,691    
  8,377     Muenchener
Rueckversicherungs-
Gesellschaft AG (Registered
Shares)
    1,359,647    
      4,448,338    
    Packaged Software  
  9,551     SAP AG     1,900,019    
    Pharmaceuticals: Major  
  2,120     Merck KGaA     223,478    
    Pharmaceuticals: Other  
  3,070     Altana AG     171,331    
        Total Germany     33,153,844    
    Greece (0.3%)  
    Casino/Gaming  
  6,990     Greek Organisation of Football
Prognostics S.A.
    249,599    
    Construction Materials  
  1,850     Titan Cement Co. S.A.     97,083    
    Major Banks  
  8,821     National Bank of Greece S.A.     400,312    
    Regional Banks  
  9,713     Alpha Bank A.E.     282,623    
  4,879     EFG Eurobank Ergasias     162,265    
      444,888    
        Total Greece     1,191,882    
    Hong Kong (2.6%)  
    Airlines  
  57,000     Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.     124,440    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Apparel/Footwear Retail  
  52,500     Esprit Holdings Ltd.   $ 508,280    
    Broadcasting  
  16,000     Television Broadcasts Ltd.     91,749    
    Electric Utilities  
  95,300     CLP Holdings Ltd.     605,297    
  76,000     Hongkong Electric
Holdings Ltd.
    357,638    
      962,935    
    Electronic Production
Equipment
 
  1,000     ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.     5,188    
    Engineering & Construction  
  35,000     Hopewell Holdings Ltd.     103,951    
  128,269     New World Development
Co., Ltd.
    219,672    
      323,623    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  68,000     Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. (The)     230,814    
    Gas Distributors  
  207,483     Hong Kong & China Gas
Co., Ltd.
    475,378    
    Hotels/Resorts/Cruiselines  
  58,642     Shangri-La Asia Ltd.     127,271    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  114,900     Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.     1,019,337    
  50,000     Swire Pacific Ltd. (Class A)     528,112    
      1,547,449    
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  57,000     Hong Kong Exchanges &
Clearing Ltd.
    451,445    
    Major Banks  
  84,440     Bank of East Asia, Ltd. (The)     403,326    
  200,500     BOC Hong Kong
(Holdings) Ltd.
    448,552    
  39,000     Hang Seng Bank Ltd.     496,921    
      1,348,799    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Major Telecommunications  
  203,611     PCCW Ltd. (b)   $ 124,873    
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing  
  87,000     Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.     68,569    
    Railroads  
  78,047     MTR Corp., Ltd.     187,448    
    Real Estate Development  
  83,000     Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.     902,812    
  104,000     Hang Lung Properties Ltd.     226,782    
  40,000     Henderson Land Development
Co., Ltd.
    220,116    
  37,305     Hysan Development Co., Ltd.     94,010    
  23,493     Kerry Properties Ltd. (b)     86,690    
  65,368     Sino Land Co., Ltd.     113,797    
  71,000     Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.     776,393    
      2,420,600    
    Real Estate Investment Trusts  
  90,500     Link REIT     186,173    
    Tools/Hardware  
  51,000     Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.     72,260    
    Wholesale Distributors  
  101,200     Li & Fung Ltd.     264,785    
        Total Hong Kong     9,522,079    
    Ireland (0.0%)  
    Major Banks  
  3,300     Allied Irish Banks PLC     90,125    
    Italy (0.6%)  
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  637     Mediobanca SpA     14,795    
    Major Banks  
  6,615     Capitalia SpA     58,461    
  51,927     Banca Intesa SpA     354,872    
  11,449     SanPaolo IMI SpA (b)     244,446    
  147,481     UniCredito Italiano SpA     1,222,458    
      1,880,237    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Regional Banks  
  4,928     Banche Popolari Unite Scpa   $ 135,216    
        Total Italy     2,030,248    
    Japan (28.8%)  
    Advertising/Marketing
Services
 
  1,650     Asatsu - DK Inc.     48,392    
    Agricultural Commodities/
Milling
 
  8,000     Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.     84,002    
    Air Freight/Couriers  
  34,500     Nippon Express Co., Ltd.     186,734    
  12,035     Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (b)     187,909    
      374,643    
    Airlines  
  36,000     Japan Airlines Corp.*     68,645    
    Apparel/Footwear  
  6,546     Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd.     89,780    
  3,000     Wacoal Holdings Corp.     36,272    
      126,052    
    Apparel/Footwear Retail  
  3,400     Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.     321,830    
  1,100     Shimamura Co., Ltd. (b)     118,982    
      440,812    
    Auto Parts: O.E.M.  
  27,100     Denso Corporation     1,033,484    
  9,059     NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.     190,940    
  3,200     Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.     63,480    
  4,050     Toyota Industries Corp.     176,614    
      1,464,518    
    Automotive Aftermarket  
  37,000     Bridgestone Corp. (b)     771,954    
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  16,200     Asahi Breweries, Ltd.     230,914    
  36,051     Kirin Brewery Co., Ltd.     479,652    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  10,000     Sapporo Holdings, Ltd.   $ 51,304    
  7,000     Takara Holdings Inc.     43,754    
      805,624    
    Beverages: Non-Alcoholic  
  2,200     ITO EN, Ltd.     69,791    
    Broadcasting  
  20     Fuji Television Network, Inc.     41,727    
  4,400     Tokyo Broadcasting
System, Inc.
    101,206    
      142,933    
    Building Products  
  9,862     JS Group Corp.     202,384    
  16,000     Nippon Sheet Glass
Company, Ltd. (b)
    71,826    
  18,500     Toto Ltd.     183,181    
      457,391    
    Chemicals: Agricultural  
  5,500     Nissan Chemical
Industries, Ltd. (b)
    70,872    
    Chemicals: Major Diversified  
  47,000     Asahi Kasei Corp.     300,205    
  32,500     Mitsubishi Chemical
Holdings Corp.
    207,867    
      508,072    
    Chemicals: Specialty  
  8,000     Daicel Chemical
Industries, Ltd.
    53,151    
  28,588     Dainippon Ink and
Chemicals, Inc.
    108,045    
  18,546     Denki Kagaku Kogyo
Kabushiki Kaisha
    70,568    
  6,108     JSR Corp. (b)     153,549    
  10,000     Kaneka Corp.     96,622    
  14,056     Kuraray Co., Ltd.     159,129    
  23,599     Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.     148,919    
  20,500     Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.     140,757    
  14,997     Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.     983,557    
  24,000     Showa Denko K.K. (b)     104,660    
  6,000     Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.     45,507    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  52,000     Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.   $ 370,825    
  21,500     Tosoh Corp.     91,000    
      2,526,289    
    Commercial Printing/Forms  
  16,000     Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.     238,187    
  17,000     Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.     186,353    
      424,540    
    Computer Processing
Hardware
 
  68,000     Fujitsu Ltd.     554,699    
    Construction Materials  
  22,000     Taiheiyo Cement Corp.     88,414    
    Containers/Packaging  
  7,617     Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.     147,846    
    Department Stores  
  12,000     Daimaru, Inc. (The)     143,856    
  4,000     Hankyu Department
Stores, Inc.
    32,869    
  7,914     Isetan Co., Ltd.     139,400    
  16,907     Marui Co., Ltd.     227,402    
  17,716     Mitsukoshi, Ltd.     90,890    
  15,040     Takashimaya Co., Ltd.     220,938    
      855,355    
    Electric Utilities  
  17,300     Chubu Electric Power
Co., Inc.
    479,282    
  26,500     Kansai Electric Power
Co., Inc. (The)
    625,395    
  10,300     Kyushu Electric Power
Co., Inc.
    240,876    
  19,800     Tohoku Electric Power
Co., Inc.
    438,495    
  31,000     Tokyo Electric Power
Co., Inc. (The)
    901,240    
      2,685,288    
    Electrical Products  
  7,000     Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.     38,068    
  9,000     Fujikura Ltd. (b)     96,272    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  24,500     Furukawa Electric Co.,
Ltd. (The)
  $ 174,925    
  1,300     Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.     75,810    
  12,000     Matsushita Electric
Works, Ltd.
    134,724    
  14,560     NGK Insulators, Ltd.     197,578    
  4,504     Nidec Corp. (b)     344,684    
  26,500     Sumitomo Electric
Industries, Ltd.
    375,237    
  1,500     Ushio Inc.     31,231    
      1,468,529    
    Electronic Components  
  7,100     Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (b)     71,091    
  15,100     Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.     125,371    
  2,200     Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.     293,459    
  21,200     Hoya Corp.     819,359    
  4,400     Ibiden Co., Ltd.     230,628    
  8,700     Murata Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.
    608,516    
  7,000     Nippon Electric Glass
Co., Ltd. (b)
    150,834    
  4,000     Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.     61,633    
  4,652     TDK Corp. (b)     363,966    
      2,724,857    
    Electronic Equipment/
Instruments
 
  46,004     Canon Inc.     2,466,397    
  14,600     Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (b)     295,246    
  2,347     Keyence Corp. (b)     519,772    
  21,530     Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.*     286,821    
  6,400     Kyocera Corp.     574,057    
  77,500     Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., Ltd.
    1,620,244    
  83,552     Mitsubishi Electric Corp.     728,713    
  86,500     NEC Corp.     445,259    
  24,000     Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.     56,640    
  8,304     Omron Corp.     214,434    
  25,432     Ricoh Co., Ltd.     502,334    
  66,000     Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. * (b)     126,413    
  4,400     Seiko Epson Corp.     111,176    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  130,026     Toshiba Corp. (b)   $ 822,738    
  9,000     Yokogawa Electric Corp.     123,514    
      8,893,758    
    Electronic Production
Equipment
 
  8,300     Advantest Corp. (b)     419,436    
  8,900     Tokyo Electron Ltd. (b)     665,122    
      1,084,558    
    Electronics/Appliance Stores  
  4,400     Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)     437,931    
    Electronics/Appliances  
  16,600     FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.     616,024    
  12,000     Nikon Corp.     246,772    
  6,704     Pioneer Corp. (b)     106,679    
  31,500     Sharp Corp.     561,586    
  27,196     Sony Corp.     1,127,838    
      2,658,899    
    Engineering & Construction  
  8,000     Chiyoda Corp.     145,019    
  6,000     Comsys Holdings Corp. (b)     63,514    
  11,546     JGC Corp.     179,780    
  51,000     Kajima Corp.     243,771    
  34,571     Obayashi Corp.     226,729    
  10,000     Okumura Corp.     50,534    
  36,000     Shimizu Corporation     213,630    
  49,000     Taisei Corp.     166,755    
      1,289,732    
    Finance/Rental/Leasing  
  840     Acom Co., Ltd.     32,321    
  700     Aeon Credit Service Co., Ltd.     15,652    
  800     Aiful Corp.     27,636    
  2,000     Credit Saison Co., Ltd.     72,339    
  1,100     Promise Co., Ltd.     39,786    
  1,360     Takefuji Corp. (b)     49,307    
      237,041    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  366     Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.     2,851,013    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Food Retail  
  17,803     Aeon Co., Ltd.   $ 419,387    
  2,652     FamilyMart Co., Ltd.     71,884    
  2,403     Lawson, Inc.     81,573    
  28,600     Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.     917,059    
      1,489,903    
    Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy  
  10,000     Meiji Dairies Corp.     65,669    
  9,000     Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.     99,504    
  4,700     Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.     126,191    
      291,364    
    Food: Specialty/Candy  
  26,000     Ajinomoto Co., Inc.     300,795    
  5,500     Kikkoman Corp. (b)     62,078    
  11,000     Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.     55,870    
  3,350     Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.     101,116    
  5,000     Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.     51,860    
      571,719    
    Gas Distributors  
  54,000     Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.     194,852    
  62,000     Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.     316,494    
      511,346    
    Home Building  
  6,306     Daito Trust Construction
Co., Ltd.
    332,689    
  34,000     Daiwa House Industry
Co., Ltd.
    613,425    
  20,572     Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.     181,885    
  39,046     Sekisui House, Ltd.     617,324    
      1,745,323    
    Household/Personal Care  
  22,000     Kao Corp. (b)     577,512    
  14,000     Shiseido Company, Ltd.     272,937    
  1,800     Uni-Charm Corp. (b)     100,197    
      950,646    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  130,000     Hitachi, Ltd.   $ 750,321    
  43,000     Kawasaki Heavy
Industries, Ltd. (b)
    158,837    
      909,158    
    Industrial Machinery  
  12,053     Amada Co., Ltd.     119,654    
  7,100     Daikin Industries, Ltd.     200,342    
  7,450     Fanuc Ltd.     646,580    
  42,530     Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy
Industries Co., Ltd.
    143,282    
  141,550     Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries, Ltd.
    631,801    
  2,605     SMC Corporation (b)     355,946    
  16,000     Sumitomo Heavy
Industries, Ltd.
    137,084    
  1,700     THK Co., Ltd.     43,245    
      2,277,934    
    Industrial Specialties  
  48,500     Asahi Glass Company, Ltd. (b)     558,611    
  7,700     Nitto Denko Corp. (b)     439,153    
      997,764    
    Information Technology
Services
 
  3,000     CSK Holdings Corp.     133,647    
  1,300     Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp.     72,698    
  24     Net One Systems Co., Ltd.     36,734    
  1,000     Nomura Research
Institute, Ltd.
    145,874    
  58     NTT Data Corp.     289,132    
  33,700     Softbank Corp. (b)     737,683    
  1,400     TIS Inc.     31,065    
      1,446,833    
    Internet Software/Services  
  692     Yahoo Japan Corp. (b)     269,226    
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  135,000     Daiwa Securities Group Inc.     1,531,808    
  5,900     Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (b)     51,962    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  18,000     Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Co., Ltd.
  $ 220,094    
  55,500     Nikko Cordial Corp.     664,861    
  130,950     Nomura Holdings, Inc.     2,312,200    
  84     SBI E*TRADE Securities
Co., Ltd.
    88,345    
  16,000     Shinko Securities Co., Ltd.     61,975    
      4,931,245    
    Life/Health Insurance  
  9,500     T&D Holdings, Inc.     694,528    
    Major Banks  
  54,000     Bank of Yokohama, Ltd. (The)     417,409    
  32,000     Chiba Bank, Ltd. (The)     286,755    
  34,000     Joyo Bank, Ltd. (The)     198,563    
  300     Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group, Inc.
    3,770,842    
  25,123     Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.     295,805    
  179     Resona Holdings, Inc.     544,882    
  45,000     Shinsei Bank, Ltd.     259,726    
  27,000     Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (The) (b)     288,585    
  227     Sumitomo Mitsui Financial
Group, Inc.
    2,484,481    
  56,081     Sumitomo Trust & Banking
Co., Ltd. (The)
    603,248    
      9,150,296    
    Major Telecommunications  
  72     Nippon Telegraph &
Telephone Corp.
    362,616    
    Marine Shipping  
  5,000     Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.     41,684    
  44,015     Nippon Yusen Kabushiki
Kaisha
    285,655    
      327,339    
    Medical Specialties  
  5,400     Olympus Corp.     171,766    
  7,750     Terumo Corp. (b)     313,446    
      485,212    
    Metal Fabrications  
  16,000     Minebea Co., Ltd.     97,546    
  72,000     Mitsubishi Materials Corp.     283,814    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  43,604     Mitsui Mining & Smelting
Co., Ltd.
  $ 211,029    
  27,553     NSK Ltd.     230,884    
  19,551     NTN Corp.     160,989    
      984,262    
    Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
 
  350     OBIC Co., Ltd.     74,280    
  9,985     Secom Co., Ltd.     499,463    
  1,610     USS Co., Ltd.     102,148    
      675,891    
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing  
  15,527     Ebara Corp. (b)     60,674    
  3,500     Kurita Water Industries Ltd.     71,526    
      132,200    
    Motor Vehicles  
  76,209     Honda Motor Co., Ltd.     2,697,779    
  113,005     Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.     1,353,741    
  122,855     Toyota Motor Corp.     7,279,907    
  1,500     Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.     41,043    
      11,372,470    
    Movies/Entertainment  
  2,400     Oriental Land Co., Ltd. (b)     135,853    
  3,650     TOHO Co., Ltd.     68,974    
      204,827    
    Office Equipment/Supplies  
  3,300     Kokuyo Co., Ltd.     50,988    
    Oil & Gas Production  
  21     INPEX Holdings Inc.*     171,663    
    Oil Refining/Marketing  
  60,000     Nippon Oil Corp.     446,345    
  7,400     Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.     82,953    
  12,000     TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.     114,305    
      643,603    
    Other Consumer Services  
  2,454     Benesse Corp.     88,130    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  22,095     Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.   $ 185,904    
  18,500     Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc.     138,256    
  40,500     Sumitomo Metal Mining
Co., Ltd.
    532,266    
      856,426    
    Other Transportation  
  4,000     Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.     65,464    
    Packaged Software  
  1,400     Fuji Soft Inc.     35,254    
  1,450     Oracle Corp. Japan (b)     67,572    
  4,200     Trend Micro Inc.     134,673    
      237,499    
    Personnel Services  
  1,500     Meitec Corp.     47,328    
    Pharmaceuticals: Major  
  42,300     Takeda Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
    2,716,315    
    Pharmaceuticals: Other  
  24,600     Astellas Pharma Inc.     1,108,525    
  12,606     Chugai Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
    258,695    
  32,700     Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.     973,031    
  13,203     Eisai Co., Ltd.     676,237    
  12,032     Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd     92,593    
  15,181     Shionogi & Co., Ltd.     304,399    
  8,959     Taisho Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd.
    160,871    
      3,574,351    
    Property - Casualty Insurers  
  31,000     Millea Holdings, Inc.     1,171,612    
  50,000     Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
Co., Ltd.
    622,061    
  34,000     Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.     452,364    
      2,246,037    
    Pulp & Paper  
  40     Nippon Paper Group, Inc.     143,309    
  43,000     Oji Paper Co., Ltd.     227,961    
      371,270    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Railroads  
  56     Central Japan Railway Co.   $ 603,335    
  137     East Japan Railway Co.     958,239    
  16,500     Keihin Electric Express
Railway Co., Ltd. (b)
    117,666    
  10,000     Keio Corp.     66,695    
  63,550     Kintetsu Corp.     196,709    
  34,500     Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.     169,919    
  39,000     Tokyu Corp.     264,113    
  21     West Japan Railway Co.     89,782    
      2,466,458    
    Real Estate Development  
  8,000     Leopalace21 Corp.     300,983    
  80,000     Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (b)     1,915,348    
  56,500     Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.     1,391,364    
  34,500     Sumitomo Realty &
Development Co., Ltd.
    1,144,592    
  12,000     Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.     143,241    
      4,895,528    
    Real Estate Investment Trusts  
  25     Japan Real Estate
Investment Corp.
    228,730    
  23     Japan Retail Fund
Investment Corp.
    177,982    
  30     Nippon Building Fund Inc.     323,215    
      729,927    
    Recreational Products  
  4,100     Konami Corp.     113,236    
  4,508     Nintendo Co., Ltd.     922,030    
  3,950     Shimano Inc.     110,107    
  4,700     Yamaha Corp.     100,470    
      1,245,843    
    Regional Banks  
  15,000     77 Bank, Ltd. (The) (b)     98,632    
  26,000     Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd. (The)     207,644    
  13,000     Bank of Kyoto, Ltd. (The) (b)     133,501    
  53,000     Hokuhoku Financial
Group, Inc.
    197,589    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  25,000     Nishi-Nippon City Bank,
Ltd. (The)
  $ 118,640    
      756,006    
    Restaurants  
  5,407     Skylark Co., Ltd.     115,584    
    Semiconductors  
  2,000     NEC Electronics Corp.* (b)     63,959    
  5,805     Rohm Co., Ltd.     534,090    
  5,000     Sanken Electric Co., Ltd     58,487    
      656,536    
    Specialty Stores  
  2,900     Shimachu Co., Ltd.     83,070    
  6,000     UNY Co., Ltd.     75,366    
      158,436    
    Specialty Telecommunications  
  39     Index Holdings (b)     26,945    
    Steel  
  13,200     JFE Holdings, Inc. (b)     530,483    
  67,000     Kobe Steel, Ltd.     205,096    
  172,108     Nippon Steel Corp. (b)     700,499    
  102,000     Sumitomo Metal
Industries, Ltd.
    383,754    
      1,819,832    
    Telecommunication Equipment  
  3,000     Uniden Corp.     28,858    
    Textiles  
  4,571     Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.     46,433    
  33,608     Teijin Ltd.     187,653    
  47,000     Toray Industries, Inc.     338,786    
      572,872    
    Tobacco  
  155     Japan Tobacco Inc.     675,930    
    Trucks/Construction/
Farm Machinery
 
  1,400     Hitachi Construction
Machinery Co., Ltd.
    33,279    
  43,500     Komatsu Ltd.     784,823    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  60,000     Kubota Corp.   $ 524,840    
      1,342,942    
    Wholesale Distributors  
  54,051     Itochu Corp.     430,744    
  53,550     Marubeni Corporation     274,275    
  49,200     Mitsubishi Corp.     950,765    
  60,000     Mitsui & Co., Ltd.     819,325    
  36,000     Sumitomo Corporation     473,433    
      2,948,542    
    Wireless Telecommunications  
  95     NTT DoCoMo, Inc.     145,404    
        Total Japan     104,799,269    
    Mexico (0.7%)  
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  10,300     Grupo Modelo, S.A. de C.V.
(Series C)
    49,735    
    Beverages: Non-Alcoholic  
  4,000     Coca-Cola Femsa, S.A. de C.V.
(Series L)
    13,799    
  12,500     Fomento Economico
Mexicano, S.A. de C.V.
(Series UBD) (Units) †
    120,926    
      134,725    
    Broadcasting  
  42,000     Grupo Televisa S.A.
(Series CPO)
    207,445    
    Construction Materials  
  116,400     Cemex S.A.B. de C.V.
(Series CPO) (Units) † *
    358,312    
    Discount Stores  
  73,600     Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A.
de C.V. (Series V)
    255,608    
    Home Building  
  6,000     Urbi, Desarrollos Urbanos,
S.A. de C.V.*
    18,280    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Household/Personal Care  
  10,300     Kimberly-Clark de Mexico,
S.A.B. de C.V. (Series A)
  $ 43,031    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  6,600     Alfa, S.A. (A Shares)     36,650    
    Major Telecommunications  
  241,500     Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de
C.V. (Series L)
    318,666    
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing  
  14,700     Grupo Carso S.A. de C.V.
(Series A1)
    49,414    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  21,400     Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V.
(Series B)
    74,718    
    Real Estate Development  
  7,400     Corporacion GEO, S.A. de C.V.
(Series B)*
    33,884    
    Regional Banks  
  26,400     Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.
de C.V. (Series O)
    95,608    
    Wireless Telecommunications  
  359,000     America Movil S.A. de C.V.
(Series L)
    768,738    
        Total Mexico     2,444,814    
    Netherlands (3.6%)  
    Aerospace & Defense  
  8,611     European Aeronautic Defence
and Space Co.
    233,524    
    Air Freight/Couriers  
  19,746     TNT NV     760,027    
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  19,457     Heineken NV     881,750    
    Chemicals: Major Diversified  
  4,421     Koninklijke DSM NV     201,479    
    Electronic Equipment/
Instruments
 
  3,463     Oce NV (b)     52,901    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Financial Conglomerates  
  58,616     ING Groep NV-CVA (Dutch
Certificates)
  $ 2,596,507    
    Food: Major Diversified  
  56,805     Unilever NV-CVA (Dutch
Certificates) (b)
    1,400,595    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  25,952     Koninklijke (Royal) Philips
Electronics NV
    906,493    
    Industrial Specialties  
  8,069     Akzo Nobel NV     452,479    
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  3,887     Euronext NV     389,406    
    Life/Health Insurance  
  63,979     Aegon NV     1,176,577    
    Major Banks  
  58,351     ABN AMRO Holding NV     1,701,583    
    Major Telecommunications  
  46,978     Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV     627,711    
    Medical Specialties  
  5,840     Qiagen N.V. * (b)     92,194    
    Personnel Services  
  1,070     Vedior NV - CVA (Dutch
Certificates)
    19,568    
    Publishing: Books/Magazines  
  12,027     Reed Elsevier NV     206,749    
  6,512     Wolters Kluwer NV     179,011    
      385,760    
    Real Estate Development  
  2,059     Rodamco Europe NV     238,201    
    Real Estate Investment Trusts  
  2,509     Corio NV     182,193    
  1,022     Wereldhave NV     117,189    
      299,382    
    Steel  
  16,807     Mittal Steel Co. NV (b)     721,755    
        Total Netherlands     13,137,892    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Norway (0.6%)  
    Chemicals: Agricultural  
  6,967     Yara International ASA   $ 121,989    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  9,153     DNB NOR ASA     119,814    
    Food: Specialty/Candy  
  8,750     Orkla ASA     448,251    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  23,435     Norsk Hydro ASA     538,453    
    Integrated Oil  
  18,400     Statoil ASA     464,973    
    Major Telecommunications  
  20,900     Telenor ASA     329,993    
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing  
  515     Tomra Systems ASA     3,461    
    Pulp & Paper  
  5,700     Norske Skogindustrier ASA     89,780    
    Telecommunication Equipment  
  5,200     Tandberg ASA (b)     60,037    
  2,700     Tandberg Television ASA*     27,953    
      87,990    
        Total Norway     2,204,704    
    Poland (0.6%)  
    Aluminum  
  118     Grupa Kety S.A.     7,656    
    Information Technology
Services
 
  733     Prokom Software S.A.     29,030    
    Major Telecommunications  
  47,214     Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.     347,483    
    Oil Refining/Marketing  
  20,425     Polski Koncern Naftowy
Orlen S.A.
    323,564    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  8,725     KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.     315,309    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Publishing: Newspapers  
  2,517     Agora S.A.   $ 23,716    
    Regional Banks  
  5,378     Bank Pekao S.A.     362,971    
  666     Bank Przemyslowo-
Handlowy BPH
    190,788    
  1,784     Bank Zachodni WBK S.A.     121,583    
  25,556     Powszechna Kasa
Oszczednosci Bank
Polski S.A.
    322,613    
      997,955    
        Total Poland     2,044,713    
    Portugal (0.2%)  
    Cable/Satellite TV  
  1,832     PT Multimedia - Servicos de
Telecomunicacoes e
Multimedia, SGPS, S.A.
    22,211    
    Electric Utilities  
  25,212     Energias de Portugal, S.A.     113,258    
    Major Telecommunications  
  19,095     Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.
(Registered Shares)
    237,842    
    Other Transportation  
  13,568     Brisa-Auto-Estradas de
Portugal, S.A. (Private
Shares)
    149,952    
    Regional Banks  
  60,644     Banco Comercial Portugues,
S.A. (Registered Shares)
    197,354    
        Total Portugal     720,617    
    Russia (0.9%)  
    Electric Utilities  
  1,970     RAO Unified Energy System
(Registered Shares) (GDR)
    148,341    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Integrated Oil  
  25,176     Gazprom (Sponsored ADR)   $ 1,066,455    
  7,343     Lukoil (Sponsored ADR) (b)     593,314    
      1,659,769    
    Oil & Gas Production  
  3,500     Surgutneftegaz
(Sponsored ADR) (b)
    221,200    
  1,600     Tatneft (Sponsored ADR)     147,600    
      368,800    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  4,259     JSC MMC Norilsk
Nickel (ADR) (b)
    629,267    
    Precious Metals  
  3,000     Polyus Gold (ADR)*     141,600    
    Wireless Telecommunications  
  4,200     Mobile TeleSystems
(Sponsored ADR)
    185,136    
  2,200     VimpelCom (Sponsored ADR)*     145,178    
      330,314    
        Total Russia     3,278,091    
    Singapore (1.2%)  
    Aerospace & Defense  
  54,334     Singapore Technologies
Engineering Ltd.
    103,241    
    Air Freight/Couriers  
  61,000     Singapore Post Ltd.     39,158    
    Airlines  
  23,000     Singapore Airlines Ltd.     224,419    
    Computer Peripherals  
  3,543     Creative Technology Ltd.     23,653    
    Electronic Components  
  10,696     Venture Corp., Ltd.     98,185    
    Electronic Production
Equipment
 
  55,000     STATS ChipPAC Ltd.*     34,777    
    Hospital/Nursing Management  
  25,000     Parkway Holdings Ltd.     44,454    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  55,000     Fraser and Neave Ltd.   $ 156,760    
  22,000     Keppel Corp., Ltd. (b)     223,135    
      379,895    
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  31,479     Singapore Exchange Ltd.     90,933    
    Major Banks  
  43,393     DBS Group Holdings Ltd.     568,248    
  98,078     Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corp., Ltd.
    440,715    
      1,008,963    
    Major Telecommunications  
  285,600     Singapore
Telecommunications Ltd.
    485,840    
    Marine Shipping  
  33,000     Cosco Corp. (Singapore) Ltd.     40,673    
  31,000     Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.     40,397    
      81,070    
    Other Transportation  
  77,068     ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.     80,640    
    Publishing: Newspapers  
  61,328     Singapore Press
Holdings Ltd.
    164,560    
    Real Estate Development  
  49,000     Capitaland Ltd.     171,428    
  21,455     City Developments Ltd.     151,499    
  15,000     Keppel Land Ltd.     52,959    
  10,000     Singapore Land Ltd.     54,564    
  24,673     UOL Group Ltd.     63,353    
      493,803    
    Real Estate Investment Trusts  
  40,000     Ascendas Real Estate
Investment Trust
    55,720    
  35,700     CapitaMall Trust     59,355    
  4,800     K-REIT Asia     6,255    
      121,330    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Regional Banks  
  45,489     United Overseas Bank Ltd.   $ 516,854    
    Semiconductors  
  57,000     Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing Ltd.*
    43,542    
    Specialty Stores  
  7,031     Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.     55,966    
    Trucks/Construction/
Farm Machinery
 
  33,511     SembCorp Industries Ltd.     78,733    
  23,000     SembCorp Marine Ltd.     50,494    
      129,227    
        Total Singapore     4,220,510    
    South Korea (0.3%)  
    Semiconductors  
  1,825     Samsung Electronics
Co., Ltd.
    1,182,852    
    Spain (2.1%)  
    Apparel/Footwear Retail  
  2,894     Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A.     138,352    
    Broadcasting  
  759     Antena 3 de Television S.A.     16,447    
    Electric Utilities  
  10,272     Endesa, S.A.     455,411    
  8,421     Iberdrola S.A.     386,350    
  2,173     Union Fenosa, S.A. (b)     110,373    
      952,134    
    Engineering & Construction  
  433     Acciona S.A.     76,258    
  3,780     ACS, Actividades de
Construccion y
Servicios, S.A.
    189,729    
  2,956     Cintra Concesiones de
Infraestructuras de
Transporte S.A.
    45,307    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  476     Fomento de Construcciones y
Contratas S.A.
  $ 41,490    
  966     Grupo Ferrovial, S.A.     89,255    
      442,039    
    Gas Distributors  
  18,484     Gas Natural SDG, S.A.     734,098    
    Information Technology
Services
 
  921     Indra Sistemas, S.A.     20,452    
    Integrated Oil  
  12,719     Repsol YPF, S.A. (b)     422,032    
    Major Banks  
  47,275     Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Argentaria, S.A.
    1,141,488    
  91,587     Banco Santander Central
Hispano S.A.
    1,584,938    
      2,726,426    
    Major Telecommunications  
  67,551     Telefonica S.A.     1,301,750    
    Other Transportation  
  5,791     Abertis Infraestructuras S.A.     156,752    
    Real Estate Development  
  1,071     Sacyr Vallehermoso S.A. (b)     54,754    
    Regional Banks  
  12,150     Banco Popular Espanol S.A.     210,569    
    Steel  
  3,562     Acerinox, S.A.     83,643    
    Tobacco  
  4,483     Altadis, S.A.     214,545    
    Water Utilities  
  2,396     Sociedad General de Aguas
de Barcelona, S.A.
(Class A) (b)
    84,119    
        Total Spain     7,558,112    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Sweden (2.3%)  
    Advertising/Marketing
Services
 
  3,300     Eniro AB   $ 39,494    
    Apparel/Footwear Retail  
  9,850     Hennes & Mauritz AB
(B Shares)
    424,522    
    Broadcasting  
  1,050     Modern Times Group AB
(B Shares) * (b)
    60,435    
    Electronics/Appliances  
  6,300     Electrolux AB (Series B)     115,277    
    Engineering & Construction  
  12,080     Skanska AB (B Shares)     215,189    
    Household/Personal Care  
  6,086     Svenska Cellulosa AB
(B Shares)
    279,140    
    Industrial Machinery  
  650     Alfa Laval AB     24,057    
  10,200     Assa Abloy AB (B Shares) (b)     196,165    
  11,160     Atlas Copco AB (A Shares) (b)     325,801    
  7,407     Atlas Copco AB (B Shares)     211,113    
  31,545     Sandvik AB     385,169    
      1,142,305    
    Major Banks  
  14,800     Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
AB (A Shares) (b)
    413,637    
  24,500     Svenska Handelsbanken AB
(A Shares)
    633,890    
      1,047,527    
    Major Telecommunications  
  4,105     Tele2 AB (B Shares)     43,165    
  42,848     TeliaSonera AB     311,240    
      354,405    
    Medical Specialties  
  5,000     Getinge AB (B Shares)     88,377    
    Metal Fabrications  
  8,408     SKF AB (B Shares) (b)     135,236    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
 
  2,000     Securitas AB (B Shares)   $ 26,288    
  2,000     Securitas Systems AB
(B Shares)*
    6,669    
      32,957    
    Other Consumer Services  
  2,000     Securitas Direct AB
(B Shares)*
    6,088    
    Pulp & Paper  
  1,650     Holmen AB (B Shares)     72,597    
    Regional Banks  
  86,984     Nordea Bank AB     1,197,480    
    Steel  
  5,700     SSAB Svenskt Staal AB
(Series A)
    121,057    
    Telecommunication Equipment  
  468,552     Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson (B Shares)
    1,776,292    
    Tobacco  
  17,400     Swedish Match AB (b)     278,059    
    Tools/Hardware  
  6,300     Husqvarna AB (B Shares) * (b)     77,142    
    Trucks/Construction/
Farm Machinery
 
  3,100     Scania AB (B Shares)     212,097    
  3,257     Volvo AB (A Shares)     209,995    
  6,730     Volvo AB (B Shares)     420,415    
      842,507    
        Total Sweden     8,306,086    
    Switzerland (5.7%)  
    Biotechnology  
  152     Serono SA (Bearer Shares)     132,838    
    Building Products  
  116     Geberit AG (Registered
Shares)
    151,179    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  2,450     Schindler Holding AG
(Participation Certificates)
  $ 140,740    
      291,919    
    Chemicals: Agricultural  
  3,064     Syngenta AG (Registered
Shares)*
    494,901    
    Chemicals: Specialty  
  1,864     Ciba Specialty Chemicals AG
(Registered Shares)
    114,121    
  6,452     Clariant AG (Registered
Shares)*
    89,222    
  1,090     Lonza Group AG (Registered
Shares) (b)
    84,129    
      287,472    
    Computer Peripherals  
  4,810     Logitech International SA
(Registered Shares)*
    126,457    
    Construction Materials  
  5,686     Holcim Ltd. (Registered
Shares)
    489,605    
    Electronic Equipment/
Instruments
 
  1,204     Kudelski S.A. (Bearer Shares)     37,123    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  61,908     UBS AG (Registered Shares)     3,698,154    
    Food: Major Diversified  
  12,327     Nestle S.A. (Registered
Shares)
    4,212,072    
    Household/Personal Care  
  200     Givaudan S.A. (Registered
Shares)
    165,621    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  49,138     ABB Ltd. (Registered Shares)     730,868    
    Major Banks  
  22,466     Credit Suisse Group
(Registered Shares)
    1,354,679    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Major Telecommunications  
  511     Swisscom AG (Registered
Shares)
  $ 178,509    
    Medical Specialties  
  766     Nobel Biocare Holding AG
(Bearer Shares)
    209,699    
  343     Straumann Holding AG
(Registered Shares) (b)
    77,973    
  1,622     Synthes, Inc.     184,004    
      471,676    
    Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
 
  22     SGS SA (Registered
Shares) (b)
    23,365    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  1,554     Zurich Financial Services AG
(Registered Shares)
    384,190    
    Other Consumer Specialties  
  10,697     Compagnie Financiere
Richemont AG ("A" Bearer
Shares) (Units) †
    529,346    
  684     Swatch Group AG (Bearer
Shares)
    135,007    
  1,408     Swatch Group AG (Registered
Shares)
    56,261    
      720,614    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  8,583     Xstrata PLC     366,696    
    Personnel Services  
  288     Adecco S.A. (Registered
Shares)
    17,795    
    Pharmaceuticals: Major  
  57,018     Novartis AG (Registered
Shares)
    3,461,054    
  17,154     Roche Holding AG     3,002,433    
      6,463,487    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Property - Casualty Insurers  
  2,089     Swiss Re (Registered Shares)   $ 171,312    
        Total Switzerland     20,819,353    
    Turkey (1.1%)  
    Airlines  
  5,378     Turk Hava Yollari Anonim
Ortakligi*
    24,160    
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  2,410     Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt
Sanayii A.S.
    66,118    
    Electronics/Appliances  
  20,980     Arcelik A.S.     134,543    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  73,927     Haci Omer Sabanci
Holding A.S.
    311,832    
    Food Retail  
  16,539     Migros Turk T.A.S.*     190,573    
    Industrial Specialties  
  6,668     Trakya Cam Sanayii A.S.     18,661    
  15,503     Turk Sise ve Cam
Fabrikalari A.S.*
    60,077    
      78,738    
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing  
  44,112     Dogan Sirketler Grubu
Holding A.S.
    189,095    
    Motor Vehicles  
  12,467     Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.     88,073    
  38,648     Koc Holding A.S.*     149,768    
      237,841    
    Oil Refining/Marketing  
  14,625     Tupras-Turkiye Petrol
Rafinerileri A.S.
    242,747    
    Publishing: Newspapers  
  26,467     Dogan Yayin Holding A.S.*     101,657    
  15,186     Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve
Matbaacilik A.S.
    43,537    
      145,194    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Regional Banks  
  103,349     Akbank T.A.S.   $ 588,338    
  130,530     Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S.     478,968    
  90,546     Turkiye Is Bankasi (Series C)     586,872    
  105,970     Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S.*     203,509    
      1,857,687    
    Steel  
  47,688     Eregli Demir ve Celik
Fabrikalari T.A.S.
    274,746    
    Wireless Telecommunications  
  58,030     Turkcell Iletisim
Hizmetleri A.S.
    312,439    
        Total Turkey     4,065,713    
    United Kingdom (21.1%)  
    Advertising/Marketing
Services
 
  24,932     Aegis Group PLC     63,602    
  20,707     WPP Group PLC     265,205    
  13,936     Yell Group PLC     165,594    
      494,401    
    Aerospace & Defense  
  107,411     BAE Systems PLC     859,409    
  36,892     Cobham PLC     135,275    
  16,880     Meggitt PLC     107,693    
  60,863     Rolls-Royce Group PLC*     545,305    
  2,233,672     Rolls-Royce Group PLC
(B Shares)
    4,260    
      1,651,942    
    Airlines  
  22,163     British Airways PLC*     194,238    
    Apparel/Footwear  
  6,273     Burberry Group PLC     66,882    
    Auto Parts: O.E.M.  
  15,188     GKN PLC     88,497    
  2,453     TI Automotive Ltd.*     0    
      88,497    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  108,598     Diageo PLC   $ 2,009,151    
    Broadcasting  
  81,059     ITV PLC     163,107    
    Cable/Satellite TV  
  23,500     British Sky Broadcasting
Group PLC
    243,157    
    Casino/Gaming  
  25,465     Ladbrokes PLC     198,406    
  18,491     William Hill PLC     229,594    
      428,000    
    Catalog/Specialty Distribution  
  16,925     Home Retail Group*     129,447    
    Chemicals: Major Diversified  
  33,875     Imperial Chemical
Industries PLC
    262,800    
  6,330     Johnson Matthey PLC     173,251    
      436,051    
    Construction Materials  
  20,558     Hanson PLC     284,863    
    Containers/Packaging  
  16,053     Rexam PLC     180,799    
    Department Stores  
  34,451     Marks & Spencer Group PLC     431,376    
  5,408     Next PLC     193,916    
      625,292    
    Drugstore Chains  
  14,988     Alliance Boots PLC     231,552    
    Electric Utilities  
  5,887     International Power PLC     37,587    
  98,424     National Grid PLC     1,257,751    
  31,387     Scottish & Southern
Energy PLC
    786,619    
  53,003     Scottish Power PLC     660,640    
  3,486     United Utilities PLC     47,440    
      2,790,037    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Electronic Equipment/
Instruments
 
  8,225     Invensys PLC*   $ 35,846    
    Electronics/Appliance Stores  
  41,274     DSG International PLC     171,220    
  5,842     Kesa Electricals PLC     39,082    
      210,302    
    Engineering & Construction  
  8,965     AMEC PLC     63,779    
  17,587     Balfour Beatty PLC     135,936    
      199,715    
    Environmental Services  
  15,889     Biffa PLC*     80,763    
    Finance/Rental/Leasing  
  1,021     Provident Financial PLC     12,064    
    Financial Conglomerates  
  520     Close Brothers Group PLC     9,625    
  153,317     Lloyds TSB Group PLC     1,636,098    
      1,645,723    
    Financial Publishing/Services  
  31,342     Reuters Group PLC     267,360    
    Food Retail  
  36,042     Sainsbury (J) PLC     269,300    
  194,065     Tesco PLC     1,456,502    
      1,725,802    
    Food: Major Diversified  
  44,547     Unilever PLC     1,105,388    
    Food: Specialty/Candy  
  67,648     Cadbury Schweppes PLC     680,607    
  23,718     Tate & Lyle PLC     356,470    
      1,037,077    
    Gas Distributors  
  83,402     Centrica PLC     526,928    
    Home Building  
  5,365     Barratt Developments PLC     110,820    
  2,533     Bellway PLC     65,076    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
  2,653     Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
(The) (Units)† *
  $ 72,865    
  6,048     Persimmon PLC     153,997    
  13,114     Taylor Woodrow PLC     90,982    
  9,081     Wimpey (George) PLC     91,104    
      584,844    
    Home Improvement Chains  
  24,918     Kingfisher PLC     125,112    
    Hotels/Resorts/Cruiselines  
  7,759     Carnival PLC     378,700    
  18,479     InterContinental Hotels
Group PLC
    355,622    
      734,322    
    Household/Personal Care  
  31,514     Reckitt Benckiser PLC     1,371,033    
    Industrial Conglomerates  
  18,262     Smiths Group PLC     329,502    
  30,982     Tomkins PLC     143,593    
      473,095    
    Industrial Machinery  
  8,278     FKI PLC     15,118    
    Information Technology
Services
 
  31,141     LogicaCMG PLC     98,299    
  18,461     Misys PLC     71,742    
      170,041    
    Integrated Oil  
  99,781     BG Group PLC     1,323,622    
  582,857     BP PLC     6,481,113    
  111,123     Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(A Shares)
    3,853,158    
  77,634     Royal Dutch Shell PLC
(B Shares)
    2,780,780    
      14,438,673    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Investment Banks/Brokers  
  1,939     ICAP PLC   $ 18,824    
  857     London Stock Exchange
Group PLC
    20,628    
      39,452    
    Investment Managers  
  1,896     3i Group PLC     34,716    
  2,920     Amvescap PLC     33,388    
  7,062     Man Group PLC     65,730    
  497     Schroders PLC     9,394    
      143,228    
    Life/Health Insurance  
  64,672     Friends Provident PLC     255,332    
  60,911     Prudential PLC     746,428    
      1,001,760    
    Major Banks  
  158,076     Barclays PLC     2,133,101    
  91,548     HBOS PLC     1,898,005    
  259,950     HSBC Holdings PLC     4,928,278    
  70,702     Royal Bank of Scotland
Group PLC
    2,518,997    
      11,478,381    
    Major Telecommunications  
  225,007     BT Group PLC     1,194,126    
    Medical Specialties  
  23,793     Smith & Nephew PLC     232,461    
    Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
 
  18,741     BBA Group PLC     95,796    
  2,895     Brambles Industries PLC     27,249    
  16,925     Experian Group Ltd.*     186,262    
  4,556     Group 4 Securicor PLC     15,207    
  7,234     Rentokil Initial PLC     20,903    
  1,852     Serco Group PLC     12,540    
      357,957    
    Miscellaneous Manufacturing  
  14,064     IMI PLC     141,364    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Movies/Entertainment  
  18,063     EMI Group PLC   $ 92,847    
    Multi-Line Insurance  
  84,622     Aviva PLC     1,250,846    
  214,535     Legal & General Group PLC     591,269    
  793     Resolution PLC     9,408    
  88,262     Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance
Group PLC
    248,305    
      2,099,828    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  47,776     Anglo American PLC     2,154,152    
  88,482     BHP Billiton PLC     1,706,181    
  36,883     Rio Tinto PLC     2,034,434    
      5,894,767    
    Other Transportation  
  5,161     Arriva PLC     70,382    
  14,211     FirstGroup PLC     145,620    
  20,281     Stagecoach Group PLC     53,961    
      269,963    
    Packaged Software  
  44,053     Sage Group PLC (The)     201,653    
    Personnel Services  
  2,643     Capita Group PLC     27,171    
  6,365     Hays PLC     18,058    
      45,229    
    Pharmaceuticals: Major  
  54,378     AstraZeneca PLC     3,213,096    
  185,504     GlaxoSmithKline PLC     4,953,365    
      8,166,461    
    Publishing: Books/Magazines  
  4,776     EMAP PLC     71,414    
  16,910     Pearson PLC     249,473    
  26,694     Reed Elsevier PLC     303,953    
      624,840    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Publishing: Newspapers  
  7,098     Daily Mail and General Trust   $ 90,840    
  6,431     United Business Media PLC     85,125    
      175,965    
    Pulp & Paper  
  12,765     Bunzl PLC     168,723    
    Railroads  
  4,939     National Express Group PLC     91,847    
    Real Estate Development  
  12,512     British Land Company PLC     356,769    
  6,867     Hammerson PLC     176,422    
  11,177     Land Securities Group PLC     446,823    
  6,006     Liberty International PLC     153,958    
  9,785     Slough Estates PLC     128,121    
      1,262,093    
    Restaurants  
  93,630     Compass Group PLC     500,918    
  15,944     Enterprise Inns PLC     327,820    
  19,756     Mitchells & Butlers PLC     224,573    
  11,399     Punch Taverns PLC     223,718    
  9,888     Whitbread PLC     264,220    
      1,541,249    
    Specialty Stores  
  9,191     Galiform PLC*     17,705    
  34,293     Signet Group PLC     78,325    
      96,030    
    Steel  
  25,562     Corus Group PLC     227,927    
    Tobacco  
  32,046     British American
Tobacco PLC
    873,424    
  13,616     Imperial Tobacco
Group PLC
    482,259    
      1,355,683    
    Water Utilities  
  18,065     Kelda Group PLC     298,384    
  10,593     Severn Trent PLC     282,039    
      580,423    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Wholesale Distributors  
  18,573     Electrocomponents PLC   $ 102,199    
  19,361     Wolseley PLC     457,528    
      559,727    
    Wireless Telecommunications  
  1,443,073     Vodafone Group PLC     3,715,703    
        Total United Kingdom     76,536,309    
        Total Common Stocks
(Cost $248,211,593)
    355,371,440    
    Preferred Stocks (0.8%)  
    Brazil (0.5%)  
    Beverages: Alcoholic  
  197,692     Companhia de Bebidas das
Americas
    86,614    
    Containers/Packaging  
  7,500     Klabin S.A.     16,150    
    Electric Utilities  
  1,330,027     Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras
S.A. (B Shares)
    26,594    
  1,172,000     Companhia Energetica de
Minas Gerais
    50,485    
      77,079    
    Food Retail  
  200     Companhia Brasileira de
Distribuicao Grupo Pao de
Acucar (Sponsored ADR) (b)
    5,974    
    Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy  
  5,500     Sadia S.A.     16,201    
    Integrated Oil  
  26,504     Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.     531,192    
    Major Telecommunications  
  2,800,010     Brasil Telecom
Participacoes S.A.
    18,597    

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
 
  4,578     Contax Participacoes S.A.   $ 3,691    
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  14,886     Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
(Class A)
    320,131    
    Pulp & Paper  
  4,988     Aracruz Celulose S.A.
(B Shares)
    27,433    
  768     Votorantim Celulose e
Papel S.A.
    14,129    
      41,562    
    Regional Banks  
  4,000     Banco Bradesco S.A.     141,860    
  5,530     Banco Itau Holding
Financeira S.A.
    181,713    
  950     Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos
Brasileiros S.A. (GDR)
(Units) † (b)
    74,813    
      398,386    
    Specialty Telecommunications  
  1,982,422     Embratel Participacoes S.A.     6,450    
  3,556     Tele Norte Leste
Participacoes S.A.
    51,795    
      58,245    
    Steel  
  4,250     Gerdau S.A.     62,200    
  1,600     Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas
Gerais S.A. (Class A)
    54,290    
      116,490    
    Wireless Telecommunications  
  3,989     Vivo Participacoes S.A.*     13,684    
        Total Brazil     1,703,996    
    Germany (0.3%)  
    Electric Utilities  
  1,550     RWE AG NV     137,578    

 

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NUMBER OF
SHARES
 
  VALUE  
    Household/Personal Care  
  2,604     Henkel KGaA (b)   $ 348,772    
    Motor Vehicles  
  323     Porsche AG     376,556    
  4,017     Volkswagen AG     265,296    
      641,852    
        Total Germany     1,128,202    
    Russia (0.0%)  
    Oil & Gas Production  
  1,700     Surgutneftegaz
(Sponsored ADR)
    154,275    
        Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $1,626,943)
    2,986,473    
NUMBER OF
RIGHTS
 
 
 
    Rights (0.0%)  
    Austria (0.0%)  
    Real Estate Development  
  6,631     Meinl European Land Ltd.*     84    
    Brazil (0.0%)  
    Regional Banks  
  89     Banco Bradesco SA*     883    
    Japan (0.0%)  
    Other Metals/Minerals  
  22,095     Dowa Mining Co.*     0    
    Spain (0.0%)  
    Beverages: Non-Alcoholic  
  2,396     Sociedad General de Aguas
de Barcelona, S.A.*
    795    
        Total Rights
(Cost $0)
    1,762    

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN
THOUSANDS
 
  VALUE  
    Short-Term Investments (7.0%)  
    Short-Term Debt Securities
held as Collateral on Loaned
Securities
 
        Alliance & Leister PLC.,        
$ 764     5.31% 11/30/07 (a)   $ 764,384    
        Amsouth Bank,        
  1,529     5.30% 11/13/06 (a)     1,528,768    
        Aspen Funding Corp.,        
  152     5.29% 11/15/06     152,140    
        Bancaja,        
  382     5.37% 11/30/07 (a)     382,192    
        Bank of America,        
  168     5.31% 11/07/06 (a)     168,164    
  1,223     5.32% 05/15/07 (a)     1,223,014    
        Bank of New York Co., Inc.,        
  382     5.31% 11/30/07 (a)     382,192    
        Barton Capital Corp.,        
  632     5.30% 11/08/06     632,344    
        Bear Stearns,        
  764     5.36% 11/30/07 (a)     764,384    
  306     5.37% 03/08/07 (a)     305,870    
  459     5.37% 03/12/07 (a)     458,630    
        BNP Paribas Mtn.,        
  764     5.36% 11/30/07 (a)     764,384    
        CIC NY,        
  535     5.31% 09/04/07 (a)     534,999    
        Dekabank Deutsche
Girozentrale,
       
  780     5.39% 11/30/07 (a)     779,671    
        Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc.,
       
  1,837     5.33% 11/01/06     1,836,529    
        Dexia Bank NY,        
  764     5.33% 09/28/07 (a)     764,234    
        Five Finance Inc.,        
  764     5.33% 11/17/06 (a)     764,397    
        Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,        
  382     5.37% 11/30/07 (a)     382,192    

 

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PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN
THOUSANDS
 
  VALUE  
$ 719     5.42% 10/31/07 (a)   $ 718,521    
        HSBC Finance Corp.,        
  382     5.31% 11/30/07 (a)     382,192    
        Liberty Lighthouse
US Capital,
       
  382     5.33% 02/01/07 (a)     382,154    
        Manufacturers and Traders,        
  229     5.31% 12/29/06 (a)     229,305    
        Merrill Lynch and Co.,        
  402     5.35% 04/26/07 (a)     401,789    
        Natexis Banques
Populaires NY,
       
  764     5.34% 04/05/07 (a)     764,384    
  382     5.35% 02/28/07 (a)     382,192    
        National City Bank Cleveland,        
  726     5.32% 03/01/07 (a)     726,096    
  382     5.32% 09/18/07 (a)     382,163    
        National Rural Utilities Coop.,        
  1,529     5.31% 11/30/07 (a)     1,528,768    
        Nationwide Building Society,        
  887     5.42% 10/31/07 (a)     886,685    
        Nordea Bank New York,        
  1,147     5.31% 05/16/07 (a)     1,146,532    
        Norinchukin Bank NY,        
  764     5.33% 11/01/06     764,384    
        Scaldis Capital LLC,        
  609     5.29% 11/07/06     609,000    
        Skandi New York,        
  764     5.31% 11/30/07 (a)     764,384    
        SLM Corp.,        
  764     5.32% 11/30/07 (a)     764,384    
        Unicredito Italiano
Bank (IRE) Plc,
       
  535     5.33% 11/30/07 (a)     535,069    
        Wells Fargo Bank San
Francisco N.A.,
       
  153     5.30% 12/01/06 (a)     152,877    
  1,147     5.31% 12/18/06 (a)     1,146,558    

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT IN
THOUSANDS
 
  VALUE  
    World Savings Bank FSB        
$ 260     5.32% 10/19/07 (a)   $ 259,890    
    Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $25,515,815)
    25,515,815    
Total Investments
(Cost $275,354,351) (c) (d)
    105.6 %     383,875,490    
Liabilities in Excess of
Other Assets
    (5.6 )     (20,436,121 )  
Net Assets     100.0 %   $ 363,439,369    

 

  ADR  American Depositary Receipt.

  CDI  CHESS Depositary Interest.

  GDR  Global Depositary Receipt.

  VVPR  A tax recovery coupon, when presented with the corresponding share dividend coupon, there's a reduction in the Belgian tax rate, applicable to individual tax payers resident of Belgium and non-profit organizations.

  *  Non-income producing security.

  **  Comprised of securities in separate entities that are traded as a single stapled security.

  †  Consists of one or more class of securities traded together as a unit; stocks with attached warrants.

  ‡  Securities with total market value equal to $0 have been valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund's Trustees.

  (a)  Variable/Floating Rate Security - interest rate changes on these instruments are based on changes in designated base rate. The rates shown are those in effect on October 31, 2006.

  (b)  All or a portion of this security was on loan at October 31, 2006.

  (c)  Securities have been designated as collateral in an amount equal to $119,824,673, in connection with open forward foreign currency contracts and open futures contracts.

  (d)  The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $280,532,434. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is $108,595,343 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is $5,252,287, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $103,343,056.

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Futures Contracts Open at October 31, 2006:

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS
  LONG/SHORT   DESCRIPTION, DELIVERY
MONTH, AND YEAR
  UNDERLYING FACE
AMOUNT AT VALUE
  UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
  32     Long   HANG SENG Index Future
November/2006
  $ 3,772,838     $ (16,030 )  
  14     Long   NIKKEI 225 (OSE)
December/2006
    1,957,247       30,134    
  8     Long   CAC40 10 EURO Future
November/2006
    547,030       1,232    
  3     Short   TOPIX Index Future
December/2006
    (413,895 )     3,223    
  38     Short   DJ EURO STOXX 50
December/2006
    (1,945,644 )     (88,858 )  
            Net Unrealized Depreciation         $ (70,299 )  

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Contracts Open at October 31, 2006:

CONTRACTS
TO DELIVER
  IN EXCHANGE
FOR
  DELIVERY
DATE
  UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
GBP 125,000     $ 237,788     11/01/06   $ (625 )  
$ 231,914     AUD 306,096     11/16/06     4,937    
$ 2,576,351     AUD 3,399,553     11/16/06     54,155    
$ 14,355,247     EUR 11,211,621     11/16/06     (33,822 )  
$ 2,829,196     GBP 1,495,260     11/16/06     23,112    
$ 1,272,794     GBP 673,229     11/16/06     11,436    
$ 4,189,677     HKD 32,485,497     11/16/06     (10,292 )  
HKD 105,720,805     $ 13,635,395     11/16/06     34,003    
$ 5,406,357     JPY 623,028,596     11/16/06     (66,631 )  
JPY 4,134,885,845     $ 35,892,172     11/16/06     453,736    
$ 897,564     JPY 103,432,639     11/16/06     (11,085 )  
$ 6,341,524     JPY 730,797,200     11/16/06     (78,156 )  
JPY 171,890,772     $ 1,492,652     11/16/06     19,445    
$ 6,942,418     EUR 5,444,650     12/14/06     22,595    
EUR 770,175     $ 982,420     12/14/06     (2,819 )  
$ 13,401,593     EUR 10,505,944     12/14/06     38,032    
EUR 41,535,543     $ 53,009,736     12/14/06     (124,191 )  
EUR 6,200,664     $ 7,908,947     12/14/06     (23,190 )  
$ 2,417,663     EUR 1,896,117     12/14/06     7,926    
$ 21,979,936     EUR 17,232,408     12/14/06     64,449    
$ 14,673,866     EUR 11,501,292     12/14/06     39,047    
$ 6,809,839     GBP 3,568,275     12/14/06     (1,618 )  
$ 7,343,745     JPY 856,545,000     12/14/06     26,836    
Net Unrealized Appreciation     $ 447,280    

 

Currency Abbreviations:  
AUD   Australian Dollar.  
GBP   British Pound.  
EUR   Euro.  
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar.  
JPY   Japanese Yen.  

 

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INDUSTRY   VALUE   PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
 
Major Banks   $ 46,953,482       12.9 %  
Collateral on Loaned
Securities
    25,515,815       7.0    
Integrated Oil     21,833,345       6.0    
Pharmaceuticals: Major     20,252,055       5.6    
Motor Vehicles     15,398,582       4.2    
Financial Conglomerates     14,228,271       3.9    
Electric Utilities     14,078,430       3.9    
Other Metals/Minerals     11,844,381       3.3    
Real Estate Development     10,815,657       3.0    
Industrial Conglomerates     10,322,490       2.8    
Major Telecommunications     9,971,082       2.7    
Multi-Line Insurance     9,964,614       2.7    
Electronic Equipment/
Instruments
    9,070,013       2.5    
Food: Major Diversified     7,551,391       2.1    
Regional Banks     7,396,632       2.0    
Investment Banks/Brokers     6,622,841       1.8    
Food Retail     5,335,864       1.5    
Wireless
Telecommunications
    5,286,282       1.5    
Telecommunication
Equipment
    4,512,583       1.2    
Chemicals: Major
Diversified
    4,493,689       1.2    
Chemicals: Specialty     4,201,912       1.2    
Beverages: Alcoholic     4,101,693       1.1    
Steel     4,036,087       1.1    
Pharmaceuticals: Other     4,010,224       1.1    
Industrial Machinery     3,921,221       1.1    
Wholesale Distributors     3,773,054       1.0    
Engineering & Construction     3,758,492       1.0    
Household/Personal Care     3,283,410       0.9    
Life/Health Insurance     3,168,751       0.9    
Electronics/Appliances     3,004,582       0.8    
Gas Distributors     2,991,052       0.8    
Construction Materials     2,886,193       0.8    
Electronic Components     2,823,042       0.8    
Railroads     2,745,753       0.8    
Property - Casualty Insurers     2,661,285       0.7    
Oil & Gas Production     2,612,863       0.7    

 

INDUSTRY   VALUE   PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
 
Tobacco   $ 2,542,451       0.7 %  
Packaged Software     2,424,846       0.7    
Oil Refining/Marketing     2,388,368       0.7    
Trucks/Construction/
Farm Machinery
    2,384,321       0.7    
Home Building     2,348,447       0.6    
Auto Parts: O.E.M.     2,277,949       0.6    
Aerospace & Defense     2,225,875       0.6    
Electrical Products     2,180,938       0.6    
Department Stores     2,140,266       0.6    
Food: Specialty/Candy     2,138,743       0.6    
Information Technology
Services
    2,048,457       0.6    
Air Freight/Couriers     2,025,127       0.6    
Semiconductors     1,882,930       0.5    
Building Products     1,736,074       0.5    
Hotels/Resorts/Cruiselines     1,687,307       0.5    
Industrial Specialties     1,662,295       0.5    
Restaurants     1,656,833       0.5    
Apparel/Footwear     1,580,769       0.4    
Pulp & Paper     1,542,680       0.4    
Apparel/Footwear Retail     1,511,966       0.4    
Medical Specialties     1,498,637       0.4    
Real Estate
Investment Trusts
    1,344,675       0.4    
Miscellaneous Commercial
Services
    1,269,465       0.3    
Recreational Products     1,245,843       0.3    
Publishing: Books/
Magazines
    1,241,947       0.3    
Metal Fabrications     1,141,783       0.3    
Electronic Production
Equipment
    1,124,523       0.3    
Automotive Aftermarket     969,385       0.3    
Water Utilities     934,336       0.3    
Airlines     860,931       0.2    
Other Transportation     853,901       0.2    
Marine Shipping     838,339       0.2    
Broadcasting     775,846       0.2    
Casino/Gaming     772,640       0.2    
Media Conglomerates     761,159       0.2    

 

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INDUSTRY   VALUE   PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
 
Other Consumer
Specialties
  $ 740,039       0.2 %  
Chemicals: Agricultural     687,762       0.2    
Advertising/Marketing
Services
    668,962       0.2    
Electronics/Appliance
Stores
    648,233       0.2    
Miscellaneous
Manufacturing
    584,103       0.2    
Publishing: Newspapers     578,538       0.2    
Textiles     572,872       0.2    
Computer Processing
Hardware
    554,699       0.2    
Containers/Packaging     547,521       0.2    
Commercial Printing/
Forms
    424,540       0.1    
Medical/Nursing Services     396,951       0.1    
Precious Metals     339,553       0.1    
Biotechnology     333,694       0.1    
Internet Software/Services     331,366       0.1    
Investment Managers     322,826       0.1    
Specialty Stores     310,432       0.1    
Food: Meat/Fish/Dairy     307,565       0.1    
Movies/Entertainment     297,674       0.1    
Financial Publishing/
Services
    267,360       0.1    
Cable/Satellite TV     265,368       0.1    
Beverages: Non-Alcoholic     258,213       0.1    
Discount Stores     255,608       0.1    
Finance/Rental/Leasing     249,105       0.1    
Food Distributors     243,433       0.1    
Drugstore Chains     231,552       0.1    

 

INDUSTRY   VALUE   PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
 
Aluminum   $ 202,696       0.1 %  
Office Equipment/Supplies     199,534       0.1    
Medical Distributors     174,886       0.0    
Computer Peripherals     150,110       0.0    
Tools/Hardware     149,402       0.0    
Personnel Services     129,920       0.0    
Catalog/Specialty
Distribution
    129,447       0.0    
Home Improvement Chains     125,112       0.0    
Trucking     124,638       0.0    
Investment Trusts/
Mutual Funds
    111,872       0.0    
Other Consumer Services     94,218       0.0    
Hospital/Nursing
Management
    88,867       0.0    
Specialty
Telecommunications
    85,190       0.0    
Agricultural Commodities/
Milling
    84,002       0.0    
Environmental Services     80,763       0.0    
Oilfield Services/
Equipment
    47,938       0.0    
Data Processing Services     31,761       0.0    
    $ 383,875,490 *     105.6 %  

 

*  Does not include open long and short futures contracts with underlying face amounts of $6,277,115 and $2,359,539, respectively, and net unrealized appreciation of $15,336 and unrealized depreciation of $85,635, respectively. Also open forward foreign currency contracts with net unrealized appreciation of $447,280.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

October 31, 2006

Assets:  
Investments in securities, at value (cost $275,354,351) (including $24,357,631 of securities loaned)   $ 383,875,490    
Unrealized appreciation on open forward foreign currency contracts     799,709    
Cash (including $4,171,147 in foreign currency, at value with cost of $4,098,667 and $1,453,543
in segregation)
    5,624,690    
Receivable for:  
Dividends     583,082    
Shares of beneficial interest sold     428,971    
Foreign withholding taxes reclaimed     121,827    
Variation margin     110,533    
Compensated forward foreign currency contracts     16,586    
Prepaid expenses and other assets     27,863    
Total Assets     391,588,751    
Liabilities:  
Collateral on securities loaned at value     25,515,815    
Unrealized depreciation on open forward foreign currency contracts     352,429    
Payable for:  
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed     574,069    
Investment advisory fee     225,379    
Distribution fee     201,744    
Administration fee     25,145    
Transfer agent fee     11,498    
Payable to bank     1,104,113    
Accrued expenses and other payables     139,190    
Total Liabilities     28,149,382    
Net Assets   $ 363,439,369    
Composition of Net Assets:  
Paid-in-capital   $ 350,618,790    
Net unrealized appreciation     108,973,974    
Accumulated undistributed net investment income     1,880,548    
Accumulated net realized loss     (98,033,943 )  
Net Assets   $ 363,439,369    
Class A Shares:  
Net Assets   $ 143,729,867    
Shares Outstanding (unlimited authorized, $.01 par value)     10,935,778    
Net Asset Value Per Share   $ 13.14    
Maximum Offering Price Per Share,
(net asset value plus 5.54% of net asset value)
  $ 13.87    
Class B Shares:  
Net Assets   $ 166,184,327    
Shares Outstanding (unlimited authorized, $.01 par value)     12,813,430    
Net Asset Value Per Share   $ 12.97    
Class C Shares:  
Net Assets   $ 30,551,633    
Shares Outstanding (unlimited authorized, $.01 par value)     2,361,337    
Net Asset Value Per Share   $ 12.94    
Class D Shares:  
Net Assets   $ 22,973,542    
Shares Outstanding (unlimited authorized, $.01 par value)     1,736,971    
Net Asset Value Per Share   $ 13.23    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended October 31, 2006

Net Investment Income:
Income
 
Dividends (net of $682,565 foreign withholding tax)   $ 8,666,566    
Interest     221,489    
Income from securities loaned - net     3,470    
Total Income     8,891,525    
Expenses  
Investment advisory fee     2,331,459    
Distribution fee (Class A shares)     327,875    
Distribution fee (Class B shares)     1,703,395    
Distribution fee (Class C shares)     279,948    
Transfer agent fees and expenses     571,094    
Administration fee     286,949    
Custodian fees     205,212    
Shareholder reports and notices     176,206    
Professional fees     87,543    
Registration fees     52,717    
Trustees' fees and expenses     4,870    
Other     133,457    
Total Expenses     6,160,725    
Less: amounts waived/reimbursed     (79,629 )  
Less: expense offset     (2,696 )  
Net Expenses     6,078,400    
Net Investment Income     2,813,125    
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain:
Net Realized Gain on:
 
Investments     51,879,901    
Futures contracts     789,270    
Foreign exchange transactions     874,313    
Net Realized Gain     53,543,484    
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on:  
Investments     23,850,885    
Futures contracts     (31,800 )  
Translation of forward foreign currency contracts, other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies     (300,153 )  
Net Appreciation     23,518,932    
Net Gain     77,062,416    
Net Increase   $ 79,875,541    

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    FOR THE YEAR
ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2006
  FOR THE YEAR
ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2005
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:
Operations:
 
Net investment income   $ 2,813,125     $ 4,567,420    
Net realized gain     53,543,484       31,820,708    
Net change in unrealized appreciation     23,518,932       36,769,719    
Net Increase     79,875,541       73,157,847    
Dividends to Shareholders from Net Investment Income:  
Class A shares     (2,410,830 )     (1,047,932 )  
Class B shares     (1,853,783 )     (769,484 )  
Class C shares     (338,879 )     (106,040 )  
Class D shares     (496,509 )     (2,076,588 )  
Total Dividends     (5,100,001 )     (4,000,044 )  
Net decrease from transactions in shares of beneficial interest     (148,477,266 )     (77,996,207 )  
Net Decrease     (73,701,726 )     (8,838,404 )  
Net Assets:  
Beginning of period     437,141,095       445,979,499    
End of Period  
(Including accumulated undistributed net investment income of $1,880,548
and $2,670,996, respectively)
  $ 363,439,369     $ 437,141,095    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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1. Organization and Accounting Policies

Morgan Stanley International Fund (the "Fund") is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Act"), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is long-term capital growth. The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on October 23, 1998 and commenced operations June 28, 1999.

The Fund offers Class A shares, Class B shares, Class C shares and Class D shares. The four classes are substantially the same except that most Class A shares are subject to a sales charge imposed at the time of purchase and some Class A shares, and most Class B shares and Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge imposed on shares redeemed within eighteen months, six years and one year, respectively. Class D shares are not subject to a sales charge. Additionally, Class A shares, Class B shares and Class C shares incur distribution expenses.

The Fund will assess a 2% redemption fee on Class A shares, Class B shares, Class C shares, and Class D shares, which is paid directly to the Fund, for shares redeemed within thirty days of purchase, subject to certain exceptions. The redemption fee is designed to protect the Fund and its remaining shareholders from the effects of short-term trading.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies:

A. Valuation of Investments — (1) for equity securities traded on foreign exchanges, the last reported sale price or the latest bid price may be used if there were no sales on a particular day; (2) an equity portfolio security listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") or American Stock Exchange or other exchange is valued at its latest sale price prior to the time when assets are valued; if there were no sales that day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked price; (3) an equity portfolio security listed or traded on the Nasdaq is valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price; if there were no sales that day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked price; (4) all other portfolio securities for which over-the-counter market quotations are readily available are valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked price. In cases where a security is traded on more than one exchange, the security is valued on the exchange designated as the primary market; (5) futures are valued at the latest price published by the commodities exchange on which they trade; (6) when market quotations are not readily available including circumstances under which Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. (the "Investment Adviser") determines that the latest sale price, the bid price or the mean between the last reported bid and asked price do not reflect a security's market value, portfolio securities are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund's Trustees. Occasionally, developments affecting the closing prices of securities and other assets may occur between the times at which valuations of such securities are determined (that is, close of the foreign market on which the securities trade) and the close of business on the NYSE. If

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developments occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, such valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value of such securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the Fund's Trustees or by the Investment Adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Trustees of the Fund; (7) certain portfolio securities may be valued by an outside pricing service approved by the Fund's Trustees; and (8) short-term debt securities having a maturity date of more than sixty days at time of purchase are valued on a mark-to-market basis until sixty days prior to maturity and thereafter at amortized cost based on their value on the 61st day. Short-term debt securities having a maturity date of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost.

B. Accounting for Investments — Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed). Realized gains and losses on security transactions are determined by the identified cost method. Dividend income and other distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date except for certain dividends on foreign securities which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed after the ex-dividend date. Discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized over the life of the respective securities. Interest income is accrued daily.

C. Repurchase Agreements — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund, along with other affiliated entities managed by the Investment Adviser, may transfer uninvested cash balances into one or more joint repurchase agreement accounts. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements and are collateralized by cash, U.S. Treasury or federal agency obligations. The Fund may also invest directly with institutions in repurchase agreements. The Fund's custodian receives the collateral, which is marked-to-market daily to determine that the value of the collateral does not decrease below the repurchase price plus accrued interest.

D. Multiple Class Allocations — Investment income, expenses (other than distribution fees), and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value on the date such items are recognized. Distribution fees are charged directly to the respective class.

E. Futures Contracts — A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell financial instruments or contracts based on financial indices at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into such a contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid portfolio securities equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the applicable futures exchange. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments known as variation margin are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains and losses. Upon closing of the contract, the Fund realizes a gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

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F. Foreign Currency Translation and Forward Foreign Currency Contracts — The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars as follows: (1) the foreign currency market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities and forward foreign currency contracts ("forward contracts") are translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period; and (2) purchases, sales, income and expenses are translated at the exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The resultant exchange gains and losses are recorded as realized and unrealized gain/loss on foreign exchange transactions. Pursuant to U.S. federal income tax regulations, certain foreign exchange gains/losses included in realized and unrealized gain/loss are included in or are a reduction of ordinary income for federal income tax purposes. The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of the securities. Forward contracts are valued daily at the appropriate exchange rates. The resultant unrealized exchange gains and losses are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gain or loss. The Fund records realized gains or losses on delivery of the currency or at the time the forward contract is extinguished (compensated) by entering into a closing transaction prior to delivery.

G. Security Lending — The Fund may lend securities to qualified financial institutions, such as broker-dealers, to earn additional income. Any increase or decrease in the fair value of the securities loaned that might occur and any interest earned or dividends declared on those securities during the term of the loan would remain in the Fund. The Fund receives cash or securities as collateral in an amount equal to or exceeding 100% of the current fair value of the loaned securities. The collateral is marked-to-market daily, by the securities lending agent, to ensure that a minimum of 100% collateral coverage is maintained.

Based on pre-established guidelines, the securities lending agent invests any cash collateral that is received in high-quality short-term investments. Securities lending income is generated from the earnings on the invested collateral and borrowing fees, less any rebates owed to the borrowers and compensation to the lending agent.

The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at October 31, 2006 are $24,357,631 and $25,515,815, respectively. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

H. Federal Income Tax Policy — It is the Fund's policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Accordingly, no federal income tax provision is required.

I. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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J. Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2. Investment Advisory/Administration Agreements

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Investment Adviser, the Fund pays an advisory fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, by applying the following annual rates to the net assets of the Fund determined as of the close of each business day: 0.65% to the portion of the daily net assets not exceeding $1 billion and 0.60% to the portion of the daily net assets in excess of $1 billion.

Pursuant to an Administration Agreement with Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. ("the Administrator"), an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, the Fund pays an administration fee, accrued daily and payable monthly, by applying the annual rate of 0.08% to the Fund's daily net assets.

Effective November 18, 2005, the Investment Adviser has agreed to cap the Fund's operating expenses (except for brokerage and 12b-1 fees) for one year by assuming the Fund's "other expenses" and/or waiving the Fund's advisory fees, and the Administrator has agreed to waive the Fund's administrative fees, to the extent such operating expenses on an annualized basis exceed 1.05% of the average daily net assets of the fund.

3. Plan of Distribution

Shares of the Fund are distributed by Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Investment Adviser and Administrator. The Fund has adopted a Plan of Distribution (the "Plan") pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. The Plan provides that the Fund will pay the Distributor a fee which is accrued daily and paid monthly at the following annual rates: (i) Class A — up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Class A; (ii) Class B — up to 1.0% of the average daily net assets of Class B; and (iii) Class C — up to 1.0% of the average daily net assets of Class C.

In the case of Class B shares, provided that the Plan continues in effect, any cumulative expenses incurred by the Distributor but not yet recovered may be recovered through the payment of future distribution fees from the Fund pursuant to the Plan and contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon redemption of Class B shares. Although there is no legal obligation for the Fund to pay expenses incurred in excess of payments made to the Distributor under the Plan and the proceeds of contingent deferred sales charges paid by investors upon redemption of shares, if for any reason the Plan is terminated, the Trustees will consider at that time the manner in which to treat such expenses. The Distributor has advised the Fund that such excess amounts totaled $18,679,626 at October 31, 2006.

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In the case of Class A shares and Class C shares, expenses incurred pursuant to the Plan in any calendar year in excess of 0.25% or 1.0% of the average daily net assets of Class A or Class C, respectively, will not be reimbursed by the Fund through payments in any subsequent year, except that expenses representing a gross sales credit to Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors and other authorized financial representatives at the time of sale may be reimbursed in the subsequent calendar year. For the year ended October 31, 2006, the distribution fee was accrued for Class A shares and Class C shares at the annual rate of 0.25% and 0.99%, respectively.

The Distributor has informed the Fund that for the year ended October 31, 2006, it received contingent deferred sales charges from certain redemptions of the Fund's Class A shares, Class B shares and Class C shares of $252, $160,472 and $1,871, respectively and received $119,678 in front-end sales charges from sales of the Fund's Class A shares. The respective shareholders pay such charges which are not an expense of the Fund.

4. Security Transactions and Transactions with Affiliates

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended October 31, 2006 aggregated $45,762,322 and $192,694,218, respectively. Included in the aforementioned transactions are sales of $115,836,237 with other Morgan Stanley funds, including realized gains of $31,461,319.

Morgan Stanley Trust, an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, Administrator, and Distributor, is the Fund's transfer agent.

The Fund has an unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Compensation Plan") which allows each independent Trustee to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he or she receives for serving on the Board of Trustees. Each eligible Trustee generally may elect to have the deferred amounts credited with a return equal to the total return on one or more of the Morgan Stanley funds that are offered as investment options under the Compensation Plan. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Fund.

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5. Shares of Beneficial Interest

Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

    FOR THE YEAR
ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2006
  FOR THE YEAR
ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2005
 
    SHARES   AMOUNT   SHARES   AMOUNT  
CLASS A SHARES  
Sold     4,153,948     $ 50,077,268       3,595,078     $ 36,126,830    
Conversion from Class B     479,764       5,857,661       1,883,593       18,568,503    
Reinvestment of dividends     206,798       2,345,090       104,282       1,035,517    
Redeemed     (4,714,979 )     (56,894,448 )     (3,882,885 )     (39,231,669 )  
Net increase — Class A     125,531       1,385,571       1,700,068       16,499,181    
CLASS B SHARES  
Sold     1,663,505       19,918,053       1,622,872       16,071,848    
Conversion to Class A     (484,622 )     (5,857,661 )     (1,903,425 )     (18,568,503 )  
Reinvestment of dividends     146,771       1,652,647       69,959       689,091    
Redeemed     (4,057,259 )     (48,475,853 )     (5,633,706 )     (56,144,759 )  
Net decrease — Class B     (2,731,605 )     (32,762,814 )     (5,844,300 )     (57,952,323 )  
CLASS C SHARES  
Sold     618,843       7,191,377       214,201       2,116,614    
Reinvestment of dividends     27,740       311,530       9,864       97,057    
Redeemed     (453,382 )     (5,399,128 )     (763,836 )     (7,543,916 )  
Net increase (decrease) — Class C     193,201       2,103,779       (539,771 )     (5,330,245 )  
CLASS D SHARES  
Sold     142,166       1,703,456       1,200,361       12,017,377    
Reinvestment of dividends     37,562       427,455       177,714       1,770,033    
Redeemed     (10,951,429 )     (121,334,713 )     (4,437,463 )     (45,000,230 )  
Net decrease — Class D     (10,771,701 )     (119,203,802 )     (3,059,388 )     (31,212,820 )  
Net decrease in Fund     (13,184,574 )   $ (148,477,266 )     (7,743,391 )   $ (77,996,207 )  

 

6. Purposes of and Risks Relating to Certain Financial Instruments

The Fund may enter into forward contracts for many purposes, including to facilitate settlement of foreign currency denominated portfolio transactions or to manage foreign currency exposure associated with foreign currency denominated securities.

To hedge against adverse interest rate, foreign currency and market risks, the Fund may purchase and sell interest rate, currency and index futures ("futures contracts").

Forward contracts and futures contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rates underlying the forward contracts or an unfavorable change in the value of

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the securities underlying the futures contracts. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

The Fund may lend securities to qualified financial institutions, such as broker-dealers, to earn additional income. Risks in securities lending transactions are that a borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or return the securities when due, and that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral plus any rebate that is required to be returned to the borrower.

At October 31, 2006, investments in securities of issuers in Japan and the United Kingdom represented 28.8% and 21.1%, respectively, of the Fund's net assets. These investments, as well as other non-U.S. investments, which involve risks and considerations not present with respect to U.S. securities, may be affected by economic or political developments in these regions.

At October 31, 2006, the Fund's cash balance consisted principally of interest bearing deposits with J.P. Morgan Chase, the Fund's custodian.

7. Federal Income Tax Status

The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These "book/tax" differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Dividends and distributions which exceed net investment income and net realized capital gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of paid-in-capital.

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

    FOR THE YEAR
ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2006
  FOR THE YEAR
ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2005
 
Ordinary income   $ 5,100,001     $ 4,000,044    

 

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As of October 31, 2006, the tax-basis components of accumulated earnings were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income   $ 3,013,050    
Undistributed long-term gains        
Net accumulated earnings     3,013,050    
Foreign tax credit pass-through     546,217    
Capital loss carryforward*     (93,524,441 )  
Temporary differences     (585,945 )  
Net unrealized appreciation     103,371,698    
Total accumulated earnings   $ 12,820,579    

 

*During the year ended October 31, 2006, the Fund utilized $50,716,041 of its net capital loss carryforward. As of October 31, 2006, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $93,524,441 of which $39,077,364 will expire on October 31, 2010 and $54,447,077 will expire on October 31, 2011 to offset future capital gains to the extent provided by regulations.

As of October 31, 2006, the Fund had temporary book/tax differences primarily attributable to the mark-to-market of open forward foreign currency exchange contracts and passive foreign investment companies ("PFICs"), foreign tax credit pass-through and capital loss deferrals on wash sales and permanent book/tax differences primarily attributable to foreign currency gains and tax adjustments on PFICs sold by the Fund. To reflect reclassifications arising from the permanent differences, paid-in-capital was charged $960, accumulated net realized loss was charged $1,495,468 and accumulated undistributed net investment income was credited $1,496,428.

8. Expense Offset

The expense offset represents a reduction of the fees and expenses for interest earned on cash balances maintained by the Fund with the transfer agent.

9. Legal Matters

The Investment Adviser, certain affiliates of the Investment Adviser, certain officers of such affiliates and certain investment companies advised by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates, including the Fund, were named as defendants in a consolidated class action. This consolidated action also named as defendants certain individual Trustees and Directors of the Morgan Stanley funds. The consolidated amended complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 16, 2004, generally alleged that defendants, including the Fund, violated their statutory disclosure obligations and fiduciary duties by failing properly to disclose (i) that the Investment Adviser and certain affiliates of the Investment Adviser allegedly offered economic incentives to brokers and others to recommend the funds advised by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates to investors rather than funds

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managed by other companies, and (ii) that the funds advised by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates, including the Fund, allegedly paid excessive commissions to brokers in return for their alleged efforts to recommend these funds to investors. The complaint sought, among other things, unspecified compensatory damages, rescissionary damages, fees and costs. On July 2, 2004, defendants moved to dismiss the action. On March 9, 2005, plaintiffs filed a Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Pleading that would, among other things, expand the allegations and alleged class. On April 14, 2006, the Court granted defendants' motion to dismiss in its entirety, with prejudice. Additionally, plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Pleading was denied. The time for plaintiffs to appeal the orders granting defendants' motion to dismiss and denying plaintiffs' motion for supplemental pleading has expired. This case is now concluded.

10. New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement 109 (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet before being recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Fund will adopt FIN 48 for the fiscal year ending 2008 and the impact to the Fund's financial statements, if any, is currently being assessed.

In addition, in September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Fund's financial statement disclosures.

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Financial Highlights

Selected ratios and per share data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each period:

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,  
    2006   2005   2004   2003   2002  
Class A Shares  
Selected Per Share Data:  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 10.70     $ 9.19     $ 8.03     $ 6.70     $ 7.77    
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income‡     0.14       0.13       0.06       0.08       0.04    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     2.52       1.50       1.20       1.33       (1.03 )  
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
    2.66       1.63       1.26       1.41       (0.99 )  
Less dividends from net investment income     (0.22 )     (0.12 )     (0.10 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )  
Net asset value, end of period   $ 13.14     $ 10.70     $ 9.19     $ 8.03     $ 6.70    
Total Return†     25.21 %     17.65 %     15.89 %     21.31 %     (12.93 )%  
Ratios to Average Net Assets(1):  
Total expenses (before expense offset)     1.30 %(2)      1.30 %     1.57 %     1.58 %     1.56 %  
Net investment income     1.18 %(2)      1.27 %     0.67 %     1.02 %     0.54 %  
Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period, in thousands   $ 143,730     $ 115,680     $ 83,766     $ 63,422     $ 44,373    
Portfolio turnover rate     13 %     22 %     33 %     43 %     39 %  

 

  ‡  The per share amounts were computed using an average number of shares outstanding during the period.

  †  Does not reflect the deduction of sales charge. Calculated based on the net asset value as of the last business day of the period.

  (1)  Reflects overall Fund ratios for investment income and non-class specific expenses.

  (2)  If the Fund had borne all its expenses that were reimbursed or waived by the Investment Adviser and Administrator, the annualized expense and net investment income ratios would have been 1.32% and 1.16%, respectively.

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    FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,  
    2006   2005   2004   2003   2002  
Class B Shares  
Selected Per Share Data:  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 10.55     $ 9.06     $ 7.93     $ 6.58     $ 7.62    
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income (loss)‡     0.05       0.05       (0.01 )     0.01       (0.02 )  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     2.49       1.48       1.19       1.34       (1.02 )  
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
    2.54       1.53       1.18       1.35       (1.04 )  
Less dividends from net investment income     (0.12 )     (0.04 )     (0.05 )              
Net asset value, end of period   $ 12.97     $ 10.55     $ 9.06     $ 7.93     $ 6.58    
Total Return†     24.28 %     16.88 %     14.87 %     20.52 %     (13.65 )%  
Ratios to Average Net Assets(1):  
Total expenses (before expense offset)     2.05 %(2)      2.05 %     2.33 %     2.37 %     2.32 %  
Net investment income (loss)     0.43 %(2)      0.52 %     (0.09 )%     0.23 %     (0.22 )%  
Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period, in thousands   $ 166,184     $ 163,974     $ 193,796     $ 205,544     $ 217,216    
Portfolio turnover rate     13 %     22 %     33 %     43 %     39 %  

 

  ‡  The per share amounts were computed using an average number of shares outstanding during the period.

  †  Does not reflect the deduction of sales charge. Calculated based on the net asset value as of the last business day of the period.

  (1)  Reflects overall Fund ratios for investment income and non-class specific expenses.

  (2)  If the Fund had borne all its expenses that were reimbursed or waived by the Investment Adviser and Administrator, the annualized expense and net investment income ratios would have been 2.07% and 0.41%, respectively.

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Highlights continued

    FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,  
    2006   2005   2004   2003   2002  
Class C Shares  
Selected Per Share Data:  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 10.54     $ 9.06     $ 7.92     $ 6.59     $ 7.62    
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income (loss)‡     0.06       0.05       (0.01 )     0.01       (0.01 )  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     2.48       1.47       1.20       1.33       (1.02 )  
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
    2.54       1.52       1.19       1.34       (1.03 )  
Less dividends from net investment income     (0.14 )     (0.04 )     (0.05 )     (0.01 )        
Net asset value, end of period   $ 12.94     $ 10.54     $ 9.06     $ 7.92     $ 6.59    
Total Return†     24.34 %     16.81 %     15.03 %     20.40 %     (13.52 )%  
Ratios to Average Net Assets(1):  
Total expenses (before expense offset)     2.04 %(2)      2.05 %     2.31 %     2.37 %     2.18 %  
Net investment income (loss)     0.44 %(2)      0.52 %     (0.07 )%     0.23 %     (0.08 )%  
Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period, in thousands   $ 30,552     $ 22,856     $ 24,527     $ 25,471     $ 26,195    
Portfolio turnover rate     13 %     22 %     33 %     43 %     39 %  

 

  ‡  The per share amounts were computed using an average number of shares outstanding during the period.

  †  Does not reflect the deduction of sales charge. Calculated based on the net asset value as of the last business day of the period.

  (1)  Reflects overall Fund ratios for investment income and non-class specific expenses.

  (2)  If the Fund had borne all its expenses that were reimbursed or waived by the Investment Adviser and Administrator, the annualized expense and net investment income ratios would have been 2.06% and 0.42%, respectively.

See Notes to Financial Statements

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    FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,  
    2006   2005   2004   2003   2002  
Class D Shares  
Selected Per Share Data:  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $ 10.76     $ 9.24     $ 8.07     $ 6.73     $ 7.80    
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income‡     0.15       0.15       0.08       0.08       0.06    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     2.57       1.51       1.20       1.36       (1.04 )  
Total income (loss) from investment
operations
    2.72       1.66       1.28       1.44       (0.98 )  
Less dividends from net investment income     (0.25 )     (0.14 )     (0.11 )     (0.10 )     (0.09 )  
Net asset value, end of period   $ 13.23     $ 10.76     $ 9.24     $ 8.07     $ 6.73    
Total Return†     25.61 %     18.03 %     15.97 %     21.68 %     (12.70 )%  
Ratios to Average Net Assets(1):  
Total expenses (before expense offset)     1.05 %(2)      1.05 %     1.33 %     1.37 %     1.32 %  
Net investment income     1.43 %(2)      1.52 %     0.91 %     1.23 %     0.78 %  
Supplemental Data:  
Net assets, end of period, in thousands   $ 22,974     $ 134,631     $ 143,890     $ 132,544     $ 120,329    
Portfolio turnover rate     13 %     22 %     33 %     43 %     39 %  

 

  ‡  The per share amounts were computed using an average number of shares outstanding during the period.

  †  Calculated based on the net asset value as of the last business day of the period.

  (1)  Reflects overall Fund ratios for investment income and non-class specific expenses.

  (2)  If the Fund had borne all its expenses that were reimbursed or waived by the Investment Adviser and Administrator, the annualized expense and net investment income ratios would have been 1.07% and 1.41%, respectively.

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Morgan Stanley International Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Morgan Stanley International Fund (the "Fund"), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended and changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2006, by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Morgan Stanley International Fund as of October 31, 2006, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
December 21, 2006

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Results of Special Shareholder Meeting (unaudited)

On August 1, 2006, a Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund was scheduled in order to vote on the proposals set forth below. The proposals failed to obtain the necessary quorum in order to hold the meeting, and, therefore, the meeting was adjourned until August 23, 2006, to permit further solicitation of proxies. The meeting was held on August 23, 2006 and the voting results with respect to these proposals were as follows:

(1) Election of Trustees:

    For   Withhold   Abstain   BNV*  
Frank L. Bowman     16,577,652       313,905       0       0    
Kathleen A. Dennis     16,566,590       324,967       0       0    
James F. Higgins     16,574,933       316,624       0       0    
Joseph J. Kearns     16,564,528       327,029       0       0    
Michael F. Klein     16,564,027       327,530       0       0    
W. Allen Reed     16,553,382       338,175       0       0    
Fergus Reid     16,533,200       358,357       0       0    

 

(2) Elimination of certain fundamental investment restrictions:

    For   Against   Abstain   BNV*  
Elimination of the fundamental policy restricting the Fund's ability to
pledge assets
    15,029,509       428,110       334,352       1,099,586    
Elimination of the fundamental policy restricting purchases of
securities on margin
    15,057,476       408,364       326,131       1,099,586    
Elimination of the fundamental policy prohibiting investments in oil, gas,
and other types of minerals or mineral leases
    15,124,876       325,342       341,753       1,099,586    
Elimination of the fundamental policy prohibiting investments for
purposes of exercising control
    15,110,580       341,921       339,470       1,099,586    

 

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(3) Modify certain fundamental investment restrictions:

    For   Against   Abstain   BNV*  
Modify fundamental policy regarding diversification     15,115,087       329,123       347,761       1,099,586    
Modify fundamental policy regarding borrowing money     15,050,643       407,760       333,568       1,099,586    
Modify fundamental policy regarding loans     15,037,098       419,165       335,708       1,099,586    
Modify fundamental policy regarding investment in commodities,
commodity contracts and futures contracts
    15,084,970       378,264       328,737       1,099,586    
Modify fundamental policy regarding issuance of senior securities     15,093,104       350,849       348,018       1,099,586    

 

(4) Reclassify certain fundamental policies as non-fundamental policies:

    For   Against   Abstain   BNV*  
Reclassification as non-fundamental the
fundamental policy regarding the short sale of securities
    15,038,557       400,087       353,327       1,099,586    

 

  *  Broker "non-votes" are shares held in street name for which the broker indicates that instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or other persons entitled to vote and for which the broker does not have discretionary voting authority.

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Morgan Stanley International Fund

Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited)

Independent Trustees:

Name, Age and Address of
Independent Trustee
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Independent
Trustee**
  Other Directorships
Held by Independent Trustee
 
Frank L. Bowman (61)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Trustees
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since
August 2006
  President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute (policy organization) (since February 2005); Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006) formerly variously, Admiral in the U.S. Navy, Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and Deputy Administrator – Naval Reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy (1996-2004). Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.     163     Director of the National Energy Foundation, the U.S. Energy Association, the American Council for Capital Formation and the Armed Services YMCA of the USA.  
Michael Bozic (65)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Trustees
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since
April 1994
  Private investor; Chairperson of the Valuation, Insurance and Compliance Committee (since October 2006); Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since April 1994) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly Chairperson of the Insurance Committee (July 2006-September 2006); Vice Chairman of Kmart Corporation (December 1998-October 2000), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Levitz Furniture Corporation (November 1995-November 1998) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Hills Department Stores (May 1991-July 1995); variously Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer (1987-1991) of the Sears Merchandise Group of Sears, Roebuck & Co.     173     Director of various business
organizations.
 

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) continued

Name, Age and Address of
Independent Trustee
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Independent
Trustee**
  Other Directorships
Held by Independent Trustee
 

 

Kathleen A. Dennis (53)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Trustees
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since
August 2006
  President, Cedarwood Associates (mutual fund consulting) (since July 2006); Chairperson of the Money Market and Alternatives Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, Senior Managing Director of Victory Capital Management (1993-2006).     163     None.  
Edwin J. Garn (74)
1031 N. Chartwell Court
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
  Trustee   Since
January 1993
  Consultant; Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since January 1993) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Member of the Utah Regional Advisory Board of Pacific Corp. (utility company); formerly Managing Director of Summit Ventures LLC (lobbying and consulting firm) (2000-2004); United States Senator (R-Utah) (1974-1992) and Chairman, Senate Banking Committee (1980-1986), Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah (1971-1974), Astronaut, Space Shuttle Discovery (April 12-19, 1985), and Vice Chairman, Huntsman Corporation (chemical company).     173     Director of Franklin Covey (time management systems), BMW Bank of North America, Inc. (industrial loan corporation), Escrow Bank USA (industrial loan corporation); United Space Alliance (joint venture between Lockheed Martin and the Boeing Company) and Nuskin Asia Pacific (multilevel marketing); member of the board of various civic and charitable organizations.  
Wayne E. Hedien (72)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Trustees
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since
September
1997
  Retired; Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds; (Since September 1997) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly associated with the Allstate Companies (1966-1994), most recently as Chairman of The Allstate Corporation (March 1993-December 1994) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Allstate Insurance Company (July 1989-December 1994).     173     Director of The PMI Group Inc. (private mortgage insurance); Trustee and Vice Chairman of The Field Museum of Natural History; director of various other business and charitable organizations.  

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) continued

Name, Age and Address of
Independent Trustee
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Independent
Trustee**
  Other Directorships
Held by Independent Trustee
 

 

Dr. Manuel H. Johnson (57)
c/o Johnson Smick Group, Inc.
888 16th Street, N.W.
Suite 740
Washington, D.C. 20006
  Trustee   Since
July 1991
  Senior Partner, Johnson Smick International, Inc., (consulting firm); Chairperson of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Co-Chairman and a founder of the Group of Seven Council (G7C), an international economic commission; formerly Chairperson of the Audit Committee (July 1991-September 2006); Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.     173     Director of NVR, Inc. (home construction); Director of KFX Energy; Director of RBS Greenwich Capital Holdings (financial holding company).  
Joseph J. Kearns (64)
c/o Kearns & Associates LLC
PMB754
23852 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
  Trustee   Since
July 2003
  President, Kearns & Associates LLC (investment consulting); Chairperson of the Audit Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and the Institutional Funds (since August 1994); formerly Deputy Chairperson of the Audit Committee (July 2003-September 2006) and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Institutional Funds (October 2001-July 2003); formerly CFO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.     174     Director of Electro Rent Corporation (equipment leasing), The Ford Family Foundation, and the UCLA Foundation.  
Michael F. Klein (47)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Trustees
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since
August 2006
  Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Aetos Capital, LLC (since March 2000); Chairman of the Fixed-Income Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee (since August 2006) of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds; formerly Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management, President, Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds (June 1998-March 2000) and Principal, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management (August 1997-December 1999).     163     Director of certain investment funds managed or sponsored by Aetos Capital LLC.  

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) continued

Name, Age and Address of
Independent Trustee
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Independent
Trustee**
  Other Directorships
Held by Independent Trustee
 
Michael E. Nugent (70)
c/o Triumph Capital, L.P.
445 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
  Chairman of the Board and Trustee   Chairman of the Board since July 2006 and Trustee since July 1991   General Partner of Triumph Capital, L.P., a private investment partnership; Chairman of the Boards of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since July 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2001); formerly Chairperson of the Insurance Committee (until July 2006); Vice President, Bankers Trust Company and BT Capital Corporation (1984-1988).     173     None.  
W. Allen Reed (59)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Trustees
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
  Trustee   Since
August 2006
  Chairperson of the Equity Sub-Commitee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee (since August 2006) of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds. President and CEO of General Motors Asset Management; formerly, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the GM Trust Bank and Corporate Vice President of General Motors Corporation (August 1994-December 2005).     163     Director of GMAC (financial services), GMAC Insurance Holdings and Temple-Inland Industries (packaging, banking and forest products); member of the Board of Executives of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Editorial Board; Director of Legg Mason and Director of various investment fund advisory boards.  
Fergus Reid (74)
c/o Lumelite Plastics Corporation
85 Charles Colman Blvd.
Pawling, NY 12564
  Trustee   Since
July 2003
  Chairman of Lumelite Plastics Corporation; Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and the Institutional Funds (since June 1992).     174     Trustee and Director of certain investment companies in the JPMorgan Funds complex managed by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.  

 

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Interested Trustee:

Name, Age and Address of
Interested Trustee
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Interested
Trustee**
  Other Directorships Held by
Interested Trustee
 
James F. Higgins (58)
c/o Morgan Stanley Trust
Harborside Financial Center
Plaza Two
Jersey City, NJ 07311
  Trustee   Since
June 2000
  Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since June 2000) and the Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Senior
Advisor of Morgan Stanley (since August 2000).
    173     Director of AXA Financial, Inc. and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (financial services).  

 

  *  This is the earliest date the Trustee began serving the funds advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. (the "Investment Adviser") (the "Retail Funds") or the funds advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP (the "Institutional Funds").

  **  The Fund Complex includes all open-end and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Investment Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Investment Adviser (including, but not limited to, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.) as of October 31, 2006.

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Executive Officers:

Name, Age and Address of
Executive Officer
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years  
Ronald E. Robison (67)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  President and Principal Executive Officer   President since September 2005 and Principal Executive Officer since May 2003   President (since September 2005) and Principal Executive Officer (since May 2003) of funds in the Fund Complex; President (since September 2005) and Principal Executive Officer (since May 2003) of the Van Kampen Funds; Managing Director, Director and/or Officer of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Director of Morgan Stanley SICAV (since May 2004). Formerly, Executive Vice President (July 2003 to September 2005) of funds in the Fund Complex and the Van Kampen Funds; President and Director of the Institutional Funds (March 2001 to July 2003); Chief Administrative Officer of the Investment Adviser; Chief Administrative Officer of Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc.  
J. David Germany (52)
Morgan Stanley Investment
Management Ltd.
25 Cabot Square
Canary Wharf, London
United Kingdom E144QA
  Vice President   Since February 2006   Managing Director and (since December 2005) Chief Investment Officer – Global Fixed Income of Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Managing Director and Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited; Vice President of the Retail and Institutional Funds (since February 2006).  
Dennis F. Shea (53)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  Vice President   Since February 2006   Managing Director and (since February 2006) Chief Investment Officer – Global Equity of Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Vice President of the Retail and Institutional Funds (since February 2006). Formerly, Managing Director and Director of Global Equity Research at Morgan Stanley.  
Barry Fink (51)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  Vice President   Since February 1997   Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management; Managing Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Vice President of the Retail Funds and (since July 2003) the Institutional Funds. Formerly, Secretary, General Counsel and/or Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Secretary and General Counsel of the Retail Funds.  
Amy R. Doberman (44)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  Vice President   Since July 2004   Managing Director and General Counsel, U.S. Investment Management of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since July 2004); Vice President of the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds (since July 2004); Vice President of the Van Kampen Funds (since August 2004); Secretary (since February 2006) and Managing Director (since July 2004) of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser. Formerly, Managing Director and General Counsel – Americas, UBS Global Asset Management (July 2000 to July 2004).  
Carsten Otto (42)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  Chief Compliance Officer   Since October 2004   Managing Director and U.S. Director of Compliance for Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since October 2004); Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Formerly, Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of the Retail Funds.  

 

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Trustee and Officer Information (unaudited) continued

Name, Age and Address of
Executive Officer
  Position(s)
Held with
Registrant
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served*
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years  
Stefanie V. Chang Yu (39)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  Vice President   Since December1997   Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Vice President of the Retail Funds (since July 2002) and the Institutional Funds (since December 1997). Formerly, Secretary of various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser.  
Francis J. Smith (41)
c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center Plaza Two
Jersey City, NJ 07311
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer   Treasurer since July 2003 and Chief Financial Officer since September 2002   Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Retail Funds (since July 2003). Formerly, Vice President of the Retail Funds (September 2002 to July 2003).  
Mary E. Mullin (39)
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
  Secretary   Since June 1999   Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Secretary of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and the Institutional Funds (since June 1999).  

 

* This is the earliest date the Officer began serving the Retail Funds or the Institutional Funds.

2006 Federal Tax Notice (unaudited)  
Of the amounts paid by the Fund during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006 that were reported as ordinary dividends, 100% qualified for the lower income tax rate available to individuals under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.  
Additionally, the Fund has elected, pursuant to section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, to pass through foreign taxes of $0.02 per share to its shareholders, of which 100% would be allowable as a credit. The Fund generated net foreign source income of $0.17 per share with respect to this election.  

 

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Trustees

Frank L. Bowman
Michael Bozic
Kathleen A. Dennis
Edwin J. Garn
Wayne E. Hedien
James F. Higgins
Dr. Manuel H. Johnson
Joseph J. Kearns
Michael F. Klein
Michael E. Nugent
W. Allen Reed
Fergus Reid

Officers

Michael E. Nugent
Chairman of the Board

Ronald E. Robison
President and Principal Executive Officer

J. David Germany
Vice President

Dennis F. Shea
Vice President

Barry Fink
Vice President

Amy R. Doberman
Vice President

Carsten Otto
Chief Compliance Officer

Stefanie V. Chang Yu
Vice President

Francis J. Smith
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Mary E. Mullin
Secretary

Transfer Agent

Morgan Stanley Trust
Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two
Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Two World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281

Investment Adviser

Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. For more detailed information about the Fund, its fees and expenses and other pertinent information, please read its Prospectus. The Fund's Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund, including its trustees. It is available, without charge, by calling (800) 869-NEWS.

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective Prospectus. Read the Prospectus carefully before investing.

Investments and services offered through Morgan Stanley DW Inc., member SIPC. Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc., member NASD.

© 2006 Morgan Stanley

MORGAN STANLEY FUNDS

Morgan Stanley
International Fund

Annual Report

October 31, 2006

RA06-01134P-Y10/06-INLRPT-ANR




Item 2.  Code of Ethics.

(a)           The Fund has adopted a code of ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Fund or a third party.

(b)           No information need be disclosed pursuant to this paragraph.

(c)           Not applicable.

(d)           Not applicable.

(e)           Not applicable.

(f)

(1)           The Fund’s Code of Ethics is attached hereto as Exhibit 12 A.

(2)           Not applicable.

(3)           Not applicable.

Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Fund’s Board of Trustees has determined that Joseph J. Kearns, an “independent” Trustees, is an “audit committee financial expert” serving on its audit committee. Under applicable securities laws, a person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification




Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a)(b)(c)(d) and (g).  Based on fees billed for the periods shown:

2006

 

Registrant

 

Covered Entities(1)

 

Audit Fees

 

$

33,600

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Audit Fees

 

 

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

$

531

(2)

$

5,217,590

(2)

Tax Fees

 

$

6,980

(3)

$

1,472,895

(4)

All Other Fees

 

$

 

(5)

$

 

Total Non-Audit Fees

 

$

7,511

 

$

6,690,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

41,111

 

$

6,690,485

 

 

2005

 

Registrant

 

Covered Entities(1)

 

Audit Fees

 

$

32,787

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Audit Fees

 

 

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

$

540

(2)

$

3,215,745

(2)

Tax Fees

 

$

7,001

(3)

$

24,000

(4)

All Other Fees

 

$

 

(5)

$

 

Total Non-Audit Fees

 

$

7,541

 

$

3,239,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

40,328

 

$

3,239,745

 


N/A- Not applicable, as not required by Item 4.

(1)          Covered Entities include the Adviser (excluding sub-advisors) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant.

(2)          Audit-Related Fees represent assurance and related services provided that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the Covered Entities’ and funds advised by the Adviser or its affiliates, specifically data verification and agreed-upon procedures related to asset securitizations and agreed-upon procedures engagements.

(3)          Tax Fees represent tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice services provided in connection with the preparation and review of the Registrant’s tax returns.

(4)          Tax Fees represent tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice services provided in connection with the review of Covered Entities’ tax returns.

(5)          All other fees represent project management for future business applications and improving business and operational processes.




(e)(1) The audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures are as follows:

 

APPENDIX A

AUDIT COMMITTEE

AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES

PRE-APPROVAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES

OF THE

MORGAN STANLEY RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

 

AS ADOPTED AND AMENDED JULY 23, 2004,(1)

1.              Statement of Principles

The Audit Committee of the Board is required to review and, in its sole discretion, pre-approve all Covered Services to be provided by the Independent Auditors to the Fund and Covered Entities in order to assure that services performed by the Independent Auditors do not impair the auditor’s independence from the Fund.

The SEC has issued rules specifying the types of services that an independent auditor may not provide to its audit client, as well as the audit committee’s administration of the engagement of the independent auditor.  The SEC’s rules establish two different approaches to pre-approving services, which the SEC considers to be equally valid.  Proposed services either: may be pre-approved without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committee (“general pre-approval”); or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee or its delegate (“specific pre-approval”).  The Audit Committee believes that the combination of these two approaches in this Policy will result in an effective and efficient procedure to pre-approve services performed by the Independent Auditors.  As set forth in this Policy, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval authority has been delegated) if it is to be provided by the Independent Auditors.  Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts will also require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

The appendices to this Policy describe the Audit, Audit-related, Tax and All Other services that have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee.  The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee considers and provides a different period and states otherwise.  The Audit Committee will annually review and pre-approve the services that may be provided by the Independent Auditors without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee will add to or subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations.


(1)                                  This Audit Committee Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures (the “Policy”), adopted as of the date above, supersedes and replaces all prior versions that may have been adopted from time to time.

 




The purpose of this Policy is to set forth the policy and procedures by which the Audit Committee intends to fulfill its responsibilities.  It does not delegate the Audit Committee’s responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the Independent Auditors to management.

The Fund’s Independent Auditors have reviewed this Policy and believes that implementation of the Policy will not adversely affect the Independent Auditors’ independence.

2.              Delegation

As provided in the Act and the SEC’s rules, the Audit Committee may delegate either type of pre-approval authority to one or more of its members.  The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

3.              Audit Services

The annual Audit services engagement terms and fees are subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee.  Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by the Independent Auditors to be able to form an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements.  These other procedures include information systems and procedural reviews and testing performed in order to understand and place reliance on the systems of internal control, and consultations relating to the audit.  The Audit Committee will approve, if necessary, any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from changes in audit scope, Fund structure or other items.

In addition to the annual Audit services engagement approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to other Audit services, which are those services that only the Independent Auditors reasonably can provide.  Other Audit services may include statutory audits and services associated with SEC registration statements (on Forms N-1A, N-2, N-3, N-4, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings.

The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit services in Appendix B.1.  All other Audit services not listed in Appendix B.1 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).

4.              Audit-related Services

Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities or that are traditionally performed by the Independent Auditors.  Because the Audit Committee believes that the provision of Audit-related services does not impair the independence of the auditor and is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to Audit-related services.  Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters




not classified as “Audit services”; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements under Forms N-SAR and/or N-CSR.

The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit-related services in Appendix B.2.  All other Audit-related services not listed in Appendix B.2 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).

5.              Tax Services

The Audit Committee believes that the Independent Auditors can provide Tax services to the Fund and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities, such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing the auditor’s independence, and the SEC has stated that the Independent Auditors may provide such services.

Pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the Tax Services in Appendix B.3.  All Tax services in Appendix B.3 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).

6.              All Other Services

The Audit Committee believes, based on the SEC’s rules prohibiting the Independent Auditors from providing specific non-audit services, that other types of non-audit services are permitted.  Accordingly, the Audit Committee believes it may grant general pre-approval to those permissible non-audit services classified as All Other services that it believes are routine and recurring services, would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

The Audit Committee has pre-approved the All Other services in Appendix B.4.  Permissible All Other services not listed in Appendix B.4 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).

7.              Pre-Approval Fee Levels or Budgeted Amounts

Pre-approval fee levels or budgeted amounts for all services to be provided by the Independent Auditors will be established annually by the Audit Committee.  Any proposed services exceeding these levels or amounts will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee is mindful of the overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining whether to pre-approve any such services.

8.              Procedures

All requests or applications for services to be provided by the Independent Auditors that do not require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer and must include a detailed description of the services to be




rendered.  The Fund’s Chief Financial Officer will determine whether such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee will be informed on a timely basis of any such services rendered by the Independent Auditors.  Requests or applications to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the Independent Auditors and the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

The Audit Committee has designated the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer to monitor the performance of all services provided by the Independent Auditors and to determine whether such services are in compliance with this Policy.  The Fund’s Chief Financial Officer will report to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis on the results of its monitoring.  Both the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer and management will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committee any breach of this Policy that comes to the attention of the Fund’s Chief Financial Officer or any member of management.

9.              Additional Requirements

The Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet its responsibility to oversee the work of the Independent Auditors and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Fund, such as reviewing a formal written statement from the Independent Auditors delineating all relationships between the Independent Auditors and the Fund, consistent with Independence Standards Board No. 1, and discussing with the Independent Auditors its methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

10.       Covered Entities

Covered Entities include the Fund’s investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Fund’s investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Fund(s).  Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the Fund’s audit committee must pre-approve non-audit services provided not only to the Fund but also to the Covered Entities if the engagements relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.  This list of Covered Entities would include:

Morgan Stanley Retail Funds

Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Morgan Stanley DW Inc.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited

Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company

Van Kampen Asset Management

Morgan Stanley Services Company, Inc.

Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc.

Morgan Stanley Trust FSB




Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.

Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited

Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.

Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP

Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners LP

 

(e)(2)  Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the audit committee also is required to pre-approve services to Covered Entities to the extent that the services are determined to have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Registrant. 100% of such services were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to the Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures (attached hereto).

(f)            Not applicable.

(g)           See table above.

(h)           The audit committee of the Board of Trustees has considered whether the provision of services other than audit services performed by the auditors to the Registrant and Covered Entities is compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence in performing audit services.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

(a) The Fund has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act whose members are: Frank Bowman, Wayne Hedien, Joseph Kearns, Michael Nugent and Allen Reed.

(b) Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

Refer to Item 1.




Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Applicable only to reports filed by closed-end funds.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Applicable only to reports filed by closed-end funds.

Item 9. Closed-End Fund Repurchases

Applicable only to reports filed by closed-end funds.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a)  The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

(a) The Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Senior Financial Officers is attached hereto.

(b) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Morgan Stanley International Fund

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

Ronald E. Robison

Principal Executive Officer

December 19, 2006

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

Ronald E. Robison

Principal Executive Officer

December 19, 2006

 

/s/ Francis Smith

 

Francis Smith

Principal Financial Officer

December 19, 2006