EX-99.1I 2 dex991i.htm FORM OF ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF CLASSES FORM OF ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF CLASSES

Form of Establishment and Designation of Classes

MERRILL LYNCH EUROFUND

Pursuant to that certain Establishment and Designation of Classes amended and restated as of April 14, 2003 (the “Prior Designation”), the shares of beneficial interest of Merrill Lynch EuroFund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), par value $.10 per share (the “Shares”), have been divided into Class A, Class B, Class C, Class I and Class R Shares as named in the Prior Designation. The undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees of the Trust, acting pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, dated March 11, 1986, as amended (the “Declaration”), do hereby amend and restate the Prior Designation as provided herein, for the purpose of (i) redesignating the Class A, Class B, Class C and Class I Shares of the Trust and (ii) establishing one new class of Shares of the Trust. No changes to the special and relative rights of the existing classes of Shares are intended by this amendment and restatement.

 

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(a)  

   The Class A Shares of the Trust are hereby redesignated “Investor A Shares.” The Investor A Shares shall retain all of the rights and preferences accorded to the Class A Shares prior to this redesignation.
 

(b)

   The Class B Shares of the Trust are hereby redesignated “Investor B Shares.” The Investor B Shares shall retain all of the rights and preferences accorded to the Class B shares prior to this redesignation.
 

(c)

   The Class C Shares of the Trust are hereby redesignated “Investor C Shares.” The Investor C Shares shall retain all of the rights and preferences accorded to the Class C Shares prior to this redesignation.
 

(d)

   The Class I Shares of the Trust are hereby redesignated “Institutional Shares.” The Institutional Shares shall retain all of the rights and preferences accorded to the Class I Shares prior to this redesignation.

 

  2. The new class of Shares of the Trust is hereby designated “Institutional 1 Shares.”

 

  3. The classes of Shares of the Trust established and designated (each a “Class”) are as follows:

 

  (a) Investor A Shares

 

  (b) Investor B Shares

 

  (c) Investor C Shares

 

  (d) Class R Shares

 

  (e) Institutional Shares

 

  (f) Institutional 1 Shares


  4. The Shares of each Class shall be entitled to all of the rights and preferences accorded to Shares under the Declaration of Trust.

 

  5. The purchase price, the method of determination of net asset value, the price, terms and manner of redemption, and the relative dividend rights of holders of the Shares of each Class shall be established by the Trustees of the Trust from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and shall be set forth in the prospectus and statement of additional information of the Trust relating to such Class contained in the Trust’s most recent effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to such Class, as such prospectus and statement of additional information may be supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

  6. Shares of each Class shall vote together as a single class except that shares of a Class may vote separately on matters affecting only that Class and shares of a Class not affected by a matter will not vote on that matter.

 

  7. A Class of the Trust may be terminated by the Trustees by written notice to the shareholders of the Class.

 

  8. This Establishment and Designation of Classes shall be effective on the 2nd day of October 2006.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, constituting a majority of the Trustees, have signed this certificate in duplicate original counterparts and have caused a duplicate original to be lodged among the records of the Trust as required by Article XI, Section 11.3(c) of the Declaration of Trust as of the              day of                     , 2006.

 

 

 

Robert C. Doll, Jr.

(Trustee)

    

 

Ronald W. Forbes

(Trustee)

 

Cynthia A. Montgomery

(Trustee)

    

 

Jean Margo Reid

(Trustee)

 

Roscoe S. Suddarth

(Trustee)

    

 

Richard R. West

(Trustee)

 

Edward D. Zinbarg

(Trustee)

    

The Declaration of Trust establishing Merrill Lynch EuroFund, dated March 11, 1986, a copy of which, together with all amendments thereto (the “Declaration”), is on file in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, provides that the name of the Trust, “Merrill Lynch EuroFund,” refers to the Trustees under the Declaration collectively as Trustees, but not as individuals or personally; and no Trustee, shareholder, officer, employee or agent of Merrill Lynch EuroFund shall be held to any personal liability, nor shall resort be had to their private property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim or otherwise in connection with the affairs of said Trust but the “Trust Property” only shall be liable.

 

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