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Top 10 Holdings as of November 30, 2008

Security Sector Country % of Net Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Information Technology Taiwan 4.8%
Lawson, Inc. Consumer Staples Japan 4.7%
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Telecom Services South Korea 3.7%
Globe Telecom, Inc. Telecom Services Philippines 3.3%
Ito En, Ltd., Pfd. Consumer Staples Japan 3.1%
Eisai Co., Ltd. Health Care Japan 3.0%
Top Glove Corp. BHD Health Care Malaysia 2.9%
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Telecom Services Indonesia 2.9%
Advanced Info Service Public Co., Ltd. Telecom Services Thailand 2.8%
Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd. Consumer Discretionary Singapore 2.8%
34.0%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Portfolio Data as of September 30, 2008

Top 10 Holdings

Security Sector Country % of Net Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Information Technology Taiwan 4.9%
Lawson, Inc. Consumer Staples Japan 3.8%
HSBC Holdings PLC Financials United Kingdom 3.6%
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. Telecommunication Services Taiwan 3.4%
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. Telecommunication Services South Korea 3.4%
Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd. Consumer Discretionary Singapore 3.1%
Globe Telecom, Inc. Telecommunication Services Philippines 3.1%
Eisai Co., Ltd. Health Care Japan 3.0%
VTech Holdings, Ltd. Information Technology China/Hong Kong 2.9%
Ito En, Ltd., Pfd. Consumer Staples Japan 2.8%
34.1%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Sector Allocation (%)a

Fund  MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference 
Financials 20.9 27.1 –6.2
Consumer Discretionary 18.9 12.0 6.9
Information Technology 15.6 12.6 3.0
Telecom Services 14.6 5.7 8.9
Consumer Staples 14.2 5.7 8.5
Health Care 6.6 3.9 2.6
Utilities 5.3 4.6 0.7
Industrials 1.7 13.8 –12.1
Energy 1.2 5.0 –3.7
Materials 0.0 9.7 –9.7
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.1 0.0 1.1
Sector data based on MSCI’s revised Global Industry Classification Standards. For more details, visit www.msci.com.
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Country Allocation (%)a

Fund MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference
Japan 23.3 49.7 –26.4
China/Hong Kong 17.9 12.8 5.1
Taiwan 15.4 5.8 9.6
Thailand 8.2 0.8 7.4
Australia 7.6 14.2 –6.6
Singapore 5.8 2.6 3.3
Malaysia 5.7 1.4 4.3
South Korea 4.4 7.4 –3.1
United Kingdom 3.6 0.0 3.6
Philippines 3.1 0.3 2.9
Indonesia 2.5 0.9 1.6
India 1.4 3.8 –2.4
New Zealand 0.0 0.2 –0.2
Pakistan 0.0 0.1 –0.1
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.1 0.0 1.1
Source: FactSet Research Systems.
 

Market Cap Exposure (%)a,b

Fund MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference
Large cap (over $5 billion) 39.5 77.1 –37.3
Mid cap ($1 - $5 billion) 33.2 21.9 11.2
Small cap (under $1 billion) 26.3 0.9 25.4
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.1 0.0 1.1
       
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Portfolio Characteristicsc

Number of securities 57
Weighted average market cap $13.1 bil
P/E using FY1 Estimates 11.2x
P/E using FY2 Estimates 10.0x
Source: FactSet Research Systems.


^ The MSCI All-Country Asia Pacific Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of the stock markets of Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. The Asia Pacific Equity Income Fund invests in countries that are not included in the MSCI All-Country Asia Pacific Index. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Source: Index data from Morgan Stanley Capital Management; total return calculations performed by PFPC, Inc.

a Percentage values in data are rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent; the values may not sum to 100% due to marginal rounding errors.
b Equity market cap of issuer.
c The P/E figures represent the Harmonic Average P/E- which measures the price/earnings ratio of the Fund's entire portfolio, excluding negative earners- weighted by the size of the company's position within the portfolio.



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