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Portfolio Data as of April 30, 2008

Top 10 Holdings

Security Sector Country % of Net Assets
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Information Technology Taiwan 4.7%
HSBC Holdings PLC Financials United Kingdom 3.9%
The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Financials Japan 3.4%
Lawson, Inc. Consumer Staples Japan 3.3%
Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd. Consumer Discretionary Singapore 3.0%
Cyberlink Corp. Information Technology Taiwan 2.8%
Globe Telecom, Inc. Telecom Services Philippines 2.7%
Media Prima BHD Consumer Discretionary Malaysia 2.6%
BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd. Financials China/Hong Kong 2.5%
VTech Holdings, Ltd. Information Technology China/Hong Kong 2.5%
31.3%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Sector Allocation (%)a

Fund MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference
Financials 24.6 27.1 –2.5
Consumer Discretionary 23.8 11.5 12.3
Information Technology 16.2 13.0 3.2
Telecom Services 9.7 5.5 4.3
Consumer Staples 8.3 5.0 3.3
Health Care 5.8 3.0 2.8
Industrials 4.5 14.8 –10.4
Utilities 3.6 3.5 0.1
Energy 2.4 5.0 –2.7
Materials 0.0 11.5 –11.5
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.0 0.0 1.0
 
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 22.2 45.7 –23.5
China/Hong Kong 20.3 13.9 6.4
Taiwan 14.9 6.8 8.1
Singapore 7.9 2.5 5.3
Malaysia 7.6 1.4 6.2
Australia 6.9 14.6 –7.8
India 4.8 4.3 0.5
United Kingdom 3.9 0.0 3.9
South Korea 3.4 8.1 –4.6
Thailand 3.0 0.9 2.2
Philippines 2.7 0.2 2.5
Indonesia 1.5 1.2 0.4
New Zealand 0.0 0.3 –0.3
Pakistan 0.0 0.1 -0.1
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.0 0.0 1.0
 
Source: FactSet Research Systems.
 

Market Cap Exposure (%)a,b

Fund MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference
Large cap (over $5 billion) 45.0 83.4 –38.4
Mid cap ($1 - $5 billion) 34.0 16.2 17.8
Small cap (under $1 billion) 20.0 0.4 19.6
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.0 0.0 1.0
 
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Portfolio Characteristicsc

Number of securities 58
Weighted average market cap $18.0 bil
P/E using FY1 Estimates 13.7x
P/E using FY2 Estimates 12.2x
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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