EQUITY INCOME FUND SEL TEN PORT INTL SER DEFINED ASSET FDS, 497, 1996-01-23

EQUITY INCOME FUND SEL TEN PORT INTL SER DEFINED ASSET FDS
497, 1996-01-23

Previous: TCW DW MID CAP EQUITY TRUST, 497, 1996-01-23

Next: GREAT AMERICAN RESERVE VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT G, N-8A, 1996-01-23

DEFINED ASSET FUNDSSM
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EQUITY INCOME FUND The objective of these Defined Portfolios is total
SELECT TEN PORTFOLIO return through a combination of capital
1996 INTERNATIONAL appreciation and current dividend income.
SERIES A (WINTER) The common stocks in the United Kingdom Portfolio
UNITED KINGDOM, were selected by following a strategy that invests
HONG KONG AND for a period of about one year in the ten common
JAPAN PORTFOLIOS stocks in the Financial Times Industrial Ordinary
(UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS) Share Index (the FT Index) having the highest
- ------------------------------dividend yields two business days prior to the
/ / DESIGNED FOR TOTAL RETURN date of this Prospectus.
/ / DEFINED PORTFOLIOS OF 10 The common stocks in the Hong Kong Portfolio were
HIGHEST DIVIDEND selected by following a strategy that invests for
YIELDING INDEX STOCKS a period of about one year in the ten common
/ / SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND stocks in the Hang Seng Index having the highest
INCOME dividend yields two business days prior to the
date of this Prospectus.
The common stocks in the Japan Portfolio were
selected by following a strategy that invests for
a period of about one year in the ten common
stocks in the Nikkei 225 Index having the highest
dividend yields four business days prior to the
date of this Prospectus.
The Portfolios, especially the Hong Kong and Japan
Portfolios, may be considered speculative and
therefore they may be appropriate only for those
investors able or willing to assume the increased
risks of higher price volatility and currency
fluctuations associated with investments in
international equities. The Portfolios should be
considered as vehicles for investing a portion of
an investor's assets in foreign securities and not
as a complete equity investment program. The value
of units will fluctuate with the value of the
common stocks in the applicable Portfolio and
currency fluctuations and no assurance can be
given that dividends will be paid or that the
units will appreciate in value.
Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts herein are
stated in U.S. dollars computed on the basis of
the exchange rate for British pounds sterling,
Hong Kong dollars or Japanese yen, as applicable,
on January 19, 1996.
An investor may invest in Units of one or more
Portfolios.
Minimum purchase: $250 per Portfolio.

-------------------------------------------------
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR
DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR
SPONSORS: HAS THE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
Merrill Lynch, COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
Pierce, Fenner & Smith OF THIS DOCUMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
Incorporated CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Smith Barney Inc. Inquiries should be directed to the Trustee at
PaineWebber Incorporated 1-800-323-1508.
Prudential Securities Prospectus dated January 19, 1996.
Incorporated INVESTORS SHOULD READ THIS PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

<PAGE>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Defined Asset FundsSM

Defined Asset Funds is America's oldest and largest family of unit investment
trusts, with over $100 billion sponsored in the last 25 years. Each Defined
Asset Fund is a portfolio of preselected securities. The portfolio is divided
into 'units' representing equal shares of the underlying assets. Each unit
receives an equal share of income and principal distributions.

Defined Asset Funds offer several defined 'distinctives'. You know in advance
what you are investing in and that changes in the portfolio are limited - a
defined portfolio. Most defined bond funds pay interest monthly - defined
income. The portfolio offers a convenient and simple way to invest - simplicity
defined.

Your financial professional can help you select a Defined Asset Fund to meet
your personal investment objectives. Our size and market presence enable us to
offer a wide variety of investments. The Defined Asset Funds family offers:

o Municipal portfolios
o Corporate portfolios
o Government portfolios
o Equity portfolios
o International portfolios

The terms of Defined Funds are as short as one year or as long as 30 years.
Special defined bond funds are available including: insured funds, double and
triple tax-free funds and funds with 'laddered maturities' to help protect
against changing interest rates. Defined Asset Funds are offered by prospectus
only.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining the Strategy
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

The Select Ten Portfolios follow a simple, time-tested Strategy: buy
approximately equal amounts of the ten highest dividend-yielding stocks of the
Financial Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index, the Hang Seng Index or the
Nikkei 225 Index* and hold them for about one year. At the end of the year, each
Portfolio will be liquidated and the Strategy reapplied to that Index to select
a new portfolio. Each Select Ten Portfolio is designed to be part of a longer
term strategy and investors are advised to follow the Strategy for at least a
three to five year period. So long as the Sponsors continue to offer new
portfolios, investors will have the option to reinvest into a new portfolio at a
reduced sales charge. The Sponsors reserve the right not to offer new
portfolios.

- ------------
* The publishers of these Indexes are not affiliated with the Sponsors, have not
participated in any way in the creation of the Portfolios or in the selection of
stocks included in the Portfolios and have not reviewed or approved any
information included in this Prospectus.

The Strategy provides a disciplined approach to investing based on a buy and
hold philosophy, which ignores market timing and investment research and rejects
active management of a Portfolio. The Sponsors anticipate that each Portfolio
will remain unchanged over its one-year life despite adverse developments
concerning an issuer, an industry or the economy or a stock market generally.
Although Select Ten International Portfolios were not available until 1993, a
strategy of investing in approximately equal values of the Strategy Stocks (but
not necessarily a given Portfolio) each year generally would have yielded a
higher total return than an investment in all of the stocks of the relevant
index, on a hypothetical basis. Of course, past performance cannot guarantee
future results and there can be no assurance that any Portfolio will outperform
the related Index over its one-year life, especially because of sales charges
and expenses, or that the Strategy will not lose money over consecutive annual
periods.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining Your Risks
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

The Strategy Stocks, as the 10 highest dividend yielding stocks in the related
Index, generally share attributes that have caused them to have lower prices or
higher yields relative to the other stocks in those Indexes. The Strategy Stocks
may, for example, be experiencing financial difficulty, or be out of favor in
the market because of weak performance, poor earnings forecasts or negative
publicity; or they may be reacting to general market cycles. The Strategy is
therefore contrarian in nature. The Strategy Stocks are chosen solely by
application of the Strategy to determine the highest-yielding Index stocks. The
Portfolios do not reflect any investment recommendations of the Sponsors and one
or more of the stocks in a Portfolio may, from time to time, be subject to sell
recommendations from one or more of the Sponsors.

The Portfolios are not appropriate investments for those who are not comfortable
with the Strategy. They may not be appropriate for investors seeking either
preservation of capital or high current income, nor would they be appropriate
for investors unable or unwilling to assume the increased risks of higher price
volatility and currency fluctuations associated with investments in
international equities trading in non-U.S. currencies. The Portfolios should be
considered as vehicles for investing a portion of an investor's assets in
foreign securities and not as a complete equity investment program.

A-2
<PAGE>

There can be no assurance that the market factors that caused the relatively low
prices and high yields of the Strategy Stocks will change, that any negative
conditions adversely affecting the stock price will not deteriorate, that the
dividend rates on the Strategy Stocks will be maintained or that share prices
will not decline further during the life of a Portfolio, or that the Strategy
Stocks will continue to be included in the related index.

Unit price fluctuates with the value of a Portfolio, and the value of a
Portfolio could be affected by changes in the financial condition of the
issuers, changes in the various industries represented in the Portfolios,
movements in stock prices generally and in currency exchange rates, the impact
of purchase and sale of securities for a Portfolio (especially during the
primary offering period of units and during the rollover period) and other
factors. Also, the return on an investment in a Portfolio will be lower than the
hypothetical returns on Strategy Stocks because the Portfolio has sales charges,
brokerage commissions and expenses, purchases Strategy Stocks at different
prices and is not fully invested at all times and because of other factors
described under Performance Information.

Unlike mutual funds, the Portfolios are not actively managed and the Sponsors
receive no management fee. The adverse financial condition of an issuer or any
market movement in the price of a security will not require the sale of
securities from a Portfolio. Although the Sponsors may instruct the Trustee to
sell securities under certain limited circumstances, given the investment
philosophy of the Portfolios, the Sponsors are not likely to do so. The
Portfolios may continue to purchase or hold securities originally selected even
though the market value and yields on the securities may have changed or the
securities may no longer be included in the related Index.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining Your Investment
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE PER 1,000 UNITS $1,000.00

The Public Offering Price as of January 19, 1996 is based on the aggregate value
of the underlying securities and any cash held to purchase securities, divided
by the number of units outstanding times 1,000, plus the initial sales charge.
The Public Offering Price on any subsequent date will vary. The underlying
securities are valued by the Trustee on every business day on the basis of their
closing sale prices (11:30 a.m. New York Time for the London Stock Exchange,
3:30 a.m. New York Time for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and 1:00 a.m. New York
Time for the Tokyo Stock Exchange).

SALES CHARGES

The total sales charge for this investment combines an initial up-front sales
charge and a deferred sales charge that will be deducted from the net asset
value of a Portfolio monthly beginning April 22, 1996 and thereafter on the 1st
of each month for the remaining nine months of the Portfolio.

ROLLOVER OPTION

When these Select Ten International Portfolios are about to terminate, you may
have the option to roll your proceeds into the next portfolio of the then
current Strategy Stocks. If you notify your financial consultant by January 24,
1997, your units will be redeemed and your proceeds will be reinvested in units
of the next Select Ten International Portfolio. If you decide not to roll over
your proceeds, you will receive a cash distribution after the Fund terminates.
Of course you can sell or redeem your Units at any time prior to termination.

SEMI-ANNUAL DISTRIBUTIONS

You will receive distributions of any dividend income, net of expenses, on the
25th of June and November 1996, if you own units on the 10th of those months.

REINVESTMENT OPTION

You can elect to automatically reinvest your distributions into additional units
of a Portfolio subject only to the deferred sales charge remaining at the time
of reinvestment. Reinvesting helps to compound your income for a greater total
return.

TAXES

In the opinion of counsel, you will be considered to have received all the
dividends paid on your pro rata portion of each security in a Portfolio when
those dividends are received by the Portfolio, even though a portion of the
dividend payments may be used to pay expenses of the Portfolio and regardless of
whether you reinvest your dividends in the Portfolio.
A-3
<PAGE>

TAX BASIS REPORTING

The proceeds received when you sell this investment will reflect the deduction
of the deferred sales charge and the charge for organizational expenses. In
addition, the annual statement and the relevant tax reporting forms you receive
at year-end will be based upon the amount paid to you (net of the deferred sales
charge and the charge for organizational expenses). Accordingly, you should not
increase your basis in your units by the deferred sales charge and the charge
for organizational expenses. (See Taxes).

TERMINATION DATE

The Portfolios will terminate by February 28, 1997. The final distribution will
be made within a reasonable time afterward. A Portfolio may be terminated
earlier if its value is less than 40% of the value of the securities when
deposited.

SPONSORS' PROFIT OR LOSS

The Sponsors' profit or loss from the Portfolios will include applicable sales
charges, fluctuations in the Public Offering Price or secondary market price of
units and a gain or loss on the initial and subsequent deposits of securities
(see Defined Portfolios; Sponsors' and Underwriters' Profits in Part B).

- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining Your Costs
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

SALES CHARGES

First-time investors pay a 1% maximum sales charge when they buy. For example,
on a $1,000 investment, $990 is invested in the Strategy Stocks. In addition, a
deferred sales charge of $1.75 per 1,000 units will be deducted from a
Portfolio's net asset value each month over the last ten months of the
Portfolio's life ($17.50 total). This deferred method of payment keeps more of
your money invested over a longer period of time. If you roll the proceeds of
your investment into a new portfolio, you will not be subject to the 1% initial
charge, just the $17.50 deferred fee. Although this is a unit investment trust
rather than a mutual fund, the following information is presented to permit a
comparison of fees and an understanding of the direct or indirect costs and
expenses that you pay.

As a %
of Initial
Public Amount per
Offering Price 1,000 Units
--------------- --------------
Maximum Initial Sales Charge 1.00% $ 10.00
Deferred Sales Charge per Year 1.75% 17.50
--------------- --------------
2.75% $ 27.50
--------------- --------------
--------------- --------------
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed Per
Year on Reinvested Dividends 1.23% $ 12.25

Estimated Operating Expenses and the cumulative costs are provided below for
each Portfolio.

SELLING YOUR INVESTMENT

You may sell or redeem your units at any time prior to the termination of a
Portfolio. Your price will be based on the then current net asset value. The
redemption and secondary market repurchase price as of January 19, 1996 was
$972.50 per 1,000 units ($27.50 per 1,000 units less than the Public Offering
Price) for the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Japan Portfolios. This price
reflects deductions of the deferred sales charge which declines over the last
ten months of a Portfolio ($17.50 initially). If you sell your units before the
termination of the Portfolio, you will pay the remaining balance of the deferred
sales charge. In addition, after the initial offering period, the repurchase and
cash redemption prices for units will be further reduced to reflect the
estimated costs of liquidating securities to meet the redemption. If you
reinvest in a new Portfolio, you will pay your share of any brokerage
commissions on the sale of underlying securities when your units are liquidated
during the rollover.
A-4
<PAGE>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining Your United Kingdom Portfolio
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

Investing in the Portfolio, rather than in only one or two of the Strategy
Stocks, is a way to diversify your investment. Based upon the principal business
of each issuer and current market values, the following industries are
represented in the Portfolio:
APPROXIMATE
PORTFOLIO PERCENTAGE
/ / Conglomerate 20%
/ / Building Materials 10
/ / Utilities/Gas 10
/ / Electrical Equipment 10
/ / Chemicals 10
/ / Wines/Spirits 10
/ / Automotive/Aviation 10
/ / Telecommunications 10
/ / Transportation/Marine 10

The United Kingdom Portfolio is not concentrated in stocks of any particular
industry, although all of the stocks represent United Kingdom issuers.

U.K. TAXES

The Portfolio will report as gross income each investor's pro rata share of
dividends earned by the Portfolio grossed-up to reflect the payment of certain
U.K. taxes by the relevant U.K. corporation. As a practical matter, investors
may not receive a refund of any amount of such U.K. taxes under the U.S.-U.K.
Treaty in the absence of the Portfolio agreeing to a special procedure with the
U.K. Inland Revenue.

ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES

AS A % OF AMOUNT PER
NET ASSETS 1,000 UNITS
----------------- --------------
Trustee's Fee .079% $ 0.78
Maximum Portfolio Supervision,
Bookkeeping and Administrative
Fees .046% $ 0.45
Organizational Expenses .139% $ 1.38
Other Operating Expenses .115% $ 1.14
----------------- --------------
TOTAL .379% $ 3.75

The Portfolio (and therefore the investors) will bear all or a portion of its
organizational costs--including costs of preparing the registration statement,
the trust indenture and other closing documents, registering units with the SEC
and the states and the initial audit of the Portfolio--as is common for mutual
funds.

These estimates do not include the costs of purchasing and selling the
underlying Strategy Stocks.

COSTS OVER TIME

You would pay the following cumulative expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming
a 5% annual return on the investment throughout the indicated periods and
redemption at the end of the period:

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$32 $77 $124 $255

Although each Portfolio has a term of only one year and is a unit investment
trust rather than a mutual fund, this information is presented to permit a
comparison of fees, assuming the principal amount and distributions are rolled
over each year into a new Series subject only to the deferred sales charge and
fund expenses.

The example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses
or annual rates of return; the actual expenses and annual rates of return may be
more or less than the example. Reductions to the repurchase and cash redemption
prices in the secondary market to recoup the costs of liquidating securities to
meet redemption, currently estimated at $2.13 per 1,000 units, have not been
reflected.
A-5
<PAGE>
<TABLE><CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defined United Kingdom Portfolio
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equity Income Fund
Select Ten Portfolio 1996 International Series A (Winter) January 19, 1996

PRICE
PER SHARE COST
TO PORTFOLIO TO FUND
PERCENTAGE CURRENT IN IN U.S. DOLLARS
NAME OF ISSUER OF PORTFOLIO (1) DIVIDEND YIELD (2) U.S. DOLLARS (3)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. The Peninsular & Oriental Steam
Navigation Company 10.20% 6.24% $ 7.387 $ 30,286.02
2. Allied Domecq PLC 9.70 5.96 8.006 28,822.25
3. Hanson PLC 10.03 5.80 3.104 29,801.12
4. British Gas PLC 9.87 5.75 3.807 29,311.68
5. British Telecommunications PLC 9.90 4.83 5.657 29,417.42
6. BTR PLC 10.02 4.56 5.045 29,767.88
7. BICC PLC 9.86 4.41 4.305 29,275.43
8. Lucas Industries PLC 10.14 3.73 2.840 30,103.24
9. Courtaulds PLC 10.05 3.54 6.632 29,841.90
10. Blue Circle Industries PLC 10.23 3.51 5.151 30,391.76
----------------- -----------------
100.00% $ 297,018.70
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
</TABLE>
- ------------------------------------
(1) Based on Cost to Fund in U.S. dollars.
(2) Current Dividend Yield for each security was generally calculated by adding
the most recent interim and final dividends declared on the security and
dividing the result by its market value as of the close of trading on
January 19, 1996.
(3) Valuation by the Trustee made on the basis of closing sale prices at the
evaluation time on January 19, 1996, converted into U.S. dollars on the
offer side of the exchange rate at the evaluation time on that date. Loss to
the Sponsors on deposit of the Securities was $2,098.62.

------------------------------------

The securities were acquired on January 19, 1996 and are represented entirely by
contracts to purchase the securities. Any of the Sponsors may have acted as
underwriters, managers or co-managers of a public offering of the securities in
this Fund during the last three years. Affiliates of the Sponsors may serve as
specialists in the securities in this Fund on one or more stock exchanges and
may have a long or short position in any of these securities or in options on
any of them, and may be on the opposite side of public orders executed on the
floor of an exchange where the securities are listed. An officer, director or
employee of any of the Sponsors may be an officer or director of one or more of
the issuers of the securities in the Fund. A Sponsor may trade for its own
account as an odd-lot dealer, market maker, block positioner and/or arbitrageur
in any of the securities or in options on them. Any Sponsor, its affiliates,
directors, elected officers and employee benefits programs may have either a
long or short position in any securities or in options on them.
A-6
<PAGE>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance Information--FT Strategy
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following table compares the actual performance of the FT Index and the
hypothetical performance of approximately equal amounts invested in each of the
FT Strategy Stocks (but not any Select Ten Portfolio) at the beginning of each
year and reinvesting the proceeds annually for the past 20 years as of December
31 in each of these years. These results represent past performance of the FT
Strategy Stocks, and may not be indicative of future results of the Strategy or
the Portfolio. The FT Strategy Stocks underperformed the FT Index in certain
years including five of the last 20 years. Also, an investment in the Portfolio
will not realize as high a total return as a direct investment in the FT
Strategy Stocks, since the Portfolio has sales charges and expenses and may not
be fully invested at all times. In addition, dividends on the FT Strategy Stocks
are subject to withholding by the U.K. Actual performance of a Portfolio will
also differ from quoted performance of the FT Strategy Stocks and the FT Index
because the quoted performance figures are annual figures based on closing sales
prices on December 31, while the Portfolios are established and liquidated at
various times during the year. Performance variances may also result because
stocks are normally purchased or sold at prices and currency exchange rates
different from the closing price and currency exchange rate used to determine
the Portfolio's net asset value and not all stocks may be weighted equally at
all times.

<TABLE><CAPTION>
COMPARISON OF DIVIDENDS, APPRECIATION AND TOTAL RETURN
(FIGURES REFLECT CONVERSION INTO U.S. DOLLARS AT APPLICABLE CURRENCY EXCHANGE
RATES
BUT NOT SALES CHARGES, FUND EXPENSES, COMMISSIONS OR TAXES)

FT STRATEGY STOCKS(1) FT INDEX*
--------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
YEAR APPRECIATION(2) ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD(3) TOTAL RETURN(4) APPRECIATION(2) ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD(3)
- --------- ---------------- --------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1976 -23.33% 7.44% -15.89% -20.59% 5.01%
1977 73.41 13.86 87.27 53.46 8.46
1978 7.22 10.51 17.73 3.57 6.35
1979 -5.75 10.51 4.76 -3.94 7.53
1980 16.49 13.66 30.15 22.57 9.20
1981 -14.02 7.76 -6.26 -10.36 5.06
1982 34.04 9.99 44.03 -4.41 4.83
1983 34.17 7.89 42.06 16.60 5.34
1984 -0.85 6.35 5.50 -2.26 4.41
1985 69.36 9.28 78.64 48.25 6.49
1986 26.35 6.53 32.88 19.14 5.22
1987 40.49 7.61 48.10 32.97 6.02
1988 5.19 6.19 11.38 1.62 5.12
1989 22.08 6.63 28.71 17.57 5.23
1990 1.91 7.35 9.26 4.31 5.98
1991 8.70 7.87 16.57 9.36 5.29
1992 -1.41 5.68 4.27 -6.33 4.00
1993 31.55 6.14 37.69 14.24 4.16
1994 0.42 5.04 5.46 -2.43 4.32
1995 5.20 5.63 10.83 13.07 4.56
<CAPTION>

YEAR TOTAL RETURN(4)
- --------- ----------------
<S> <C>
1976 -15.58%
1977 61.92
1978 9.92
1979 3.59
1980 31.77
1981 -5.30
1982 0.42
1983 21.94
1984 2.15
1985 54.74
1986 24.36
1987 38.99
1988 6.74
1989 22.80
1990 10.29
1991 14.65
1992 -2.33
1993 18.40
1994 1.89
1995 17.63

</TABLE>

Changes in the exchange rates of the pound sterling relative to the U.S. dollar
affected these figures significantly in certain years. These changes ranged from
minus 25% in 1981 and 1984 to plus 21% in 1987, and averaged minus 2.7% over the
last 20 years. See Foreign Currency Exchange Rates table under Risk
Factors--International Risk Factors Generally, in Part B.

- ------------------------------------
* Source: Datastream International, Inc. The Sponsors have not independently
verified these data, but they have no reason to believe these data are
incorrect in any material respect.
(1) The FT Strategy Stocks for any given year were selected by ranking the
dividend yields for each of the stocks in the FT Index as of the beginning
of that year, as provided by Datastream International Inc. The yields were
generally computed by adding together the interim and final dividends for
each of the stocks (these companies generally pay one interim and a final
dividend per fiscal year) declared in the preceding year divided by that
stock's market value on the first trading day that year on the London Stock
Exchange.
(2) Appreciation for the Strategy Stocks is calculated by subtracting the market
value of these stocks at the opening value on the first trading day on the
London Stock Exchange in a given year from the market value of those stocks
at the closing value on the last trading day in that year, and dividing the
result by the market value of the stocks at the opening value on the first
trading day in that year. Appreciation for the FT Index is calculated by
subtracting the opening value of the FT Index on the first trading day in
each year from the closing value of the FT Index on the last trading day in
that year, and dividing the result by the opening value of the FT Index on
the first trading day in that year.
(3) Actual Dividend Yield for the FT Strategy Stocks is calculated by adding the
total dividends received on the stocks in the year and dividing the result
by the market value of the stocks on the first trading day in that year.
Actual Dividend Yield for the FT Index is calculated by taking the total
dividends credited to the FT Index and dividing the result by the opening
value of the FT Index on the first trading day of the year.
(4) Total Return represents the sum of Appreciation and Actual Dividend Yield.
Total Return does not take into consideration any reinvestment of dividend
income.
A-7
<PAGE>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining Your Hong Kong Portfolio
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

APPROXIMATE
PORTFOLIO PERCENTAGE
/ / Real Estate/Properties 50%
/ / Publishing 20
/ / Transportation 10
/ / Utilities 10
/ / Telecommunications 10

The Hong Kong Portfolio is concentrated in real estate and property stocks, and
all of the stocks represent Hong Kong issuers. Investors should note that Hong
Kong will revert to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997, which may adversely
effect real estate or property values or the market value of Hong Kong stocks
generally. The People's Republic of China has committed to preserve for 50 years
the economic and social freedoms currently enjoyed in Hong Kong, but there is no
assurance that they will abide by this commitment. (See Risk Factors in Part B.)

ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES

AS A % OF AMOUNT PER
NET ASSETS 1,000 UNITS
----------------- --------------
Trustee's Fee .079% $ 0.78
Maximum Portfolio Supervision,
Bookkeeping and Administrative
Fees .046% $ 0.45
Organizational Expenses .139% $ 1.38
Other Operating Expenses .120% $ 1.19
----------------- --------------
TOTAL .384% $ 3.80

These estimates do not include the costs of purchasing and selling the
underlying Strategy Stocks.

COSTS OVER TIME

You would pay the following cumulative expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming
a 5% annual return on the investment throughout the indicated periods and
redemption at the end of the period:

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$32 $77 $124 $256

This example assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and uses a
5% annual rate of return as mandated by SEC regulations applicable to mutual
funds. For purposes of the example, the deferred sales charge imposed on
reinvestment of dividends is not reflected until the year following payment of
the dividend; the cumulative expenses would be higher if sales charges on
reinvested dividends were reflected in the year of reinvestment.
The example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses
or annual rates of return; the actual expenses and annual rates of return may be
more or less than the example. Reductions to the repurchase and cash redemption
prices in the secondary market to recoup the costs of liquidating securities to
meet redemption, currently estimated at $5.08 per 1,000 units, have not been
reflected.
A-8
<PAGE>
<TABLE><CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defined Hong Kong Portfolio
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equity Income Fund
Select Ten Portfolio 1996 International Series A (Winter) January 19, 1996

PRICE COST
PER SHARE TO FUND
PERCENTAGE CURRENT TO PORTFOLIO IN IN U.S. DOLLARS
NAME OF ISSUER OF PORTFOLIO (1) DIVIDEND YIELD (2) U.S. DOLLARS (3)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Oriental Press Group 10.18% 6.18% $ 0.356 $ 46,242.40
2. South China Morning Post
(Holdings) Ltd. 9.91 6.06 0.644 45,045.92
3. Shun Tak Holdings Ltd. 9.73 5.70 0.737 44,237.49
4. Henderson Land Development Co.,
Ltd. 10.41 5.36 6.759 47,309.53
5. Amoy Properties Ltd. 9.80 5.00 1.099 44,528.52
6. Hang Lung Development Co. 10.25 4.67 1.863 46,565.77
7. Hysan Development Co., Ltd. 10.00 4.47 2.839 45,427.50
8. Hong Kong Telecommunications
Ltd. 9.51 4.33 1.895 43,205.28
9. Hopewell Holdings Ltd. 10.10 4.02 0.647 45,919.03
10. Hong Kong Electric Holdings
Ltd. 10.11 3.97 3.402 45,925.49
----------------- -----------------
100.00% $ 454,406.93
----------------- -----------------
----------------- -----------------
</TABLE>

- ------------------------------------

(1) Based on Cost to Fund in U.S. dollars.
(2) Current Dividend Yield for each security was calculated by adding the most
recent interim and final dividends declared on the security and dividing the
result by its market value as of the close of trading on January 19, 1996.
(3) Valuation by the Trustee made on the basis of closing sale prices at the
evaluation time on January 19, 1996, converted into U.S. dollars on the
offer side of the exchange rate at the evaluation time on that date. Loss to
the Sponsors on deposit of the Securities was $2,332.08.

------------------------------------

The securities were acquired on January 19, 1996 and are represented entirely by
contracts to purchase the securities. Any of the Sponsors may have acted as
underwriters, managers or co-managers of a public offering of the securities in
this Fund during the last three years. Affiliates of the Sponsors may serve as
specialists in the securities in this Fund on one or more stock exchanges and
may have a long or short position in any of these securities or in options on
any of them, and may be on the opposite side of public orders executed on the
floor of an exchange where the securities are listed. An officer, director or
employee of any of the Sponsors may be an officer or director of one or more of
the issuers of the securities in the Fund. A Sponsor may trade for its own
account as an odd-lot dealer, market maker, block positioner and/or arbitrageur
in any of the securities or in options on them. Any Sponsor, its affiliates,
directors, elected officers and employee benefits programs may have either a
long or short position in any securities or in options on them.
A-9
<PAGE>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance Information--Hang Seng Strategy
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following table compares the actual performance of the Hang Seng Index and
the hypothetical performance of approximately equal amounts invested in each of
the Hang Seng Strategy Stocks (but not any Select Ten Portfolio) at the
beginning of each year and reinvesting the proceeds annually for the past 18
years as of December 31 in each of these years. These results represent past
performance of the Hang Seng Strategy Stocks, and may not be indicative of
future results of the Strategy or the Portfolio. The Hang Seng Strategy Stocks
underperformed the Hang Seng Index in certain years, including eight of the last
18 years. Also, an investment in the Hong Kong Portfolio will not realize as
high a total return as a direct investment in the Hang Seng Strategy Stocks,
since the Portfolio has sales charges and expenses and may not be fully invested
at all times. Actual performance of a Portfolio will also differ from quoted
performance of the Hang Seng Strategy Stocks and the Hang Seng Index because the
quoted performance figures are annual figures based on closing sales prices on
December 31, while the Portfolios are established and liquidated at various
times during the year. In addition, the Hang Seng Index is weighted by market
capitalization while the Portfolio stocks are more or less equally weighted.
Performance variances may also result because stocks are normally purchased or
sold at prices and currency exchange rates different from the closing price and
currency exchange rate used to determine the Portfolio's net asset value and not
all stocks may be weighted equally at all times. While the Hong Kong dollar
exchange rate has been pegged to the U.S. dollar since 1983, there can be no
assurance that this arrangement will continue in the future (see Risk
Factors--International Risk Factors, Generally in Part B).

COMPARISON OF DIVIDENDS, APPRECIATION AND TOTAL RETURN

(FIGURES REFLECT CONVERSION INTO U.S. DOLLARS AT APPLICABLE CURRENCY EXCHANGE
RATES
BUT NOT SALES CHARGES, FUND EXPENSES, COMMISSIONS OR TAXES)

<TABLE><CAPTION>
HANG SENG STRATEGY STOCKS(1) HANG SENG INDEX*
--------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
YEAR APPRECIATION(2) ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD(3) TOTAL RETURN(4) APPRECIATION(2) ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD(3)
- --------- ---------------- --------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1978 19.82% 8.22% 28.04% 17.83% 5.68%
1979 72.63 9.65 82.28 72.27 6.06
1980 34.03 7.37 41.40 61.60 4.23
1981 -10.94 7.08 -3.86 -13.75 2.68
1982 -46.13 7.16 -38.97 -51.24 3.45
1983 -15.40 7.92 -7.48 -6.92 6.03
1984 53.82 11.50 65.32 36.45 6.09
1985 40.25 7.27 47.52 46.33 4.77
1986 54.50 5.99 60.49 46.90 4.26
1987 -2.15 5.18 3.03 -10.06 3.33
1988 28.02 6.02 34.04 16.07 4.53
1989 2.66 6.75 9.41 5.55 4.64
1990 -1.93 8.04 6.11 6.71 5.28
1991 40.07 8.44 48.51 42.41 5.84
1992 32.08 6.86 38.94 28.87 4.76
1993 100.80 6.19 106.99 116.14 4.97
1994 -34.93 3.48 -31.45 -31.22 2.39
1995 10.25 5.86 16.11 23.03 3.92

YEAR TOTAL RETURN(4)
- --------- ----------------
<S> <C>
1978 23.51%
1979 78.33
1980 65.83
1981 -11.07
1982 -47.79
1983 -0.89
1984 42.54
1985 51.10
1986 51.16
1987 -6.73
1988 20.60
1989 10.19
1990 11.99
1991 48.25
1992 33.63
1993 121.11
1994 -28.83
1995 26.95
</TABLE>

- ------------------------------------
* Source: Datastream International, Inc. The Sponsors have not independently
verified these data, but they have no reason to believe these data are
incorrect in any material respect.
(1) The Hang Seng Strategy Stocks for any given year were selected by ranking
the dividend yields for each of the stocks in the Hang Seng Index as of the
beginning of that year, as provided by Datastream International Inc. The
yields were generally computed by adding together the interim and final
dividends for each of the stocks (these companies generally pay one interim
and a final dividend per fiscal year) declared in the preceding year divided
by that stock's market value on the first trading day that year on the Hong
Kong Stock Exchange.
(2) Appreciation for the Hang Seng Strategy Stocks is calculated by subtracting
the market value of these stocks at the opening value on the first trading
day on the London Stock Exchange in a given year from the market value of
those stocks at the closing value on the last trading day in that year, and
dividing the result by the market value of the stocks at the opening value
on the first trading day in that year. Appreciation for the Hang Seng Index
is calculated by subtracting the opening value of the Hang Seng Index on the
first trading day in each year from the closing value of the Hang Seng Index
on the last trading day in that year, and dividing the result by the opening
value of the Hang Seng Index on the first trading day in that year.
(3) Actual Dividend Yield for the Hang Seng Strategy Stocks is calculated by
adding the total dividends received on the stocks in the year and dividing
the result by the market value of the stocks on the first trading day in
that year. Actual Dividend Yield for the Hang Seng Index is calculated by
taking the total dividends credited to the Hang Seng Index and dividing the
result by the opening value of the Hang Seng Index on the first trading day
of the year.
(4) Total Return represents the sum of Appreciation and Actual Dividend Yield.
Total Return does not take into consideration any reinvestment of dividend
income.
A-10
<PAGE>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Defining Your Japan Portfolio
- ----------------------------------------------------------------

APPROXIMATE
PORTFOLIO PERCENTAGE
/ / Utilities/Gas and Electric 40%
/ / Oil/Gas 20
/ / Transportation 10
/ / Electrical Equipment 10
/ / Aerospace/Defense 10
/ / Engineering and Construction 10

The Japan Portfolio is concentrated in gas and electric utility stocks, and all
of the stocks represent Japanese issuers. (See Risk Factors in Part B.)
The Portfolio will report as gross income each investor's pro rata share of
dividends earned by the Portfolio grossed-up to reflect any taxes withheld on
the dividends.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES

AS A % OF AMOUNT PER
NET ASSETS 1,000 UNITS
----------------- ---------------
Trustee's Fee .083% $ 0.82
Maximum Portfolio Supervision,
Bookkeeping and
Administrative Fees .046% $ 0.45
Organizational Expenses .187% $ 1.85
Other Operating Expenses .146% $ 1.45
----------------- ---------------
TOTAL .462% $ 4.57

These estimates do not include the costs of purchasing and selling the
underlying Strategy Stocks.

COSTS OVER TIME

You would pay the following cumulative expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming
a 5% annual return on the investment throughout the indicated periods and
redemption at the end of the period:

1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
$32 $79 $128 $264

This example assumes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and uses a
5% annual rate of return as mandated by SEC regulations applicable to mutual
funds. For purposes of the example, the deferred sales charge imposed on
reinvestment of dividends is not reflected until the year following payment of
the dividend; the cumulative expenses would be higher if sales charges on
reinvested dividends were reflected in the year of reinvestment.
The example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses
or annual rates of return; the actual expenses and annual rates of return may be
more or less than the example. Reductions to the repurchase and cash redemption
prices in the secondary market to recoup the costs of liquidating securities to
meet redemption, currently estimated at $11.88 per 1,000 units, have not been
reflected.
A-11
<PAGE>
<TABLE><CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defined Japan Portfolio
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Equity Income Fund
Select Ten Portfolio 1996 International Series A (Winter) January 19, 1996

- ------------------------------------
(1) Based on Cost to Fund in U.S. dollars.
(2) Current Dividend Yield for each security was calculated by adding the most
recent interim and final dividends declared on the security and dividing the
result by its market value as of the close of trading on January 19, 1996.
(3) Valuation by the Trustee made on the basis of closing sale prices at the
evaluation time on January 19, 1996, converted into U.S. dollars on the
offer side of the exchange rate at the evaluation time on that date. Loss to
the Sponsors on deposit of the Securities was $687.27.

------------------------------------

A-12
<PAGE>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Performance Information--Nikkei 225 Strategy
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The following table compares the actual performance of the Nikkei 225 Index and
the hypothetical performance of approximately equal amounts invested in each of
the Nikkei Strategy Stocks (but not any Select Ten Portfolio) at the beginning
of each year and reinvesting the proceeds annually for the past 20 years as of
December 31 in each of these years. These results represent past performance of
the Nikkei Strategy Stocks, and may not be indicative of future results of the
Strategy or the Portfolio. The Nikkei Strategy Stocks underperformed the Nikkei
225 Index in certain years, including seven of the last 20 years. Also, an
investment in the Japan Portfolio will not realize as high a total return as a
direct investment in the Nikkei Strategy Stocks, since the Portfolio has sales
charges and expenses and may not be fully invested at all times. Actual
performance of a Portfolio will also differ from quoted performance of the
Nikkei Strategy Stocks and the Nikkei 225 Index because the quoted performance
figures are annual figures based on closing sales prices on December 31, while
the Portfolios are established and liquidated at various times during the year.
Performance variances may also result because stocks are normally purchased or
sold at prices and currency exchange rates different from the closing price and
currency exchange rate used to determine the Portfolio's net asset value and not
all stocks may be weighted equally at all times.

COMPARISON OF DIVIDENDS, APPRECIATION AND TOTAL RETURN
(FIGURES REFLECT CONVERSION INTO U.S. DOLLARS AT APPLICABLE EXCHANGE RATES
BUT NOT SALES CHARGES, FUND EXPENSES, COMMISSIONS OR TAXES)
<TABLE><CAPTION>

NIKKEI STRATEGY STOCKS(1) NIKKEI 225 INDEX*
--------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
YEAR APPRECIATION(2) ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD(3) TOTAL RETURN(4) APPRECIATION(2) ACTUAL DIVIDEND YIELD(3)
- --------- ---------------- --------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1976 5.51% 5.06% 10.57% 19.14% 2.79%
1977 49.39 4.89 54.28 19.14 2.41
1978 69.05 3.05 72.10 52.35 2.97
1979 -3.31 2.42 -0.89 -11.49 1.49
1980 34.72 4.21 38.93 27.20 2.27
1981 14.89 3.55 18.44 0.49 1.71
1982 -5.61 3.07 -2.54 -2.26 1.49
1983 27.00 4.04 31.04 25.01 2.07
1984 -0.05 3.16 3.11 7.43 1.49
1985 49.46 3.55 53.01 42.41 1.78
1986 75.32 2.51 77.83 81.97 1.81
1987 91.23 2.44 93.67 49.58 1.13
1988 61.43 1.61 63.04 35.60 0.97
1989 21.99 0.97 22.96 12.21 0.59
1990 -41.87 0.88 -40.99 -35.08 0.29
1991 5.35 1.55 6.90 4.74 0.82
1992 -17.66 1.49 -16.17 -26.33 0.57
1993 19.55 1.97 21.52 14.87 1.07
1994 26.11 1.88 27.99 27.16 1.14
1995 -6.31 1.33 -4.98 -2.99 0.69
<CAPTION>

YEAR TOTAL RETURN(4)
- --------- ----------------
<S> <C>
1976 21.93%
1977 21.55
1978 55.32
1979 -10.00
1980 29.47
1981 2.20
1982 -0.77
1983 27.08
1984 8.92
1985 44.19
1986 83.78
1987 50.71
1988 36.57
1989 12.80
1990 -34.79
1991 5.56
1992 -25.76
1993 15.94
1994 28.30
1995 -2.30
</TABLE>

Changes in the exchange rates of the Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar
affected these figures significantly. These changes ranged from minus 23% in
1979 to plus 23% in 1987 and averaged plus 4.61% annually over the last 20
years. See Foreign Currency Exchange Rates table under Risk

Factors--International Risk Factors, Generally in Part B. There can be no
assurance that similar appreciation will continue during the life of the
Portfolio or successive rollover periods.

- ------------------------------------
* Source: Datastream International, Inc. The Sponsors have not independently
verified these data, but they have no reason to believe these data are
incorrect in any material respect.
(1) The Nikkei Strategy Stocks for any given year were selected by ranking the
dividend yields for each of the stocks in the Nikkei 225 Index as of the
beginning of that year, as provided by Datastream International Inc. The
yields were generally computed by adding together the interim and final
dividends for each of the stocks (these companies generally pay one interim
and a final dividend per fiscal year) declared in the preceding year divided
by that stock's market value on the first trading day that year on the Toyko
Stock Exchange.
(2) Appreciation for the Nikkei Strategy Stocks is calculated by subtracting the
market value of these stocks at the opening value on the first trading day
on the Toyko Stock Exchange in a given year from the market value of those
stocks at the closing value on the last trading day in that year, and
dividing the result by the market value of the stocks at the opening value
on the first trading day in that year. Appreciation for the Nikkei 225 Index
is calculated by subtracting the opening value of the Nikkei 225 Index on
the first trading day in each year from the closing value of the Nikkei 225
Index on the last trading day in that year, and dividing the result by the
opening value of the Nikkei 225 Index on the first trading day in that year.
(3) Actual Dividend Yield for the Nikkei Strategy Stocks is calculated by adding
the total dividends received on the stocks in the year and dividing the
result by the market value of the stocks on the first trading day in that
year. Actual Dividend Yield for the Nikkei 225 Index is calculated by taking
the total dividends credited to the Nikkei 225 Index and dividing the result
by the opening value of the Nikkei 225 Index on the first trading day of the
year.
(4) Total Return represents the sum of Appreciation and Actual Dividend Yield.
Total Return does not take into consideration any reinvestment of dividend
income.
A-13
<PAGE>

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Sponsors, Trustee and Holders of Defined Asset Funds Equity Income Fund,
Select Ten Portfolio 1996 International Series A (Winter) (United Kingdom, Hong
Kong and Japan Portfolios) (the 'Fund'):

We have audited the accompanying statements of condition and the related
portfolios included in the prospectus of the Fund as of January 19, 1996. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Trustee. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included
confirmation of the irrevocable letters of credit deposited for the purchase of
securities, as described in the statements of condition, with the Trustee. An
audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by the Trustee, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 19, 1996
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, N.Y.
January 19, 1996

STATEMENTS OF CONDITION AS OF JANUARY 19, 1996
<TABLE><CAPTION>
UNITED KINGDOM HONG KONG JAPAN
TRUST PROPERTY PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Investments--Contracts to purchase Securities(1) $ 297,018.70 $ 454,406.93 $ 458,180.61
Organizational Costs(2).................................. 207,000.00 207,000.00 129,500.00
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Total..........................................$ 504,018.70 $ 661,406.93 $ 587,680.61
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
LIABILITIES AND INTEREST OF HOLDERS
Liabilities: Payment of deferred portion of sales
charge(3)................................................$ 5,250.33 $ 8,032.43 $ 8,099.14
Accrued Liability(2) 207,000.00 207,000.00 129,500.00
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Subtotal $ 212,250.33 $ 215,032.43 $ 137,599.14
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Interest of Holders of fractional undivided interest
outstanding (United Kingdom Portfolio-- 300,019 units;
Hong Kong Portfolio--458,996 units; Japan
Portfolio--462,808 units)(4):
Cost to investors(5)...................................$ 300,019.00 $ 458,996.00 $ 462,808.00
Gross underwriting commissions(6)...................... (8,250.63) (12,621.50) (12,726.53)
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Subtotal $ 291,768.37 $ 446,374.50 $ 450,081.47
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
Total $ 504,018.70 $ 661,406.93 $ 587,680.61
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
</TABLE>

- ---------------
(1) Aggregate cost to each Portfolio of the securities listed under
Defined Portfolio based on the U.S. dollar offer side value of the relevant
exchange rate determined by the Trustee at the evaluation time on January 19,
1996. The contracts to purchase securities are collateralized by irrevocable
letters of credit which have been issued by Banca Di Roma, New York Branch,
Banca Nazionale Dell'Agricoltura, New York Branch and The Bank of Yokohama,
Ltd., New York Branch, in the amount of $1,214,724.21 and deposited with the
Trustee. The amount of the letters of credit includes $1,209,606.24 for the
purchase of securities.
(2) This represents a portion of the Fund's organizational costs which
will be deferred and amortized over the life of the Fund. Organizational costs
have been estimated based on projected total assets of $370 million. To the
extent the Fund is larger or smaller, the estimates may vary.
(3) Represents the aggregate amount of mandatory distributions of $1.75
per 1,000 Units per month payable on April 22, 1996 and thereafter on the 1st
day of each month from May, 1996 through January 1, 1997. Distributions will be
made to an account maintained by the Trustee from which the deferred sales
charge obligation of the investors to the Sponsors will be satisfied. If units
are redeemed prior to January 1, 1997, the remaining portion of the distribution
applicable to such units will be transferred to such account on the redemption
date.
(4) Because the value of securities at the evaluation time on the
Initial Date of Deposit may differ from the amounts shown in these statements of
condition, the number of Units offered on the day following the Initial Date of
Deposit will be adjusted from the initial number of Units to maintain the $1,000
per 1,000 Units offering price.
(5) Aggregate public offering price computed on the basis of the U. S.
dollar value of the underlying securities based on the U.S. dollar offer side
value of the relevant exchange rate at the evaluation time on January 19, 1996.
(6) Assumes the maximum sales charge per 1,000 units of 2.75% of the
Public Offering Price.
A-14

<PAGE>
DEFINED ASSET FUNDSSM
PROSPECTUS--PART B

EQUITY INCOME FUND SELECT TEN PORTFOLIOS--INTERNATIONAL SERIES
UNITED KINGDOM, HONG KONG AND JAPAN PORTFOLIOS
FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE FUND MAY BE OBTAINED
BY WRITING OR CALLING THE TRUSTEE AT THE ADDRESS AND
TELEPHONE NUMBER SET FORTH ON THE BACK COVER OF THIS PROSPECTUS.

Index

PAGE
---------
Fund Description...................................... 1
Risk Factors.......................................... 5
How to Buy Units...................................... 9
How to Sell Units..................................... 10
Income, Distributions and Reinvestment................ 12
Portfolio Expenses.................................... 13
Taxes................................................. 13

PAGE
---------
Foreign Taxation...................................... 15
Records and Reports................................... 18
Trust Indenture....................................... 18
Miscellaneous......................................... 18
Exchange Option....................................... 20
Supplemental Information.............................. 21

FUND DESCRIPTION

THE STRATEGY

Simple strategies can sometimes be the most effective. The United Kingdom,
Hong Kong and Japan Portfolios seek total return by acquiring the ten highest
yielding stocks in the Financial Times Industrial Share Index (FT Index), the
Hang Seng Index and the Nikkei 225 Index, respectively, as of the dates
indicated in Part A, after giving effect to any forthcoming changes to an index
announced prior to those dates, and holding them for about one year. This
investment strategy is based on three time-tested investment principles: time in
the market is more important than timing the market; the stocks to buy are the
ones everyone else is selling; and dividends can be an important part of total
return. Today's global marketplace offers many opportunities. Defined Asset
Funds can make some of them available to investors with the Select Ten
International Portfolios. Global markets can move in different directions. While
some markets may be experiencing rapid growth, others may be in decline. These
markets can offer attractive growth opportunities. An investment in the Fund can
be cost-efficient, avoiding the odd-lot costs of buying small quantities of
securities directly. Purchasing a portfolio of these stocks as opposed to one or
two provides a more diversified holding. For each Portfolio there are only one
investment decision and two semi-annual dividends. Investment in a number of
companies with high dividends relative to their stock prices is designed to
increase a Portfolio's potential for higher total returns. Each Portfolio's
return will consist of a combination of capital appreciation and current
dividend income. Each Portfolio will terminate in about one year, when investors
may choose to either receive the distribution in cash or reinvest in the next
Series (if available) at a reduced sales charge. There can be no assurance that
the dividend rates on the selected stocks will be maintained. Reduction or
elimination of a dividend could adversely affect the stock price as well.

The FT Index. The FT Index began as the Financial News Industrial Ordinary
Share Index in London in 1935 and became the Financial Times Industrial Ordinary
Share Index in 1947. This Index is an unweighted average of the share prices of
selected companies, which are highly capitalized, major factors in their
industries; their stocks are widely held by individuals and institutional
investors. The following are the stocks currently represented in the FT Index:

1
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Allied Domecq PLC British Airways PLC Lucas Industries PLC
ASDA Group PLC Cadbury Schweppes PLC Marks & Spencer PLC
BICC PLC Courtaulds PLC National Westminster Bank PLC
The BOC Group PLC Forte PLC The Peninsular & Oriental Steam
BTR PLC The General Electric Company PLC Navigation Company
Blue Circle Industries PLC Glaxo Wellcome PLC Reuters Holdings PLC
The Boots Company PLC Grand Metropolitan PLC Royal Insurance Holdings PLC
The British Petroleum Company GKN PLC SmithKline Beecham PLC
PLC Guinness PLC Tate & Lyle PLC
British Telecommunications PLC Hanson PLC Thorn EMI PLC
British Gas PLC Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
</TABLE>

The Hang Seng Index. The Hang Seng Index, first published in 1969, is a
recognized indicator of stock market performance in Hong Kong. It is computed on
an arithmetic basis, weighted by market capitalization, and represents
approximately 70% of the total market capitalization of stocks listed on the
Hong Kong Exchange. The companies represented are among the most highly
capitalized in Hong Kong. Index stocks include companies intended to represent
four major market sectors; commerce and industry, finance, properties and
utilities. The following are the stocks currently represented in the Hang Seng
Index.

<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Amoy Properties Ltd. Hong Kong Electric Oriental Press Group Ltd.
Bank of East Asia Ltd. Hong Kong and China Gas Shangri-La Asia Ltd.
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Shun Tak Holdings Limited
Cheung Kong Hong Kong Telecommunications Sino Land Co. Ltd.
China Light & Power Co. Hopewell Holdings South China Morning Post
Citic Pacific HSBC Holdings PLC (Holdings)
Great Eagle Holdings Hutchison Whampoa Sun Hung Kai Properties
Guangdong Investment Ltd. Hysan Development Company Swire Pacific (A)
Hang Lung Development Company Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd Television Broadcasts
Hang Seng Bank Miramar Hotel & Investment Wharf Holdings
Hendersen Land Development New World Development Wheelock & Co.
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering
</TABLE>

The Nikkei 225 Index. The Nikkei Stock Average, or Nikkei 225 Index is a
price-weighted index of 225 Japanese companies listed in the First Section of
the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Nikkei 225 was first published in 1950, and is
well known both inside and outside Japan. The Nikkei 225 average is calculated
as a price-weighted average of the component stock prices, adjusted by a divisor
to account for non-market factors, rights and changes to the constituent issues.
The following are the stocks currently represented in the Nikkei 225 Index:

<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. Japan Steel Works Ltd.
All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. Fuji Spinning Co. Ltd. Kajima Corporation
Aoki Corporation Fujikura Ltd. Kanebo Ltd.
Asahi Breweries Ltd. Fujita Corporation Kansai Electric Power Co.Inc.
Asahi Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. Fujitsu Ltd. Kawasaki Heavy Ind. Ltd.
Asahi Denka Kogyo K.K. Furukawa Co. Ltd. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. Kawasaki Steel Corporation
Bank of Tokyo Ltd. Hazama Corporation Keihin Electric Express
Bridgestone Corporation Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd. Railway Co.
Canon Inc. Hino Motors Ltd. Keio Teito Electric
Chichibu Onoda Cement Hitachi Ltd. Railway Co. Ltd.
Corporation Hitachi Zosen Corporation Keisei Electric Railway
Chiyoda Corporation Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. Co. Ltd.
Citizen Watch Co. Ltd. Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Kikkoman Corporation
Dai Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. Honen Corporation Industries Inc. Kirin Brewery Co. Ltd.
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. Honshu Paper Co. Ltd. Kobe Steel Ltd.
Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co. Iseki and Co. Ltd. Komatsu Ltd.
Ltd. Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Konica Corporation
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. Industries Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd.
Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. Isuzu Motors Ltd. Kubota Corporation
Dowa Mining Co. Ltd. Itochu Corporation Kumagai Gumi Co.
Ebara Corporation Iwatani International Corporation Kuraray Co. Ltd.
Fuji Bank Ltd. Japan Energy Corporation Kyokuyo
Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. Japan Securities Finance Co. Ltd. Kyowa Hakko Kogyo
</TABLE>
2
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Marubeni Corporation Nippon Denko Co. Ltd. Showa Line Ltd.
Marui Co., Ltd. Nippon Express Co. Ltd. Showa Electric Wire and
Maruzen Co., Ltd. Nippon Flour Mills Co. Ltd. Cable Co. Ltd.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd. Sony Corporation
Mazda Motor Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd. Sumitomo Bank Ltd.
Meidensha Corporation Nippon Metal Industry Co. Ltd. Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.
Meiji Milk Products Nippon Oil Co. Ltd. Sumitomo Coal Mining
Meiji Seika Nippon Paper Ind. Co. Ltd. Co. Ltd.
Mercian Corporation Nippon Piston Ring Co. Ltd. Sumitomo Corporation
Minebea Co., Ltd. Nippon Sharyo Ltd. Sumitomo Electric Industries
Mitsubishi Bank Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. Ltd.
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Nippon Shinpan Co. Ltd. Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.
Mitsubishi Corporation Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Nippon Steel Corporation Sumitomo Metal Mining Ltd.
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. Ltd.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nippon Synthetic Chemical Suzuki Motor Corporation
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Industry Taisei Corporation
Mitsubishi Oil Co. Ltd. Nippon Telegraph and Takara Shuzo
Mitsubishi Papers Mills Ltd. Telephone NTT Takeda Chemical Industries
Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd. Nippon Yakin Kogyo Teijin Ltd.
Mitsubishi Steel Manufacturing Nippon Yusen K.K. Teikoku Oil
Co. Nippondenso Co. Ltd. Tekken Corporation
Mitsubishi Trust and Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd. Toa Corporation
Banking Corporation Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. Toagosei Chemical Industry
Mitsubishi Warehouse and Nisshin Flour Milling Co. Ltd. Tobishima Corporation
Transport Nisshin Oil Mills Ltd. Tobu Railway
Mitsui and Co. Ltd. Nisshinbo Toei Co.
Mitsui Engineering and Nissho Iwai Corporation Toho Rayon
Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Nitto Boseki Co. Ltd. Toho Zinc Co. Ltd.
Mitsui Fuddsan Co. Ltd. NKK Corporation Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd.
Mitsui Marine and Fire NOF Corporation Tokio Marine and Fire
Insurance Co. Nomura Securities Co. Ltd. Insurance Co.
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Ltd. Noritake Co. Ltd. Tokyo Dome Corporation
Mitsui Mining Co. Ltd. NSK Limited Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. NTN Corporation Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.
Mitsui Soko Co. Ltd. Obayashi Corporation Tokyo Rope Mfg.
Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc. Odakyu Electric Railway Tokyu Corporation
Mitsui Trust and Banking OKI Electric Industry Co. Tokyu Department Store
Co. Ltd. Okuma Corporation Tomen Corporation
Mitsukoshi Ltd. Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. Tonen Corporation
Morinaga and Co. Ltd. Pioneer Electronic Corporation Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.
Nachi Fujikoshi Corporation Rasa Industries Ltd. Topy Industries
Navix Line Ltd. Ricoh Company Ltd. Toray Industries
NEC Corporation Sakura Bank Ltd. Toshiba Corporation
New Oji Paper Co. Sankyo Co. Ltd. Tosoh Corporation
NGK Insulators Ltd. Sankyu Inc. Toto Ltd.
Nichirei Corporation Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. Toyo Seikan Kaisha
Nichiro Corporation Sapporo Breweries Ltd. Toyobo Co. Ltd.
Nichiro Gyogyo Kaisha Ltd. Sato Kogyo Co. Ltd. Toyota Motor Corporation
Nihon Cement Co. Ltd. Seika Corporation UBE Industries Unitika Ltd.
Niigata Engineering Co. Ltd. Sharp Corporation Yamaha Corporation
Nikko Securities Co. Ltd. Shimizu Corporation Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical
Nikon Corporation Shimura Kako Co., Ltd. Yasuda Fire & Marine
Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Shin Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. Insurance
Co. Shinagawa Refractories Yokogawa Electric
Nippon Carbide Industries Co. Ltd. Yokohama Rubber Company
Co. Inc. Shionogi and Co. Ltd. Ltd.
Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. Yuasa Corporation
Nippon Chemical Industrial Showa Denko K.K.
Co. Ltd.
</TABLE>
3
<PAGE>
PORTFOLIO SELECTION

The Fund consists of three separate portfolios, the United Kingdom
Portfolio, the Hong Kong Portfolio and the Japan Portfolio, which contain common
stocks in the FT Index, the Hang Seng Index and the Nikkei 225 Index,
respectively, having the highest dividend yield as of the dates indicated in
Part A. 'Highest dividend yield' means the yield for each Security calculated by
adding the most recent interim and final dividends declared on that Security and
dividing the result by the market value of that Security. This rate is
historical and there is no assurance that any dividends will be declared or paid
in the future on the Securities. No leverage or borrowing is used nor do the
Portfolios contain other kinds of securities to enhance yield.

The Strategy selection process is a straightforward, objective,
mathematical application that ignores any subjective factors concerning an
issuer in the related index, an industry or the economy generally. The
application of the Strategy may cause a Portfolio to own a stock that the
Sponsors do not recommend for purchase and, in fact, the Sponsors may have sell
recommendations on a number of the stocks in a Portfolio at the time the stocks
are selected for inclusion in the Portfolio. Various theories attempt to explain
why a common stock is among the ten highest yielding stocks in the related index
at any given time: the issuer may be in financial difficulty or out of favor in
the market because of weak earnings or performance or forecasts or negative
publicity; uncertainties relating to pending or threatened litigation or pending
or proposed legislation or government regulation; the stock may be a cyclical
stock reacting to national or international economic developments; or the market
may be anticipating a reduction in or the elimination of the company's dividend.
Some of the foregoing factors may be relevant to only a segment of an issuer's
overall business yet the publicity may be strong enough to outweigh otherwise
solid business performance. In addition, companies in certain industries have
historically paid high dividends.

The deposit of the Securities in each Portfolio on the initial date of
deposit established a proportionate relationship among the number of shares of
each Security in that Portfolio. During the 90-day period following the initial
date of deposit the Sponsors may deposit additional Securities in order to
create new Units, maintaining to the extent possible that original proportionate
relationship. Deposits of additional Securities subsequent to the 90-day period
must generally replicate exactly the proportionate relationship among the number
of shares of each Security in a Portfolio at the end of the initial 90-day
period. The ability to acquire each Security at the same time will generally
depend upon the Security's availability and any restrictions on the purchase of
that Security under the federal securities laws or otherwise.

Additional Units may also be created by the deposit of cash (including a
letter of credit) with instructions to purchase additional Securities. This
practice could cause both existing and new investors to experience a dilution of
their investments and a reduction in their anticipated income because of price
fluctuations in the Securities between the time of the cash deposit and the
actual purchase of the additional Securities and because the associated
brokerage fees will be an expense of the Portfolio. To minimize the risk of
price fluctuations when purchasing Securities, each Portfolio will try to
purchase Securities as close to the Evaluation Time or at prices as close to the
evaluated prices as possible and may purchase Securities on exchanges other than
the London, Hong Kong and Tokyo Stock Exchanges. A Portfolio may also enter into
program trades with unaffiliated broker/dealers, which could have the effect of
increasing brokerage commissions while reducing market risk.

Because each Portfolio in a Defined Asset Fund is a preselected portfolio,
you know the securities before you invest. Of course, the Portfolios will change
somewhat over time, as Securities are purchased upon creation of additional
Units, as Securities are sold to meet Unit redemptions or in other limited
circumstances.

PORTFOLIO SUPERVISION

Each Portfolio follows a buy and hold investment strategy in contrast to
the frequent portfolio changes of a managed fund based on economic, financial
and market analyses. In the event a public tender offer is made for a Security
or a merger or acquisition is announced affecting a Security, the Sponsors may
instruct the Trustee to tender or sell the Security in the open market when in
its opinion it is in the best interests of investors to do so. Otherwise,
although each Portfolio is regularly reviewed, because of the Strategy the
Portfolio is unlikely to sell any of the Securities other than to satisfy
redemptions of units, or to cease buying additional shares in connection with
the issuance of Additional Units. More specifically, adverse developments
concerning a Security including the adverse financial condition of the issuer, a
failure to maintain a current dividend rate, the institution of legal

<PAGE>
proceedings against the issuer, a default under certain documents materially and
adversely affecting the future declaration of dividends, or a decline in the
price or the occurrence of other market or credit factors that might otherwise
make retention of the Security detrimental to the interest of investors, will
generally not cause a Portfolio to dispose of a Security or cease buying it.
Furthermore, each Portfolio will likely continue to hold a Security and purchase
additional shares notwithstanding its ceasing to be included among the ten
highest dividend yielding stocks in the related Index or even its deletion from
that Index.

RISK FACTORS

An investment in a Portfolio entails certain risks, including the risk that
the value of your investment will decline if the financial condition of the
issuers of the Securities becomes impaired or if the general condition of the
relevant stock market worsens and the risk that holders of common stocks have
generally inferior rights to receive payments from the issuer in comparison with
the rights of creditors of, or holders of debt obligations or preferred stocks
issued by, the issuer. Moreover, common stocks do not represent an obligation of
the issuer and therefore do not offer any assurance of income or provide the
degree of protection of capital provided by debt securities. Common stocks in
general may be especially susceptible to general stock market movements and to
volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and
perceptions of the issuers change. These perceptions are based on unpredictable
factors including expectations regarding government, economic, monetary and
fiscal policies, inflation and interest rates, economic expansion or
contraction, and global or regional political, economic or banking crises. The
Sponsors cannot predict the direction or scope of any of these factors.

INTERNATIONAL RISK FACTORS, GENERALLY

Foreign Issuers. Investments in securities of foreign issuers involve risks
that are different from investments in securities of domestic issuers. These
risks may include future political and economic developments, the possibility of
exchange controls or other governmental restrictions on the payment of
dividends, less publicly available information and the absence of uniform
accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and
requirements.

Volatility. Foreign stock prices may be more volatile than U.S. stock
prices. The following table demonstrates the volatility of the Nikkei 225 Index,
the Hang Seng Index and the FT Index in comparison to that of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average by showing for each index the number of trading days during
the period from January 1, 1989 through December 31, 1995, on which the value of
the index in local currency gained or lost 1%, 2% and 3% of its value as of the
previous trading day.
<TABLE><CAPTION>
NUMBER OF TRADING DAYS WITH GAINS OR LOSSES SHOWN
PERCENTAGE GAINS OR ----------------------------------------------------------------
LOSSES NIKKEI 225 HANG SENG FT DOW JONES
IN VALUE OF INDEX INDEX INDEX INDEX INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
- ------------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ---------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1%....................... 615 614 394 268
2%....................... 237 226 41 35
3%....................... 94 82 12 10
</TABLE>

Previous performance is no guarantee of future results; any index may
display more or less volatility in the future.

Foreign Exchange Rates. Because securities of non-U.S. issuers generally
pay dividends and trade in foreign currencies, there is the risk that the U.S.
dollar value of these securities will vary with fluctuations in foreign exchange
rates. Most foreign currencies have fluctuated widely in value against the U.S.
dollar because of changing investor perceptions, currency speculation by
institutional investors, supply and demand of the respective currency, the
soundness of the world economy and the relative strength of the respective
economy, the impact of actual and proposed government policies, interest rate
differentials between currencies and the balance of imports and exports of goods
and services and transfers of income and capital from one country to another.

Since 1983, the Hong Kong dollar has been 'pegged' to the U.S. dollar
although there is no guarantee that the Hong Kong dollar will continue to be
pegged to the U.S. dollar in the future. If the Hong Kong dollar ceased to be
pegged to the U.S. dollar there could be an adverse effect on the value of the
Hong Kong Portfolio. Currencies are generally traded by leading international
commercial banks and institutional investors. From time to time, central banks
in a number of countries also are major buyers and sellers of foreign
currencies, mostly to prevent or reduce substantial exchange rate fluctuations.

The following table shows fluctuations in the value of the British pound,
Hong Kong dollar and Japanese yen relative to the U.S. dollar in the past 20
years.
5
<PAGE>

CHANGES IN FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES
<TABLE><CAPTION>

RANGE OF RANGE OF
FLUCTUATIONS CHANGE IN FLUCTUATIONS CHANGE IN RANGE OF
U.S. DOLLAR/ U.K. POUND HONG KONG HONG KONG FLUCTUATIONS CHANGE IN
U.K. POUND STERLING/ DOLLAR/ DOLLAR/ JAPANESE YEN/ JAPANESE YEN/
PERIOD STERLING* U.S. DOLLAR** U.S. DOLLAR* U.S. DOLLAR** U.S. DOLLAR* U.S. DOLLAR**
- ----------- ------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ----------------------- ---------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1976 2.035-1.564 -18.86% 5.042-4.666 7.15% 305.99-285.95 4.05%
1977 1.908-1.700 10.68 4.717-4.618 1.24 292.91-285.95 18.03
1978 2.095-1.807 6.32 4.840-4.601 -4.07 242.54-177.39 18.92
1979 2.332-1.979 8.52 5.243-4.739 -3.02 250.75-193.75 -23.18
1980 2.452-2.134 6.75 5.211-4.784 -3.68 259.47-202.30 15.31
1981 2.427-1.763 -25.00 6.155-5.125 -10.62 245.39-199.05 -8.33
1982 1.933-1.593 -18.18 6.940-5.662 -14.45 278.16-218.75 -6.87
1983 1.623-1.415 -11.30 8.750-6.472 -19.78 247.58-226.75 1.19
1984 1.492-1.158 -25.43 7.990-7.775 -0.55 251.25-222.70 -8.14
1985 1.494-1.044 19.94 7.860-7.722 0.15 263.43-200.25 20.15
1986 1.555-1.377 2.03 7.825-7.766 0.20 202.70-152.00 20.65
1987 1.886-1.468 21.21 7.814-7.750 0.58 159.40-121.25 23.95
1988 1.896-1.663 -3.48 7.824-7.768 -0.81 136.52-121.10 -3.29
1989 1.823-1.500 -12.04 7.816-7.773 0.10 149.62-123.60 -15.01
1990 1.976-1.595 16.37 7.817-7.754 0.09 159.90-125.05 5.53
1991 1.999-1.602 -3.24 7.875-7.711 0.27 141.90-124.90 8.10
1992 2.004-1.505 -23.44 7.777-7.723 0.44 134.53-119.35 -0.02
1993 1.590-1.417 -2.36 7.766-7.723 0.25 126.10-101.10 10.58
1994 1.637-1.461 5.46 7.753-7.730 -0.18 113.10- 96.77 10.76
1995 1.641-1.530 -0.77 7.768-7.730 0.04 104.29-81.09 -3.85
</TABLE>

- ------------------
* DRI/McGrawHill.
** Ibbotson Associates.

A Portfolio's foreign exchange transactions may be conducted either on a
spot (i.e., cash) or forward foreign exchange basis. Foreign currency exchange
transactions are generally conducted on a principal basis and foreign exchange
dealers realize a profit based upon the difference between the price at which
they are willing to buy a particular currency (bid price) and the price at which
they are willing to sell the currency (offer price). The cost to the Portfolio
of engaging in these foreign currency transactions also varies with such factors
as the currency involved, the length of the contract period and the market
conditions then prevailing. Portfolio evaluations include the cost of buying or
selling a forward foreign exchange contract in the relevant currency to
correspond to the settlement period for purchases and redemptions of Units.

Exchange Controls. At the present time the Sponsors do not believe that any
of the Securities is subject to exchange control restrictions which would
materially interfere with payment to a Portfolio of amounts due on the
Securities. There can be no assurance that exchange control regulations might
not be adopted in the future which might adversely affect payments to a
Portfolio. In addition, the adoption of exchange control regulations or other
legal restrictions could have an adverse impact on the marketability of
international securities in a Portfolio and on the ability of that Portfolio to
satisfy redemptions.

Liquidity. Sales of foreign securities by a Portfolio in United States
securities markets are ordinarily subject to severe restrictions and will
generally be made only in foreign securities markets. Securities may be traded
in foreign countries where the securities markets are not as developed or
efficient and may not be as liquid as those in the United States. A foreign
market's liquidity might become impaired as a result of economic or political
turmoil in a country in whose currency a Portfolio had a substantial portion of
its assets invested, or should relations between the United States and such
foreign country deteriorate markedly. Additionally, the principal trading market
for the Securities, even if otherwise listed, may be the over-the-counter market
in which liquidity will depend on whether dealers will make a market in the
Securities.

The information set forth below has been extracted from various
governmental and private publications, but no representation can be made as to
its accuracy; furthermore, no representation is made that any correlation exists
between the state of the economy of the United Kingdom and the value of any
Securities held by the United Kingdom Portfolio, between the economy of Hong
Kong and the value of any Securities held by the Hong Kong Portfolio or between
the economy of Japan and the value of any Securities held by the Japan
Portfolio.
6

<PAGE>

UNITED KINGDOM PORTFOLIO RISK FACTORS

The United Kingdom Portfolio contains common stocks of British companies
engaged in such industries as the pharmaceutical industry, the food and beverage
industry, the transportation industry, insurance, telecommunications, finance
and utilities. Many of these industries are subject to extensive government
regulation which may have a materially adverse effect on the performance of
their securities.

The economy of the United Kingdom is focused upon the private services
sector, which includes the wholesale and retail sector, banking, finance,
insurance, and tourism. Services as a whole account for a majority of the United
Kingdom's gross national product and make a significant contribution to the
country's balance of payments. In addition, the United Kingdom, as a member of
the European Union (the 'EU'), formerly known as the European Community, is
subject to the effects of the recent rapid political and social change
throughout Europe although the extent and nature of future economic development
in the United Kingdom and Europe and the impact of such development upon the
value of the securities in the United Kingdom Portfolio is impossible to
predict.

HONG KONG PORTFOLIO RISK FACTORS

The Hong Kong Portfolio contains common stocks of companies trading on the
Hong Kong Exchange and engaged in such businesses as hotels, property and real
estate, textiles, telecommunications and utilities.

Hong Kong. Hong Kong, which has been a colony of Great Britain since the
1840's, will revert to the sovereignty of The People's Republic of China
('China') on July 1, 1997. Under British rule, the Hong Kong government has
generally followed a laissez-faire policy towards industry, and over the ten
year period between 1983 and 1993, Real Gross Domestic Product increased at an
average annual rate of approximately 6%. There are no major import, export or
foreign exchange restrictions, and regulation of business is generally minimal
with certain exceptions, including regulated entry into certain sectors of the
economy and a fixed exchange rate regime by which the Hong Kong dollar has been
pegged to the U.S. dollar. Although China has committed to preserve for 50 years
the economic and social freedoms currently enjoyed in Hong Kong, there can be no
assurances that China will abide by its commitment. In addition, the government
of China has no procedures for the orderly succession of its leadership. The
Sponsors cannot predict what effect the death of the current leadership, which
is very aged, may have on the prices of the stocks in the Hong Kong Portfolio.

Hong Kong Exchange. The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. (the 'Hong Kong
Exchange'), with a total market capitalization as of July 31, 1995 of
approximately US$288.4 billion, is the second largest stock market in Asia,
measured by market capitalization, behind that of Japan. As of that date, 531
companies and 991 securities (including ordinary shares, warrants and other
derivative instruments) were listed on the Hong Kong Exchange. The Securities
and Futures Commission exercises supervision of the securities, financial
investment and commodities futures industry.

The Hang Seng Index is subject to change, and delisting of shares of any
issuers may have an adverse impact on the performance of the Portfolio, although
delisting would not necessarily result in the disposal of the stock of these
companies, nor would it prevent the Hong Kong Portfolio from purchasing such
Securities in connection with the issuance of additional Units or the purchase
of additional Hong Kong Securities. Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. and Jardine
Strategic Holdings Ltd. delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as of
November 30, 1994 and three other Jardine affiliates delisted as of February 28,
1995. The five Jardine companies represented almost 10% of total capitalization
of the Hang Seng Index.

Volatility of the Hang Seng Index. Securities prices on the Hang Seng Index
can be highly volatile and are sensitive to developments in Hong Kong and China,
as well as other world markets. For example, in 1989, the Hang Seng Index rose
to 3,310 in May from its previous year-end level of 2,687 but fell to 2,094 in
early June following the events at Tiananmen Square. The Hang Seng Index
gradually climbed in subsequent months but fell by 181 points on October 13,
1989 (approximately 6.5%) following a substantial fall in the U.S. stock
markets, and at the year end closed at a level of 2,837. Also, during 1994 the
Hang Seng Index lost approximately 31% of its value.

Hong Kong Real Estate Companies. The Hong Kong Portfolio is considered to
be concentrated in common stocks of companies engaged in real estate asset
management, development, leasing, property sales and other related activities.
Many factors may have an adverse impact on the credit quality of companies in
this industry, including economic recession, the cyclical nature of real estate

7
<PAGE>

markets, competitive overbuilding, unusually adverse weather conditions,
changing demographics, changes in governmental regulations (including tax laws
and environmental, building, zoning and sales regulations), increases in real
estate taxes or costs of material and labor, the inability to secure performance
guarantees or insurance as required, the unavailability of investment capital
and the inability to obtain construction financing or mortgage loans at rates
acceptable to builders and purchasers of real estate.

Additionally, certain Hong Kong real estate companies are now involved in
the purchase and development of real estate in southern China, which has
recently experienced a rise in real estate prices and construction costs, a
growing supply of real estate and a tightening of credit markets.

JAPAN PORTFOLIO RISK FACTORS

The Japan Portfolio contains common stocks of Japanese companies trading on
the Tokyo Stock Exchange (the 'TSE') and engaged in such industries as the
electric utilities industry, steel manufacturing and the automotive industry.

Volatility of the TSE. Although the market for Japanese stocks traded on
the First Section of the TSE is substantial in terms of trading volume and
liquidity, the TSE has nonetheless exhibited significant market volatility in
the past several years. The general weakness in TSE prices since 1989 has
adversely affected financial institutions (including banks and insurance
companies) heavily invested in the market, in turn contributing to weakness in
the Japanese economy.

Political Factors. Reports of official improprieties, resignations and
political reallignments have recently been followed by significant economic
reforms. There is currently uncertainty as to the future of Japan's political
outlook (including the influence and effectiveness of Japan's bureaucracy) and
the impact of these political factors on the Japanese economy and the stock
market.

Economic Factors. The Japanese economy experienced its worst recession
since World War II in the 1990s and the economy has been largely stagnant since
October 1993. Japan has also recently experienced a period of prolonged price
deflation and weak real estate prices. Despite repeated attempts at a fiscal
stimulus, the Japanese government has not succeeded in fueling strong economic
growth. Strains on the financial system in the form of non-performing loans of
financial institutions and real estate companies have also been one of the major
causes of Japan's economic weakness. Resolution of the bad debt problem may
require disproportionate contributions by major banks. Structural problems of
overregulation, excessive government intervention and under-consumption, coupled
with the current government's relative inexperience in applying fiscal
direction, could undercut Japan's economic recovery. Japanese exports could be
adversely affected by pressure from trading partners -- particularly the U.S. --
to improve trade imbalances. As reflected in the table 'Changes in Foreign
Currency Exchange Rates', general appreciation of the Japanese yen relative to
the U.S. dollar has been a significant factor in the overall appreciation. There
can be no assurance that the value of the yen will continue to appreciate, or
might not depreciate, which could adversely affect the performance of the Japan
Portfolio.

Japanese Utilities. The Japan Portfolio is considered to be concentrated in
common stocks of gas and electric utility companies. The ability of utilities to
pay dividends is dependent on various factors, including the percentage of
earnings paid out in the form of dividends ('pay out ratio'), the rates they may
charge their customers, the demand for a utility's services and the cost of
providing those services. Utilities are particularly sensitive to, among other
things, the effects of inflation on operating and construction costs, the
unpredictability of future usage requirements and the costs and availability of
fuel. The demand for a utility's services is influenced by, among other factors,
competition, weather conditions and economic conditions. Electric utilities, for
example, have experienced increased competition as a result of the availability
of other energy sources, the effects of conservation on the use of electricity,
self-generation by industrial customers and the generation of electricity by
co-generators and other independent power producers. Utilities which distribute
natural gas also are subject to competition from alternative fuels, including
fuel oil, propane and coal.

LITIGATION AND LEGISLATION

The Sponsors do not know of any pending litigation as of the initial date
of deposit that might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on a Portfolio, although pending litigation may have a material adverse effect
on the value of Securities in a Portfolio. In addition, at any time after the
initial date of deposit, litigation may be initiated on a variety of grounds, or
legislation may be enacted, affecting the Securities in a Portfolio or the
issuers of the Securities. Changing approaches to regulation may have a negative

<PAGE>

impact on certain companies represented in a Portfolio. There can be no
assurance that future litigation, legislation, regulation or deregulation will
not have a material adverse effect on a Portfolio or will not impair the ability
of the issuers of the Securities to achieve their business goals.

LIFE OF THE FUND; FUND TERMINATION

The size and composition of a Portfolio will be affected by the level of
redemptions of Units that may occur from time to time. Principally, this will
depend upon the number of investors seeking to sell or redeem their Units or
participating in a rollover. Each Portfolio will be terminated no later than the
mandatory termination date specified in Part A of the Prospectus. They will
terminate earlier upon the disposition of the last Security in that Portfolio or
upon the consent of investors holding 51% of the Units. A Portfolio may also be
terminated earlier by the Sponsors once its total assets have fallen below the
minimum value specified in Part A of the Prospectus. A decision by the Sponsors
to terminate a Portfolio early, which will likely be made following the
rollover, will be based on factors such as its size relative to its original
size, the ratio of Portfolio expenses to income, and the cost of maintaining a
current prospectus.

Notice of impending termination will be provided to investors and
thereafter units will no longer be redeemable. On or shortly before termination,
the Trustee will seek to dispose of any Securities remaining in a Portfolio
although any Security unable to be sold at a reasonable price may continue to be
held by the Trustee in a liquidating trust pending its final disposition. A
proportional share of the expenses associated with termination, including
brokerage costs in disposing of Securities, will be borne by investors remaining
at that time. This may have the effect of reducing the amount of proceeds those
investors are to receive in any final distribution.

HOW TO BUY UNITS

Units are available from any of the Sponsors, Underwriters and other
broker-dealers at the Public Offering Price. The Public Offering Price varies
each Business Day with changes in the value of the Portfolio and other assets
and liabilities of the Fund.

PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE

Units are charged a combination of Initial and Deferred Sales Charges
equal, in the aggregate, to a maximum charge of 2.75% of the Public Offering
Price or, for quantity purchases of units of all Select Portfolios by an
investor and the investor's spouse and minor children, or by a single trust
estate or fiduciary account, made on a single day, the following percentages of
the public offering price:

APPLICABLE SALES CHARGE
(GROSS UNDERWRITING PROFIT)
------------------------------------
AS % OF PUBLIC AS % OF NET
AMOUNT PURCHASED OFFERING PRICE AMOUNT INVESTED
- --------------------------------------- ----------------- -----------------

Less than $50,000...................... 2.75% 2.778%
$50,000 to $99,999..................... 2.50 2.519
$100,000 to $249,999................... 2.00 2.005
$250,000 or more....................... 1.75 1.750

The Deferred Sales Charge is a monthly charge of $1.75 per 1,000 units and
is accrued in ten monthly installments commencing on the date indicated in Part
A of this Prospectus. Units redeemed or repurchased prior to the accrual of the
final Deferred Sales Charge installment will have the amount of any remaining
installments deducted from the redemption or repurchase proceeds or deducted in
calculating an in-kind distribution, although this deduction will be waived in
the event of the death or disability (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) of an investor. The Initial Sales Charge is equal to the aggregate sales
charge, determined as described above, less the aggregate amount of any
remaining installments of the Deferred Sales Charge.

It is anticipated that Securities will not be sold to pay the Deferred
Sales Charge until after the date of the last installment. Investors will be at
risk for market price fluctuations in the Securities from the several
installment accrual dates to the dates of actual sale of Securities to satisfy
this liability.

Employees of certain Sponsors and Sponsor affiliates and non-employee
directors of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. may purchase Units subject only to the
Deferred Sales Charge.

<PAGE>
EVALUATIONS

Evaluations are determined by the Trustee on each Business Day. This
excludes Saturdays, Sundays and the following holidays as observed by the New
York Stock Exchange: New Year's Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In addition, for the
United Kingdom Portfolio, 'business day' shall exclude the following U.K.
holidays: Easter Monday, May Day, Autumn Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday and
Boxing Day; for the Hong Kong Portfolio, 'business day' shall also exclude the
following Hong Kong holidays: Lunar New Year's Day and the following day, Ching
Ming Festival, Easter Monday, Queen's Birthday and the following Monday, Tuen Ng
Festival, Summer Bank Holiday, Liberation Day, Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and
the following day, Chung Yeung Festival and the two weekdays following Christmas
Day; for the Japan Portfolio, 'business day' shall also exclude the following
Japanese Holidays: the four-day Year End

Holiday, Adults Day, National Foundation Day observance, Vernal Equinox Day,
Greenery Day, Constitution Memorial Day, Childrens Day observance, Respect for
the Aged Day observance, Autumnal Equinox Day, Health-Sports Day, Culture Day
observance and Emperor's Birthday. If the Securities are listed on a securities
exchange, evaluations are generally based on closing sales prices on that
exchange (unless the Trustee deems these prices inappropriate) or, if closing
sales prices are not available, at the mean between the closing bid and offer
prices. If the Securities are not listed or if listed but the principal market
is elsewhere, the evaluation is generally determined based on sales prices of
the Securities on the over-the-counter market or, if sales prices in that market
are not available, on the basis of the mean between current bid and offer prices
for the Securities or for comparable securities or by appraisal or by any
combination of these methods. Neither the Sponsors nor the Trustee guarantee the
enforceability, marketability or price of any Securities. All evaluations are
converted to U.S. dollars at the then current exchange rates which include the
cost of a forward foreign exchange contract in the relevant currency to
correspond to the requirement that the Trustee settle redemption requests in
U.S. dollars within seven days.

NO CERTIFICATES

All investors are required to hold their Units in uncertifcated form and in
'street name' by their broker, dealer or financial institution at the Depository
Trust Company ('DTC').

HOW TO SELL UNITS

SPONSORS' MARKET FOR UNITS

You can sell your Units at any time without a fee (other than the remaining
deferred sales charge and deduction after the initial offering period for the
costs of liquidating Securities). The Sponsors (although not obligated to do so)
will normally buy any Units offered for sale at the repurchase price next
computed after receipt of the order. The Sponsors have maintained secondary
markets in Defined Asset Funds for over 20 years. Primarily because of the sales
charge and fluctuations in the market value of the Securities, the sale price
may be less than the cost of your Units. You should consult your financial
professional for current market prices to determine if other broker-dealers or
banks are offering higher prices for Units.

The Sponsors may discontinue this market without prior notice if the supply
of Units exceeds demand or for other business reasons. The Sponsors may reoffer
or redeem Units repurchased.

TRUSTEE'S REDEMPTION OF UNITS

You may redeem your Units by sending the Trustee a redemption request.
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible institution. In certain instances,
additional documents may be required such as a certificate of death, trust
instrument, certificate of corporate authority or appointment as executor,
administrator or guardian. If the Sponsors are maintaining a market for Units,
they will purchase any Units tendered at the repurchase price described above.
If they do not purchase Units tendered, the Trustee is authorized in its
discretion to sell Units in the over-the-counter market if it believes it will
obtain a higher net price for the redeeming investor.

The London Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Exchange and the Tokyo Stock
Exchange are open for trading on certain days which are U.S. holidays on which
the Fund will not transact business. The Securities will continue to trade on
those days and thus the value of the Portfolios may be significantly affected on
days when investors cannot sell or redeem Units.

<PAGE>

By the seventh calendar day after tender you will be mailed an amount equal
to the Redemption Price per Unit determined as of the Evaluation Time next
following the tender and converted into U.S. dollars at the then current
exchange rate. Because of market or currency movements or changes in the
Portfolio, this price may be more or less than the cost of your Units. The
Redemption Price per Unit is computed each Business Day by adding the value of
the Securities, declared but unpaid dividends on the Securities, cash and the
value of any other Portfolio assets; deducting unpaid taxes or other
governmental charges, accrued but unpaid Portfolio expenses and remaining
Deferred Sales Charges, unreimbursed Trustee advances, cash held to redeem Units
or for distribution to investors and the value of any other Portfolio
liabilities; and dividing the result by the number of outstanding Units. All
amounts are reflected at their U.S. dollar equivalent at the bid side of the
relevant exchange rate (which is net of applicable commissions and stamp taxes).

Any investor owning Units representing at least the lesser of Securities
with a value of at least U.S.$500,000 or 10% of the net asset value of a
Portfolio who redeems those Units prior to the rollover notification date
indicated in Part A of the Prospectus may, in lieu of cash redemption, request
distribution in kind of an amount and value of Securities per Unit equal to the
otherwise applicable Redemption Price per Unit. Whole shares of each Security
together with cash from the Capital Account equal to any fractional shares to
which the investor would be entitled (less any Deferred Sales Charge payable)
will be paid over to a distribution agent and either held for the account of the
investor or disposed of in accordance with instructions of the investor. Any
brokerage commissions as well as any transfer and ongoing custodial fees on
sales of Securities in connection with in-kind redemptions will be borne by the
redeeming investors. The in-kind redemption option may be terminated by the
Sponsors at any time upon prior notice to investors.

After the initial offering period, the repurchase and cash redemption
prices will be reduced to reflect the cost to a Portfolio of liquidating
Securities to meet the redemption.

If cash is not available in the Fund's Income and Capital Accounts to pay
redemptions, the Trustee may sell Securities selected by the Agent for the
Sponsors in a manner designed to maintain, to the extent practicable, the
proportionate relationship among the number of shares of each Security. These
sales are often made at times when the Securities would not otherwise be sold
and may result in lower prices than might be realized otherwise and will also
reduce the size and diversity of the Fund.

Redemptions may be suspended or payment postponed if the New York Stock
Exchange is closed other than for customary weekend and holiday closings, if the
SEC determines that trading on that Exchange is restricted or that an emergency
exists making disposal or evaluation of the Securities not reasonably
practicable, or for any other period permitted by the SEC.

ROLLOVER

In lieu of redeeming their Units or receiving liquidation proceeds upon the
termination of the Fund, investors may elect, by written notice to the Trustee
prior to the rollover notification date indicated in Part A, to apply their
proportional interest in the Securities and other Portfolio assets toward the
purchase of units of a Portfolio of the Select Ten Portfolio 1997 International
Series A (the '1997 A International Portfolios') (if available). The 1997 A
International Portfolios will invest in the ten highest yielding stocks in the
FT, Hang Seng and Nikkei 225 Indexes, respectively, as of that time and it is
expected that the terms of the 1997 A International Portfolios, including this
rollover feature, will be substantially the same as those of these Portfolios.

A rollover of an investor's units is accomplished by the in-kind redemption
of his Units followed by the sale of the underlying Securities by a distribution
agent on behalf of participating investors and the reinvestment of the sale
proceeds (net of brokerage fees, governmental charges and other sale expenses)
in units of a 1997 A International Portfolio at their net asset value.

The Sponsors intend to sell the distributed Securities, on behalf of the
distribution agent, as quickly as practicable and then to create units of each
1997 A International Portfolio as quickly as possible, subject in both cases to
the Sponsors' sensitivity that the concentrated sale and purchase of large
volumes of securities may affect market prices in a manner adverse to the
interest of investors. Accordingly, the Sponsors may, in their sole discretion,
undertake a more gradual sale of the distributed Securities and a more gradual
creation of units of the 1997 A International Portfolios to help mitigate any
negative market price consequences caused by this large volume of securities
trades. In order to minimize potential losses caused by market movement during
the rollover

11
<PAGE>

period, the Sponsors may enter into program trades, which could increase
brokerage commissions payable by investors. There can be no assurance,
however, that any trading procedures will be successful or might not result in
less advantageous prices. Pending the investment of rollover proceeds in the
securities to comprise each 1997 A International Portfolio, those moneys may be
uninvested for up to several days. For those Securities in a Portfolio that will
also be in the similar 1997 A International Portfolio, a direct sale of those
securities between the two funds is now permitted pursuant to an SEC exemptive
order. These sales will be effected at the securities' closing sale prices on
the exchanges where they are principally traded, free of any brokerage costs.

Investors participating in the rollover may realize taxable capital gains
from the rollover but will not be entitled to a deduction for certain capital
losses and, because of the rollover procedures, will not receive a cash
distribution with which to pay those taxes. Investors who do not participate
will continue to hold their Units until the termination
of the Portfolio; however, depending upon the extent of participation in the
rollover, the aggregate size of the Portfolio may be sharply reduced resulting
in a significant increase in per Unit expenses.

The Sponsors may, in their sole discretion and without penalty or liability
to investors, decide not to sponsor a Select Ten Portfolio 1997 A International
Series or to modify the terms of the rollover. Prior notice of any decision
would be provided to investors.

The Division of Investment Management of the SEC is of the view that the
rollover option constitutes an 'exchange offer' for the purposes of Section
11(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and would therefore be prohibited
absent an exemptive order. The Sponsors have received exemptive orders under
Section 11(c) which they believe permit them to offer the rollover, but no
assurance can be given that the SEC will concur with the Sponsors' position and
additional regulatory approvals may be required.

INCOME, DISTRIBUTIONS AND REINVESTMENT

INCOME AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The annual U.S. dollar income per Unit that is earned by a Portfolio, after
deducting estimated annual Portfolio expenses per Unit, will depend primarily
upon the amount of dividends declared and paid by the issuers of the Securities,
fluctuations in U.S. dollar exchange rates and changes in the expenses of the
Portfolio and, to a lesser degree, upon the level of purchases of additional
Securities and sales of Securities. There is no assurance that dividends on the
Securities will continue at their current levels or be declared at all.

Each Unit in a Portfolio receives an equal share of distributions of
dividend income on the Securities in that Portfolio net of estimated expenses.
Because dividends on the Securities are not received at a constant rate
throughout the year, any distribution may be more or less than the amount then
credited to the Income Account. Dividends received are credited to an Income
Account (after conversion into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate to be
applicable upon receipt of the dividend) and other receipts to a Capital Account
(after conversion into U.S. dollars at the applicable rate). A Reserve Account
may be created by withdrawing from the Income and Capital Accounts amounts
considered appropriate by the Trustee to reserve for any material amount that
may be payable out of a Portfolio. Funds held by the Trustee in the various
accounts do not bear interest. In addition, distributions of amounts necessary
to pay the Deferred Sales Charge will be made from the Capital Account to an
account maintained by the Trustee for purposes of satisfying investors' sales
charge obligations. Although the Sponsors may collect the Deferred Sales Charge
monthly, to keep Units more fully invested the Sponsors currently do not
anticipate sales of Securities to pay the Deferred Sales Charge until after the
rollover notification date. Proceeds of the disposition of any Securities not
used to pay Deferred Sales Charge or to redeem Units will be held in the Capital
Account and distributed on the final Distribution Day or following liquidation
of the Portfolios.

REINVESTMENT

Principal and semi-annual income distributions on Units may be reinvested
by participating in the reinvestment plan. Under the plan, the Units acquired
for investors will be either Units already held in inventory by the Sponsors or
new Units created by the Sponsors' deposit of additional Securities, contracts
to purchase additional Securities or cash (or a bank letter of credit in lieu of
cash) with instructions to purchase additional Securities. Deposits or purchases
of additional Securities will generally be made so as to maintain the then
existing proportionate relationship among the number of shares of each Security
in a Portfolio. Units acquired by

12
<PAGE>

reinvestment will not be subject to the initial sales charge but will be subject
to any remaining installments of Deferred Sales Charge. The Sponsors reserve the
right to amend, modify or terminate the reinvestment plan at any time without
prior notice. Investors holding Units in 'street name' should contact their
broker, dealer or financial institution if they wish to participate in the
reinvestment plan.

PORTFOLIO EXPENSES

Estimated annual Portfolio expenses are listed in Part A of the Prospectus;
if actual expenses exceed the estimate, the excess will be borne by the
Portfolio. The estimated expenses do not include any brokerage commissions
payable by the Portfolio in buying and selling Securities. The Trustee's annual
fee is payable in monthly installments. The Trustee also benefits when it holds
cash for a Portfolio in non-interest bearing accounts. Possible additional
charges include Trustee fees and expenses for extraordinary services, costs of
indemnifying the Trustee and the Sponsors, costs of action taken to protect the
Fund and other legal fees and expenses, Fund termination expenses and any
governmental charges. The Trustee has a lien on Portfolio assets to secure
reimbursement of these amounts and may sell Securities for this purpose if cash
is not available. The Sponsors receive an annual fee of a maximum of $0.35 per
1,000 Units to reimburse them for the cost of providing Portfolio supervisory
services. While the fee may exceed their costs of providing these services to
the Fund, the total supervision fees from all Series of Equity Income Fund will
not exceed their costs for these services to all of those Series during any
calendar year. The Sponsors may also be reimbursed for their costs of providing
bookkeeping and administrative services to the Portfolios, currently estimated
at $0.10 per 1,000 Units. The Trustee's and Sponsors' fees may be adjusted for
inflation without investors' approval.

Expenses incurred in establishing the Portfolios, including the cost of the
initial preparation of documents relating to the Portfolios, any foreign trading
costs (including commissions, custodial fees and stamp taxes), Federal and State
registration fees, the initial fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal expenses
and any other out-of-pocket expenses, will be paid by the Portfolios and
amortized over the life of the Portfolios. Advertising and selling expenses will
be paid from the Underwriting Account at no charge to the Portfolios. Defined
Asset Funds can be a cost-effective way to purchase and hold investments. Annual
operating expenses are generally lower than for managed funds. Because Defined
Asset Funds have no management fees, limited transaction costs and no ongoing
marketing expenses, operating expenses are generally less than 0.25% a year.
When compounded annually, small differences in expense ratios can make a big
difference in your investment results.

TAXES

U.S. TAXATION

The following discussion addresses only the tax consequences of Units held
as capital assets and does not address the tax consequences of Units held by
dealers, financial institutions or insurance companies.

As used herein, the term 'U.S. Investor' means an owner of a Unit in the
United Kingdom Portfolio, the Hong Kong Portfolio or the Japanese Portfolio that
(a) is (i) for United States federal income tax purposes a citizen or resident
of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political
subdivision thereof, or (iii) an estate or trust the income of which is subject
to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (b) is not
a U.S. Investor under (a) and whose income from a Unit is effectively connected
with such Investor's conduct of a United States trade or business. The term also
includes certain former citizens of the United States whose income and gain on
the Units will be taxable.

In the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, special counsel for the Sponsors,
under existing law:

The Portfolios are not associations taxable as corporations for federal
income tax purposes. Each U.S. Investor will be considered the owner of a
pro rata portion of each Security in a Portfolio under the grantor trust
rules of Sections 671-679 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the 'Code'). Each U.S. Investor will be considered to have received all of
the dividends paid on his pro rata portion of each Security when such
dividends are received by the Portfolio, regardless of whether such
dividends are used to pay a portion of the Portfolio's current ongoing
expenses or whether they are automatically reinvested (see Reinvestment
Plan). The amount of the dividend payment will be the U.S. dollar value
based on the exchange rate in effect on the date the dividend payment is
received by the Portfolio.

13
<PAGE>

Dividends considered to have been received by a U.S. Investor will not
qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporate investors
because the dividends-received deduction is only available for dividends
received from domestic corporations.

The United Kingdom Portfolio will report as gross income earned by U.S.
Investors their pro rata share of dividends received by the Portfolio as
well as their pro rata share of the associated Tax Credit Amount (as
defined in 'United Kingdom Taxation' below), notwithstanding that it is not
certain that U.S. Investors will receive any refund of U.K. taxes. Although
a U.S. Investor is unlikely to be able to obtain directly Treaty Payments
(as defined in 'United Kingdom Taxation' below) under the U.S.-U.K Treaty,
the U.K. Inland Revenue operates a special procedure under which trustees
of funds such as the Fund may be entitled to claim Treaty Payments on
behalf of investors. The Trustee intends to apply to the U.K. Inland
Revenue for their approval for such a procedure to apply in respect of the
United Kingdom Portfolio. If such approval is given, the amount of any
Treaty

Payment to be obtained with respect to a dividend will be reflected in net
asset value of the Fund and will be distributed to investors on the first
Distribution Date after the dividend is received by the Fund. Those U.S.
Investors who hold Units on the relevant record date for dividends on the
underlying Securities held by the United Kingdom Portfolio should be
entitled, subject to applicable limitations, to either a credit or a
deduction for foreign taxes payable with respect to such dividend payments.
In addition, IRAs and other plans addressed below under 'Retirement Plans'
should note that they are not eligible to claim any Treaty Payment (as
defined below under 'United Kingdom Taxation').

The Japan Portfolio will report as gross income earned by U.S. Investors
their pro rata share of dividends received by the Portfolio as well as
their pro rata share of the amount withheld with respect to such dividends.
Those U.S. Investors who hold Units on the relevant record date for
dividends on the underlying Securities held by the Japan Portfolio should
be entitled, subject to applicable limitations, to either a credit or a
deduction for foreign taxes payable with respect to such dividend payments.

An individual U.S. Investor who itemizes deductions will be entitled to
deduct his pro rata share of current ongoing expenses paid by the Fund only
to the extent that this amount together with the U.S. Investor's other
miscellaneous deductions exceeds 2% of his adjusted gross income.

The U.S. Investor's basis in his Units will equal the cost of his Units,
including the initial sales charge. A portion of the sales charge is
deferred until the termination of the Fund or the redemption of the Units.
The proceeds received by a U.S. Investor upon such event will reflect
deduction of the deferred amount (the 'Deferred Sales Charge' and a charge
for organizational expenses). The annual statement and the relevant tax
reporting forms received by U.S. Investors will be based upon the amounts
paid to them, net of the Deferred Sales Charge and the charge for
organizational expenses. Accordingly, U.S. Investors should not increase
their basis in their Units by the Deferred Sales Charge or any amount used
to pay organizational expenses.

A distribution of Securities by the Trustee to a U.S. Investor (or to
his agent) upon redemption of Units (or an exchange of Units for Securities
by the investor with the Sponsor) will not be taxable to the U.S. Investor
or to other investors. The redeeming or exchanging U.S. Investor's basis
for such Securities will equal his basis for the same Securities
(previously represented by his Units) prior to such redemption or exchange,
and his holding period for such Securities will include the period during
which he held his Units. A U.S. Investor will have a taxable gain or loss,
which will be a capital gain or loss, when the U.S. Investor (or his agent)
sells the Securities received in redemption for cash, when a redeeming or
exchanging U.S. Investor receives cash in lieu of fractional shares, when
the U.S. Investor sells his Units for cash or when the Trustee sells the
Securities from the Portfolio. However, deductions may be disallowed for
losses realized by U.S. Investors who invest their redemption proceeds in a
Portfolio of a 1997 International Series A within 30 days of redemption to
the extent that the securities in the new series are substantially
identical to the old Securities.

Capital gains are currently taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
However, the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term
capital losses may be taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income for
certain noncorporate taxpayers. A capital gain or loss is long-term if the
asset is held for more than one year and short-term if held for one year or
less. The deduction of capital losses is subject to limitations.

<PAGE>

The lower net capital gain tax rate will be unavailable to those
noncorporate U.S. Investors who, as of the mandatory termination date (or
earlier termination of a Portfolio), have held their Units for less than a
year and a day. Similarly, with respect to noncorporate rollover U.S.
Investors, this lower rate will be unavailable if, as of the beginning of
the rollover period, those U.S. Investors have held their shares for less
than a year and a day. The deduction of capital losses is subject to
limitations.

Under the income tax laws of the State and City of New York, the
Portfolios are not associations taxable as corporations and the income of
the Portfolios will be treated as the income of the U.S. Investors in the
same manner as for federal income tax purposes.

The foregoing discussion relates only to the tax treatment of U.S.
Investors with regard to federal and certain aspects of New York State and
City income taxes. U.S. Investors may be subject to taxation in New York or
in other jurisdictions and should consult their own tax advisors in this
regard.
* * * *

The foregoing discussion relates only to U.S. Investors (as defined above).
Since all three Portfolios hold Securities of non-U.S. issuers, it is expected
that income earned by investors who are not U.S. Investors will not be treated
as U.S.-source income and should not be subject to any U.S. withholding tax.

At the termination of the Portfolios, the Trustee will furnish to each
investor an annual statement containing information relating to the dividends
received by the Portfolio on the Securities, the gross proceeds received by the
Portfolio from the disposition of any Security (resulting from redemption or the
sale by the Portfolio of any Security), and the fees and expenses paid by the
Portfolio. The Trustee will also furnish annual information returns to each
investor and to the Internal Revenue Service.

FOREIGN TAXATION

UNITED KINGDOM TAXATION

Tax Consequences of Ownership of Ordinary Shares. In the opinion of
Linklaters & Paines, the Sponsors' U.K. special counsel, based on the
description of the United Kingdom Portfolio in the Prospectus and on certain
representations made by special U.S. counsel to the Sponsors, this summary
accurately describes the material U.K. tax consequences to certain U.S.
investors in Units of the U.K. Portfolio. This summary is based upon current
U.S. law, U.K. law, U.K. Inland Revenue practice, the U.S./U.K. Double Tax
Treaty (the 'Treaty') and the U.S./U.K. estate and gift taxes convention (the
'Estate Tax Treaty'). The summary is a general guide only and is subject to any
changes in the aforesaid after the date of this Prospectus (including changes on
a retroactive basis) which may affect the tax analysis described. Accordingly,
investors should consult their U.K. tax advisors as to the U.K. tax consequences
of owning Units of the United Kingdom Portfolio applicable to their
circumstances.

Taxation of Dividends. Subject to the following paragraph, a U.K. resident
who receives a dividend from a U.K. corporation is generally entitled to a tax
credit, which is either offset against U.K. tax liabilities, or, in certain
circumstances, repaid. Under the Treaty, a U.S. Investor may be entitled to
repayment of the tax credit, but such repayment is subject to U.K. withholding
tax of 15% on the sum of the dividend and the credit. The tax credit (before
such withholding) is equal to one quarter of the dividend (the 'Tax Credit
Amount'). Although a U.S. Investor who held shares directly in a U.K.
corporation could generally claim a refund of part of the Tax Credit Amount
attributable to the dividend (a 'Treaty Payment'), the ability of a U.S.
Investor in the United Kingdom Portfolio to claim a Treaty Payment is unclear
where dividend payments are made to an entity such as the Fund. For a U.S.
Investor to be able to claim Treaty Payments it would be necessary to agree to a
special procedure with the U.K. Inland Revenue in advance (see 'U.S. Taxation'
above). In the absence of agreeing to such a procedure, Investors who are U.S.
persons may not in practice be able to claim a Treaty Payment from the U.K.
Inland Revenue.

A U.K. company may elect for a dividend to be a 'foreign income dividend'
rather than an ordinary dividend. No tax credits are attributable to such
foreign income dividends.

Taxation of Capital Gains. U.S. Investors who are neither resident nor
ordinarily resident in the U.K. will not be liable for U.K. tax on gains arising
on the disposal of Units unless the Units are used, held or acquired for the

15
<PAGE>

purposes of a trade, profession or vocation carried on in the U.K. through a
permanent establishment or fixed base as defined in the Treaty.

U.K. Inheritance Tax. Individual U.S. Investors who are domiciled in the
U.S. (as defined by the Estate Tax Treaty) and who are not U.K. nationals (as
defined by the Estate Tax Treaty) will generally not be subject to U.K.
inheritance tax on death or on lifetime gifts of Units in the United Kingdom
Portfolio provided that any applicable U.S. federal gift or estate tax is paid,
unless the Units are part of the business property of U.K. permanent
establishments or pertain to U.K. fixed bases used for the performance of
personal services. Where the Units have been settled on trust, the Units will
generally not be subject to U.K. inheritance tax unless the settlor, at the time
of settlement, was not domiciled in the U.S. or was a U.K. national. In the
exceptional case where Units are subject to both U.K. inheritance tax and to
U.S. federal gift or estate tax, the Estate Tax Treaty generally provides for
U.K. tax paid to be credited against U.S. tax paid or for tax paid in the U.S.
to be credited against tax payable in the U.K based on rules set out in the
Estate Tax Treaty.
* * *

The aforesaid discussion addresses the U.K. tax consequences of Units of
the United Kingdom Portfolio held by U.S. Investors only. For the U.S. tax
consequences, to U.S. Investors, see U.S. Taxation. The discussion does not
address the tax consequences for non-U.S. investors who should consult their own
tax advisers in this respect.

HONG KONG TAXATION

The Sponsors have been advised by Johnson Stokes & Master, the Sponsors'
special Hong Kong counsel, that the following summary accurately describes the
Hong Kong tax consequences under existing law to all investors of Units of the
Hong Kong Portfolio. This discussion is for general purposes only and assumes
that the investor is not carrying on a trade, profession or business in Hong
Kong and has no profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong in respect of the
carrying on of such trade, profession or business. Investors should consult
their tax advisors as to the Hong Kong tax consequences of ownership of the
Units of the Hong Kong Portfolio applicable to their particular circumstances.

Taxation of Dividends. Amounts in respect of dividends paid to investors of
Units of the Hong Kong Portfolio are not taxable and therefore will not be
subject to the deduction of any withholding tax.

Profits Tax. An investor of Units of the Hong Kong Portfolio (other than a
person carrying on a trade, profession or business in Hong Kong) will not be
subject to profits tax on any gain or profits made on the realization or other
disposal of his units.

Hong Kong Estate Duty. Units of the Hong Kong Portfolio will not give rise
to a liability to Hong Kong estate duty.
* * *

The foregoing discussion addresses only the Hong Kong tax consequences to
investors of Units in the Hong Kong Portfolio. The taxation of non-U.S.
investors in their own countries of residence as a result of their ownership,
sale, exchange or other disposition of Units in the Hong Kong Portfolio will be
governed by the internal tax laws of the countries of residence of the non-U.S.
investors. Accordingly, non-U.S. investors should consult their tax advisors in
this regard.

JAPANESE TAXATION

The Sponsors have been advised by Tomotsune Kimura and Mitomi, the
Sponsors' special Japanese counsel, that dividends paid to the Japan Portfolio
by Japanese corporations will be subject to a withholding tax of 20%. Generally,
a 'resident of the United States' that holds shares in a Japanese corporation
and has no permanent establishment in Japan is entitled to a reduced withholding
tax rate of 15% under the Convention between Japan and the United States of
America for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income (the 'Convention') if an application
signed by such resident or its agent is filed with the appropriate tax
authority. The Convention defines the term 'resident of the United States' to
include trusts which are treated as residents of the United States for United
States income tax purposes. Although there are no applicable guidelines or
precedents published by the national tax authority of Japan, under a strict
interpretation of this definition, in light of the fact that the Japan Portfolio
is not a taxable entity for federal income tax purposes (see 'Taxes--U.S.

16
<PAGE>

Taxation'), the Japan Portfolio would not qualify as a U.S. resident within the
meaning of the Convention, and consequently, each investor in the Japan
Portfolio will be treated as the recipient of his pro rata share of dividends
paid to the Japan Portfolio and will be required to file the specified
application in order to benefit from the reduced withholding rate. The Trustee
intends to apply for a confirmation from the national tax authority of Japan to
the effect that the Japan Portfolio qualifies as a resident of the United States
within the meaning of the Convention or, in the alternative, to the effect that
the Trustee may file the required application on behalf of the investors.
However, it is unclear whether the Trustee will be able to obtain either of the
above confirmations and unless and until such a confirmation is obtained,
investors may not in practice be able to benefit from the reduced withholding
rate provided by the Convention. In addition, Japanese gift and inheritance
taxes may be imposed with respect to Units of the Japan Portfolio upon legatees,
heirs or donees of individuals who are holders thereof.

Securities transaction taxes will be imposed in the event of sales of
portfolio securities within Japan, currently at the rate of 0.3% of the sales
prices thereof. However, gains derived from sales of portfolio securities within
Japan will not be subject to Japanese income tax, assuming that the transferor
does not have a permanent establishment in Japan.

The aforesaid discussion addresses the Japanese tax consequences to
residents of the United States (within the meaning of the Convention) of holding
Units of the Japan Portfolio. The discussion does not address the tax
consequences to an investor who is a non-resident of the United States.
Accordingly, such a non-resident investor should consult his own tax adivsor in
this respect.

RETIREMENT PLANS

This Series of Equity Income Fund may be well suited for purchase by
Individual Retirement Accounts ('IRAs'), Keogh plans, pension funds and other
qualified retirement plans, certain of which are briefly described below.
Generally, capital gains and income received in each of the foregoing plans are
exempt from Federal taxation. All distributions from such plans are generally
treated as ordinary income but may, in some cases, be eligible for special 5 or
10 year averaging or tax-deferred rollover treatment. Investors holding IRAs,
Keogh plans and other tax-deferred retirement plans should consult their plan
custodian as to the appropriate disposition of distributions. Investors
considering participation in any of these plans should review specific tax laws
related thereto and should consult their attorneys or tax advisors with respect
to the establishment and maintenance of any of these plans. These plans are
offered by brokerage firms, including the Sponsor of this Fund, and other
financial institutions. Fees and charges with respect to such plans may vary.

Retirement Plans for the Self-Employed--Keogh Plans. Units may be purchased
by retirement plans established for self-employed individuals, partnerships or
unincorporated companies ('Keogh plans'). The assets of a Keogh plan must be
held in a qualified trust or other arrangement which meets the requirements of
the Code. Keogh plan participants may also establish separate IRAs (see below)
to which they may contribute up to an additional $2,000 per year ($2,250 in a
spousal account).

Individual Retirement Account--IRA. Any individual can establish an IRA or
make use of a qualified IRA arrangement for the purchase of Units of the Fund.
Any individual (including one covered by an employer retirement plan) can make a
contribution in an IRA equal to the lesser of $2,000 ($2,250 in a spousal
account) or 100% of earned income; the investment must be made in cash. However,
the deductible amount an individual may contribute will be reduced if the
individual or the individual's spouse is covered by an employer maintained
retirement plan and the individual's adjusted gross income exceeds $25,000 (in
the case of a single individual), $40,000 (in the case of married individuals
filing a joint return) or $200 (in the case of a married individual filing a
separate return). Certain transactions which are prohibited under Section 408 of
the Code will cause all or a portion of the amount in an IRA to be deemed to the
distributed and subject to tax at that time. Unless nondeductible contributions
were made in 1987 or a later year, all distributions from an IRA will be treated
as ordinary income but generally are eligible for tax-deferred rollover
treatment. Taxable distributions made before attainment of age 59 1/2, except in
the case of the participant's death or disability or where the amount
distributed is part of a series of substantially equal periodic (at least
annual) payments that are to be made over the life expectancies of the
participant and his or her beneficiary, are generally subject to a surtax in an
amount equal to 10% of the distribution.

<PAGE>

Corporate Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans. A pension or profit-sharing
plan for employees of a corporation may purchase Units of the Fund.

RECORDS AND REPORTS

Each Trustee keeps a register of the names, addresses and holdings of all
investors. The Trustee also keeps records of the transactions of the Portfolio,
including a current list of the Securities and a copy of the Indenture, which
may be inspected by investors at reasonable times during business hours.

With each distribution, the Trustee includes a statement of the amounts of
income and any other receipts being distributed. Following the termination of a
Portfolio, the Trustee sends each investor of record a statement summarizing
transactions in the Portfolio's accounts including amounts distributed from
them, identifying Securities sold and purchased and listing Securities held and
the number of Units outstanding at termination and stating the Redemption Price
per 1,000 Units at termination, and the fees and expenses paid by the Portfolio,
among other matters. Portfolio accounts may be audited by independent
accountants selected by the Sponsors and any report of the accountants will be
available from the Trustee on request.

TRUST INDENTURE

Each Portfolio is a 'unit investment trust' created under New York law by a
Trust Indenture among the Sponsors and the Trustee. This Prospectus summarizes
various provisions of the Indentures, but each statement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Indentures.

An Indenture may be amended by the Sponsors and the Trustee without consent
by investors to cure ambiguities or to correct or supplement any defective or
inconsistent provision, to make any amendment required by the SEC or other
governmental agency or to make any other change not materially adverse to the
interest of investors (as determined in good faith by the Sponsors). An
Indenture may also generally be amended upon consent of investors holding 51% of
the Units. No amendment may reduce the interest of any investor in a Portfolio
without the investor's consent or reduce the percentage of Units required to
consent to any amendment without unanimous consent of investors. Investors will
be notified of the substance of any amendment.

The Trustee may resign upon notice to the Sponsors. It may be removed by
investors holding 51% of the Units at any time or by the Sponsors without the
consent of investors if it becomes incapable of acting or bankrupt, its affairs
are taken over by public authorities, or if under certain conditions the
Sponsors determine in good faith that its replacement is in the best interest of
the investors. The resignation or removal becomes effective upon acceptance of
appointment by a successor; in this case, the Sponsors will use their best
efforts to appoint a successor promptly; however, if upon resignation no
successor has accepted appointment within 30 days after notification, the
resigning Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a
successor.

Any Sponsor may resign so long as one Sponsor with a net worth of
$2,000,000 remains. A new Sponsor may be appointed by the remaining Sponsors and
the Trustee to assume the duties of the resigning Sponsor. If there is only one
Sponsor and it fails to perform its duties or becomes incapable of acting or
bankrupt or its affairs are taken over by public authorities, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Sponsor at reasonable rates of compensation, terminate the
Indentures and liquidate the Fund or continue to act as Trustee without a
Sponsor. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated has been appointed
as Agent for the Sponsors by the other Sponsors.

The Sponsors and the Trustee are not liable to investors or any other party
for any act or omission in the conduct of their responsibilities absent bad
faith, willful misfeasance, negligence (gross negligence in the case of a
Sponsor) or reckless disregard of duty. The Indentures contain customary
provisions limiting the liability of the Trustee.

MISCELLANEOUS

LEGAL OPINION

The legality of the Units has been passed upon by Davis Polk & Wardwell,
450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, as special counsel for the
Sponsors.

<PAGE>

AUDITORS

The Statements of Condition in Part A of the Prospectus were audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent accountants, as stated in their opinion. It
is included in reliance upon that opinion given on the authority of that firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.

TRUSTEE

The Trustee and its address are stated on the back cover of the Prospectus.
The Trustee is subject to supervision by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and either the
Comptroller of the Currency or state banking authorities.