U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 24F-2
Annual Notice of Securities Sold
Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
1. Name and address of Issuer:
Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund for Investment
and Retirement
P.O. Box 9011
Princeton, N.J. 08543-9011
2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice
is filed:
Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund - Class A
Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund - Class B
Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund - Class C
Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund - Class D
3. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-4684
Securities Act File Number: 33-6091
4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
December 31, 1995
5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days
after the close of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of
reporting securities sold after the close of the fiscal year
but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declaration:
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6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule
24f-2(a)(1), if applicable :
7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series
which had been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
other than pursuant to rule 24f-2 in a prior fiscal year,
but which remained unsold at the beginning of the
fiscal year:
0 shares
8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal
year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2:
14,392,331 shares
9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year:
17,561,987 shares $ 162,622,376
10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during
the fiscal year in reliance upon registration pursuant to
rule 24f-2:
3,169,656 shares $ 31,569,774
(based on Maximum Offering
price of 9.96)
11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during
the fiscal year in connection with dividend reinvestment
plans, if applicable :
2,941,369 shares $ 27,263,559
12. Calculation of registration fee:
(i) Aggregate sale price of securities
sold during the fiscal year in
reliance on rule 24f-2
(from Item 10): $ 31,569,774
(ii) Aggregate price of shares issued
in connection with dividend
reinvestment plans (from Item
11, if applicable): + $ 27,263,559
(iii)Aggregate price of shares redeemed
or repurchased during the fiscal
year (if applicable): - $ 390,251,395
(iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed
or repurchased and previously
applied as a reduction to
filing fees pursuant to rule
24e-2 (if applicable): + $ 0
(v) Net aggregate price of securities
sold and issued during the
fiscal year in reliance upon
rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line (ii), $ 0
less line (iii), plus line (iv)]
(if applicable):
(vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section
6(b) of the Securities Act of
1933 or other applicable law or
regulation : x 1/2900
(vii)Fee due [line (i) or line (v)
multiplied by line (vi)]: $ 0
13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's
lockbox depository as described in section 3a of the
Commission's Rules of Informal and Other Procedures
(17 CFR 202.3a).
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Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository:
SIGNATURES
This report has been signed below by the following persons
on behalf of the issuer and in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
By
/s/Jaclyn Scheck
Jaclyn Scheck, Assistant Secretary
Date February 21, 1996
February 20, 1996
Merrill Lynch Global Bond Fund
for Investment and Retirement
P.O. Box 9011
Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished in
connection with the notice (the
"Notice") to be filed by Merrill Lynch
Global Bond Fund for Investment
and Retirement, a Massachusetts
business trust (the "Fund"), with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 24f-2
under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended. The Notice is
being filed to make definite the
registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, of 3,169,656
shares of beneficial interest, par
value $0.10 per share, of the Fund
(the "Shares") which were sold
during the Fund's fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995.
As counsel for the Fund, we are
familiar with the proceedings taken
by it in connection with the authorization,
issuance and sale of the Shares. In
addition, we have examined and are
familiar with the Declaration of Trust of
the Fund, the By-Laws of the Fund and
such other documents as we have
deemed relevant to the matters referred
to in this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of
the opinion that the Shares were legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
except that shareholders of the Fund may
under certain circumstances be held
personally liable for the Fund's obligations.
In rendering this opinion, we have
relied as to matters of Massachusetts law
upon an opinion of Bingham, Dana &
Gould, dated February 14, 1996, rendered
to the Fund.
We hereby consent to the filing of this
opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an attachment to the Notice.
Very truly yours,
