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MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
800 SCUDDERS MILL ROAD
PLAINSBORO, NEW JERSEY 08536
December 14, 1999
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Merrill Lynch International Equity Fund
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-14
(Securities Act File No. 333-90007)
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6521)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch International Equity Fund (the "Fund")
hereby certifies that:
1. The form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(b) under
the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's Registration Statement on
Form N-14, constituting the most recent amendment to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-14; and
2. The text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-14 was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 1999.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
By: /s/ Robert Harris
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Robert Harris, Secretary
