AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES FUND

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


ARTICLE I Agreement and Declaration of Trust		1

Section 1.	Agreement and Declaration of Trust	1

Section 2.	Definitions	1

ARTICLE II Offices		1

Section 1.	Principal Office	1

Section 2.	Registered Office and Other Offices	1

ARTICLE III Shareholders		1

Section 1.	Meetings	1

Section 2.	Notice of Meetings	1

Section 3.	Record Date for Meetings	2

Section 4.	Proxies	2

Section 5.	Inspection of Books	3

Section 6.	Action Without Meeting	3

Section 7.	Application of this Article	3

ARTICLE IV Trustees		3

Section 1.	Meetings of the Trustees	3

Section 2.	Quorum and Manner of Acting	4

ARTICLE V Committees		4

Section 1.	Executive Committee	4

Section 2.	Other Committees	4

Section 3.	Meetings, Quorum and Manner of Acting	4

ARTICLE VI Officers		4

Section 1.	General Provisions	4

Section 2.	Term of Office and Qualifications	5

Section 3.	Removal	5

Section 4.	Powers and Duties of the President	5

Section 5.	Powers and Duties of the Vice President	5

Section 6.	Powers and Duties of the Treasurer	5



Section 7.	Powers and Duties of the Secretary	5

Section 8.	Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers	6

Section 9.	Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries	6

Section 10.	Compensation of Officers and the Trustees	6

ARTICLE VII Fiscal Year		6

ARTICLE VIII Seal		6

ARTICLE IX Waivers of Notice		6

ARTICLE X Custody of Securities		7

Section 1.	Employment of a Custodian	7

Section 2.	Action upon Termination of Custodian Agreement	7

Section 3.	Provisions of Custodian Contract	7

Section 4.	Central Certificate System	7

ARTICLE XI Certificates		8

ARTICLE XII Amendments		8

BY-LAWS

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ARTICLE I

Agreement and Declaration of Trust

Section 1. Agreement and Declaration of Trust. These By-Laws shall be subject to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as from time to time amended, supplemented or restated (the “Declaration of Trust”) of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Global Equity Opportunities Fund (the “Trust”).

Section 2. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used herein have the respective meanings given them in the Declaration of Trust.

ARTICLE II

Offices

Section 1. Principal Office. The principal office of the Trust shall be located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or such other location as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

Section 2. Registered Office and Other Offices. The registered office of the Trust shall be located in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware or such other location within the State of Delaware as the Trustees may from time to time determine. The Trust may establish and maintain such other offices and places of business as the Trustees may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE III

Shareholders

Section 1. Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders shall be held at the principal executive offices of the Trust or at such other place within the United States of America as the Trustees shall designate. Meetings of the Shareholders shall be called by the Secretary whenever (i) ordered by a majority of the Trustees, the Chairman of the Board or the President or (ii) requested in writing by Shareholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote. If the Secretary, when so ordered or requested, refuses or neglects for more than 10 days to call such meetings, the Trustees, Chairman of the Board, President, or the Shareholders so requesting, may, in the name of the Secretary, call the meeting by giving notice thereof in the manner required when notice is given by the Secretary.

Section 2. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise herein provided, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders, stating the time, place and purposes of the meeting, shall be given

by the Secretary by delivering or mailing, postage prepaid, to each Shareholder entitled to vote at said meeting at his or her address as recorded on the register of the Trust at least ten (10) days and not more than ninety (90) days before the meeting. Only the business stated in the notice of the meeting shall be considered at such meeting. Notice of adjournment of a Shareholders’ meeting to another time or place need not be given, if such time and place are announced at the meeting and the adjourned meeting is held within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date set for the original meeting. No notice need be given to any Shareholder who shall have failed to inform the Trust of his or her current address, for whom a written waiver of notice, executed before or after the meeting by the Shareholder or his or her attorney so authorized, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any Shareholder who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him or her.

Section 3. Record Date for Meetings. For the purpose of determining the Shareholders who are entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting, the Trustees may from time to time close the transfer books for such period, not exceeding thirty (30) days, as the Trustees may determine; or without closing the transfer books the Trustees may fix a date not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of any meeting of Shareholders as a record date for the determination of the persons to be treated as Shareholders of record for such purpose.

Section 4. Proxies. At any meeting of Shareholders, any holder of Shares entitled to vote thereat may vote either in person or by written proxy signed by the Shareholder, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it has been placed on file with the Secretary, or with such other officer or agent of the Trust as the Secretary may direct, for verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4 to the contrary, the Trustees may at any time adopt one or more electronic, telecommunication, telephonic, computerized or other alternatives to execution of a written instrument that will enable holders of Shares entitled to vote at any meeting to appoint a proxy to vote such holders’ Shares at such meeting. Proxies may be solicited in the name of one or more of the Trustees, or one or more of the officers of the Trust. Only Shareholders of record shall be entitled to vote. When any Share is held jointly by several persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in respect of such Share, but if more than one of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in respect of such Share. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Shareholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. If the holder of any such Share is a minor or a person of unsound mind, and subject to guardianship or the legal control of any other person as regards the charge or management of such Share, he or she may vote by his or her guardian or such other person appointed or having such control, and such vote may be given in person or by proxy. At all meetings of the Shareholders, unless the voting is conducted by inspectors, all questions relating to the qualifications of voters, the validity of proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes shall be decided by the chairman of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Declaration of Trust or the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. ▇▇.▇▇. 3801 et seq., all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Shareholders were shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

Section 5. Inspection of Books. The Trustees shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent, and at what times and places, and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Trust or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the Shareholders; and no Shareholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Trust except as conferred by law or otherwise by the Trustees.

Section 6. Action Without Meeting. Any action that may be taken at any meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the holders of outstanding Shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all Shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voted. All such consents shall be filed with the records of Shareholder meetings. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote taken at a meeting of Shareholders.

Section 7. Application of this Article. Meetings of Shareholders shall consist of Shareholders of any Series (or Class thereof) or of all Shareholders, as determined pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, and this Article shall be construed accordingly.

ARTICLE IV

Trustees

Section 1. Meetings of the Trustees. The Trustees may in their discretion provide for regular or stated meetings of the Trustees. Notice of regular or stated meetings need not be given. Meetings of the Trustees other than regular or stated meetings shall be held whenever called by the Chairman, the President, or by any two of the Trustees, at the time being in office. Notice of the time and place of each meeting other than regular or stated meetings shall be given by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the officer or Trustees calling the meeting and shall be delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to each Trustee at least two days before the meeting, or shall be telegraphed, cabled, or wired to each Trustee at his or her business address, or personally delivered to him or her, at least one day before the meeting. Such notice may, however, be waived by any Trustee. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Trustee if a written waiver of notice, executed by him or her before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the meeting, or to any Trustee who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to him or her. A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any meeting. The Trustees may meet by means of a telephone conference circuit or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting are connected, and such meeting shall be deemed to have been held at a place designated by the Trustees at the meeting. Participation in a telephone conference meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Trustees may be taken by the Trustees without a meeting if a majority of the Trustees then in office (or such higher number of Trustees as would be required to act on the matter under the Declaration of Trust, these By-Laws or applicable law if a meeting were held) consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the Trustees’ meetings. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote taken at a meeting of the Trustees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all actions of the Trustees shall be taken in compliance with the provisions of the 1940 Act.

Section 2. Quorum and Manner of Acting. A majority of the Trustees then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Trustees there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be obtained. Notice of an adjourned meeting need not be given. The act of the majority of the Trustees present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Trustees, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by the Declaration of Trust or by these By-Laws.

ARTICLE V

Committees

Section 1. Executive Committee. The Trustees by vote of a majority of all the Trustees may elect from their own number an Executive Committee to consist of two (2) or more Trustees to hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees, which shall have the power to conduct the current and ordinary business of the Trust while the Trustees are not in session, including the purchase and sale of securities and the designation of securities to be delivered upon redemption of Shares of the Trust, and such other powers of the Trustees as the Trustees may, from time to time, delegate to them except those powers by law, the Declaration of Trust or these By-Laws they are prohibited from delegating.

Section 2. Other Committees. The Trustees by vote of a majority of all the Trustees may elect from their own number other Committees from time to time to consist of one or more Trustees to hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees, which shall have such power and duties as the Board of Trustees may, by resolution, prescribe, subject to the same limitations as with respect to the Executive Committee. The terms of membership on such Committees and the termination or circumstances giving rise to the termination of such Committees shall be determined by the Trustees. The Trustees may designate a chairman of any such Committee. In the absence of such designation the Committee may elect its own chairman.

Section 3. Meetings, Quorum and Manner of Acting. The Trustees may (1) provide for stated meetings of any Committees, (2) specify the manner of calling and notice required for special meetings of any Committee, (3) specify the number of members of a Committee required to constitute a quorum and the number of members of a Committee required to exercise specified powers delegated to such Committee, (4) authorize the making of decisions to exercise specified powers by written assent of the requisite number of members of a Committee without a meeting, and (5) authorize the members of a Committee to meet by means of a telephone conference circuit. Each Committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and records of decisions taken without a meeting and cause them to be recorded in a book designated for that purpose and kept at the principal executive offices of the Trust.

ARTICLE VI

Officers

Section 1. General Provisions. The officers of the Trust shall be a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, who shall be elected by the Trustees. The Trustees may elect such other officers

or agents as the business of the Trust may require, including one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Trustees may delegate to any officer or Committee the power to appoint any subordinate officers or agents.

Section 2. Term of Office and Qualifications. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Declaration of Trust or these By-Laws, the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary, and all other officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees. The same person may hold more than one office. Any officer may be but none need be a Trustee or Shareholder.

Section 3. Removal. The Trustees, at any regular or special meeting of the Trustees, may remove any officer with or without cause, by a vote of a majority of the Trustees then in office. Any officer or agent appointed by an officer or committee may be removed with or without cause by such appointing officer or committee.

Section 4. Powers and Duties of the President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Trust and shall, subject to the control of the Trustees and any Committees of the Trustees, within their respective spheres, as provided by the Trustees, at all times exercise general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the Trust. He or she shall, in the absence of the Chairman, or if there be no Chairman, preside at all meetings of the Shareholders. The President shall have the power to employ attorneys, accountants and other advisers and agents for the Trust and to employ such subordinate officers, agents, clerks and employees as he or she may find necessary to transact the business of the Trust. He or she shall also have the power to grant, issue, execute or sign such powers of attorney, proxies or other documents as may be deemed advisable or necessary in furtherance of the interests of the Trust. The President shall have such other powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned to him or her by the Trustees.

Section 5. Powers and Duties of the Vice President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President or, if there be more than one Vice President, any Vice President designated by the Trustees shall perform all the duties and may exercise any of the powers of the President, subject to the control of the Trustees. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Trustees or the President.

Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the principal financial and accounting officer of the Trust. The Treasurer shall deliver all funds of the Trust which may come into his or her hands to such Custodian as the Trustees may employ pursuant to Article X of these By-Laws. He or she shall render a statement of condition of the finances of the Trust to the Trustees as often as the Trustees shall require the same and he or she shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Trustees. The Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, if required so to do by the Trustees, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Trustees shall require.

Section 7. Powers and Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Trustees and of the Shareholders in proper books provided for that purpose; he or she shall have custody of the seal of the Trust; he or she shall have charge of the Share transfer books, lists and records unless the same are in the charge of the Transfer Agent. The

Secretary shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices by the Trust in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws and as required by law; and subject to these By-Laws, he or she shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Trustees.

Section 8. Powers and Duties of Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or disability of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer designated by the Trustees shall perform all the duties, and may exercise any of the powers, of the Treasurer. Each Assistant Treasurer shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Trustees. Each Assistant Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties, if required so to do by the Trustees, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Trustees shall require.

Section 9. Powers and Duties of Assistant Secretaries. In the absence or disability of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary designated by the Trustees shall perform all the duties, and may exercise any of the powers, of the Secretary. Each Assistant Secretary shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Trustees.

Section 10. Compensation of Officers and the Trustees. Subject to any applicable provisions of the Declaration of Trust, the compensation of the officers and Trustees shall be fixed from time to time by the Trustees or, in the case of officers, by any Committee or officer upon whom such power may be conferred by the Trustees. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation as such officer by reason of the fact that he or she is also a Trustee.

ARTICLE VII

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Trust shall end on such date as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.

ARTICLE VIII

Seal

The Trustees may adopt a seal which shall be in such form and shall have such inscription thereon as the Trustees may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE IX

Waivers of Notice

Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by law, the Declaration of Trust or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto and shall be effective upon delivery to the Trust. A notice shall be deemed to have been delivered for the purposes of these By-Laws when it has been delivered to the Secretary of the Trust.

ARTICLE X

Custody of Securities

Section 1. Employment of a Custodian. The Trust shall place and at all times maintain in the custody of a Custodian including any sub-custodian for the Custodian, all funds, securities and similar investments included in the Trust Property. The Custodian (and any sub-custodian) shall be appointed from time to time by the Trustees, who shall fix its remuneration.

Section 2. Action upon Termination of Custodian Agreement. Upon termination of a Custodian Agreement or inability of the Custodian to continue to serve, the Trustees shall promptly appoint a successor custodian, but in the event that no successor custodian can be found who has the required qualifications and is willing to serve, the Trustees shall call as promptly as possible a special meeting of the Shareholders to determine whether the Trust shall function without a custodian or shall be liquidated. If so directed by a vote of holders of the majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote, the Custodian shall deliver and pay over all Trust Property held by it as specified in such vote.

Section 3. Provisions of Custodian Contract. The following provisions shall apply to the employment of a Custodian and to any contract entered into with the Custodian so employed: The Trustees shall cause to be delivered to the Custodian all securities included in the Trust Property or to which the Trust may become entitled, and shall order the same to be delivered by the Custodian only in completion of a sale, exchange, transfer, pledge, loan of portfolio securities to another person, or other disposition thereof, all as the Trustees may generally or from time to time require or approve or to a successor Custodian; and the Trustees shall cause all funds included in the Trust Property or to which it may become entitled to be paid to the Custodian, and shall order the same disbursed only for investment against delivery of the securities acquired (including securities acquired under a repurchase agreement), or the return of cash held as collateral for loans of portfolio securities, or in payment of expenses, including management compensation, and liabilities of the Trust, including distributions to Shareholders, or to a successor Custodian. Notwithstanding anything contrary to these By-Laws, upon receipt of proper instructions, which may be standing instructions, the Custodian may deliver funds in the following cases: In connection with repurchase agreements, the Custodian shall transmit prior to receipt on behalf of the Trust of any securities or other property, funds from the Trust’s custodian account to a special custodian approved by the Trustees of the Trust, which funds shall be used to pay for securities to be purchased by the Trust subject to the Trust’s obligation to sell and the seller’s obligation to repurchase such securities (in such case, the securities shall be held in the custody of the special custodian); in connection with the Trust’s purchase or sale of financial futures contracts, the Custodian shall transmit, prior to receipt on behalf of the Trust of any securities or other property, funds from the Trust’s custodian account in order to furnish and to maintain funds with brokers as margin to guarantee the performance of the Trust’s futures obligations in accordance with the applicable requirements of commodities exchanges and brokers.

Section 4. Central Certificate System. Subject to applicable rules, regulations and orders adopted by the Commission, the Trustees may direct the Custodian to deposit all or any part of the securities owned by the Trust in a system for the central handling of securities established by

a national securities exchange or a national securities association registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or such other person as may be permitted by the Commission, or otherwise in accordance with the 1940 Act, pursuant to which system all securities of any particular class or series of any issuer deposited within the system are treated as fungible and may be transferred or pledged by bookkeeping entry without physical delivery of such securities, provided that all such deposits shall be subject to withdrawal only upon the order of the Trust.

ARTICLE XI

Certificates

If so determined by resolution of the Board of Trustees, each Shareholder of the Trust shall be entitled upon request to have a certificate or certificates, in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Trustees, representing the number of Shares of the Trust owned by him, provided, however, that certificates for fractional shares will not be delivered in any case. Certificates representing Shares shall be signed by or in the name of the Trust by the President or a Vice President or the Chairman of the Board and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Any or all of the signatures, or the seal on the certificate, may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate shall be issued, it may be issued by the Trust with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar were still in the office at the date of issue.

ARTICLE XII

Amendments

These By-Laws, or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the Trustees, provided, however, that no By-law may be amended, adopted or repealed by the Trustees if such amendment, adoption or repeal is required by the 1940 Act to be submitted to a vote of the Shareholders.

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL EQUITY OPPORTUNITIES FUND

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