Mercenaries and Magic Find

It is good to have your hired mercenary in Diablo II: Lord of Destruction equipped with +magic find items and to have the mercenary make the kill. Why? Because if the mercenary makes the kill, he gets not only his own bonus to magic find but also your characters magic find bonus. If your character makes the kill, you do not get the mercenary's.

Example:

You have 120% MF
Mercenary has 50% MF

You kill a monster, and 120% MF is calculated.
Mercenary kills a monster, and 170% MF is calculated.