MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC
SC 13G/A, 1994-02-15
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                               UNITED STATES 
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
                           Washington, D.C. 20549


                                SCHEDULE 13G


                 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
                             (Amendment No. 1)*



                                  PHH Corp.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              (Name of Issuer)


                                Common Stock
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       (Title Of Class of Securities)


                                  693320103
                 ------------------------------------------
                               (CUSIP Number)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [_]. (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on
file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7).

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).
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CUSIP NO. 693320103                  13G                    PAGE 2 OF 11 PAGES
 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
        Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   Joint Filing

                                                                 (a) [_]
                                                                 (b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3   SEC USE ONLY


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
        Delaware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5   SOLE VOTING POWER
             
 NUMBER OF              None
  SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY    6   SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED BY    
   EACH                 1,671,600
 REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH     7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        None
                --------------------------------------------------------------
                8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        1,671,600
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
        1,671,600
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
 
        9.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
        HC, CO
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 693320103                  13G                    PAGE 3 OF 11 PAGES
 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
        Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   Joint Filing

                                                                 (a) [_]
                                                                 (b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3   SEC USE ONLY


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
        Delaware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5   SOLE VOTING POWER
             
 NUMBER OF              None
  SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY    6   SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED BY    
   EACH                 1,670,000
 REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH     7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        None
                --------------------------------------------------------------
                8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
 
        9.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
        HC, CO
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 693320103                  13G                    PAGE 4 OF 11 PAGES
 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
        Princeton Services, Inc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   Joint Filing

                                                                 (a) [_]
                                                                 (b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3   SEC USE ONLY


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
        Delaware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5   SOLE VOTING POWER
             
 NUMBER OF              None
  SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY    6   SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED BY    
   EACH                 1,670,000
 REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH     7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        None
                --------------------------------------------------------------
                8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
 
        9.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
        HC, CO
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 693320103                  13G                    PAGE 5 OF 11 PAGES
 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
        Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   Joint Filing

                                                                 (a) [_]
                                                                 (b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3   SEC USE ONLY


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
        Delaware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5   SOLE VOTING POWER
             
 NUMBER OF              None
  SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY    6   SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED BY    
   EACH                 1,670,000
 REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH     7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        None
                --------------------------------------------------------------
                8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
 
        9.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
        IA, PN
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP NO. 693320103                  13G                    PAGE 6 OF 11 PAGES
 
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    S.S OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
 
        Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*   Joint Filing

                                                                 (a) [_]
                                                                 (b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3   SEC USE ONLY


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
        Maryland
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5   SOLE VOTING POWER
             
 NUMBER OF              None
  SHARES        --------------------------------------------------------------
BENEFICIALLY    6   SHARED VOTING POWER
 OWNED BY    
   EACH                 1,670,000
 REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON WITH     7   SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        None
                --------------------------------------------------------------
                8   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
                        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
        1,670,000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
 
        9.6%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
        IV, CO
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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                                SCHEDULE 13G


Item 1 (a)    Name of Issuer:
              --------------

              PHH Corp.

Item 1 (b)    Address of Issuer's  Principal Executive Offices:
              ------------------------------------------------

              11333 McCormick Road
              Hunt Valley, MD 21031

Item 2 (a)    Names of Persons Filing:
              ----------------------- 

              Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
              Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.
              Princeton Services, Inc.
              Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
              Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc.

Item 2 (b)    Address of Principal Business Office, or, if None, Residence:
              ------------------------------------------------------------

              Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
              World Financial Center, North Tower
              250 Vesey Street
              New York, New York  10281
              
              Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.
              World Financial Center, North Tower
              250 Vesey Street
              New York, New York  10281
              
              Princeton Services, Inc.
              800 Scudders Mill Road
              Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536
              
              Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
              800 Scudders Mill Road
              Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536
              
              Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc.
              800 Scudders Mill Road
              Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536

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Item 2 (c)    Citizenship:
              ----------- 

              See Item 4 of Cover Pages

Item 2 (d)    Title of Class of Securities:
              ---------------------------- 

              Common Stock

Item 2 (e)    CUSIP Number:
              ------------ 

              693320103

Item 3

        Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ("ML&Co."), Merrill Lynch Group, Inc. ("ML
Group") and Princeton Services, Inc. ("PSI") are parent holding companies, in
accordance with (S) 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G).  Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
(d/b/a Merrill Lynch Asset Management ("MLAM")) is an investment adviser
registered under (S) 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  Merrill Lynch
Capital Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is an investment company registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Item 4    Ownership
          ---------

          (a) Amount Beneficially Owned:

        See Item 9 of Cover Pages.  Pursuant to (S) 240.13d-4, Merrill Lynch &
Co, ML Group, PSI, MLAM and the Fund (the "Reporting Persons") disclaim
beneficial ownership of the securities of PHH Corp. (the "Issuer") referred to
herein, and the filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an
admission that the Reporting Companies are, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or
13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), the beneficial owner
of any securities of the Issuer covered by this statement, other than certain
securities of the Issuer held in the proprietary accounts of ML&Co.'s broker-
dealer subsidiary.

          (b) Percent of Class:

                    See Item 11 of Cover Pages

          (c) Number of shares as to which such person has:

                  (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote:

                    See Item 5 of Cover Pages

                 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:

                    See Item 6 of Cover Pages

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                (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

                    See Item 7 of Cover Pages

                 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

                    See Item 8 of Cover Pages

Item 5    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
          -------------------------------------------- 

          Not Applicable

Item 6    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
          --------------------------------------------------------------- 


        MLAM is an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and acts as an investment adviser to investment
companies registered under Section 8 of  the Investment Company Act of 1940.
With respect to securities held by those investment companies, several persons
have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from,
or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities.  The Fund, a reporting person
on this Schedule 13G for which MLAM serves as investment adviser, has an
interest that relates to more than 5% of the class of securities reported
herein.  No other person has an interest that relates to more than 5% of the
class of securities reported herein.


Item 7    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired 
          ------------------------------------------------------------------
          the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.
          ------------------------------------------------------------

          See Exhibit A

Item 8    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
          --------------------------------------------------------- 

          Not Applicable

Item 9    Notice of Dissolution of Group.
          ------------------------------

          Not Applicable

                             Page 9 of 11 Pages
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Item 10   Certification.
          ------------- 

        By signing below each of the undersigned certifies that, to the best of
their knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in
the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do
not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such
securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purposes or effect.

Signature.
- --------- 

        After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.

Date:  February    , 1994      Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
                               
                               /s/ David L. Dick
                               --------------------------------
                               Name: David L Dick
                               Title: Assistant Secretary
                               
                               Merrill Lynch Group, Inc.
                               
                               /s/ David L. Dick
                               --------------------------------
                               Name: David L. Dick
                               Title: Secretary
                               
                               Princeton Services, Inc.
                               
                               /s/ David L. Dick
                               --------------------------------
                               Name: David L. Dick
                               Title: Attorney-in-Fact*
                               
                               Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
                               By:  Princeton Services, Inc. (General Partner)
                               
                               /s/ David L. Dick
                               --------------------------------
                               Name: David L. Dick
                               Title: Attorney-in-Fact*
                               
                               Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc.
                               
                               /s/ David L. Dick
                               --------------------------------
                               Name: David L. Dick
                               Title: Attorney-in-Fact**

- ---------------
* Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included as
an exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et. al. on February 14, 1994 with respect to Dial
REIT Inc.
** Signed pursuant to a power of attorney, dated February 10, 1994, included as
an exhibit to Schedule 13G filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et. al. on February 14, 1994 with respect to Trident
Microsystems, Inc.

                             Page 10 of 11 Pages
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                          Exhibit A to Schedule 13G
                          -------------------------

                  ITEM 7 DISCLOSURE RESPECTING SUBSIDIARIES
                  -----------------------------------------


        Three of the persons filing this report, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a
Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at World Financial
Center, North Tower, 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York ("ML&Co."), Merrill
Lynch Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business
at World Financial Center, North Tower, 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York
("ML Group"), and Princeton Services, Inc. ("PSI") a Delaware corporation with
its principal place of business at 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New
Jersey, are parent holding companies pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the relevant
subsidiaries are set forth below.

        ML & Co. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities of PHH
Corp. (the "Issuer") by virtue of its control of its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
ML Group and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S").
MLPF&S is a broker-dealer and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
certain of the reported securities of the Issuer held in customer accounts over
which MLPF&S has discretionary power or held by unit investment trusts for which
MLPF&S is the sponsor.

        ML Group, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML&Co., may be deemed to
be the beneficial owner of securities of the Issuer by virtue of its control of
its wholly-owned subsidiary, PSI.

        PSI, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of ML Group, may be deemed to be
the beneficial owner of securities of the Issuer by virtue of its being the
general partner of Merrill Lynch Asset Management L.P., (d/b/a Merrill Lynch
Asset Management ("MLAM")).

        MLAM, a Delaware limited partnership with its principal place of
business at 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey, is an investment
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
MLAM may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of common stock of the Issuer as a
result of acting as investment adviser to investment companies registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

        One registered investment company advised by MLAM, Merrill Lynch Capital
Fund, Inc., is the beneficial owner of 9.6% of the securities of the Issuer.

        Pursuant to (S) 240.13d-4, ML&Co., ML Group, MLPF&S, PSI, MLAM and the
Fund disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities of the Issuer, and the
filing of this Schedule 13G shall not be construed as an admission that any such
entity is for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act, the beneficial
owner of any securities of the Issuer.

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