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MERRILL LYNCH STRATEGIC DIVIDEND FUND
November 29, 1995
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Strategic Dividend Fund
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-14517
Investment Company Act File No. 811-5178)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Strategic Dividend 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(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from
that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the
Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting
the most recent amendment to the Fund's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 28, 1995.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH STRATEGIC DIVIDEND
FUND
By: /s/ Robert Harris, Esq.
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Robert Harris, Esq.
Secretary
