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MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL CONVERTIBLE FUND, INC.
March 1, 1994
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Global Convertible Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-18720;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-5395)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Global Convertible Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby
certifies that:
(1) the forms of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the 1933 Act would
not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No.
8 (the "Amendment") to the Fund's Registrationn Statement on Form N-1A
(the "Registration Statement"), constituting the most recent amendment
to the Fund's Registration Statement under the 1933 Act; and
(2) the text of the Amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement was
filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 24, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL
CONVERTIBLE FUND, INC.
By: /s/ Mark B. Goldfus
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Mark B. Goldfus
Secretary