MERRILL LYNCH SR FLOAT RATE FD
SC 13E4/A, 1997-04-21
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 1997
                                         Securities Act File No. 333-15973
                                   Investment Company Act File No. 811-5870
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                SCHEDULE 13E-4
                        ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT
                    (Pursuant to Section 13(e)(1) of the 
                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934)

                               AMENDMENT NO. 1

                MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND, INC.
                               (Name of Issuer)

                MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND, INC.
                     (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

              Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $0.10 per share
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 59019R 10 5
                    (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                Arthur Zeikel
                Merrill Lynch Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.
                            800 Scudders Mill Road
                        Plainsboro, New Jersey  08536
                                (609) 282-2800
         (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
 Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                                  Copies to:


Thomas R. Smith, Jr., Esq.              Philip L. Kirstein, Esq.
Brown & Wood LLP                        Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.
One World Trade Center                  P.O. Box 9011
New York, New York  10048-0557          Princeton, New Jersey  08543-9011



                                March 18, 1997
                      (Date Tender Offer First Published
                      Sent or Given to Security Holders)
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     This  Amendment No. 1 to  the Issuer Tender  Offer Statement on Schedule
13E-4 of Merrill  Lynch Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") relating
to an  offer to  purchase (the "Offer")  12,500,000 of  the Fund's  shares of
common stock, par value  $0.10 per share (the "Shares") and  originally filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 1997 constitutes the
final amendment  pursuant to Rule  13e-4(c)(3) under the  Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and General Instruction D of Schedule 13E-4.

     The Offer terminated at 12:00 midnight, New York time, on April 15, 1997
(the "Expiration Date").   Pursuant to the Offer,  11,544,268.394 Shares were
tendered, all of  which were  accepted by the  Fund for  repurchase at a  net


asset value of $9.99 per share, as determined as of the close of the New York
Stock Exchange  on the  Expiration Date, for  an aggregate purchase  price of
$115,327,241.26.

                                  SIGNATURE


     After due inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge and belief, I certify
that  the information  set  forth in  this statement  is  true, complete  and
correct.


                              MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE FUND, INC.



April 21, 1997           By   /s/ Terry K. Glenn                           
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                              (Terry K. Glenn,
                               Executive Vice President)


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