MERRILL LYNCH SR FLOAT RATE FD
SC 13E4/A, 1998-01-22
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 1998
                                         Securities Act File No. 333-15973
                                   Investment Company Act File No. 811-5870
                                                                           



                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549
                               ________________

                                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.                 Patrick D. Sweeney, 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



                              December 19, 1997
                      (Date Tender Offer First Published
                      Sent or Given to Security Holders)


     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")  17,500,000 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 December 19, 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 January 20,
1998 (the "Expiration  Date").  Pursuant to the  Offer, 13,159,403.975 Shares
were tendered, all of which were accepted by the Fund for repurchase at a net
asset value  of $10.00 per share,  as determined as  of the close of  the New
York  Stock Exchange on the Expiration  Date, for an aggregate purchase price
of $131,594,039.75.

                                  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.



January 22, 1998         By   /s/ Terry K. Glenn
                            ------------------------------------------
                              (Terry K. Glenn,
                               Executive Vice President)



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