As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 1998
SCHEDULE 14A
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MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE LIMITED MATURITY MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
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number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.
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MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE LIMITED MATURITY
MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
P.O. BOX 9011
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MARCH 25, 1998
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF MERRILL LYNCH MULTI-STATE
LIMITED MATURITY MUNICIPAL SERIES TRUST
holding shares of
Merrill Lynch Arizona Limited Maturity Municipal Bond Fund
Merrill Lynch Michigan Limited Maturity Municipal Bond Fund
Merrill Lynch New York Limited Maturity Municipal Bond Fund
Pursuant to a Notice dated November 24, 1997, notice was given of a Special
Meeting of the stockholders of six series of Merrill Lynch Multi-State
Limited Maturity Municipal Series Trust, including stockholders holding
shares of Merrill Lynch Arizona Limited Maturity Municipal Bond Fund, Merrill
Lynch Michigan Limited Maturity Municipal Bond Fund, and Merrill Lynch New
York Limited Maturity Municipal Bond Fund (each, a "Fund"), to be held for
the purpose of approving or disapproving an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization whereby the Limited Maturity Portfolio of Merrill Lynch
Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Limited Maturity Portfolio") would acquire
substantially all of the assets and assume substantially all of the
liabilities of each Fund in exchange solely for an equal aggregate value of
newly-issued shares of the Limited Maturity Portfolio (the "Reorganization").
At that time, each stockholder of each Fund was requested to vote to approve
or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to stockholders of each Fund that the Special Meeting
of stockholders (the "Meeting") originally scheduled for January 5, 1998 and
adjourned until February 12, 1998, will be held at the offices of Merrill
Lynch Asset Management, L.P., 800 Scudders Mill Road, Plainsboro, New Jersey
on Wednesday March 25, 1998. Stockholders who have not yet submitted a vote
to approve or disapprove the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization are
cordially invited to attend the Meeting. Stockholders who do not expect to
attend the Meeting in person are requested to complete, date, and sign the
enclosed form of proxy applicable to their Fund and return it promptly in the
envelope provided for that purpose. The enclosed proxy is being solicited on
behalf of the Board of Trustees of Merrill Lynch Multi-State Limited Maturity
Municipal Series Trust.
By Order of the Board of Trustees
LAWRENCE A. ROGERS
Secretary
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Dated: February 24, 1998
