-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, C6+4IEl68kRln2U8iikFjqlT0BTkKbXrmbFQqIEP1SqZOxWCj/+sI2220K7IThQa hcH3U8Lw7JAb1dLHoYO7IQ== 0000950130-96-000297.txt : 19960131 0000950130-96-000297.hdr.sgml : 19960131 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950130-96-000297 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960130 SROS: NONE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH BALANCED FD FOR INV & RET CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000746637 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 002-91329 FILM NUMBER: 96508622 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 9011 CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08543 BUSINESS PHONE: 6092823319 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT BENEFIT INVESTMENT PROG INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH BALANCED FUND FOR INVESTMENT & RETIREMENT DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910529 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT BENEFIT INVESTMENT PROGRAM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910501 497J 1 M/L BALANCED FUND FOR INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT MERRILL LYNCH BALANCED FUND FOR INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT, INC. P.O. BOX 9011 PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08543-9011 January 30, 1996 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING - --------------------- Securities and Exchange Commission Judiciary Plaza 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20549 Re: Merrill Lynch Balanced Fund for Investment and Retirement, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on form N-1A (Securities Act File No. 2-91329 Investment Company Act File No. 811-4035) ----------------------------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") Merrill Lynch Balanced Fund for Investment and Retirement, Inc. (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. 15 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. 15 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 1996. Very truly yours, MERRILL LYNCH BALANCED FUND FOR INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT, INC. By: /s/ Jerry Weiss -------------------------------------- Jerry Weiss, Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----