-----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, CRzBPyayYk/psbVoMFTlZ9XgSbWmI7Jx5kLR3qyDOpNk31s6UIsLRKcrMfkCypVL YO5b2hIjcx8qhI9Pd8566A== 0000741886-02-000004.txt : 20020415 0000741886-02-000004.hdr.sgml : 20020415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000741886-02-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20020404 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH UTILITIES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000868452 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-37103 FILM NUMBER: 02602301 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 9011 CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08543-9011 BUSINESS PHONE: 6092823319 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 9066 CITY: PRINCETON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08543-9011 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH GLOBAL UTILITY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH UTILITIES & COMMUNICATIONS FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020307 497J 1 mlutlitele2002.txt 497 J LETTER April 4,2002 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Judiciary Plaza Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Division of Investment Management RE: Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc. Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Securities Act File No. 33-37103, Investment Company Act No. 811-6180) Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, 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: 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 March 28, 2002. Very truly yours, Merrill Lynch Utilities and Telecommunications Fund, Inc. ______________________ Ira P. Shapiro First Vice President Secretary of the Fund -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----