SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November ~~May~~ 1, 2012

MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.

(on behalf of PREFERREDPLUS TRUST SERIES FRD-1)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-16569	13-3891329
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I. R. S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or other	(Commission	(I. R. S. Employer
One Bryant Park, 4th FL Structured Credit Trading New York, NY		10036 (Zip Code)
jurisdiction of	File Number)	Identification No.)
(Address of principal executive offices)
incorporation)

One Bryant Park, 4^th FL	10036
Structured Credit Trading	(Zip Code)
New York, NY
(Address of principal
executive offices)

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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (646) 855-6745

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Section 1. Registrant’s Business and Operations

Not applicable.

Section 2. Financial Information

Not applicable.

Section 3. Securities and Trading Markets

Not applicable.

Section 4. Matters Related to Accountants and Financial Statements

Not applicable.

Section 5. Corporate Governance and Management

Not applicable.

Section 6. Asset-Backed Securities

Not applicable.

Section 7. Regulation FD

Not applicable.

Section 8. Other Events

Item 8.01 Other events

99.1 On ~~Distribution~~October to1, ~~holders~~2012, we received a notice of exercise from the ~~PreferredPlus~~holder of the call warrants for PreferredPLUS Trust Certificates Series FRD-1, onwhich ~~May~~specified that the call warrant holder intended to exercise its warrants in full and call all outstanding trust certificates. On November 1, 2012., the exercise date of the call warrants, we distributed the aggregate exercise price of $50,000,000, representing with respect to the Class A trust certificates

~~For~~On ~~information~~November ~~with respect to the underlying securities held by PreferredPLUS Trust Series FRD-~~1, ~~please refer to Ford Motor Company’s (Commission file number 001-03950) periodic reports~~2012, ~~including~~the ~~annual~~call ~~reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and other~~warrantholder ~~information~~effected onan ~~file~~optional ~~with~~exchange ~~the Securities~~ and ~~Exchange~~exchanged ~~Commission~~all (the “SEC”). You can read and copy these reports and other information at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain copies of ~~this material for a fee by writing to~~ the ~~SEC’s~~outstanding ~~Public~~PreferredPLUS ~~Reference~~Trust ~~Section~~Certificates ofSeries ~~the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1~~FRD-~~800-SEC-0330.~~1 ~~You~~for ~~can also access some of this information electronically by means of~~ the ~~SEC’s website on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information that the~~ underlying ~~securities~~ ~~issuer~~securities ~~has~~held ~~filed~~by ~~electronically with~~ the ~~SEC~~trust.

For information with respect to the underlying securities held by PreferredPLUS Trust Series FRD-1, please refer to Ford Motor Company’s (Commission file number 001-03950) periodic reports, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and other information on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You can read and copy these reports and other information at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain copies of this material for a fee by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference

Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You can also access some of this information electronically by means of the SEC’s website on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information that the underlying securities issuer has filed electronically with the SEC.

Although we have no reason to believe the information concerning the underlying securities or the underlying securities issuer contained in the underlying securities issuer’s Exchange Act reports is not reliable, neither the depositor nor the trustee participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to the information provided therein. No investigation with respect to the underlying securities issuer (including, without limitation, no investigation as to its financial condition or creditworthiness) or of the underlying securities has been made. You should obtain and evaluate the same information concerning the underlying securities issuer as you would obtain and evaluate if your investment were directly in the underlying securities or in other securities issued by the underlying securities issuer. There can be no assurance that events affecting the underlying securities or the underlying securities issuer have not occurred or have not yet been publicly disclosed which would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above.

Section 9. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial statements of business acquired.

Not Applicable.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

Not Applicable.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Trustee’s report in respect of the ~~May~~November 1, 2012 distribution to holders of the PreferredPLUS Trust Certificates Series FRD-1

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

	MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.	~~MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.~~
Date: May 4, 2012	By:	/s/ John Marciano
Date: November 13, 2012	By:	/s/ John Marciano
		Name: John Marciano
		Name:	John Marciano
		Title: Vice President
		Title:	Vice President

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1 Trustee’s report in respect of the ~~May~~November 1, 2012 distribution to holders of the PreferredPLUS Trust Certificates Series FRD-1.

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