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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001999371-24-004603
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240408
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ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240409
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240409
ABS ASSET CLASS:             	Debt Securities

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR INC INDEXPLUS TRUST SERIES 2003-1
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001267332
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	Office of Structured Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31941
		FILM NUMBER:		24831603

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10281
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): April 8, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt; text-align: center">MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>(on behalf of INDEXPLUS
TRUST SERIES 2003-1)</B></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; text-align: center; line-height: 10.55pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>001-31941</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; text-align: center; line-height: 10.55pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>13-3891329</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I. R. S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 33%"><B>10036</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>New York, <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.35pt">NY</FONT></B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone
number, including area code: <B>(646) 855-6745 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2.):</P>


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<TD STYLE="width: 13.35pt">&#9744;</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
                                            Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


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                                            Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


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                                            under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


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  <TD>Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) Securities registered pursuant
  to Section 12(b) of the Act:</TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 17.2pt 0 0.25in; text-align: center"><B>Name of each exchange
    on which registered</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. &#9744;</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-indent: 40pt; margin: 12pt 0 0">On April 8, 2024, MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.,
on behalf of INDEXPLUS TRUST SERIES 2003-1, issued a press release announcing the transfer of the listing of the INDEXPLUS TRUST SERIES
2003-1 Trust Certificates from the NYSE American Stock Exchange to the New York Stock Exchange LLC. That press release has been amended
to include the statement that trading will commence on the NYSE at the opening of trading on April 11, 2024. The full text of the amended
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">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.</P>

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  <TD COLSPAN="2">MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 33%">Date:
April 9, 2024</TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 5%">By:&#9;</TD>
  <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 35%">/s/ Matthew Nelson</TD></TR>
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  <TD>Name:</TD>
  <TD> Matthew Nelson</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0"><A HREF="indexplus-8ka_040924.htm">MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC. 8-KA</A></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>One Bryant Park, 4th Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10036</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>April 8, 2024</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF INDEXPLUS TRUST CERTIFICATES
SERIES 2003-1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(THE &ldquo;CERTIFICATES&rdquo;), ISSUED UNDER THE
SERIES SUPPLEMENT BETWEEN MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC. AS DEPOSITOR AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS TRUSTEE AND SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY
DATED DECEMBER 17, 2003</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CUSIP<A HREF="#note_ftn1" NAME="note_ftnref1" STYLE="font-size: 65%; vertical-align: 35%">1</A>:
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>45408V203</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><B>THIS NOTICE CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT
IS OF INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THE SUBJECT SECURITIES. IF APPLICABLE, ALL DEPOSITORIES, CUSTODIANS AND OTHER INTERMEDIARIES
RECEIVING THIS NOTICE ARE REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE RETRANSMITTAL TO SUCH BENEFICIAL OWNERS IN A TIMELY MANNER.</B></P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify">MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC. is the depositor (the
&ldquo;Depositor&rdquo;) under the Trust Agreement (the &ldquo;Trust Agreement&rdquo;) which incorporates the Standard Terms for Trust
Agreements between Merrill Lynch Depositor, Inc. as Depositor and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as &ldquo;The Bank of New
York&rdquo;) as Trustee and Securities Intermediary dated as of February 20, 1998 (the &ldquo;Standard Terms&rdquo;) and the Series Supplement
dated as of December 17, 2003 (the &ldquo;Series Supplement&rdquo;). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same
meaning or meanings ascribed to them in the Trust Agreement.</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify">The purpose
of this Notice is to notify you that on April 8, 2024, the listing of the Certificates will be transferred from the NYSE American Stock
Exchange (&ldquo;NYSE American&rdquo;) to the New York Stock Exchange LLC (&ldquo;NYSE&rdquo;) and will commence trading on the NYSE at
the opening of trading on April 11, 2024.</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify">The foregoing is not intended and should not be construed
as investment, accounting, financial, legal or tax advice by or on behalf of the Depositor, or its directors, officers, agents, attorneys
or employees. Each person receiving this notice is urged to carefully review it and should seek the advice of its own advisors in respect
of the matters set forth herein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">If any Holders have questions about this Notice, they
may contact Matthew J. Nelson, President, MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC., at matthew.j.nelson@bofa.com.</P>


<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0"><B>MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC., </B>as Depositor</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><A HREF="#note_ftnref1" NAME="note_ftn1" STYLE="font-size: 65%; vertical-align: 35%">1</A>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Note:&#9;CUSIP numbers appearing herein have been included solely for convenience of reference. MERRILL
LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC. assumes no responsibility for the selection or use of such number and makes no representation as to the correctness
of the CUSIP numbers listed herein.</FONT></P>

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