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): ~~May~~August 1516, 2013

MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.

(on behalf of PPLUS ~~TRUST~~Trust ~~SERIES~~Series SPR-1)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-31912	13-3891329
(State or other	(Commission	(I. R. S. Employer
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I. R. S. Employer Identification No.)
jurisdiction of	File Number)	Identification No.)
One Bryant Park, 4th FL New York, New York (Address of principal executive offices)		10036 (Zip Code)
incorporation)

One Bryant Park, 4th 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.):

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Section ~~1. Registrant’s~~8 ~~Business~~Other ~~and Operations~~Events

~~Not~~Item ~~applicable~~8.01 Other Events

On August 16, 2013 The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for the PPLUS Trust Series SPR-1 Trust (the “Trust”), issued a press release regarding the receipt of a notice from the Depositor that the Depositor recently determined that the underlying securities guarantor of the Underlying Securities, Sprint Communications, Inc. (formerly Sprint Nextel Corporation) ceased to be a reporting company under the Exchange Act. A Form 15 “Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 212(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports Under Section 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934” was filed for Sprint Communications, Inc. ~~Financial~~, ~~Information~~the underlying securities guarantor, on August 8, 2013. This requires termination of the trust. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

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 Distribution to holders of the PPlus Trust Certificates Series SPR-1 on May 15, 2013.

For information with respect to the underlying securities held by PPLUS Trust Series SPR-1, please refer to Sprint Nextel Corporation’s (Commission file number 001-04721) 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, the underlying guarantee, the underlying securities issuer or the underlying securities guarantor contained in the underlying securities guarantor'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 or the underlying securities guarantor (including, without limitation, no investigation as to their financial condition or creditworthiness) or of the underlying securities or the underlying guarantee has been made. You should obtain and evaluate the same information concerning the underlying securities issuer and the underlying securities guarantor 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 or the underlying securities guarantor. There can be no assurance that events affecting the underlying securities and the underlying guarantee or the underlying securities issuer and the underlying securities guarantor 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 15, 2013 distribution to holders of the PPLUS Trust Certificates Series SPR-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.
Date: May 23, 2013	By:	/s/ John Marciano
		Name:	John Marciano
		Title:	Vice President

Date: August 16, 2013

MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.

By:/s/ John Marciano

Name:John Marciano

Title: Vice President

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.11Press ~~Trustee’s~~Release, ~~report~~dated inAugust ~~respect of the May 15~~16, 2013 ~~distribution to holders of the PPLUS Trust Certificates Series SPR-1.~~

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