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): ~~April~~ September 1, 2016

MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.

(on behalf of PREFERREDPLUS TRUST SERIES FAR-1)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	~~Delaware~~001-31488	~~001~~13-~~31488~~3891329	~~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
	New York, NY		(Zip Code)
	(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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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT

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.~~On September 1, ~~Distribution~~2016 toThe ~~holders~~Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for the PreferredPLUS Trust Certificates Series FAR-1 Trust (the “Trust”), issued a press release regarding the receipt of a notice of intended exercise on ~~April~~October 13, 2016 (the “Exercise Date”), of the outstanding Warrants representing the right to acquire (a) 1,800,000 of the Trust Certificates at an exercise price equal to $25 for each security being exercised plus accrued and unpaid interest up to but excluding, the Exercise Date. A copy of each of the press releases is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

~~The underlying securities issuer, The First American Corporation, is now known as CoreLogic, Inc.~~SIGNATURES

~~For information with respect~~ Pursuant to the ~~underlying~~ ~~securities~~requirements ~~held~~of by PreferredPLUS Trust Series FAR-1, please refer to CoreLogic Inc’s (Commission file number 001-13585) 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~~Act ~~(the~~of ~~“SEC”).~~1934, ~~You can read and copy these reports and other information at~~ the ~~public~~Registrant ~~reference~~has ~~facilities~~duly ~~maintained~~caused ~~by the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain copies of~~ this ~~material~~report ~~for a fee by writing~~ to ~~the~~be ~~SEC’s~~signed ~~Public~~on ~~Reference~~its ~~Section of the SEC at 100~~behalf ~~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~~undersigned, ~~which~~hereunto ~~contains~~duly ~~reports, proxy and information statements and other information that the underlying securities issuer has filed electronically with the SEC~~authorized.

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.

	MERRILL LYNCH DEPOSITOR, INC.

Date: September 1, 2016	By:	/s/ Nicholas Louw
	Name:	Nicholas Louw
	Title:	Vice President

~~Section~~ EXHIBIT ~~9. Financial Statements and Exhibits~~INDEX

~~Item 9~~99.011 ~~Financial~~Press ~~Statements~~Release, ~~and~~dated ~~Exhibits~~September 1, 2016.

(a) Financial statements of business acquired.

Not Applicable.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

Not Applicable.

99.1 Trustee’s report in respect of the April 1, 2016 distribution to holders of the PreferredPLUS Trust Certificates Series FAR-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: April 5, 2016	By:	/s/ Mohammad Islam
	Name:	Mohammad Islam
	Title:	Vice President

EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1 Trustee’s report in respect of the April 1, 2016 distribution to holders of the PreferredPLUS Trust Certificates Series FAR-1.

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