As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2001 Securities Act File No. 333-39839 Investment Company Act File No. 811-6156 ============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ----------------------------- SCHEDULE TO ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT (PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934) (Amendment No. 2) Merrill Lynch High Income Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Merrill Lynch High Income Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (Names of Person(s) Filing Statement) Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $.10 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 589945 10 4 (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) Terry K. Glenn Merrill Lynch High Income Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. 800 Scudders Mill Road Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 (609) 282-2800 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Person(s) Filing Statement) Copies to: Thomas R. Smith, Jr., Esq. Michael J. Hennewinkel, Esq. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. One World Trade Center P.O. Box 9011 New York, New York 10048-0557 Princeton, New Jersey 08543-9011 April 16, 2001 (Date Tender Offer First Published, Sent or Given to Security Holders) This Amendment No. 2 to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO of Merrill Lynch High Income Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") relating to an offer to purchase (the "Offer") 5,000,000 of the Fund's shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the "Shares") and originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2001 and supplemented on April 18, 2001 constitutes the final amendment pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Offer terminated at 4:00 P.M., Eastern time, on May 14, 2001 (the "Expiration Date"). Pursuant to the Offer, 556,188.516 Shares were tendered, all of which were accepted by the Fund for repurchase at a net asset value of $9.31 per share, as determined as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the Expiration Date, for an aggregate purchase price of $5,178,115.08. SIGNATURE After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. MERRILL LYNCH HIGH INCOME MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC. May 18, 2001 By /s/ Terry K. Glenn ---------------------------------- (Terry K. Glenn, President)