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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-2740599
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(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
World Financial Center
North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to the
registration of a class of registration of a class of
debt securities and is debt securities and is to
effective upon filing pursuant become effective
to General Instruction A(c)(1) simultaneously with the
please check the following effectiveness of a concurrent
box. [X] registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933 pursuant to General Instruction
A(c)(2) please check the following box. [ ]
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Top Ten Yield Market Index Target- American Stock Exchange
Term Securities/SM/ due August __, 2006
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of class)
/SM/ "Market Index Target-Term Securities" is a service mark owned by Merrill
Lynch & Co., Inc.
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Notes to be Registered.
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The description of the general terms and provisions of the Top Ten
Yield Market Index Target-Term Securities /SM/ ("MITTS(R)") due August__, 2006
to be issued by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the "Notes") set forth in the
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated July 26, 1996, and the Prospectus dated
July 26, 1996, attached hereto as Exhibit 99 (A) are hereby incorporated by
reference and contain certain proposed terms and provisions. The description of
the Notes contained in the Prospectus Supplement to be filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under Registration
Statement Number 33-65135 which will contain the final terms and provisions of
the Notes, including the maturity date of the Notes, is hereby deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof.
Item 2. Exhibits.
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99 (A) Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated July 26, 1996, and
Prospectus dated July 26, 1996 (incorporated by reference to
registrant's filing pursuant to Rule 424 (b)).
99 (B) Form of Note.
99 (C) Copy of Indenture between Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, formerly known as Chemical Bank (successor by
merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), dated as of April
1, 1983, as amended and restated./*/
Other securities issued by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. are listed on the
American Stock Exchange.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
By: /s/ Theresa Lang
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Theresa Lang
Treasurer
Date: August 6, 1996
/*/"MITTS" is a registered service mark and "Market Index Target-Term
Securities" is a service mark owned by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
* Exhibit 99 (C) is incorporated by reference from Exhibit (3) to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 20, 1992.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM 8-A DATED AUGUST 6, 1996
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No. Page No.
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99 (A) Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated
July 26, 1996, and Prospectus dated
July 26, 1996 (incorporated by reference to
registrant's filing pursuant to Rule 424 (b)).
99 (B) Form of Note.
99 (C) Copy of Indenture between Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
and The Chase Manhattan Bank, formerly known as
Chemical Bank (successor by merger to Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Company), dated as of April 1, 1983,
as amended and restated./*/
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/*/ Exhibit 99 (C) is incorporated by reference from Exhibit (3) to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 20, 1992.
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EXHIBIT 99 (B)
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS
A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO A
NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO
SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
No. R-
CUSIP 590188 7 36 $
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
Top Ten Yield Market Index Target-Term Securities/SM/
due August __, 2006
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the
Indenture herein referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
DOLLARS ($ )(the "Principal Amount") plus the Supplemental Redemption
Amount, as defined below, on August ___, 2006 (the "Stated Maturity").
Payment of the Principal Amount and the Supplemental Redemption Amount and
any interest on any overdue amount thereof with respect to this Security shall
be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts.
This Security is one of the series of Top Ten Yield Market Index Target-
Term Securities/SM/ due August __, 2006 (the "Securities").
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/SM/ "Market Index Target-Term Securities" is a service mark owned by Merrill
Lynch & Co., Inc.
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Supplemental Redemption Amount
The "Supplemental Redemption Amount" with respect to this Security equals:
Ending Index Value - Starting Index Value
Principal Amount X -----------------------------------------
Starting Index Value
provided, however, that in no event will the Supplemental Redemption Amount be
less than $______ per $10 principal amount of the Securities (the "Minimum
Supplemental Redemption Amount"). The Minimum Supplemental Redemption Amount is
equivalent to a rate of return of ____% per annum, calculated on a semi-annual
bond equivalent basis. The Top Ten Yield Index (herein referred to as the
"Index") is calculated and disseminated by the American Stock Exchange (the
"AMEX"). The "Starting Index Value" equals 100. The Ending Index Value will be
determined by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the
"Calculation Agent", which term includes any successor thereto) and will equal
the average (arithmetic mean) of the closing values of the Index determined on
each of the first five Calculation Days during the Calculation Period. If there
are fewer than five Calculation Days, then the Ending Index Value will equal the
average (arithmetic mean) of the closing values of the Index on such Calculation
Days, and if there is only one Calculation Day, then the Ending Index Value will
equal the closing value of the Index on such Calculation Day. If no Calculation
Days occur during the Calculation Period because of Market Disruption Events,
then the Ending Index Value will equal the closing value of the Index determined
on the last scheduled Index Business Day in the Calculation Period, regardless
of the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event on such day. The "Calculation
Period" means the period from and including the seventh scheduled Index Business
Day prior to the Stated Maturity to and including the second scheduled Index
Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity. "Calculation Day" means any Index
Business Day during the Calculation Period on which a Market Disruption Event
has not occurred. For purposes of determining the Ending Index Value, an "Index
Business Day" is a day on which The New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") and the
AMEX are open for trading and trading generally occurs in the over-the-counter
market for equity securities and the Index is calculated and published by the
AMEX. All determinations made by the Calculation Agent shall be at the sole
discretion of the Calculation Agent and, absent a determination by the
Calculation Agent of a manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and
binding on the Company and beneficial owners of the Securities.
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ADJUSTMENTS TO THE INDEX; MARKET DISRUPTION EVENTS
If at any time the method of calculating the Index, or the value
thereof, is changed in any material respect, or if the Index is in any other way
modified so that such Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent,
fairly represent the value of the Index had such changes or modifications not
been made, then, from and after such time, the Calculation Agent shall, at the
close of business in New York, New York, on each date that the closing value
with respect to the Ending Index Value is to be calculated, make such
adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation Agent, may be
necessary in order to arrive at a calculation of a value of a stock index
comparable to the Index as if such changes or modifications had not been made,
and calculate such closing value with reference to the Index, as adjusted.
Accordingly, if the method of calculating the Index is modified so that the
value of such Index is a fraction or a multiple of what it would have been if it
had not been modified (e.g., due to a split in the Index), then the Calculation
Agent shall adjust such Index in order to arrive at a value of the Index as if
it had not been modified (e.g., as if such split had not occurred).
"Market Disruption Event" means either of the following events, as
determined by the Calculation Agent:
(i) the suspension or material limitation (limitations pursuant to
NYSE Rule 80A (or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated
by the NYSE or any other self regulatory organization or the Securities and
Exchange Commission of similar scope as determined by the Calculation
Agent) on trading during significant market fluctuations shall be
considered "material" for purposes of this definition), in the trading of
one or more of the securities underlying the Index on any exchange in the
United States or in the over-the-counter market for more than two hours of
trading or during the period one-half hour prior to the close of such
trading, or
(ii) the suspension or material limitation (whether by reason of
movements in price otherwise exceeding levels permitted by the relevant
exchange or otherwise) in option contracts related to one or more of the
securities underlying the Index traded on any exchange for more than two
hours of trading or during the period one-half hour prior to the close of
such trading.
For the purposes of this definition, a limitation on the hours in a trading
day and/or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption
Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of
the relevant exchange.
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DISCONTINUANCE OF THE INDEX
If the AMEX discontinues publication of the Index and the AMEX or another
entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent
determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to such Index (any such
index being referred to hereinafter as a "Successor Index"), then, upon the
Calculation Agent's notification of such determination to the Trustee and the
Company, the Calculation Agent will substitute the Successor Index as calculated
by the AMEX or such other entity for the Index and calculate the Ending Index
Value as described above in the section entitled "Supplemental Redemption
Amount." Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the
Company shall cause notice thereof to be given to Holders of the Securities.
If the AMEX discontinues publication of the Index and a Successor Index is
not selected by the Calculation Agent or is no longer published on any of the
Calculation Days, the value to be substituted for the Index for any such
Calculation Day used to calculate the Supplemental Redemption Amount at maturity
will be a value computed by the Calculation Agent for each Calculation Day in
accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Index prior to any
such discontinuance. If a Successor Index is selected or the Calculation Agent
calculates a value as a substitute for the Index as described below, such
Successor Index or value shall be substituted for the Index for all purposes,
including for purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists.
If the AMEX discontinues publication of the Index prior to the period
during which the Supplemental Redemption Amount is to be determined and the
Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at such time,
then on each Business Day until the earlier to occur of (i) the determination of
the Ending Index Value and (ii) a determination by the Calculation Agent that a
Successor Index is available, the Calculation Agent shall determine the value
that would be used in computing the Supplemental Redemption Amount as described
above as if such day were a Calculation Day. The Calculation Agent will cause
notice of each such value to be published not less often than once each month in
The Wall Street Journal (or another newspaper of general circulation), and
arrange for information with respect to such values to be made available by
telephone.
GENERAL
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1983,
as amended and restated (herein referred to as the "Indenture"), between the
Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, formerly known as Chemical Bank
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(successor by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), as Trustee (herein
referred to as the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
The Company hereby covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities, to the extent permitted by applicable law, not to claim voluntarily
the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest against a Holder
of the Securities.
The Securities are not subject to redemption by the Company or at the
option of the Holder prior to the Stated Maturity.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities,
Holders of the Securities may accelerate the maturity of the Securities in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. The amount payable to a
Holder of this Security upon any acceleration permitted by the Securities, with
respect to each $10 principal amount thereof, will be equal to: (i) $10, plus
(ii) an additional amount of contingent interest calculated as though the date
of early repayment were the Stated Maturity of the Securities.
In case of default in payment at the maturity date of the Securities
(whether at their Stated Maturity or upon acceleration), from and after the
Stated Maturity the Securities shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the
beneficial owners thereof, at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) on the unpaid amount due
and payable on such date in accordance with the terms of the Securities to the
date payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any
overdue Principal Amount or Supplemental Redemption Amount, as the case may be,
shall be payable on demand.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, of each
series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of each series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and
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certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor
or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal Amount plus the Supplemental
Redemption Amount with respect to this Security and any interest on any overdue
amount thereof at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein and on the first page hereof, the transfer of this Security may be
registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this
Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for
the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee
or transferees.
The Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $10 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the first
page hereof, the Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities in authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. If (x) any Depository is at any time unwilling or unable
to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the
Company within 60 days, (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a
Company Order to the effect that this Security shall be exchangeable or (z) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities,
this Security shall be exchangeable for Securities in definitive form of like
tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in denominations of $10 and
integral multiples thereof. Such definitive Securities shall be registered in
such name or names as the Depository shall instruct the Trustee. If definitive
Securities are so delivered, the Company may make such changes to the form of
this Security as are necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such
definitive Securities.
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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture but not
in this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by The
Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor
thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
This is one of the Securities of the series [Copy of Seal]
designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee By:
Treasurer
By: Attest:
Authorized Officer Secretary
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