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FILE NO. 33-65135
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 4, 1996)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 10, 1996)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1357
DATED: MAY 1, 1996
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FLOATING RATE NOTES
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BASE RATE: Prime (Prior Day H.15)
INDEX MATURITY: One Day
TRADE DATE: May 1, 1996
SETTLEMENT DATE: May 6, 1996
MATURITY DATE: June 2, 1997
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: -2.800%
(minus two hundred eighty bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: The 2nd Day of June 1996, September 1996, December 1996, March 1997
and Maturity subject to following business day convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, May 3, 1996
FORM: Book-entry
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The first paragraph of the section "Incorporation
of Certain Documents by
Reference" contained in the attached prospectus, dated September 1, 1995, is
hereby updated to specifically include
reference to the Current Reports of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Form 8-K dated
September 19, 1995, October 17, 1995, November 2, 1995 and November 27, 1995
filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 which
are incorporated by reference into such Prospectus. In addition, the amount of
Securities that the Company
intends to sell from time to time specified on the first page of such Prospectus
has been updated to equal $8,741,425,546 aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities (or net proceeds in the case of warrants and in the case of
securities issued at an original issue discount).