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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: 1404
DATED: SEPTEMBER 24, 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: LIBOR
INDEX MATURITY: One Month
TRADE DATE: September 24, 1996
SETTLEMENT DATE: September 27, 1996
MATURITY DATE: October 3, 1997
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: -0.030%
(minus three bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Monthly
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Monthly, on the third of each month, commencing November 4, 1996 through
maturity, subject to modified following business day convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, September 25, 1996
FORM: Book-entry
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