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FILE NO. 333-28537
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 7, 1997)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 7, 1997)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1566
DATED: AUGUST 26, 1997
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: Fed Funds (Prior Day H.15)
INDEX MATURITY: One Day
TRADE DATE: August 26, 1997
SETTLEMENT DATE: September 2, 1997
MATURITY DATE: September 5, 2000
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: 0.275%
(Plus twenty-seven and one-half bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: The 5th of March, June, September, and December, commencing December 5,
1997 through Maturity Date; subject to modified following business day
convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD
FORM: Book-entry
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