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FILE NO. 333-28537
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 16, 1997)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 16, 1997)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1536
DATED: JULY 8, 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: LIBOR
INDEX MATURITY: One Month
TRADE DATE: July 8, 1997
SETTLEMENT DATE: July 11, 1997
MATURITY DATE: July 13, 1998
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: -0.040%
(minus four bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Monthly
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: The thirteenth of each month commencing August 1997 through Maturity,
subject to modified following business day convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, July 9, 1997
FORM: Book-entry
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