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FILE NO. 333-13649
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED JANUARY 6, 1997)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 6, 1997)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1509
DATED: MAY 20, 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: Prime (Prior Day H.15)
INDEX MATURITY: Daily
TRADE DATE: May 20, 1997
SETTLEMENT DATE: May 23, 1997
MATURITY DATE: May 26, 1998
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: -2.815%
(minus two hundred eighty one and a half bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: The 26th of August, November, February and May commencing August 1997
through Maturity, subject to Following Business Day convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, May 22 1997
FORM: Book-entry
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