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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: 1535
DATED: JULY 7, 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: July 7, 1997
SETTLEMENT DATE: July 10, 1997
MATURITY DATE: July 10, 1998
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: 0.130%
(plus thirteen bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: The tenth of October, January, April and July commencing October 1997
through Maturity, subject to modified following business day convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, July 10, 1997
FORM: Book-entry
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