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FILE NO. 333-25255
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 16, 1997)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 16, 1997)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1531
DATED: JUNE 23, 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: One Day
TRADE DATE: June 23, 1997
SETTLEMENT DATE: June 26, 1997
MATURITY DATE: June 26, 1998
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: -2.820%
(minus two hundred eighty two 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 March, June, September and December commencing September 1997
through Maturity, subject to Following Business Day Convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, June 26, 1997
FORM: Book-entry
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