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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-2740599
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(State of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
World Financial Center
North Tower
250 Vesey Street
New York, New York 10281
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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If this form relates to the If this form relates to the registration
registration of a class of securities of a class of securities pursuant to
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant effective pursuant to General
to General Instruction A.(c), please Instruction A.(d), please check the
check the following box. [X] following box. [_]
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Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-59997
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR(R) Fund American Stock Exchange
Market Index Target-Term Securities(R)
due April 17, 2006
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of class)
(R) "Market Index Target-Term Securities" is a registered service mark owned by
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Notes to be
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Registered.
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The description of the general terms and provisions of the Consumer
Staples Select Sector SPDR(R) Market Index Target-Term Securities(R)
("MITTS(R)") due April 17, 2006 to be issued by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the
"Notes") set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated February 26,
1999, and the Prospectus dated July 30, 1998, attached hereto as Exhibit 99 (A)
are hereby incorporated by reference and contain certain proposed terms and
provisions. The description of the Notes contained in the Prospectus Supplement
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, under Registration Statement Number 333-59997 which will contain the
final terms and provisions of the Notes, including the maturity date of the
Notes, is hereby deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof.
Item 2. Exhibits.
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99 (A) Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated February 26, 1999, and
Prospectus dated July 30, 1998, (incorporated by reference to
registrant's filing pursuant to Rule 424 (b)).
99 (B) Form of Note.
99 (C) Copy of Indenture between Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, formerly Chemical Bank (successor by merger to
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), dated as of April 1, 1983,
as amended and restated.*
Other securities issued by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. are listed on the
American Stock Exchange.
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"MITTS" and "Market Index Target-Term Securities" are registered service marks
owned by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
* Exhibit 99 (C) is incorporated by reference from Exhibit (3)
to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 20,
1992.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
By: /s/ Lawrence M. Egan, Jr.
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Lawrence M. Egan, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
Date: April 12, 1999
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
EXHIBITS
TO
FORM 8-A DATED April 12, 1999
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No.
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99 (A) Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated
February 26, 1999, and Prospectus dated
July 30, 1998 (incorporated by reference to
registrant's filing pursuant to Rule 424 (b)).
99 (B) Form of Note.
99 (C) Copy of Indenture between Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Inc. and The Chase Manhattan Bank, formerly
Chemical Bank (successor by merger to
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company),
dated as of April 1, 1983, as amended and restated.*
* Exhibit 99 (C) is incorporated by reference from Exhibit (3) to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated July 20, 1992.
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Exhibit 99(B)
THIS MITTS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR MITTS
SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS MITTS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
("DTC"), TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS MITTS
SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO MERRILL LYNCH &
CO., INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND
ANY MITTS SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
No. R- _________ Units
CUSIP 590188 488
(Each Unit representing $10 principal
amount of MITTS Securities)
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR(R) Fund
Market Index Target-Term Securities(R)
due April , 2006
("MITTS Securities")
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company", which term includes any successor corporation
under the Indenture herein referred to), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWENTY-FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS ($25,000,000) (the "Principal Amount") plus the Supplemental
Redemption Amount, as defined below, on April , 2006 (the "Stated Maturity").
Payment or delivery of the Principal Amount and the Supplemental
Redemption Amount and any interest on any overdue amount thereof with respect to
this Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts or in the consideration specified
below.
This MITTS Security is one of the series of Consumer Staples Select
Sector SPDR(R) Fund Market Index Target-Term Securities(R) due April , 2006.
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At maturity, a beneficial owner of a MITTS Security will be entitled
to receive the number of shares of the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund
(the "Consumer Staples SPDR Fund") (or cash with an equal value) equal in value
(determined based on the Ending Value (as defined below)) to the Principal
Amount of such MITTS Security plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount, if any,
all as provided below. The amount to be paid by the Company to any holder of the
MITTS Securities on the maturity date will be aggregated based on the total
number of units then held by such holder and rounded to the nearest cent. If the
Adjusted Ending Value (as defined below) does not exceed the Starting Value, a
beneficial owner of a MITTS Security will be entitled to receive only the number
of shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund (or cash with an equal value) equal
in value (determined based on the Ending Value) to the Principal Amount of such
MITTS Security.
If the Company chooses to deliver shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR
Funds to the holders hereof at the Stated Maturity, the Company or one of its
affiliates will deliver such shares that are then newly issued by the Consumer
Staples SPDR Fund.
The Company may, at its option, in lieu of delivering shares of the
Consumer Staples SPDR Fund, pay cash in an amount equal to the sum of the
Principal Amount of the MITTS Securities and the Supplemental Redemption Amount,
if any. In addition, if at any time Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated ("MLPF&S") ceases to be a soliciting dealer in the shares of the
Consumer Staples SPDR Fund, the Company will pay the amount due to the holders
of the MITTS Securities in cash instead of shares.
Supplemental Redemption Amount
The "Supplemental Redemption Amount" with respect to this MITTS
Security equals:
(Adjusted Ending Value-Starting Value)
Principal Amount X (------------------------------------)
( Starting Value )
provided, however, that in no event will the Supplemental Redemption
Amount be less than zero. The Starting Value equals ________. The Adjusted
Ending Value will be determined by the calculation agent and will equal the
Ending Value, as reduced by the Adjustment Factor (as defined below). The
"Ending Value" will equal the average (arithmetic mean) of the Net Asset Values
(as defined below) per share of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund on each of the
first five Calculation Days (as defined below) during the Calculation Period (as
defined below). If there are fewer than five Calculation Days in the Calculation
Period, the Ending Value will equal the average (arithmetic mean) of the Net
Asset Values of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund on each of such Calculation Days,
and if there is only one Calculation Day, then the Ending Value will be equal to
the Net Asset Value per share of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund on such
Calculation Day. If no Calculation Days occur during the Calculation Period
because of Market Disruption Events (as defined below), then the Ending Value
shall
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mean the Net Asset Value per share of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund on the last
Trading Day (as defined below) prior to the Calculation Period for which a Net
Asset Value per share of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund was determined.
The "Adjustment Factor" equals ____% per annum and will be prorated
based on a 365-day year and applied each calendar day during the term of the
MITTS Securities to reduce the Ending Value used to calculate the Supplemental
Redemption Amount.
"Net Asset Value" means the net asset value per share of the Consumer
Staples SPDR Fund as determined by the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund. The Consumer
Staples SPDR Fund calculates its net asset value per share by dividing the value
of its net assets (i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities)
by its total number of shares outstanding.
The "Calculation Period" means the period from and including the
seventh scheduled Calculation Day prior to the maturity to and including the
second scheduled Calculation Day prior to maturity.
"Calculation Day" means any Trading Day on which a Market Disruption
Event has not occurred.
"Trading Day" is a day on which the shares of the Consumer Staples
SPDR Fund (A) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional
securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market at the close of
business and (B) have traded at least once on a national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market
for the trading of the shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund.
Fractional Shares
No fractional shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund will be
distributed by the Company at maturity. In the event ML&Co. elects to pay
holders of the MITTS Securities in shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund, all
amounts due to any holder of the MITTS Securities in respect of the total number
of units held by such holder will be aggregated, and in lieu of delivering any
fractional share to such holder, such holder will receive the cash value of such
fractional share based on the Ending Value.
Adjustments to the Net Asset Value; Market Disruption Events
If at any time the shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund are
subject to a split or reverse split, the calculation agent shall adjust the Net
Asset Value per share of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund used to calculate the
Ending Value in order to arrive at a Net Asset Value per share of the Consumer
Staples SPDR Fund as if such split or reverse split, as the case may be, had not
occurred.
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"Market Disruption Event" means any of the following events, as
determined by the calculation agent:
(a) the suspension or material limitation on trading, in each case,
for more than two hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding
the close of trading on the applicable exchange, in 20% or more of the stocks
which then comprise the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index;
(b) the suspension or material limitation on trading, in each case,
for more than two hours of trading (whether by reason of movements in price
otherwise exceeding levels permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in
option contracts related to the shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund which
are traded on any major U.S. exchange; or
(c) the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund (1) is unable or otherwise fails to
issue a Net Asset Value for any shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund after
the close of business on the NYSE or (2) suspends the creation or redemption of
shares of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund.
For the purposes of clause (a) above, any limitations on trading
during significant market fluctuations under New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE")
Rule 80A, or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the
NYSE or any other self regulatory organization or the Securities and Exchange
Commission of similar scope as determined by the calculation agent, will be
considered "material".
For the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this definition, a
limitation on the hours in a trading day and/or number of days of trading will
not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change
in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange.
Termination of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund
If the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund is liquidated or otherwise
terminated, for purposes of calculating the Supplemental Redemption Amount
payable at the maturity of the MITTS Securities, the "Net Asset Value" will be
calculated by the calculation agent as follows: The Net Asset Value per share
of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund on the Trading Day occurring immediately
before any liquidating distribution will equal the Net Asset Value for such day
(the "Pre-liquidation Date"). The calculation agent will then calculate the Net
Asset Value after the close of trading on each Trading Day (each such date, a
"Determination Date") after the Pre-liquidation Date by increasing or
decreasing, as the case may be, the Net Asset Value as of the immediately
preceding Trading Day by the percentage by which the closing value of the
Consumer Staples Select Sector Index increases or decreases from such
immediately preceding Trading Day to such Determination Date and further
decreasing such Net Asset Value by fees, expenses and non-liquidating
distribution (together, "Fund Expenses") that the
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calculation agent, in its sole judgment but with reference to the Fund Expenses
actually incurred by the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund before its liquidation or
termination, deems would reasonably have been accrued and included in the
calculation of the Net Asset Value per share of the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund
had it not been liquidated or terminated, from such immediately preceding
Trading Day to such Determination Date. The calculation agent will cause notice
of each such value to be published not less often than once each month in The
Wall Street Journal (or another newspaper of general circulation) and arrange
for information with respect to such values to be made available by telephone.
If the Consumer Staples SPDR Fund is liquidated or otherwise
terminated and the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index is no longer calculated
or published (an "Index Termination Event"), the calculation agent will select a
successor index that it determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to
the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index, and, upon the calculation agent's
notification of such determination to the Trustee and the Company, the
calculation agent will substitute the successor index for the Consumer Staples
Select Sector Index and calculate the Net Asset Value in accordance with the
procedures referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph with reference to
such successor index. Upon any selection by the calculation agent of a successor
index, the Company shall cause notice thereof to be given to holders of the
MITTS Securities.
In the event that an Index Termination Event occurs and a successor
index to the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index is not selected by the
calculation agent or is no longer published on any of the Calculation Days, the
calculation agent shall compute a substitute index for the Consumer Staples
Select Sector Index for any such Calculation Day in accordance with the
procedures last used to calculate the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index prior
to any such discontinuance. The calculation agent will calculate the Net Asset
Value in accordance with the procedures referred to in the first paragraph of
this section with reference to such substitute index. Upon any selection by the
calculation agent of such substitute index, the Company shall cause notice
thereof to be given to holders of the MITTS Securities.
If S&P discontinues publication of the S&P 500 Index subsequent to an
Index Termination Event and (i) a successor index to the Consumer Staples Select
Sector Index is not selected by the calculation agent or is no longer published
on any of the Calculation Days and (ii) the calculation agent is unable to
calculate a substitute index for the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index, the
calculation agent will compute a substitute index for the S&P 500 Index for any
such Calculation Day in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate
the S&P 500 Index prior to any such discontinuance. If the calculation agent
calculates such substitute index for the S&P 500 Index, the calculation agent
will use such substitute index to calculate the substitute index for the
Consumer Staples Select Sector Index.
General
This MITTS Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company, issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1983,
as amended and restated
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(herein referred to as the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, formerly Chemical Bank (successor by merger to Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Company), (herein referred to as the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
MITTS Securities, and the terms upon which the MITTS Securities are, and are to
be, authenticated and delivered.
The Company hereby covenants for the benefit of the Holders of the
MITTS Securities, to the extent permitted by applicable law, not to claim
voluntarily the benefits of any laws concerning usurious rates of interest
against a Holder of the MITTS Securities.
The MITTS Securities are not subject to redemption by the Company or
at the option of the Holder prior to the Stated Maturity.
In case an Event of Default with respect to any MITTS Securities shall
have occurred and be continuing, the amount payable to a beneficial owner of a
MITTS Security upon any acceleration permitted by the MITTS Securities, with
respect to each $10 principal amount thereof, will be equal to the Principal
Amount and the Supplemental Redemption Amount, if any, calculated assuming (i)
the date of early repayment is the maturity date of the MITTS Securities and
(ii) the Adjustment Factor is prorated based on a 365-day year and applied each
calendar day to reduce the Net Asset Value per share of the Consumer Staples
SPDR Fund used to calculate the Supplemental Redemption Amount.
In case of default in payment of the MITTS Securities (whether at the
Stated Maturity or upon acceleration), from and after the maturity date the
MITTS Securities shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the beneficial
owners thereof, at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable) on the unpaid amount due and payable
on such date in accordance with the terms of the MITTS Securities to the date
payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the MITTS Securities of each series to
be affected under the Indenture at any time by ML&Co. and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the MITTS Securities at the time Outstanding, as defined in the Indenture, of
each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the MITTS
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of
all MITTS Securities of each series, to waive compliance by ML&Co. with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this MITTS
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this MITTS Security and of any MITTS Security issued upon the
registration of transfer
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hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this MITTS Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this MITTS
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the Principal Amount plus
the Supplemental Redemption Amount with respect to this MITTS Security and any
interest on any overdue amount thereof at the time, place, and rate, and in the
coin or currency or other consideration, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein and on the first page hereof, the transfer of this MITTS Security
may be registered on the MITTS Security Register of the Company, upon surrender
of this MITTS Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized
in writing, and thereupon one or more new MITTS Securities, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The MITTS Securities are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $10 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the
first page hereof, the MITTS Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of MITTS Securities in authorized denominations, as requested
by the Holder surrendering the same. If (x) any Depository is at any time
unwilling or unable to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not
appointed by the Company within 60 days, (y) the Company executes and delivers
to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that this MITTS Security shall be
exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with
respect to the MITTS Securities, this MITTS Security shall be exchangeable for
MITTS Securities in definitive form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate
principal amount, in denominations of $10 and integral multiples thereof. Such
definitive MITTS Securities shall be registered in such name or names as the
Depository shall instruct the Trustee. If definitive MITTS Securities are so
delivered, the Company may make such changes to the form of this MITTS Security
as are necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such definitive
MITTS Securities.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this MITTS Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this MITTS Security is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this MITTS Security be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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All terms used in this MITTS Security which are defined in the
Indenture but not in this MITTS Security shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
The Chase Manhattan Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its successor
thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this
MITTS Security shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: , 1999
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
This is one of the Securities of the series [Copy of Seal]
designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee By:
Treasurer
By: Attest:
Authorized Officer Secretary
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