Merrill Lynch Canada Finance Company issuance of medium term notes

TORONTO, July 10 /CNW/ - Merrill Lynch Canada Finance Company, an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., today issued under its medium term note program Cdn.$10,666,200 aggregate principal amount of its Merrill Lynch S&P/TSX 60(TM) Accelerator Securities, Series 1 (the "S&P/TSX 60(TM) Accelerator Securities"), and Cdn.$8,594,800 aggregate principal amount of its Merrill Lynch S&P/TSX 60(TM) Redeemable Principal Protected Notes, Series 1 (the "S&P/TSX 60(TM) Redeemable Principal Protected Notes" and, together with the S&P/TSX 60(TM) Accelerator Securities, the "Securities"). The Securities are senior notes of the Company, unconditionally guaranteed by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and the Canadian medium term note program of the Company under which the Securities are issued has been rated AA(low) by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, A by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.), A1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and A+ by Fitch Ratings Ltd.

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