Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (MER) today announced that, in connection with NYSE Euronext’s acquisition of the American Stock Exchange (“Amex”), it will transfer the listing of the securities set forth below (the “Securities”), which are currently listed on the Amex, to NYSE Arca. The voluntary Amex delisting of the Securities is occurring in order to transfer the listing of such Securities to NYSE Arca due to the acquisition of the Amex by NYSE Euronext and to comply with NYSE Euronext’s plans to consolidate all listed exchange-traded funds and structured products on NYSE Arca.
The transfer in listing of each of the Securities is expected to occur on or about November 20, 2008.
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The following Securities will transfer to NYSE Arca:
| Name | Ticker Symbol | CUSIP | ||
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Accelerated Return Notes Linked to the S&P 500®
Index
Due November 26, 2008 | AGW | 59022W356 | ||
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12% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM Due September 4, 2009 Payable on the stated maturity date with Apple Inc. common stock | AVN | 59022W463 | ||
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STEP Income SecuritiesSM Due June 25, 2009 linked to the common stock of Apple Inc. | AXD | 59023V324 | ||
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Bear Market Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the S&P Small Cap Regional Banks Index Due February 2, 2010 | BCU | 59023V613 | ||
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Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes
Linked to the Russell 3000® Index due October 2, 2009 | BFN | 59023V555 | ||
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Bear Market Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index Due December 28, 2009 | BJT | 59023V241 | ||
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Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes
Linked to the Russell 3000® Index Due January 21, 2009 | BJW | 59022W190 | ||
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9% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM due March 5, 2009 Payable on the maturity date with Best Buy Co., Inc. common stock | BLB | 59022C319 | ||
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Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes® Linked to the MSCI Brazil IndexSM due January 20, 2010 | BPF | 59023V472 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the MSCI Brazil IndexSM Due May 5, 2009 | BTR | 59022Y287 | ||
8% Monthly Income Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the CBOE DJIA BuyWrite Index due November 9, 2010 | BWR | 59021S216 | ||
8% Monthly Income Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index due June 7, 2010 | BXA | 59021S422 | ||
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10% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM Due March 6, 2009 Payable on the stated maturity date with The Boeing Company common stock | BXT | 59022Y352 | ||
8% Monthly Income Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index due January 3, 2011 | BXU | 59021V763 | ||
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11% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM Due April 28, 2009 payable on the maturity date with Cisco Systems, Inc. common stock | CRJ | 59022Y527 | ||
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Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM due July 7, 2010 | DEV | 59023V407 | ||
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STrategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM Due April 2, 2010 | DGK | 59022Y451 | ||
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STrategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50SM Index Due November 9, 2009 | DJL | 59022Y402 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM Due February 5, 2009 | DMY | 59022Y873 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the PHLX Semiconductor SectorSM Index Due January 21, 2009 | ELU | 59022Y204 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the MSCI EAFE Index® Due December 4, 2008 | EOF | 59022W539 | ||
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STEP Income SecuritiesSM Due July 14, 2009 Linked to the common stock of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | FOA | 59023V498 | ||
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100% Principal Protected Global Currency Basket Notes
due February 9, 2009 | GBO | 59022W562 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the PHLX Gold & Silver SectorSM Index Due December 3, 2008 | GGW | 59022W547 | ||
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9% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM Due March 1, 2010 Payable on the stated maturity date with Google Inc. common stock | GKO | 59022Y337 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the Russell 1000 Growth® Index Due December 4, 2008 | GOC | 59022W471 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the PHLX Gold and Silver SectorSM Index Due January 16, 2009 | GZV | 59022W224 | ||
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Bear Market Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the PHLX Housing SectorSM Index due November 3, 2009 | HDJ | 59023V142 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the Merrill Lynch Factor ModelSM due November 7, 2012 | HFB | 59022W182 | ||
11% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM Due February 8, 2010 payable on the stated maturity date with The Home Depot, Inc. common stock | HRO | 59022Y717 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the Health Care Select Sector Index due June 2, 2009 | HSJ | 59022Y105 | ||
Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes Linked to the Energy Select Sector Index due June 29, 2009 | ICT | 59023V100 | ||
Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes Linked to the Energy Select Sector Index due May 5, 2009 | IMW | 59022Y329 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®
Linked to the Industrial 15 Index
due August 9, 2010 | LDB | 59021S315 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the MSCI EAFE® Index Due August 27, 2009 | MAO | 59023V266 | ||
Callable Market Index Target-Term Securities® due May 4, 2009 Linked to the S&P 500® Index | MCP | 59021J597 | ||
Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the Baby Boomer Consumption Index due September 6, 2011 | MFY | 59022C202 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the S&P MidCap 400® Index Due January 21, 2009 | MHR | 59022W216 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the MSCI EAFE Index® Due February 6, 2009 | MHU | 59022Y808 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the Industrial 15 Index due February 2, 2012 | MIF | 59022C483 | ||
9% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM Due December 4, 2009 Payable on the stated maturity date with Exxon Mobil Corporation common stock | MIX | 59022W265 | ||
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Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes® Linked to the MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM due January 29, 2010 | MKI | 59023V548 | ||
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Market Index Target-Term Securities®based upon the
Dow Jones Industrial AverageSM due August 7, 2009 | MKO | 59021J489 | ||
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S&P 500®
Market Index Target-Term Securities® due September 4, 2009 | MKP | 59021J471 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the
MSCI EAFE Index® due October 5, 2009 | MKY | 59023V480 | ||
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Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50SM Index
Market Index Target-Term Securities® due June 28, 2010 | MLB | 59022C590 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®Linked to the Value 30 Index
due July 6, 2011 | MLV | 59021V276 | ||
| S&P 500® Market Index Target-Term Securities® due June 29, 2009 | MLW | 59021J513 | ||
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Nikkei 225 Market Index Target-Term Securities® due March 30, 2009 | MNK | 59021J679 | ||
| Nikkei 225 Market Index Target-Term Securities® due April 5, 2010 | MNL | 59022C806 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®Linked to the Select Ten Index
due March 8, 2012 | MSS | 59022C384 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®
Linked to the Value 30 Index
due August 8, 2011 | MVI | 59021V185 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the
MSCI EAFE®
Index
Due May 4, 2009 | MWL | 59022Y758 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®
Linked to the Merrill Lynch Factor ModelSM due December 6, 2012 | MXH | 59022Y634 | ||
12% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM due March 26, 2010 payable on the stated maturity date with Monsanto Company common stock | MYX | 59022Y436 | ||
| STEP Income SecuritiesSM Due August 17, 2009 linked to the common stock of Monsanto Company | MZJ | 59023V647 | ||
| Nikkei 225® Market Index Target-Term Securities® due June 5, 2009 | NKS | 59021V805 | ||
| 50/150 Nikkei 225® Index Notes due October 7, 2009 | NKW | 59021V581 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the
S&P 500®
Index
Due April 6, 2009 | NMQ | 59022Y675 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the
Nikkei 225®
Index
Due June 26, 2009 | NYW | 59022Y493 | ||
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STEP Income SecuritiesSM Due June 4, 2009
Linked to the common stock of Qualcomm Incorporated | QKP | 59023V308 | ||
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STrategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the Russell 2000® Index Due April 2, 2010 | RER | 59022Y469 | ||
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Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes® Linked to the Russell 2000® Index due January 20, 2010 | RHQ | 59023V399 | ||
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Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes® Linked to the Russell 2000® Index Due October 30, 2009 | RLO | 59023V159 | ||
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Market Index Target-Term Securities® based upon the Russell 2000®Index due March 30, 2009 | RRM | 59021J695 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®
Linked to the Select Ten Index
due May 10, 2012 | RSY | 59022C111 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®
Linked to the Select Ten Index
due November 8, 2011 | RTS | 59022C731 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the
S&P 100®
Index
Due January 21, 2009 | RZI | 59022W240 | ||
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Accelerated Return Bear Market Notes
Linked to the Russell 2000® Index Due February 5, 2009 | RZY | 59022Y881 | ||
Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the S&P 500® Index due August 27, 2009 | SAR | 59023V282 | ||
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Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the S&P 500® Index due March 8, 2010 | SHJ | 59022Y816 | ||
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Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the S&P 500®Index due November 30, 2009 | SIT | 59022Y642 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the
S&P 500®
Index
due December 4, 2008 | SOT | 59022W513 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the Industrial 15 Index due August 3, 2009 | SRK | 59021W258 | ||
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Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the S&P 500® Index Due May 4, 2010 | SSM | 59023V118 | ||
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9% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM
Due September 24, 2009 Payable on the stated maturity date with Caterpillar Inc. common stock | STF | 59022W133 | ||
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Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the S&P 500® Index Due August 3, 2010 | SXU | 59023V589 | ||
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Strategic Accelerated Redemption SecuritiesSM Linked to the S&P 500® Index Due June 25, 2010 | SZL | 59023V209 | ||
| Strategic Return Notes®Linked to the Select 10 Index due July 5, 2012 | SZX | 59022W745 | ||
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Strategic Return Notes®
Linked to the Select Utility Index
due February 25, 2009 | UUD | 59021W639 | ||
| Strategic Return Notes® Linked to the Select Utility Index due September 28, 2009 | UUY | 59021S307 | ||
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Accelerated Return NotesSM Linked to the PHLX Gold and Silver SectorSM Index Due June 2, 2009 | XUF | 59022Y766 |
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