Exhibit 99(i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. Preliminary Unaudited Earnings Summary For the Three Months Ended Percent Inc / (Dec) ------------------------------------------ -------------------------- December 29, September 29, December 31, 4Q00 vs. 4Q00 vs. (in millions, except per share amounts) 2000 2000 1999 3Q00 4Q99 ------------ ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------ (13 weeks) (13 weeks) (14 weeks) NET REVENUES Commissions $ 1,546 $ 1,624 $ 1,742 (4.8)% (11.3)% Principal transactions 1,249 1,160 921 7.7 35.6 Investment banking Underwriting 673 580 715 16.0 (5.9) Strategic advisory 435 278 410 56.5 6.1 Asset management and portfolio service fees 1,471 1,414 1,302 4.0 13.0 Other 118 318 304 (62.9) (61.2) ------- ------- ------- Subtotal 5,492 5,374 5,394 2.2 1.8 Interest and dividend revenues 6,171 5,479 4,025 12.6 53.3 Less interest expense 5,395 4,704 3,376 14.7 59.8 ------- ------- ------- Net interest profit 776 775 649 0.1 19.6 TOTAL NET REVENUES 6,268 6,149 6,043 1.9 3.7 ------- ------- ------- NON-INTEREST EXPENSES Compensation and benefits 3,158 3,146 2,974 0.4 6.2 Communications and technology 610 542 545 12.5 11.9 Occupancy and related depreciation 244 250 255 (2.4) (4.3) Advertising and market development 226 205 237 10.2 (4.6) Brokerage, clearing, and exchange fees 221 206 216 7.3 2.3 Professional fees 175 147 164 19.0 6.7 Goodwill amortization 55 52 57 5.8 (3.5) Other 271 290 388 (6.6) (30.2) ------- ------- ------- TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSES 4,960 4,838 4,836 2.5 2.6 ------- ------- ------- EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED SECURITIES ISSUED BY SUBSIDIARIES 1,308 1,311 1,207 (0.2) 8.4 Income tax expense 382 378 366 1.1 4.4 Dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 49 48 48 2.1 2.1 ------- ------- ------- NET EARNINGS $ 877 $ 885 $ 793 (0.9) 10.6 ======= ======= ======= Preferred stock dividends 10 10 11 - (9.1) ------- ------- ------- NET EARNINGS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS $ 867 $ 875 $ 782 (0.9) 10.9 ======= ======= ======= EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Basic $ 1.07 $ 1.09 $ 1.03 (1.8) 3.9 Diluted $ 0.93 $ 0.94 $ 0.91 (1.1) 2.2 AVERAGE SHARES Basic 811.9 805.9 760.8 0.7 6.7 Diluted 930.7 929.0 858.1 0.2 8.5

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Exhibit 99(i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED EARNINGS SUMMARY For the Year Ended -------------------------- December 29, December 31, Percent (in millions, except per share amounts) 2000 1999 Inc/(Dec) ------------ ----------- --------- (52 weeks) (53 weeks) NET REVENUES Commissions $ 6,977 $ 6,355 9.8 % Principal transactions 5,995 4,752 26.2 Investment banking Underwriting 2,596 2,301 12.8 Strategic advisory 1,453 1,313 10.7 Asset management and portfolio service fees 5,688 4,753 19.7 Other 967 746 29.6 ------- ------- Subtotal 23,676 20,220 17.1 Interest and dividend revenues 21,196 15,120 40.2 Less interest expense 18,085 13,019 38.9 ------- ------- Net interest profit 3,111 2,101 48.1 TOTAL NET REVENUES 26,787 22,321 20.0 ------- ------- NON-INTEREST EXPENSES Compensation and benefits 13,730 11,337 21.1 Communications and technology 2,320 2,053 13.0 Occupancy and related depreciation 1,006 953 5.6 Advertising and market development 939 783 19.9 Brokerage, clearing, and exchange fees 893 779 14.6 Professional fees 637 571 11.6 Goodwill amortization 217 227 (4.4) Other 1,328 1,412 (5.9) ------- ------- Total Non-Interest Expenses 21,070 18,115 16.3 ------- ------- EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED SECURITIES ISSUED BY SUBSIDIARIES 5,717 4,206 35.9 Income tax expense 1,738 1,319 31.8 Dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 195 194 0.5 ------- ------- NET EARNINGS $ 3,784 $ 2,693 40.5 ======= ======= Preferred stock dividends 39 39 - ------- ------- NET EARNINGS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS $ 3,745 $ 2,654 41.1 ======= ======= EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Basic $ 4.69 $ 3.52 33.2 Diluted $ 4.11 $ 3.11 32.2 AVERAGE SHARES Basic 798.3 754.7 5.8 Diluted 911.4 853.5 6.8

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Exhibit 99(i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. PRELIMINARY SEGMENT DATA - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (dollars in millions - unaudited) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC. 29, SEPT. 29, DEC. 31, DEC. 29, DEC. 31, 2000 2000 1999 2000 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY SEGMENT DATA CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL CLIENT Non-interest revenues $ 2,487 $ 2,394 $ 2,182 $11,054 $ 8,755 Net interest profit 337 352 302 1,491 1,037 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total net revenues 2,824 2,746 2,484 12,545 9,792 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings before income taxes and dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 749 839 681 3,881 2,698 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP Non-interest revenues 2,426 2,432 2,562 10,442 9,436 Net interest profit 449 419 365 1,653 1,183 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total net revenues 2,875 2,851 2,927 12,095 10,619 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings before income taxes and dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 461 399 381 1,617 1,386 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MERRILL LYNCH INVESTMENT MANAGERS(1) Non-interest revenues 640 589 686 2,415 2,223 Net interest profit 15 23 17 69 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total net revenues 655 612 703 2,484 2,245 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings before income taxes and dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 149 148 236 537 482 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORPORATE Non-interest revenues (61) (41) (36) (235) (194) Net interest profit (25) (19) (35) (102) (141) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total net revenues (86) (60) (71) (337) (335) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings (loss) before income taxes and dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries (51) (75) (91) (318) (360) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL Non-interest revenues 5,492 5,374 5,394 23,676 20,220 Net interest profit 776 775 649 3,111 2,101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total net revenues 6,268 6,149 6,043 26,787 22,321 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Earnings before income taxes and dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries $ 1,308 $ 1,311 $ 1,207 $ 5,717 $ 4,206 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Fourth quarter and full-year 1999 results include a gain related to the sale of an interest in the Royal Bank of Scotland Trust Bank.

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Exhibit 99(i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSOLIDATED QUARTERLY EARNINGS [UNAUDITED] (in millions) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Q99 1Q00 2Q00 3Q00 4Q00 ------------------------------------------------------------ NET REVENUES Commissions $1,742 $2,160 $1,647 $1,624 $1,546 Principal transactions 921 2,038 1,548 1,160 1,249 Investment banking Underwriting 715 623 720 580 673 Strategic advisory 410 373 367 278 435 Asset management and portfolio service fees 1,302 1,390 1,413 1,414 1,471 Other 304 249 282 318 118 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subtotal 5,394 6,833 5,977 5,374 5,492 Interest and dividend revenues 4,025 4,473 5,073 5,479 6,171 Less interest expense 3,376 3,782 4,204 4,704 5,395 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Net interest profit 649 691 869 775 776 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL NET REVENUES 6,043 7,524 6,846 6,149 6,268 NON-INTEREST EXPENSES Compensation and benefits 2,974 3,918 3,508 3,146 3,158 Communications and technology 545 584 584 542 610 Occupancy and related depreciation 255 253 259 250 244 Advertising and market development 237 245 263 205 226 Brokerage, clearing, and exchange fees 216 233 233 206 221 Professional fees 164 147 168 147 175 Goodwill amortization 57 56 54 52 55 Other 388 403 364 290 271 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSES 4,836 5,839 5,433 4,838 4,960 EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED SECURITIES ISSUED BY SUBSIDIARIES 1,207 1,685 1,413 1,311 1,308 Income tax expense 366 535 443 378 382 Dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 48 49 49 48 49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET EARNINGS $ 793 $1,101 $ 921 $ 885 $ 877 Preferred stock dividends 11 10 9 10 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET EARNINGS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS $ 782 $1,091 $ 912 $ 875 $ 867 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PER COMMON SHARE DATA - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Q99 1Q00 2Q00 3Q00 4Q00 ------------------------------------------------------------ Basic earnings $ 1.03 $ 1.40 $ 1.15 $ 1.09 $ 1.07 Diluted earnings 0.91 1.24 1.01 0.94 0.93 Dividends paid 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.16 Book value 16.49 18.13 19.47 20.70 21.95 est. - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Exhibit 99(i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERCENTAGE OF QUARTERLY NET REVENUES [UNAUDITED] - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Q99 1Q00 2Q00 3Q00 4Q00 ------------------------------------------------------- NET REVENUES Commissions 28.8% 28.7% 24.1% 26.4% 24.7% Principal transactions 15.2% 27.1% 22.6% 18.9% 19.9% Investment banking Underwriting 11.8% 8.3% 10.5% 9.4% 10.7% Strategic advisory 6.8% 5.0% 5.4% 4.5% 6.9% Asset management and portfolio service fees 21.5% 18.5% 20.6% 23.0% 23.5% Other 5.2% 3.2% 4.1% 5.2% 1.9% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal 89.3% 90.8% 87.3% 87.4% 87.6% Interest and dividend revenues 66.6% 59.4% 74.1% 89.1% 98.5% Less interest expense 55.9% 50.2% 61.4% 76.5% 86.1% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net interest profit 10.7% 9.2% 12.7% 12.6% 12.4% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL NET REVENUES 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% NON-INTEREST EXPENSES Compensation and benefits 49.2% 52.1% 51.2% 51.2% 50.4% Communications and technology 9.0% 7.8% 8.5% 8.8% 9.7% Occupancy and related depreciation 4.2% 3.4% 3.8% 4.1% 3.9% Advertising and market development 3.9% 3.3% 3.8% 3.3% 3.6% Brokerage, clearing, and exchange fees 3.6% 3.1% 3.4% 3.4% 3.5% Professional fees 2.7% 2.0% 2.5% 2.4% 2.8% Goodwill amortization 0.9% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% Other 6.5% 5.2% 5.4% 4.7% 4.3% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL NON-INTEREST EXPENSES 80.0% 77.6% 79.4% 78.7% 79.1% EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND DIVIDENDS ON PREFERRED SECURITIES ISSUED BY SUBSIDIARIES 20.0% 22.4% 20.6% 21.3% 20.9% Income tax expense 6.1% 7.1% 6.4% 6.1% 6.1% Dividends on preferred securities issued by subsidiaries 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.8% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET EARNINGS 13.1% 14.6% 13.5% 14.4% 14.0% Preferred stock dividends 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NET EARNINGS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS 12.9% 14.5% 13.3% 14.2% 13.8% - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTHER FINANCIAL DATA - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Q99 1Q00 2Q00 3Q00 4Q00 ------------------------------------------------------- Non-interest expenses excluding compensation and benefits to net revenues 30.8% 25.5% 28.2% 27.5% 28.7% Compensation and benefits to pre-tax earnings before compensation and benefits 71.1% 69.9% 71.3% 70.6% 70.7% Effective tax rate 30.3% 31.8% 31.4% 28.8% 29.2% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common shares outstanding (in millions): Weighted-average - basic 760.8 780.2 795.1 805.9 811.9 Weighted-average - diluted 858.1 881.7 904.2 929.0 930.7 Period-end 762.6 789.1 800.9 809.1 814.6 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Exhibit 99(i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (dollars in billions - unaudited) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4Q99 1Q00 2Q00 3Q00 4Q00 ---------------------------------------------------- CLIENT ASSETS $1,696 $1,792 $1,772 $1,768 $1,681 ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT(1) $594 $602 $585 $571 $557 Retail 300 307 283 274 251 Institutional 255 253 257 252 261 Private Accounts 39 42 45 45 45 U.S. 358 364 356 351 333 Non-U.S. 236 238 229 220 224 Equity 340 341 343 337 321 Fixed Income 103 103 104 101 108 Money Market 151 158 138 133 128 U.S. BANK DEPOSITS $6 $7 $19 $38 $55 ASSETS IN ASSET-PRICED ACCOUNTS(1) $168 $203 $208 $220 $209 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NET NEW MONEY PRIVATE CLIENT ASSETS(1) U.S. $36 $48 $11 $28 $32 Non-U.S. 12 11 7 7 6 ---------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 48 59 18 35 38 ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT(2) $9 $4 $16 $1 $12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEBT AND EQUITY UNDERWRITING(1)(3) Global Volume $86 $104 $91 $111 $74 Global Market Share 14.0% 11.2% 12.1% 14.7% 12.4% U.S. Volume $67 $83 $73 $76 $58 U.S. Market Share 16.7% 13.9% 15.2% 15.6% 14.7% COMPLETED MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS(1)(3) Global Value $165 $183 $580 $194 $203 Global Market Share 19.6% 29.0% 44.2% 26.3% 22.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES 67,900 69,400 71,500 72,700 72,000 FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS AND OTHER INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS 19,500 19,900 20,600 21,000 21,200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Certain prior period amounts have been restated to conform to the current period presentation. (2) Adjusted to exclude the impact of transferring funds to bank deposits. (3) Full credit to book manager. Market shares derived from Thomson Financial Securities Data statistics. For more information, please contact: Investor Relations Phone: 212-449-7119 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Fax: 212-449-7461 4 World Financial Center investor_relations@ml.com New York, NY 10080

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