Delaware		13-2740599
(State of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer
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4 World Financial Center
New York, New York		10080
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Title of each class		Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered		each class is to be registered
7% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM due January     , 2005, payable at maturity with General Electric Company common stock		The Nasdaq National Market

Item 1.		Description of Registrant’s Notes to be Registered.
The description of the general terms and provisions of the 7% Callable STock Return Income DEbt SecuritiesSM due January     , 2005, payable at maturity with General Electric Company common stock, to be issued by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the “Notes”) set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 18, 2002, and the Prospectus dated September 25, 2002, 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 333-97937 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.
		99 (A)		Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 18, 2002, and Prospectus dated September 25, 2002, (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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly Chemical Bank (successor by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), dated as of April 1, 1983, as amended and restated.*

MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
By:		/S/    JUDITH A. WITTERSCHEIN
		Judith A. Witterschein
		Secretary

Exhibit No.
99 (A)		Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 18, 2002, and Prospectus dated September 25, 2002 (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 JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly Chemical Bank (successor by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), dated as of April 1, 1983, as amended and restated.*