Exhibit 15
May 15, 2007
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
4 World Financial Center
New York, NY 10080
We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial information of Merrill
Lynch & Co., Inc. and subsidiaries for the three-month periods ended March 30, 2007 and March 31,
2006, and have issued our report dated May 7, 2007 (which report includes an explanatory paragraph
regarding the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value
Measurement, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIncluding an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 and
FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an Interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109.). As indicated in such reports, because we did not perform an audit, we
expressed no opinion on that information.
We are aware that our report referred to above, which was included in your Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2007, is being incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act
of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and
11 of that Act.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
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