EXHIBIT (4)
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE DEPOSITORY) TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
REGISTERED No.: R-1 | CUSIP No.: 59018YE31 | PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: 5,000 Units, $1,000 principal amount per Unit ($5,000,000 aggregate principal amount) |
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES C
100% Principal Protected
U.S. Dollar Index Notes
(the Notes or Global Note)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: May 31, 2007 |
STATED MATURITY: May 31, 2010 |
INDEX: The U.S. Dollar Index® | ||
STARTING VALUE: 82.37 |
PARTICIPATION RATE: 480% |
PROTECTION LEVEL: 100% | ||
INDEX PUBLISHER: New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT) |
DENOMINATIONS: Integral multiples of $1,000 (unless otherwise specified) |
CAPPED VALUE: N/A | ||
VALUATION TIME: 10:00 a.m. New York City time |
CALCULATION AGENT: Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. (unless otherwise specified) |
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: United States dollars |
DEFAULT RATE:
The current Federal Funds
Rate, reset daily, as defined
under OTHER PROVISIONS
below
OTHER PROVISIONS:
Federal Funds Rate means:
(1) | the rate with respect to a particular interest determination date displayed on Reuters or any successor service on page FEDFUNDS1 under the heading "EFFECT" or any other page as may replace page FEDFUNDS1 on that service (Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1), or |
(2) | if the rate referred to in clause (1) does not appear on Reuters Page FEDFUNDS1 or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to a particular interest determination date for United States dollar federal funds as published in H.15 Daily Update, or other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying the applicable rate, under the caption Federal Funds (Effective), or |
(3) | if the rate referred to in clause (2) is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related calculation date, the rate with respect to a particular interest determination date calculated by the Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of United States dollar federal funds transactions in The City of New York, which may include the agent or its affiliates, selected by the Calculation Agent prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day (as defined below) following that interest determination date, or |
(4) | if the brokers selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in clause (3), the Federal Funds Rate for the Business Day preceding the particular interest determination date. |
Payment on the Stated Maturity
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture herein referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the Redemption Amount (as defined below) per Unit on the Stated Maturity.
Payment or delivery of the Redemption Amount and any interest on any overdue amount thereof with respect to this Global Note shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in
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such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All determinations made by the Calculation Agent, in good faith and on a reasonable basis and, absent a determination of a manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holders and beneficial owners of this Global Note.
On the Stated Maturity, a Holder shall receive a cash payment per Unit equal to the Redemption Amount per Unit. The Redemption Amount per Unit with respect to this Global Note shall be denominated and payable in the Specified Currency, shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and shall equal the $1,000 principal amount per Unit, plus the Supplemental Redemption Amount (as defined below), if any, so that:
(i) If the Ending Value (as defined below) is greater than the Starting Value of the Index, the Supplemental Redemption Amount per Unit shall equal:
$1,000 x Participation Rate x |
[ | Ending Value - Starting Value | ] | ; | ||||||
Starting Value |
(ii) If the Ending Value of the Index is equal to or less than the Starting Value, the Supplemental Redemption Amount per Unit shall equal zero.
In no event shall the Holder receive less than the $1,000 principal amount per Unit.
The Ending Value shall equal the level of the Index at the Valuation Time as determined by the Calculation Agent on Valuation Date (as defined below).
The Valuation Date shall be the seventh scheduled Index Business Day (as defined below) prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes or, if such a day is not an Index Business Day, the next succeeding Index Business Day; provided, however, that if an Index Business Day does not occur by the third succeeding scheduled Index Business Day, the Calculation Agent will determine the Ending Value on that date in a manner that, in its judgment, is reasonable under the circumstances.
An Index Business Day shall mean a day on which the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market are open for trading and the Index or any Successor Index (as defined below) is calculated or published (as of approximately 10:00 a.m New York City time.)
All determinations made by the Calculation Agent in good faith and on a reasonable basis, and absent a determination of a manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on ML&Co. and the Holders and beneficial owners of the Notes.
Adjustments to the Index
If at any time the Index Publisher makes a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the Index or in any other way materially modifies the Index so that the Index does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Index had those changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent will, at the close of business in New York, New York, on each date that the level of the Index is to be calculated, make any adjustments as, in the good faith judgment of the Calculation
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Agent, may be necessary in order to arrive at a calculation of a level of an index comparable to the Index as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the level with reference to the Index, as so adjusted.
Discontinuance of the Index
If the Index Publisher discontinues publication of the Index and the Index Publisher or another entity publishes a successor or substitute index that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Index (a Successor Index), then, upon the Calculation Agents notification of that determination to the Trustee and the Company, the Calculation Agent will substitute the Successor Index as calculated by the Index Publisher or any other entity for the Index and calculate the value of the Index as described above. Upon any selection by the Calculation Agent of a Successor Index, the Calculation Agent will cause notice to be given to Holders of the Notes.
In the event that the Index Publisher discontinues publication of the Index and:
| the Calculation Agent does not select a Successor Index; or |
| the Successor Index is not published on the Observation Date or the Valuation Date, |
the Calculation Agent will compute a substitute level for the Index in accordance with the procedures last used to calculate the Index before any discontinuance. If a Successor Index is selected or the Calculation Agent calculates a level as a substitute for the Index as described below, the Successor Index or level will be used as a substitute for the Index for all purposes. If the Calculation Agent calculates a level as a substitute for the Index, the Index level will be computed by the Calculation Agent using the foreign exchange rates for each currency most recently included in the Index based on the values displayed on Bloomberg page FXC at approximately 10:00 a.m. EST, on the relevant date. If this page is not available, then each exchange rate will be the rate the Calculation Agent, in its sole discretion, determines to be fair and reasonable under the circumstances at approximately 10:00 a.m. EST, on the relevant date.
If the Index Publisher discontinues publication of the Index and the Calculation Agent determines that no Successor Index is available at that time, then on each Business Day until the earlier to occur of:
| the determination of the Ending Value; and |
| a determination by the Calculation Agent that a Successor Index is available, |
the Calculation Agent will determine the value that would be used in computing the Supplemental Redemption Amount as described in the preceding paragraph as if that day were the Observation Date or the Valuation Date. The Calculation Agent will cause notice of each value to be published not less often than once each month in The Wall Street Journal or another newspaper of general circulation and arrange for information with respect to these values to be made available by telephone.
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General
All percentages resulting from any calculation on the Notes shall be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards. For example, 9.876545% (or .09876545) would be rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655). All dollar amounts used in or resulting from any calculation shall be rounded to four decimal places with five thousandths of a cent being rounded upwards. The Starting Value and Ending Value shall be rounded to eight decimal places, with five one-billionths being rounded upwards.
This Global Note is one of a duly authorized issue of the Companys Medium-Term Notes, Series C designated as Currency Notes which are due on the Stated Maturity. The Notes are issued and to be issued under an indenture dated as of April 1, 1983, as amended and restated (the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee with respect to the Notes under the Indenture, or its successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Global Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in the Denominations specified above. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Global Note is exchangeable for certificates representing Notes of like tenor and of an equal Principal Amount as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. If (x) the Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 60 days, (y) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that this Global Note shall be exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to this Global Note, this Global Note shall be exchangeable for certificates representing the Notes in definitive form of like tenor and of an equal Principal Amount, in authorized denominations. Such definitive Notes shall be registered in such name or names as the Depository shall instruct the Trustee. If definitive Notes are so delivered, the Company may make such changes to the form of this Global Note as are necessary or appropriate to allow for the issuance of such definitive Notes.
In case an Event of Default with respect to this Global Note shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount payable to a Holder of this Global Note upon any acceleration permitted by the Notes, with respect to each Unit of this Global Note, shall be equal to the Redemption Amount per Unit, calculated as though the date of acceleration were the Stated Maturity.
In case of default in payment of this Global Note, whether on the Stated Maturity or upon acceleration, from and after such date this Global Note shall bear interest, payable upon demand of the Holders thereof, at the Default Rate, to the extent that payment of interest shall be legally enforceable on the unpaid amount due and payable on such date in accordance with the terms of this Global Note to the date payment of such amount has been made or duly provided for.
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each series affected thereby. Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of each series, are permitted to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Global Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Global Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Global Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Global Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the with respect to each Unit hereof the Redemption Amount hereof and interest on this Global Note, if any, at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and on the face hereof, the transfer of this Global Note may be registered on the Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Global Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new certificates representing the Notes of authorized denominations of like tenor and for the same Principal Amount shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
Prior to due presentment of this Global Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Global Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Global Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Company and each Holder and beneficial owner (by acceptance hereof) hereby agree to treat this Global Note for all tax purposes as a debt instrument of the Company, and, where required, the Company shall file information returns with the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with this treatment, in the absence of any change or clarification in the law, by regulation or otherwise, requiring a different characterization of the Notes.
The Indenture and this Global Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this Global Note which are defined in the Indenture but not in this Global Note shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: May 31, 2007
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. |
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | |||||||||
[Copy of Seal] | ||||||||||
The Bank of New York | By: | |||||||||
Assistant Treasurer | ||||||||||
By: | Attest: | |||||||||
Authorized Officer | Secretary |
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ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER FORM
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (insert Taxpayer Identification No.)
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee)
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Date: | ||||
NOTICE: The signature of the registered Holder to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. |
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