Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-132911

Subject to Completion

Preliminary Pricing Supplement dated September 28, 2007

PRICING SUPPLEMENT

(To MTN Prospectus Supplement, general Prospectus Supplement

and Prospectus dated March 31, 2006)

Pricing Supplement Number:

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

 

Medium-Term Notes, Series C

Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue

Original Issue Discount Notes due October 4, 2037

 

Principal Amount:   $50,000,000
Issue Price:   $6,255,408 (12.510816% of principal amount)
Denominations:   $1,000 and integral multiples thereof

Purchase Price

to Underwriter:

  12.260816% of principal amount
Underwriting Discount:   0.25%
CUSIP Number:  
Interest Rate:   0.00%
Accrual Rate:   7.0500001% accretion yield, semi-annually, 30/360, compounded and paid at the earlier of the Redemption Date (as defined below) or maturity
Original Issue Date:   October 4, 2007
Stated Maturity Date:   October 4, 2037
Interest Payment Dates:   None

Repayment at the Option

of the Holder:

  The Notes cannot be repaid at the option of the holder prior to the Stated Maturity Date.
Redemption at the  
Option of the Company:   On April 4 or October 4 of each year, commencing October 4, 2012, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the “Company”) may redeem the Notes (if elected, the “Redemption Date”) in whole, but not in part, with not less


  than five Business Days notice, prior to the Redemption Date for a redemption price specified in the Redemption Schedule shown below. If a Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the Notes will be redeemed on the immediately succeeding Business Day and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed redemption.
Form:   The Notes will be issued in fully registered book-entry form. As described in the accompanying general prospectus supplement, upon issuance, all of the Notes will be represented by one or more fully registered global Notes. Each global Note will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, otherwise known as DTC, or any successor to it (the “depository”), as depositary, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., DTC’s partnership nominee.
Trustee:   The Bank of New York
Underwriter:   Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”)
Business Day:   Any day other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
Dated:   September     , 2007

Redemption Schedule

 

Redemption

Date

  

 

Redemption Price

   (% of principal amount)   

(per $1,000 principal amount per unit

of the Notes)

        10/4/2012     

   17.690415%    $176.90415

        4/4/2013     

   18.314003%    $183.14003

        10/4/2013     

   18.959571%    $189.59571

        4/4/2014     

   19.627896%    $196.27896

        10/4/2014     

   20.319779%    $203.19779

        4/4/2015     

   21.036052%    $210.36052

        10/4/2015     

   21.777572%    $217.77572

        4/4/2016     

   22.545232%    $225.45232

        10/4/2016     

   23.339951%    $233.39951

        4/4/2017     

   24.162685%    $241.62685

        10/4/2017     

   25.014419%    $250.14419

        4/4/2018     

   25.896178%    $258.96178

        10/4/2018     

   26.809018%    $268.09018

        4/4/2019     

   27.754036%    $277.54036

        10/4/2019     

   28.732365%    $287.32365

        4/4/2020     

   29.745181%    $297.45181

        10/4/2020     

   30.793699%    $307.93699

        4/4/2021     

   31.879177%    $318.79177

 

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        10/4/2021     

      33.002918%       $330.02918

        4/4/2022     

      34.166271%       $341.66271

        10/4/2022     

      35.370632%       $353.70632

        4/4/2023     

      36.617447%       $366.17447

        10/4/2023     

      37.908212%       $379.08212

        4/4/2024     

      39.244476%       $392.44476

        10/4/2024     

      40.627844%       $406.27844

        4/4/2025     

      42.059975%       $420.59975

        10/4/2025     

      43.542590%       $435.42590

        4/4/2026     

      45.077466%       $450.77466

        10/4/2026     

      46.666447%       $466.66447

        4/4/2027     

      48.311439%       $483.11439

        10/4/2027     

      50.014417%       $500.14417

        4/4/2028     

      51.777425%       $517.77425

        10/4/2028     

      53.602580%       $536.02580

        4/4/2029     

      55.492071%       $554.92071

        10/4/2029     

      57.448166%       $574.48166

        4/4/2030     

      59.473214%       $594.73214

        10/4/2030     

      61.569645%       $615.69645

        4/4/2031     

      63.739975%       $637.39975

        10/4/2031     

      65.986809%       $659.86809

        4/4/2032     

      68.312844%       $683.12844

        10/4/2032     

      70.720872%       $707.20872

        4/4/2033     

      73.213783%       $732.13783

        10/4/2033     

      75.794568%       $757.94568

        4/4/2034     

      78.466327%       $784.66327

        10/4/2034     

      81.232265%       $812.32265

        4/4/2035     

      84.095703%       $840.95703

        10/4/2035     

      87.060076%       $870.60076

        4/4/2036     

      90.128944%       $901.28944

        10/4/2036     

      93.305989%       $933.05989

        4/4/2037     

      96.595025%       $965.95025

        10/4/2037     

   100.000000%    $1,000.00000

 

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