POWER OF ATTORNEY
Published on July 3, 2007
POWER OF ATTORNEY
I hereby appoint Richard B. Alsop,
Judith A. Witterschein, Mason A. Reeves,
Ana Silva, Pia K. Thompson and Margaret E.
Nelson to act individually as my agent and
attorney-in-fact for the purpose of completing,
executing and filing on my behalf with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other exchange
or self regulatory body, any Form 3
"Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities", Form 4 "Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities", Form 5
"Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities", Form 144 "Notice of Proposed Sale
of Securities", or any other similar form to
report securities ownership that may, in the
opinion of any of them be necessary, with respect to any
transaction in securities of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Nothing herein shall relieve me of
the responsibility for the accuracy of the
information and representations contained
in any Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144 or
other similar form completed, executed and
filed pursuant to this power of attorney.
This power of attorney shall supersede
all similar prior powers of attorney and will
remain effective as to the agents and
attorneys-in-fact referred to above until I revoke
or amend it by written notice to such persons.
/s/ Carol T. Christ
Carol T. Christ
State of New York
County of New York
Sworn to before me this 4th
day of June, 2007.
/s/ Caroline E. Delaney
Notary
Caroline E. Delaney
Notary Public State of New York
No. 01DE6150075
Qualified in King County
Certificate Filed in New York County
Commission Expires July 24, 2010