Greg Fleming and Dow Kim, Presidents of Merrill Lynch’s Global Markets and Investment Banking Group, to Present at the 2007 UBS Global Financial Services Conference on May 14

NEW YORK, — Greg Fleming and Dow Kim, presidents of Merrill Lynch’s Global Markets and Investment Banking Group, are scheduled to speak at the 2007 UBS Global Financial Services Conference on Monday, May 14, at 8:05 am Eastern time.

This presentation will be available via a live audio webcast at Merrill Lynch’s Investor Relations website, www.ir.ml.com. An on-demand webcast replay will be available shortly thereafter at the same web address.

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