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MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C

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Title: MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/7/2008
Industry: Investment Services     Sector: Financial

MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C, Parties: merrill lynch & co inc , bank of new york mellon , cede & co
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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.:                         

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.

MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C

Principal Protected Range Notes

(the “Notes”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARKET MEASURE:

 

MARKET MEASURE PUBLISHER:

 

MARKET MEASURE TYPE:

Equity

 

 

 

STARTING VALUE:

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

 

STATED MATURITY:

 

 

 

UPPER RANGE LEVEL:

 

LOWER RANGE LEVEL:

 

RANGE

 

 

 

CONTINGENT

SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENT:

 

OUT-OF-RANGE PAYMENT:

 

OBSERVATION TYPE:

 

 

 

FINAL VALUATION DATE:

 

VALUATION PERIOD:

 

MARKET MEASURE BUSINESS

DAY:

 

 

 

CALCULATION AGENT:

 

DENOMINATIONS:

 

SPECIFIED CURRENCY:

 

 

 

OTHER PROVISIONS:

 

 

 

 


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 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, absent a determination of manifest error, shall be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the holders and beneficial owners of this Global Note.

Payment on the Stated Maturity

On the Stated Maturity, Holders of the Note shall receive a cash amount equal to, with respect to each Unit, the Redemption Amount per Unit.

The “Redemption Amount” per Unit shall be determined by the Calculation Agent and will depend on whether the Market Measure has remained within the Range during the Valuation Period.

If the closing level of the Market Measure remains within the Range on each Market Measure Business Day within the Valuation Period, Holders of the Note shall receive a Redemption Amount equal to the $10 principal amount per Unit plus the Contingent Supplemental Payment per Unit.

If the closing level of the Market Measure is outside the Range on any Market Measure Business Day within the Valuation Period, Holders of the Note shall receive a Redemption Amount equal to the Out-Of Range Payment per Unit. The Redemption Amount per Unit cannot be less than the Out-of-Range Payment per Unit.

If the Final Valuation Date is not a Market Measure Business Day or if there is a Market Disruption Event on such day, the Final Valuation Date shall be the immediately succeeding Market Measure Business Day during which no Market Disruption Event shall have occurred or is continuing; provided that the closing level of the Market Measure shall be determined (or, if not determinable, estimated by the Calculation Agent in a manner which is considered commercially reasonable under the circumstances) on a date no later than the second scheduled Market Measure Business Day prior to the Stated Maturity, regardless of the occurrence of a Market Measure Disruption Event on that scheduled Market Measure Business Day.

Adjustments to the Market Measure; Market Disruption Events

If at any time the Market Measure Publisher makes a material change in the formula for or the method of calculating the Market Measure or in any other way materially modifies the Market Measure so that the Market Measure does not, in the opinion of the Calculation Agent, fairly represent the level of the Market Measure had those changes or modifications not been made, then, from and after that time, the Calculation Agent shall, at the close of business for

 

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each Market Measure Business Day, make any adjustments in its sole discretion and good faith judgment which may be necessary in order to arrive at a calculation of a level of a stock index comparable to the Market Measure as if those changes or modifications had not been made, and calculate the closing level with reference to the Market Measure, as so adjusted. In the event the Calculation Agent makes any such adjustment to the Market Measure, any determination as to whether the Market Measure, as so adjusted, is above or below the Range shall be based on this closing level.

“Market Disruption Event” shall mean either of the following events as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:

 

 

(A)

the suspension of or material limitation on trading, in each case, for more than two hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading, on the primary exchange on which the stocks included in the Market Measure trade as determined by the Calculation Agent (without taking into account any extended or after-hours trading session), in 20% or more of the stocks which then comprise the Market Measure or any Successor Market Measure; or

 

 

(B)

the suspension of or material limitation on trading, in each case, for more than two hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading, on the primary exchange that trades options contracts or futures contracts related to the stocks included in the Market Measure as determined by the Calculation Agent (without taking into account any extended or after-hours trading session), whether by reason of movements in price otherwise exceeding levels permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise, in options contracts or futures contracts related to the Market Measure, or any Successor Market Measure.

For the purpose of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred:

 

 

(1)

a limitation on the hours in a trading day and/or number of days of trading shall not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange;

 

 

(2)

a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant futures or options contracts related to the Market Measure, or any Successor Market Measure, shall not constitute a Market Disruption Event;

 

 

(3)

a suspension in trading in a futures or options contract on the Market Measure, or any Successor Market Measure, by a major securities market by reason of (a) a price change violating limits set by that securities market, (b) an imbalance of orders relating to those contracts or (c) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to those contracts shall constitute a suspension of or material limitation on trading in futures or options contracts related to the Market Measure;

 

 

(4)

a suspension of or material limitation on trading on the relevant exchange shall not include any time when that exchange is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances; and

 

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(5)

for the purpose of clauses (A) and (B) above, any limitations on trading during significant market fluctuations under NYSE Rule 80B, or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE or any other self regulatory organization or the Securities and Exchange Commission of similar scope as determined by the Calculation Agent, shall be considered “material”.

Discontinuance of the Market Measure

If the Market Measure Publisher discontinues publication of the Market Measure and the Market Measure Publisher or another entity publishes a successor or substitute market measure that the Calculation Agent determines, in its sole discretion, to be comparable to the Market Measure (a “Successor Market Measure”), then, upon the Calculation Agent’s notificat


 
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