FILE NO. 33-65135
RULE 424(B)(3)
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
(TO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 4, 1996)
(TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED APRIL 10, 1996)
PROSPECTUS NUMBER: 1405
DATED: OCTOBER 1, 1996
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES B
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FLOATING RATE NOTES
BASE RATE: Fed Funds Open
INDEX MATURITY: One Day
TRADE DATE: October 1, 1996
SETTLEMENT DATE: October 3, 1996
MATURITY DATE: October 5, 1998
REDEMPTION DATE: N/A
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT DATES: N/A
SPREAD: 0.250%
(plus twenty five bps)
SPREAD MULTIPLIER: N/A
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: N/A
INTEREST RESET DATES: Daily
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: Quarterly, on the 5th of January, April, July and October commencing
January 1997 through Maturity, subject to following business day
convention.
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: TBD, October 3, 1996
FORM: Book-entry