Exhibit 21

 

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

The following are subsidiaries of ML & Co. as of December 28, 2007 and the states or jurisdictions in which they are organized. Indentation indicates the principal parent of each subsidiary. Except as otherwise specified, in each case ML & Co. owns, directly or indirectly, at least 99% of the voting securities of each subsidiary. The names of particular subsidiaries have been omitted because, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they would not constitute, as of the end of the year covered by this report, a “significant subsidiary” as that term is defined in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

 

 

¹  Also conducts business under the name “Merrill Lynch & Co.”

²  Similarly named subsidiaries that engage in the sale of insurance and annuity products are incorporated in various other jurisdictions.

³  The preferred stock of the corporation is owned by an unaffiliated group of investors.

⁴  14.617% of this entity is held by Merrill Lynch Bank USA.

⁵  Partially held by another direct subsidiary of ML&Co.

⁶  Merrill Lynch Group, Inc. and Merrill Lynch International Incorporated each hold fifty percent of this entity.

 

 

⁷   Partially held by another indirect subsidiary of ML&Co.

⁸   Held through several intermediate holding companies.

⁹   This corporation has 20 direct or indirect subsidiaries operating in the United States and serving as either general partners or associate general partners of limited partnerships.

¹⁰  Held through several intermediate holding companies.

¹¹  Partially held by Merrill Lynch Canada Holdings Company.

 

 

¹²  Held through several intermediate holding companies.

¹³  Partially held by another indirect subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International Incorporated.

¹⁴  Merrill Lynch International Holdings Inc. has an 80% stake in this entity through a joint venture.

¹⁵  Partially held by another indirect subsidiary of ML&Co.

¹⁶  Also conducts business under the names “Merrill Lynch Capital Markets S.A.” and “Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Ltd.”

 

 

¹⁷  Held through several intermediate holding companies.

¹⁸  Partially held by another indirect subsidiary of ML&Co.

¹⁹  Held through intermediate subsidiaries.

²⁰  Held through intermediate subsidiaries.

²¹  Partially held by another direct subsidiary of ML&Co.

²²  Partially held by another direct subsidiary of ML&Co.

²³  Partially held by another direct subsidiary of ML&Co.

²⁴  Partially held by another indirect subsidiary of ML&Co.