Nelson Chai, Chief Financial Officer, and Eric Heaton, Treasurer, to Present at the 2008 UBS Global Financial Services Conference on May 12

Business Wire, May 5, 2008

NEW YORK -- Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) today announced Nelson Chai, chief financial officer, and Eric Heaton, treasurer, are scheduled to speak at the 2008 UBS Global Financial Services Conference in New York on Monday, May 12 at 8:05 a.m. (ET).

This presentation will be available via a live audio webcast on 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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