Merrill Lynch Canada Finance Co., an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., today issued under its medium-term note program $7,482,600 aggregate principal amount of its Merrill Lynch Claymore International Fundamental Index Accelerator Securities, Series 2 and US$2,627,500 aggregate principal amount of its Merrill Lynch Claymore International Fundamental Index Accelerator Securities, Series 2.

The Securities are senior notes of the company, unconditionally guaranteed by Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and are rated AA(low), AA-, Aa3 and AA- by Dominion Bond Rating Service Ltd;, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings Ltd., respectively.