As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on  October__, 1996
                                                        Registration No. 333-


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                  ____________
                                    FORM S-8
                             Registration Statement
                                      under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ____________

                            MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
            DELAWARE                                        13-2740599
 (State or other jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
                             World Financial Center
                                   North Tower
                            New York, New York 10281
                                 (212) 449-1000
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)
                                  ____________
                            ROSEMARY T. BERKERY, ESQ.
                            Associate General Counsel
                            Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
                             World Financial Center
                                   North Tower
                          New York, New York 10281-1334
                                 (212) 449-6990
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)
                                  ____________

           Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Restricted Stock Plan For Former
                        Employees of Hotchkis and Wiley 
                            (Full title of the plan)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE><CAPTION>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Title of securities              Amount to      Proposed maximum offering       Proposed maximum aggregate         Amount of
     to be registered               be registered          price per share                offering price(2)         registration fee
====================================================================================================================================
<S>                                  <C>                     <C>                            <C>                         <C>
 Common Stock, par value
 $1.33-1/3 per share,
 (including Preferred Stock
 Purchase Rights)(1).............      750,000                 $65.25                        $48,937,500                $14,829.55
 
</TABLE>
(1) Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase 
     Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock; value 
     attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of 
     the Common Stock.
 
(2) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c), based on the average of the high
     and low prices of the Common Stock reported in the consolidated reporting 
     system on September 27, 1996.
 




              
<PAGE>
                                     PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


     The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Such documents and the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The Annual Report of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 29, 1995, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended March 29, 1996 and June 28, 1996, and Current Reports on Form 8-K
dated January 17, 1996, January 22, 1996, February 7, 1996, February 29, 1996,
March 1, 1996, March 12, 1996, March 18, 1996, April 1, 1996, April 15, 1996,
May 1, 1996, May 13, 1996, May 15, 1996, May 28, 1996 (as amended by Form 8-K/A
filed June 7, 1996), July 9, 1996, July 16, 1996, July 31, 1996, and August 12,
1996, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the
termination of the offering of the securities registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, par value $1.33-1/3 per share, and 25,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, issuable in series ("Preferred
Stock").  The holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for
each share held and each share of Common Stock is entitled to participate
equally in dividends out of funds legally available therefor, as and when
declared by the Board of Directors, and in the distribution of assets in the
event of liquidation.  The shares of Common Stock have no preemptive or
conversion rights, redemption provisions or sinking fund provisions.  The
outstanding shares of Common Stock are, and the shares offered hereby will be,
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Each share is eligible
to participate under the Rights Agreement referenced below and, to the extent
specified therein, to purchase certain securities upon the occurrence of certain
events specified in the Rights Agreement.

     The Board of Directors of the Company, without further action by
stockholders, has the authority to issue shares of Preferred Stock from time to
time in one or more series and to fix the powers (including voting power),
designations, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, and relative,
participating, optional, or other special rights and the qualifications,
limitations, or restrictions thereof.  As of September 30, 1996, there were
17,000,000 Depositary Shares issued each representing a one-four hundredth
interest in a share of the Company's 9% Cumulative Preferred Stock, 






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<PAGE>




Series A (the "9% Preferred Stock").  The 9% Preferred Stock is a single series
consisting of 42,500 shares with an aggregate liquidation preference of
$425,000,000.  As of September 30, 1996, there were 42,500 shares of 9% 
Preferred Stock outstanding.  As of September 30, 1996, there were 3,000 shares 
of the Company's Remarketed Preferred StockSM, Series C (the "RP (R) Stock")
issued, of which 1,938 were outstanding.  From time to time, Merrill Lynch, 
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S") may occasionally acquire a 
temporary position in the Depositary Shares and shares of RP Stock.  At 
September 30, 1996, the Depositary Shares and shares of RP Stock held by MLPF&S 
for the purpose of resale was not material.  The 9% Preferred Stock and RP Stock
have dividend and liquidation preference over the Common Stock and over the 
Series A Junior Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to a Rights Agreement dated as
of December 16, 1987 between ML & Co. and The Chase Manhattan Bank (successor 
by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company).

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     None.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as
amended, provides that under certain circumstances a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was
serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business
association, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

     Article XIII, Section 2 of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company provides in effect that, subject to certain limited exceptions, the
Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the extent authorized or
permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  The
directors and officers of the Company are insured under policies of insurance
maintained by the Company, subject to the limits of the policies, against
certain losses arising from any claims made against them by reason of being or
having been such directors or officers.  Like indemnification and insurance is
also provided to those employees of the Company who serve as administrators of
the Plan.  In addition, the Company has entered into contracts with all of its
directors providing for indemnification of such persons by the Company to the
full extent authorized or permitted by law, subject to certain limited
exceptions.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not Applicable.


ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

4(a)   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended April 
       24, 1987 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's 
       Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 1992 
       ("1992 10-K") (File No. 1-7182)).
4(b)   Certificate of Amendment, dated April 29, 1993, of the Certificate of
       Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) 
       to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
       March 26, 1993 ("First Quarter 1993 10-Q") (File No. 1-7182)).













              
                                        3


<PAGE>
4(c)   By-Laws of the Company, effective as of July 22, 1996 (incorporated by
       reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the quarter ended June 28, 1996 (File No. 1-7182)).
4(d)   Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1987, between the
       Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (successor by merger to 
       Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company) (incorporated by reference to 
       Exhibit 3(iv) to the 1992 10-K).
4(e)   Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the rights, 
       preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations
       relating to the Company's 9% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A
       (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(iii) to the Company's Quarterly
       Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 (File No. 
       1-7182)).
4(f)   Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the rights,
       preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations
       relating to the Company's Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series C 
       (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the First Quarter 1993 
       10-Q).
4(g)   Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the rights,
       preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations
       relating to the Company's Series A Junior Preferred Stock (incorporated 
       by reference to Exhibit 3(f) to the Company's Registration Statement on 
       Form S-3 (File No. 33-19975)).
5      Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.
15     Letter re: unaudited interim financial information.
23(a)  Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5).
23(b)  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24     Power of Attorney (included on page 6).

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii)      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
     after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent 
     post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, 
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
     registration statement;

          (iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan
     of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or 
     any material change to such information in the registration statement;
     provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
     the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to 
     be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained 
     in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 
     in the registration statement.

     (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.










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<PAGE>
                                                                   



     (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions referred to in Item 6 of
this registration statement, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. 
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by a 
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the 
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as 
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such 
issue.











              
                                        5


<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in The City of New York and State of New York on the 3rd day of
October, 1996.

                                               MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.

                                               By: /s/ Daniel P. Tully
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Daniel P. Tully
                                                   (Chairman of the Board and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer)


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Daniel P. Tully, David H. Komansky, Joseph T.
Willett and Stephen L. Hammerman, and each of them, his true and lawful 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and 
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all 
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing 
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 3rd day of October, 1996.

               Signature                            Title
               ---------                            -----

    /s/ Daniel P. Tully                    
    ---------------------------------      Chairman of the Board, Chief
        (Daniel P. Tully)                  Executive Officer and Director

    /s/ David H. Komansky                  
    ---------------------------------      President, Chief Operating
        (David H. Komansky)                Officer and Director
                                           
    /s/ Joseph T. Willett                  
    ---------------------------------      Senior Vice President and
        (Joseph T. Willett)                Chief Financial Officer
                                           
    /s/ Michael J. Castellano              
    ---------------------------------      Senior Vice President and Controller
        (Michael J. Castellano)            
                                           
    /s/ William O. Bourke                  
    ---------------------------------      Director
        (William O. Bourke)              




                                        6

<PAGE>
                                                                   




               Signature                            Title
               ---------                            -----

    /s/ W.H. Clark
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (W.H. Clark)

    /s/ Jill K. Conway
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Jill K. Conway)

    /s/ Stephen L. Hammerman
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Stephen L. Hammerman)

    /s/ Earle H. Harbison, Jr.
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Earle H. Harbison, Jr.)

    /s/ George B. Harvey
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (George B. Harvey)

    /s/ William R. Hoover
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (William R. Hoover)

    /s/ Robert P. Luciano
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Robert P. Luciano)

    /s/ Aulana L. Peters
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Aulana L. Peters)

    /s/ John J. Phelan, Jr.
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (John J. Phelan, Jr.)

    /s/ William L. Weiss
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (William L. Weiss)













              
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<PAGE>

                                      EXHIBIT INDEX

          
          
Exhibit No. Description                                                     Page
----------- -----------                                                     ----
          
4(a)        Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
            April 24, 1987 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the
            Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
            December 25, 1992 ("1992 10-K") (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(b)       Certificate of Amendment, dated April 29, 1993, of the 
            Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by 
            reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Quarterly Report on 
            Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 26, 1993 ("First Quarter 
            1993 10-Q") (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(c)       By-Laws of the Company, effective as of July 22, 1996 
            (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's 
            Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
            June 28, 1996 (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(d)       Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1987, between
            the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (successor by merger to
            Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company) (incorporated by reference 
            to Exhibit 3(iv) to the 1992 10-K).
          
 4(e)       Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the 
            rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions 
            and limitations relating to the Company's 9% Cumulative 
            Preferred Stock, Series A (incorporated by reference to 
            Exhibit 4(iii) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 
            for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(f)       Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the 
            rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions 
            and limitations relating to the Company's Remarketed Preferred 
            Stock, Series C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to 
            the First Quarter 1993 10-Q).
          
 4(g)       Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the 
            rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions 
            and limitations relating to the Company's Series A Junior 
            Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(f) to 
            the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File 
            No. 33-19975)).

          
5           Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.

          
15          Letter re: unaudited interim financial information.
          
23(a)       Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5).

          
23(b)       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
          
24          Power of Attorney (included on page 6).














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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on  October__, 1996
                                                        Registration No. 333-

================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                  ____________
                                    FORM S-8
                             Registration Statement
                                      under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                  ____________

                            MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
            DELAWARE                                        13-2740599
 (State or other jurisdiction              (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
                             World Financial Center
                                   North Tower
                            New York, New York 10281
                                 (212) 449-1000
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)
                                  ____________
                            ROSEMARY T. BERKERY, ESQ.
                            Associate General Counsel
                            Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
                             World Financial Center
                                   North Tower
                          New York, New York 10281-1334
                                 (212) 449-6990
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)
                                  ____________

           Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Restricted Stock Plan For Former
                        Employees of Hotchkis and Wiley 
                            (Full title of the plan)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     Title of securities              Amount to      Proposed maximum offering       Proposed maximum aggregate         Amount of
     to be registered               be registered          price per share                offering price(2)         registration fee
====================================================================================================================================
Common Stock, par value
 $1.33-1/3 per share,
 (including Preferred Stock
 Purchase Rights)(1).............      750,000                 $65.25                        $48,937,500                $14,829.55
(1) Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase 
     Rights will not be evidenced separately from the Common Stock; value 
     attributable to such Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of 
     the Common Stock.
 
(2) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c), based on the average of the high
     and low prices of the Common Stock reported in the consolidated reporting 
     system on September 27, 1996.
PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Such documents and the documents
incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The Annual Report of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 29, 1995, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended March 29, 1996 and June 28, 1996, and Current Reports on Form 8-K
dated January 17, 1996, January 22, 1996, February 7, 1996, February 29, 1996,
March 1, 1996, March 12, 1996, March 18, 1996, April 1, 1996, April 15, 1996,
May 1, 1996, May 13, 1996, May 15, 1996, May 28, 1996 (as amended by Form 8-K/A
filed June 7, 1996), July 9, 1996, July 16, 1996, July 31, 1996, and August 12,
1996, filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.

     All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the
termination of the offering of the securities registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

ITEM 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 500,000,000 shares
of Common Stock, par value $1.33-1/3 per share, and 25,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, issuable in series ("Preferred
Stock").  The holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for
each share held and each share of Common Stock is entitled to participate
equally in dividends out of funds legally available therefor, as and when
declared by the Board of Directors, and in the distribution of assets in the
event of liquidation.  The shares of Common Stock have no preemptive or
conversion rights, redemption provisions or sinking fund provisions.  The
outstanding shares of Common Stock are, and the shares offered hereby will be,
duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  Each share is eligible
to participate under the Rights Agreement referenced below and, to the extent
specified therein, to purchase certain securities upon the occurrence of certain
events specified in the Rights Agreement.

     The Board of Directors of the Company, without further action by
stockholders, has the authority to issue shares of Preferred Stock from time to
time in one or more series and to fix the powers (including voting power),
designations, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, and relative,
participating, optional, or other special rights and the qualifications,
limitations, or restrictions thereof.  As of September 30, 1996, there were
17,000,000 Depositary Shares issued each representing a one-four hundredth
interest in a share of the Company's 9% Cumulative Preferred Stock, 

                                        2
Series A (the "9% Preferred Stock").  The 9% Preferred Stock is a single series
consisting of 42,500 shares with an aggregate liquidation preference of
$425,000,000.  As of September 30, 1996, there were 42,500 shares of 9% 
Preferred Stock outstanding.  As of September 30, 1996, there were 3,000 shares 
of the Company's Remarketed Preferred StockSM, Series C (the "RP (R) Stock")
issued, of which 1,938 were outstanding.  From time to time, Merrill Lynch, 
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S") may occasionally acquire a 
temporary position in the Depositary Shares and shares of RP Stock.  At 
September 30, 1996, the Depositary Shares and shares of RP Stock held by MLPF&S 
for the purpose of resale was not material.  The 9% Preferred Stock and RP Stock
have dividend and liquidation preference over the Common Stock and over the 
Series A Junior Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to a Rights Agreement dated as
of December 16, 1987 between ML & Co. and The Chase Manhattan Bank (successor 
by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company).

ITEM 5.   INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     None.

ITEM 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as
amended, provides that under certain circumstances a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was
serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business
association, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

     Article XIII, Section 2 of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company provides in effect that, subject to certain limited exceptions, the
Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the extent authorized or
permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  The
directors and officers of the Company are insured under policies of insurance
maintained by the Company, subject to the limits of the policies, against
certain losses arising from any claims made against them by reason of being or
having been such directors or officers.  Like indemnification and insurance is
also provided to those employees of the Company who serve as administrators of
the Plan.  In addition, the Company has entered into contracts with all of its
directors providing for indemnification of such persons by the Company to the
full extent authorized or permitted by law, subject to certain limited
exceptions.

ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.   EXHIBITS.

4(a)   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended April 
       24, 1987 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's 
       Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 1992 
       ("1992 10-K") (File No. 1-7182)).
4(b)   Certificate of Amendment, dated April 29, 1993, of the Certificate of
       Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) 
       to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
       March 26, 1993 ("First Quarter 1993 10-Q") (File No. 1-7182)).

              
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4(c)   By-Laws of the Company, effective as of July 22, 1996 (incorporated by
       reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
       for the quarter ended June 28, 1996 (File No. 1-7182)).
4(d)   Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1987, between the
       Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (successor by merger to 
       Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company) (incorporated by reference to 
       Exhibit 3(iv) to the 1992 10-K).
4(e)   Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the rights, 
       preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations
       relating to the Company's 9% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A
       (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(iii) to the Company's Quarterly
       Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 (File No. 
       1-7182)).
4(f)   Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the rights,
       preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations
       relating to the Company's Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series C 
       (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the First Quarter 1993 
       10-Q).
4(g)   Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the rights,
       preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions and limitations
       relating to the Company's Series A Junior Preferred Stock (incorporated 
       by reference to Exhibit 3(f) to the Company's Registration Statement on 
       Form S-3 (File No. 33-19975)).
5      Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.
15     Letter re: unaudited interim financial information.
23(a)  Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5).
23(b)  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24     Power of Attorney (included on page 6).

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii)      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
     after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent 
     post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, 
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the 
     registration statement;

          (iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan
     of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or 
     any material change to such information in the registration statement;
     provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
     the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to 
     be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained 
     in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 
     in the registration statement.

     (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (b)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

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(c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions referred to in Item 6 of
this registration statement, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. 
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by a 
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the 
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as 
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such 
issue.

              
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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in The City of New York and State of New York on the 3rd day of
October, 1996.

                                               MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.

                                               By: /s/ Daniel P. Tully
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                   Daniel P. Tully
                                                   (Chairman of the Board and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer)

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Daniel P. Tully, David H. Komansky, Joseph T.
Willett and Stephen L. Hammerman, and each of them, his true and lawful 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and 
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all 
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing 
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this 
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 3rd day of October, 1996.

               Signature                            Title
               ---------                            -----

    /s/ Daniel P. Tully                    
    ---------------------------------      Chairman of the Board, Chief
        (Daniel P. Tully)                  Executive Officer and Director

    /s/ David H. Komansky                  
    ---------------------------------      President, Chief Operating
        (David H. Komansky)                Officer and Director
                                           
    /s/ Joseph T. Willett                  
    ---------------------------------      Senior Vice President and
        (Joseph T. Willett)                Chief Financial Officer
                                           
    /s/ Michael J. Castellano              
    ---------------------------------      Senior Vice President and Controller
        (Michael J. Castellano)            
                                           
    /s/ William O. Bourke                  
    ---------------------------------      Director
        (William O. Bourke)              

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Signature                            Title
               ---------                            -----

    /s/ W.H. Clark
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (W.H. Clark)

    /s/ Jill K. Conway
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Jill K. Conway)

    /s/ Stephen L. Hammerman
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Stephen L. Hammerman)

    /s/ Earle H. Harbison, Jr.
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Earle H. Harbison, Jr.)

    /s/ George B. Harvey
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (George B. Harvey)

    /s/ William R. Hoover
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (William R. Hoover)

    /s/ Robert P. Luciano
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Robert P. Luciano)

    /s/ Aulana L. Peters
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (Aulana L. Peters)

    /s/ John J. Phelan, Jr.
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (John J. Phelan, Jr.)

    /s/ William L. Weiss
    ---------------------------------              Director
        (William L. Weiss)

              
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EXHIBIT INDEX

          
          
Exhibit No. Description                                                     Page
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4(a)        Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
            April 24, 1987 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the
            Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
            December 25, 1992 ("1992 10-K") (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(b)       Certificate of Amendment, dated April 29, 1993, of the 
            Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by 
            reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Quarterly Report on 
            Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 26, 1993 ("First Quarter 
            1993 10-Q") (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(c)       By-Laws of the Company, effective as of July 22, 1996 
            (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's 
            Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 
            June 28, 1996 (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(d)       Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 1987, between
            the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (successor by merger to
            Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company) (incorporated by reference 
            to Exhibit 3(iv) to the 1992 10-K).
          
 4(e)       Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the 
            rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions 
            and limitations relating to the Company's 9% Cumulative 
            Preferred Stock, Series A (incorporated by reference to 
            Exhibit 4(iii) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q 
            for the quarter ended September 30, 1994 (File No. 1-7182)).

          
 4(f)       Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the 
            rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions 
            and limitations relating to the Company's Remarketed Preferred 
            Stock, Series C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to 
            the First Quarter 1993 10-Q).
          
 4(g)       Certificate of Designation of the Company establishing the 
            rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, restrictions 
            and limitations relating to the Company's Series A Junior 
            Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(f) to 
            the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File 
            No. 33-19975)).

          
5           Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP.

          
15          Letter re: unaudited interim financial information.
          
23(a)       Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5).

          
23(b)       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
          
24          Power of Attorney (included on page 6).

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