Dow Kim and Greg Fleming, Presidents of Merrill Lynch's Global Market

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    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2005--Dow Kim and Greg Fleming, presidents of Merrill Lynch's Global Markets & Investment Banking Group (NYSE:MER), are scheduled to deliver a presentation at the UBS Global Financial Services Conference on Monday, May 9 at 9:30 a.m. (ET). This presentation will be available via a live audio webcast at 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.
    Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading financial management and advisory companies, with offices in 36 countries and total client assets of approximately $1.6 trillion. As an investment bank, it is a leading global underwriter of debt and equity securities and strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. Through Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, the company is one of the world's largest managers of financial assets. Firmwide assets under management total $479 billion. For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com.

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CONTACT: Merrill Lynch Media Relations: Jessica Oppenheim, 212-449-2107 jessica_oppenheim@ml.com or Investor Relations: Tina Madon, 866-607-1234 Investor_Relations@ml.com

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