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Credit Ratings

Credit Ratings for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Selected Legal Entities

Following the closing of the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America Corporation on January 1, 2009, Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, Fitch Ratings, and Dominion Bond Rating Service Ltd. upgraded ML&Co. and its subsidiaries.

The major credit rating agencies have indicated that the primary drivers of Merrill Lynch's credit ratings are Bank of America's credit ratings. The rating agencies have also noted that Bank of America's credit ratings currently reflect significant support from the U.S. government. In addition to Bank of America's credit ratings, other factors that influence our credit ratings include rating agencies' assessment of the general operating environment, our relative positions in the markets in which we compete, our reputation, our liquidity position, the level and volatility of our earnings, our corporate governance and risk management policies, and our capital management practices.

The following table sets forth ML&Co.'s unsecured credit ratings as of May 19, 2009. The ratings of Bank of America Corporation and its affiliates can be accessed by clicking here.

Entity	DBRS	Fitch	Moody's	Rating & Investment	S&P
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Long-Term Senior Unsecured	A	A+	A2	A+	A
Subordinated Debt	A (low)	A	A3	A	A-
Commercial Paper	R-1 (middle)	F1+	P-1	a-1	A-1
Trust Preferred	A (low)	BB-	Baa3		B
Merrill Lynch & Co., Canada Ltd.
Commercial Paper ⁽¹⁾	R-1 (middle)	F1+	P-1		A-1
Merrill Lynch Canada Finance Company
Long-Term Senior Unsecured ⁽¹⁾	A	A+	A2		A
Commercial Paper ⁽¹⁾	R-1 (middle)	F1+	P-1		A-1
Merrill Lynch Finance (Australia) Pty Limited
Long-Term Senior Unsecured ⁽¹⁾			A2		A
Commercial Paper ⁽¹⁾		F1+	P-1		A-1
Merrill Lynch Japan Finance Co., Limited
Long-Term Senior Unsecured ⁽¹⁾			A2	A+	A
Commercial Paper ⁽¹⁾			P-1	a-1	A-1
Merrill Lynch S.A.
Long-Term Senior Unsecured ⁽¹⁾		A+	A2	A+	A
Merrill Lynch Derivative Products AG
Counterparty Rating	AAA	AAA	Aaa		AAA
Merrill Lynch Bank USA
Long-Term Senior Unsecured	A (high)	A+	Aa3		A+
Long-Term Deposit	A (high)	AA-	Aa3		A+
Short-Term Rating		F1+	P-1		A-1
Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co., FSB
Long-Term Senior Unsecured		A+	Aa3		A+
Long-Term Deposit		AA-	Aa3		A+
Short-Term Rating		F1+	P-1		A-1
Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Co. (Cayman) Ltd. (MLBTC)
Long-Term Senior Unsecured					A
Long-Term Deposit					A
Short-Term Rating					A-1
Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited*
Issuer Default Rating		A+
Short-Term Rating		F1+
Certificate of Deposit ⁽¹⁾			A2 / P-1		A / A-1
Merrill Lynch Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Casa de Bolsa
Long-Term Mexican National Scale Issuer		AAA (mex)	Aa2.mx		mxAA+
Short-Term Mexican National Scale Issuer		F1+ (mex)	MX-1		mxA-1+

Notes
(1) Guaranteed by ML&Co.

* Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited ("MLIB") transferred its banking business and other operations to Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank Limited ("MLCMB") on September 30, 2006. Following the transfer of business, MLIB has ceased to engage in any regulated activity and has changed its name to MLIB (historic) Limited and MLCMB has changed its name to Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited.

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