ADVISORY/Media Alert and Photo Opportunity: Merrill Lynch Hosts ``Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work'' Day; Interactive Workshops: Matisse-Picasso, Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...

for Thursday (April 24)

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Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER): -0-

WHEN:

Thursday, April 24th, 9:00 - 11:00 AM

WHERE:

4 World Financial Center (250 Vesey Street) - 3rd Floor.
Conference Rooms A & B.

WHAT:

Merrill Lynch hosts "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work" day:
Visual, interactive workshops on art, finance and entrepreneurship for
200 children between the ages of 9 and 11:

    --  9:00 AM - Welcome: Terry Kassel, SVP. Girl Scouts Color Guard
        and "God Bless America."

    --  9:25 AM - Matisse and Picasso - MoMA educators lead hands-on
        art activity and conversations designed to open children's
        eyes to the work of these two great artists, currently on view
        at a blockbuster exhibition at MoMA in Queens, New York.


    --  10:00 AM -Investing Pays Off - "It's Never Too Early to Start"
        - Business Savvy and Leadership Development are focus of video
        and interactive workshop using the Merrill Lynch Foundation's
        just-launched, web-accessible curriculum designed for kids
        from elementary to High School, available at
        http://volunteer.ml.com.

    --  10:15 AM -Investing: The Great Adventure - How to plan,
        finance, build and market a business via the fantasy of
        creating a theme park. Part of Merrill Lynch's financial
        literacy and investor education initiatives.

WHY:

In keeping with its commitment to education, Merrill Lynch is
supporting this new program sponsored by the Ms. Foundation for Women,
as it has supported "Take Our Daughters To Work" Day since its
inception in 1993. Merrill Lynch plans activities at 25 offices,
including New York, Jersey City and Princeton, NJ, as well as
locations around the world. For more information on Merrill Lynch,
please visit www.ml.com.