ADVISORY/Merrill Lynch Sets Plans to Commemorate One-Year Anniversary of September 11.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Sept. 11)

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    Note to Editors: Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) will commemorate the
one-year anniversary of September 11 with the following activities:

    --  Memorial Service: Merrill Lynch will begin September 11 with a
        brief service for employees at 8:15 a.m. at its New York City
        headquarters in the World Financial Center led by Chairman and
        CEO David Komansky and President and COO Stan O'Neal. The
        service will be broadcast to all Merrill Lynch locations
        globally and will conclude with a moment of silence at 8:46
        a.m. EST.

    --  Plaque Dedication: Two plaques will be dedicated to those
        Merrill Lynch employees lost in the terrorist attacks--David
        Brady, Robert McIlvaine and Michael Packer--as well as all who
        lost their lives. One plaque will be placed on the 10th floor
        balcony of 2 World Financial Center facing Ground Zero and the
        other will be placed in the lobby of 4 World Financial Center.

    --  Flag Dedication: Shortly after last year's terrorist attack,
        members of the military came to the Merrill Lynch building at
        2 World Financial Center and in a quick, unplanned ceremony,
        raised the flags of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and
        Coast Guard. Later, a New York City Port Authority flag was
        also raised. All the flags were taken down in March, when
        repairs to the building started. Merrill Lynch has decided to
        reinstate the flag display and add the United States flag and
        the flags of the New York City Police and Fire Departments as
        a permanent tribute to the armed services, rescue workers and
        victims.

    --  Commemorative Book: A book titled 9/11 One Year Later: The
        People of Merrill Lynch Remember, gives voice to the many
        employees who bore witness to the events of 9/11. It includes
        an introduction from Messrs. Komansky and O'Neal, tributes to
        the three Merrill Lynch employees lost, reflections from
        former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and employee remembrances of the
        day collected from Remembering, Healing, Helping, a special
        Merrill Lynch website created shortly after September 11. The
        book is being distributed to all Merrill Lynch employees
        around the world.