GUARANTEE AGREEMENT Dated as of December 14, 2006 By and Between MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. as Guarantor and THE BANK OF NEW YORK as TrusteeGuarantee Agreement • December 14th, 2006 • Merrill Lynch & Co Inc • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the “Guarantee Agreement”), dated as of December 14, 2006, is executed and delivered by MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Guarantee Trustee”), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Securities (as defined herein) of MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL TRUST I, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”).
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT By and Among MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., as Sponsor THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Property Trustee THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), as Delaware Trustee And THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN Dated as of December...Trust Agreement • December 14th, 2006 • Merrill Lynch & Co Inc • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • Delaware
This AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Trust Agreement”), dated as of December 14, 2006 is entered into by and among (i) MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., a Delaware corporation, (ii) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as property trustee, (iii) THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), a Delaware banking corporation that maintains its principal place of business in Delaware, as Delaware trustee, (iv) Allen G. Braithwaite III, an individual, Marlene B. Debel, an individual, and John J. Thurlow, an individual, each as an administrative trustee and each of whose address is c/o Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080 and (v) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. (a Delaware corporation) MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL TRUST I (a Delaware Statutory Trust) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT FOR 40,000,000 TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES Dated: December 7, 2006Underwriting Agreement • December 14th, 2006 • Merrill Lynch & Co Inc • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York
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