First Trade Date for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (MER)
| Company Name | First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd) |
| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (MER) | 1971-07-27 |
| Company Name | Symbol |
| Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (MER) | MER |
| History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation) | |
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Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation formed in 1973, is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides broker-dealer, investment banking, financing, wealth management, advisory, asset management, insurance, lending and related products and services on a global basis. These products and services include: l securities brokerage, trading and underwriting; l investment banking, strategic advisory services (including mergers and acquisitions) and other corporate finance activities; l wealth management products and services, including financial, retirement and generational planning; l asset management and investment advisory services; l origination, brokerage, dealer and related activities in swaps, options, forwards, exchange-traded futures, other derivatives and foreign exchange products; l securities clearance, settlement financing services and prime brokerage; l equity, debt, foreign exchange and economic research; l private equity and other principal investing activities; l banking, trust and lending services, including deposit taking, commercial and mortgage lending and related services; l insurance and annuities sales and annuity underwriting services; and l investment advisory and related record keeping services. Merrill Lynch provides these products and services to a wide array of clients, including individual investors, small businesses, corporations, financial institutions, governments and government agencies. Merrill Lynch reports its results in three business segments: the Global Markets and Investment Banking group ("GMI"), Global Private Client ("GPC"), and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers ("MLIM"). Merrill Lynch provides financial services worldwide through various subsidiaries and affiliates. Merrill Lynch's operations outside the United States are organized into five geographic regions: Europe, Middle East, and Africa ("EMEA"); Japan; Asia Pacific; Canada; and Latin America. Merrill Lynch conducts its business from various locations throughout the world. Its world headquarters is located at the World Financial Center in New York City and its other principal United States business and operational centers are located in New Jersey, Utah and Florida. Merrill Lynch has a presence in 34 countries outside the United States, including offices in Buenos Aires, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Paris, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto and Zurich. Merrill Lynch employed approximately 48,100 (excludes 200 full-time employees on salary continuation severance at year-end 2003) people at the end of 2003. Financial information concerning Merrill Lynch for each of the three fiscal years ended on the last Friday in December 2003, 2002 and 2001, including a description of the principal sources of consolidated net revenues, the amount of total net revenues contributed by classes of similar services that accounted for 10% or more of its consolidated net revenues in any one of these fiscal periods, as well as information with respect to Merrill Lynch's operations by operating segment and geographic area, is set forth in Merrill Lynch's Management's Discussion and Analysis, Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto in the Merrill Lynch 2003 Annual Report to Shareholders ("2003 Annual Report"). Management's Discussion and Analysis, Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes thereto are included as an exhibit to this Report. At the end of 2003, total client assets were approximately $1.5 trillion. ML & Co.'s internet address is www.ml.com. ML & Co. makes available, free of charge, our proxy statements, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Investors can find this information under "Financial Reports - SEC Reports" through the investor relations section of our website which can be accessed directly at www.ir.ml.com. These reports are available through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after ML & Co. electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Additionally, Merrill Lynch's Corporate Governance Guidelines, Guidelines for Business Conduct, Code of Ethics for Financial Professionals and charters for the committees of our Board of Directors have been filed as exhibits to SEC reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are also available on Merrill Lynch's Investor Relations website at www.ir.ml.com. The information on Merrill Lynch's websites is not incorporated by reference into this report. Shareholders may obtain copies of these materials, free of charge, upon written request to Judith A. Witterschein, Corporate Secretary, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 222 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10038-2510. | |
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