TORONTO, May 1 /CNW/ - Merrill Lynch Canada Finance Company, an indirectwholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., today issuedunder its medium term note program Cdn.$5,257,000 aggregate principal amountof its Merrill Lynch Global Equity Accelerator (CAD) Securities, Series 9 (the"CAD Global Equity Securities"), US$1,894,600 aggregate principal amount ofits Merrill Lynch Global Equity Accelerator (USD) Securities, Series 9 (the"USD Global Equity Securities"), Cdn.$16,986,400 aggregate principal amount ofits Merrill Lynch Callable Yield Securities, Series 5 (the "Callable YieldSecurities"), Cdn.$3,764,900 aggregate principal amount of its Merrill LynchAgricultural Principal Protected Notes, Series 3 (the "Agricultural Notes")and Cdn.$10,368,900 aggregate principal amount of its Equity-Linked 3.25%Principal Protected Notes, Series 1 (the "Equity-Linked Notes" and, togetherwith the CAD Global Equity Securities, the USD Global Equity Securities, theCallable Yield Securities and the Agricultural Notes, the "Securities"). TheSecurities are senior notes of the Company, unconditionally guaranteed byMerrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and the Canadian medium term note program of theCompany under which the Securities are issued has been rated AA(low), A+, A1and A+ by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, Standard & Poor's RatingServices (a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.), Moody's InvestorsService, Inc. and Fitch Ratings Ltd., respectively.