Milberg Weiss Announces Its Investigation Relating to the Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc....

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Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:08pm EST

Milberg Weiss Announces Its Investigation Relating to the Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Retirement Accumulation Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan -- MERNEW YORK--(Business Wire)--Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg Weiss LLP isinvestigating possible illegal conduct relating to the Merrill Lynch &Co., Inc. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Retirement AccumulationPlan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (collectively, the "Plan")

(NYSE: MER). Specifically, Milberg Weiss is investigating whether certainfiduciaries of the plan may have violated the Employee RetirementIncome Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") in at least two ways:

(1) by continuing to offer Merrill Lynch common stock as a Planinvestment option for participant contributions when it was imprudentto do so, and (2) by maintaining the Plan's pre-existing heavyinvestment in Merrill Lynch equity when company stock was no longer aprudent investment for the Plan. If you have an individual account with the Merrill Lynch & Co.,Inc. 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Retirement Accumulation Planand/or Employee Stock Ownership Plan, and your account holds MerrillLynch common stock, you may have legal claims under ERISA. Milberg Weiss LLP has been representing individual andinstitutional investors for nearly 40 years and serves as lead counselin U.S. federal and state courts. Please visit the Milberg Weisswebsite (http://www.milbergweiss.com) for more information about thefirm. If you wish to discuss this matter with us, or have anyquestions concerning your rights and interests with regard to thismatter, please contact the following attorneys:-0-*TLori G. FeldmanAnita B. KartalopoulosMilberg Weiss LLPOne Pennsylvania Plaza, 49th Fl.New York, NY 10119-0165Phone number: (800) 320-5081Email: contactus@milbergweiss.comWebsite: http://www.milbergweiss.com*T Attorney Advertising. Prior Results Do Not Guarantee A SimilarOutcome.Milberg Weiss LLPLori G. Feldman/Anita B. Kartalopoulos, 800-320-5081Copyright Business Wire 2007

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