SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TEMASEK HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) 60B ORCHARD ROAD, #06-18 TOWER 2 THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD (Street) SINGAPORE 238891 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/26/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC [ MER ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	219,695,826	I	Held through Fullerton Management Pte Ltd.(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TEMASEK HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LTD (Last) (First) (Middle) 60B ORCHARD ROAD, #06-18 TOWER 2 THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD (Street) SINGAPORE 238891 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Fullerton Management Pte Ltd (Last) (First) (Middle) 60B ORCHARD ROAD, #06-18 TOWER 2 THE ATRIUM@ORCHARD (Street) SINGAPORE 238891 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Cairnhill Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd (Last) (First) (Middle) LES CASCADES BUILDING EDITH CAVELL STREET (Street) PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Fullerton Management Pte Ltd ("Fullerton") may be deemed to beneficially own 219,695,826 shares through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including Fullerton's direct wholly-owned subsidiary Cairnhill Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd ("Cairnhill"), which indirectly beneficially owns 214,529,160 shares through its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Except for Cairnhill, each of these subsidiaries beneficially owns less than 10% of the outstanding shares. Fullerton is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd ("Temasek"), so Temasek may be deemed to beneficially own 219,695,826 shares.

2. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, any of the Reporting Persons is the beneficial owner of all such equity securities covered by this statement.

	/s/ Simon Israel, Executive Director, Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd	10/03/2008
	/s/ Mark Lee Vi Loong, Director, Fullerton Management Pte Ltd	10/03/2008
	/s/ Mark Lee Vi Loong, Director, Cairnhill Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd	10/03/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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