E-mail us: service@prospectnews.com Or call: 212 374 2800
Bank Loans - CLOs - Convertibles - Distressed Debt - Emerging Markets
Green Finance - High Yield - Investment Grade - Liability Management
Preferreds - Private Placements - Structured Products
 
Published on 11/3/2008 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

Merrill Lynch to sell Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes linked to Technology Select Sector

By Susanna Moon

Chicago, Nov. 3 - Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. plans to price zero-coupon Capped Leveraged Index Return Notes due May 2010 linked to Technology Select Sector index, according to an FWP filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Payout at maturity will be par of $10 plus triple any index gain, with the return capped at between 25% and 29%. The exact cap will be set at pricing.

Investors will receive par if the index falls by up to 10% and will be exposed to declines beyond 10%.

The notes are expected to price in November and settle in December.

The issue applied to list the notes on the NYSE Arca under the symbol "CDK."

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. and its affiliate First Republic Securities Co., LLC are the underwriters.


© 2015 Prospect News.
All content on this website is protected by copyright law in the U.S. and elsewhere. For the use of the person downloading only.
Redistribution and copying are prohibited by law without written permission in advance from Prospect News.
Redistribution or copying includes e-mailing, printing multiple copies or any other form of reproduction.