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Merrill Lynch Defined ReturnsII PLC
30 April 2003

                          STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

                      MERRILL LYNCH DEFINED RETURNS II PLC

                     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 30 April, 2003


                                        Re: Market price listing in FT





Merrill Lynch Defined Returns Plc II (the "Company") wish to announce that the
market price listing in the Financial Times will cease from 1st May 2003. The
updated market prices will continue to be available on the Reuters and Bloomberg
systems and the fund website at www.definedfunds.ml.com.



ENQUIRIES:

Arif Mansuri

Merrill Lynch International

020 7996 1237

Date: 30 April 2003



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