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The Florida Grantor, Spring 2000

Merrill Lynch Addresses Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community

Merrill Lynch, a participating partner in The Able Trust Endowment Program, offers financial services to clients who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. The program offers captioned videotapes on women investors, retirement planning and additional topics free of charge, as well as free educational seminars on various investment options with oral or sign-language interpreters. In addition, Merrill Lynch is the only full-serve financial firm to have a group of deaf/hard-of-hearing Financial Consultants on staff.

Merrill Lynch has also established an email address and several toll-free TTY and voice amplification lines to address financial needs. For more information, visit their website at www.ml.com/products_services/dhoh.html or call 800-765-4833 TTY.

Merrill Lynch is the largest full-service financial service of its kind in the United States, with more than 14,000 Financial Consultants in 500 offices nationwide. They offer nearly 200 financial products and services, including insurance, mutual funds, mortgages, stocks and bonds, as well as retirement-, estate- and financial-planning services.

Merrill Lynch partners with Tom Norman, Director of Gift Planning of The Able Trust, to provide its clients with an informative seminar on charitable gift planning. For more information on arranging a seminar in your area, call Tom Norman at 850-681-1071 or toll-free 888-838-2253 voice or TDD.