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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Equity Structured Solutions

The Pacific Rim Equity Structured Solutions group provides innovative and value added ways for investors and clients to meet their investment and risk management goals, by designing and creating customized derivatives products. With dedicated professionals partnering together across the major countries in the Pacific Rim and the world’s major financial centres, we provide winning solutions across a wide range of underlying asset classes.

The Structured Solutions group is fully supported by best-of-class technology, experienced trading teams and knowledgeable product professionals. Merrill Lynch is committed to consistently providing first class equity derivatives advice and solutions to all its clients.

About Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 59 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 6,100 retail banking offices, more than 18,000 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 25 million active users. Bank of America offers industry leading support to more than 4 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients in more than 150 countries and has relationships with 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Following the combination with Merrill Lynch, Bank of America has become:

  • The largest brokerage in the world, with more than 15,000 advisors and $1.4 trillion in client assets
  • A leading provider of global corporate and investment banking services, including commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity and global M&A
  • A global leader in wealth management, private banking and retail brokerage
  • Bank of America owns approximately 34 percent of the economic interest in BlackRock, an independent, publicly-traded investment management firm


    About Merrill Lynch International & Co. C.V.

    Merrill Lynch International & Co. C.V. ("MLICo") is a Netherlands Antilles limited partnership of unlimited duration organised under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles which commenced operation on 1 August 1975 and was registered on 17 August 1975 under registered number 11705 in the Commercial Registry of the Chamber of Commerce in Curaçao. MLICo complies with the Netherlands Antilles corporate governance regime. MLICo engages primarily in the issuance of warrants and related financial instruments and the distribution of managed fund products. Bank of America Corporation ("BAC") is the ultimate parent of MLICo. as further described below under "Partners". MLICo's registered office and business address is at Kaya W.F.G. (Jombi) Mensing 36, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. The principal activities of MLICo are the issuance of warrants and related financial instruments, and distribution of Merrill Lynch International managed funds and other managed fund products.

    Partners
    ML Cayman Holdings Inc., a corporation organised under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States, is the General, Managing and Directing Partner ("Directing Partner") of MLICo.; ML Cayman Holdings Inc. also holds a Limited Partnership Interest in MLICo.; Merrill Lynch International Services Limited ("Limited Partner"), a Canadian company, is the other Limited Partner. Neither the Directing Partner nor the Limited Partner engages in any other activities other than being the Directing Partner or the Limited Partner of MLICo., as applicable.

    The Directing Partner is vested with the power to direct the financial and business policies of MLICo. The Directing Partner determines the use and disposition of surplus and net profits.

    The Limited Partner is indirectly wholly owned by BAC.

    The Directing Partner is wholly-owned by Merrill Lynch International Holdings Inc., which is wholly owned by Merrill Lynch International Incorporated, which, in turn, is wholly-owned by Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. which, in turn, is wholly-owned by BAC. Each of Merrill Lynch International Holdings Inc., Merrill Lynch International Incorporated and Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. is a corporation organised under the laws of the State of Delaware in the United States.


    About Merrill Lynch S.A.

    Merrill Lynch S.A. ("MLSA") was incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg on 18 December 1991 as a société anonyme for an unlimited period. MLSA's articles of incorporation were published in the Mémorial, Journal Officiel du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, Recueil Spécial des Sociétés et Associations, C-No. 51 of 14 February 1992. MLSA's articles of incorporation have not been amended since 2 July 2008. MLSA complies with the Luxembourg corporate governance regime. MLSA is majority owned through a 99.98% shareholding by Merrill Lynch International Holdings Inc., which, in turn, is wholly-owned by Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., whose ultimate parent is Bank of America Corporation. The main activity of MLSA consists of granting loans to group companies and issuing Notes and certificates to investors.