Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-180488
Accelerated Return Notes® (ARNs®) are Market-Linked Investments designed to give you the opportunity to realize enhanced returns without taking on a similarly enhanced level of downside risk from the performance of an underlying market measure. ARNs are unsecured debt securities of an issuing company that are linked to a market measure or asset, such as the S&P 500, stocks or commodities. If held to maturity, ARNs may return a multiple (typically 3x) of any increase in value of the linked market measure, up to a stated cap on the upside, while bearing one-to-one downside exposure to any decrease. You must be willing to forgo interest payments and have your principal at risk from the date of purchase to maturity. Any returns on ARNs, including any repayment of principal, are subject to the credit risk of the issuer.
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Merrill Lynch Wealth Management makes available products and services offered by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, a registered broker-dealer and member SIPC, and other subsidiaries of Bank of America Corporation.
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Are Not FDIC Insured | Are Not Bank Guaranteed | May Lose Value |
Merrill Lynch offers a variety of Market-Linked Investments in four basic categories...
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Offer exposure to the upside performance of the linked market measure with no or limited exposure to declines in the value of that market measure at maturity. Payments remain subject to issuer credit risk. |
May offer access to less readily available markets that may not be available through the other categories. Usually have one-to-one upside and downside exposure similar to a direct investment in the linked market measure. | |
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Offer periodic, variable or fixed interest payments with, in some instances, an added payout at maturity based on the performance of the linked market measure. Generally offer no or limited market downside protection. |
Offer the potential to receive better-than-market returns if the linked market measure performs well, often up to a cap. Generally offer no or limited market downside protection. |
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This fact sheet provides an overview of ARNs only and does not provide the terms of any specific security proposed to be sold. Merrill Lynch will furnish you with a prospectus that contains the terms of the relevant offering. Prior to making any decision to invest, you should read that prospectus for a detailed explanation of the terms, risks, tax treatment and other relevant information. Additionally, you should consult your accounting, legal or tax advisors before investing.
Prior to selling any particular ARN, the issuer will have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a registration statement, including a prospectus, containing more complete information about the potential offerings described in this fact sheet. Before investing, you should carefully read the relevant prospectus and the other documents filed by the issuer with the SEC. You may obtain these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer or Merrill Lynch will arrange to have the documents sent to you by calling Merrill Lynch toll-free at 1-866-500-5408.
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