Merrill Lynch B.V. today informs its security holders that its Annual Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2017, together with the audit report, has been filed with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the "AFM"), the competent authority of the Netherlands, Merrill Lynch B.V.’s home Member State.

Merrill Lynch B.V. makes available free of charge on its website its Annual and Half-Yearly Financial Reports filed with the AFM as soon as reasonably practicable after Merrill Lynch B.V. electronically files these documents with the AFM. These documents are posted on Bank of America Corporation’s website at http://investor.bankofamerica.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71595&p=merrill_lynch under “Financial Information / Subsidiary Financials”.

The AFM maintains a website that contains reports and other information that issuers are required to file with it. These materials may be obtained electronically by accessing the AFM’s page at http://www.afm.nl/en/professionals/registers/alle-huidige-registers.aspx.

Copies of the above referenced information will also be made available, free of charge, by calling +31-20-5925-606 or upon written request to:

Merrill Lynch B.V.Amstelplein 1, Rembrandt Tower, 27 Floor1096 HA AmsterdamThe Netherlands

Merrill Lynch B.V.Armstrong Okobia, +31-20-5925-606