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Credit Ratings

Credit Ratings for Bank of America and Selected Legal Entities
as of January 18, 2021

Credit ratings and outlooks are opinions subject to ongoing review by the rating agencies and may change from time to time based on Bank of America's financial performance, industry dynamics, and other factors.

Bank of America Corporation

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	Stable	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	A2	A-	A+
Short-term	P-1	A-2	F1
Subordinated	Baa1	BBB+	A-
Trust preferred	Baa2	BBB-	BBB
Preferred stock	Baa3	BBB-	BBB

Bank of America, N.A.

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	Stable	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	Aa2	A+	AA-
Long-term deposit	Aa2	A+	AA
Subordinated	Aa3	A-	A
Short-term	P-1	A-1	F1+

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	-	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	-	A+	AA-
Short-term	-	A-1	F1+

BofA Securities, Inc. (formerly BofAML Securities, Inc.)

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	-	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	-	A+	AA-
Short-term	-	A-1	F1+

BofA Securities Europe SA

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	-	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	-	A+	AA-
Short-term	-	A-1	F1+

Merrill Lynch International

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	-	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	-	A+	AA-
Short-term	-	A-1	F1+

Bank of America Europe D.A.C. (formerly Bank of America Merrill Lynch International D.A.C. and Merrill Lynch International Bank D.A.C.)

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Outlook	-	Stable	Stable
Long-term senior	-	A+	AA-
Short-term	-	A-1	F1+

BofA Finance LLC

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	(P) A2 ⁽¹⁾	-	A+ ⁽¹⁾
Short-term	-	-	-

Bank of America California, N.A.

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	-	A+	AA-
Short-term	-	-	F1+

BAC Canada Finance Company

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor’s	Fitch
Long-term senior	(P) A2 ⁽¹⁾	A- ⁽¹⁾	A+
Short-term	-	-	F1

Merrill Lynch Japan Finance GK

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	(P) A2 ⁽¹⁾	A- ⁽¹⁾	A+
Short-term	(P) P-1 ⁽¹⁾	A-2 ⁽¹⁾	F1

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (formerly Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co. Ltd.)

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	-	-	AA-
Short-term	-	-	F1+

Merrill Lynch B.V.

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	A2 ⁽²⁾	-	A+
Short-term	-	-	-

Merrill Lynch Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Limited

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	-	A-	-
Short-term	-	A-2	-

Merrill Lynch International & Co. C.V.

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	(P) A2 ⁽¹⁾	-	-
Short-term	(P) P-1 ⁽¹⁾	-	-

Bank of America Mexico, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	-	mxAAA	AAA (mex)
Short-term	-	mxA-1+	F1+ (mex)

Merrill Lynch Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Casa de Bolsa

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	-	mxAAA	AAA (mex)
Short-term	-	mxA-1+	F1+ (mex)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Banco Múltiplo S.A.

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	-	-	AAA (bra)
Short-term	-	-	F1+ (bra)

Merrill Lynch Derivative Products AG

Rating	Moody's	Standard & Poor's	Fitch
Long-term senior	Aa3(sf)	AA	-
Short-term	-	-	-

⁽¹⁾ Rating applies to payment obligations under issuance program. There is no assurance that individual notes issued under the program will be assigned a rating.

⁽²⁾ Moody’s currently reports long-term ratings for certain issuances of Merrill Lynch S.A. (MLSA). MLSA merged into Merrill Lynch B.V. (MLBV) on January 1, 2013 leaving MLBV as the surviving entity. All notes or certificates previously issued by MLSA, including both rated and unrated issuances, are now obligations of MLBV.

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