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EX-4.198

 Exhibit 4.198 

EXECUTION VERSION 
 BANK
OF AMERICA CORPORATION 
  
  

TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of September 30, 2013 
  

 
 Supplementing the Indenture, 

Dated as of April 1, 1983 and Restated as of April 1, 1987, 

of 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO.,
INC. 
 to 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON 
 (formerly known as The Bank of New York), 

as Successor Trustee, 
 as Amended
and Supplemented 

 TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

THIS TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 30, 2013 (this “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”),
by and among BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Parent”), MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (formerly known as The Bank of New York), a New York banking corporation, as successor trustee under the Indenture referred to herein (the
“Trustee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee its Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1983 and restated as
of April 1, 1987 (as amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of senior indebtedness of the Company (the
“Securities”); 
 WHEREAS, there is outstanding under the Indenture one or more series of the Securities; 

WHEREAS, the Parent owns directly all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company; 

WHEREAS, the Parent intends to merge the Company into the Parent pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the “DGCL”), with the Parent continuing as the surviving corporation of, and assuming all obligations of the Company in, such merger (the “Merger”), effective at the date and time the Certificate of Ownership and
Merger with respect to the Merger (the “Certificate of Ownership and Merger”) is filed by the Parent with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later date and time as is set forth in the Certificate of
Ownership and Merger (such effective date and time, the “Merger Effective Time”); 
 WHEREAS, at the Merger
Effective Time the separate corporate existence of the Company shall cease, and, from and after the Merger Effective Time, the Parent shall succeed to and possess all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises and be subject to all of the
obligations, liabilities, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Company, all as provided under the DGCL; 
 WHEREAS,
Section 801 of the Indenture provides, in part, that the Company may merge into any other corporation provided that the successor corporation in the merger shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or a state thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions
of the Indenture to be performed by the Company by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee and such successor corporation shall not, immediately after such merger, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition; 

WHEREAS, Section 901(1) of the Indenture provides that, without consent of any Holders of Securities, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by the successor corporation
of the covenants of the Company under the Indenture and in the Securities contained; 

 WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company and the Parent desire to execute and
deliver this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture in compliance and accordance with Sections 801 and 901(1) of the Indenture, and by this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture to amend and supplement the Indenture in certain respects to evidence the
succession of the Parent to the Company and the express assumption by the Parent of the covenants of the Company in the Indenture and contained in the Securities at the Merger Effective Time; 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent have requested that the Trustee join with them in the execution and delivery of this Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture, and, pursuant to the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture; and 

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of each of the Company and the Parent, and all conditions precedent and acts and things necessary to make this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding instrument in accordance with its terms have been complied
with, done and performed. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the Company, the Parent and the Trustee hereby
covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

ASSUMPTION AND SUCCESSION BY THE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION 

Section 1.1. Assumption of Obligations. Pursuant to, and in compliance and accordance with, Section 801 of the Indenture, by
this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, at the Merger Effective Time, the Parent expressly assumes the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, any interest on, and any Additional Amounts payable pursuant to Section 1004
of the Indenture with respect to, all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company. 

Section 1.2. Substitution; Relief of Obligation. Pursuant to Section 802 of the Indenture, at the Merger Effective Time, the
Parent shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named in the Indenture as the party of the first part, and the Company shall be relieved of any further obligation under the Indenture and the
Securities. 
 Section 1.3. Representations of the Parent. The Parent represents and warrants that it is a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and the surviving corporation in the Merger. 
 ARTICLE II

 MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 2.1 Effectiveness of Twentieth Supplemental Indenture. This Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof; provided, however, that neither the Parent’s express assumption pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof nor succession and substitution pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof shall be operative or have any effect until
the Merger Effective Time, and at the Merger Effective Time, Section 1.1 and Section 1.2 hereof shall be effective and operative without further action by any party. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, in the event the
Merger fails to occur on or prior to December 31, 2013, then the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be automatically null and void and of no force or effect, and the Indenture and Securities shall continue in full force and effect
without any modification or amendment hereby. 

 Section 2.2 Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect. Except as supplemented
hereby, all provisions in the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. 
 Section 2.3 Indenture and Supplemental Indentures
Construed Together. This Twentieth Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together. 

Section 2.4 Confirmation and Preservation of Indenture. The Indenture as supplemented by this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture is
in all respects confirmed and preserved. 
 Section 2.4 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act (the “TIA”) that is required under the TIA to be part of and govern any provision of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, the
provision of the TIA shall control. If any provision of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded by this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be. 
 Section 2.6 Severability. In case
any provision in this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 2.7 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. 
 Section 2.8 Addresses for Notice, etc., to the Parent. For purposes of
Section 105 of the Indenture, the address of the Parent (until another address is furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Parent) is as follows: 

Bank of America Corporation 
 Bank
of America Corporate Center, NC1-007-06-10 
 100 North Tryon Street 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0065 

Attention: Corporate Treasury—Global Funding Transaction Management 

Facsimile Number: (704) 548-5999 

With a copy to: 
 Bank of America
Corporation 
 101 South Tryon Street, NC1-002-29-01 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 

Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department 

Facsimile Number: (980) 386-1670 

Section 2.8 Headings. The Article and Section headings of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered part of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

Section 2.9 Benefits of Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture. 

 Section 2.10 Concerning the Trustee. In entering into this Twentieth Supplemental
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere so provided in this Twentieth
Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Parent, as applicable, and
not of the Trustee. 
 Section 2.11 Counterparts. This Twentieth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

Section 2.12 Governing Law. This Twentieth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of the State of New York. 
 Section 2.13 Notice to the Trustee. The Parent shall give the Trustee prompt notice of the Merger
Effective Time. 
 [Signature Page Follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed as of the date first written above. 
  

					
	THE PARENT:
	
	Bank of America Corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANGELA C. JONES

		 	Name:	 	Angela C. Jones
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE COMPANY:
	
	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANGELA C. JONES

		 	Name:	 	Angela C. Jones
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE TRUSTEE:
	
	The Bank of New York Mellon
		
	By:	 	 /s/ FRANCINE KINCAID

		 	Name:	 	Francine Kincaid
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 [SIGNATURE PAGE – TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO 

THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 1983 AND RESTATED AS OF APRIL 1, 1987]EX-4.201

 Exhibit 4.201 

EXECUTION VERSION 
 BANK
OF AMERICA CORPORATION 
  
  

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

Dated as of September 30, 2013 
  

 
 Supplementing the Indenture, 

Dated as of October 1, 1993, 

of 
 MERRILL LYNCH & CO.,
INC. 
 to 
 THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON 
 (formerly known as The Bank of New York), 

as Successor Trustee, 
 as Amended
and Supplemented 

 SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 30, 2013 (this “Second Supplemental Indenture”), by and
among BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Parent”), MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (formerly known as The Bank of New York), a New York banking corporation, as successor trustee under the Indenture referred to herein (the
“Trustee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H:  

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee its Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1993 (as amended
and supplemented, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of senior indebtedness of the Company (the “Securities”); 

WHEREAS, there is outstanding under the Indenture one or more series of the Securities; 

WHEREAS, the Parent owns directly all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company; 

WHEREAS, the Parent intends to merge the Company into the Parent pursuant to Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the “DGCL”), with the Parent continuing as the surviving corporation of, and assuming all obligations of the Company in, such merger (the “Merger”), effective at the date and time the Certificate of Ownership and
Merger with respect to the Merger (the “Certificate of Ownership and Merger”) is filed by the Parent with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or at such later date and time as is set forth in the Certificate of
Ownership and Merger (such effective date and time, the “Merger Effective Time”); 
 WHEREAS, at the Merger
Effective Time the separate corporate existence of the Company shall cease, and, from and after the Merger Effective Time, the Parent shall possess all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises and be subject to all of the obligations,
liabilities, restrictions, disabilities and duties of the Company, all as provided under the DGCL; 
 WHEREAS, Section 801 of
the Indenture provides, in part, that the Company may merge into any other corporation provided that the successor corporation in the merger shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a state
thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration in respect of, and interest on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance
and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company by supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee and such successor corporation shall not, immediately after such merger, be in default in the
performance of any such covenant or condition; 
 WHEREAS, Section 901(1) of the Indenture provides that, without consent of any
Holders of the Securities, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants of the Company under the Indenture and in the Securities contained; 

 WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company and the Parent desire to execute and
deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture in compliance and accordance with Sections 801 and 901(1) of the Indenture, and by this Second Supplemental Indenture to amend and supplement the Indenture in certain respects to evidence the succession of
the Parent to the Company and the express assumption by the Parent of the covenants of the Company in the Indenture and contained in the Securities at the Merger Effective Time; 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent have requested that the Trustee join with them in the execution and delivery of this Second
Supplemental Indenture, and, pursuant to the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Second Supplemental Indenture; and 

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
on the part of each of the Company and the Parent, and all conditions precedent and acts and things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally binding instrument in accordance with its terms have been complied with,
done and performed. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the Company, the Parent and the Trustee hereby covenant and
agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 

ASSUMPTION AND SUCCESSION BY THE SUCCESSOR CORPORATION 

Section 1.1. Assumption of Obligations. Pursuant to, and in compliance and accordance with, Section 801 of the Indenture, by
this Second Supplemental Indenture, at the Merger Effective Time, the Parent expressly assumes the due and punctual delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration in respect of, and interest on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and
the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company. 

Section 1.2. Substitution; Relief of Obligation. Pursuant to Section 802 of the Indenture, at the Merger Effective Time, the
Parent shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named in the Indenture as the party of the first part, and the Company shall be relieved of all obligations under the Indenture and the Securities.

 Section 1.3. Representations of the Parent. The Parent represents and warrants that it is a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and the surviving corporation in the Merger. 
 ARTICLE II 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 2.1 Effectiveness of Second Supplemental Indenture. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof; provided, however, that neither the Parent’s express assumption pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof nor succession and substitution pursuant to Section 1.2 hereof shall be operative or have any effect until
the Merger Effective Time, and at the Merger Effective Time, Section 1.1 and Section 1.2 hereof shall be effective and operative without further action by any party. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, in the event the
Merger fails to occur on or prior to December 31, 2013, then the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall be automatically null and void and of no force or effect, and the Indenture and Securities shall continue in full force and effect
without any modification or amendment hereby. 

 Section 2.2 Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect. Except as supplemented
hereby, all provisions in the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. 
 Section 2.3 Indenture and Supplemental Indentures
Construed Together. This Second Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together. 

Section 2.4 Confirmation and Preservation of Indenture. The Indenture as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture is in
all respects confirmed and preserved. 
 Section 2.4 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Second
Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act (the “TIA”) that is required under the TIA to be part of and govern any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the
provision of the TIA shall control. If any provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded by this Second Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be. 
 Section 2.6 Severability. In case any
provision in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

Section 2.7 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Second Supplemental Indenture have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Indenture. 
 Section 2.8 Addresses for Notice, etc., to the Parent. For purposes of Section 105 of
the Indenture, the address of the Parent (until another address is furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Parent) is as follows: 
 Bank
of America Corporation 
 Bank of America Corporate Center, NC1-007-06-10 

100 North Tryon Street 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0065 

Attention: Corporate Treasury—Global Funding Transaction Management 

Facsimile Number: (704) 548-5999 

With a copy to: 
 Bank of America
Corporation 
 101 South Tryon Street, NC1-002-29-01 

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 

Attention: General Counsel, Legal Department 

Facsimile Number: (980) 386-1670 

Section 2.8 Headings. The Article and Section headings of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered part of this Second Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

Section 2.9 Benefits of Second Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this Second Supplemental Indenture, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Second Supplemental Indenture. 

 Section 2.10 Concerning the Trustee. In entering into this Second Supplemental
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere so provided in this Second Supplemental
Indenture. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Parent, as applicable, and not of the
Trustee. 
 Section 2.11 Counterparts. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original; but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 
 Section 2.12
Governing Law. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 

Section 2.13 Notice to the Trustee. The Parent shall give the Trustee prompt notice of the Merger Effective Time. 

[Signature Page Follows] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above. 
  

					
	THE PARENT:
	
	Bank of America Corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANGELA C. JONES

		 	Name:	 	Angela C. Jones
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE COMPANY:
	
	Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ ANGELA C. JONES

		 	Name:	 	Angela C. Jones
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE TRUSTEE:
	
	The Bank of New York Mellon
		
	By:	 	 /s/ FRANCINE KINCAID

		 	Name:	 	Francine Kincaid
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 [SIGNATURE PAGE – SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO 

THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1993]

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