As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2012
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 23, 2012
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BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 1-6523 | 56-0906609 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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| 100 North Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | |
(704) 386-5681
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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ITEM 5.02. | DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS |
On August 23, 2012, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”) elected Sharon L. Allen, Jack O. Bovender, Jr., Linda P. Hudson and R. David Yost to serve on the Board, effective immediately. At this time, the Board has not yet determined on which of the Board's committees the new directors will serve. Each new director will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Corporation's non-employee director compensation practices and plans described in the Corporation's 2012 Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2012. Under the non-employee director compensation program, each new director will automatically be granted initial restricted stock and cash awards on September 1, 2012 which are pro rated from the date of appointment to the Corporation's next annual meeting of stockholders.
A copy of the news release announcing the event described above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in this report by reference.
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ITEM 9.01. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. |
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
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EXHIBIT NO. | DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT |
99.1 | Press Release dated August 23, 2012 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION |
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| By: | /s/ Lauren A. Mogensen | |
| | Lauren A. Mogensen | |
| | Deputy General Counsel | |
Dated: August 23, 2012
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT NO. | | DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT |
99.1 | | Press Release dated August 23, 2012
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