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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
56-0906609
(State of incorporation
(IRS Employer
or organization)
Identification No.)
100
North Tryon Street
Charlotte,
North Carolina
28255
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
If
this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction
A.(c), check the following box. /X/
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g)
of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d),
check the
following box. / /
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
333-83503.
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered:
each class is to be registered:
S&P 500 Index® Linked Notes, due 2003 American Stock Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:
None
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
The title of the class of securities to be registered hereunder is: Bank of America Corporation S&P 500 Index® Linked Notes, due 2003 (the "Notes"). A description of the Notes registered hereunder is set forth under the caption "Description of Debt Securities" in the prospectus included in the Registrant's Form S-3 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-83503) (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 12, 1999, as supplemented by the information under the caption "Description of the Notes" in the prospectus supplement dated June 5, 2001 filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which description is incorporated herein by reference, and "Description of the Notes" in the pricing supplement dated November 9, 2001 filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Act, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits.
1. Form of Registrant's S&P 500 Index® Linked Notes, due 2003.
2.
Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995 between the Registrant and The Bank
of New York,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-57533); as supplemented by a First Supplemental
Indenture
dated as of September 18, 1998, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3
of the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 18, 1998 and a Second Supplemental
Indenture dated as of May 7, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.4 of the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2001.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Date: November 14, 2001
By: /s/ KAREN A. GOSNELL
KAREN A. GOSNELL
Senior Vice President
Exhibit Index
1. Form of Registrant's S&P 500 Index® Linked Notes, due 2003.
2. Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995 between
the Registrant and The Bank of New York,
incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No.
333-57533); as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture
dated as of September 18,
1998, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K
filed November 18, 1998 and a Second Supplemental Indenture
dated as of May 7, 2001,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed
June 6, 2001.