As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2011
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 11, 2011
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-6523   56-0906609
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
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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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) The annual meeting of stockholders of Bank of America Corporation (the “Company”) was held on May 11, 2011.
(b) The stockholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director; approved the advisory vote on executive compensation; voted, on an advisory basis, in favor of holding future advisory votes on executive compensation every year; and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm for 2011. The stockholders did not approve any of the stockholder proposals, which are listed below.
1.   Election of Directors:
                                 
    Shares For     Shares Against     Shares Abstain     Non-Votes  
Mukesh D. Ambani
     5,765,070,053       338,528,615       20,867,766       2,008,938,488  
Susan S. Bies
     6,024,666,325       80,316,244       19,483,865       2,008,938,488  
Frank P. Bramble, Sr.
     5,927,528,783       176,660,148       20,277,503       2,008,938,488  
Virgis W. Colbert
     5,093,617,192       1,001,305,145       29,544,097       2,008,938,488  
Charles K. Gifford
     5,902,199,632       202,059,170       20,207,632       2,008,938,488  
Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
     6,016,500,312       87,574,771       20,391,352       2,008,938,488  
D. Paul Jones, Jr.
     6,022,753,990       80,884,927       20,827,517       2,008,938,488  
Monica C. Lozano
     5,673,448,968       428,974,367       22,043,099       2,008,938,488  
Thomas J. May
     5,946,799,142       156,988,795       20,678,497       2,008,938,488  
Brian T. Moynihan
     6,021,321,803       83,988,690       19,155,941       2,008,938,488  
Donald E. Powell
     5,999,430,231       104,817,066       20,219,137       2,008,938,488  
Charles O. Rossotti
     4,912,442,358       1,185,672,879       26,351,197       2,008,938,488  
Robert W. Scully
     5,980,889,268       123,239,474       20,337,692       2,008,938,488  
2.   Advisory (Non-Binding) “Say on Pay” Vote to Approve Executive Compensation:
         
For     5,628,425,240  
Against     429,938,745  
Abstain     66,102,449  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
3.   Advisory (Non-Binding) Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory “Say on Pay” Votes:
         
One year     5,436,235,018  
Two years     35,340,670  
Three years     612,447,625  
Abstain     40,443,121  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
4.   Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as registered independent public accounting firm for 2011:
         
For     7,326,279,686  
Against     762,073,390  
Abstain     45,051,846  
5.   Stockholder Proposal: Disclosure of Government Employment:
         
For     239,438,909  
Against     5,017,924,634  
Abstain     867,102,891  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  

 

 

6.   Stockholder Proposal: Stockholder Action by Written Consent
         
For     2,886,486,985  
Against     3,178,529,498  
Abstain     59,449,951  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
7.   Stockholder Proposal: Mortgage Servicing Operations:
         
For     2,212,804,891  
Against     3,388,905,766  
Abstain     522,755,777  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
8.   Stockholder Proposal: Grassroots Lobbying:
         
For     1,679,712,939  
Against     3,451,591,390  
Abstain     993,162,105  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
9.   Stockholder Proposal: Over-the-Counter Derivatives Trading:
         
For     1,886,133,455  
Against     3,721,108,575  
Abstain     517,224,404  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
10.   Stockholder Proposal: Cumulative Voting in Contested Director Elections:
         
For     2,221,537,622  
Against     3,867,438,787  
Abstain     35,490,025  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
11.   Stockholder Proposal: Recoupment of Incentive Compensation Paid to Senior Executives:
         
For     2,153,198,058  
Against     3,917,353,784  
Abstain     53,914,592  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  
12.   Stockholder Proposal: Prohibition of Certain Relocation Benefits to Senior Executives:
         
For     2,159,756,995  
Against     3,915,104,975  
Abstain     49,604,464  
Non-Votes     2,008,938,488  

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
 		  
  By:   /s/ Craig T. Beazer   
    Craig T. Beazer   
    Deputy General Counsel   
 
Dated May 11, 2011