Exhibit
99.1
THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE
ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the action to be taken,
you should immediately consult your broker, bank manager,
lawyer, accountant, investment adviser or other professional
adviser.
LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL
Offers to Exchange
This document relates to Bank of America Corporations
(Bank of America) offers to exchange (the
exchange offers) all of its outstanding 5.42%
Subordinated Notes due March 15, 2017, or the old
2017 notes, for its 5.42% Subordinated Notes due
March 15, 2017, or its new 2017 notes, and all
of its outstanding 5.49% Subordinated Notes due
March 15, 2019, or its old 2019 notes, for its
5.49% Subordinated Notes due March 15, 2019, or its
new 2019 notes. The old 2017 notes and the old 2019
notes are collectively referred to herein as the old
notes. The new 2017 notes and the new 2019 notes are
collectively referred to herein as the new notes.
The exchange offers are subject to the various conditions
described in the Prospectus, dated
,
2007, (the Prospectus) and in this letter of
transmittal (this Letter of Transmittal).
The old notes were issued on December 19, 2006 in a
transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and were
offered to only to (1) qualified institutional
buyers as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities,
and (2) outside the United States, to persons other than
U.S. persons as defined in Rule 902 under
the Securities Act in compliance with Regulation S under
the Securities Act.
The exchange offers are described in the Prospectus. All terms
and conditions contained in, or otherwise referred to in, the
Prospectus are deemed to be incorporated in, and form a part of,
this Letter of Transmittal. Therefore, you are urged to read
carefully the Prospectus and the items referred to therein. The
terms and conditions contained in the Prospectus, together with
the terms and conditions governing this Letter of Transmittal
and the instructions herein, are collectively referred to herein
as the terms and conditions.
The exchange offers will expire
at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
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2007, unless extended by Bank of America (such date and time, as
extended, the Expiration Date). Any old notes
tendered pursuant to the exchange offers may be withdrawn,
subject to the procedures set forth in the Prospectus and
herein, at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
The Exchange Agent (the
Exchange Agent) for the exchange offers
is:
The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A.
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By Hand, Overnight Courier or
Mail:
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By Registered or Certified
Mail:
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The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A.
c/o The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street 7 East
Corporate Trust Operations
New York, New York 10286
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The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A.
c/o The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street 7 East
Corporate Trust Operations
New York, New York 10286
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Attn: Evangeline R. Gonzales
Reorganization Unit
(if by mail, registered or certified recommended)
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Attn: Evangeline R. Gonzales
Reorganization Unit
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By Facsimile:
(212) 298-1915
Attn: Reorganization Unit
Confirm by Telephone:
(212) 815-3738
Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal to an address other
than as set forth above will not constitute a valid delivery.
For any questions regarding this Letter of Transmittal or for
any additional information, you may contact the Exchange Agent
by telephone at
(212) 815-3738
(Attn: Evangeline R. Gonzales).
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus
and this Letter of Transmittal, which together constitute the
exchange offers. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this
Letter of Transmittal have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Prospectus.
For each old note accepted for exchange, the holder of that old
note will receive a new note having the same maturity date and
in a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered old note.
Old notes accepted for exchange will not receive accrued
interest at the time of exchange. However, each new note will
bear interest:
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from the later of (1) the last interest payment date on
which interest was paid on the old note surrendered in exchange
for the new note, or
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if no interest has been paid on the old note, from
December 19, 2006, the date of issuance of the old notes.
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This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by a holder of old
notes if certificates are to be forwarded with the Letter of
Transmittal. Holders of old notes whose certificates are not
immediately available, or who are unable to deliver their
certificates and all other documents required by this Letter of
Transmittal to the Exchange Agent on or before the Expiration
Date, must either tender their old notes according to the
guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in The Exchange
Offers Guaranteed Delivery Procedures section
of the Prospectus, or comply with DTCs Automated Tender
Offer Procedures (ATOP) for book-entry transfer
described in The Exchange Offers Procedures
for Tendering Old Notes. See Instruction 1.
Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to
the Exchange Agent.
Eligible holders of old notes tendering by book-entry transfer
to the Exchange Agents account at DTC may execute tenders
though ATOP, for which the exchange offer is eligible. Financial
institutions that are DTC participants may execute tenders
through ATOP by transmitting acceptance of the exchange offers
to DTC on or prior to the Expiration Date. In order for the old
notes to be accepted for tender, an eligible holder of old notes
tendering through ATOP must transmit such acceptance on or prior
to the expiration date. DTC will verify acceptance of the
exchange offers, execute a book-entry transfer of the tendered
old notes into the account of the Exchange Agent at DTC and send
to the Exchange Agent a book-entry confirmation,
which shall include an agents message. An
agents message is a message, transmitted by
DTC to, and received by, the Exchange Agent and forming part of
a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an
express acknowledgement from a DTC participant tendering old
notes that the participant has received and agrees to be bound
by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal as an undersigned
hereof and that Bank of America may enforce such agreement
against the participant. Delivery of the agents message by
DTC will satisfy the terms of the exchange offers as to
execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal by the DTC
participant identified in the agents message.
Accordingly, eligible holders who tender their old notes
through DTCs ATOP procedures shall be bound by, but need
not complete, this Letter of Transmittal.
If you are a beneficial owner that holds old notes through
Euroclear or Clearstream and wish to tender your old notes, you
must instruct Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to
block the account in respect of the tendered old notes in
accordance with the procedures established by Euroclear or
Clearstream. You are encouraged to contact Euroclear or
Clearstream directly to ascertain their procedures for tendering
old notes.
The undersigned hereby tenders the old notes described in
Box 1 below pursuant to the terms and conditions described
in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal. The
undersigned is the registered owner of all the tendered old
notes and the undersigned represents that it has received from
each beneficial owner of the tendered old notes (collectively,
the Beneficial Owners), if any, a duly completed and
executed form of Instructions to Registered Holder from
Beneficial Owner accompanying this Letter of Transmittal,
instructing the undersigned to take the action described in this
Letter of Transmittal.
Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of
the tendered old notes, the undersigned hereby exchanges,
assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, Bank of America,
all right, title, and interest in, to, and under the old notes.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and
attorney-in-fact
of the undersigned with respect to the tendered old notes, with
full power of substitution (the power of attorney being deemed
to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest), to
(i) deliver the tendered old notes to Bank of America or
cause ownership of the tendered old notes to be transferred to,
or upon the order of, Bank of America, on the books of the
registrar for the old notes and deliver all accompanying
evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon
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the order of, Bank of America upon receipt by the Exchange
Agent, as the undersigneds agent, of the new notes to
which the undersigned is entitled upon acceptance by Bank of
America of the tendered old notes pursuant to the exchange
offers, and (ii) receive all benefits and otherwise
exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of the tendered old
notes, all in accordance with the terms of the exchange offers.
Unless otherwise indicated under Special Issuance
Instructions below (Box 2), please issue the new
notes exchanged for tendered old notes in the name(s) of the
undersigned. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global
note representing the new notes will be limited to DTC and to
persons that may hold interests through institutions that have
accounts with DTC, which we refer to as participants.
Accordingly, only DTC participants may receive beneficial
interests in the new notes in their own names. If you are not a
DTC participant, you will need to specify the name and account
number of a DTC participant under Special Delivery
Instructions in Box 3. Similarly, unless
otherwise indicated under Special Delivery
Instructions below (Box 3), please send or cause to
be sent the certificates for the new notes (and accompanying
documents, as appropriate) to the undersigned at the address
shown below in Box 1.
The undersigned understands that tenders of old notes pursuant
to the procedures described under the caption The Exchange
Offers in the Prospectus and in the instructions to this
letter will constitute a binding agreement between the
undersigned and Bank of America upon the terms and subject to
the conditions of the exchange offers, subject only to
withdrawal of tenders on the terms set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption The Exchange Offers
Withdrawal of Tenders of Old Notes. All authority
conferred in this Letter of Transmittal or agreed to be
conferred will survive the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of
the undersigned and any Beneficial Owner(s), and every
obligation of the undersigned or any Beneficial Owners under
this Letter of Transmittal will be binding upon the heirs,
personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors,
assigns, trustees in bankruptcy and other legal representatives
of the undersigned and such Beneficial Owner(s).
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the
undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange,
assign and transfer the old notes being tendered, and that, when
the old notes are accepted for exchange as contemplated in this
letter, Bank of America will acquire good and unencumbered title
thereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens,
restrictions, charges, encumbrances, conditional sale
agreements, other obligations relating to their sale or transfer
and adverse claims. The undersigned and each Beneficial Owner
will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents
reasonably requested by Bank of America or the Exchange Agent as
necessary or desirable to complete and give effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby.
By accepting the exchange offers, the undersigned hereby
represents and warrants that:
(i) the new notes being acquired pursuant to the exchange
offers are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of
the undersigned or of any other person receiving new notes
pursuant to the exchange offers through the undersigned, whether
or not that person is the holder of old notes;
(ii) neither the undersigned nor any other person acquiring
the new notes pursuant to the exchange offers through the
undersigned, whether or not that person is the holder of old
notes, is participating in or has an intent to participate in a
distribution of the new notes;
(iii) neither the undersigned nor any other person
acquiring the new notes pursuant to the exchange offers through
the undersigned, whether or not that person is the holder of old
notes, has an arrangement or understanding with any other person
to participate in a distribution of the new notes; and
(iv) neither the undersigned nor any other person acquiring
the new notes pursuant to the exchange offers through the
undersigned, whether or not that person is the holder of old
notes, is an affiliate, as defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act, of Bank of America.
If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that acquired the old
notes directly from Bank of America in the initial offering and
not as a result of market-making activities or if any of the
foregoing representations and warranties are not true, then the
undersigned is not eligible to participate in the exchange
offers, cannot rely on the interpretations of the staff of the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the
exchange offers and must comply with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with the resale of the undersigneds new notes.
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If any of the undersigned or any other person acquiring the new
notes pursuant to the exchange offers through the undersigned,
whether or not that person is the holder of old notes, is a
broker-dealer that will receive new notes for its own account in
exchange for old notes that were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, it hereby
represents and warrants that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of new notes; however, by so
acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned
will not be deemed to admit that it is an
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act.
The undersigned understands that the delivery and surrender of
the old notes is not effective, and the risk of loss of the old
notes does not pass to the Exchange Agent, until receipt by the
Exchange Agent of this Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile
hereof), properly completed and duly executed, or a properly
transmitted agents message, together with all accompanying
evidences of authority and any other required documents in form
satisfactory to Bank of America. All questions as to the
validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and
acceptance of any tendered notes pursuant to the procedures
described above will be determined by Bank of America in its
sole discretion (whose determination shall be final and binding).
CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED WITH
THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED
PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY DELIVERED
TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE BOX 4 BELOW.
PLEASE
READ THIS ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CAREFULLY
BEFORE COMPLETING THE BOXES
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Box 1
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DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES TENDERED
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(Attach additional signed
pages, if necessary)
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Name(s) and Address(es) of
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Aggregate
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Registered Holder(s),
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CUSIP
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Certificate
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Principal
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Aggregate
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exactly as name(s) appear(s) on Note
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Number
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Number(s)
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Amount
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Principal
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Certificate(s)
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of
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of
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Represented by
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Amount
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(Please fill in, if blank)
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Old Notes
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Old Notes
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Certificate(s)
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Tendered*
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TOTAL
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* The minimum permitted
tender is $100,000 in principal amount of old notes. All other
tenders must be in integral multiples of $100,000 of principal
amount. Unless otherwise indicated in this column, the aggregate
principal amount of the old notes represented by the
certificates identified in this Box 1 or delivered to the
Exchange Agent with this letter will be deemed tendered. See
Instruction 3.
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Box 2
SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 4, 5 and 6)
To be completed ONLY if certificates for old notes not
exchanged
and/or new
notes are to be issued in the name of and sent to someone other
than the undersigned.
Issue new note(s)
and/or old
notes to:
(Please Type or Print)
(Include Zip Code)
(Tax Identification or Social
Security Number)
Box 3
SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 4, 5 and 6)
To be completed ONLY if new notes are to be issued to
someone other than the undersigned, or to the undersigned at an
address or a DTC account other than that shown in Box 1.
Issue new note(s) to:
Name(s) of
(Please Type or Print)
DTC participant
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Contact name of
tendering holders
broker or custodian:
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Contact telephone number:
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This
Box 3 must be completed if
you are NOT a DTC participant.
Box 4
USE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
(See Instruction 1)
To be completed ONLY if old notes are being tendered by
means of a notice of guaranteed delivery.
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Name(s) of Registered
Holder(s):
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Date of Execution of Notice
of Guaranteed
Delivery: _
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Name of Institution which
Guaranteed
Delivery: _
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BOX 5
TENDERING HOLDER SIGNATURE
(See Instructions 1 and 4)
(Signature
of Registered Holder(s) or Authorized Signatory)
Note: The above lines must be signed by the
registered holder(s) of old notes as their name(s) appear(s) on
the old notes or by person(s) authorized to become registered
holder(s) (evidence of which authorization must be transmitted
with this Letter of Transmittal). If signature is by a trustee,
executor, administrator, guardian,
attorney-in-fact,
officer, or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity, that person must set forth his or her full title
below. See Instruction 4.
(Include Zip Code)
(Area Code and Telephone
Number)
(Tax Identification or Social
Security Number)
(If Required by
Instruction 4)
(Please Type or Print)
(Must be an Eligible Institution
as defined in Instruction 1)
(Include Zip Code)
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Area Code and Telephone
Number:
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If you are a DTC participant, please provide your DTC
participant account
number: _
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INSTRUCTIONS TO
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
FORMING PART OF THE TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
OF THE EXCHANGE
OFFERS
1. Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and
Certificates; Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures. This Letter of Transmittal is to be
used if (a) certificates for old notes are to be physically
delivered to the Exchange Agent herewith or (b) tenders are
to be made according to the guaranteed delivery procedures, each
as set forth in the Prospectus.
To validly tender old notes pursuant to the exchange offers,
either (a) the Exchange Agent must receive a properly
completed and duly executed copy of this Letter of Transmittal
with any required signature guarantees, together with either a
properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery or certificates for the old notes, as the case may be,
and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal,
(b) a holder of old notes must comply with the guaranteed
delivery procedures set forth below, or (c) a holder must
comply with the ATOP procedures for book-entry transfer
described below on or before the expiration date.
The Exchange Agent and DTC have confirmed that the exchange
offer are eligible for DTCs ATOP with respect to
book-entry notes held through DTC. The Letter of Transmittal
with any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of
book-entry transfer, an agents message in lieu of the
Letter of Transmittal, and any other required documents, must be
transmitted to and received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to
the Expiration Date. Old notes will not be deemed to have been
tendered until the Letter of Transmittal and signature
guarantees, if any, or agents message, is received by the
Exchange Agent.
Any financial institution that is a nominee in DTC, including
Euroclear and Clearstream, must tender old notes by effecting a
book-entry transfer of old notes to be tendered in the exchange
offers into the account of the Exchange Agent at DTC by
electronically transmitting its acceptance of the exchange
offers through the ATOP procedures for transfer. DTC will then
verify the acceptance, execute a book-entry delivery to the
Exchange Agents account at DTC and send an agents
message to the Exchange Agent. An agents
message is a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received
by, the Exchange Agent and forming part of a book-entry
confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express
acknowledgement from an organization that participates in DTC,
which we refer to as a participant, tendering old
notes that the participant has received and agrees to be bound
by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that we may
enforce the agreement against the participant. A Letter of
Transmittal need not accompany tenders effected through ATOP.
Holders of old notes who desire to tender such notes pursuant to
the exchange offers and whose certificates representing the old
notes are not lost but are not immediately available, or time
will not permit all required documents to reach the Exchange
Agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date, may tender their old notes pursuant to the
guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under
The Exchange Offers Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures. Pursuant to those procedures, (a) tender
must be made by a firm that is a member of a registered national
securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an
office or correspondent in the United States or an
eligible guarantor institution as defined by
Rule 17Ad-15
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (each, an
Eligible Institution) and, in each instance, that is
a recognized participant in the Securities Transfer Agent
Medallion Program (STAMP) or a recognized
participant in the Securities Exchange Agents Medallion Program
or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (a Medallion
Signature Guarantor), (b) the Exchange Agent must
have received from the Eligible Institution, before
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, a
properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery (by mail, hand delivery, or overnight carrier), and
(c) the certificates for all physically delivered old notes
in proper form for transfer together with a properly completed
and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and all other documents
required by this Letter of Transmittal or the Prospectus, must
be received by the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock
Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date, all as provided
in the Prospectus under the caption The Exchange
Offers Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.
The method of delivery of this Letter of Transmittal, the
certificates for old notes and other required documents is at
the election and risk of the tendering holder. Except as
otherwise provided in this Letter of Transmittal and in the
Prospectus, delivery will be deemed made only when actually
received by the Exchange Agent. If delivery is by mail, we
recommend that the holder use properly insured, registered mail
with return
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receipt requested, and that the mailing be made sufficiently
in advance of the Expiration Date to permit delivery to the
Exchange Agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date.
2. Beneficial Owner Instructions to Registered
Holders. Only a holder in whose name tendered old
notes are registered on the books of the registrar (or the legal
representative or
attorney-in-fact
of that registered holder) may execute and deliver this Letter
of Transmittal. Any Beneficial Owner, if any, of tendered old
notes who is not the registered holder must arrange promptly
with the registered holder to execute and deliver this Letter of
Transmittal on his or her behalf through the execution and
delivery to the registered holder of the Instructions to
Registered Holder from Beneficial Owner form accompanying this
Letter of Transmittal.
3. Partial Tenders. Tenders of old
notes will be accepted only in integral multiples of $100,000 in
principal amount. If less than the entire principal amount of
old notes held by the holder is tendered, the tendering holder
should fill in the principal amount tendered in the column
labeled Aggregate Principal Amount Tendered of
Box 1 above. The entire principal amount of old notes
delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been
tendered unless otherwise indicated. If the entire principal
amount of all old notes held by the holder is not tendered, then
old notes for the principal amount of old notes not tendered and
new notes issued in exchange for any old notes tendered and
accepted will be sent to the holder at his or her registered
address, unless a different address is provided in the
appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal, promptly
following the Expiration Date.
4. Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal; Bond
Powers and Endorsements; Guarantee of
Signatures. If this Letter of Transmittal is
signed by the registered holder(s) of the tendered old notes,
the signature must correspond with the name(s) as written on the
face of the tendered old notes without alteration, enlargement
or any change whatsoever.
If any of the tendered old notes are registered in the name of
two or more holders, all holders must sign this Letter of
Transmittal. If any old notes tendered hereby are registered in
different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to
complete, sign and submit as many separate copies of the Letter
of Transmittal as there are different registrations of
certificates.
If this Letter of Transmittal or any old note or instrument of
transfer is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator,
guardian,
attorney-in-fact,
agent, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a
fiduciary or representative capacity, such person should so
indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to Bank
of America of such persons authority to so act must be
submitted.
When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered
holders of the old notes tendered hereby, no endorsements of the
old notes or separate instruments of transfer are required
unless new notes, or old notes not tendered or exchanged, are to
be issued to a person other than the registered holders, in
which case signatures on the old notes or instruments of
transfer must be guaranteed by a Medallion Signature Guarantor,
unless the signature is that of an Eligible Institution.
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed other than by the
registered holders of the old notes tendered hereby, those old
notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments
of transfer and a duly completed proxy entitling the signer of
this Letter of Transmittal to consent with respect to those old
notes, on behalf of the registered holders, in any case signed
exactly as the name or names of the registered holders appear on
the old notes, and signatures on those old notes or instruments
of transfer and proxy must be guaranteed by a Medallion
Signature Guarantor, unless the signature is that of an Eligible
Institution.
Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a
Medallion Signature Guarantor, unless (a) the old notes
tendered hereby are tendered by a registered holder that has not
completed Box 2 entitled Special Issuance
Instructions or Box 3 entitled Special Delivery
Instructions in this Letter of Transmittal, or
(b) the old notes are tendered for the account of an
Eligible Institution. If the old notes are registered in the
name of a person other than the signer of this Letter of
Transmittal, if old notes not accepted for exchange or not
tendered are to be registered in the name of or returned to a
person other than the registered holder, or if new notes are to
be issued to someone or delivered to someone other than the
registered holder of the old notes, then the signatures on this
Letter of Transmittal accompanying the tendered old notes must
be guaranteed by a Medallion Signature Guarantor as described
above.
The Letter of Transmittal and old notes should be sent only to
the Exchange Agent, and not to Bank of America or DTC.
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5. Special Issuance and Delivery
Instructions. Tendering holders should indicate,
in the appropriate box (Box 2 or 3), the name and address
to which the new notes
and/or
substitute certificates evidencing old notes for principal
amounts not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be
sent, if different from the name and address of the person
signing this Letter of Transmittal. In the case of issuance in a
different name, the taxpayer identification or social security
number of the person named must also be indicated. If no
instructions are given, the old notes not exchanged will be
returned to the name or address of the person signing this
Letter of Transmittal. The new notes are being issued in
book-entry form only. Holders of old notes who are not DTC
participants must specify the name of a DTC participant to
receive their new notes.
6. Transfer Taxes. Bank of America
will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange
of tendered old notes pursuant to the exchange offers. If,
however, new notes
and/or
substitute old notes not exchanged are to be delivered to, or
are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other
than the registered holder of the old notes tendered hereby, or
if old notes tendered hereby are registered in the name of any
person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal,
or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the
transfer and exchange of tendered old notes pursuant to the
exchange offers, then the amount of any such transfer taxes
(whether imposed on the registered holder or on any other
person) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory
evidence of payment of those taxes or exemption from those taxes
is not submitted with this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of
those transfer taxes will be billed directly to the tendering
holder.
Except as provided in this Instruction 6, it will not be
necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the tendered
old notes listed in this Letter of Transmittal.
7. Validity of Tenders. All
questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time
of receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of tenders of old notes
will be determined by Bank of America. This determination will
be final and binding. Bank of America reserves the right to
reject any and all tenders of old notes not in proper form or
the acceptance of which for exchange may, in the opinion of Bank
of Americas counsel, be unlawful. Bank of America also
reserves the right to waive any conditions of the exchange
offers or any defect or irregularity in the tender of old notes.
The interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange
offers (including this Letter of Transmittal and the
instructions hereto) by Bank of America will be final and
binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or
irregularities in connection with tenders of old notes must be
cured within such time as Bank of America determines. Neither
Bank of America, the Exchange Agent nor any other person will be
under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities
to holders of old notes or incur any liability for failure to
give such notification. Tenders of old notes will not be deemed
to have been made until the defects or irregularities have been
cured or waived. Any old notes received by the Exchange Agent
that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or
irregularities have not been cured or waived, or if old notes
are submitted in principal amount greater than the principal
amount of old notes being tendered, the unaccepted or
non-exchanged old notes or substitute old notes evidencing the
unaccepted or non-exchanged portion of the old notes, as
appropriate, will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the
tendering holders, unless otherwise provided in this Letter of
Transmittal, promptly following the Expiration Date.
8. Waiver of Conditions. Bank of
America reserves the right to waive any of the conditions of the
exchange offers in the case of any tendered old notes.
9. No Conditional Tenders. No
alternative, conditional, irregular, or contingent tender of old
notes or transmittal of this Letter of Transmittal will be
accepted.
10. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed old
notes. Any holder whose old notes have been
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact the Exchange
Agent at the address indicated in this Letter of Transmittal for
further instructions.
11. Requests for Assistance or Additional
Copies. Questions and requests for assistance and
requests for additional copies of the Prospectus or this Letter
of Transmittal may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the
address and telephone number indicated in this Letter of
Transmittal. Holders may also contact their broker, dealer,
commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance
concerning the exchange offers.
12. Acceptance of Tendered old notes and Issuance
of new notes; Return of old notes. Subject to the
terms and conditions of the exchange offers, Bank of America
will accept for exchange all validly tendered old notes promptly
after the Expiration Date and will issue new notes for the old
notes promptly thereafter. For purposes of the exchange offers,
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Bank of America will be deemed to have accepted tendered old
notes when, as and if Bank of America has given written or oral
notice (immediately followed in writing) of acceptance to the
Exchange Agent. If any tendered old notes are not exchanged
pursuant to the exchange offers for any reason, those
unexchanged old notes will be returned, without expense, to the
tendering holder at the address shown in Box 1 or at a
different address as may be indicated in this Letter of
Transmittal under Special Delivery Instructions
(Box 3).
13. Withdrawal. Tenders may be
withdrawn only pursuant to the procedures set forth in the
Prospectus under the caption The Exchange
Offers Withdrawal of Tenders of Old Notes.
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