As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2006.
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):
July 26, 2006
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-6523
(Commission File Number)
56-0906609
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
(Address of principal executive offices)
28255
(Zip Code)
704.386.8486
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.05. Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.
On July 26, 2006, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”), upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, approved amendments to the Corporation’s Code of Ethics that will be effective on January 1, 2007. The amendments included the following: (1) the addition of policies with respect to trading in securities or financial instruments and misuse of material nonpublic information (which are currently contained in the Corporation’s General Policy on Insider Trading); and (2) the addition of a prohibition on the solicitation of other directors, officers or employees for political contributions, other than legally permitted solicitations for Corporation-sponsored political action committees.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Kenneth L. Wagner | |
| Kenneth L. Wagner Associate General Counsel | ||
Dated: July 27, 2006