As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 2009

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):

January 8, 2009

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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)

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:

As previously disclosed, pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated October 26, 2008 (the “October Purchase Agreement”), Bank of America Corporation (the “Registrant”) sold to the United States Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) 600,000 shares of the Registrant’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series N (the “Series N Preferred Stock”), and warrants to purchase 73,075,674 shares of Bank of America Corporation common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000,000. Simultaneously with the Registrant’s entry into the Purchase Agreement, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”) entered into an agreement with Treasury (the “Merrill Agreement”) which would have allowed Merrill Lynch to sell preferred stock and warrants to Treasury for a purchase price of $10,000,000,000 prior to January 31, 2009, under certain circumstances. Treasury agreed with the Registrant that if the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of September 15, 2008 by and between Merrill Lynch and the Registrant occurred prior to the closing of the issuance and sale of Merrill Lynch preferred stock and warrants to Treasury as contemplated by the Merrill Agreement, then the Merrill Agreement would be terminated and Treasury would purchase and the Registrant would issue (i) 400,000 additional shares of the Registrant’s preferred stock with substantially identical terms as the Series N Preferred Stock and (ii) warrants to purchase 48,717,116 additional shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $30.79 and substantially identical terms to the prior warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000,000.

In accordance with the October Purchase Agreement, on January 9, 2009 the Registrant entered into a Letter Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Treasury, pursuant to which the Registrant agreed to issue and sell 400,000 shares of Bank of America Corporation Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series Q (the “Series Q Preferred Stock”) and to issue warrants to purchase the additional 48,717,116 shares of Common Stock for a purchase price of $10,000,000,000 in cash. The Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

In connection with the issuance and sale of the Series Q Preferred Stock, the warrant dated October 28, 2008, which was exercisable for 73,075,674 shares of Common Stock, was surrendered and cancelled pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement and replaced with a warrant to purchase 121,792,790 shares of the Registrant’s common stock (the “Warrant”) (which represents the 73,075,674 shares represented by such surrendered and cancelled warrant, plus the additional warrants to purchase 48,717,116 shares of Common Stock). The Warrant has a 10-year term expiring in October 2018 and is immediately exercisable upon its issuance, with an exercise price, subject to anti-dilution adjustments, equal to $30.79 per share of the Common Stock. The Warrant is attached as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Series Q Preferred Stock will qualify as Tier 1 capital and will pay cumulative dividends at a rate of 5% per annum for the first five years, and 9% per annum thereafter. The Series Q Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Registrant after three years. Prior to the end of three years, the Series Q Preferred Stock may be redeemed by the Registrant only with proceeds from the sale of qualifying equity securities of the Registrant (a “Qualified Equity Offering”). The restrictions on redemption are set forth in the Certificate of Designations described in Item 5.03 below.

If the Registrant receives aggregate gross cash proceeds of not less than $25,000,000,000 from Qualified Equity Offerings on or prior to December 31, 2009, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to Treasury’s exercise of the Warrant will be reduced by one half of the shares represented by the Warrant, taking into account all adjustments, underlying the Warrant. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Treasury has agreed not to exercise voting power with respect to any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrant.

The Series Q Preferred Stock and the Warrant were issued in a private placement exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Upon the request of Treasury at any time, the Registrant has agreed to promptly enter into a deposit arrangement pursuant to which the Series Q Preferred Stock may be deposited and depositary shares (“Depositary Shares”), representing fractional shares of Series Q Preferred Stock, may be issued. The Registrant has agreed to register or designate a registration statement for the Series Q Preferred Stock, the Warrant, the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”) and Depositary Shares, if any, as soon as practicable after the date of the issuance of the Series Q Preferred Stock and the Warrant. Neither the Series Q Preferred Stock nor the Warrant will be subject to any contractual restrictions on transfer, except that Treasury may only transfer or exercise an aggregate of one-half of the Warrant Shares prior to the earlier of the receipt by the Registrant of aggregate gross cash proceeds of not less than $25,000,000,000 from Qualified Equity Offerings and December 31, 2009.

The information set forth under “Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

Upon issuance of the Series Q Preferred Stock on January 9, 2009, the ability of the Registrant to declare or pay dividends or distributions on, or purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for consideration, shares of its Junior Stock (as defined below) and Parity Stock (as defined below) will be subject to restrictions, including the Registrant’s restriction against increasing dividends from the last quarterly cash dividend per share ($0.32) declared on the Common Stock prior to October 14, 2008, without the prior approval of the Treasury. The redemption, purchase or other acquisition of trust preferred securities of the Registrant or its affiliates also will be restricted and shall require the prior approval of the Treasury. These restrictions will terminate on the earlier of (a) the third anniversary of the date of issuance of the Series Q Preferred Stock and (b) the date on which the Series Q Preferred Stock has been redeemed in whole or Treasury has transferred all of the Series Q Preferred Stock to third parties. The restrictions described in this paragraph are set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

In addition, pursuant to the Certificate of Designations, the ability of the Registrant to declare or pay dividends or distributions on, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for consideration, shares of its Junior Stock and Parity Stock will be subject to restrictions in the event that the Registrant fails to declare and pay full dividends (or declare and set aside a sum

sufficient for payment thereof) on its Series Q Preferred Stock. These restrictions are set forth in the Certificate of Designations described in Item 5.03.

“Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and any other class or series of stock of the Registrant the terms of which expressly provide that it ranks junior to the Series Q Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Registrant. “Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Registrant the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to the Series Q Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Registrant (in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively).

On January 8, 2009, the Registrant filed a Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Delaware Secretary of State for the purpose of amending its Certificate of Incorporation to fix the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series Q Preferred Stock. The Series Q Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. The Certificate of Designations is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

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.

Dated: January 12, 2008

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