UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

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

(State of incorporation or organization)

56-0906609

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

Bank of America Corporate Center

100 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

(Address of principal executive offices)

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), please 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), please check the following box.   ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-158663

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered

Warrants (expiring January 16, 2019)   New York Stock Exchange

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

 

 

 


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

The title of the securities to be registered hereunder is “Warrants (expiring January 16, 2019)”. A description of the Securities is set forth under (i) the section captioned “Description of Warrants” in the Registrant’s Prospectus, dated April 20, 2009 (the “Base Prospectus”), which relates to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 158663), as supplemented by (ii) the section captioned “Description of Warrants” in the Registrant’s Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated March 1, 2010, to the Base Prospectus, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

Item 2. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description and Method of Filing

4.1    Warrant Agreement dated March 3, 2010, among the Registrant, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
4.2    Form of Warrant (included as part of Exhibit No. 4.1)

 

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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 by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

    BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Date: March 4, 2010     By:  

/s/ TERESA M. BRENNER

       

Teresa M. Brenner

Associate General Counsel

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

4.1    Warrant Agreement dated March 3, 2010, among the Registrant, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
4.2    Form of Warrant (included as part of Exhibit No. 4.1)

 

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