Exhibit 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF RETIREMENT
OF
1,972,730 SHARES OF ESOP CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES C
AND
6,568 SHARES OF $2.50 CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES BB
OF
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Pursuant to Section 243(b)
of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware
Bank of America Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Corporation), hereby certifies as follows:
1. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as amended, the Certificate of Incorporation) (a) authorizes the issuance of up to 12,900,000,000 shares of capital stock of the Corporation; (b) authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock); (c) designates 3,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock as ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C, par value $0.01 per share (the Series C Preferred Stock); and (d) designates 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock as $2.50 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series BB, par value $0.01 per share (the Series BB Preferred Stock).
2. The Corporation (i) duly issued 1,972,730 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, and all 1,972,730 shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been redeemed, repurchased, or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation (the Series C Reacquired Shares) and (ii) duly issued 6,568 shares of Series BB Preferred Stock, and all 6,568 shares of Series BB Preferred Stock have been redeemed, repurchased, or otherwise reacquired by the Corporation (the Series BB Reacquired Shares and together with the Series C Reacquired Shares, the Reacquired Shares).
3. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Reacquired Shares shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and thus prohibits the reissuance of the Reacquired Shares as shares of Series C Preferred Stock and Series BB Preferred Stock, respectively.
Accordingly, pursuant to the provisions of Section 243(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the effectiveness of this Certificate of Retirement, the Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended so as to (a) reduce the total number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock the Corporation is authorized to issue from 3,000,000 to 1,027,270; and (b) reduce the total number of shares of Series BB Preferred Stock the Corporation is authorized to issue from 20,000,000 to 19,993,432. This Certificate of Retirement shall not affect the total number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Corporation or the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank of America Corporation has caused this Certificate of Retirement to be signed by its duly authorized officer, this 27th day of December, 2019.
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Ross E. Jeffries, Jr. | |
Ross E. Jeffries, Jr. | ||
Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |