As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2021

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Bank of America Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware  

Bank of America Corporate Center

100 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

   56-0906609

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(Address of principal executive offices,

including zip code)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Bank of America Corporation Equity Plan

(previously named the Bank of America Corporation Key Employee Equity Plan

and prior thereto the Bank of America Corporation 2003 Key Associate Stock Plan)

(Full title of the plan)

ROSS E. JEFFRIES, JR.

Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America Corporate Center

100 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

(704) 386-5681

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

RICHARD W. VIOLA

McGuireWoods LLP

201 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ☒    Accelerated filer   ☐
Non-accelerated filer   ☐    Smaller reporting company   ☐
     Emerging growth company   ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities

to be registered

   

Amount

to be

registered (1)

   

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share (2)

   

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering

price (2)

    Amount of
registration fee (2)

Common Stock

    115,000,000 shares    $40.43    $4,649,450,000    $507,255

 

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction.

(2)

Determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 4, 2021 in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”) to register 115,000,000 shares of the Corporation’s common stock to be offered and sold under the Bank of America Corporation Equity Plan (previously named the Bank of America Corporation Key Employee Equity Plan, and prior thereto the Bank of America Key Associate Stock Plan) (the “Plan”). These shares are in addition to the shares previously registered on the Corporation’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 with respect to the Plan filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2002 (Registration No. 333-102043), December 21, 2004 (Registration No.  333-121513), April 26, 2006 (Registration No.  333-133566), February 3, 2009 (Registration Statement No.  333-157085), June 25, 2010 (Registration No.  333-167797), May 26, 2015 (Registration No.  333-204453), April 29, 2019 (Registration No.  333-231107) and December 22, 2020 (Registration No. 333-251608) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is filed in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E, the Corporation hereby incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Prior Registration Statements and hereby deems such contents to be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit
No.		  

Description of Exhibit

4(a)   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-6523) filed on February 24, 2021
4(b)   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-6523) filed on October 30, 2020
4(c)   Bank of America Corporation Equity Plan, as amended and restated on April  20, 2021, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 1-6523) filed on April 22, 2021
5(a)   Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered*
23(a)   Consent of McGuireWoods LLP (included in Exhibit 5(a))*
23(b)   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
24(a)   Power of Attorney*

*Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on this 11th day of May, 2021.

 

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

By:

  

/s/ Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.

 

Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.

  Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

   

Title

   

Date

*   

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

    May 11, 2021
Brian T. Moynihan
*   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

    May 11, 2021
Paul M. Donofrio
*   

Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Accounting Officer)

    May 11, 2021
Rudolf A. Bless
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Sharon L. Allen
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Susan S. Bies
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Frank P. Bramble, Sr.
*    Director    May 11, 2021

Pierre J.P. de Weck

*    Director    May 11, 2021

Arnold W. Donald

*    Director    May 11, 2021

Linda P. Hudson

*    Director    May 11, 2021

Monica C. Lozano

*    Director    May 11, 2021

Thomas J. May

*    Director    May 11, 2021
Lionel L. Nowell III

Signature

   

Title

   

Date

*    Director    May 11, 2021
Denise L. Ramos      
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Clayton S. Rose      
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Michael D. White
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Thomas D. Woods
*    Director    May 11, 2021
R. David Yost
*    Director    May 11, 2021
Maria T. Zuber

 

*By:   /s/ Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.
  Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.
  Attorney-in-Fact