Filed Pursuant to Rule 433    

Registration No. 333-224523

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES N

$2,000,000,000

REOPENING OF 1.734% FIXED/FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTES, DUE JULY 2027

FINAL TERM SHEET

Dated July 15, 2021

This Final Term Sheet provides information concerning a reopening (as discussed below) of Bank of America Corporation’s 1.734% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due July 2027 described in Pricing Supplement No. 157 dated April 16, 2021 (the “Pricing Supplement”).

 

Issuer:    Bank of America Corporation
Ratings of this Series:    A2 (Moody’s)/A- (S&P)/AA- (Fitch)
Title of the Series:    1.734% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due July 2027 (the “Notes”)
Aggregate Principal Amount to be Issued in Reopening:    The purpose of this Final Term Sheet is to offer additional Notes with an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000,000 (the “reopened notes”). The reopened notes will be a further issuance of, and form a single series with, and have the same terms as the $3,750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued by the Issuer on April 22, 2021 (the “original notes”) pursuant to the Pricing Supplement. The reopened notes will have the same CUSIP number as the original notes and will trade interchangeably with the original notes immediately upon settlement. References to the “Notes” herein collectively refer to the reopened notes and the original notes.
Total Aggregate Principal Amount, After Giving Effect to the Reopening:    $5,750,000,000
Issue Price:    100.907% (not including Accrued Interest)
Accrued Interest:    Provided that delivery of the reopened notes occurs on the scheduled Reopening Settlement Date, the purchasers of the reopened notes will pay Accrued Interest of $8,573,666.67 (from and including April 22, 2021 (the settlement date for the original notes, the “original settlement date”) to, but excluding the Reopening Settlement Date). If delivery of the reopened notes occurs on July 22, 2021, no Accrued Interest will be paid by the purchasers. If delivery of the reopened notes occurs after July 22, 2021, the purchasers will pay Accrued Interest from, and including, July 22, 2021 to, but excluding, the delivery date of the reopened notes.
Selling Agents’ Commission:    0.35%
Net Proceeds to Issuer:    $2,019,713,666.67 (including Accrued Interest but deducting commissions)
Reopening Trade Date:    July 15, 2021
Reopening Settlement Date:    July 21, 2021 (T+4)
Maturity Date:    July 22, 2027
Ranking:    Senior
Minimum Denominations:    $2,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000
Fixed Rate Coupon:    1.734% payable semi-annually in arrears from, and including, the original settlement date to, but excluding, July 22, 2026 (the “Fixed Rate Period”).

 

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Floating Rate Coupon:    Base Rate plus 96 basis points, payable quarterly in arrears from, and including, July 22, 2026 to, but excluding, the Maturity Date (the “Floating Rate Period”).
Base Rate:   

Compounded SOFR, which is a compounded average of daily SOFR (the Secured Overnight Financing Rate) as determined for each quarterly Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period in accordance with the specific formula and other provisions set forth in the Base Rates Supplement No. 1 dated April 15, 2020 (the “Base Rates Supplement”).

 

For more information on the determination of the Base Rate, see “Terms and Provisions Applicable to USD LIBOR Notes, Term SOFR Notes and Compounded SOFR Notes—Compounded SOFR Notes” in the Base Rates Supplement.

Compounded SOFR Convention:    Payment Delay Convention
Interest Periods:   

During the Fixed Rate Period, each semi-annual period from, and including, an Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Period, the original settlement date) to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date.

 

During the Floating Rate Period, each quarterly period from, and including, an Interest Period Demarcation Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period, July 22, 2026) to, but excluding, the next Interest Period Demarcation Date (or, in the case of the final Interest Period, the Maturity Date or, if the Notes are redeemed, the redemption date).

Interest Period Demarcation Dates:    The 22nd of each January, April, July, and October, commencing October 22, 2026 and ending on the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem the Notes prior to the Maturity Date, ending on the redemption date.
Interest Payment Dates:   

During the Fixed Rate Period, January 22 and July 22 of each year, beginning July 22, 2021 and ending July 22, 2026.

 

During the Floating Rate Period, the second Business Day following each Interest Period Demarcation Date; provided that the Interest Payment Date with respect to the final Interest Period will be the Maturity Date or, if the Notes are redeemed, the redemption date.

Rate Cut-Off Date:   

The second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the Maturity Date or redemption date, as applicable.

 

For purposes of calculating Compounded SOFR with respect to the final interest period, the level of SOFR for each U.S. Government Securities Business Day in the period from, and including, the Rate Cut-Off Date to, but excluding, the Maturity Date or redemption date, as applicable, shall be the level of SOFR in respect of such Rate Cut-Off Date.

Day Count Convention:    30/360 during the Fixed Rate Period, Actual/360 during the Floating Rate Period

 

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Business Days:   

During the Fixed Rate Period, New York/Charlotte

 

During the Floating Rate Period, New York/Charlotte and U.S. Government Securities Business Day

Business Day Convention:   

During the Fixed Rate Period, Following Unadjusted Business Day Convention

 

During the Floating Rate Period, Modified Following Business Day Convention (Adjusted)

Treasury Benchmark:    5 year U.S. Treasury, due June 30, 2026
Treasury Yield:    0.775%
Treasury Benchmark Price:    100-15+
Spread to Treasury Benchmark:    77 bps
Reoffer Yield:    1.545%
Listing:    None
Lead Manager and Sole Book-Runner:    BofA Securities, Inc.
Co-Managers:   

Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC

Loop Capital Markets LLC

Mischler Financial Group, Inc.

Multi-Bank Securities, Inc.

R. Seelaus & Co., LLC

Telsey Advisory Group LLC

ANZ Securities, Inc.

Bankinter S.A.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

Capital One Securities, Inc.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Danske Markets Inc.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

Huntington Securities, Inc.

ING Financial Markets LLC

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

nabSecurities, LLC

NatWest Markets Securities Inc.

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

Nykredit Bank A/S

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

Standard Chartered Bank

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Truist Securities, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Westpac Capital Markets LLC

CUSIP:    06051GJS9
ISIN:    US06051GJS93
Concurrent Offerings:   

$3,750,000,000 2.299% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due July 2032

 

$2,000,000,000 2.972% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due July 2052

 

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Optional Redemption:   

The Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, (a) in whole, but not in part, on July 22, 2026, or (b) in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after June 21, 2027 and prior to the Maturity Date, in each case, upon at least 5 business days’ but not more than 60 calendar days’ prior written notice to holders of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.

 

In addition, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after January 21, 2022 (or, if additional Notes are issued after July 21, 2021, beginning six months after the issue date of such additional Notes), and prior to July 22, 2026, upon at least 5 business days’ but not more than 60 calendar days’ prior written notice to the holders of the Notes, at a “make-whole” redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; or

 

(ii) as determined by the quotation agent described below, the sum of the present values of (a) the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, as if paid on July 22, 2026 and (b) the scheduled payments of interest on the Notes to be redeemed, that would have been payable from the redemption date to July 22, 2026, in each case discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the treasury rate plus 15 basis points, minus interest (on the Notes to be redeemed) accrued to, but excluding, the redemption date,

 

plus, in either case of (i) or (ii) above, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest on Notes being redeemed that is due and payable on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to a redemption date for such Notes will be payable on such Interest Payment Date to holders of such Notes being redeemed as of the close of business on the relevant record date according to the terms of the Notes and the Senior Indenture.

 

treasury rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to: (1) the yield, under the heading that represents the average for the week immediately prior to the calculation date, appearing in the most recently published statistical release appearing on the website of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or in another recognized electronic source, in each case, as determined by the quotation agent in its sole discretion, and that establishes yields on

 

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actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity, for the maturity corresponding to the applicable comparable treasury issue; provided that, if no maturity is within three months before or after July 22, 2026, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the applicable comparable treasury issue will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month; or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week immediately prior to the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day-count basis) of the comparable treasury issue, calculated using a price for the applicable comparable treasury issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the related comparable treasury price for such redemption date.

 

The treasury rate will be calculated by the quotation agent on the third business day preceding the applicable redemption date of the Notes.

 

In determining the treasury rate, the below terms will have the following meaning:

 

comparable treasury issue” means, with respect to any redemption date, the U.S. Treasury security or securities selected by the quotation agent as having an actual or interpolated (on a day-count basis) maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed, as if such Notes matured on July 22, 2026, that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes as if such Notes matured on July 22, 2026.

 

comparable treasury price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the average of the reference treasury dealer quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest reference treasury dealer quotations, provided that the quotation agent obtains five reference treasury dealer quotations, or (2) if the quotation agent obtains fewer than five such reference treasury dealer quotations, the average of all such quotations.

 

quotation agent” means BofA Securities, Inc., or its successor, or, if that firm is unwilling or unable to select the comparable treasury issue, an investment bank of national standing appointed by the Issuer.

 

reference treasury dealer” means (1) BofA Securities, Inc., or its successor, unless that firm ceases to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (referred to in this term sheet as a “primary treasury dealer”), in which case the Issuer will substitute another primary treasury dealer and (2) four other primary treasury dealer(s) that the Issuer may select.

 

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reference treasury dealer quotations” means, with respect to each reference treasury dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the quotation agent, of the bid and asked prices for the applicable comparable treasury issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the quotation agent by such reference treasury dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

 

Unless the Issuer defaults on payment of the applicable redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, for so long as such notes are in book-entry only form, such Notes to be redeemed will be selected in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company.

 

Because BofA Securities, Inc. is, and any successor to BofA Securities, Inc. will be, an affiliate of the Issuer, the economic interests of BofA Securities, Inc. or its successor may be adverse to your interests as a holder of the Notes subject to the Issuer’s redemption, including with respect to certain determinations and judgments it must make as quotation agent in the event that the Issuer redeems the Notes before their maturity pursuant to the “make-whole” optional redemption described above.

Bank of America Corporation (the “Issuer”) has filed a registration statement (including the Pricing Supplement, the Base Rates Supplement, a prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read those documents and the other documents that the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering, including additional information about SOFR as well as risks relating to SOFR. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the lead manager will arrange to send you the Pricing Supplement, the Base Rates Supplement, the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus if you request them by contacting BofA Securities, Inc., toll free at 1-800-294-1322. You may also request copies by e-mail from fixedincomeir@bankofamerica.com or dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com.

 

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