Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Stockholder's Equity and Earnings Per Share

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Stockholder's Equity and Earnings Per Share
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholder's Equity and Earnings Per Share
Note 13.
Stockholder's Equity and Earnings Per Share
Preferred Equity
As of October 15, 2010, all of the 12,000 outstanding shares of 9% Mandatory Convertible Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series 2, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference of $100,000 per share and 5,000 outstanding shares of 9% Mandatory Convertible Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series 3, par value $1.00 per share and liquidation preference of $100,000 per share automatically converted into Bank of America common stock in accordance with the terms of these securities. Immediately upon conversion, dividends on such shares of preferred stock ceased to accrue, the rights of holders of such preferred stock ceased, and the persons entitled to receive the shares of Bank of America common stock were treated for all purposes as having become the record and beneficial owners of shares of Bank of America common stock. As a result of the conversion, there were no preferred stock dividends recorded during the year ended December 31, 2011. Preferred stock dividends of $134 million were recorded in the year ended December 31, 2010.
Common Stock
As of the completion of the acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America on January 1, 2009, there have been 1,000 shares of ML & Co. common stock outstanding, all of which are held by Bank of America.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss represents cumulative gains and losses on items that are not reflected in Merrill Lynch’s net (loss) earnings. The balances at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are as follows:
(dollars in millions)
 
December 31,
2011
 
 
December 31,
2010
Foreign currency translation adjustment
 

 
 
 

Unrealized losses, net of gains
$
(744
)
 
 
$
(794
)
Income taxes
765

 
 
931

Total
21

 
 
137

Unrealized (losses) on investment securities available-for-sale
 

 
 
 

Net unrealized losses
—

 
 
(54
)
Income taxes
(33
)
 
 
(12
)
Total
(33
)
 
 
(66
)
Deferred (losses) gains on cash flow hedges
 

 
 
 

Deferred (losses) gains
(1
)
 
 
8

Income taxes
—

 
 
(4
)
Total
(1
)
 
 
4

Defined benefit pension and postretirement plans
 

 
 
 

Net actuarial losses
(362
)
 
 
(473
)
Net prior service cost
(35
)
 
 
(59
)
Income taxes
175

 
 
203

Total
(222
)
 
 
(329
)
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss
$
(235
)
 
 
$
(254
)
 
 
 
 
 

Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share data is not provided for the years ended December 31, 2011, December 31, 2010, and December 31, 2009, as Merrill Lynch was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America during that period.