Current Report Filing (8-k)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2020

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

September 23, 2020

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-6523

56-0906609

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

(Address of principal executive offices)

(704) 386-5681

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	BAC	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E	BAC PrE	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.200% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series CC	BAC PrC	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series EE	BAC PrA	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 6.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series GG	BAC PrB	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 5.875% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series HH	BAC PrK	New York Stock Exchange
7.25% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series L	BAC PrL	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,200th interest in a share of	BML PrG	New York Stock Exchange
Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series 1
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,200th interest in a share of	BML PrH	New York Stock Exchange
Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series 2
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,200th interest in a share of	BML PrJ	New York Stock Exchange
Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series 4
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,200th interest in a share of	BML PrL	New York Stock Exchange
Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series 5
Floating Rate Preferred Hybrid Income Term Securities of BAC Capital Trust XIII (and the guarantee related thereto)	BAC/PF	New York Stock Exchange
5.63% Fixed to Floating Rate Preferred Hybrid Income Term Securities of BAC Capital Trust XIV (and the guarantee related thereto)	BAC/PG	New York Stock Exchange
Income Capital Obligation Notes initially due December 15, 2066 of Bank of America Corporation	MER PrK	New York Stock Exchange
Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series A, Step Up Callable Notes, due	BAC/31B	New York Stock Exchange
November 28, 2031 of BofA Finance LLC (and the guarantee of the
Registrant with respect thereto)
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 5.375% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series KK	BAC PrM	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of 5.000% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series LL	BAC PrN	New York Stock Exchange


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”) periodically reviews the Board’s and Corporation’s governance documents, including the Corporation’s Bylaws, as amended on September 12, 2019 (the “Bylaws”). On September 23, 2020, the Board approved and adopted amendments to the Bylaws. The amendments to the Bylaws were effective as of the date approved by the Board.

The Bylaws amendments relate to certain governance practices, including the following:

•Clarification that the Corporation’s stockholders may grant and deliver proxies in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law provisions allowing electronic signatures (Article III. Stockholders, Section 8. Proxies);

•Clarification that, except for the election of directors or chairman of a meeting, an action on a matter is approved if the votes cast favoring an action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the matter otherwise requires a greater number of affirmative votes for approval (Article III. Stockholders, Section 9. Voting of Shares);

•Revisions to provide that the number of persons a stockholder may nominate for election as a director at the Corporation’s annual or a special meeting of stockholders shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such meeting (Article III. Stockholders, Section 12. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations, Subsections (b) and (f)).

•Revisions to the Emergency Bylaws provisions to affirmatively state that such bylaws shall be operative during an epidemic or pandemic and whether or not a quorum of the Board or a standing committee can be established, and provide that the Board may take actions it determines to be practical and necessary in an emergency (Article X. Emergency Bylaws, Section 1. Emergency Bylaws).

The amendments also include certain other technical and conforming revisions and clarifications. The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Bylaws of Bank of America Corporation, as Amended and Restated by the Board of Directors on September 23, 2020, a copy of which (marked to show changes from the prior version) is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed herewith.



EXHIBIT NO.						DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

3.1						Bylaws of Bank of America Corporation, As Amended by the Board of Directors on September 23, 2020

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded in the cover page formatted in Inline XBRL)

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.