8-K


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 12, 2015
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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)
(I.R.S. 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)
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ITEM 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b)
Gary G. Lynch, Vice Chairman and Global General Counsel of Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”), and a named executive officer in the Corporation's 2015 proxy statement, will no longer serve as the Corporation’s Global General Counsel upon the appointment of David G. Leitch as the Corporation’s Global General Counsel to be effective January 1, 2016. Mr. Lynch will continue to serve as Vice Chairman.

ITEM 8.01
Other Events.

On November 12, 2015, the Corporation issued a press release announcing the hiring of Mr. Leitch as the Corporation’s Global General Counsel. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in this Item 8.01 by reference.
    
ITEM 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is filed herewith.
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
99.1
News Release dated November 12, 2015


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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.

 
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.
 
 
 
Ross E. Jeffries, Jr.
 
 
 
Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 

Dated: November 12, 2015

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
99.1
News Release dated November 12, 2015


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