As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 2025
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):
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(704 ) 386-5681
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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 | ||||||
| Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative | ||||||||
| Preferred Stock, Series 1 | ||||||||
| Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative | ||||||||
| Preferred Stock, Series 2 | ||||||||
| Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative | ||||||||
| Preferred Stock, Series 4 | ||||||||
| Bank of America Corporation Floating Rate Non-Cumulative | ||||||||
| Preferred Stock, Series 5 | ||||||||
| November 28, 2031 of BofA Finance LLC (and the guarantee of the | ||||||||
| Registrant with respect thereto) | ||||||||
| 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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 12, 2025, Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”) appointed Dean C. Athanasia, President, Regional Banking, and James P. DeMare, President, Global Markets, as Co-Presidents of the Corporation, and Alastair M. Borthwick as Executive Vice President of the Corporation, in addition to his current role as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.
Mr. Athanasia (59) has served as the Corporation’s President, Regional Banking since October 2021, President, Retail and Preferred and Small Business Banking from January 2019 to October 2021, Co-Head - Consumer Banking from September 2014 to January 2019 and Preferred and Small Business Banking Executive from April 2011 to September 2014.
Mr. DeMare (56) has served as the Corporation’s President, Global Markets since September 2020 and Global Co-Head of FICC Trading and Commercial Real Estate Banking from February 2015 to September 2020.
Mr. Borthwick (57) has served as the Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer since November 2021 and President of Global Commercial Banking from October 2012 to October 2021.
A description of any material plan, contract or arrangement between the Corporation and Messrs. Athanasia, DeMare and Borthwick is set forth in the Corporation’s 2025 Proxy Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2025.
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: September 15, 2025