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Published on 7/12/2010 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: BofA prices $10 million floaters on Dow Jones-UBS Commodity via Merrill

By Jennifer Chiou

New York, July 12 - Bank of America Corp. priced $10 million of floating-rate commodity index-linked notes due Aug. 18, 2011 linked to the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2 Month Forward Total Return, according to an FWP filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. is the agent.

The coupon is Libor minus 10 basis points. It will be reset monthly and payable at maturity.

The payout at maturity will be par plus triple the sum of the index return minus the Treasury bill yield less a fee of 0.42% per year.

The notes will be called if the index closes at 15% or more below its initial level. The payout will be calculated in the same way as at maturity.

Issuer:Bank of America Corp.
Issue:Commodity index-linked notes
Underlying index:Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2 Month Forward Total Return
Amount:$10 million
Maturity:Aug. 18, 2011
Coupon:Libor minus 10 bps, reset monthly and payable at maturity
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:Par plus 300% of sum of index return minus the T-bill yield less fee of 0.42% per year
Call:Automatically if index closes at 85% of its initial level or below; payout calculated in same way as at maturity
Pricing date:July 12
Settlement date:July 20
Agent:Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Fees:None
Cusip:TBD

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