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Published on 3/28/2011 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: Bank of America prices $29.81 million variable-coupon notes linked to 16 stocks

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., March 28 - Bank of America Corp. priced $29.81 million of variable-coupon notes due April 4, 2017 linked to a basket of stocks, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes equal weights of American Express Co., Apple Inc., Barrick Gold Corp., Cisco Systems, Inc., Citigroup Inc., Corning Inc., Ford Motor Co., Goldcorp, Inc., Halliburton Co., Home Depot Inc., Las Vegas Sands Corp., Qualcomm, Inc., SanDisk Corp., UnitedHealth Group Inc., Walgreen Stores, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc.

The notes will pay a coupon in April of each year equal to the average of the basket stocks' performances, subject to a minimum interest rate of 2%.

If a stock's return is zero or positive, its performance will be equal to 9.33%. Otherwise, its performance will be equal to its return.

The payout at maturity will be par of $10 plus the last coupon.

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

Issuer:Bank of America Corp.
Issue:Variable-coupon notes
Underlying stocks:American Express Co., Apple Inc., Barrick Gold Corp., Cisco Systems, Inc., Citigroup Inc., Corning Inc., Ford Motor Co., Goldcorp, Inc., Halliburton Co., Home Depot Inc., Las Vegas Sands Corp., Qualcomm, Inc., SanDisk Corp., UnitedHealth Group Inc., Walgreen Stores, Inc. and Yahoo! Inc.
Amount:$29,808,110
Maturity:April 4, 2017
Coupon:Weighted average of basket stocks' performances, subject to floor of 2%; if stock's return is positive or flat, its performance will equal 9.33%, otherwise, its performance will equal its return; payable annually
Price:Par of $10
Payout at maturity:Par
Pricing date:March 24
Settlement date:April 1
Agent:Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
Fees:2.5%
Cusip:06050R205

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