ITEM 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of
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
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith.
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT 3.1 Bylaws ofBank of America Corporation , As Amended by the Board of Directors onSeptember 23, 2020 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded in the cover page formatted in Inline XBRL)
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