| Pricing Supplement No. 25 (To Prospectus dated May 1, 2015, Series L Prospectus Supplement dated May 4, 2015, and Product Supplement CLN-1 dated July 21, 2015) July 21, 2015 |
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) Registration No. 333-202354 |
Commodity-Linked Notes Linked to the Bloomberg Commodity Index 2 Month Forward Total ReturnSM, due August 29, 2016
| Issuer: |
Bank of America Corporation (“BAC”) | |
| Pricing Date: |
July 21, 2015 | |
| Issue Date: |
July 28, 2015 | |
| Stated Maturity Date: |
August 29, 2016 | |
| Aggregate Principal Amount: |
$20,000,000 | |
| Underlying Index: |
The Bloomberg Commodity Index 2 Month Forward Total ReturnSM (Bloomberg symbol: “BCOMF2T”) | |
| Starting Value: |
420.9368 | |
| Ending Value: |
The closing level of the Underlying Index on the Valuation Date. If it is determined that the scheduled Valuation Date is not an Index Business Day, or if a Market Disruption Event occurs on the scheduled Valuation Date, the Ending Value will be determined as more fully described beginning on page S-26 of product supplement CLN-1. | |
| Leverage Factor: |
3 | |
| Investor Fee: |
The greater of (a) the fixed percentage of 0.00% and (b) a percentage equal to 0.16% per annum, as described on page S-19 of product supplement CLN-1 under “Description of the Notes—Payment at Maturity.” | |
| Treasury Rate Charge: |
Applicable | |
| Interest Rate Basis: |
LIBOR | |
| Designated Maturity: |
Three Months | |
| Interest Reset Dates: |
The 28th of each February, May, August and November during the term of the Notes, commencing on November 30, 2015. | |
| Interest Payment Dates: |
Unless the Notes are redeemed on an earlier date, interest will be payable only at maturity. | |
| Spread: |
Plus 0 basis points | |
| Initial Optional Redemption Date: |
July 28, 2015 | |
| Upper Mandatory Redemption Trigger Level: |
Not Applicable | |
| Lower Mandatory Redemption Trigger Level: |
85% of the Starting Value | |
| NPV Factor: |
Not Applicable | |
| Bear Note: |
No | |
| Calculation Agent: |
Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. | |
| Listing: |
No listing on any securities exchange. | |
| CUSIP: |
06048WRE2 |
| Per Note | Total | |||||||
| Public Offering Price(1) |
$ | 100,000 | $ | 20,000,000 | ||||
| Underwriting Discount |
$ | 0 | $ | 0 | ||||
| Proceeds, before expenses, to BAC |
$ | 100,000 | $ | 20,000,000 | ||||
| (1) | Plus accrued interest from July 28, 2015 if settlement occurs after that date. |
The Notes are unsecured and are not savings accounts, deposits, or other obligations of a bank. The Notes are not guaranteed by Bank of America, N.A. or any other bank, are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency and involve investment risks. Potential purchasers of the Notes should consider the information in “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-8 of the accompanying product supplement, page S-5 of the prospectus supplement, and page 8 of the prospectus.
None of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), any state securities commission, or any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these Notes or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this pricing supplement, the product supplement, the prospectus supplement, or the prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
In connection with this offering, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”) is acting in its capacity as principal for your account. We will deliver the Notes in book-entry form only through The Depository Trust Company on July 28, 2015 against payment in immediately available funds.
We will deliver the Notes against payment therefor on a date that is greater than three business days following the pricing date. Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes more than three business days prior to the original issue date will be required to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Selling Agent
THE UNDERLYING INDEX
All disclosures contained in this pricing supplement regarding the Underlying Index, including, without limitation, its make-up, method of calculation, and changes in its components, have been derived from publicly available sources. The information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, Bloomberg Finance L.P. Bloomberg Finance L.P. has no obligation to continue to publish, and may discontinue publication of, the Underlying Index. The consequences of Bloomberg Finance L.P. discontinuing publication of the Underlying Index are discussed in the section of product supplement CLN-1 entitled “Description of the Notes—Discontinuance of an Underlying Index” beginning on page S-27. None of us, the calculation agent, or MLPF&S accepts any responsibility for the calculation, maintenance, or publication of the Underlying Index or any successor index.
On April 10, 2014, Bloomberg Finance L.P. acquired the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexesSM. The indexes were renamed from the “Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Family” to the “Bloomberg Commodity Index Family” on July 1, 2014, and their tickers were changed from “DJUBS” tickers to “BCOM” tickers. Both sets of tickers were available until July 31, 2014, and DJUBS tickers were discontinued thereafter.
The Bloomberg Commodity Index 2 Month Forward Total ReturnSM reflects the return on a fully collateralized investment in the Bloomberg Commodity Index 2 Month ForwardSM (“BCOMF2”), which is a two-month forward version of the Bloomberg Commodity IndexSM. The Underlying Index is fully collateralized because it combines the returns of the BCOMF2 with the returns on cash collateral invested in U.S. Treasury Bills. The Bloomberg Commodity IndexSM (“BCOM”) is a proprietary index that was established on July 14, 1998 by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. (“Dow Jones”) and UBS AG (“UBS”) to provide a liquid and diversified benchmark for commodities investments. The Underlying Index is also designed to be a “tradable” index that is readily accessible to market participants. The BCOMF2 tracks the returns of rolling commodities futures contracts. The BCOMF2 is currently comprised of futures contracts on 22 physical commodities. The 22 commodities that currently comprise the Underlying Index (the “Index Commodities”) are: aluminum, Brent crude oil, coffee, copper, corn, cotton, gold, lean hogs, live cattle, natural gas, nickel, silver, soybean meal, soybean oil, soybeans, sugar, unleaded gasoline, ULS diesel, wheat, HRW wheat, WTI crude oil and zinc.
License Agreement
“Bloomberg® ” and “Bloomberg Commodity Index 2 Month Forward Total ReturnSM” are service marks of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, “Bloomberg”) and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by us.
The Notes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities LLC (“UBS Securities”) or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. None of Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of or counterparties to the Notes or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities or commodities generally or in the Notes particularly. The only relationship of Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates to the Licensee is the licensing of certain trademarks, trade names and service marks and of the Underlying Index, which is determined, composed and calculated by Bloomberg in conjunction with UBS Securities without regard to BAC or the Notes. Bloomberg and UBS Securities have no obligation to take the needs of BAC or the owners of the Notes into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Underlying Index. None of Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates is responsible for or has participated in the determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Notes to be issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the Notes are to be converted into cash. None of Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates shall have any obligation or liability, including, without limitation, to Notes customers, in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, UBS AG, UBS Securities and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates may independently issue and/or sponsor financial products unrelated to the Notes currently being issued by Licensee, but which may be similar to and competitive with the Notes. In addition, UBS AG, UBS Securities and their subsidiaries and affiliates actively trade commodities, commodity indexes and commodity futures (including the Bloomberg Commodity IndexSM and the Underlying Index), as well as swaps, options and derivatives which are linked to the performance of such commodities, commodity indexes and commodity futures. It is possible that this trading activity will affect the value of the Underlying Index and the Notes.
This pricing supplement relates only to the Notes and does not relate to the exchange-traded physical commodities underlying any of the Underlying Index components. Purchasers of the Notes should not conclude that the inclusion of a futures contract in the Underlying Index is any form of investment recommendation of the futures contract or the underlying exchange-traded physical commodity by Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates. The information in this pricing supplement regarding the Underlying Index components has been derived solely from publicly available documents. None of Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates has made any due diligence inquiries with
PS-2
respect to the Underlying Index components in connection with the Notes. None of Bloomberg, UBS AG, UBS Securities or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates makes any representation that these publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the Underlying Index components, including without limitation a description of factors that affect the prices of such components, are accurate or complete.
NONE OF BLOOMBERG, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES GUARANTEES THE ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE UNDERLYING INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO AND NONE OF BLOOMBERG, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS THEREIN. NONE OF BLOOMBERG, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY BAC, OWNERS OF THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE UNDERLYING INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. NONE OF BLOOMBERG, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE UNDERLYING INDEX OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, BLOOMBERG, ITS LICENSORS (INCLUDING UBS), AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, SUPPLIERS AND VENDORS SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGES—WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE—ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOTES OR THE UNDERLYING INDEX OR ANY DATA OR VALUES RELATING THERETO—WHETHER ARISING FROM THEIR NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS AMONG BLOOMBERG, UBS SECURITIES AND BAC, OTHER THAN UBS AG.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The following graph sets forth the daily historical performance of the Underlying Index in the period from January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2015. This historical data on the Underlying Index is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of the Underlying Index or what the value of the Notes may be. Any historical upward or downward trend in the level of the Underlying Index during any period set forth below is not an indication that the level of the Underlying Index is more or less likely to increase or decrease at any time over the term of the Notes.
PS-3
VALIDITY OF THE NOTES
In the opinion of McGuireWoods LLP, as counsel to BAC, when the trustee has made an appropriate entry on Schedule 1 to the Master Registered Global Senior Note, dated May 1, 2015 (the “Master Note”) identifying the Notes offered hereby as supplemental obligations thereunder in accordance with the instructions of BAC and the Notes have been delivered against payment therefor as contemplated in this pricing supplement and the accompanying product supplement, prospectus supplement and prospectus, all in accordance with the provisions of the indenture governing the Notes, such Notes will be legal, valid and binding obligations of BAC, subject to the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including laws related to preferences, fraudulent transfers and equitable subordination), reorganization, moratorium, and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and to general principles of equity. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the Delaware General Corporation Law (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing). In addition, this opinion is subject to the assumption that the trustee’s certificate of authentication of the Master Note has been manually signed by one of the trustee’s authorized officers and to customary assumptions about the trustee’s authorization, execution and delivery of the indenture governing the Notes, the validity, binding nature and enforceability of the indenture governing the Notes with respect to the trustee, the legal capacity of natural persons, the genuineness of signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to McGuireWoods LLP as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to McGuireWoods LLP as copies thereof, the authenticity of the originals of such copies and certain factual matters, all as stated in the letter of McGuireWoods LLP dated February 27, 2015, which has been filed as an exhibit to BAC’s Registration Statement relating to the Notes filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2015.
PS-4