Merrill Lynch & Bank of America Complete Merger
One Delaware corporaiton marries another and BOA becomes the largest financial services company in the world.
From the Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 8-K filed last week:
On September 15, 2008, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“Merrill Lynch” or the “Company”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of October 21, 2008, the “Merger Agreement”) with Bank of America Corporation (“Bank of America”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on January 1, 2009, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America (“Merger Sub”) merged with and into Merrill Lynch, with Merrill Lynch continuing as the surviving corporation and a subsidiary of Bank of America (the “Merger”).
In connection with the consummation of the Merger, Merrill Lynch requested that each of the NYSE Euronext, Inc. (the “NYSE”) and the Chicago Stock Exchange (the “CHX”) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an application on Form 25 to (1) remove Merrill Lynch’s common stock, par value $1.33 1 / 3 per share (the “Common Stock”), from listing on each of the NYSE and the CHX and (2) withdraw the registration of the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In connection with the completion of the Merger, trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE and the CHX ceased before the opening of trading on January 2, 2009.
View the full Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 8-K report (PDF) for more info including copies of:
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