bac broadcast. get the popcorn
Provides Access to Approximately 900,000 Shareholders
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 19 /PRNewswire/ --
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) today announced that it will
Webcast its annual meeting in order to give the bank's shareholders and others
remote access. The company is utilizing technology to break down barriers to
ensure that all investors and interested parties around the world have access
to information about the company. The meeting is scheduled for April 25, 2001
at 10 a.m. EDT. The live Webcast can be accessed at
bankofamerica.com. An invitation to the meeting,
including Webcast access, was distributed to shareholders in the company's
proxy, which was filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Webcast will give participants the opportunity to hear an important
moment in the bank's history, the retirement of McColl as chairman and chief
executive officer. At the meeting, he will be handing over the reins to
Kenneth D. Lewis, currently president and chief operating officer, who will
become the company's new chairman and chief executive officer.
In addition to being able to listen to the meeting, participants will be
able to view a slide presentation given by James H. Hance, Jr., vice chairman
and chief financial officer, which will review the company's 2000 financial
highlights and financial goals for 2001.
About Bank of America
One of the world's leading financial services companies, Bank of America
is committed to making banking work for customers like it never has before.
Through innovative technologies and the ingenuity of its people, Bank of
America provides individuals, small businesses and commercial, corporate and
institutional clients across the United States and around the world new and
better ways to manage their financial lives. The company enables customers to
do their banking and investing whenever, wherever and however they choose
through the nation's largest financial services network, including more than
4,400 domestic offices and 13,000 ATMs, as well as 38 international offices, a
telephone banking network that handles over a half billion calls a year and an
Internet Web site that provides online access for over 3 million customers,
more than any other bank.
Bank of America stock (ticker: BAC) is listed on the New York, Pacific and
London stock exchanges. The company's Web site is www.bankofamerica.com.
News, speeches and other corporate information may be found at
www.bankofamerica.com/newsroom.
SOURCE Bank of America Corporation
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/CONTACT: Scott Scredon, 404-607-5225, or e-mail,
Scott.scredon@bankofamerica.com, or Lisa Gagnon, 704-388-3192, or e-mail,
Lisa.gagnon@bankofamerica.com, both of Bank of America Corporation/
/Web site: bankofamerica.com /
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