CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following completion of the Federal Reserve’s 2018 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, Bank of America today announced that the Federal Reserve did not object to the company’s capital plan, which is estimated to return approximately $26 billion to common stockholders over the next four quarters through a quarterly common stock dividend increase and common stock repurchases. That estimate is based upon the company’s current number of outstanding shares and share price.
As part of the capital plan, the company’s Board of Directors plans to increase its quarterly common stock dividend by 25 percent to $0.15 per share, beginning in the third quarter of 2018.
Also, the company has been authorized to repurchase approximately $20.6 billion in common stock from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, which includes approximately $0.6 billion in repurchases to offset shares awarded under equity-based compensation plans during the same period.
The repurchase program, which covers both common stock and warrants, will be subject to various factors, including the company’s capital position, liquidity, financial performance and alternative uses of capital, stock trading price, and general market conditions, and may be suspended at any time. The common stock or warrant repurchases may be effected through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, including Rule 10b5-1 plans.
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Forward-looking statements represent Bank of America’s current expectations, plans or forecasts of its future results, revenues, expenses, efficiency ratio, capital measures, and future business and economic conditions more generally, and other future matters, including but not limited to the estimated four-quarter total capital actions described above. These statements are not guarantees of future results or performance and involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and are often beyond Bank of America’s control. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement and should consider all of the uncertainties and risks discussed under Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of Bank of America’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and in any of Bank of America’s other subsequent Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading
financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and
middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of
banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk
management products and services. The company provides unmatched
convenience in the United States, serving approximately 47 million
consumer and small business relationships with approximately 4,400
retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATMs, and award-winning
digital banking with approximately 36 million active users, including 25
million mobile users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth
management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad
range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions
and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers
industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business
owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and
services. The company serves clients through operations across the
United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of
America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange.
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