09/11/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/11/2025 14:11
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The Contingent Income Auto-Callable Yield Notes Linked to the Least Performing of the Common Stock of Apple Inc. and the S&P 500® Index, due September 14, 2027 (the "Notes") priced on September 9, 2025 and will issue on September 12, 2025.
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Approximate 2 year term if not called prior to maturity.
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Payments on the Notes will depend on the individual performance of the common stock of Apple Inc. and the S&P 500® Index (each an "Underlying").
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Contingent coupon rate of 8.00% per annum (0.6667% per month) payable monthly if the Observation Value of each Underlying on the applicable Observation Date is greater than or equal to 65.00% of its Starting Value, assuming the Notes have not been called.
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Beginning with the October 9, 2026 Call Observation Date, automatically callable monthly for an amount equal to the principal amount plus the relevant Contingent Coupon Payment, if the Observation Value of each Underlying is greater than or equal to 100.00% of its Starting Value on any Call Observation Date.
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Assuming the Notes are not called prior to maturity, if either Underlying declines by more than 40% from its Starting Value, at maturity your investment will be subject to 1:1 downside exposure to decreases in the value of the Least Performing Underlying, with up to 100% of the principal at risk; otherwise, at maturity, you will receive the principal amount. At maturity you will also receive a final Contingent Coupon Payment if the Observation Value of each Underlying on the final Observation Date is greater than or equal to 65.00% of its Starting Value.
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All payments on the Notes are subject to the credit risk of BofA Finance LLC ("BofA Finance" or the "Issuer"), as issuer of the Notes, and Bank of America Corporation ("BAC" or the "Guarantor"), as guarantor of the Notes.
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The Starting Values of the Underlyings were determined on September 8, 2025 (the "Strike Date"). The Starting Value of the common stock of Apple Inc. is higher than its Closing Market Price on the pricing date. The Starting Value of the S&P 500® Index is lower than its closing level on the pricing date.
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The Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.
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CUSIP No. 09711MCG5.
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Public Offering Price(1)
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Underwriting Discount(1)(2)
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Proceeds, before expenses, to BofA Finance(2)
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Per Note
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$1,000.00
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$4.00
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$996.00
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Total
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$1,001,000.00
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$4,004.00
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$996,996.00
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Certain dealers who purchase the Notes for sale to certain fee-based advisory accounts may forgo some or all of their selling concessions, fees or commissions. The public offering price for investors purchasing the Notes in these fee-based advisory accounts may be as low as $996.00 per $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes.
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The underwriting discount per $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes may be as high as $4.00, resulting in proceeds, before expenses, to BofA Finance of as low as $996.00 per $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes. The total underwriting discount and proceeds, before expenses, to BofA Finance specified above reflect the aggregate of the underwriting discounts per $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes.
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Are Not FDIC Insured
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Are not Bank Guaranteed
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May Lose Value
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Selling Agent
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Issuer:
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BofA Finance
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Guarantor:
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BAC
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Denominations:
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The Notes will be issued in minimum denominations of $1,000.00 and whole multiples of $1,000.00 in excess thereof.
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Term:
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Approximately 2 years, unless previously automatically called.
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Underlyings:
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The common stock of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq Global Select Market symbol: "AAPL"), a common stock and the S&P 500® Index (Bloomberg symbol: "SPX"), a price return index.
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Strike Date:
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September 8, 2025
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Pricing Date:
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September 9, 2025
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Issue Date:
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September 12, 2025
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Valuation Date:
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September 9, 2027, subject to postponement as described under "Additional Terms of the Notes-Events Relating to Observation Dates" on page PS-14 of this pricing supplement.
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Maturity Date:
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September 14, 2027
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Starting Value:
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AAPL: $237.88
SPX: 6,495.15
The Starting Values of the Underlyings were determined on the Strike Date. The Starting Value of AAPL is higher than its Closing Market Price on the pricing date. The Starting Value of the SPX is lower than its closing level on the pricing date.
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Observation Value:
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With respect to AAPL, its Closing Market Price on the applicable Observation Date or Call Observation Date, as applicable, multiplied by its Price Multiplier.
With respect to the SPX, its closing level on the applicable Observation Date or Call Observation Date, as applicable.
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Ending Value:
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With respect to each Underlying, its Observation Value on the Valuation Date.
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Closing Market Price:
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With respect to AAPL, as described below in "Additional Terms of the Notes - Closing Market Price for the Underlying Stock" beginning on page PS-14 of this pricing supplement.
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Call Value:
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AAPL: $237.88, which is 100.00% of its Starting Value.
SPX: 6,495.15, which is 100.00% of its Starting Value.
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Price Multiplier:
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With respect to AAPL, 1, subject to adjustment for certain corporate events relating to that Underlying as described below in "Additional Terms of the Notes - Anti-Dilution Adjustments for the Underlying Stock" beginning on page PS-15 of this pricing supplement.
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Coupon Barrier:
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AAPL: $154.62, which is 65.00% of its Starting Value (rounded to two decimal places).
SPX: 4,221.85, which is 65.00% of its Starting Value (rounded to two decimal places).
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Threshold Value:
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AAPL: $142.73, which is 60.00% of its Starting Value (rounded to two decimal places).
SPX: 3,897.09, which is 60.00% of its Starting Value.
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Contingent Coupon Payment:
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If, on any monthly Observation Date, the Observation Value of each Underlying is greater than or equal to its Coupon Barrier, we will pay a Contingent Coupon Payment of $6.667 per $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes (equal to a rate of 0.6667% per month or 8.00% per annum) on the applicable Contingent Payment Date (including the Maturity Date).
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Automatic Call:
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Beginning with the October 9, 2026 Call Observation Date, all (but not less than all) of the Notes will be automatically called if the Observation Value of each Underlying is greater than or equal to its Call Value on any Call Observation Date. If the
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Notes are automatically called, the Early Redemption Amount will be paid on the applicable Call Payment Date. No further amounts will be payable following an Automatic Call.
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Early Redemption Amount:
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For each $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes, $1,000.00, plus the applicable Contingent Coupon Payment.
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Redemption Amount:
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If the Notes have not been automatically called prior to maturity, the Redemption Amount per $1,000.00 in principal amount of Notes will be:
a) If the Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying is greater than or equal to its Threshold Value:
b) If the Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying is less than its Threshold Value:
In this case, the Redemption Amount (excluding any final Contingent Coupon Payment) will be less than 60.00% of the principal amount and you could lose up to 100.00% of your investment in the Notes.
The Redemption Amount will also include a final Contingent Coupon Payment if the Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying is greater than or equal to its Coupon Barrier.
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Observation Dates:
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As set forth beginning on page PS-4
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Contingent Payment Dates:
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As set forth beginning on page PS-4
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Call Observation Dates:
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As set forth beginning on page PS-5
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Call Payment Dates:
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As set forth beginning on page PS-5. Each Call Payment Date is also a Contingent Payment Date.
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Calculation Agent:
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BofA Securities, Inc. ("BofAS"), an affiliate of BofA Finance.
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Selling Agent:
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BofAS
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CUSIP:
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09711MCG5
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Underlying Return:
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With respect to each Underlying,
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Least Performing Underlying:
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The Underlying with the lowest Underlying Return.
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Events of Default and Acceleration:
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If an Event of Default, as defined in the senior indenture relating to the Notes and in the section entitled "Description of Debt Securities of BofA Finance LLC-Events of Default and Rights of Acceleration; Covenant Breaches" on page 54 of the accompanying prospectus, with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, the amount payable to a holder of the Notes upon any acceleration permitted under the senior indenture will be equal to the amount described under the caption "Redemption Amount" above, calculated as though the date of acceleration were the Maturity Date of the Notes and as though the Valuation Date were the third Trading Day prior to the date of acceleration. We will also determine whether a final Contingent Coupon Payment is payable based upon the values of the Underlyings on the deemed Valuation Date; any such final Contingent Coupon Payment will be prorated by the calculation agent to reflect the length of the final contingent payment period. In case of a default in the payment of the Notes, whether at their maturity or upon acceleration, the Notes will not bear a default interest rate.
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-3
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Observation Dates*
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Contingent Payment Dates
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October 9, 2025
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October 15, 2025
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November 10, 2025
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November 14, 2025
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December 9, 2025
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December 12, 2025
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January 9, 2026
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January 14, 2026
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February 9, 2026
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February 12, 2026
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March 9, 2026
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March 12, 2026
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April 9, 2026
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April 14, 2026
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May 11, 2026
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May 14, 2026
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June 9, 2026
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June 12, 2026
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July 9, 2026
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July 14, 2026
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August 10, 2026
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August 13, 2026
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September 9, 2026
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September 14, 2026
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October 9, 2026
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October 15, 2026
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November 9, 2026
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November 13, 2026
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December 9, 2026
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December 14, 2026
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January 11, 2027
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January 14, 2027
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February 9, 2027
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February 12, 2027
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March 9, 2027
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March 12, 2027
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April 9, 2027
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April 14, 2027
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May 10, 2027
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May 13, 2027
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June 9, 2027
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June 14, 2027
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July 9, 2027
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July 14, 2027
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August 9, 2027
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August 12, 2027
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September 9, 2027 (the "Valuation Date")
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September 14, 2027 (the "Maturity Date")
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Call Observation Dates*
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Call Payment Dates
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October 9, 2026
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October 15, 2026
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November 9, 2026
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November 13, 2026
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December 9, 2026
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December 14, 2026
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January 11, 2027
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January 14, 2027
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February 9, 2027
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February 12, 2027
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March 9, 2027
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March 12, 2027
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April 9, 2027
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April 14, 2027
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May 10, 2027
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May 13, 2027
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June 9, 2027
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June 14, 2027
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July 9, 2027
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July 14, 2027
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August 9, 2027
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August 12, 2027
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-5
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-6
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Number of Contingent Coupon Payments
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Total Contingent Coupon Payments
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$0.000
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$13.334
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$26.668
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$40.002
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$53.336
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$66.670
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$80.004
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$93.338
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$106.672
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$120.006
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$133.340
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$146.674
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$160.008
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Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying
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Underlying Return of the Least Performing Underlying
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Redemption Amount per Note (including any final Contingent Coupon Payment)
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Return on the Notes(1)
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160.00
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60.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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150.00
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50.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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140.00
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40.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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130.00
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30.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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120.00
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20.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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110.00
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10.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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105.00
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5.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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102.00
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2.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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100.00(2)
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0.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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90.00
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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80.00
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-20.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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70.00
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-30.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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65.00(3)
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-35.00%
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$1,006.667
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0.6667%
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64.99
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-35.01%
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$1,000.000
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0.0000%
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60.00(4)
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-40.00%
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$1,000.000
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0.0000%
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59.99
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-40.01%
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$599.900
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-40.0100%
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50.00
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$500.000
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-50.0000%
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0.00
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-100.00%
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$0.000
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-100.0000%
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(1)
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The "Return on the Notes" is calculated based on the Redemption Amount and potential final Contingent Coupon Payment, not including any Contingent Coupon Payments paid prior to maturity.
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(2)
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The hypothetical Starting Value of 100 used in the table above has been chosen for illustrative purposes only. The actual Starting Value of each Underlying is set forth on page PS-2 above.
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(3)
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This is the hypothetical Coupon Barrier of the Least Performing Underlying.
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(4)
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This is the hypothetical Threshold Value of the Least Performing Underlying.
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Your investment may result in a loss; there is no guaranteed return of principal. There is no fixed principal repayment amount on the Notes at maturity. If the Notes are not automatically called prior to maturity and the Ending Value of either Underlying is less than its Threshold Value, at maturity, your investment will be subject to 1:1 downside exposure to decreases in the value of the Least Performing Underlying and you will lose 1% of the principal amount for each 1% that the Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying is less than its Starting Value. In that case, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the Notes.
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Your return on the Notes is limited to the return represented by the Contingent Coupon Payments, if any, over the term of the Notes. Your return on the Notes is limited to the Contingent Coupon Payments paid over the term of the Notes, regardless of the extent to which the Observation Value or Ending Value of any Underlying exceeds its Coupon Barrier or Starting Value, as applicable. Similarly, the amount payable at maturity or upon an Automatic Call will never exceed the sum of the principal amount and the applicable Contingent Coupon Payment, regardless of the extent to which the Observation Value or Ending Value of any Underlying exceeds its Starting Value. In contrast, a direct investment in an Underlying or in the securities included in an Underlying, as applicable, would allow you to receive the benefit of any appreciation in their values. Any return on the Notes will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned those securities and received the dividends paid or distributions made on them.
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The Notes are subject to a potential Automatic Call, which would limit your ability to receive the Contingent Coupon Payments over the full term of the Notes. The Notes are subject to a potential Automatic Call. Beginning with the October 9, 2026 Call Observation Date, the Notes will be automatically called if, on any Call Observation Date, the Observation Value of each Underlying is greater than or equal to its Call Value. If the Notes are automatically called prior to the Maturity Date, you will be entitled to receive the Early Redemption Amount on the applicable Call Payment Date, and no further amounts will be payable on the Notes. In this case, you will lose the opportunity to continue to receive Contingent Coupon Payments after the date of the Automatic Call. If the Notes are called prior to the Maturity Date, you may be unable to invest in other securities with a similar level of risk that could provide a return that is similar to the Notes.
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You may not receive any Contingent Coupon Payments. The Notes do not provide for any regular fixed coupon payments. Investors in the Notes will not necessarily receive any Contingent Coupon Payments on the Notes. If the Observation Value of any Underlying is less than its Coupon Barrier on an Observation Date, you will not receive the Contingent Coupon Payment applicable to that Observation Date. If the Observation Value of any Underlying is less than its Coupon Barrier on all the Observation Dates during the term of the Notes, you will not receive any Contingent Coupon Payments during the term of the Notes, and will not receive a positive return on the Notes.
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Your return on the Notes may be less than the yield on a conventional debt security of comparable maturity. Any return that you receive on the Notes may be less than the return you would earn if you purchased a conventional debt security with the same Maturity Date. As a result, your investment in the Notes may not reflect the full opportunity cost to you when you consider factors, such as inflation, that affect the time value of money. In addition, if interest rates increase during the term of the Notes, the Contingent Coupon Payment (if any) may be less than the yield on a conventional debt security of comparable maturity.
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The Contingent Coupon Payment, Early Redemption Amount or Redemption Amount, as applicable, will not reflect changes in the values of the Underlyings other than on the Observation Dates or Call Observation Dates, as applicable. The values of the Underlyings during the term of the Notes other than on the Observation Dates or Call Observation Dates, as applicable, will not affect payments on the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, investors should generally be aware of the performance of the Underlyings while holding the Notes, as the performance of the Underlyings may influence the market value of the Notes. The calculation agent will determine whether each Contingent Coupon Payment is payable and will calculate the Early Redemption Amount or the Redemption Amount, as applicable, by comparing only the Starting Value, the Coupon Barrier, the Call Value or the Threshold Value, as applicable, to the Observation Value or the Ending Value for each Underlying. No other values of the Underlyings will be taken into account. As a result, if the Notes are not automatically called prior to maturity and the Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying is less than its Threshold Value, you will receive less than the principal amount at maturity even if the value of each Underlying was always above its Threshold Value prior to the Valuation Date.
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Because the Notes are linked to the least performing (and not the average performance) of the Underlyings, you may not receive any return on the Notes and may lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the Notes even if the Observation Value or Ending Value of one Underlying is greater than or equal to its Coupon Barrier or Threshold Value, as applicable. Your Notes are linked to the least performing of the Underlyings, and a change in the value of one Underlying may not correlate with changes in the value of the other Underlying. The Notes are not linked to a basket composed of the Underlyings, where the depreciation in the
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value of one Underlying could be offset to some extent by the appreciation in the value of the other Underlying. In the case of the Notes, the individual performance of each Underlying would not be combined, and the depreciation in the value of one Underlying would not be offset by any appreciation in the value of the other Underlying. Even if the Observation Value of an Underlying is at or above its Coupon Barrier on an Observation Date, you will not receive the Contingent Coupon Payment with respect to that Observation Date if the Observation Value of the other Underlying is below its Coupon Barrier on that day. In addition, even if the Ending Value of an Underlying is at or above its Threshold Value, you will lose a significant portion or all of your investment in the Notes if the Ending Value of the Least Performing Underlying is below its Threshold Value.
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Any payments on the Notes are subject to our credit risk and the credit risk of the Guarantor, and any actual or perceived changes in our or the Guarantor's creditworthiness are expected to affect the value of the Notes. The Notes are our senior unsecured debt securities. Any payment on the Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor. The Notes are not guaranteed by any entity other than the Guarantor. As a result, your receipt of any payments on the Notes will be dependent upon our ability and the ability of the Guarantor to repay our respective obligations under the Notes on the applicable payment date, regardless of the performance of the Underlyings. No assurance can be given as to what our financial condition or the financial condition of the Guarantor will be at any time after the pricing date of the Notes. If we and the Guarantor become unable to meet our respective financial obligations as they become due, you may not receive the amount(s) payable under the terms of the Notes.
In addition, our credit ratings and the credit ratings of the Guarantor are assessments by ratings agencies of our respective abilities to pay our obligations. Consequently, our or the Guarantor's perceived creditworthiness and actual or anticipated decreases in our or the Guarantor's credit ratings or increases in the spread between the yield on our respective securities and the yield on U.S. Treasury securities (the "credit spread") prior to the Maturity Date may adversely affect the market value of the Notes. However, because your return on the Notes depends upon factors in addition to our ability and the ability of the Guarantor to pay our respective obligations, such as the values of the Underlyings, an improvement in our or the Guarantor's credit ratings will not reduce the other investment risks related to the Notes. |
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We are a finance subsidiary and, as such, have no independent assets, operations, or revenues. We are a finance subsidiary of the Guarantor, have no operations other than those related to the issuance, administration and repayment of our debt securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor, and are dependent upon the Guarantor and/or its other subsidiaries to meet our obligations under the Notes in the ordinary course. Therefore, our ability to make payments on the Notes may be limited.
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The public offering price you are paying for the Notes exceeds their initial estimated value. The initial estimated value of the Notes that is provided on the cover page of this pricing supplement is an estimate only, determined as of the pricing date by reference to our and our affiliates' pricing models. These pricing models consider certain assumptions and variables, including our credit spreads and those of the Guarantor, the Guarantor's internal funding rate, mid-market terms on hedging transactions, expectations on interest rates, dividends and volatility, price-sensitivity analysis, and the expected term of the Notes. These pricing models rely in part on certain forecasts about future events, which may prove to be incorrect. If you attempt to sell the Notes prior to maturity, their market value may be lower than the price you paid for them and lower than their initial estimated value. This is due to, among other things, changes in the values of the Underlyings, changes in the Guarantor's internal funding rate, and the inclusion in the public offering price of the underwriting discount, if any, and the hedging related charges, all as further described in "Structuring the Notes" below. These factors, together with various credit, market and economic factors over the term of the Notes, are expected to reduce the price at which you may be able to sell the Notes in any secondary market and will affect the value of the Notes in complex and unpredictable ways.
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The initial estimated value does not represent a minimum or maximum price at which we, BAC, BofAS or any of our other affiliates would be willing to purchase your Notes in any secondary market (if any exists) at any time. The value of your Notes at any time after issuance will vary based on many factors that cannot be predicted with accuracy, including the performance of the Underlyings, our and BAC's creditworthiness and changes in market conditions.
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We cannot assure you that a trading market for your Notes will ever develop or be maintained. We will not list the Notes on any securities exchange. We cannot predict how the Notes will trade in any secondary market or whether that market will be liquid or illiquid.
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Trading and hedging activities by us, the Guarantor and any of our other affiliates, including BofAS, may create conflicts of interest with you and may affect your return on the Notes and their market value. We, the Guarantor or one or more of our other affiliates, including BofAS, may buy or sell shares or units of the Underlyings or the securities held by or included in the Underlyings, as applicable, or futures or options contracts or exchange traded instruments on the Underlyings or those securities, or other instruments whose value is derived from the Underlyings or those securities. While we, the Guarantor or one or more of our other affiliates, including BofAS, may from time to time own shares or units of the Underlyings or securities represented by the Underlyings, except to the extent that BAC's common stock may be included in an Underlying, we, the Guarantor and our other affiliates, including BofAS, do not control any issuer of the Underlyings or any company included in an Underlying, and have not verified any disclosure made by any other company. We, the Guarantor or one or more of our other affiliates, including BofAS, may execute such purchases or sales for our own or their own accounts, for business reasons, or in connection with hedging our obligations under the Notes. These transactions may present a conflict of interest between your interest in the Notes and the interests we, the Guarantor and our other affiliates, including BofAS, may
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have in our or their proprietary accounts, in facilitating transactions, including block trades, for our or their other customers, and in accounts under our or their management. These transactions may adversely affect the values of the Underlyings in a manner that could be adverse to your investment in the Notes. On or before the Strike Date, any purchases or sales by us, the Guarantor or our other affiliates, including BofAS or others on our or their behalf (including those for the purpose of hedging some or all of our anticipated exposure in connection with the Notes), may have affected the values of the Underlyings. Consequently, the values of the Underlyings may change subsequent to the Strike Date, which may adversely affect the market value of the Notes.
We, the Guarantor or one or more of our other affiliates, including BofAS, also may have engaged in hedging activities that could have affected the values of the Underlyings on the Strike Date. In addition, these hedging activities, including the unwinding of a hedge, may decrease the market value of your Notes prior to maturity, and may affect the amounts to be paid on the Notes. We, the Guarantor or one or more of our other affiliates, including BofAS, may purchase or otherwise acquire a long or short position in the Notes and may hold or resell the Notes. For example, BofAS may enter into these transactions in connection with any market making activities in which it engages. We cannot assure you that these activities will not adversely affect the values of the Underlyings, the market value of your Notes prior to maturity or the amounts payable on the Notes. |
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There may be potential conflicts of interest involving the calculation agent, which is an affiliate of ours. We have the right to appoint and remove the calculation agent. One of our affiliates will be the calculation agent for the Notes and, as such, will make a variety of determinations relating to the Notes, including the amounts that will be paid on the Notes. Under some circumstances, these duties could result in a conflict of interest between its status as our affiliate and its responsibilities as calculation agent.
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The publisher or the sponsor or investment advisor of the SPX may adjust the SPX in a way that affects its values, and the publisher or the sponsor or investment advisor has no obligation to consider your interests. The publisher or the sponsor or investment advisor of the SPX can add, delete, or substitute the components included in the SPX or make other methodological changes that could change its value. Any of these actions could adversely affect the value of your Notes.
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The U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Notes are uncertain, and may be adverse to a holder of the Notes. No statutory, judicial, or administrative authority directly addresses the characterization of the Notes or securities similar to the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, significant aspects of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the Notes are not certain. Under the terms of the Notes, you will have agreed with us to treat the Notes as contingent income-bearing single financial contracts, as described below under "U.S. Federal Income Tax Summary-General." If the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") were successful in asserting an alternative characterization for the Notes, the timing and character of income, gain or loss with respect to the Notes may differ. No ruling will be requested from the IRS with respect to the Notes and no assurance can be given that the IRS will agree with the statements made in the section entitled "U.S. Federal Income Tax Summary." You are urged to consult with your own tax advisor regarding all aspects of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of investing in the Notes.
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Our offering of the Notes does not constitute a recommendation of AAPL. You should not take our offering of the Notes as an expression of our views about how AAPL will perform in the future or as a recommendation to invest in AAPL, including through an investment in the Notes. As we are part of a global financial institution, we, the Guarantor and our other affiliates may, and often do, have positions (both long and short) in AAPL that may conflict with an investment in the Notes. You should undertake an independent determination of whether an investment in the Notes is suitable for you in light of your specific investment objectives, risk tolerance and financial resources.
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Our affiliates may publish research, express opinions or provide recommendations that are inconsistent with investing in AAPL and any such research, opinions or recommendations could adversely affect the price of AAPL. In the ordinary course of business, our affiliates may have published research reports, expressed opinions or provided recommendations on the issuer of AAPL (the "Underlying Company"), AAPL, the applicable financial markets or other matters that may influence the price of AAPL and the value of the Notes, and may do so in the future. These research reports, opinions or recommendations may be communicated to our clients and clients of our affiliates and may be inconsistent with purchasing or holding the Notes. Any research reports, opinions or recommendations expressed by our affiliates may not be consistent with each other and may be modified from time to time without notice. Moreover, other professionals who deal in markets relating to AAPL may at any time have significantly different views from those of our affiliates. For these reasons, you are encouraged to derive information concerning AAPL from multiple sources, and you should not rely on the views expressed by our affiliates.
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You will have no rights as a security holder of the Underlying Company, you will have no rights to receive any shares of AAPL, and you will not be entitled to dividends or other distributions by the Underlying Company. The Notes are our debt securities. They are not equity instruments, shares of stock, or securities of any other issuer, other than the related guarantees, which are the securities of the Guarantor. Investing in the Notes will not make you a holder of AAPL. You will not have any voting rights, any rights to receive dividends or other distributions, or any other rights with respect to AAPL. Unless otherwise set forth under the limited circumstances relating to the Price Multiplier (as described in "Additional Terms of the Notes - Anti-Dilution Adjustments for the Underlying Stock" below), the payment(s) on the Notes will not reflect the value of dividends paid or distributions made on AAPL or any other rights associated with those equity securities. As a result, the return on your Notes may not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned shares of AAPL and received the dividends paid or other distributions made in connection with those shares. Your Notes will be paid in cash and you have no right to receive delivery of shares of AAPL.
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The business activities of us, the Guarantor and any of our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, relating to the Underlying Company may create conflicts of interest with you. We, the Guarantor and/or our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, at the time of any offering of the Notes or in the future, may engage in business with the Underlying Company, including making loans to, equity investments in, or providing investment banking, asset management, or other services to the Underlying Company, its affiliates, and its competitors.
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The Underlying Company will have no obligations relating to the Notes. The Underlying Company will not have any financial or legal obligation with respect to the Notes or the amounts to be paid to you, including any obligation to take our interest or the interests of the noteholders into consideration for any reason, including when taking any corporate actions that might adversely affect the value of AAPL or the value of the Notes. The Underlying Company will not receive any of the proceeds from any offering of the Notes, and will not be responsible for, or participate in, the offering of the Notes, or the determination or calculation of any payment(s) on the Notes.
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The Price Multiplier of AAPL or other terms of the Notes will not be adjusted for all corporate events that could affect AAPL or the Underlying Company. The Price Multiplier of AAPL, the determination of the payment(s) on the Notes, and other terms of the Notes may be adjusted for the specified corporate events affecting AAPL, as described below in the section entitled "Additional Terms of the Notes-Anti-Dilution Adjustments for the Underlying Stock." However, these adjustments do not cover all corporate events that could affect the market price of AAPL, such as offerings of common shares for cash or in connection with certain acquisition transactions. The occurrence of any event that does not require the calculation agent to adjust the Price Multiplier of AAPL or other terms of the Notes may adversely affect the Closing Market Price of AAPL, and, as a result, the market value of the Notes.
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We, the Guarantor and our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, do not control the Underlying Company. We, the Guarantor or our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, currently, or in the future, may engage in business with the Underlying Company, and we, the Guarantor or our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, may from time to time own securities of the
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Underlying Company. However, none of us, the Guarantor or any of our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, have the ability to control the actions of the Underlying Company, including actions that could affect the value of AAPL.
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We cannot assure you that publicly available information provided about AAPL or the Underlying Company is accurate or complete, and none of us, the Guarantor nor any of our other affiliates, including the Selling Agent, will perform any due diligence procedures with respect to the Underlying Company. All disclosures relating to AAPL or the Underlying Companies have been derived from publicly available documents and other publicly available information, without independent verification. None of us, the Guarantor, the Selling Agent or our other affiliates has participated in, or will participate in, the preparation of those documents or make any due diligence inquiry with respect to AAPL or the Underlying Company in connection with the offering of the Notes. We and the Guarantor do not make any representation that those publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding AAPL or the Underlying Company is accurate or complete. We and the Guarantor are not responsible for the public disclosure of information by or about AAPL or the Underlying Company, whether contained in filings with the SEC or otherwise made publicly available. As a result we cannot give any assurance that, prior to the date of this pricing supplement, all events which could impact AAPL, the Underlying Company or the accuracy or completeness of those public documents or information have been publicly disclosed. Any subsequent disclosure or future failure to disclose material events concerning AAPL or the Underlying Company could affect the value of AAPL and therefore, the value of the Notes. You must rely on your own evaluation of the merits of an investment linked to AAPL.
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The historical performance of AAPL should not be taken as an indication of its performance during the term of the Notes. AAPL may perform better or worse during the term of the Notes than it has historically. The historical performance of AAPL, including any historical performance set forth in this pricing supplement, should not be taken as an indication of its future performance.
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The closing level or Closing Market Price of an Underlying that is not so affected will be its closing level or Closing Market Price on that Non-Observation Date.
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The closing level or Closing Market Price of an Underlying that is affected by that Non-Observation Date will be deemed to be its closing level or Closing Market Price on the first Trading Day following that Non-Observation Date on which no Market Disruption Event occurs with respect to that Underlying; provided that the closing level or Closing Market Price will be determined (or, if not determinable, estimated) by the Calculation Agent in a manner which the Calculation Agent considers commercially reasonable under the circumstances on a date no later than the second scheduled Trading Day following that Non-Observation Date, regardless of the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event or non-Trading Day on that day.
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if the Underlying Stock (or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the last reported sale price, regular way (or, in the case of The Nasdaq Stock Market, the official closing price), of the principal trading session on that day on the principal U.S. securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") on which the Underlying Stock (or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading;
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if the Underlying Stock (or such other security) is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange but is included in the OTC Bulletin Board Service (or any successor service) operated by FINRA (the "OTC Bulletin Board"), the last reported sale price of the principal trading session on the OTC Bulletin Board on that day;
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if the Underlying Stock (or such other security) is issued by a foreign issuer and its closing price cannot be determined as set forth in the two bullet points above, and the Underlying Stock (or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading on a non-U.S. securities exchange or market, the last reported sale price, regular way, of the principal trading session on that day on the primary non-U.S. securities exchange or market on which the Underlying Stock (or such other security) is listed or admitted to trading (converted to U.S. dollars using such exchange rate as the calculation agent, in its sole discretion, determines to be commercially reasonable); or
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if the Closing Market Price cannot be determined as set forth in the prior bullets, the mean, as determined by the calculation agent, of the bid prices for the Underlying Stock (or such other security) obtained from as many dealers in that security (which may include us, BofAS and/or any of our other affiliates), but not exceeding three, as will make the bid prices available to the calculation agent. If no such bid
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price can be obtained, the Closing Market Price will be determined (or, if not determinable, estimated) by the calculation agent in its sole discretion in a commercially reasonable manner.
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the suspension, absence or material limitation of trading, in each case, for more than two consecutive hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading, of the shares of the Underlying Stock (or shares of any Successor Entity, as defined below in " -Anti-Dilution Adjustments-Reorganization Events") on the primary exchange where such shares trade, as determined by the calculation agent (without taking into account any extended or after-hours trading session); or
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the suspension, absence or material limitation of trading, in each case, for more than two consecutive hours of trading, or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of trading, on the primary exchange that trades options contracts or futures contracts related to the shares of the Underlying Stock (or shares of any Successor Entity), as determined by the calculation agent (without taking into account any extended or after-hours trading session), in options contracts or futures contracts related to the shares of the Underlying Stock (or shares of any Successor Entity).
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a limitation on the hours in a Trading Day and/or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant exchange;
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a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the shares of the Underlying Stock (or shares of any Successor Entity) or the relevant futures or options contracts relating to such shares will not constitute a Market Disruption Event;
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a suspension in trading in a futures or options contract on the shares of the Underlying Stock (or shares of any Successor Entity), by a major securities market by reason of (a) a price change violating limits set by that securities market, (b) an imbalance of orders relating to those contracts, or (c) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to those contracts, will each constitute a suspension of or material limitation on trading in futures or options contracts relating to the Underlying Stock;
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subject to paragraph (3) above, a suspension of or material limitation on trading on the relevant exchange will not include any time when that exchange is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances; and
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for the purpose of clause (A) above, any limitations on trading during significant market fluctuations under NYSE Rule 80B, or any applicable rule or regulation enacted or promulgated by the NYSE or any other self-regulatory organization or the SEC of similar scope as determined by the calculation agent, will be considered "material."
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the prior Price Multiplier; and
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the number of shares that a holder of one share of the Underlying Stock before the effective date of the stock split or reverse stock split would have owned immediately following the applicable effective date.
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the number of additional shares issued in the stock dividend with respect to one share of the Underlying Stock;
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in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share of the Underlying Stock of that Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for that share; or
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the number of shares of the Underlying Stock that can be purchased with the cash value of those warrants or rights distributed on one share of the Underlying Stock.
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there occurs any reclassification or change of the Underlying Stock, including, without limitation, as a result of the issuance of tracking stock by the Underlying Company;
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the Underlying Company, or any surviving entity or subsequent surviving entity of the Underlying Company (a "Successor Entity"), has been subject to a merger, combination, or consolidation and is not the surviving entity;
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any statutory exchange of securities of the Underlying Company or any Successor Entity with another corporation occurs, other than under clause (b) above;
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the Underlying Company is liquidated or is subject to a proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar law;
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the Underlying Company issues to all of its shareholders securities of an issuer other than the Underlying Company, including equity securities of an affiliate of the Underlying Company, other than in a transaction described in clauses (b), (c), or (d) above;
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a tender or exchange offer or going-private transaction is consummated for all the outstanding shares of the Underlying Company;
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there occurs any reclassification or change of the Underlying Stock that results in a transfer or an irrevocable commitment to transfer all such outstanding shares of the Underlying Stock to another entity or person;
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the Underlying Company or any Successor Entity is the surviving entity of a merger, combination, or consolidation, that results in the outstanding shares of the Underlying Stock (other than shares of the Underlying Stock owned or controlled by the other party to such transaction) immediately prior to such event collectively representing less than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Underlying Stock immediately following such event; or
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the Underlying Company ceases to file the financial and other information with the SEC in accordance with Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act (an event in clauses (a) through (i), a "Reorganization Event"),
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-18
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-19
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-20
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-21
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-22
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-23
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-24
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-25
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-26
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-27
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-28
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Product Supplement EQUITY-1 dated December 30, 2022: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682472/000119312522315473/d429684d424b2.htm
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Series A MTN prospectus supplement dated December 30, 2022 and prospectus dated December 30, 2022: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1682472/000119312522315195/d409418d424b3.htm
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CONTINGENT INCOME AUTO-CALLABLE YIELD NOTES | PS-29
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