Bank of America (BAC) FWPFree writing prospectus
Filed: 18 Feb 25, 4:19pm
Market Linked Securities—Auto-Callable with Leveraged Upside Participation and Contingent Downside Principal at Risk Securities Linked to the Lowest Performing of the Common Stock of Intel Corporation and the Class A Common Stock of Snowflake Inc. due February 25, 2028 Term Sheet to Preliminary Pricing Supplement dated February 18, 2025 |
Issuer and Guarantor: | BofA Finance LLC (“BofA Finance” or “Issuer”) and Bank of America Corporation (“BAC” or the “Guarantor”) |
Underlying Stocks: | The common stock of Intel Corporation and the Class A common stock of Snowflake Inc. |
Pricing Date*: | February 21, 2025 |
Issue Date*: | February 26, 2025 |
Maturity Date*: | February 25, 2028 |
Denominations: | $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. |
Automatic Call: | If the stock closing price of the Lowest Performing Underlying Stock on the Call Date is greater than or equal to its Starting Price, the Securities will be automatically called for the principal amount plus the Call Premium. |
Call Date*: | February 26, 2026 |
Call Premium: | At least 47.00% of the principal amount (to be determined on the Pricing Date) |
Lowest Performing Underlying Stock: | The Lowest Performing Underlying Stock is the Underlying Stock with the lowest Performance Factor on the Call Date or the Final Calculation Day, as applicable. |
Performance Factor: | With respect to an Underlying Stock on the Call Date or the Final Calculation Day, its stock closing price on the Call Date or the Final Calculation Day, as applicable, divided by its Starting Price (expressed as a percentage). |
Call Settlement Date: | Three business days after the Call Date. |
Maturity Payment Amount (per Security): | If the Securities are not automatically called, you will receive a Maturity Payment Amount that could be greater than, equal to or less than the principal amount per Security: ● if the Ending Price of the Lowest Performing Underlying Stock is greater than or equal to its Starting Price: $1,000 + ($1,000 × Underlying Stock Return of the Lowest Performing Underlying Stock × Upside Participation Rate) ● If the Ending Price of the Lowest Performing Underlying Stock is less than its Starting Price but greater than or equal to its Threshold Price: $1,000; or ● If the Ending Price the Lowest Performing Underlying Stock is less than its Threshold Price: $1,000 + ($1,000 × Underlying Stock Return of the Lowest Performing Underlying Stock) |
Starting Price: | With respect to each Underlying Stock, its stock closing price on the Pricing Date |
Ending Price: | With respect to each Underlying Stock, its stock closing price on the Final Calculation Day |
Threshold Price: | With respect to each Underlying Stock, 50% of its Starting Price. |
Upside Participation Rate: | 250% |
Underlying Stock Return: | With respect to each Underlying Stock, the percentage change from the Starting Price to the Ending Price, measured as follows: Ending Price – Starting Price Starting Price |
Calculation Agent: | BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofAS”), an affiliate of BofA Finance |
Underwriting Discount**: | Up to 2.575%; dealers, including those using the trade name Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA), may receive a selling concession of 2.00% and WFA may receive a distribution expense fee of 0.075%. |
CUSIP: | 09711GLC7 |
Material Tax Consequences: | See the preliminary pricing supplement. |
*Subject to change. ** In addition, selected dealers may receive a fee of up to 0.30% for marketing and other services. |
● Your investment may result in a loss; there is no guaranteed return of principal. ● The Securities do not bear interest. ● If the Securities are automatically called, your return will be limited to the Call Premium. ● The Call Premium or Maturity Payment Amount, as applicable, will not reflect the prices of the Underlying Stocks other than on the Call Date or the Final Calculation Day, as applicable. ● The Securities are subject to a potential automatic call, which would limit your ability to receive further payment on the Securities. ● Because the Securities are linked to the lowest performing (and not the average performance) of the Underlying Stocks, you may not receive any return on the Securities and may lose a significant portion or all of your principal amount even if the stock closing price of one Underlying Stock is always greater than or equal to its Starting Price or Threshold Price. ● Your return on the Securities may be less than the yield on a conventional debt security of comparable maturity. ● The Call Settlement Date or the Maturity Date may be postponed if the Call Date or the Final Calculation Day is postponed. ● Any payment on the Securities is subject to the credit risk of BofA Finance, as issuer, and BAC, as Guarantor, and actual or perceived changes in BofA Finance’s or the Guarantor’s creditworthiness are expected to affect the value of the Securities. ● We are a finance subsidiary and, as such, have no independent assets, operations or revenues. ● The public offering price you pay for the Securities will exceed their initial estimated value. ● The initial estimated value does not represent a minimum or maximum price at which BofA Finance, BAC, BofAS or any of our other affiliates or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“WFS”) or its affiliates would be willing to purchase your Securities in any secondary market (if any exists) at any time. | ● BofA Finance cannot assure you that a trading market for your Securities will ever develop or be maintained. ● The Securities are not designed to be short-term trading instruments, and if you attempt to sell the Securities prior to maturity, their market value, if any, will be affected by various factors that interrelate in complex ways, and their market value may be less than the principal amount. ● Trading and hedging activities by BofA Finance, the Guarantor and any of our other affiliates, including BofAS, and WFS and its affiliates, may create conflicts of interest with you and may affect your return on the Securities and their market value. ● There may be potential conflicts of interest involving the calculation agent, which is an affiliate of ours. ● Any payments on the Securities and whether the Securities are automatically called will depend upon the performance of the Underlying Stocks, and therefore the Securities are subject to the following risks, each as discussed in more detail in the accompanying product supplement. o The Securities may become linked to the common stock of a company other than an original Underlying Stock Issuer. o We cannot control actions by an Underlying Stock Issuer. o We and our affiliates have no affiliation with any Underlying Stock Issuer and have not independently verified any public disclosure of information. o You have limited anti-dilution protection. ● SNOW has limited actual historical information. ● The U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of the Securities are uncertain, and may be adverse to a holder of the Securities. |