Bank of America Names Richard Warriner Middle Market Banking Client Manager

      Leads Team Serving Clients in Springfield and Southwest Missouri



    SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Aug. 13 /EMWNews/ -- Bank of America today

announced that Richard Warriner has been named middle market banking client

manager for Springfield and Southwest Missouri. He will be based in

Springfield.



    



    Warriner will be responsible for serving large corporations in various

industries, including technology, financial, sporting and biotechnology,

among others, with revenues between $20 million and $2 billion. In addition

to delivering traditional banking products and services to these clients,

Warriner will also assist registered representatives of Banc of America

Securities LLC in bringing capital markets and advisory solutions to

clients and prospects.



    "Richard has over nine years of banking experience focused on meeting

the needs of middle market companies like those in Southwest Missouri,"

said Great Plains Middle Market Executive Lafayette Ford. "Richard and his

team will leverage our comprehensive array of capabilities to deliver

integrated solutions valued by our clients."



    Warriner joined Bank of America in 2000 as a credit analyst. Most

recently, he served as a commercial product delivery officer based in

Little Rock, Ark.



    A native of Pine Bluff, Ark., Warriner graduated from the University of

Arkansas in 1999 with a bachelor of science degree in Agricultural

Economics, and obtained a masters of business administration degree in

Finance from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2001. He is a

certified treasury professional.



    Warriner and his wife Tiffany are philanthropic supporters of arts,

health sciences and outdoor conservation organizations. Warriner has served

on boards and in other functions for the University of Arkansas for Medical

Sciences Consortium, Wildwood for Performing Arts, and most recently Rotary

International.



    Bank of America is the predominant middle-market bank in the U.S.,

serving companies with annual revenues of between $20 million and $2

billion as well as not-for-profits and governments. We leverage our

coast-to-coast footprint, global reach and product breadth with the

industry expertise of our client teams to offer our clients integrated

solutions that include credit, investment banking, international banking,

global treasury services, investment services and personal wealth

management.



    Bank of America



    Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is one of the world's largest 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 products and services. The company's

Global Corporate and Investment Banking group (GCIB) focuses on companies

with annual revenues of more than $2.5 million; middle-market and large

corporations; institutional investors; financial institutions; and

government entities. GCIB provides innovative services in M&A, equity and

debt capital raising, lending, trading, risk management, treasury

management and research. Bank of America serves clients in 150 countries

and has relationships with 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and

83 percent of the Fortune Global 500. Many of the bank's services to

corporate and institutional clients are provided through its U.S. and UK

subsidiaries, Banc of America Securities LLC and Banc of America Securities

Limited. For additional information, visit http://www.bankofamerica.com .