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October 2, 2009

Bank of America CEO to Receive $125 Million Retirement Package
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Outgoing Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis is reportedly set to receive a
retirement package worth $125 million. Lewis’s severance package
includes $53 million in retirement benefits and $73 million in
accumulated stock and other compensation. Under Lewis’s leadership, Bank
of America received a $45 billion taxpayer bailout.



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