4th Supp. Ind. dated as of 11/7/08 to the Ind. dated as of 4/11/03



 Exhibit 4.29 
 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 
  
  
 FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
 Dated as of
November 7, 2008 
 Supplementing the Subordinated Indenture dated as of April 11, 2003, 
 as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated April 11, 2003, 
 as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 2008, 
 as supplemented by the Third
Supplemental Indenture dated November 7, 2008, 
 among 
 Countrywide Financial Corporation (formerly Red Oak Merger Corporation), 
 Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

 and 
 The Bank of New York Mellon
(formerly The Bank of New York), as trustee. 







 THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 7, 2008 (the “Fourth
Supplemental Indenture”), is made by and among BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Issuer”), COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., a New York corporation (“Guarantor”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON (formerly The Bank of New York), a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”) under the Indenture referred to herein. 
 WITNESSETH: 
 WHEREAS, Issuer, Guarantor, Countrywide Financial Corporation (formerly
Red Oak Merger Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) and the Trustee are parties to a Subordinated Indenture dated as of April 11, 2003, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated April 11, 2003,
as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated July 1, 2008, as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture (“Third Supplemental Indenture”) dated November 7, 2008 (collectively, the “Indenture”),
providing for the issuance of Debt Securities; 
 WHEREAS, there is outstanding under the terms of the Indenture one or more series of
Debt Securities (the “Securities”); 
 WHEREAS, Issuer and Guarantor entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement dated
November 7, 2008 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which Guarantor will sell to Issuer substantially all of Guarantor’s assets (the “Asset Purchase”); 
 WHEREAS, the Asset Purchase will be consummated on November 7, 2008; 
 WHEREAS, Section 10.03(1) of the Indenture provides that in the case of a conveyance or transfer of substantially all of Guarantor’s
assets to another corporation, the acquiring corporation shall expressly assume by supplemental indenture all the obligations and covenants under the Securities and the Indenture to be performed and observed by Guarantor; 
 WHEREAS, Section 9.01(a) of the Indenture provides that Issuer and Guarantor, with the authorization of their respective Boards of Directors,
and the Trustee may amend the Indenture without notice to or consent of any holders of the Securities to evidence the succession to Guarantor of a corporation that has acquired by conveyance or transfer substantially all of Guarantor’s assets
and the assumption by the acquiring corporation of the obligations and covenants of Guarantor under the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, in
connection with the execution of the Third Supplemental Indenture, Issuer expressly assumed all of the Corporation’s obligations and covenants pursuant to the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, Issuer wishes to assume all of Guarantor’s obligations and covenants pursuant to the Indenture; 







 WHEREAS, the Corporation and Guarantor agreed on a joint and several basis to make guarantee
payments and certain other payments set forth in the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated as of April 11, 2003 by and among the Corporation, Guarantor and the Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Securities (the
“Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement”); 
 WHEREAS, Issuer wishes to assume all of Guarantor’s responsibilities
and obligations under the Indenture and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement; 
 WHEREAS, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture
has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of each of Issuer, Guarantor and the Corporation; 
 WHEREAS,
the Trustee has determined that this Fourth Supplemental Indenture is satisfactory to it in form; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary
to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of these premises, Issuer, Guarantor, the Corporation and the Trustee agree as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities: 
 ARTICLE I 
 ASSUMPTION BY SUCCESSOR CORPORATION 
 AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS 
 SECTION 1.1 Assumption of the Guarantees. 
 (a) Issuer hereby represents and warrants that: 
 (i) it is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is acquiring substantially all of
Guarantor’s assets pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement; and 
 (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of Issuer. 
 (b) Issuer hereby expressly assumes the
Guarantees endorsed on the Securities and the performance of every covenant of the Indenture on the part of Guarantor to be performed or observed. 
 (c) Issuer is hereby substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, Guarantor under the Indenture, as if Issuer had been originally named as the guarantor. 
  

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 (d) Guarantor is hereby discharged and released from all of its obligations and covenants under the
Indenture and the Securities. 
 SECTION 1.2 Assumption of the Guarantee Agreement. 
 (a) Issuer hereby assumes and is substituted for the Guarantor under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement and agrees to perform all of
Guarantor’s obligations and responsibilities under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement. 
 (b) The Guarantor is hereby
discharged and released from all of its obligations and covenants under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement. 
 SECTION 1.3 Name
in Guarantee Agreement. Effective November 7, 2008, the name of Guarantor, as the successor corporation under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, shall be “Bank of America Corporation.” 
 SECTION 1.4 Trustee’s Acceptance. The Trustee hereby accepts this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and agrees to perform the same under the
terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 ARTICLE II 
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 2.1 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the
later to occur of (i) the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture by the Corporation, Issuer, Guarantor and the Trustee and (ii) the effective time of the Asset Purchase, the Indenture shall be supplemented in
accordance herewith, and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound thereby.

 SECTION 2.2 Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect. Except as supplemented hereby, all provisions in the Indenture shall remain
in full force and effect. 
 SECTION 2.3 Indenture and Supplemental Indenture Construed Together. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture
is an indenture supplemental to and in implementation of the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together. 
 SECTION 2.4 Confirmation and Preservation of Indenture. The Indenture as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture is in all respects
confirmed and preserved. 
 SECTION 2.5 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture
limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act (the “TIA”) that is required under the TIA to be part of and govern any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the provision of the TIA shall 

  

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control. If any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the
provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, as the case may be. 
 SECTION 2.6 Severability. In case any provision in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 SECTION 2.7 Terms Defined in the Indenture. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. 
 SECTION 2.8 Addresses for Notice, etc., to Issuer and Trustee.
Any notice or demand which by any provisions of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders of Securities to or on Issuer may be given in the manner specified in
the Indenture to the following address: 
 Bank of America Corporation 
 Bank of America Corporate Center 
 100 North
Tryon Street 
 NC1-007-07-13 
 Corporate Treasury Division 
 Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 
 Telephone: (980) 387-3776 
 Facsimile:
(980) 387-8794 
 Attention: B. Kenneth Burton, Jr. 
 Together with a copy to: 
 Bank of America Corporation 
 Legal Department 
 NC1-002-29-01 

101 South Tryon Street 
 Charlotte, North
Carolina 28255 
 Telephone: (704) 386-4238 
 Facsimile: (704) 386-1670 
 Attention: Teresa M. Brenner, Esq. 
 SECTION 2.9 Headings. The Article and Section headings of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only,
are not to be considered part of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
  

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 SECTION 2.10 Benefits of Fourth Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture or the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder and the holders of the Securities, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under the Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or the Securities. 
 SECTION 2.11 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of
the Trustee. In entering into this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee, whether
or not elsewhere herein so provided. 
 SECTION 2.12 Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 
 SECTION 2.13
Governing Law. This Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said State. 
 SECTION 2.14 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals contained herein (other than the twelfth recital) shall be taken as the statements
of the Corporation, the Issuer or Guarantor, as the case may be, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed
as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	ISSUER:
	
	Bank of America Corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/    B. Kenneth Burton, Jr.

		 	B. Kenneth Burton, Jr.
		 	Senior Vice President


  

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	GUARANTOR:
	
	Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/    Anne D. McCallion

		 	Anne D. McCallion
		 	Senior Managing Director and Chief
		 	Financial Officer


  

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	THE TRUSTEE:
	
	The Bank of New York Mellon
		
	By:	 	 /s/    Rafael E. Miranda

		 	Rafael E. Miranda
		 	Vice President


  

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