(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp was charged by the SEC on Monday with making "materially false and misleading statements" in the Merrill Lynch acquisition, court documents said.
* SEC says Bank of America said Merrill "had agreed not to pay year-end
performance bonuses" before the closing of the merger but that no such
agreement had been reached- court documents
* SEC says Bank of America had agreed to pay up to $5.8 billion in Merrill
bonuses, contrary to statements in merger agreement- court documents
* SEC says bank of America falsely claimed that Merrill had agreed not to
pay performance bonuses before closing of merger- court documents
* SEC seeks injunction barring Bank of America executives from breaking
securities laws and seeks fine
