NATIONSBANK CORP
S-8 POS, 1998-09-28
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 1998
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                                                        Registration No. 2-80406
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                            POST - EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 5
                                          TO
                                       FORM S-8
                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                             NationsBank Corporation
                  (To Be Renamed "BankAmerica Corporation")
                (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
    

               Delaware                                 56-0906609
    (State or Other Jurisdiction                    (I.R.S. Employer)
 of Incorporation or Organization)                  Identification No.)

                             NationsBank Corporate Center
                                100 North Tryon Street
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
                       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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                     NCNB Corporation and Designated Subsidiaries
                          Stock / Thrift Plan and Trust


                               (Full Title of the Plan)
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                              PAUL J. POLKING, ESQ.
                               Executive Vice President
                               and General Counsel
                             NationsBank Corporation
                             NationsBank Corporate Center
                                100 North Tryon Street
                         Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                    (704) 386-5000
            (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

   
      This Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 2-80406) (the "Registration Statement") is filed pursuant to
Rule 414 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to
notify the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") that
NationsBank Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (formerly known as "NCNB
Corporation") ("NationsBank"), has been reincorporated from North Carolina to
Delaware by forming a new, wholly owned Delaware subsidiary named NationsBank
(DE) Corporation ("NationsBank (DE)"), having no assets or liabilities other
than nominal assets or liabilities, and merging NationsBank with and into
NationsBank (DE) (the "Reincorporation Merger"), with NationsBank (DE) as the
surviving corporation in the Reincorporation Merger and being named "NationsBank
Corporation." The Reincorporation Merger was consummated on September 25, 1998
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan of Reincorporation
Merger by and between NationsBank and NationsBank (DE), dated as of August 3,
1998 (the "Reincorporation Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the Reincorporation
Merger Agreement, NationsBank (DE) acquired all of the assets and assumed all
the liabilities and obligations of NationsBank.

      In addition, NationsBank and BankAmerica Corporation, a Delaware
Corporation ("BankAmerica"), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization, dated as of April 10, 1998, pursuant to which BankAmerica will
merge with and into NationsBank (DE) (the "Merger"), with NationsBank (DE) as
the surviving corporation in the Merger. Following the Merger, NationsBank (DE)
will change its name to "BankAmerica Corporation." The Reincorporation
Merger and the Merger were approved by the shareholders of NationsBank at a
Special Meeting of Shareholders held on September 24, 1998 for which proxies
were solicited pursuant to Rule 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act").
    

      Subsequent to the Reincorporation Merger, shares of common stock of
NationsBank issued pursuant to the NCNB Corporation and Designated Subsidiaries
Stock / Thrift Plan and Trust (the "Plan") to which this Registration Statement
relates shall be shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
NationsBank (DE), rather than shares of common stock of NationsBank.

      In accordance with paragraph (d) of Rule 414 of the Securities Act, except
as modified by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5, NationsBank (DE) expressly
adopts the Registration Statement as its own registration statement for all
purposes of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

                                     PART I

             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

      The documents constituting a Prospectus (a "Prospectus") with respect to
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form S-8 of NationsBank (DE) (the
"Registrant") are kept on file at the offices of the Registrant in accordance
with Rule 428 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act. The Registrant will
provide without charge to participants in the Plan, on the written or oral
request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents constituting a
Prospectus. Written requests for such copies should be directed to Charles J.
Cooley, Principal Corporate Personnel Officer, NationsBank Corporation,
NationsBank Corporate Center, 100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
28255. Telephone requests may be directed to (704) 386-5000.

                                     PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

      The following documents, which have been heretofore filed by the
Registrant, a Delaware corporation, and its predecessor NationsBank, a North
Carolina corporation, with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are
incorporated by reference herein:



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            (a) NationsBank's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997;

   
            (b) NationsBank's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
January 14, 1998, January 22, 1998, February 3, 1998, March 13, 1998, March 23,
1998, April 15, 1998, April 16, 1998, April 17, 1998 (as amended on April 24,
1998, May 18, 1998 and August 17, 1998), May 6, 1998, May 13, 1998, July 7,
1998, July 13, 1998, July 23, 1998, and the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K filed September 28, 1998; and
    

            (c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 28, 1998, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

      All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the
effectiveness of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto that either indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or register all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

      The Registrant will provide without charge to each person to whom a
Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement is delivered, on
the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the
documents incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits to such
documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference in such
documents). Written requests for such copies should be directed to Charles J.
Cooley, Principal Corporate Personnel Officer, NationsBank Corporation,
NationsBank Corporate Center, 100 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
28255. Telephone requests may be directed to (704) 386-5000.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

      The legality of the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued in connection
with the Plan has been passed upon by Paul J. Polking, Esq., Executive Vice
President and General Counsel of the Registrant. As of the date of this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 on Form S-8, Mr. Polking beneficially owned an
aggregate of approximately 137,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors  and Officers.

      Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL") empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL
empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth
above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if such person acted in accordance with the above standards,
except that no indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of


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Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.

      Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that, to the extent that a
director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in the defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith; and that indemnification provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section
145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification may be entitled. Section 145 further empowers the corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or
not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liabilities under Section 145 of the DGCL.

      Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that provisions in a corporation's
certificate of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director for (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation
or its stockholders; (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involved
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) willful or negligent
unlawful payment of a dividend or stock purchase or redemption; or (iv) any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

      The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant prevents the
recovery by the Registrant of monetary damages against its directors to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. In accordance with the provisions of the
DGCL, the Bylaws of the Registrant provide that, in addition to the
indemnification of directors and officers otherwise provided by the DGCL, the
Registrant shall, under certain circumstances, indemnify its directors,
executive officers and certain other designated officers against any and all
liability and litigation expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising
out of their status or activities as directors and officers, except for
liability or litigation expense incurred on account of activities that were at
the time known or believed by such director or officer to be in conflict with
the best interests of the Registrant. Pursuant to such Bylaws and as authorized
by statute, the Registrant may also maintain insurance on behalf of its
directors and officers against liability asserted against such persons in such
capacity whether or not such directors or officers have the right to
indemnification pursuant to the Bylaws or otherwise.

      In addition, the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and between
BankAmerica and NationsBank, dated as of April 10, 1998, providing for the
Reincorporation Merger and the Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), provides that
the Registrant will, for six years after the consummation of the Merger,
indemnify directors, officers and employees of BankAmerica, NationsBank, or any
of their respective subsidiaries against certain liabilities in connection with
such persons' status as such or in connection with the Merger Agreement or any
of the transactions contemplated thereby. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the
Registrant will also, for six years after the consummation of the Merger and
with respect to events occurring prior to the consummation of the Merger, honor
all rights to indemnification and limitations of liability existing in favor of
the foregoing persons as provided in the governing documents of NationsBank,
BankAmerica or their respective subsidiaries.

      Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, for six years after the consummation of
the Merger, the Registrant will also use its best efforts to cause the directors
and officers of BankAmerica and NationsBank to be covered by a directors' and
officers' liability insurance policy with respect to acts or omissions occurring
prior to the consummation of the Merger.

      The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law
dealing with indemnification of directors and officers and does not purport to
be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant
statutes which contain detailed specific provisions regarding the circumstances
under which and the person for whose benefit indemnification shall or may be
made.

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Item 8.  Exhibits.

      The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.

Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibit
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   5.1            Opinion of Paul J. Polking, Esq. as to the legality of the
                  securities *

   23             Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

   23.2           Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

   23.3           Consent of Paul J. Polking, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1) *

   24.1           Power of Attorney

   99.1           NCNB Corporation and Designated Subsidiaries Stock / Thrift
                  Plan and Trust *
- ---------------------
*     Previously  filed as an exhibit to the  Registration  Statement  on Form
      S-8 to which this is Post-Effective Amendment No. 5

Item 9.  Undertakings.

      (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

                  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;

                  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;

                  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

            (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

            (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.



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      (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.



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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North
Carolina, on September 28, 1998.

                                    NATIONSBANK CORPORATION



                                    By:   /s/ Paul J. Polking
                                          -----------------------------
                                          Paul J. Polking
                                          Executive Vice President and
                                          General Counsel

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
      Signature                                 Title                                  Date
      ---------                                 -----                                  ----


            *                 Chief Executive Officer and Director              September 28, 1998
- --------------------------    (Principal Executive Officer)
Hugh L. McColl, Jr.           


            *                 Vice Chairman and                                 September 28, 1998
- ------------------------      Chief Financial Officer and Director
James H. Hance, Jr.           (Principal Financial Officer)             
                              


            *                 Executive Vice President and                      September 28, 1998
- ------------------------      Chief Accounting Officer      
Marc D. Oken                  (Principal Accounting Officer)
                              

            *                 Chairman of the Board                             September 28, 1998
- ------------------------      and Director
Charles E. Rice              


                              Director                                          September __, 1998
- ------------------------
Ray C. Anderson


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Rita Bornstein


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Thomas E. Capps


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            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Alvin R. Carpenter


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Charles W. Coker


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Thomas G. Cousins


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Andrew B. Craig, III


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Alan T. Dickson


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Paul Fulton


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
C. Ray Holman


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
W. W. Johnson


            *                 President and Director                            September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Kenneth D. Lewis


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Russell W. Meyer, Jr.


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Richard B. Priory


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
John C. Slane


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
O. Temple Sloan, Jr.


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Meredith R. Spangler


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            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Albert E. Suter


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Ronald Townsend


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
Jackie M. Ward


            *                 Director                                          September 28, 1998
- ------------------------
John A. Williams


                              Director                                          September __, 1998
- ------------------------
Virgil R. Williams



*By:  /s/ Charles M. Berger
      ---------------------
          Charles M. Berger
          Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>



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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibit
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   5.1         Opinion of Paul J. Polking, Esq. as to the legality of the
               securities *

   23.1        Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

   23.2        Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

   23.3        Consent of Paul J. Polking, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1) *

   24.1        Power of Attorney

   99.1        NCNB Corporation and Designated Subsidiaries Stock / Thrift
               Plan and Trust *
- ----------------------
*     Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
      to which this is Post-Effective Amendment No. 5


                                                                    Exhibit 23.1



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective
Amendments No. 1 to Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos.
333-07229; 333-15375; 333-18273; 333-43137; 333-13811 and 333-51367);
Post-Effective Amendments No. 2 to Registration Statements on Form S-3
(Registration Nos. 33-54784; 33-49881; 33-57533 and 33-63097); Post-Effective
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-45498); Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4
(Registration No. 333-60553); Post-Effective Amendments No. 1 to Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-45279; 33-60695; 333-02875;
333-07105; 333-20913; 333-24331 and 333-58657); Post-Effective Amendment No. 5
to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 2-80406) and
Post-Effective Amendments No. 2 on Form S-8 to Registration Statements on Form
S-4 (Registration Nos. 33-43125; 33-55145; 33-63351; 33-62069; 33-62208;
333-16189 and 333-40515) of NationsBank Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
successor by reincorporation merger to the North Carolina corporation of the
same name, of our report dated January 9, 1998, which appears on page 46 of the
NationsBank Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1997. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
April 13, 1998, which appears on page 75 of the NationsBank Corporation Current
Report on Form 8-K filed April 16, 1998.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 28, 1998

                                                                    Exhibit 23.2



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendments
No. 1 to Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-07229;
333-13811; 333-15375; 333-18273; 333-43137 and 333-51367); Post-Effective
Amendments No. 2 to Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos.
33-54784; 33-49881; 33-57533 and 33-63097); Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-45498); Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No.
333-60553); Post-Effective Amendments No. 1 to Registration Statements on Form
S-8 (Registration Nos. 33-45279; 33-60695; 333-02875; 333-07105; 333-20913;
333-24331 and 333-58657); Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 2-80406) and Post-Effective Amendments
No. 2 on Form S-8 to Registration Statements on Form S-4 (Registration Nos.
33-43125; 33-55145; 33-63351; 33-62069; 33-62208; 333-16189 and 333-40515) of
NationsBank Corporation of our report dated January 20, 1998, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of BankAmerica Corporation incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


San Francisco, California
September 25, 1998

                                                                    Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

   
      KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of NationsBank Corporation,
and the several undersigned Officers and Directors thereof whose signatures
appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Paul J. Polking and Charles
M. Berger, and each of them acting individually, its, his and her true and
lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file in its, his and her name and on its,
his and her behalf, and in each of the undersigned Officer's and Director's
capacity or capacities as shown below, (a) Post-Effective Amendments No. 1 to
Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-07229; 333-13811;
333-15375; 333-18273; 333-43137 and 333-51367); Post-Effective Amendments No. 2
to Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 33-54784; 33-49881;
33-57533 and 33-63097); Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-45498); Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-60553); Post-Effective
Amendments No. 1 to Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
33-45279; 33-60695; 333-02875; 333-07105; 333-20913; 333-24331 and 333-58657);
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 2-80406) and Post-Effective Amendments No. 2 on Form S-8 to
Registration Statements on Form S-4 (Registration Nos. 33-43125; 33-55145;
33-63351; 33-62069; 33-62208; 333-16189 and 333-40515) of NationsBank
Corporation, which Post-Effective Amendments shall be filed pursuant to Rule 414
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to notify the Securities and Exchange
Commission of the reincorporation of NationsBank Corporation as a Delaware
company by means of a merger of the predecessor North Carolina corporation of
the same name into NationsBank (DE) Corporation, with NationsBank (DE)
Corporation as the surviving corporation and being renamed "NationsBank
Corporation," and any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental
thereto and any and all amendments, including any and all post-effective
amendments, to the foregoing (hereinafter called the "Registration Statements"),
and (b) such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to
service of process or other instruments, any and all documents in support
thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to
the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or register the
securities covered by said Registration Statements under such securities laws,
regulations or requirements as may be applicable; and each of NationsBank
Corporation and said Officers and Directors hereby grants to said attorneys, and
to each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing whatsoever as said attorneys or attorney may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney to the same
extent and with the same effect as NationsBank Corporation might or could do,
and as each of said Officers and Directors might or could do personally in his
or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, and each of NationsBank Corporation
and said Officers and Directors hereby ratifies and confirms all acts and things
which said attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and its, his or her signature as the same may be signed by
said attorneys or attorney, or any of them, to any or all of the following
(and/or any and all amendments and supplements to any or all thereof): such
Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of
process and other instruments, and any and all documents in support thereof or
supplemental thereto, under such securities laws, regulations and requirements
as may be applicable.
    


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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NationsBank Corporation has caused this power of
attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned Officers and
Directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand
as of the date indicated below.

                                    NATIONSBANK CORPORATION


                                    By:   /s/   Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
                                          --------------------------
                                          Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
                                          Chief Executive Officer
Dated:   September 25, 1998
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      Signature                        Title                                              Date
      ---------                        -----                                              ----



/s/   Hugh L. McColl, Jr.           Chief Executive Officer and Director                  September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Hugh L. McColl, Jr.                 (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/   James H. Hance, Jr.           Director, Vice Chairman and                           September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------        Chief Financial Officer
James H. Hance, Jr.                 (Principal Financial Officer)
                              


/s/   Marc D. Oken                  Executive Vice President and                          September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------        Chief Accounting Officer      
Marc D. Oken                        (Principal Accounting Officer)
                                    


/s/   Charles E. Rice               Chairman of the Board                                 September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------        and Director
Charles E. Rice                     


                                    Director                                              September __, 1998
- ----------------------------
Ray C. Anderson


/s/   Rita Bornstein                Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Rita Bornstein


/s/   B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.        Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.


/s/   Thomas E. Capps               Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Thomas E. Capps


/s/   Alvin R. Carpenter            Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Alvin R. Carpenter


/s/   Charles W. Coker              Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Charles W. Coker

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/s/   Thomas G. Cousins             Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Thomas G. Cousins


/s/   Andrew B. Craig, III          Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Andrew B. Craig, III


/s/   Alan T. Dickson               Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Alan T. Dickson


/s/   Paul Fulton                   Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Paul Fulton


/s/   C. Ray Holman                 Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
C. Ray Holman


/s/   W. W. Johnson                 Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
W. W. Johnson


/s/   Kenneth D. Lewis              President and Director                                September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Kenneth D. Lewis


/s/   Russell W. Meyer, Jr.         Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Russell W. Meyer, Jr.


/s/   Richard B. Priory             Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Richard B. Priory


/s/   John C. Slane                 Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
John C. Slane


/s/   O. Temple Sloan, Jr.          Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
O. Temple Sloan, Jr.


/s/   Meredith R. Spangler          Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Meredith R. Spangler


/s/   Albert E. Suter               Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Albert E. Suter


/s/   Ronald Townsend               Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Ronald Townsend

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/s/   Jackie M. Ward                Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
Jackie M. Ward


/s/   John A. Williams              Director                                              September 25, 1998
- ----------------------------
John A. Williams


                                    Director                                              September __, 1998
- ----------------------------
Virgil R. Williams
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