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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Under </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>13-2614959</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Wall Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>10286</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Craig T.
Beazer, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Securities Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Wall Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10286 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (212)&nbsp;495-1784 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Copies of communications to: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffrey G. Aromatorio, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reed Smith LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reed
Smith Centre </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>225 Fifth Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2716 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (412)&nbsp;288-3364 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering
price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration&nbsp;fee<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP></B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">30,000,000<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38.36</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1,150,800,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$148,223.04</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">10,000,000<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$38.36</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$383,600,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$49,407.68</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"></SUP>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance under the plans as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock, $0.01 par value (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;). In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k)
Savings Plan (the &#147;401(k) Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"></SUP>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the 1933 Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the $38.36 per share average
of the high and low sales price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;12, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">3</SUP></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"></SUP>Represents shares of Common Stock issuable under The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;LTIP&#148;), which are in addition to
shares of Common Stock previously registered in connection with the LTIP on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on April&nbsp;18, 2008 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-150323)
and May&nbsp;19, 2011 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-174342). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">4</SUP></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"></SUP>Represents shares of Common Stock issuable under the 401(k) Plan, which are in addition to shares of Common Stock previously registered in connection with the 401(k)
Plan, including its predecessors, on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2007 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-144216) and December&nbsp;17, 2010 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-171258). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;LTIP&#148;) was amended and restated on February&nbsp;24, 2014 by
approval of the Board of Directors of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;). As amended and restated, the LTIP was approved by stockholders of the Company on April&nbsp;8, 2014. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is
being filed for the purpose of registering 30,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) to be issued pursuant to the LTIP. In addition, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of
registering 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (the &#147;401(k) Plan&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than, in
each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission&#146;s rules): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company&#146;s latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report on Form 10-K referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-140863)</FONT> as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;23,
2007, and amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on April&nbsp;2, 2007 and Amendment No.&nbsp;2 on April&nbsp;17, 2007, as that description may be updated from time to time; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Annual Report on Form 11-K of the 401(k) Plan for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 (File No.&nbsp;001-35651).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act (other than documents or
information deemed to have been furnished and not filed), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters 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. </P>
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this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other contemporaneously or subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may read and copy registration statements, reports, proxy statements and other
information filed by the Company at the public reference room maintained by the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can call the Commission for further information about its public reference room at 1-800-732-0330. Such
material is also available at the Commission&#146;s website at http://www.sec.gov. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) permits a corporation, in its certificate of incorporation,
to limit or eliminate, subject to certain statutory limitations, the liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty, except for liability (a)&nbsp;for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or
(d)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, a
corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or a person who 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&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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. In the case of an action brought by or in the right
of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or a person who 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&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of 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 a
court finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Article Eighth) of the Company, provides that the Company will indemnify its officers and
directors, and any other person who served in such role for other entities at the request of the Company (&#147;Covered Person&#148;), to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by
such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person was an officer or director of the Company or such other entity. The Company will indemnify Covered Persons in
connection with a proceeding commenced or brought by that person only if the commencement or bringing of the proceeding was authorized by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. The Company will, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, pay the
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) of any Covered Person in defending a proceeding (other than a proceeding commenced or brought by the person without the specific authorization of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors), provided that, to the
extent required by the DGCL, advancement of expenses will only be made if such person provides an undertaking to repay all amounts advanced if it is determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Covered Person against liability or expense asserted or incurred by
such Covered Person in connection with any proceeding, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Covered Person against such liability or expense by law or under the indemnification provisions in the Company&#146;s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation. </P>
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by the Board of Directors, any other employee or agent of the Company in furtherance of the provisions of Article Eighth of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other
means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in Article Eighth of the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to advancement of expenses, the DGCL provides that the Company may advance expenses upon the receipt of an undertaking as
described above, on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
of its executive officers and directors, providing that it will indemnify such executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law against all judgments, awards, fines, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (&#147;ERISA&#148;)
excise taxes, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities and losses and pay the expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) of the executive officer or director if such executive officer or director is involved in any manner (including,
without limitation, as a party or a witness) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, proceeding or procedure by reason of the fact of the executive officer or director&#146;s position at the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company also has a policy which indemnifies all employees (including executive officers) and directors of the Company and its affiliates,
to the fullest extent permitted by law against all judgments, awards, fines, ERISA excise taxes, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities and losses and pays the expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) of the employee or director if such
employee or director is involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or a witness) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, proceeding or procedure by reason of the fact of the employee or
director&#146;s position at the Company or a Company affiliate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of the Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:26.20pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Number</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-52710).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated on July 10, 2007 and subsequently amended on April 14, 2009, August 11, 2009, February 9, 2010, July 2, 2010, October 12, 2010 and October 8, 2013, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October&nbsp;8, 2013 (File No. 001-35651).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A of the Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed March 7, 2014 (File No. 001-35651).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP, filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement), filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney, filed herewith.</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the 401(k) Plan, and all amendments
thereto, to the United States Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the 401(k) Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The
Company hereby undertakes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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; </P>
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registration statement is on Form S-8, and if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act (and each filing of the 401(k) Plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Company pursuant to the provisions described under Item&nbsp;6 above, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 14<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of August, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Gerald L. Hassell</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Gerald L. Hassell</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 14<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of August, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" align="left">Samuel C. Scott III</P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Craig T. Beazer, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the above-noted individuals, pursuant to the power of attorney duly executed by such individuals, which has been filed as an exhibit to
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 14<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of August, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Monique Herena</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas P. Gibbons</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-52710).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated on July 10, 2007 and subsequently amended on April 14, 2009, August 11, 2009, February&nbsp;9, 2010, July 2, 2010, October 12, 2010 and October 8, 2013,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October&nbsp;8, 2013 (File No. 001-35651).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A of the Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed March 7, 2014 (File No. 001-35651).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP, filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement), filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney, filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-2614959
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Wall Street
New York, New York
10286
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip code)
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Craig T.
Beazer, Esq.
Chief Securities Counsel
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
One Wall Street
New
York, New York 10286
Telephone: (212) 495-1784
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Jeffrey G. Aromatorio, Esq.
Reed Smith LLP
Reed
Smith Centre
225 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2716
Telephone: (412) 288-3364
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company.)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
1
Proposed
maximum
offering
price
per share
2
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
2
Amount of
registration fee
2
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
30,000,000
3
$38.36
$1,150,800,000
$148,223.04
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
10,000,000
4
$38.36
$383,600,000
$49,407.68
1
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance under the plans as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock, $0.01 par value (the
"Common Stock"). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k)
Savings Plan (the "401(k) Plan").
2
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the 1933 Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the $38.36 per share average
of the high and low sales price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on August 12, 2014.
3
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable under The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), which are in addition to
shares of Common Stock previously registered in connection with the LTIP on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 18, 2008 (Registration No. 333-150323)
and May 19, 2011 (Registration No. 333-174342).
4
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable under the 401(k) Plan, which are in addition to shares of Common Stock previously registered in connection with the 401(k)
Plan, including its predecessors, on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 29, 2007 (Registration No. 333-144216) and December 17, 2010 (Registration No. 333-171258).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") was amended and restated on February 24, 2014 by
approval of the Board of Directors of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the "Company"). As amended and restated, the LTIP was approved by stockholders of the Company on April 8, 2014. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is
being filed for the purpose of registering 30,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the "Common Stock") to be issued pursuant to the LTIP. In addition, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of
registering 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (the "401(k) Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act").
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than, in
each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission's rules):
(a) The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act");
(b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report on Form 10-K referred to in paragraph (a) above;
(c) The description of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (Registration
No. 333-140863)
as filed with the Commission on February 23,
2007, and amended by Amendment No. 1 on April 2, 2007 and Amendment No. 2 on April 17, 2007, as that description may be updated from time to time; and
(d) Annual Report on Form 11-K of the 401(k) Plan for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 001-35651).
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act (other than documents or
information deemed to have been furnished and not filed), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters 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.
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Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other contemporaneously or subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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.
You may read and copy registration statements, reports, proxy statements and other
information filed by the Company at the public reference room maintained by the Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can call the Commission for further information about its public reference room at 1-800-732-0330. Such
material is also available at the Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") permits a corporation, in its certificate of incorporation,
to limit or eliminate, subject to certain statutory limitations, the liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty, except for liability (a) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL or
(d) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a
corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or a person who 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 the person if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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. In the case of an action brought by or in the right
of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or a person who 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) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of 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 a
court finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
The Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Article Eighth) of the Company, provides that the Company will indemnify its officers and
directors, and any other person who served in such role for other entities at the request of the Company ("Covered Person"), to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by
such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person was an officer or director of the Company or such other entity. The Company will indemnify Covered Persons in
connection with a proceeding commenced or brought by that person only if the commencement or bringing of the proceeding was authorized by the Company's Board of Directors. The Company will, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, pay the
expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any Covered Person in defending a proceeding (other than a proceeding commenced or brought by the person without the specific authorization of the Company's Board of Directors), provided that, to the
extent required by the DGCL, advancement of expenses will only be made if such person provides an undertaking to repay all amounts advanced if it is determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification.
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Covered Person against liability or expense asserted or incurred by
such Covered Person in connection with any proceeding, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such Covered Person against such liability or expense by law or under the indemnification provisions in the Company's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation.
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The Company is authorized to enter into contracts with any director or officer, or, as authorized
by the Board of Directors, any other employee or agent of the Company in furtherance of the provisions of Article Eighth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other
means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in Article Eighth of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
With respect to advancement of expenses, the DGCL provides that the Company may advance expenses upon the receipt of an undertaking as
described above, on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
of its executive officers and directors, providing that it will indemnify such executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law against all judgments, awards, fines, Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA")
excise taxes, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities and losses and pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees) of the executive officer or director if such executive officer or director is involved in any manner (including,
without limitation, as a party or a witness) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, proceeding or procedure by reason of the fact of the executive officer or director's position at the Company.
The Company also has a policy which indemnifies all employees (including executive officers) and directors of the Company and its affiliates,
to the fullest extent permitted by law against all judgments, awards, fines, ERISA excise taxes, penalties, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities and losses and pays the expenses (including attorneys' fees) of the employee or director if such
employee or director is involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or a witness) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, proceeding or procedure by reason of the fact of the employee or
director's position at the Company or a Company affiliate.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of the Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the "Company"), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-52710).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated on July 10, 2007 and subsequently amended on April 14, 2009, August 11, 2009, February 9, 2010, July 2, 2010, October 12, 2010 and October 8, 2013, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 8, 2013 (File No. 001-35651).
4.3
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A of the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed March 7, 2014 (File No. 001-35651).
5.1
Opinion of Reed Smith LLP, filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement), filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP, filed herewith.
24.1
Powers of Attorney, filed herewith.
The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the 401(k) Plan, and all amendments
thereto, to the United States Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the 401(k) Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The
Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 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 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;
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Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;
(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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; and
(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.
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Company's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and each filing of the 401(k) Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 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 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Company pursuant to the provisions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 1933 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 the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 14
th
day of August, 2014.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Gerald L. Hassell
Gerald L. Hassell
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 14
th
day of August, 2014.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gerald L. Hassell
Director and Principal Executive Officer
Gerald L. Hassell
/s/ Thomas P. Gibbons
Principal Financial Officer
Thomas P. Gibbons
/s/ John A. Park
Principal Accounting Officer
John A. Park
*
Director
Ruth E. Bruch
*
Director
Nicholas M. Donofrio
*
Director
Jeffrey A. Goldstein
*
Director
Edmund F. Kelly
*
Director
Richard J. Kogan
*
Director
Michael J. Kowalski
*
Director
John A. Luke, Jr.
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*
Director
Mark A. Nordenberg
*
Director
Catherine A. Rein
*
William C. Richardson
Director
*
Samuel C. Scott III
Director
*
Wesley W. von Schack
Director
*
Craig T. Beazer, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the above-noted individuals, pursuant to the power of attorney duly executed by such individuals, which has been filed as an exhibit to
this registration statement.
/s/ Craig T. Beazer
Name:
Craig T. Beazer
Attorney-in-Fact
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SIGNATURES
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the 14
th
day of August, 2014.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/ Monique Herena
Monique Herena, Chairperson,
Benefits Administration Committee
By:
/s/ Thomas P. Gibbons
Thomas P. Gibbons, Chairperson,
Benefits Investment Committee
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the "Company"), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 2, 2007 (File
No. 000-52710).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated on July 10, 2007 and subsequently amended on April 14, 2009, August 11, 2009, February 9, 2010, July 2, 2010, October 12, 2010 and October 8, 2013,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 8, 2013 (File No. 001-35651).
4.3
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A of the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed March 7, 2014 (File No. 001-35651).
5.1
Opinion of Reed Smith LLP, filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement), filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP, filed herewith.
24.1
Powers of Attorney, filed herewith.
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