Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No.: 333-167832
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
$1,000,000,000 FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
ISSUER: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
SECURITIES: SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES G
EXPECTED RATINGS*: Aa2 / AA- / AA- / AAL (NEGATIVE/STABLE/STABLE/STABLE)
LEGAL FORMAT: SEC-REGISTERED
MATURITY DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
TRADE DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
SETTLEMENT DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 (T+5)
REDEMPTION COMMENCEMENT DATE: AUGUST 23, 2021
COUPON: 3.55% PER ANNUM
COUPON FREQUENCY: SEMI-ANNUALLY
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: INTEREST PAYS SEMI-ANNUALLY ON EACH MARCH 23 AND SEPTEMBER 23, COMMENCING ON MARCH 23, 2012 AND ENDING ON THE MATURITY DATE
REDEMPTION PRICE: THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTES REDEEMED
REDEMPTION TERMS: REDEEMABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART AT THE OPTION OF THE ISSUER ON OR AFTER THE REDEMPTION COMMENCEMENT DATE AT THE REDEMPTION PRICE, PLUS ACCRUED AND UNPAID INTEREST THEREON TO THE DATE OF REDEMPTION. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE AT LEAST 30 AND NOT MORE THAN 60 CALENDAR DAYS NOTICE OF REDEMPTION TO THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THE NOTE.
DAY COUNT CONVENTION: 30/360
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $1,000,000,000
ISSUE PRICE: 99.933% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
PROCEEDS TO ISSUER: $997,830,000
PRICING BENCHMARK: UST 2.125% DUE AUGUST 15, 2021
BENCHMARK YIELD: 2.078%
SPREAD TO BENCHMARK: +148 BASIS POINTS
RE-OFFER YIELD: 3.558%
DENOMINATIONS: $1,000 X $1,000
LISTING: NONE
CUSIP/ISIN: 06406HBY4/US06406HBY45
BOOKRUNNERS: BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., AND MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
CO-MANAGERS: BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF SCOTT & STRINGFELLOW, LLC, MFR SECURITIES, INC., NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., SANTANDER INVESTMENT SECURITIES INC., THE WILLIAMS CAPITAL GROUP, L.P., AND TOUSSAINT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
The notes are not deposits or other obligations of a bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC at 1-800-269-6864, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at 1-800-503-4611, or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649.
*A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.