Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No.: 333-167832
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
$500,000,000 FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
OCTOBER 18, 2012
ISSUER: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
SECURITIES: SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES G
EXPECTED RATINGS*: Aa3 / A+ / AA- / AAL (NEGATIVE/NEGATIVE/STABLE/STABLE)
LEGAL FORMAT: SEC-REGISTERED
MATURITY DATE: JANUARY 25, 2018
TRADE DATE: OCTOBER 18, 2012
SETTLEMENT DATE: OCTOBER 25, 2012 (T+5)
REDEMPTION COMMENCEMENT DATE: DECEMBER 25, 2017
COUPON: 1.300% PER ANNUM
COUPON FREQUENCY: SEMI-ANNUALLY
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: INTEREST PAYS SEMI-ANNUALLY ON EACH JULY 25 AND JANUARY 25, COMMENCING ON JULY 25, 2013 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: $500,000,000
ISSUE PRICE: 99.857% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
PROCEEDS TO ISSUER: $498,535,000
PRICING BENCHMARK: UST 0.625% DUE SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
BENCHMARK YIELD: 0.778%
SPREAD TO BENCHMARK: +55 BASIS POINTS
RE-OFFER YIELD: 1.328%
DENOMINATIONS: $1,000 X $1,000
LISTING: NONE
CUSIP/ISIN: 06406HCE7 / US06406HCE71
BOOKRUNNERS: BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC, RBS SECURITIES INC., UBS SECURITIES LLC
CO-MANAGERS: BLAYLOCK ROBERT VAN, LLC, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., DREXEL HAMILTON, LLC, MISCHLER FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC., WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, 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, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1-866-718-1649, RBS Securities Inc. at 1-866-884-2071, or UBS Securities LLC at 1-877-827-6444, ext. 561-3884.
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