424B2 1 d424b2.htm PRICING SUPPLEMENT Pricing Supplement

Pricing Supplement Dated February 1, 2008

(To Prospectus dated July 2, 2007,

Prospectus Supplement dated October 25, 2007 and

Prospectus Supplement dated January 29, 2008)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION

  

Rule 424(b)(2)

File Nos. 333-144261,

333-144261-01, 333-144261-02, 333-144261-03, 333-144261-04, 333-144261-05, 333-144261-06 and 333-144261-07.

Senior Medium-Term Notes Series G, U.S. $ Floating Rate

 

 

Senior Medium-Term Notes Series G

(U.S. $ Floating Rate)

 

 

 

Trade Date: February 1, 2008    Original Issue Date: February 5, 2008
Principal Amount: $200,000,000                    Net Proceeds to Issuer: $199,960,000

Price to Public: 100.000%, plus accrued interest, if any, from February 5, 2008

Commission/Discount: 0.020%

Agent’s Capacity:  x  Principal Basis    ¨  Agency Basis

Maturity Date: February 5, 2010

Interest Payment Dates: Interest pays quarterly on the 5th day of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing May 5, 2008 and ending on maturity date (modified following, adjusted)

Interest Rate: 3-month LIBOR + 40 basis points

Initial Interest Rate: 3-month LIBOR + 40 basis points determined on the second London Banking Day preceding the Original Issue Date

Interest Reset Dates: Quarterly on the 5th day of February, May, August and November of each year, commencing May 5, 2008 (modified following, adjusted)

Interest Rate Basis: LIBOR (the designated LIBOR page shall be Reuters page LIBOR01 and the LIBOR currency shall be U.S. Dollars)

Index Maturity: 3-month

Spread: + 40 basis points

Interest Rate Determination Dates: The second London Banking Day preceding the related Interest Reset Date

 

 

 

Form:   x    Book Entry
  ¨    Certificated
Redemption:               x                The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to maturity
  ¨    The Notes may be redeemed prior to maturity
Repayment:   x    The Notes cannot be repaid prior to maturity
  ¨    The Notes can be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the holder of the Notes
Discount Note:   ¨ Yes    x No


Defeasance: The defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions of the Senior Indenture described under “Description of Senior Debt Securities and Senior Subordinated Debt Securities – Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” in the Prospectus will apply to the Notes.

Plan of Distribution: The Notes described herein are being purchased, severally and not jointly, by each of the agents named in the below table (the “Agents”), each as principal, on the terms and conditions described in each Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Plan of Distribution of Medium-Term Notes.”

 

Agent   

Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes to be
Purchased

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

     $85,000,000

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

     $85,000,000

BNY Capital Markets, Inc.

     $30,000,000

Total:

   $200,000,000

The Notes offered hereby are to be fungible and consolidated with the $700,000,000 floating rate notes to be issued on February 5, 2008 as further described in the Pricing Supplement dated January 29, 2008 relating to such notes, thereby forming a single issue with such notes with an aggregate principal amount of $900,000,000.

 

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