Exhibit 10.169

December     , 2008

Mr. Gerald L. Hassell

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

    One Wall Street

New York, New York 10286

Re: Transition Agreement Amendment

Dear Gerald:

The purpose of this letter is to amend the terms of the agreement between you and The Bank of New York Company, Inc., dated June 25, 2007 (the “Transition Agreement”) to provide for necessary changes to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. If you agree, this letter will amend the Transition Agreement.

You agree that Section 4(j) of the Transition Agreement is restated in its entirety to read as follows:

(j) Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or elsewhere, if you are a “specified employee” as determined pursuant to Section 409A of the Code as of the date of your “separation from service” (within the meaning of Final Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h)) and if any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement or otherwise both (x) constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and (y) cannot be paid or provided in the manner otherwise provided without subjecting you to “additional tax”, interest or penalties under Section 409A, then any such payment or benefit that is payable during the first six months following your “separation from service” shall be paid or provided to you in a cash lump-sum on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the month in which your “separation from service” occurs or, if earlier, at your death. In addition, any payment or benefit due upon a termination of your employment that represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall only be paid or provided to you upon a “separation from service”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or elsewhere, any payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise that is exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Final Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) shall be paid or provided to you only to the extent that the

expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the last day of your second taxable year following your taxable year in which the “separation from service” occurs; and provided further that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of your third taxable year following the taxable year in which your “separation from service” occurs. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to the extent any reimbursement or in-kind benefit under this Agreement constitutes a deferral of compensation, the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement (or in-kind benefits to be provided) in one calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement )or in-kind benefits to be provided) in any other taxable year, in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which you incurred such expenses, and in no event shall any right to reimbursement (or in-kind benefit) be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. For the purposes of this Agreement, each payment and benefit made hereunder shall be deemed to be a separate payment.

The terms of the Transition Agreement not amended herein shall remain in force and are not affected by this letter. This letter will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. For ease of reference, any capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter are used with the same meaning as under the Transition Agreement.

If the terms of this letter are acceptable to you, please sign both copies of this letter indicating your agreement to its terms, keep one signed copy of the letter for yourself and return the other signed copy to me. This letter may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original. A signature transmitted by facsimile will be deemed an original signature.

Sincerely,
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
/s/ Lisa B. Peters
Name:	Lisa B. Peters
Title:	Senior Executive Vice President

Accepted and Agreed:

/s/ Gerald L. Hassell

Gerald L. Hassell

Date: December 15, 2008

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