8-K

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

(Registrant)

Date: July 21, 2020

/s/ James J. Killerlane III

James J. Killerlane III

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 17, 2020

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35651

13-2614959

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

240 Greenwich Street

New York, New York

10286

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 495-1784

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	BK	New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing 1/4,000th of a share of Series C Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock	BK PrC	New York Stock Exchange
6.244% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Normal Preferred Capital Securities of Mellon Capital IV (fully and unconditionally guaranteed by The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation)	BK/P	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 21, 2020, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the “Company”) announced that on July 19, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Emily Portney as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

Ms. Portney succeeds Michael Santomassimo, who resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of July 17, 2020.

Ms. Portney, age 48, most recently led the client management, sales and service teams for the Company’s Asset Servicing business globally, and oversaw the Americas region for the Asset Servicing business. Prior to joining the Company in 2018, Ms. Portney served as Chief Financial Officer for Barclays International and as the Chief Financial Officer of North America for Visa Inc. Prior to such roles, Ms. Portney spent 22 years at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where she served as Global Head of Clearing and Collateral Management and Chief Financial Officer of Equities and Prime Services. Ms. Portney has no family relationship with any director or executive officer of the Company, and she has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The Company has not entered into any material plan, contract or arrangement to which Ms. Portney is a party or in which she participates in connection with her appointment as Chief Financial Officer. In the event of such a material plan, contract or arrangement, the Company will file an amendment to this report within four business days thereof.

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On July 21, 2020, the Company issued a press release in connection with the appointment and departure set forth in Item 5.02 above. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, dated July 21, 2020

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document