The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Common Stock Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • May 15th, 2009 • Bank of New York Mellon CORP • State commercial banks • New York
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a Delaware corporation registered as a financial holding company and a bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 42,000,000 shares (the “Firm Securities”) and, at the election of the Underwriters up to 6,300,000 additional shares (the “Optional Securities”) of common stock ($0.01 par value) of the Company (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively called the “Securities”).
