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| ITEM 5.03. | AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR. |
On June 23, 2026, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the “Registrant”) filed a Certificate of Elimination to its Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which, effective upon filing, eliminated from the Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Certificate of Designations with respect to its Series H Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series H Preferred Stock”). All outstanding shares of the Series H Preferred Stock were redeemed on June 20, 2026. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination relating to the Series H Preferred Stock is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| ITEM 9.01. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. |
(d) EXHIBITS
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| 3.1 | Certificate of Elimination of the Registrant with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock, dated June 23, 2026. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: June 23, 2026 | By: | /s/ Jean Weng | ||||
| Name: | Jean Weng | |||||
| Title: | Secretary | |||||
Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION
OF
SERIES H NONCUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK
$0.01 PAR VALUE
OF
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), in accordance with the provisions of Section 151(g) thereof, does hereby certify that the following resolutions included in the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) on February 9, 2026, with respect to its Series H Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series H Preferred Stock”) and the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 2, 2020, were duly adopted upon the completion of the redemption of all outstanding shares of the Series H Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and in accordance with the resolutions of the Board, adopted at a meeting duly called and held on February 20, 2020, the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Corporation and applicable law, a Pricing Committee of the Board, at a meeting duly called and held on October 6, 2020, authorized the creation and issuance of 5,825 shares of Series H Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series H Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation, and established the designation, voting rights, preferences, redemption rights, qualifications, privileges, limitations, restrictions and special or relative rights thereof, and authorized the filing of the Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock (the “Series H Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and it is further
RESOLVED, as of the date hereof, no shares of the Series H Preferred Stock are outstanding and no shares of the Series H Preferred Stock will be issued subject to the Series H Certificate of Designations; and it is further
RESOLVED, that when a certificate setting forth this resolution becomes effective, it shall have the effect of eliminating from the Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters set forth in the Series H Certificate of Designations with respect to the Series H Preferred Stock; and it is further
RESOLVED, that any officer of the Corporation with the title of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice Chair, General Counsel, Secretary, Controller, Treasurer or Assistant Secretary is hereby authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to prepare, execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Elimination relating to Series H Preferred Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by a duly authorized officer this 23rd day of June, 2026.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Tiffany Eng | |||||||
| Name: Tiffany Eng |
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| Title: Managing Director and Treasurer |
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[Signature Page to Certificate of Elimination]