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2009 Annual Meeting Voting Results

Results of 2009 Proxy Voting

Results of voting at the 2009 annual meeting of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation stockholders on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, are as follows:

Election of Directors
     (All Re-elected)


Name		 Total Number of 
Votes Cast "For"		 Total Number of 
Votes "Withheld"
Ruth E. Bruch 953,901,771 41,271,572
Nicholas M. Donofrio 980,313,869 14,859,474
Gerald L. Hassell 984,525,997 10,647,346
Edmund F. Kelly 943,418,686 51,754,657
Robert P. Kelly 978,988,709 16,184,634
Richard J. Kogan 983,634,761 11,538,582
Michael J. Kowalski 985,379,187 9,794,156
John A. Luke, Jr. 908,720,811 86,452,532
Robert Mehrabian 938,991,400 56,181,943
Mark A. Nordenberg 983,959,686 11,213,657
Catherine A. Rein 953,121,615 42,051,728
William C. Richardson 984,328,823 10,844,520
Samuel C. Scott III 914,945,762 80,227,581
John P. Surma 954,388,103 40,785,240
Wesley W. von Schack 910,892,803 84,280,540



Proposal 2 — Advisory (Non-binding) Vote Regarding 2008 Executive Compensation
     (Approved)
  Total Number
of Votes Cast		 Percentage
of Votes Cast
For 949,878,387 96.44
Against 35,062,218 3.56
Abstain 10,232,738 *



Proposal 3 — Ratification of Appointment of KPMG LLP
     (Approved)
  Total Number
of Votes Cast		 Percentage
of Votes Cast
For 980,641,687 98.80
Against 11,896,522 1.20
Abstain 2,635,134 *



Proposal 4 — Stockholder Proposal Requesting Adoption of Cumulative Voting
     (Not Approved)
  Total Number
of Votes Cast		 Percentage
of Votes Cast
For 319,695,660 36.10
Against 565,917,288 63.90
Abstain 4,350,391 *



Proposal 5 — Stockholder Proposal Requesting Adoption of a 75% Retention Policy for Shares Acquired Through Compensation Plans
     (Not Approved)
  Total Number
of Votes Cast		 Percentage
of Votes Cast
For 265,185,608 30.49
Against 604,582,209 69.51
Abstain 20,195,523 *




* Abstentions are not counted as votes cast.