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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Certosimo Arthur   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Bank of New York Mellon CORP [BK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE WALL STREET, 4TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/09/2009 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10286 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/09/2009   A(1)   53,025 (1) A $ 18.02 114,374.5835 D   Common Stock               5,632.0669 I By 401(k) Plan (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

EMP OPT-Right to Buy-Type NQ 3/9/09

$ 18.02

03/09/2009

A(3)

70,126

03/09/2010(3)

03/08/2019

Common Stock

70,126

(4)

70,126

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Certosimo Arthur ONE WALL STREET 4TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10286			Executive Vice President

Signatures

/s/ Arlie R. Nogay, Attorney-in-Fact		03/10/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Award of Restricted Stock pursuant to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan. The Company may reduce, delay vesting, revoke, cancel, claw back or impose different terms and conditions, and/or pay the award in an alternate form for any individual who is one of its senior executive officers or most highly compensated employees under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA") if the Company deems it necessary or advisable to do so in order to comply with the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ("EESA") or other applicable law or regulation. Cliff vests on March 9, 2012.
(2)	Represents number of shares of common stock held indirectly in employer's stock fund in The Bank of New York Company, Inc. Employee Savings and Investment Plan, a 401(k) Plan, as of December 31, 2008.
(3)	Option grant which becomes exercisable in annual installments of one-fourth each beginning on date indicated. The Company may reduce, delay vesting, revoke, cancel, claw back or impose different terms and conditions, and/or pay the award in an alternate form for any individual who is one of its senior executive officers or most highly compensated employees under ARRA if the Company deems it necessary or advisable to do so in order to comply with EESA or other applicable law or regulation.
(4)	Not Applicable.

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