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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 * ROGAN BRIAN G   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) Vice Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, ONE WALL STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/07/2011 (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 02/07/2011   D(1)   2,727.9587 D (2) 511,754.1401 D   Common Stock 02/07/2011   F   3,201 D (3) $ 31.84 508,553.1401 D   Common Stock               3,051.6786 (4) I By 401(k) Plan

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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

Performance Shares

(5)

02/07/2011

D(6)

11,367.9587

12/31/2010

03/15/2011

Common Stock

11,367.9587

(2)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ROGAN BRIAN G THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION ONE WALL STREET NEW YORK, NY 10286			Vice Chairman

Signatures

/s/ Arlie R. Nogay, Attorney-in-Fact		02/09/2011
**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)	Disposition represents forfeiture of restricted stock portion of Performance Share Award granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer on March 10, 2008. The Reporting Person forfeited 2,787.9587 shares out of a total of 11,367.9587 such shares (including shares from dividend reinvestment) which are included in the pre-forfeiture ownership totals.
(2)	Not Applicable.
(3)	Shares withheld in payment of tax liability relating to vested portion of Performance Shares.
(4)	Holdings reported as of 12/30/2010.
(5)	1-for-1.
(6)	Disposition represents forfeiture of entire Restricted Share Unit portion of Performance Share Award granted on March 10, 2008. The maximum amount that could have been earned by Reporting Person was represented by the combination of the restricted stock referred to in Footnote 1 above and of this award (and dividend reinvestments).

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