Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Certosimo Arthur
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/13/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Bank of New York Mellon CORP [BK]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, ONE WALL STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Sr. Executive Vice President
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10286		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 140,259.6723
D
 
Common Stock 7,553.7725 (1)
I
By 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
2/13/01 Stock Options $54.02 03/12/2003 03/12/2012 Common Stock 23,585 $ 44.36 D  
2/11/03 Stock Options $23.13 02/11/2004 02/11/2013 Common Stock 33,019 $ 24.52 D  
3/4/04 Stock Options $33.09 03/04/2005 03/04/2014 Common Stock 16,981 $ 35.08 D  
3/9/2005 Stock Options $30.39 03/09/2006 03/09/2015 Common Stock 18,868 $ 32.21 D  
3/14/06 Stock Options $34.99 03/14/2007 03/14/2016 Common Stock 23,585 $ 37.09 D  
3/13/2007 Stock Options $38.11 03/13/2008 03/13/2017 Common Stock 23,585 $ 40.4 D  
EMP OPT-RTB-Type NQ 02/21/2008 02/21/2009 02/20/2018 Common Stock 23,500 $ 45.4 D  
EMP OPT-Right to Buy-Type NQ 3/9/09 03/09/2010 03/08/2019 Common Stock 70,126 $ 18.02 D  
EMP OPT-Right to Buy-Type NQ 3/16/10 03/16/2011 03/15/2020 Common Stock 61,500 $ 30.25 D  
EMP OPT-Right to Buy-Type NQ 2/24/11 02/24/2012 02/23/2021 Common Stock 113,507 $ 30.13 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Certosimo Arthur
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
ONE WALL STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10286		       Sr. Executive Vice President  

Signatures

/s/ Arlie R. Nogay, Attorney-in-Fact 06/23/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) Holdings reported as of 06/13/2011.

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