Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No.: 333-167832

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION

$1,000,000,000 FIXED RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016

JULY 21, 2011

ISSUER: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION

SECURITIES: SENIOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES G

EXPECTED RATINGS*: Aa2 / AA- / AA- / AAL (NEGATIVE/STABLE/STABLE/STABLE)

LEGAL FORMAT: SEC-REGISTERED

MATURITY DATE: JULY 28, 2016

TRADE DATE: JULY 21, 2011

SETTLEMENT DATE: JULY 28, 2011 (T+5)

COUPON: 2.300% PER ANNUM

COUPON FREQUENCY: SEMI-ANNUALLY

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: INTEREST PAYS SEMI-ANNUALLY ON EACH JANUARY 28 AND JULY 28, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 28, 2012 AND ENDING ON THE MATURITY DATE

DAY COUNT CONVENTION: 30/360

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $1,000,000,000

ISSUE PRICE: 99.915% OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

PROCEEDS TO ISSUER: $997,650,000

REDEMPTION: NOT REDEEMABLE BY THE ISSUER PRIOR TO MATURITY

PRICING BENCHMARK: UST 1.500% DUE JUNE 30, 2016

BENCHMARK YIELD: 1.538%

SPREAD TO BENCHMARK: T+78 BASIS POINTS

RE-OFFER YIELD: 2.318%

DENOMINATIONS: $1,000 X $1,000

LISTING: NONE

CUSIP: 06406HBX6

BOOKRUNNERS: BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC., GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., RBS SECURITIES INC.

CO-MANAGERS: BNY MELLON CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP., DUNCAN WILLIAMS, INC., LEBENTHAL & CO., LLC, LLOYDS SECURITIES INC., RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION, RICE FINANCIAL PRODUCTS CO.

The notes are not deposits or other obligations of a bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and a prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at 1 888 603 5847, Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 1 866 471 2526 or RBS Securities Inc. at 1 866 884 2071.

 

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