The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Looks to Future European Growth With Establishment of New Belgian Bank Entity

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - BNY Mellon, a global leader in securities servicing and asset management, having received all required regulatory approvals has today announced the merger of its Dutch-based subsidiary BNY Mellon Asset Servicing B.V. into the Belgian bank entity it established in May of this year.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has been appointed by Jyske Bank, the second largest independent bank in Denmark to provide global custody services for assets valued at US $11 billion Jyske Bank is headquartered in Silkeborg and supports a range of institutional and wealth management clients. They had managed their own sub-custody network in over 40 markets directly prior to appointing BNY Mellon.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - All equity markets post positive returns with North American equity the only exception BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has today announced the CAPS pooled pension funds performance results in the UK for May 2009. Balanced pooled funds produced positive returns during May 2009 with a median return of 2.2%, turning the year to date returns to April from negative to positive, for the period ending May.

June 3rd, 2009 BOSTON - Sees advantage to early investors in program Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, the fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Asset Management, will offer investment strategies that will enable its clients to invest in securities related to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF). Standish said it is initiating these strategies because of strong expressions of interest from its clients.

April 19th, 2009 NEW YORK and LONDON - Accelerates growth of BNY Mellon Asset Management boutique in U.S. Newton* has announced that Newton Capital Management Limited, its business offering services in the U.S., has been awarded a new global equity mandate for Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA), the public pension fund for more than 400 government agencies and public entities in the State of Colorado.

April 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Reforms, Demand for Commodities Help Build Financial Cushion Brazil's reforms over the past decade have helped position the country to weather the global economic crisis, and several factors suggest that the equity markets are providing opportunities for value investors, according to BNY Mellon ARX, the BNY Mellon Asset Management unit focused on Brazil. "The benefits of the Real Plan of the 1990s, the commodity boom, and the growing buying power of the expanding middle class have all contributed to strengthening the country's economy," said Jose Alberto Tovar, managing director of BNY Mellon ARX.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - In the news release, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Announces CAPS Pooled Pension Fund Update for February 2009, issued 24-Mar-2009 by BNY Mellon Asset Servicing over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first bullet after the first paragraph, should read "Balanced pooled funds achieved a median return of -5.7% in February 2009 (-6.0% in January 2009)" rather than "January 2008" as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows: BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has today announced the CAPS pooled pension funds performance results in the UK for the month of February 2009.

March 23rd, 2009 LONDON - BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in securities servicing, has today announced the CAPS pooled pension funds performance results in the UK for the month of February 2009. - Balanced pooled funds achieved a median return of -5.7% in February 2009 (-6.0% in January 2008) - Over one, three and five years to 28 February 2009, Balanced pooled funds returned -25.0%, -6.9% p.a.

March 23rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON - Business Volume Continues to Grow Rapidly for Award Winning Group Mellon Transition Management (MTM), the transition management specialist for BNY Mellon Asset Management, has announced the appointment of Tim Wilkinson and his team of transition management professionals to its award-winning global business. The seven-strong group joining MTM will be based in London, increasing the global team representing the business to 50.

March 16th, 2009 HONG KONG and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Bank of New York Mellon, a global leader in asset management and securities servicing, has announced the creation of a new Sovereign Advisory Board in order to best serve sovereign organizations, which include sovereign wealth funds, sovereign pension plans, central banks/monetary authorities and sovereign owned entities. (LOGO: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071001/NYM012LOGO) The new Sovereign Advisory Board will be co-chaired by David Jiang, Head of BNY Mellon Asset Management in the Asia Pacific region, and Hani Kablawi, Head of Middle East and Africa.

June 17th, 2009 Bank of New York Mellon repays TARP fundsNEW YORK — Bank of New York Mellon said Wednesday it repaid the $3 billion it received last fall as part of the government's $700 billion bank investment program. Bank of New York Mellon received the money as part of the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program to help revive the stagnant credit and lending markets amid one of the worst periods of the credit crisis.

September 17th, 2009 John Wiley & Sons elects ex-banker to boardHOBOKEN, N.J. — A former bank executive has been elected to the board of directors of John Wiley & Sons Inc., the business publisher said Thursday.

June 30th, 2009 KOLKATA - The state-run Corporation Bank is planning to raise Rs.1,000 crore this fiscal, a top official said here Tuesday. "This year we have already raised Rs.1,000 crore and we are planning to raise another Rs.1,000 crore through tier I perpetual bonds or tier II capital," J.M.

April 21st, 2009 Bank of New York Mellon, General Motors big moversNEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Coach Inc., up $2.69 at $20.92 First-quarter profit slid, but the luxury handbag maker said sales and traffic had stabilized, and declared a new cash dividend. General Motors Corp., up 4 cents at $1.70 The car maker could get as much as $5 billion more in federal loans on top of the $13.4 billion it has already received.

September 16th, 2009 Russia, BONY to sign settlementMOSCOW — Russia's Finance Minister says terms have been reached for an out-of-court settlement of a $22.5 billion Russian government lawsuit against Bank of New York Mellon and that the agreement is to be signed soon. The two-year-long case stems from a decade-old scandal in which a bank vice president and her husband were convicted of illegally wiring $7.5 billion of Russian money into accounts at the bank.

August 3rd, 2009 Belgian police recapture 1 of 3 escaped convictsBRUSSELS — Belgian authorities say they have recaptured a convict who escaped twice in as many weeks, including once from a Bruges prison by helicopter. The convict, Abdelhaq Melloul-Khayari, is believed to have carried out a bank robbery with two others after they made their break from the Bruges high-security prison two weeks ago.

May 6th, 2009 Amex, JPMorgan, Bank of New York Mellon pass testsWASHINGTON — Leaked results of the government's stress tests of 19 large banks are boosting investor confidence in the financial sector. American Express Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co.

June 18th, 2009 World Bank raises 2009 China growth forecastBEIJING — The World Bank is raising its 2009 growth forecast for China due to the country's stimulus-driven investment boom. But it also cautions that it is still too soon to say a sustained recovery is on the way.

September 16th, 2009 Russia, Bank of New York Mellon to sign settlementMOSCOW — Russia has reached a settlement with Bank of New York Mellon over a $22.5 billion lawsuit against the bank stemming from a 1990s money laundering scheme by one of its executives, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Wednesday. Russia would receive no less than $14 million for court costs under the long-anticipated, out-of-court deal, Kudrin said — only a fraction of the billions it was claiming.

July 22nd, 2009 BNY Mellon 2Q profit falls on special chargesNEW YORK — Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit fell 43 percent as it repaid a government loan and paid a special fee to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.