Company: BK-PK
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-046216
Chunk: 35

Company: Bank of New York Mellon Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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 director and our company or its subsidiaries for the purpose of the corporate governance rules of the NYSE and SEC and our Corporate Governance Guidelines. As such, our Board determined that these transactions, relationships and arrangements did not affect the independence of such director and did not impair his or her ability to act in the best interests of the company and our stockholders.Business Relationships and Related Party Transactions PolicyThe Board has adopted a policy on related party transactions (our “related party transactions policy”), which was reviewed by the CGNSR Committee. Our related party transactions policy was most recently reviewed and amended by the Board in 2021. The policy provides that the CGNSR Committee, or another Board committee consisting solely of independent directors, must approve any transaction(s) in which (i) the company or any of its subsidiaries was, is or will be a participant, (ii) the amount involved exceeds $120,000 or the company’s Legal Department otherwise considers it appropriate to bring the transaction to the designated committee for review and (iii) any “related person” had, has or will have a direct or indirect material interest. A “related person” includes directors, nominees for director, executive officers, members of such persons’ immediate families, and greater than 5% beneficial owners (including BlackRock, Inc., Dodge & Cox, and The Vanguard Group, each of which is a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock based on a review of such holder’s Schedule 13G filings). Consistent with SEC rules, our related party transactions policy provides that certain transactions, including employment relationships and ordinary course non-preferential transactions, entered into with a related person are not considered to be related party transactions and are not required to be disclosed or approved by the CGNSR Committee. In 2024, there were no related party transactions that required CGNSR Committee approval or disclosure in this proxy statement.32 BNY 2025 PROXY STATEMENT

## ITEM 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORSCorporate Governance and Board InformationOur related party transactions policy provides that the CGNSR Committee may recommend to our Board from time to time the adoption of resolutions pre-approving certain types or categories of transactions that the CGNSR Committee determines in good faith are in, or are not inconsistent with, our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. While no related party transactions in 2024 required specific CGNSR Committee approval or proxy statement disclosure, the Board adopted a resolution on recommendation from the