Company: BK-PK
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form Type: 8-A12B
Source: 0001193125-25-056677
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Company: Bank of New York Mellon Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-18
Form: 8-A12B
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-A FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

| Delaware                                 |     |                       13-2614959 |
| (State of incorporation or organization) |     | -IRS Employer Identification No. |
| 240 Greenwich Street                     |     |                                  |
| New York, New York                       |     |                            10286 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |     |                        -Zip Code |

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

| Title of Each Class                             
 to be so Registered:                            |     | Name of Each Exchange on Which 
 Each Class is to be Registered |
| Depositary Shares each representing a 1/4,000th 
 interest in a share of Series K Noncumulative   
 Perpetual Preferred Stock                       |     | New York Stock Exchange, Inc.  |

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. ☒ If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ☐ Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-282710 Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered. The securities to be registered hereby are depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/4,000th interest in a share of the Series K Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (the “Series K Preferred Stock”), of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the “Registrant”). The descriptions of the general terms and provisions of the Series K Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares are set forth under the captions “Description of the Series K Preferred Stock” and “Description of Depositary Shares”, respectively, in the Prospectus Supplement, dated