Company: BK-PK
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-046216
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Company: Bank of New York Mellon Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 43
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 of Stockholders and all regular and special meetings of our Board and committees on which they sit. All of our directors attended our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in-person.Our Board held 14 meetings in 2024. Each director attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of our Board and of the committees on which he or she served, and the average attendance rate for directors in 2024 was approximately 95%.Committees and Committee ChartersOur Board has established six standing committees, each consisting entirely of independent directors. A description of each standing committee is provided below. Each committee makes recommendations to our Board as appropriate and reports periodically to the full Board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that committee chairs are expected to serve in such capacity for up to five years. Through the course of 2024, the CGNSR Committee regularly reviewed the composition and structure of the Board’s standing committees and the tenure of the committee chairs. The CGNSR Committee’s review is intended to support an appropriate distribution across, and skill sets within, each committee, as well as to advance the Board’s refreshment and succession planning efforts,38 BNY 2025 PROXY STATEMENT

## ITEM 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORSCorporate Governance and Board Informationincluding in connection with the election of Ms. Russak-Aminoach as a director at the 2024 Annual Meeting. On the basis of this review, the CGNSR Committee recommended, and the Board approved, certain changes in committee memberships, including that Ms. Cook stepped down from the HRC Committee; Mr. Gowrappan joined the Audit Committee and stepped down from the Risk Committee; Ms. Robinson joined the CGNSR Committee and stepped down from the Technology Committee; and Ms. Russak-Aminoach joined the Risk Committee and the Technology Committee, in each case effective April 9, 2024.Additional information about the standing committees can be found in their charters, which are available on our website (see “Helpful Resources” on page 105).AuditCommitteeCommittee Chair:Linda Z. CookCommittee Members:*Joseph J. Echevarria,M. Amy Gilliland,K. Guru Gowrappan,Ralph Izzo5 Independent Members13 Meetings in 2024Overseeing Independent Registered Public Accountant. Our Audit Committee has direct responsibility for the appointment, compensation, annual evaluation, retention and oversight of the work of the registered independent public accountants engaged to prepare an audit report or to