Exhibit 10(p)

AMENDMENT NUMBER FIFTEEN

 

TO

 

GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made as of the 30th day of June, 2003 by and between THE BANK OF
NEW YORK COMPANY, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of New York (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK (formerly known as THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK), a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the New York (hereinafter referred to as the
“Trustee”).

 

W  I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H  :

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee entered into a Grantor Trust Agreement
dated as of November 16, 1993 (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, Article TWELFTH of the Agreement provides that the Company may amend
the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree as follows, effective June 30,
2002:

 

Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by deleting Exhibit I in its entirety and
substituting therefor Exhibit I in the form attached hereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed
in their respective names by their duly authorized officers under their
corporate seals as of the day and year first above written.

 

ATTEST:

     

THE BANK OF NEW YORK COMPANY, INC.

    /s/    PATRICIA A. BICKET               By:   /s/    BRUCE W. VAN
SAUN        

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ASST. SECRETARY          

Bruce W. Van Saun

Senior Executive Vice President

ATTEST:

     

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

    /s/    BARRY O’CONNOR               By:   /s/    GERARD STAFFORD -
SMITH        

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Name:

Title:

 

Gerard Stafford - Smith

Vice President

 

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Exhibit 10(p)

EXHIBIT I

 

1. The Bank of New York Company, Inc. Excess Benefit Plan

 

2. The Bank of New York Company, Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

 

3. Severance Agreements between The Bank of New York Company, Inc. and the
following persons:

 

Individual

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   Date of Agreement

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Thomas P. Gibbons

   July 11, 2000

Leslie V. Godridge

   July 11, 2000

Alan R. Griffith

   July 11, 2000

Gerald L. Hassell

   July 11, 2000

Donald R. Monks

   July 11, 2000

Robert J. Mueller

   July 11, 2000

Thomas J. Perna

   July 11, 2000

Charles E. Rappold II

   September 30, 2000

Thomas A. Renyi

   July 11, 2000

Brian G. Rogan

   July 11, 2000

J. Michael Shepherd

   January 22, 2001

Bruce W. Van Saun

   July 11, 2000

Joseph M. Velli

   July 11, 2000

 

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