Exhibit 10(q)

AMENDMENT NUMBER SIXTEEN

 

TO

 

GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made as of the 15th day of September, 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
September 15, 2003:

 

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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Bruce W. Van Saun

Senior Executive Vice President

ATTEST:

     

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

    /s/    GERARD STAFFORD-SMITH               By:   /s/    MICHAEL T.
CAREW        

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Name:

Title:

 

Michael T. Carew

Assistant Vice President

 

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Exhibit 10(q)

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

Kurt D. Woetzel

  

July 8, 2003

 

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