Exhibit 10r

 

AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVENTEEN

 

TO

 

GRANTOR TRUST AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made as of the 10th day of June, 2004 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 10,
2004:

 

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:s

     

THE BANK OF NEW YORK COMPANY, INC.

/s/ Patricia A. Bicket

      By:  

/s/ Bruce W. Van Saun

               

Bruce W. Van Saun

               

Senior Executive Vice President

ATTEST:

     

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

/s/ Gerard Stafford-Smith

      By:  

/s/ Mark Penser

           

Name: Mark Penser

           

Title: Vice President

 

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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 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