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Amendment to Transition Agreement between BNY Mellon & Gerald L. Hassell

 Exhibit 10.169 
 December     , 2008 
 Mr. Gerald L. Hassell 
 The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 
 The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

     One Wall Street 
 New York, New York
10286 
  

	 	Re:	Transition Agreement Amendment 

 Dear Gerald: 
 The purpose of this letter is to amend the terms of the agreement between you and The Bank of New York Company, Inc., dated June 25, 2007 (the
“Transition Agreement”) to provide for necessary changes to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. If you agree, this letter will amend the Transition Agreement. 
 You agree that Section 4(j) of the Transition Agreement is restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 (j) Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or elsewhere, if you are a
“specified employee” as determined pursuant to Section 409A of the Code as of the date of your “separation from service” (within the meaning of Final Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h)) and if any payment or benefit provided
for in this Agreement or otherwise both (x) constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and (y) cannot be paid or provided in the manner otherwise provided without subjecting you to
“additional tax”, interest or penalties under Section 409A, then any such payment or benefit that is payable during the first six months following your “separation from service” shall be paid or provided to you in a cash
lump-sum on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the month in which your “separation from service” occurs or, if earlier, at your death. In addition, any payment or benefit due upon a termination of your
employment that represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall only be paid or provided to you upon a “separation from service”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or elsewhere, any payment or benefit under this Agreement or otherwise that is exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Final Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) shall be paid or provided to you only to the extent that
the 

 
expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the last day of your second taxable year following your taxable year in which the
“separation from service” occurs; and provided further that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of your third taxable year following the taxable year in which your “separation from service” occurs. Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, to the extent any reimbursement or in-kind benefit under this Agreement constitutes a deferral of compensation, the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement (or in-kind benefits to be provided)
in one calendar year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement )or in-kind benefits to be provided) in any other taxable year, in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar
year in which you incurred such expenses, and in no event shall any right to reimbursement (or in-kind benefit) be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. For the purposes of this Agreement, each payment and benefit made hereunder
shall be deemed to be a separate payment. 
 The terms of the Transition Agreement not amended herein shall remain in force and are not
affected by this letter. This letter will be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. For ease of reference, any capitalized terms used but not defined in this
letter are used with the same meaning as under the Transition Agreement. 
 If the terms of this letter are acceptable to you, please sign
both copies of this letter indicating your agreement to its terms, keep one signed copy of the letter for yourself and return the other signed copy to me. This letter may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an
original. A signature transmitted by facsimile will be deemed an original signature. 
  

			
	Sincerely,
	
	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
	
	 /s/ Lisa B. Peters

	Name:	 	Lisa B. Peters
	Title:	 	Senior Executive Vice President

 Accepted and Agreed: 
  

	
	 /s/ Gerald L. Hassell

	 Gerald L. Hassell 
  
 Date: December 15, 2008

  

 2Amendment to Change in Control Letter Agreement between BNY Mellon & Mr. Gibbons

 Exhibit 10.170 
 AMENDMENT TO 
 CHANGE IN CONTROL LETTER AGREEMENT 
 This amendment (the “Amendment”) is to the change in control severance letter between Thomas P. Gibbons (the “Executive”) and The
Bank of New York Company, Inc., dated July 11, 2000 (the “Agreement”). 
 WHEREAS, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
(the “Company”), as successor in interest to The Bank of New York Company, Inc., desires to implement certain amendments to the Agreement in order to avoid certain adverse federal income tax consequences to the Executive under the
Agreement as a result of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and 
 WHEREAS, the Agreement authorizes the
Company and the Executive to amend or revise the terms of the Agreement. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, effective as of January 1, 2009, the
Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 Section 1. A new Section 17 entitled “Code Section 409A”
is added to the Agreement to read as follows: 
  

	 	17.	Code Section 409A. 

 (i)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or elsewhere, if (A) any severance payments or benefits provided for in this Agreement or otherwise both constitutes a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of
Section 409A and cannot be paid or provided in the manner otherwise provided without subjecting you to “additional tax”, interest or penalties under Section 409A and (B) you are a “specified employee” as determined
pursuant to Section 409A as of the date of your “separation from service” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h)), then any such payment that is payable during the first six months following your “separation from
service” shall be paid to you in a lump sum on the first business day of the seventh calendar month following the month in which your “separation from service” occurs or, if earlier, at your death. In addition, any severance
payment or benefit payable upon a termination of employment that represents a “deferral of compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A shall only be paid, delivered, settled or exercised upon a “separation from
service”.
 (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or elsewhere, any payment or benefit hereunder
that is exempt from Section 409A pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(9)(v)(A) or (C) shall be paid or provided to you only to the extent that the expenses are not incurred, or the benefits are not provided, beyond the
last day of the second taxable year following the taxable year in which the “separation from service” occurs; and provided further that such expenses are reimbursed no later than the last day of the third taxable year following the taxable
year in which the “separation from service” occurs. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to the extent any expense reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit under the Agreement is determined to be subject to

 
Section 409A, the amount of any such expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the provision of any in-kind benefit, in one calendar year shall not affect
the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year, in no event shall any expenses be reimbursed after the last day of the calendar year following the calendar year in which you incurred such expenses, and in no event shall any right
to reimbursement or the provision of any in-kind benefit be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 
 (iii)
For the purposes of this Agreement, each payment made pursuant to Sections 5(iii)(B) and 5(iv) shall be deemed to be separate payments, amounts payable under Section 5 of this Agreement shall be deemed not to be a “deferral of
compensation” subject to Section 409A to the extent provided in the exceptions in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(4) (“short-term deferrals”) and (b)(9) (“separation pay plans,” including the exception under
subparagraph (iii)) and other applicable provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1 through A-6.
 Section 2.
Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective on the date hereof. 
 Section 3. Definitions.
Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement. 
 Section 4.
Other Provisions Unaffected. Except as modified by this Amendment, the existing provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Executive have executed this Amendment as of the
11th day of December, 2008. 
  

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
	
	 /s/ Lisa B. Peters

	By:	 	Lisa B. Peters
	Title:	 	Senior Executive Vice President
	
	Thomas P. Gibbons
	
	 /s/ Thomas P. Gibbons

  

 2Amendment to the Mellon Bank IRC Sec. 401(a)(17) Plan

 Exhibit 10.171 
 Amendment to the Mellon Bank 
 IRC Section 401(a)(17) Plan and 
 Mellon Bank Benefit Restoration Plan (together the “Plans”) 
 To assure documentary
compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 409A and clarify coordination with various other non-qualified programs so as to avoid unintended and impermissible substitutions or accelerations because of offsets by benefits under such programs,
the Plans are hereby amended as follows: 
 1. Other than with respect to “grandfathered benefits” (as previously defined in the
December 14, 2007 Designation of Time and Form of Payment), if any, employees who have an employment contract originally with Mellon Bank Corporation or Mellon Financial Corporation (or any related entity) which continues to provide for
Supplemental Retirement Benefits which would include the benefits otherwise paid hereunder, will not be entitled to coverage by, or the payment of benefits from, the Plans. 
 2. In the calculation of the Offset for Certain Benefits Payable under the Senior Executive Life Insurance Plan, the “Participant’s interest in
the cash value of the Policies” shall be determined as of the Participant’s termination of employment (and shall not be subject to variation on the basis of any election or action of the Participant or Mellon Bank). 
  

							
	Date:	 	 December 22, 2008
	 		 	 /s/ Lisa B. Peters

		 		 		 	Lisa B. Peters
		 		 		 	Chief Human Resources Officer

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