UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 15

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number 1-06152

 

 

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, (212) 495-1784

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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Common Stock, par value $7.50 per share

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(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

None

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(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)		x		Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)		x
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)		¨		Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)		¨
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)		¨		Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)		¨
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)		¨		Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)		¨
				Rule 15d-6		¨

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

Common Stock, par value $7.50 per share: 0 holders

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as successor by merger to The Bank of New York Company, Inc., a New York corporation, has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

				THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION
Date:		July 12, 2007		By:		/s/ Bart R. Schwartz
				Name:		Bart R. Schwartz
				Title:		Corporate Secretary