UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) – April 11, 2017

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code – (212) 495-1784

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”) on April 11, 2017, each nominee for director was elected by a majority of votes cast (proposal 1). In addition, stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the 2016 compensation of BNY Mellon’s named executive officers (proposal 2); voted, on an advisory basis, to have future say-on-pay votes on an annual basis (proposal 3); and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as BNY Mellon’s independent auditor for 2017 (proposal 4). The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal regarding a proxy voting review report (proposal 5). Each of the matters is described in detail in BNY Mellon’s definitive proxy statement, dated March 10, 2017 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Abstentions and broker non-votes were counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum was present, but were not treated as votes cast, did not have the effect of a vote for or against a director’s election, for or against a proposal or for any particular voting option, and were not counted in determining the number of votes required for approval or election.

The results are as follows:

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In accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendation and the voting results on this advisory proposal, the Board of Directors has decided that it will include an advisory say-on-pay vote in BNY Mellon’s proxy statement every year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay, which will occur no later than BNY Mellon’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2023.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.