Filing Details

Accession Number:
0001209191-15-023572
Form Type:
4
Zero Holdings:
No
Publication Time:
2015-03-06 16:48:05
Reporting Period:
2015-03-04
Filing Date:
2015-03-06
Accepted Time:
2015-03-06 16:48:05
SEC Url:
Form 4 Filing
Issuer
Cik Name Symbol Sector (SIC) IRS No
1390777 Bank Of New York Mellon Corp BK State Commercial Banks (6022) 000000000
Insiders
Cik Name Reported Address Insider Title Director Officer Large Shareholder Other
1257864 P Edward Garden 280 Park Avenue
41St Floor
New York NY 10017
Yes No No No
1345471 Trian Fund Management, L.p. 280 Park Avenue
41St Floor
New York NY 10017
Yes No No No
Reported Non-Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Remaning Holdings Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
Common Stock Acquisiton 2015-03-04 84,000 $39.43 30,039,408 No 4 P Indirect Please see explanation below
Common Stock Acquisiton 2015-03-04 186,231 $39.67 30,225,639 No 4 O Indirect Please see explanation below
Equity Swap Involved Form Type Code Nature of Ownership Explanation
No 4 P Indirect Please see explanation below
No 4 O Indirect Please see explanation below
Reported Derivative Transactions
Sec. Name Sec. Type Acquisiton - Disposition Date Amount Price Amount - 2 Price - 2
Common Stock Put-Call Option (right and obligation to buy) Disposition 2015-03-04 186,231 $0.00 186,231 $39.67
Remaning Holdings Exercise Date Expiration Date Equity Swap Involved Transaction Form Type Transaction Code Nature of Ownership
0 2015-02-25 2018-02-26 No 4 O Indirect
Footnotes
  1. The price shown in Column 4 is a weighted average purchase price. The price range for the purchases is $39.405 to $39.47. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.
  2. Trian Fund Management, L.P ("Trian Management") serves as the management company for Trian Partners, L.P. ("TPLP"), Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P. ("TPMF"), Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P. ("ERISA"), Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P. ("Parallel"), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund II, L.P. ("TPSIF II"), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P. ("TPSIF-A"), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-D, L.P. ("TPSIF-D"), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-N, L.P. ("TPSIF-N"), Trian Partners Fund (Sub)-G, L.P. ("TPF-G"), Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G II, L.P. ("TPSF-G II"), Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G III, L.P. ("TPSF-G III") and Trian SPV (SUB) IX, L.P. ("SPV IX" and collectively with TPLP, TPMF, ERISA, Parallel, TPSIF II, TPSIF-A, TPSIF-D, TPSIF-N, TPF-G, TPSF-G II and TPSF-G III, the "Trian Entities") and as such determines the investment and voting decisions of the Trian Entities with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by them.
  3. (FN 2, contd.) Mr. Garden is a member of Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Trian Management, and therefore is in a position to determine the investment and voting decisions made by Trian Management on behalf of the Trian Entities. Accordingly, Mr. Garden and Trian Management may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) the shares beneficially owned by the Trian Entities. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. Mr. Garden is a director of the Issuer.
  4. On February 25, 2015, one of the Trian Entities entered into a privately negotiated back-to-back call and put transaction with a counterparty through which it acquired an economic interest in the indicated shares.
  5. (FN 4, contd.) Simultaneously with the purchase of the call option, the Trian Entity also sold a put option to the counterparty for the same number of shares pursuant to which, if on February 26, 2018 the exercise price per share of the call option is greater than the closing price of the shares on February 26, 2018, (the "Closing Price"), the counterparty would be entitled to cause the Trian Entity, at its election, either to (i) pay the counterparty an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the excess of the exercise price per share pursuant to such option (the "Exercise Price") over the Closing Price and (b) the number of shares set forth above or (ii) acquire from the counterparty the number of shares set forth above at the Exercise Price.On March 4, 2015, all of the call options acquired in February 2015 were exercised at the exercise price noted in Table I.
  6. The put-call option was previously reported at an exercise price of $39.6703 but, in accordance with the terms of the underlying agreements, the exercise price was adjusted to reflect dividends paid with respect to the indicated shares and the financing fee paid to the counterparty.