EX-24.POA 2 bk-ex24_poa.htm EX-24.POA EX-24.POA

Exhibit 24

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

J. Kevin McCarthy, Jean Weng, Stacy Hwang, and Cristina Rice and each of them, the undersigned's

true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead to:

 

1. prepare, execute, and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"),

the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the "Company"),

for and on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder,

such statements regarding the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of the Company

as required by law;

 

2. prepare, execute and file with the SEC, the NYSE and the Company,for and on behalf

of the undersigned, one or more Notices of Proposed Sale ofSecurities on Form 144 relating to

the sale of shares of common stock of the Company;

 

3. obtain creditentials (including codes or passwords) to enable the undersigned to submit

and file documents, forms and information required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act or any rule or

regulation of the SEC via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system, including:

(i) preparing, executing in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submitting to

the SEC a Form ID (and any amendments thereto) or any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain

such credentials and legally binding the undersigned for purpose of the Form ID or such other documents;

and (ii) enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next or any successor filing system;

 

4. act as an account administrator for the undersigned's EDGAR account, including: (i) appointing,

removing and replacing account administrators, technical administrators, account users,

and delegated entities; (ii) maintaining the security of filer's EDGAR account; including modification

of access codes; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of information on the

undersigned's EDGAR account dashboard; and (iv) taking any other actions contemplated by Rule 10

of Regulation S-T;

 

5. cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority from the undersigned's EDGAR account

administrators and authorize the Company's EDGAR account administrators pursuant to that delegated entity

designation to appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigned's EDGAR account;

 

6. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information

on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan

administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such

information to any attorney-in-fact and further approves and ratifies any such release of information;

 

7. do and perform any and all acts, for and on behalf of the undersigned, which may

be necessary or desirable for the preparation and timely filing of any such reports or documents

with the SEC, the NYSE and any other authority; and

 

8. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,

in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally

required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact

on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain

such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

 

Said attorneys-in-fact and each of them shall have full power and authority to do and perform,

in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary

or proper to be done in connection with any of the above as fully as the undersigned might or could do

if personally present, the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact

and each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof of this Power of Attorney and

the rights and powers herein granted.

 


The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity

at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned agrees

that each such attorney-in-fact herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing

by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer

required to file reports with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities

issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this

28th day of March 2025.

 

 

/s/ Rajashree Datta

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Rajashree Datta