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Bank of New York Mellon Corp

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 2, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 2, 2025

BNY$147.72+0.2%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Capital

Capital dataMarch 31, 2025Dec. 31, 2024
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; common shares in thousands)
BNY shareholders’ equity to total assets ratio9.8%9.9%
BNY common shareholders’ equity to total assets ratio8.6%8.9%
Total BNY shareholders’ equity$43,119$41,318
Total BNY common shareholders’ equity$37,788$36,975
BNY tangible common shareholders’ equity – Non-GAAP (a)$20,173$19,412
Book value per common share$52.82$51.52
Tangible book value per common share – Non-GAAP (a)$28.20$27.05
Closing stock price per common share$83.87$76.83
Market capitalization$60,003$55,139
Common shares outstanding715,434717,680
Quarterly:
Cash dividends per common share$0.47$0.47
Common dividend payout ratio30%31%
Common dividend yield (annualized)2.3%2.4%

(a) See “Supplemental information – Explanation of GAAP and Non-GAAP financial measures” beginning on page 41 for a reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP measures.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation total shareholders’ equity was $43.1 billion at March 31, 2025 and $41.3 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase primarily reflects earnings, the issuance of

preferred stock and improvements in accumulated other comprehensive income, partially offset by common stock repurchases and dividend payments.

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In March 2025, the Parent issued 500,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of the Parent’s Series J Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series J preferred stock are entitled to receive dividends, if declared by the Parent’s Board of Directors, on March 20 and September 20 of each year, commencing September 20, 2025. The Parent also issued 20,000,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/4,000th interest in a share of the Parent’s Series K Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series K preferred stock are entitled to receive dividends, if declared by the Parent’s Board of Directors, on March 20, June 20, September 20 and December 20 of each year, commencing June 20, 2025. See Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the Parent’s preferred stock.

The unrealized loss (after-tax) on our available-for-sale securities portfolio, net of hedges, included in accumulated other comprehensive income was $884 million at March 31, 2025, compared with $1.2 billion at Dec. 31, 2024. The improvement in the net unrealized loss, including the impact of hedges, primarily reflects the lower interest rates.

In the first three months of 2025, we repurchased 8.7 million common shares at an average price of $86.13 per common share for a total cost of $746 million.

In April 2024, we announced a share repurchase authorization providing for the repurchase of $6.0 billion of common shares.

Capital adequacy

Regulators establish certain levels of capital for bank holding companies (“BHCs”) and banks, including BNY and our bank subsidiaries, in accordance with established quantitative measurements. For the Parent to maintain its status as a financial holding company, our U.S. bank subsidiaries and BNY must, among other things, qualify as “well capitalized.” As of March 31, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2024, BNY and our U.S. bank subsidiaries were “well capitalized.”

Failure to satisfy regulatory standards, including “well capitalized” status or capital adequacy rules more generally, could result in limitations on our activities and adversely affect our financial condition. See the discussion of these matters in “Supervision and Regulation – Regulated Entities of BNY and Ancillary Regulatory Requirements” and “Risk Factors – Capital and Liquidity Risk – Failure to satisfy regulatory standards, including “well capitalized” and “well managed” status or capital adequacy and liquidity rules more generally, could result in limitations on our activities and adversely affect our business and financial condition,” both of which are in our 2024 Annual Report.

The U.S. banking agencies’ capital rules are based on the framework adopted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, as amended from time to time. For additional information on these capital requirements, see “Supervision and Regulation” in our 2024 Annual Report.

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The table below presents our consolidated and largest bank subsidiary regulatory capital ratios.

Consolidated and largest bank subsidiary regulatory capital ratios · March 31, 2025 · Dec. 31, 2024
Well capitalized · Minimum required · Capitalratios · Capitalratios
(a)
Consolidated regulatory capital ratios: (b)
Advanced Approaches:
CET1 ratioN/A(c)8.5%12.0%11.7%
Tier 1 capital ratio6%1015.314.4
Total capital ratio101216.215.3
Standardized Approach:
CET1 ratioN/A(c)8.5%11.5%11.2%
Tier 1 capital ratio6%1014.613.7
Total capital ratio101215.714.8
Tier 1 leverage ratioN/A(c)46.25.7
SLR (d)N/A(c)56.96.5
The Bank of New York Mellon regulatory capital ratios: (b)
CET1 ratio6.5%7%17.3%16.1%
Tier 1 capital ratio88.517.316.1
Total capital ratio1010.517.416.3
Tier 1 leverage ratio547.06.3
SLR (d)638.17.6

(a) Minimum requirements for March 31, 2025 include minimum thresholds plus currently applicable buffers. The U.S. global systemically important banks (“G-SIB”) surcharge of 1.5% is subject to change. The countercyclical capital buffer is currently set to 0%. The stress capital buffer (“SCB”) requirement is 2.5%, equal to the regulatory minimum for Standardized Approach capital ratios.

(b) For our CET1, Tier 1 capital and Total capital ratios, our effective capital ratios under U.S. capital rules are the lower of the ratios as calculated under the Standardized and Advanced Approaches. The Tier 1 leverage ratio is based on Tier 1 capital and quarterly average total assets.

(c) The Federal Reserve’s regulations do not establish well capitalized thresholds for these measures for BHCs.

(d) The SLR is based on Tier 1 capital and total leverage exposure, which includes certain off-balance sheet exposures.

Our CET1 ratio under the Standardized Approach was 11.5% at March 31, 2025 and 11.2% at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase primarily reflects capital generated through earnings and a net increase in accumulated other comprehensive income, partially offset by capital returned through common stock repurchases and dividends and higher RWAs.

The Tier 1 leverage ratio was 6.2% at March 31, 2025 and 5.7% at Dec. 31, 2024. The increase reflects higher capital, including issuances of preferred stock, and lower average assets.

Risk-based capital ratios vary depending on the size of the balance sheet at period end and the levels and types of investments in assets, and leverage ratios vary based on the average size of the balance sheet over the quarter. The balance sheet size fluctuates from period to period based on levels of customer and market activity. In general, when servicing clients are more actively trading securities, deposit balances and the balance sheet as a whole are higher. In addition, when markets experience significant

volatility or stress, our balance sheet size may increase considerably as client deposit levels increase.

Our capital ratios are necessarily subject to, among other things, anticipated compliance with all necessary enhancements to model calibration, approval by regulators of certain models used as part of RWA calculations, other refinements, further implementation guidance from regulators, market practices and standards and any changes BNY may make to its businesses. As a consequence of these factors, our capital ratios may materially change and may be volatile over time and from period to period.

Under the Advanced Approaches, our operational loss risk model is informed by external losses, including fines and penalties levied against institutions in the financial services industry, particularly those that relate to businesses in which we operate, and as a result, external losses have impacted and could in the future impact the amount of capital that we are required to hold.

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The following table presents our capital components and RWAs, the average assets used for leverage capital purposes and leverage exposure used for SLR purposes.

Capital components and risk-weighted assets
March 31, 2025Dec. 31, 2024
(in millions)
CET1:
Common shareholders’ equity$37,788$36,975
Adjustments for:
Goodwill and intangible assets (a)(17,615)(17,563)
Net pension fund assets(351)(333)
Embedded goodwill(254)(254)
Deferred tax assets(58)(62)
Other(5)(4)
Total CET119,50518,759
Other Tier 1 capital:
Preferred stock5,3314,343
Other(53)(63)
Total Tier 1 capital$24,783$23,039
Tier 2 capital:
Subordinated debt$1,398$1,398
Allowance for credit losses401392
Other(1)(11)
Total Tier 2 capital – Standardized Approach1,7981,779
Excess of expected credit losses66109
Less: Allowance for credit losses401392
Total Tier 2 capital – Advanced Approaches$1,463$1,496
Total capital:
Standardized Approach$26,581$24,818
Advanced Approaches$26,246$24,535
Risk-weighted assets:
Standardized Approach$169,262$167,786
Advanced Approaches:
Credit Risk$92,972$90,076
Market Risk3,8744,808
Operational Risk65,38865,588
Total Advanced Approaches$162,234$160,472
Average assets for Tier 1 leverage ratio$397,513$402,069
Total leverage exposure for SLR$359,666$353,523

(a) Reduced by deferred tax liabilities associated with intangible assets and tax-deductible goodwill.

The table below presents the factors that impacted CET1 capital.

CET1 generation1Q25
(in millions)
CET1 – Beginning of period$18,759
Net income applicable to common shareholders of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation1,149
Goodwill and intangible assets, net of related deferred tax liabilities(52)
Gross CET1 generated1,097
Capital returned:
Common stock repurchases(746)
Common stock dividends (a)(343)
Total capital returned(1,089)
Other comprehensive gain (loss):
Unrealized gain on assets available-for-sale333
Foreign currency translation204
Unrealized gain on cash flow hedges3
Defined benefit plans1
Total other comprehensive gain541
Additional paid-in capital (b)214
Other additions (deductions):
Net pension fund assets(18)
Deferred tax assets4
Other(3)
Total other (deductions)(17)
Net CET1 generated746
CET1 – End of period$19,505

(a) Includes dividend equivalents on share-based awards.

(b) Primarily related to stock awards and stock issued for employee benefit plans.

The following table shows the impact on the consolidated capital ratios at March 31, 2025 of a $100 million increase or decrease in common equity, or a $1 billion increase or decrease in RWAs, quarterly average assets or total leverage exposure.

Sensitivity of consolidated capital ratios at March 31, 2025
Increase or decrease of
(in basis points) · $100 millionin common equity · $1 billion in RWA, quarterly average assets or total leverage exposure
CET1:
Standardized Approach6bps7bps
Advanced Approaches67
Tier 1 capital:
Standardized Approach69
Advanced Approaches69
Total capital:
Standardized Approach69
Advanced Approaches610
Tier 1 leverage32
SLR32

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Stress capital buffer

In August 2024, the Federal Reserve announced that BNY’s SCB requirement would remain at 2.5%, equal to the regulatory floor, for the period from Oct. 1, 2024 through Sept. 30, 2025. The SCB replaced the static 2.5% capital conservation buffer for Standardized Approach capital ratios for CCAR BHCs. The SCB does not apply to bank subsidiaries, which remain subject to the static 2.5% capital conservation buffer. See “Supervision and Regulation” in our 2024 Annual Report for additional information.

The SCB final rule generally eliminates the requirement for prior approval of common stock repurchases in excess of the distributions in a firm’s capital plan, provided that such distributions are consistent with applicable capital requirements and buffers, including the SCB.

Total Loss-Absorbing Capacity (“TLAC”)

The following summarizes the minimum requirements for BNY’s external TLAC and external long-term debt (“LTD”) ratios, plus currently applicable buffers.

As a % of RWAs (a)As a % of total leverage exposure
Eligible external TLAC ratiosRegulatory minimum of 18% plus a buffer (b) equal to the sum of 2.5%, the method 1 G-SIB surcharge (currently 1%), and the countercyclical capital buffer, if anyRegulatory minimum of 7.5% plus a buffer (c) equal to 2%
Eligible external LTD ratiosRegulatory minimum of 6% plus the greater of the method 1 or method 2 G-SIB surcharge (currently 1.5%)4.5%

(a) RWA is the greater of Standardized Approach and Advanced Approaches.

(b) Buffer to be met using only CET1.

(c) Buffer to be met using only Tier 1 capital.

External TLAC consists of the Parent’s Tier 1 capital and eligible unsecured LTD issued by it that has a remaining term to maturity of at least one year and satisfies certain other conditions. Eligible LTD consists of the unpaid principal balance of eligible unsecured debt securities, subject to haircuts for amounts due to be paid within two years, that satisfy certain other conditions. Debt issued prior to Dec.

31, 2016 has been permanently grandfathered to the extent these instruments otherwise would be ineligible only due to containing impermissible acceleration rights or being governed by foreign law.

The following table presents our external TLAC and external LTD ratios.

TLAC and LTD ratiosMarch 31, 2025
Minimumrequired · Minimum ratioswith buffers
Ratios
Eligible external TLAC:
As a percentage of RWA18.0%21.5%31.3%
As a percentage of total leverage exposure7.5%9.5%14.7%
Eligible external LTD:
As a percentage of RWA7.5%N/A15.4%
As a percentage of total leverage exposure4.5%N/A7.3%

If BNY maintains risk-based ratio or leverage TLAC measures above the minimum required level, but with a risk-based ratio or leverage below the minimum level with buffers, we will face constraints on dividends, equity repurchases and discretionary executive compensation based on the amount of the shortfall and eligible retained income.

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