Business Context and Reporting Period
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation filed this Form 8-K on September 22, 2026, under Item 5.03 regarding amendments to its certificate of incorporation. The filing relates to the elimination of provisions governing the company’s Series F Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock.
Financial and Capital Metrics
The filing does not provide revenue, earnings, cash flow, margins, debt, liquidity, capital ratios, or other operating financial metrics.
All outstanding shares of the Series F Preferred Stock were redeemed on September 20, 2026. The filing does not state the redemption price, aggregate consideration, accounting impact, or effect on regulatory capital.
Material Changes Versus the Prior Comparable Period
- Effective September 22, 2026, the company filed a Certificate of Elimination with the Delaware Secretary of State.
- The filing eliminated from the company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation all matters relating to the Series F Preferred Stock.
- The Series F Preferred Stock had been fully redeemed two days earlier, on September 20, 2026.
Outlook, Risks, and Unusual Items
The filing provides no earnings guidance, business outlook, management commentary, risk update, contingency disclosure, or discussion of unusual charges. The principal corporate action is the redemption and subsequent legal elimination of the Series F Preferred Stock provisions.
Investor Verification Points
- Review Exhibit 3.1, the Certificate of Elimination dated September 22, 2026.
- Verify the redemption terms, including the number of shares redeemed and total cash consideration, in related filings or subsequent financial disclosures.
- Assess any impact of the redemption on preferred equity, shareholders’ equity, regulatory capital, and future financing costs.
- Confirm whether any redemption-related gain, loss, issuance-cost write-off, or other accounting effect is reported in subsequent financial statements.