NEW YORK, January 10, 2011 — BNY Mellon Corporate Trust announced that Miguel Barrios has been appointed as a West Coast business development representative with responsibility for increasing the company's Corporate Finance and Specialty Services sales coverage throughout Southern California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. Based in Los Angeles, Barrios will report to Mark P. Brown, head of the Corporate Finance and Specialty Services business development team at BNY Mellon Corporate Trust.

Barrios was most recently a business development representative within BNY Mellon Corporate Trust in Mexico. Before joining BNY Mellon's Mexico business development team in 2006, he worked at a boutique investment firm and as a corporate trust relationship manager at The Bank of New York.

"Miguel is a seasoned industry professional with deep experience managing client relationships. His ability to market the company's debt administration, escrow agency, collateral management, custody and insurance trust products and services will help us advance our leadership position in the region," said Troy Kilpatrick, head of global business development for BNY Mellon Corporate Trust.

BNY Mellon Corporate Trust services $12 trillion in outstanding debt from 61 locations in 20 countries. Its clients include governments and their agencies, multinational corporations, financial institutions and other entities that access the global debt capital markets. The corporate trust business utilizes its global footprint and expertise to deliver a full range of issuer and related investor services and develop customized and market-driven solutions. Its range of core services includes debt trustee, paying agency, escrow and other fiduciary offerings.

BNY Mellon is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 36 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has $24.4 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.14 trillion in assets under management, services $12.0 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.6 trillion per day. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.