Notice to Interested Persons

This document is about a notice to interested persons that The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) has applied to the U.S. Department of Labor for authorization under Prohibited Transaction Exemption 96-62 that would allow The Employee Savings & Investment Plan and The Employee Stock Ownership Plan of The Bank of New York Company, Inc. to redeem their investments in certain Dreyfus Funds (the proprietary fund family of BNY Mellon) in-kind rather than in cash, in order to integrate the investment options offered under the plans and avoid potential transaction costs and market fluctuations. The notice outlines the proposed transactions, the parties involved, and the right of interested persons to comment on the tentative authorization.