Eagle Names Marc Firenze as Chief Technology Officer

BOSTON, April 7, 2010 - Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services
technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced Marc Firenze has
been appointed chief technology officer. A 20-year veteran in financial
services technology, Firenze is responsible for setting the strategy,
technology development, architecture and growth around Eagle's investment
management product suite.

Near-term objectives for Firenze include enhancing the Eagle platform to
reduce the total cost of ownership for clients, employing new technologies to
augment existing delivery options, and leveraging the outsourcing
capabilities of BNY Mellon. Today, Eagle clients have access to the full
continuum of delivery options from software installation, to application
hosting (ASP) and to outsourcing.

"Marc has performed in a number of critical, senior roles at Eagle where
his leadership and passion for the business have directly influenced our
current success," said John Lehner, president and chief executive officer at
Eagle. "Marc is the right choice for positioning our solutions to address
clients' needs, while supporting Eagle's growth objectives. His past
contributions have been instrumental in our ability to develop and deliver
innovative solutions to the investment management industry."

Firenze began his career with Eagle in 1997 and has been directly
involved in the build-out of its products, including new feature design,
analysis and quality assurance. He has played a significant role in every
major release of Eagle software and was responsible for launching the
enterprise technology platform that underlies the product suite. Firenze also
played a key role in the initial development and delivery of Eagle's data
management solution and its alternative investment accounting solution.

Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon Asset Servicing,
is a global provider of financial services technology. Eagle provides
leading-edge technology and services for data management, investment
accounting and performance measurement. Eagle's product suite is offered as
an installed application or can be hosted via Eagle ACCESS(SM), Eagle's ASP
offering. Additional information is available at www.eagleinvsys.com.

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing offers clients worldwide a broad spectrum of
specialized asset servicing capabilities, including custody and fund
services, securities lending, performance and analytics, and execution
services.

BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon
Corporation (NYSE: BK). BNY Mellon is a global financial services company
focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets,
operating in 34 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 US$22.3 trillion in
assets under custody and administration, US$1.1 trillion in assets under
management, services US$12 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global
payments averaging US$1.6 trillion per day. Additional information is
available at www.bnymellon.com.

Kendra Ahern, Eagle Investment Systems LLC, +1-617-219-0209, kahern at eagleinvsys.com