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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 1999
Registration No. 333-75605
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
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MELLON BANK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania 25-1233834
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
One Mellon Bank Center
500 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258
412-234-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
MELLON BANK CORPORATION
MELLON 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Carl Krasik, Esq.
Associate General Counsel and Secretary
Mellon Bank Corporation
One Mellon Bank Center
500 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258
412-234-5222
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the Amendment becomes effective.
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 to
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reflect a change in the amount of securities registered hereunder. On April 20,
1999, Mellon Bank Corporation announced a two-for-one split with respect to its
Common Stock, par value $.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), such split to be
effected in the form of a stock dividend of one additional share of Common Stock
on each share of Common Stock, payable on May 17, 1999 to holders of record of
Common Stock at the close of business on May 3, 1999. As a result of the split,
an additional 941,600 shares of Common Stock are registered hereunder, bringing
the total number of shares registered hereunder to 1,941,600.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 16. Exhibits.
Exhibit 24.1 Powers of Attorney Previously filed as Exhibit 24.1
to Form S-3 Registration
Statement No. 333-75605 (File
No. 1-7410).
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SIGNATURES
MELLON BANK CORPORATION
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Mellon Bank
Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post
Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on the 22nd day of July, 1999.
MELLON BANK CORPORATION
By: /s/ Steven G. Elliott
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Steven G. Elliott
Senior Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 22nd day of July, 1999.
By: /s/ Steven G. Elliott
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Steven G. Elliott
Principal Financial Officer
By: /s/ Michael K. Hughey
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Michael K. Hughey
Chief Accounting Officer
MARTIN G. McGUINN, Director and Principal Executive Officer; DWIGHT L.
ALLISON, JR., Director; BURTON C. BORGELT, Director; CAROL R. BROWN, Director;
FRANK V. CAHOUET, Director; JARED L. COHON, Director; CHRISTOPHER M. CONDRON,
Director; J. W. CONNOLLY, Director; CHARLES A. CORRY, Director; IRA J. GUMBERG,
Director; PEMBERTON HUTCHINSON, Director; GEORGE W. JOHNSTONE, Director; ROTAN
E. LEE, Director; EDWARD J. McANIFF, Director; ROBERT MEHRABIAN, Director;
SEWARD PROSSER MELLON, Director; MARK A. NORDENBERG, Director; DAVID S. SHAPIRA,
Director; WESLEY W. von SCHACK, Director; JOAB L. THOMAS, Director; WILLIAM J.
YOUNG, Director.
By: /s/ Ann M. Sawchuck
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Ann M. Sawchuck
Attorney-in-fact
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SIGNATURES
MELLON BANK CORPORATION
401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Pittsburgh,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 22nd day of July, 1999.
MELLON BANK CORPORATION 401(k)
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By: /s/ Charles A. Singleton
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Charles A. Singleton
Chairman of the Corporate
Benefits Committee
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