Form 11-k

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 11-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

(Mark One)

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the period ended December 31, 2003

 

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission file number 1-6152

 

  A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN OF

PERSHING LLC

 

  B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK COMPANY, INC.

One Wall Street

New York, New York 10286

 



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

    
23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
99       Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, financial statements, notes to financial statements, and supplemental schedule

 


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN OF PERSHING LLC
BY:   /s/    THOMAS A. RENYI         
    Thomas A. Renyi
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    /s/    GERALD L. HASSELL         
    Gerald L. Hassell
    President and Director
    /s/    ALAN R. GRIFFITH         
    Alan R. Griffith
    Vice Chairman and Director
    /s/    THOMAS E. ANGERS         
    Thomas E. Angers
    Senior Vice President
    /s/    KEVIN J. BANNON         
    Kevin J. Bannon
    Executive Vice President

 

Dated:

 

June 28, 2004