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BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST

Amended and Restated Rule 18f-3 Plan

Rule 18f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), requires that the Board of an investment company desiring to offer multiple classes of shares pursuant to said Rule adopt a plan setting forth the differences among the classes with respect to shareholder services, distribution arrangements, expense allocations and any related conversion features or exchange privileges.

The Board of Trustees, including a majority of the non-interested Trustees, of BNY Mellon Funds Trust (the "Trust"), with respect to each of the series thereof listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as the same may be revised from time to time (individually, the "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds"), which desires to offer multiple classes, has determined that the following plan is in the best interests of each class individually and each Fund as a whole:

1. Class Designation: Fund shares shall be divided into two (or, where indicated on Schedule A, three) share classes designated as "Class M" shares (formerly designated "MPAM" shares), "Investor" shares and, for a Fund with three classes, "Dreyfus Premier" shares. Subject to approval of the Board of Trustees, a Fund may alter the designations of one or more of its classes of shares and references herein to class designations shall be deemed to refer to any such altered designations.

2. Differences in Availability: (a) Class M shares shall be offered only to: (i) Wealth Management clients of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY Mellon") that maintain qualified fiduciary, custody, advisory or other accounts with various affiliates of BNY Mellon (collectively, "Wealth Management Clients"); (ii) BNY Mellon Balanced Fund, BNY Mellon Large Cap Market Opportunities Fund and BNY Mellon Tax-Sensitive Large Cap Multi-

Strategy Fund, for investments by such Funds; (iii) Trustees of the Trust; (iv) persons or entities who are not Wealth Management Clients but who held shares of a Fund on July 10, 2001 ("Existing Individual Clients") and who, therefore, are permitted by this plan to continue to purchase and hold Class M shares of that Fund for then-existing accounts ("Existing Accounts"), to exchange into Class M shares of other Funds, and to purchase additional Class M shares of Funds into which they exchange; (v) holders of shares of any fund not a part of the Trust but having an affiliated investment adviser with a Fund (referred to herein as an "affiliated fund") who receive Class M shares upon the reorganization of that fund into a Fund and who, therefore, are permitted by this plan to continue to purchase and hold Class M shares of that Fund, to exchange into Class M shares of other Funds, and to purchase additional Class M shares of Funds into which they exchange; (vi) certain investment advisory firms that make an initial investment in the Fund of at least $1 million on behalf of their high-net-worth and related clients, provided that such firms are approved by BNY Mellon Wealth Management and invest in the Fund through an omnibus account; and (vii) with respect to Class M shares of those Funds indicated on Schedule A hereto, unaffiliated investment companies approved by BNY Mellon Wealth Management. In addition, BNY Mellon Money Market Fund and BNY Mellon National Municipal Money Market Fund may be used as "sweep vehicles" for cash held by Wealth Management Clients in qualified fiduciary, custody, advisory or other accounts with various affiliates of BNY Mellon ("BNY Mellon Affiliates"). Any such investments in BNY Mellon Money Market Fund or BNY Mellon National Municipal Money Market Fund must be in the respective Fund's Class M shares.

(b) Investor shares shall be offered only to: (i) Wealth Management Clients who terminate their relationship with BNY Mellon Affiliates, and who wish to continue to hold shares

of a Fund; (ii) individuals or entities who are not Wealth Management Clients, but who receive a transfer of Fund shares from a Wealth Management Client (except as provided in Section 2(a)(iv) above for Existing Individual Clients for their Existing Accounts); (iii) brokerage clients of BNY Mellon Wealth Advisors, a division of MBSC Securities Corporation ("BNY Mellon Wealth Advisors Brokerage Clients"); (iv) holders of shares of an affiliated fund who receive Investor shares upon the reorganization of that fund into a Fund and who, therefore, are permitted by this plan to continue to purchase and hold Investor shares of that Fund, to exchange into Investor shares of other Funds, and to purchase additional Investor shares of Funds into which they exchange; (v) former holders of Dreyfus Premier shares of a Fund following the conversion of their shares into Investor shares of that Fund, as provided in this plan, who, therefore, are permitted by this plan to purchase and hold Investor shares of that Fund, to exchange into Investor shares of other Funds, and to purchase additional Investor shares of Funds into which they exchange; (vi) certain employee benefit plans, including pension, profit-sharing and other deferred compensation plans, that are approved by BNY Mellon Wealth Management to invest in one or more Funds, that are not Wealth Management Clients and for which the Trust's investment adviser and/or certain of its affiliates have entered into an agreement with one or more third-party administrators to provide recordkeeping and other administrative services for such plans; and (vii) holders of Dreyfus Premier shares of a Fund as of June 1, 2006, who, therefore, are permitted by this plan to purchase and hold Investor shares of that Fund, to exchange into Investor shares of other Funds, and to purchase additional Investor shares of Funds into which they exchange.

(c) Dreyfus Premier shares shall be offered only in connection with dividend reinvestment and exchanges permitted by the Exchange Privilege.

3. Differences in Services: Holders of Investor shares of a Fund, and holders of Class M shares of a Fund who are not Wealth Management Clients, shall have the benefit of certain privileges and services as set forth, from time to time, in the Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

4. Differences in Distribution Arrangements: (a) Dreyfus Premier shares shall be subject to a deferred sales charge ("CDSC"), as such term is defined in Rule 2830(b) of the Conduct Rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The amount and provisions relating to the CDSC are set forth on Schedule B hereto. Dreyfus Premier shares also shall be subject to a Distribution Plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Distribution Plan, a Fund pays the Distributor for distributing its Dreyfus Premier shares at an annual rate specified in the Distribution Plan and set forth on Schedule C hereto. In addition, Dreyfus Premier shares shall be subject to a Shareholder Services Plan. Under the Shareholder Services Plan, a Fund pays the Distributor for the provision of certain services to the holders of Dreyfus Premier shares a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Dreyfus Premier shares.

(b) Investor shares shall be subject to a Shareholder Services Plan. Under the Shareholder Services Plan, a Fund pays the Distributor for the provision of certain services to the holders of Investor shares a fee at the annual rate of 0.25% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets attributable to Investor shares. Investor shares are not subject to a CDSC.

(c) Class M shares are not subject to a distribution plan, shareholder services plan or CDSC.

5. Expense Allocation: The following expenses shall be allocated, to the extent practicable, on a class-by-class basis: (a) fees under the Distribution Plan, which shall be

allocated to Dreyfus Premier shares; (b) fees under the Shareholder Services Plan, which shall be allocated ratably to Investor shares and Dreyfus Premier shares, respectively, based on the assets attributable to such shares; (c) printing and postage expenses payable by the Funds related to preparing and distributing materials, such as shareholder reports, prospectuses and proxies, to current shareholders of a specific class; (d) litigation or other legal expenses relating solely to a specific class; (e) transfer agent fees identified by the Funds' transfer agent as being attributable to a specific class; and (f) Trustees' fees incurred as a result of issues relating to a specific class.

6. Exchange Privileges: Shares of a class shall be exchangeable only for shares of the same class of another Fund of the Trust. In addition, (a) Dreyfus Premier shares of a Fund shall be exchangeable for Class B shares of certain other funds advised by the Trust's investment adviser or its affiliates and for Class B shares of General Money Market Fund, Inc. and (b) holders of a Fund's Investor shares who exchanged their Investor shares for shares of Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc. ("DWDMMF") may continue to exchange their DWDMMF shares for Investor shares of a Fund. These exchange privileges may be modified or terminated by a Fund, and exchanges may only be made into Funds that are legally registered for sale in the investor's state of residence.

7. Conversion Feature: (a) Class M shares shall automatically convert to Investor shares: (i) if the holder of the Class M shares ceases to be a person or entity to whom Class M shares may be offered pursuant to Section 2(a) of this plan, in which case conversion shall occur when the holder ceases to be such a person or entity; or (ii) if the holder of the Class M shares directs that such shares be transferred to a person or entity who is not a Wealth Management Client (other than an Existing Individual Client for his or her Existing Account), in which case conversion shall occur upon such transfer.

(b) Dreyfus Premier shares shall automatically convert to Investor shares after a specified period of time after the date of purchase, based on the relative net asset value of each such Class without the imposition of any sales charge, fee or other charge, as set forth on Schedule D hereto.

Adopted: March 5, 2002
Amended as of: June 8, 2010
Revised as of: July 15, 2011

SCHEDULE A

Each Fund listed below offers Class M shares and Investor shares. Funds marked with an asterisk (*) also offer Dreyfus Premier shares, and Funds marked with a (†) offer Class M shares to unaffiliated investment companies approved by BNY Mellon Wealth Management.

BNY MELLON LARGE CAP STOCK FUND^†
BNY MELLON INCOME STOCK FUND^†
BNY MELLON MID CAP STOCK FUND^*†
BNY MELLON SMALL CAP STOCK FUND^†
BNY MELLON U.S. CORE EQUITY 130/30 FUND^†
BNY MELLON INTERNATIONAL FUND^†
BNY MELLON EMERGING MARKETS FUND^†
BNY MELLON BOND FUND^†
BNY MELLON INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND^†
BNY MELLON SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND^†
BNY MELLON NATIONAL INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND^*†
BNY MELLON NATIONAL SHORT-TERM MUNICIPAL BOND FUND^†
BNY MELLON MASSACHUSETTS INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND^*†
BNY MELLON PENNSYLVANIA INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL BOND FUND^†
BNY MELLON BALANCED FUND
BNY MELLON MONEY MARKET FUND
BNY MELLON NATIONAL MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND
BNY Mellon Intermediate U.S. Government Fund^†
BNY Mellon International Appreciation Fund^†
BNY Mellon New York Intermediate Tax-Exempt Bond Fund^†
BNY Mellon Municipal Opportunities Fund^†
BNY Mellon Focused Equity Opportunities Fund^†
BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Fund^†
BNY Mellon Large Cap Market Opportunities Fund
BNY Mellon Tax-Sensitive Large Cap Multi-Strategy Fund

Revised as of: July 15, 2011

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SCHEDULE B

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge—Dreyfus Premier shares – A CDSC payable to a Fund's Distributor shall be imposed on any redemption of Dreyfus Premier shares which reduces the current net asset value of such Dreyfus Premier shares to an amount which is lower than the dollar amount of all payments by the redeeming shareholder for the purchase of Dreyfus Premier shares of the Fund held by such shareholder at the time of redemption. No CDSC shall be imposed to the extent that the net asset value of the Dreyfus Premier shares redeemed does not exceed (i) the current net asset value of Dreyfus Premier shares acquired by the redeeming shareholder through reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions, plus (ii) increases in the net asset value of the redeeming shareholder's Dreyfus Premier shares above the dollar amount of all payments for the purchase of Dreyfus Premier shares of the Fund held by such shareholder at the time of redemption.

If the aggregate value of the Dreyfus Premier shares redeemed by a shareholder has declined below their original cost to that shareholder as a result of the Fund's performance, a CDSC may be applied to the then-current net asset value rather than the purchase price.

In circumstances where the CDSC is imposed, the amount of the charge shall depend on the number of years from the time the shareholder purchased the Dreyfus Premier shares until the time of redemption of such shares. Solely for purposes of determining the number of years from the time of any payment for the purchase of Dreyfus Premier shares, all payments during a month shall be aggregated and deemed to have been made on the first day of the month.

The following table sets forth the rates of the CDSC for BNY Mellon Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund and BNY Mellon National Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund:

Year Since Purchase Payment Was Made	CDSC as a % of Amount Invested or Redemption Proceeds

First	3.00

Second	3.00

Third	2.00

Fourth	2.00

Fifth	1.00

Sixth	0.00

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The following table sets forth the rates of the CDSC for BNY Mellon Mid Cap Stock Fund:

Year Since Purchase Payment Was Made	CDSC as a % of Amount Invested or Redemption Proceeds

First	4.00

Second	4.00

Third	3.00

Fourth	3.00

Fifth	2.00

Sixth	1.00

In determining whether a CDSC is applicable to a redemption, the calculation shall be made in a manner that results in the lowest possible rate. Therefore, it shall be assumed that the redemption is made first of amounts representing shares acquired pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends and distributions; then of amounts representing the increase in net asset value of Dreyfus Premier shares above the total amount of payments for the purchase of Dreyfus Premier shares made during the preceding six years; then of amounts representing the cost of Dreyfus Premier shares purchased six years prior to the redemption; and finally, of amounts representing the cost of Dreyfus Premier shares held for the longest period of time within the applicable six-year period.

For the purposes of computing a CDSC, any Dreyfus Premier shares of a Fund issued to a shareholder pursuant to a reorganization will be deemed to have been purchased by such shareholder at the time of purchase of the Class B shares of the fund that is reorganized into the Fund and payments for the purchase of Dreyfus Premier shares will be deemed to include purchase payments made by such shareholder for the Class B shares of that fund. To the extent a portion of the Class B shares of that fund held by such shareholder were acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions, the same proportion of Dreyfus Premier shares issued to such shareholder pursuant to the reorganization will be deemed to have been acquired through the reinvestment of dividends or capital gain distributions.

Waiver of CDSC – The CDSC shall be waived in connection with (a) redemptions made within one year after the death or disability, as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), of the shareholder, (b) redemptions by employees participating in qualified or non-qualified employee benefit plans, including pension, profit-sharing and other deferred compensation plans, whether established by corporations, partnerships, non-profit entities or state and local governments ("Retirement Plans"), or other programs; provided, however, the term "Retirement Plans" does not include IRAs, IRA

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"Rollover Accounts" or IRAs set up under a Simplified Employee Pension Plan, (c) redemptions as a result of a combination of any investment company with the Fund by merger, acquisition of assets or otherwise, (d) a distribution following retirement under a tax-deferred retirement plan or upon attaining age 70-1/2 in the case of an IRA or Keogh plan or custodial account pursuant to Section 403(b) of the Code and (e) redemptions pursuant to the Automatic Withdrawal Plan, as described in the Fund's then-current Prospectus. Any Fund shares subject to a CDSC that were purchased prior to the termination of such waiver shall have the CDSC waived as provided in the Fund's then-current Prospectus at the time of the purchase of such shares.

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SCHEDULE C

Distribution Plan Fees – Dreyfus Premier shares

Fund	Annual Rate

BNY Mellon Mid Cap Stock Fund	0.75% of average daily net assets

BNY Mellon Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund	0.50% of average daily net assets

BNY Mellon National Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund	0.50% of average daily net assets

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SCHEDULE D

Conversion of Dreyfus Premier shares — Approximately six years after the date of purchase, Dreyfus Premier shares shall automatically convert to Investor shares, based on the relative net asset values for shares of each such Class, and shall no longer be subject to the Distribution Plan. For any Dreyfus Premier shares of a Fund issued pursuant to a reorganization, the date of purchase of such shares by a shareholder shall be deemed to be the date of purchase by such shareholder of the shares of the fund that is reorganized into the Fund. At the time of any conversion, Dreyfus Premier shares that have been acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions ("Dividend Shares") shall be converted in the proportion that a shareholder's Dreyfus Premier shares (other than Dividend Shares) converting to Investor shares bears to the total Dreyfus Premier shares then held by the shareholder which were not acquired through the reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

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