EX-99 5 dabp10f3-084.txt SUB-ITEM 770 Sub-Item 770 Rule 10f-3 Transactions DREYFUS A BONDS PLUS, INC. On July 12, 2007, Dreyfus A Bonds Plus, Inc.(the "Fund") purchased $278,584,821 of Lehman Brothers Hldg 6 7/19/2012 - Rated: A1/Moody's, A+/S&P and AA-/Fitch - CUSIP # 52517P4C2 (the "Bonds"). The Bonds were purchased from Capital Markets, Inc., a member of the underwriting syndicate offering the Bonds, from their account. Bank of New York Mellon Financial, an affiliate of the Fund, was a member of the syndicate but received no benefit in connection with the transaction. No other member received any economic benefit. The following is a list of the syndicate's primary members: Lehman Brothers Calyon Securities USA ING Financial Markets Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Scotia Capital Williams Capital Group -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accompanying this statement are materials presented to the Board of Trustees of the Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, which ratified the purchases as in compliance with the Fund's Rule 10f-3 Procedures, at the applicable Fund's Board meetings held on December 10, 2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLVED, that the transaction engaged in by the Fund, pursuant to Rule 10f-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, hereby is determined to have been effected in compliance with the Procedures adopted by the Board with respect to such transaction.