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File No.2-65232

811-2946

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N‑1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933                   [X]

 

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940           [X]

 

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DREYFUS MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

           c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

           200 Park Avenue, New York, New York        10166

           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

     Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6000

 

Michael A. Rosenberg, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

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Dreyfus Municipal Money Market 
Fund, Inc. 

 

DTEXX

PROSPECTUS October 1, 2010




Contents

Fund Summary   
Fund Summary  1 
 
 
Fund Details   
Goal and Approach  4 
Investment Risks  4 
Management  5 
 
 
Shareholder Guide   
Buying and Selling Shares  7 
Distributions and Taxes  10 
Services for Fund Investors  11 
Financial Highlights  13 

 

For More Information 
See back cover. 

 



Fund Summary

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Annual fund operating expenses   
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)   
 
Management fees  0.50 
Other expenses* (including shareholder services fees)  0.10 
Total annual fund operating expenses  0.60 

 

* Amounts do not reflect the fee paid by the fund to the U.S. Treasury Department in connection with the fund’s participation under the Treasury 
Department’s Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds (the Program). If the Program fee had been reflected, “Other expenses” would 
have been 0.12% and “Total annual fund operating expenses” would have been 0.62%. The fee rate reflects the fund’s participation in the Program for 
the period from June 1, 2009 through September 18, 2009 (the termination of the Program). 

 

EXAMPLE

The Example below is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years 
$61  $192  $335  $750 

 

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY

As a money market fund, the fund is subject to maturity, quality, liquidity and diversification requirements designed to help it maintain a stable share price of $1.00.

To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its assets in short-term, high quality municipal obligations that provide income exempt from federal personal income taxes. The fund may also invest in high quality, short-term structured notes, which are derivative instruments whose value is tied to underlying municipal obligations. In addition, the fund may invest temporarily in high quality, taxable money market instruments, including when the portfolio manager believes that acceptable municipal obligations are unavailable for investment.

Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, income from some of its holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS

An investment in the fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

The fund’s yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest rates. Additionally, while the fund has maintained a constant share price since inception, and will continue to try to do so, neither The Dreyfus Corporation nor its affiliates are required to make a capital infusion, enter into a capital support agreement or take other actions to prevent the fund’s share price from falling below $1.00. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the fund’s income level and/or share price:

  • Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of interest rates. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could cause a money market fund’s share price to drop below a dollar.

  • Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a security, can cause the security’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund’s share price. The credit quality of the securities held by the fund can change rapidly in certain market environments, and the default of a single holding could have the potential to cause significant deterioration of the fund’s net asset value.

  • Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities may fall dramatically, potentially lowering the fund’s share price, even during periods of declining interest rates. Also, during such periods, redemptions by a few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the fund’s net asset value and remaining fund shareholders.

  • Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal obligations generally must meet certain regulatory requirements. If any such municipal obligation fails to meet these regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment in such obligations and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable.

  • Derivatives risk. Derivative securities, such as structured notes, can be volatile, and the possibility of default by the financial institution or counterparty may be greater for these securities than for other types of money market instruments. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, thus, an active trading market for such instruments may not exist.

PERFORMANCE

The bar chart and table shown illustrate the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund’s shares from year to year. The table shows the average annual total returns of the fund’s shares over time. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is no guarantee of future results. More recent performance information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.

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Year-by-year total returns as of 12/31 each year (%)

Best Quarter (Q4, 2000) 0.95%. Worst Quarter (Q4, 2009) 0.01%.
The fund’s year-to-date total return as of 6/30/10 was 0.02%.

Average annual total returns as of 12/31/09

1 Year  5 Years  10 Years 
0.23%  2.05%  1.84% 

 

For the fund’s current yield, call toll free 1-800-645-6561

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

The fund’s investment adviser is The Dreyfus Corporation.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES

In general, the fund’s minimum initial investment is $2,500 and the minimum subsequent investment is $100. You may sell your shares on any business day by calling 1-800-645-6561 or by visiting www.dreyfus.com. You may also mail your request to sell shares to The Dreyfus Family of Funds, P.O. Box 55263, Boston MA 02205-5263.

TAX INFORMATION

The fund anticipates that virtually all dividends paid will be exempt from federal personal income taxes. However, for federal tax purposes, certain distributions, such as distributions of short-term capital gains, are taxable as ordinary income, while long-term capital gains are taxable as capital gains. Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal personal income tax, interest from some of its holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

If you purchase shares through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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Fund Details

GOAL AND APPROACH

The fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. As a money market fund, the fund is subject to maturity, quality and diversification requirements designed to help it maintain a stable share price of $1.00.

To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests substantially all of its assets in short-term, high quality municipal obligations that provide income exempt from federal personal income tax.

The fund also may invest in high quality short-term structured notes, which are derivative instruments whose value is tied to underlying municipal obligations.

While the fund generally invests solely in securities with the highest credit rating or the unrated equivalent as determined by Dreyfus, it may invest up to 3% of its assets in securities with the second-highest credit rating that mature in 45 days or less.

The fund is required to hold at least 30% of its assets in cash, U.S. Treasury securities, certain other government securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, or securities that can readily be converted into cash within five business days. The maximum weighted average maturity of the fund’s portfolio is 60 days and the maximum weighted average life to maturity of the fund’s portfolio is 120 days.

Although the fund seeks to provide income exempt from federal income tax, interest from some of the fund’s holdings may be subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. In addition, the fund temporarily may invest in high quality, taxable money market instruments, including when the portfolio manager believes acceptable municipal obligations are not available for investment.

INVESTMENT RISKS

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

The fund’s yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest rates. Additionally, while the fund has maintained a constant share price since inception, and will continue to try to do so, neither Dreyfus nor its affiliates are required to make a capital infusion, enter into a capital support agreement or take other actions to prevent the fund’s share price from falling below $1.00. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the fund’s income level and/or share price:

  • Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of interest rates. The fund’s yield will vary; it is not fixed for a specific period like the yield on a bank certificate of deposit. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could cause a money market fund’s share price to drop below a dollar. However, the extremely short maturities of the securities held in money market portfolios - a means of achieving an overall fund objective of principal safety - reduces their potential for price fluctuation. A low interest rate environment may prevent the fund from providing a positive yield or paying fund expenses out of fund assets and could impair the fund’s ability to maintain a stable net asset value.

  • Credit risk. Failure of an issuer to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or perception of a decline in the credit quality of a municipal obligation, can cause the obligation’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund's share price. Although the fund invests only in high quality debt securities, any of the

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fund’s holdings could have its credit rating downgraded or could default. The credit quality of the securities held by the fund can change rapidly in certain market environments, and the default of a single holding could have the potential to cause significant deterioration of the fund’s net asset value.

  • Liquidity risk. When there is little or no active trading market for specific types of securities it can become more difficult to sell the securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities may fall dramatically, potentially lowering the fund’s share price, even during periods of declining interest rates. Also, during such periods, redemptions by a few large investors in the fund may have a significant adverse effect on the fund’s net asset value and remaining fund shareholders.

  • Tax risk. To be tax-exempt, municipal obligations generally must meet certain regulatory requirements. If any such municipal obligation fails to meet these regulatory requirements, the interest received by the fund from its investment in such obligations and distributed to fund shareholders will be taxable.

  • Derivatives risk. Derivative securities, such as structured notes, can be volatile, and the possibility of default by the financial institution or counterparty may be greater for these securities than for other types of money market instruments. Structured notes typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, thus, an active trading market for such instruments may not exist.

MANAGEMENT

The investment adviser for the fund is The Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus), 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. Founded in 1947, Dreyfus manages approximately $286 billion in 195 mutual fund portfolios. For the past fiscal year, the fund paid Dreyfus a management fee at an annual rate of 0.50% of the fund's average daily assets. A discussion regarding the basis for the board's approving the fund's management agreement with Dreyfus is available in the fund's semiannual report for the six months ended November 30, 2009. Dreyfus is the primary mutual fund business of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon), a global financial services company focused on helping clients move and manage 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 asset and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. BNY Mellon has more than $21.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.0 trillion in assets under management, and it services more than $11.6 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.

The Dreyfus asset management philosophy is based on the belief that discipline and consistency are important to investment success. For each fund, Dreyfus seeks to establish clear guidelines for portfolio management and to be systematic in making decisions. This approach is designed to provide each fund with a distinct, stable identity.

MBSC Securities Corporation (MBSC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, serves as distributor of the fund and for the other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. Dreyfus or MBSC may provide cash payments out of its own resources to financial intermediaries that sell shares of funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or provide other services. Such payments are separate from any sales charges, 12b-1 fees and/or shareholder services fees or other expenses that may be paid by a fund to those intermediaries. Because those payments are not made by fund shareholders or the fund, the fund’s total expense ratio will not be affected by any such payments. These payments may be made to intermediaries, including affiliates, that provide shareholder servicing, sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services, marketing support and/or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the financial intermediary. Cash compensation also may be paid from Dreyfus’ or MBSC’s own resources to intermediaries for inclusion of a fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list or in other sales programs. These payments sometimes are referred to as “revenue sharing.” From time to time, Dreyfus or MBSC also may provide cash or non-cash compensation to financial intermediaries or their representatives in the form of occasional gifts; occasional meals, tickets or other entertainment; support for due diligence trips; educational conference sponsorships; support for recognition

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programs; and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation permissible under broker-dealer regulations. In some cases, these payments or compensation may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its employees to recommend or sell shares of the fund to you. Please contact your financial representative for details about any payments they or their firm may receive in connection with the sale of fund shares or the provision of services to the fund.

The fund, Dreyfus and MBSC have each adopted a code of ethics that permits its personnel, subject to such code, to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the fund. Each code of ethics restricts the personal securities transactions of employees, and requires portfolio managers and other investment personnel to comply with the code’s preclearance and disclosure procedures. The primary purpose of the respective codes is to ensure that personal trading by employees does not disadvantage any fund managed by Dreyfus or its affiliates.

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Shareholder Guide

BUYING AND SELLING SHARES

Valuing Shares

You pay no sales charges to invest in this fund. Your price for shares is the net asset value per share (NAV), which is generally calculated as of 12:00 noon Eastern time on days the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular business. Your order will be priced at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in proper form by the fund’s transfer agent or other authorized entity.

The fund’s portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which does not take into account unrealized gains or losses. As a result, portfolio securities are valued at their acquisition cost, adjusted over time based on the discounts or premiums reflected in their purchase price. The fund uses the amortized cost method of valuation pursuant to Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in order to be able to price its shares at $1.00 per share. In accordance with Rule 2a-7, the fund is subject to certain maturity, quality and diversification requirements to help it maintain the $1.00 per share price. Because the fund seeks tax exempt income, it is not recommended for purchase in IRAs or other qualified retirement plans.

When calculating its NAV, the fund compares the NAV using amortized cost to its NAV using available market quotations or market equivalents, which generally are provided by an independent pricing service approved by the fund’s board. The pricing service’s procedures are reviewed under the general supervision of the board.

How to Buy Shares

By Mail – Regular Accounts. To open a regular account, complete an application and mail it, together with a check payable to The Dreyfus Family of Funds, to:

 

The Dreyfus Family of Funds
P.O. Box 55299
Boston, MA 02205-5299

To purchase additional shares in a regular account, mail a check payable to The Dreyfus Family of Funds (with your account number on your check), together with an investment slip, to:

The Dreyfus Family of Funds
P.O. Box 105
Newark, NJ 07101-0105

Electronic Check or Wire. To purchase shares in a regular account by wire or electronic check, please call 1-800-645-6561 (outside the U.S. 516-794-5452) for more information.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer. To purchase additional shares in a regular account by Dreyfus TeleTransfer, which will transfer money from a pre-designated bank account, request the account service on your application. Call us at 1-800-645-6561 (outside the U.S. 516-794-5452) or visit www.dreyfus.com to request your transaction.

Automatically. You may purchase additional shares in a regular account by selecting one of Dreyfus’ automatic investment services made available to the fund on your account application or service application. See “Services for Fund Investors.”

In Person. Visit a Dreyfus Financial Center. Please call us for locations.

The minimum initial and subsequent investment for regular accounts is $2,500 and $100, respectively.

Investments made through Dreyfus TeleTransfer are subject to a $100 minimum and a $150,000 maximum. All

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investments must be in U.S. dollars. Third-party checks, cash, travelers’ checks or money orders will not be accepted. You may be charged a fee for any check that does not clear.

How to Sell Shares

You may sell (redeem) shares at any time. Your shares will be sold at the next NAV calculated after your order is received in proper form by the fund’s transfer agent or other authorized entity. Any certificates representing fund shares being sold must be returned with your redemption request. Your order will be processed promptly and you will generally receive the proceeds within a week.

Before selling or writing a check against shares recently purchased by check, Dreyfus TeleTransfer or Automatic Asset Builder, please note that:

  • If you send a written request to sell such shares, the fund may delay selling the shares for up to eight business days following the purchase of those shares

  • The fund will not honor redemption checks, or process wire, telephone, online or Dreyfus TeleTransfer redemption requests, for up to eight business days following the purchase of those shares

By Mail — Regular Account. To redeem shares of a regular account by mail, send a letter of instruction that includes your name, your account number, the name of the fund, the dollar amount to be redeemed and how and where to send the proceeds. Mail your request to:

The Dreyfus Family of Funds
P.O. Box 55263
Boston, MA 02205-5263

A signature guarantee is required for some written sell orders. These include:

  • amounts of $10,000 or more on accounts whose address has been changed within the last 30 days

  • requests to send the proceeds to a different payee or address

  • amounts of $100,000 or more

A signature guarantee helps protect against fraud. You can obtain one from most banks or securities dealers, but not from a notary public. For joint accounts, each signature must be guaranteed. Please call to ensure that your signature guarantee will be processed correctly.

Telephone or Online. To sell shares in a regular account, call Dreyfus at 1-800-645-6561 (outside the U.S. 516-794-5452) or visit www.dreyfus.com to request your transaction.

A check will be mailed to your address of record or you may request a wire or electronic check (Dreyfus TeleTransfer). For wires or Dreyfus TeleTransfer, be sure that the fund has your bank account information on file. Proceeds will be wired or sent by electronic check to your bank account.

You may request that redemption proceeds be paid by check and mailed to your address (maximum $250,000 per day). You may request that redemption proceeds be sent to your bank by wire (minimum $1,000/maximum $20,000 per day) or by Dreyfus TeleTransfer (minimum $500/maximum $20,000 per day). Holders of jointly registered fund or bank accounts may redeem by wire or through Dreyfus TeleTransfer up to $500,000 within any 30-day period.

Automatically. You may sell shares in a regular account by calling 1-800-645-6561 (outside the U.S. 516-794-5452) for instructions to establish the Dreyfus Automatic Withdrawal Plan.

In Person. Visit a Dreyfus Financial Center. Please call us for locations.

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General Policies

Unless you decline teleservice privileges on your application, the fund’s transfer agent is authorized to act on telephone or online instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be you and reasonably believed by the transfer agent to be genuine. You may be responsible for any fraudulent telephone or online order as long as the fund’s transfer agent takes reasonable measures to confirm that instructions are genuine.

If you invest through a financial intermediary (rather than directly with the distributor), the policies and fees may be different than those described herein. Banks, brokers, 401(k) plans, financial advisers and financial supermarkets may charge transaction fees and may set different minimum investments or limitations on buying or selling shares. Please consult your financial representative or the Statement of Additional Information.

Money market funds generally are used by investors for short-term investments, often in place of bank checking or savings accounts, or for cash management purposes. Investors value the ability to add and withdraw their funds quickly, without restriction. For this reason, although Dreyfus discourages excessive trading and other abusive trading practices, the fund has not adopted policies and procedures, or imposed redemption fees or other restrictions such as minimum holding periods, to deter frequent purchases and redemptions of fund shares.Dreyfus also believes that money market funds, such as the fund, are not targets of abusive trading practices, because money market funds seek to maintain a $1.00 per share price and typically do not fluctuate in value based on market prices. However, frequent purchases and redemptions of the fund’s shares could increase the fund’s transaction costs, such as market spreads and custodial fees, and may interfere with the efficient management of the fund’s portfolio, which could detract from the fund’s performance. Accordingly, the fund reserves the right to refuse any purchase or exchange request. Funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds that are not money market mutual funds have approved polices and procedures that are intended to discourage and prevent abusive trading practices in those mutual funds, which may apply to exchanges from or into a fund. If you plan to exchange your fund shares for shares of another Dreyfus fund, please read the prospectus of that other Dreyfus fund for more information.

The fund also reserves the right to:

  • refuse any purchase or exchange request

  • change or discontinue its exchange privilege, or temporarily suspend the privilege during unusual market conditions

  • change its minimum or maximum investment amounts

  • delay sending out redemption proceeds for up to seven days (generally applies only during unusual market conditions or in cases of very large redemptions or excessive trading)

  • “redeem in kind,” or make payments in securities rather than cash, if the amount redeemed is large enough to affect fund operations (for example, if it exceeds 1% of the fund’s assets)

The fund also may process purchase and sale orders and calculate its NAV on days the fund’s primary trading markets are open and the fund’s management determines to do so.

Small Account Policy

If your account falls below $500, the fund may ask you to increase your balance. If it is still below $500 after 45 days, the fund may close your account and send you the proceeds.

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DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

The fund earns dividends, interest and other income from its investments, and distributes this income (less expenses) to shareholders as dividends. The fund also realizes capital gains from its investments, and distributes these gains (less any losses) to shareholders as capital gain distributions. The fund normally pays dividends once a month and capital gain distributions annually. Fund dividends and distributions will be reinvested in the fund unless you instruct the fund otherwise. There are no fees or sales charges on reinvestments.

The fund anticipates that virtually all dividends paid to you will be exempt from federal income taxes. However, for federal tax purposes, certain distributions, such as distributions of short-term capital gains, are taxable to you as ordinary income, while long-term capital gains are taxable to you as capital gains.

The tax status of any distribution generally is the same regardless of how long you have been in the fund and whether you reinvest your distributions or take them in cash.

If you buy shares of a fund when the fund has realized but not yet distributed income or capital gains, you will be “buying a dividend” by paying the full price for the shares and then receiving a portion back in the form of a taxable distribution.

Your sale of shares, including exchanges into other funds, may result in a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. A capital gain or loss on your investment in the fund generally is the difference between the cost of your shares and the amount you receive when you sell them.

The tax status of your distributions will be detailed in your annual tax statement from the fund. Because everyone’s tax situation is unique, please consult your tax adviser before investing.

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SERVICES FOR FUND INVESTORS

Automatic services

Buying or selling shares automatically is easy with the services described below. With each service, you select a schedule and amount, subject to certain restrictions. If you purchase shares through a third party, the third party may impose different restrictions on these services and privileges, or may not make them available at all. For information, call your financial representative or 1-800-645-6561.

Dreyfus Automatic Asset Builder® permits you to purchase fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $150,000 per transaction) at regular intervals selected by you. Fund shares are purchased by transferring funds from the bank account designated by you.

Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan permits you to purchase fund shares (minimum of $100 per transaction) automatically through a payroll deduction.

Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit permits you to purchase fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $50,000 per transaction) automatically from your federal employment, Social Security or other regular federal government check.

Dreyfus Dividend Sweep permits you to automatically reinvest dividends and distributions from the fund into another Dreyfus Fund (not available for IRAs).

Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege permits you to exchange at regular intervals your fund shares for shares of other Dreyfus Funds.

Dreyfus Automatic Withdrawal Plan permits you to make withdrawals (minimum of $50) on a monthly or quarterly basis, provided your account balance is at least $5,000. Any CDSC will be waived, as long as the amount of any withdrawal does not exceed on an annual basis 12% of the greater of the account value at the time of the first withdrawal under the plan, or at the time of the subsequent withdrawal.

Exchange privilege

Generally, you can exchange shares worth $500 or more (no minimum for retirement accounts) into other Dreyfus Funds. You can request your exchange by contacting your financial representative. Be sure to read the current prospectus for any fund into which you are exchanging before investing. Any new account established through an exchange generally will have the same privileges as your original account (as long as they are available). There is currently no fee for exchanges, although you may be charged a sales load when exchanging into any fund that has one. See the SAI for more information regarding exchanges.

Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege

To move money between your bank account and your Dreyfus Fund account with a phone call or online, use the Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege. You can set up Dreyfus TeleTransfer on your account by providing bank account information and following the instructions on your application, or contacting your financial representative. Shares held in an IRA or Education Savings Account may not be redeemed through the Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege.

Account Statements

Every Dreyfus Fund investor automatically receives regular account statements. You will also be sent a yearly statement detailing the tax characteristics of any dividends and distributions you have received.

Checkwriting privilege

You may write redemption checks against your account in amounts of $500 or more. These checks are free; however, a fee will be charged if you request a stop payment or if the transfer agent cannot honor a redemption check due to insufficient funds or another valid reason. Please do not postdate your checks or use them to close your account.

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Dreyfus Express® 
voice-activated account access 

 

You can easily manage your Dreyfus accounts, check your account balances, purchase fund shares, transfer money between your Dreyfus Funds, get price and yield information, and much more, by calling 1-800-645-6561. Certain requests require the services of a representative.

Dreyfus Financial Centers

A full array of investment services and products are offered at Dreyfus Financial Centers. This includes information on mutual funds, brokerage services, tax-advantaged products and retirements planning.

Experienced financial advisers can help you make informed choices and provide you with personalized attention in handling account transactions. The Financial Centers also offer informative seminars and events. To find out whether a Financial Center is near you, call 1-800-645-6561.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

These financial highlights describe the performance of the fund’s shares for the fiscal periods indicated. “Total return” shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions. These financial highlights have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the fund’s financial statements, is included in the annual report, which is available upon request.

 

      Year Ended May 31,     
  2010  2009  2008  2007  2006 
Per Share Data ($):           
Net asset value, beginning of period  1.00  1.00  1.00  1.00  1.00 
Investment Operations:           
Investment income--net  .001  .012  .028  .031  .023 
Distributions:           
Dividends from investment income--net  (.001)  (.012)  (.028)  (.031)  (.023) 
Net asset value, end of period  1.00  1.00  1.00  1.00  1.00 
Total Return (%)  .07  1.23  2.84  3.14  2.37 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):           
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets  .62  .61  .59  .59  .59 
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets  .45  .61a  .58  .58  .58 
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets  .07  1.24  2.74  3.10  2.34 
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)  508,402  972,883  1,025,116  779,746  972,745 
 
a Expense waivers and/or reimbursements amounted to less than .01%.         

 

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For More Information

Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc. 
SEC file number: 811-2946 

 

More information on this fund is available free upon request, including the following:

Annual/Semiannual Report

Describes the fund’s performance, lists portfolio holdings and contains a letter from the fund’s manager discussing recent market conditions, economic trends and fund strategies that significantly affected the fund’s performance during the last fiscal year.The fund’s most recent annual and semiannual reports are available at www.dreyfus.com.

Statement of Additional Information (SAI)

Provides more details about the fund and its policies. A current SAI is available at www.dreyfus.com and is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SAI is incorporated by reference (is legally considered part of this prospectus).

Portfolio Holdings

Dreyfus funds generally disclose their complete schedule of portfolio holdings monthly with a 30-day lag at www.dreyfus.com under Mutual Fund Center – Dreyfus Mutual Funds – Mutual Fund Total Holdings. Complete holdings as of the end of the calendar quarter are disclosed 15 days after the end of such quarter. Dreyfus money market funds generally disclose their complete schedule of holdings daily. The schedule of holdings for a fund will remain on the website until the fund files its Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the dates of the posted holdings.

A complete description of the fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund’s portfolio securities is available in the fund’s SAI.

To obtain information:

By telephone Call 1-800-645-6561

By mail Write to:
The Dreyfus Family of Funds
144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11556-0144

By E-mail Send your request to info@dreyfus.com 
On the Internet Certain fund documents can be viewed online or downloaded from: 

 

SEC http://www.sec.gov 
Dreyfus http://www.dreyfus.com 

 

You can also obtain copies, after paying a duplicating fee, by visiting the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (for information, call 1-202-551-8090) or by E-mail request to publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

© 2010 MBSC Securities Corporation

0910P1010


 

 

____________________________________________________________________________

 

DREYFUS MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

OCTOBER 1, 2010

______________________________________________________________________________

 

This Statement of Additional Information, which is not a prospectus, supplements and should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus of Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), dated October 1, 2010, as the Prospectus may be revised from time to time.  To obtain a copy of the Fund’s Prospectus, please call your financial adviser, write to the Fund at 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556‑0144, visit www.dreyfus.com, or call one of the following:

 

                                    Call Toll Free 1-800-645-6561

                                    In New York City – Call 1-718-895-1206

                                    Outside the U.S. – Call 516-794-5452

 

The Fund’s most recent Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders are separate documents supplied with this Statement of Additional Information, and the financial statements, accompanying notes and report of the independent registered public accounting firm appearing in the Annual Report are incorporated by reference into this Statement of Additional Information.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Description of the Fund

2

Management Arrangements

20

How to Buy Shares

24

Shareholder Services Plan

27

How to Redeem Shares

27

Shareholder Services

30

Determination of Net Asset Value

33

Portfolio Transactions

33

Dividends, Distributions and Taxes

37

Information About the Fund

38

Counsel and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

39

Appendix

40

Short-term

42

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE FUND

 

The Fund is a Maryland corporation incorporated on July 30, 1979.  The Fund is an open-end, management investment company, known as a municipal money market mutual fund.  As a municipal money market fund, the Fund invests in debt obligations issued by states, territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities, or multistate agencies or authorities, and certain other specified securities, the interest from which is, in the opinion of bond counsel to the issuer, exempt from Federal income tax (“Municipal Obligations”).  The Fund is a diversified fund, which means that, with respect to 75% of its total assets, the Fund will not invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any single issuer or hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any single issuer (other than, in each case, securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities). 

 

The Dreyfus Corporation (the “Manager” or “Dreyfus”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser.

 

MBSC Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”) is the distributor of the Fund’s shares.

 

Certain Portfolio Securities

 

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectus.

 

Municipal Obligations.  As a fundamental policy, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in Municipal Obligations.  Municipal Obligations generally include debt obligations issued to obtain funds for various public purposes as well as certain industrial development bonds issued by or on behalf of public authorities.  Municipal Obligations are classified as general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and notes.  General obligation bonds are secured by the issuer’s pledge of its full faith, credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest.  Revenue bonds are payable from the revenue derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source, but not from the general taxing power.  Tax exempt industrial development bonds, in most cases, are revenue bonds that do not carry the pledge of the credit of the issuing municipality, but generally are guaranteed by the corporate entity on whose behalf they are issued.  Notes are short-term instruments which are obligations of the issuing municipalities or agencies and are sold in anticipation of a bond sale, collection of taxes or receipt of other revenues.  Municipal Obligations include municipal lease/purchase agreements, which are similar to installment purchase contracts for property or equipment issued by municipalities.  Municipal Obligations bear fixed, floating or variable rates of interest.

 

The yields on Municipal Obligations are dependent on a variety of factors, including general economic and monetary conditions, money market factors, conditions in the Municipal Obligation market, size of a particular offering, maturity of the obligation, and rating of the issue. 

 


 

 

 

Municipal Obligations include certain private activity bonds (a type of revenue bond), the income from which is subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT).  The Fund may invest without limitation in such Municipal Obligations if the Manager determines that their purchase is consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.

 

Certain Tax Exempt Obligations.  The Fund may purchase floating and variable rate demand notes and bonds, which are tax exempt obligations ordinarily having stated maturities in excess of 13 months, but which permit the holder to demand payment of principal at any time, or at specified intervals not exceeding 13 months, in each case upon not more than 30 days’ notice.  Variable rate demand notes include master demand notes which are obligations that permit the Fund to invest fluctuating amounts, at varying rates of interest, pursuant to direct arrangements between the Fund, as lender, and the borrower.  These obligations permit daily changes in the amount borrowed.  Because these obligations are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not contemplated that such instruments generally will be traded, and there generally is no established secondary market for these obligations, although they are redeemable at face value, plus accrued interest.  Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, the Fund’s right to redeem is dependent on the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand.  Each obligation purchased by the Fund will meet the quality criteria established for the purchase of Municipal Obligations.

 

Derivative Products.  The Fund may purchase various derivative products whose value is tied to underlying Municipal Obligations.  The Fund will purchase only those derivative products that are consistent with its investment objective and policies and comply with the quality, maturity and diversification standards of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).  The principal types of derivative products are described below.

 

(1)               Tax Exempt Participation Interests.  Tax exempt participation interests (such as industrial development bonds and municipal lease/purchase agreements) give the Fund an undivided interest in a Municipal Obligation in the proportion that the Fund’s participation interest bears to the total principal amount of the Municipal Obligation.  Participation interests may have fixed, floating or variable rates of interest, and are frequently backed by an irrevocable letter of credit or guarantee of a bank.

 

(2)               Tender Option Bonds.  Tender option bonds grant the holder an option to tender an underlying Municipal Obligation at par plus accrued interest at specified intervals to a financial institution that acts as a liquidity provider.  The holder of a tender option bond effectively holds a demand obligation that bears interest at the prevailing short-term, tax exempt rate.

 

(3)               Custodial Receipts.  In a typical custodial receipt arrangement, an issuer of a Municipal Obligation deposits it with a custodian in exchange for two classes of custodial receipts.  One class has the characteristics of a typical auction rate security, where at specified intervals its interest rate is adjusted and ownership changes.  The other class’s interest rate also is adjusted, but inversely to changes in the interest rate of the first class.

 


 

 

(4)               Structured Notes.  Structured notes typically are purchased in privately negotiated transactions from financial institutions and, therefore, may not have an active trading market.  When the Fund purchases a structured note, it will make a payment of principal to the counterparty.  Some structured notes have a guaranteed repayment of principal while others place a portion (or all) of the principal at risk.  The possibility of default by the counterparty or its credit provider may be greater for structured notes than for other types of money market instruments.

 

Ratings of Municipal Obligations.  The Fund may invest only in those Municipal Obligations which are rated in one of the two highest rating categories for debt obligations by at least two rating organizations (or one rating organization if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) or, if unrated, are of comparable quality as determined in accordance with procedures established by the Fund’s Board.  Moreover, the Fund will purchase commercial paper, or other instruments having only commercial paper ratings, only if the security is rated in the highest rating category by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, of comparable quality as determined in accordance with such procedures. 

 

The average distribution of investments (at value) in Municipal Obligations by ratings for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, computed on a monthly basis, was as follows:

 

 

Fitch Ratings

(“Fitch”)      

 

 

or

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

(“Moody’s”)  

 

 

or

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”)       

 

Percentage of

Value         

F-1+/F-1

 

VMIG 1/MIG 1/P-1

 

SP-1+/SP-1/A-1+/A-1

98.1%

AAA/AA

 

Aaa/Aa

 

AAA/AA

         0.6%

Not Rated

 

Not Rated

 

Not Rated

         1.3% [1]

 

 

 

 

 

    100.0%

If, subsequent to its purchase by the Fund, (a) an issue of rated Municipal Obligations ceases to be rated in the highest rating category by at least two rating organizations (or one rating organization if the instrument was rated by only one such organization) or the Fund’s Board determines that it is no longer of comparable quality or (b) the Manager becomes aware that any portfolio security not so highly rated or any unrated security has been given a rating by any rating organization below the rating organization’s second highest rating category, the Fund’s Board will reassess promptly whether such security presents minimal credit risk and will cause the Fund to take such action as it determines is in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders; provided that the reassessment required by clause (b) is not required if the portfolio security is disposed of or matures within five business days of the Manager becoming aware of the new rating and the Fund’s Board is subsequently notified of the Manager’s actions. 

 

To the extent the ratings given by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch (collectively the “Rating Agencies”) for Municipal Obligations may change as a result of changes in such organizations or their rating systems, the Fund will attempt to use comparable ratings as standards for its investments in accordance with the investment policies described in the Fund’s Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information.  The ratings of the Rating Agencies represent their opinions as to the quality of the Municipal Obligations which they undertake to rate.  It should be emphasized, however, that ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality.  Although these ratings may be an initial criterion for selection of portfolio investments, the Manager also will evaluate these securities and the creditworthiness of the issuers of such securities.


[1]   Included in the Not Rated category are securities comprising 1.3% of the Fund’s market value which, while not   rated, have been determined by the Manager to be of comparable quality to securities in the VMIG1/MIG1 rating category.


 

 

 

             Taxable Investments.  From time to time, on a temporary basis other than for temporary defensive purposes (but not to exceed 20% of the value of the Fund’s net assets) or for temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may invest in taxable short-term investments (“Taxable Investments”) consisting of:  notes of issuers having, at the time of purchase, a quality rating within the two highest grades of a Rating Agency; obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities; commercial paper rated not lower than P-1 by Moody’s, A-1 by S&P or F-1 by Fitch; certificates of deposit of U.S. domestic banks, including foreign branches of domestic banks, with assets of $1 billion or more; time deposits; bankers’ acceptances and other short-term bank obligations; and repurchase agreements in respect of any of the foregoing.  Dividends paid by the Fund that are attributable to income earned by the Fund from Taxable Investments will be taxable to investors.  See “Dividends, Distributions and Taxes.”  Except for temporary defensive purposes, at no time will more than 20% of the value of the Fund’s net assets be invested in Taxable Investments.  If the Fund purchases Taxable Investments, it will value them using the amortized cost method and comply with the provisions of Rule 2a-7 relating to purchases of taxable instruments.  Under normal market conditions, the Fund anticipates that not more than 5% of the value of its total assets will be invested in any one category of Taxable Investments.

 

            Illiquid Securities.  The Fund may invest up to 10% of the value of its net assets in securities as to which a liquid trading market does not exist, provided such investments are consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.  These securities may include securities that are not readily marketable, such as securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale, and repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after notice.  As to these securities, the Fund is subject to a risk that should the Fund desire to sell them when a ready buyer is not available at a price the Fund deems representative of their value, the value of the Fund’s net assets could be adversely affected.

 

Investment Techniques

 

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the Fund’s Prospectus.  The Fund’s use of certain of the investment techniques described below may give rise to taxable income.

 

Borrowing Money.  The Fund may borrow money from banks, but only for temporary or emergency (not leveraging) purposes, in an amount up to (a) 15% of the value of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) valued at the lesser of cost or market, less liabilities (not including the amount borrowed) at the time the borrowing is made or (b) 33-1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets (including the amount borrowed) in order to meet redemption requests. 
 

 

While borrowings under (a) exceed 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets, the Fund will not make any additional investments.

 

Stand-By Commitments.  The Fund may acquire “stand-by commitments” with respect to Municipal Obligations held in its portfolio.  Under a stand-by commitment, the Fund obligates a broker, dealer or bank to repurchase, at the Fund’s option, specified securities at a specified price and, in this respect, stand-by commitments are comparable to put options.  The exercise of a stand-by commitment, therefore, is subject to the ability of the seller to make payment on demand.  The Fund will acquire stand-by commitments solely to facilitate portfolio liquidity and does not intend to exercise its rights thereunder for trading purposes.  The Fund may pay for stand-by commitments if such action is deemed necessary, thus increasing to a degree the cost of the underlying Municipal Obligation and similarly decreasing such security’s yield to investors.  Gains realized in connection with stand-by commitments will be taxable.

 

Forward Commitments.  The Fund may purchase Municipal Obligations and other securities on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed-delivery basis, which means that delivery and payment take place in the future after the date of the commitment to purchase.  The payment obligation and the interest rate receivable on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed delivery security are fixed when the Fund enters into the commitment, but the Fund does not make payment until it receives delivery from the counterparty.  The Fund will commit to purchase such securities only with the intention of actually acquiring the securities, but the Fund may sell these securities before the settlement date if it is deemed advisable.  The Fund will segregate permissible liquid assets at least equal at all times to the amount of the Fund’s purchase commitments. 

 

Municipal Obligations and other securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis are subject to changes in value (generally changing in the same way, i.e., appreciating when interest rates decline and depreciating when interest rates rise) based upon the public’s perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and changes, real or anticipated, in the level of interest rates.  Securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis may expose the Fund to risks because they may experience such fluctuations prior to their actual delivery.  Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis can involve the additional risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery takes place actually may be higher than that obtained in the transaction itself.  Purchasing securities on a forward commitment, when-issued, or delayed delivery basis when the Fund is fully or almost fully invested may result in greater potential fluctuation in the value of the Fund’s net assets and its net asset value per share.

 

Certain Investment Considerations and Risks

 

            General.  The Fund attempts to increase yields by trading to take advantage of short-term market variations.  This policy is expected to result in high portfolio turnover but should not adversely affect the Fund since the Fund usually does not pay brokerage commissions when purchasing short-term obligations.  The value of the portfolio securities held by the Fund will vary inversely to changes in prevailing interest rates.  Thus, if interest rates have increased from the time a security was purchased, such security, if sold, might be sold at a price less than its cost.  Similarly, if interest rates have declined from the time a security was purchased, such security, if sold, might be sold at a price greater than its purchase cost.  In either instance, if the security was purchased at face value and held to maturity, no gain or lost would be realized.


 

 

 

Investing in Municipal Obligations.  The Fund may invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in Municipal Obligations which are related in such a way that an economic, business or political development or change affecting one such security also would affect the other securities; for example, securities the interest upon which is paid from revenues of similar types of projects, or securities whose issuers are located in the same state.  As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater risk as compared to a municipal money market fund that does not follow this practice.

 

Certain municipal lease/purchase obligations in which the Fund may invest may contain “non-appropriation” clauses which provide that the municipality has no obligation to make lease payments in future years unless money is appropriated for such purpose on a yearly basis.  Although “non-appropriation” lease/purchase obligations are secured by the leased property, disposition of the leased property in the event of foreclosure might prove difficult.  In evaluating the credit quality of a municipal lease/purchase obligation that is unrated, the Manager will consider, on an ongoing basis, a number of factors including the likelihood that the issuing municipality will discontinue appropriating funds for the leased property.

 

Certain provisions in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), relating to the issuance of Municipal Obligations may reduce the volume of Municipal Obligations qualifying for Federal tax exemption.  One effect of these provisions could be to increase the cost of the Municipal Obligations available for purchase by the Fund and thus reduce available yield.  Shareholders should consult their tax advisers concerning the effect of these provisions on an investment in the Fund.  Proposals that may restrict or eliminate the income tax exemption for interest on Municipal Obligations may be introduced in the future.  If any such proposal were enacted that would reduce the availability of Municipal Obligations for investment by the Fund so as to adversely affect Fund shareholders, the Fund would reevaluate its investment objective and policies and submit possible changes in the Fund’s structure to shareholders for their consideration.  If legislation were enacted that would treat a type of Municipal Obligation as taxable, the Fund would treat such security as a permissible Taxable Investment within the applicable limits set forth herein.

 

Simultaneous Investments.  Investment decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of the other investment companies advised by the Manager.  If, however, such other investments companies desire to invest in, or dispose of, the same securities as the Fund, the Manager will ordinarily seek to aggregate (or “bunch”) orders that are placed or received concurrently for more than one investment company and available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated equitably to each investment company.  In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the size of the position obtained for or disposed of by the Fund or the price paid or received by the Fund.

 

 

 


 

 

 

Investment Restrictions

 

The Fund’s investment objective and its policy to invest normally at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in Municipal Obligations (or other instruments with similar economic characteristics) are fundamental policies, which cannot be changed without approval by the holders of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities.  In addition, the Fund has adopted investment restrictions numbered 1 through 11 as fundamental policies.  Investment restriction number 12 is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by a vote of a majority of the Fund’s Board members at any time.  The Fund may not:

 

1.         Purchase securities other than Municipal Obligations and Taxable Investments as those terms are defined above and in the Fund’s Prospectus.

2.         Borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act (which currently limits borrowing to no more than 33-1/3% of the value of the Fund’s total assets).

3.         Pledge, hypothecate, mortgage or otherwise encumber its assets, except to secure borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes.

 

4.         Sell securities short or purchase securities on margin.

 

5.         Underwrite the securities of other issuers except that the Fund may bid, separately or as part of a group, for the purchase of Municipal Obligations directly from an issuer for its own portfolio in order to take advantage of the lower purchase price available.

 

6.         Purchase or sell real estate, real estate investment trust securities, commodities or commodity contracts, or oil and gas interests, but this shall not prevent the Fund from investing in Municipal Obligations secured by real estate or interests therein.

 

7.         Lend any securities or make loans to others, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act (which currently limits such loans to no more than 33-1/3% of the value of the Fund's total assets), and except as otherwise permitted by interpretations or modifications by, or exemptive or other relief from, the SEC or other authority with appropriate jurisdiction, and disclosed to investors. For purposes of this Investment Restriction, the purchase of debt obligations (including acquisitions of loans, loan participations or other forms of debt instruments) and the entry into repurchase agreements shall not constitute loans by the Fund. Any loans of portfolio securities will be made according to guidelines established by the SEC and the Fund's Board.

8.         Invest more than 5% of its assets in the obligations of one issuer, except that up to 25% of the value of the Fund’s total assets may be invested, and securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, or its agencies or instrumentalities may be purchased, without regard to any such limitation.

 


 

 

9.         Invest more than 25% of its assets in the securities of issuers in any single industry; provided that there shall be no limitation on the purchase of Municipal Obligations and obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.

 

10.       Purchase more than 10% of the voting securities of any issuer or invest in companies for the purpose of exercising control.

 

11.       Invest in securities of other investment companies, except as they may be acquired as part of a merger, consolidation or acquisition of assets and except for the purchase, to the extent permitted by Section 12 of the 1940 Act, of shares of registered unit investment trusts whose assets consist substantially of Municipal Obligations.

 

12.       Enter into repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after notice or purchase securities which are illiquid if, in the aggregate, more than 10% of the value of the Fund’s net assets would be so invested.

 

For purposes of Investment Restriction No. 9, industrial development bonds, where the payment of principal and interest is the ultimate responsibility of companies within the same in­dustry, are grouped together as an “industry.” 

 

Except as set forth in Investment Restriction No. 2, if a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of an investment, a later change in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets will not constitute a violation of such restriction. 

 

If a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of investment by a Fund, a later increase or decrease in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets will not constitute a violation of that Fund’s restriction.  With respect to Investment Restriction No. 2, however, if borrowings exceed 33-1/3% of the value of a Fund’s total assets as a result of changes in values or assets, the Fund must take steps to reduce such borrowings at least to the extent of such excess.

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

 

Board of the Company

 

            Board's Oversight Role in Management.  The Board's role in management of the Company is oversight.  As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating companies), service providers to the Company, primarily the Manager and its affiliates, have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Fund, which includes responsibility for risk management (including management of investment performance and investment risk, valuation risk, issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk and operational risk).  As part of its oversight, the Board, acting at its scheduled meetings, or the Chairman, acting between Board meetings, regularly interacts with and receives reports from senior personnel of service providers, including the Manager's Chief Investment Officer (or a senior representative of his office), the Company's and the Manager's Chief Compliance Officer and portfolio management personnel.  The Board's audit committee (which consists of all Board members) meets during its scheduled meetings, and between meetings the audit committee chair maintains contact, with the Company's independent registered public accounting firm and the Company's Chief Financial Officer.  The Board also receives periodic presentations from senior personnel of the Manager or its affiliates regarding risk management generally, as well as periodic presentations regarding specific operational, compliance or investment areas, such as business continuity, anti-money laundering, personal trading, valuation, credit, investment research and securities lending.  The Board has adopted policies and procedures designed to address certain risks to the Fund.  In addition, the Manager and other service providers to the Company have adopted a variety of policies, procedures and controls designed to address particular risks to the Fund.  Different processes, procedures and controls are employed with respect to different types of risks.  However, it is not possible to eliminate all of the risks applicable to the Fund.  The Board also receives reports from counsel to the Manager and the Board's own independent legal counsel regarding regulatory compliance and governance matters.  The Board's oversight role does not make the Board a guarantor of the Fund's investments or activities.


 

 

            Board Composition and Leadership Structure.  The 1940 Act requires that at least 40% of the Company's Board members not be "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Company and as such are not affiliated with the Manager ("Independent Board members").  To rely on certain exemptive rules under the 1940 Act, a majority of the Company's Board members must be Independent Board members, and for certain important matters, such as the approval of investment advisory agreements or transactions with affiliates, the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Board members.  Currently, all of the Company's Board members, including the Chairman of the Board, are Independent Board members, although the Board could in the future determine to add Board members who are not Independent Board members.  The Board has determined that its leadership structure, in which the Chairman of the Board is not affiliated with the Manager, is appropriate in light of the services that the Manager and its affiliates provide to the Company and potential conflicts of interest that could arise from these relationships. 

            Information About Each Board Member's Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills.  Board members of the Company, together with information as to their positions with the Company, principal occupations and other board memberships for the past five years, are shown below.

 

Name (Age)
Position with Company (Since)

Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years

Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years

Joseph S. DiMartino (66)

Chairman of the Board (1995)

Corporate Director and Trustee

 

CBIZ (formerly, Century Business Services, Inc.), a provider of outsourcing functions for small and medium size companies, Director
(1997 - present)

 

The Newark Group, a provider of a national market of paper recovery facilities, paperboard mills and paperboard converting plants, Director (2000 - present)

 

Sunair Services Corporation, a provider of certain outdoor-related services to homes and business, Director (2005 - 2009)

 

 

 

 

David W. Burke (74)
Board Member (1994)

Corporate Director and Trustee

N/A

 

 

 

William Hodding Carter III (75)
Board Member (2006)

Professor of Leadership & Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(2006-present)

 

President and Chief Executive Officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (1998 - 2006)

N/A

 

 

 

 

Gordon J. Davis (68)

Board Member (1995)

Partner in the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP

Consolidated Edison, Inc., a utility company, Director (1997 - present)

 

The Phoenix Companies, Inc., a life insurance company, Director (2000 - present)

 

 

 

Joni Evans (68)

Board Member (1985)

Chief Executive Officer, www.wowOwow.com, an online community dedicated to women's conversations and publications

 

Principal, Joni Evans Ltd. (publishing)

 

Senior Vice President of the William Morris Agency (1994-2006)

N/A

 

 

 

Ehud Houminer (69)
Board Member (2006)

Executive-in-Residence at the Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Avnet, Inc., an electronics distributor, Director (1993 - present)

 

 

 

 

Richard C. Leone (70)

Board Member (2006)

President of The Century Foundation (formerly, The Twentieth Century Fund, Inc.), a tax exempt research foundation engaged in the study of economic, foreign policy and domestic issues

N/A

 

 

 

Hans C. Mautner (72)

Board Member (2006)

President – International Division and an Advisory Director of Simon Property Group, a real estate investment company

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Simon Global Limited

N/A

 

 

 

Robin A. Melvin (46)

Board Member (2006)

Director, Boisi Family Foundation, a private family foundation that supports youth-serving organizations that promote the self sufficiency of youth from disadvantaged circumstances (1995 - present)

 

Senior Vice President, Mentor, a national non-profit youth mentoring organization (1992 - 2005)

N/A

 

 

 

Burton N. Wallack (59)

Board Member (1991)

President and Co-owner of Wallack Management Company, a real estate management company

N/A

 

 

 

John E. Zuccotti (73)

Board Member (2006)

Chairman of Brookfield Financial Properties, Inc.

 

Senior Counsel of  Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

 

Emeritus Chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York

Wellpoint, Inc., a health benefits company, Director (2005 - present)


 

 

 

            Each Board member has been a Board member of other Dreyfus mutual funds for over 10 years. Additional information about each Board member follows (supplementing the information provided in the table above) that describes some of the specific experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that each Board member possesses which the Board believes has prepared them to be effective Board members.  The Board believes that the significance of each Board member's experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Board member may not have the same value for another) and that these factors are best evaluated at the board level, with no single Board member, or particular factor, being indicative of board effectiveness.  However, the Board believes that Board members need to have the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Company management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties; the Board believes that its members satisfy this standard.  Experience relevant to having this ability may be achieved through a Board member's educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g., medicine, accounting or law), public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Board of the Company) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences.  The charter for the Board's nominating committee contains certain other factors considered by the committee in identifying and evaluating potential Board member nominees.  To assist them in evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Board members are counseled by their own independent legal counsel, who participates in Board meetings and interacts with the Manager, and also may benefit from information provided by the Manager's counsel; counsel to the Company and to the Board have significant experience advising funds and fund board members.  The Board and its committees have the ability to engage other experts as appropriate.  The Board evaluates its performance on an annual basis.


 

 

·         Joseph S. DiMartino - Mr. DiMartino has been the Chairman of the Board of the funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for over 15 years.  From 1971 through 1994, Mr. DiMartino served in various roles as an employee of Dreyfus (prior to its acquisition by a predecessor of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY Mellon") in August 1994 and related management changes), including portfolio manager, President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director.  He ceased being an employee or Director of Dreyfus by the end of 1994.  From July 1995 to November 1997, Mr. DiMartino served as Chairman of the Board of The Noel Group, a public buyout firm; in that capacity, he helped manage, acquire, take public and liquidate a number of operating companies.   

·         David W. Burke – Mr. Burke was previously a member of the Labor-Management Committee for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Executive Secretary to the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy, Secretary to the Governor of the State of New York and Chief of Staff for Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  In addition, Mr. Burke previously served as the President of CBS News and as the Chairman of the federal government's Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia and other U.S. government-sponsored international broadcasts.  Mr. Burke also was a Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Dreyfus (prior to its acquisition by a predecessor of BNY Mellon in August 1994 and related management changes).

·         William Hodding Carter III – Mr. Carter served as spokesman of the Department of State and as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs in the Carter administration.  Mr. Carter held the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of Maryland College of Journalism from 1995 to 1998, and is now the University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Mr. Carter's work as a journalist includes serving as Chief Correspondent on "Frontline," public television's flagship public affairs series. 

·         Gordon J. Davis – Mr. Davis is a partner in the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, where his practice involves complex real estate, land use development and related environmental matters.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Davis served as a Commissioner and member of the New York City Planning Commission, and as Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of New York.  Mr. Davis was a co-founder of the Central Park Conservancy and the founding Chairman of Jazz at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.  He has also served as President of Lincoln Center.  Mr. Davis also served on the board of  Dreyfus (prior to its acquisition by a predecessor of BNY Mellon in August 1994 and related management changes).

·         Joni Evans – Ms. Evans has more than 35 years experience in the publishing industry, serving as Publisher of Random House, Inc., President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster, Inc. and, most recently, Senior Vice President of the William Morris Agency, Inc.'s literary department until 2006.  Ms. Evans is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and the Women's Forum, and is a founding member of The Committee of 200 and Women's Media Group.


 

 

 

·         Ehud Houminer – Mr. Houminer currently serves on Columbia Business School's Board of Overseers.  Prior to his association with Columbia Business School beginning in 1991, Mr. Houminer held various senior financial, strategic and management positions at Philip Morris Companies Inc., including serving as Senior Corporate Vice President for Corporate Planning, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Philip Morris USA, Inc. (now part of Altria Group, Inc.).  Mr. Houminer is Chairman of the Business School Board and a Trustee of Ben Gurion University.

 

·         Richard C. Leone – Mr. Leone currently serves as President of the Century Foundation (formerly named the Twentieth Century Fund), a non-profit public policy research foundation.  Prior to that, Mr. Leone served as Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and as State Treasurer of New Jersey.  Mr. Leone also has served as President of the New York Mercantile Exchange and was a Managing Director at Dillon Read and Co., an investment banking firm.  He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Academy of Social Insurance. 

 

·         Hans C. Mautner – Mr. Mautner is President of the International Division of Simon Property Group, Inc. and Chairman of Simon Global Limited.  Mr. Mautner previously served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Simon Property Group, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Corporate Property Investors and as a General Partner of Lazard Frères.  In addition, Mr. Mautner is currently Chairman of Simon Ivanhoe BV/SARL and Chairman of Gallerie Commerciali Italia S.p.A.

 

·         Robin A. Melvin – Ms. Melvin is currently a Director of the Boisi Family Foundation, a private family foundation that supports organizations serving the needs of youth from disadvantaged circumstances.  In that role she also manages the Boisi Family Office, providing the primary interface with all investment managers, legal advisors and other service providers to the family.  She has also served in various roles with MENTOR, a national non-profit youth mentoring advocacy organization, including Executive Director of the New York City affiliate, Vice President of the national affiliate network, Vice President of Development, and, immediately prior to her departure, Senior Vice President in charge of strategy.  Prior to that, Ms. Melvin served as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

·         Burton N. Wallack – Mr. Wallack is President and co-owner of Wallack Management Company, a real estate management company that provides financial reporting and management services. 

·         John E. Zuccotti – Mr. Zuccotti is senior counsel to the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, focusing his legal practice on real estate, land use and development.  Prior to that, Mr. Zuccotti served as First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York and as Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission.  In addition, Mr. Zuccotti has served as a member of the boards of Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Applied Graphics Technologies, Inc. and Olympia & York Companies (U.S.A.), and as Chairman of the board of directors of Brookfield Financial Properties, Inc. since 1996.


 

 

Additional Information About the Board and its Committees. Board members are elected to serve for an indefinite term.  The Company has standing audit, nominating and compensation committees, each comprised of its Board members who are not “interested persons” of the Company, as defined in the 1940 Act.  The function of the audit committee is (i) to oversee the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the Fund’s financial statements and (ii) to assist in the Board’s oversight of the integrity of the Fund’s financial statements, the Fund’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, independence and performance.  The Company’s nominating committee, among other things, is responsible for selecting and nominating persons as members of the Board for elections or appointment by the Board and for election by shareholders.  The nominating committee will consider recommendations for nominees from shareholders submitted to the Secretary of the Company, c/o The Dreyfus Corporation Legal Department, 200 Park Avenue, 8th Floor East, New York, New York 10166, which includes information regarding the recommended nominee as specified in the nominating committee charter.  The function of the compensation committee is to establish the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board. The Company also has a standing pricing committee comprised of any one Board member.  The function of the pricing committee is to assist in valuing the Fund’s investments. The Company’s audit committee met four times during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010. The Company's compensation committee met once during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010. The Company’s pricing committees and nominating committees did not meet during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010.

            The table below indicates the dollar range of each Board member’s ownership of Fund shares and shares of other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which he or she is a Board member, in each case as of December 31, 2009.

 

 

Name of Board Member

 

The Fund

Aggregate Holding of Funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which

Responsible as a Board Member

Joseph S. DiMartino

None

Over $100,000

David W. Burke

None

None

William Hodding Carter III

None

 $10,001-$50,000

Gordon J. Davis

None

Over $100,000

Joni Evans

None

None

Ehud Houminer

None

Over $100,000

Richard C. Leone

$50,001-$100,000

Over $100,000

Hans C. Mautner

None

Over $100,000

Robin A. Melvin

None

$50,001-$100,000

Burton N. Wallack

None

None

John E. Zuccotti

$1-$10,000

Over $100,000

Effective January 1, 2010, the Fund began paying its Board members its allocated portion of an annual retainer of $65,000 and a fee of $7,500 per meeting (with a minimum of $500 per meeting and per telephone meeting) attended for the Fund and 15 other funds (comprising 30 portfolios) in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, and reimburses them for their expenses. Prior to January 1, 2010, the Fund paid its Board members its allocated portion of an annual retainer of $50,000 and a fee of $6,500 per meeting (with a minimum $500 per telephone meeting) attended. The Chairman of the Board receives an additional 25% of such compensation.  Emeritus Board members are entitled to receive an annual retainer of one-half the amount paid as a retainer at the time the Board member became Emeritus and a per meeting attended fee of one-half the amount paid to Board members. The aggregate amount of compensation paid to each Board member by the Fund for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, and the amount paid by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which such person was a Board member (the number of portfolios of such funds is set forth in parenthesis next to each Board member's total compensation) during the year ended December 31, 2009, were as follows:


 

 

 

 

Name of Board Member

Aggregate Compensation from the Fund*

Total Compensation from the Fund and Fund Complex Paid to Board Member (**)

 

 

 

Joseph S. DiMartino

$6,161

$873,427 (192)

 

 

 

David W. Burke

$4,928

$395,190 (95)

 

 

 

William Hodding Carter III

$4,806

$85,000 (31)

 

 

 

Gordon J. Davis

$4,772

$139,192 (48)

 

 

 

Joni Evans

$4,928

$88,100 (31)

 

 

 

Arnold S. Hiatt

$1,857

$31,750 (31)

 

 

 

Ehud Houminer

$4,928

$221,500 (67)

 

 

 

Richard C. Leone

$4,928

$88,600 (31)

 

 

 

Hans C. Mautner

$4,617

$82,600 (31)

 

 

 

Robin A. Melvin

$4,928

$88,600 (31)

 

 

 

Burton N. Wallack

$4,928

$89,100 (31)

 

 

 

John E. Zuccotti

$4,806

$88,100 (31)

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*          Amount does not include the cost of office space, secretarial services and health benefits for the Chairman and expenses reimbursed to Board members for attending Board meetings, which in aggregate amounted to $2,325.

**           Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the Fund Complex, including the Fund, for which the Board member serves.

               Emeritus Board member since May 26, 2007.

 

Officers of the Fund

BRADLEY J. SKAPYAK, President since January 2010.  Chief Operating Officer and a director of the Manager since June 2009.  From April 2003 to June 2009, Mr. Skapyak was the head of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of Dreyfus.  He is an officer of 76 investment companies (comprised of 170 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 51 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1988.


 

 

PHILLIP N. MAISANO, Executive Vice President since July 2007.  Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chair and a director of the Manager, and an officer of 76 investment companies (comprised of 170 portfolios) managed by the Manager. Mr. Maisano also is an officer and/or board member of certain other investment management subsidiaries of BNY Mellon, each of which is an affiliate of the Manager.  He is 63 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since November 2006.  Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Maisano served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EACM Advisors, an affiliate of the Manager, since August 2004.

 

JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since November 2001.  Director-Mutual Fund Accounting of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 51 years old and has been an employee of the Manager  since April 1985.

MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG, Vice President and Secretary since August 2005.  Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 50 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1991.

KIESHA ASTWOOD, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since January 2010.  Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  She is 37 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since July 1995.

 

JAMES BITETTO, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon and Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 44 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since December 1996.

 

JONI LACKS CHARATAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  She is 54 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

 

JOSEPH M. CHIOFFI, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 48 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 2000.

 

KATHLEEN DENICHOLAS, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since January 2010.  Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  She is 35 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 2001.

 


 

 

JANETTE E. FARRAGHER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  She is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1984.

 

JOHN B. HAMMALIAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1991.

 

M. CRISTINA MEISER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since January 2010.  Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by The Manager.  She is 40 years old and has been an employee of The Manager since August 2001.

 

ROBERT R. MULLERY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 58 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since May 1986.

 

JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.  Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 44 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1990.

 

RICHARD S. CASSARO, Assistant Treasurer since January 2008.  Senior Accounting Manager – Money Market and Municipal Bond Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 51 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1982.

 

GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005.  Tax Manager of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 41 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1991.

 

ROBERT S. ROBOL, Assistant Treasurer since December 2002.  Senior Accounting Manager – Fixed Income Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

 

ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since July 2007.  Senior Accounting Manager – Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 43 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 1989.

 


 

 

ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since August 2005.  Senior Accounting Manager – Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 77 investment companies (comprised of 195 portfolios) managed by the Manager.  He is 43 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since November 1990.

 

NATALIA GRIBAS, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since July 2010. Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of the Distributor, and the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of 73 investment companies (comprised of 191 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 40 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since September 2008.

 

JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004. Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager and The Dreyfus Family of Funds 77 investment companies, comprised of 195 portfolios). From November 2001 through March 2004, Mr. Connolly was first Vice-President, Mutual Fund Servicing for Mellon Global Securities Services. In that capacity, Mr. Connolly was responsible for managing Mellon's Custody, Fund Accounting and Fund Administration services to third-party mutual fund clients.  He is 52 years old and has served in various capacities with the Manager since 1980, including manager of the firm's Fund Accounting Department from 1997 through October 2001.

            The Fund’s Board members and officers, as a group, owned less than 1% of the Fund’s voting securities outstanding as of September 8, 2010.

 

As of September 8, 2010, the following entities are known by the Fund to own of record 5% or more of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities. A shareholder who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the Fund’s voting securities may be deemed a “control person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund.

 

Bost & Co

c/o Mellon Trust

P.O. Box 534005

Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4005

 

12.8952%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

333W 34th Street

New York, NY 10001-2402

 

10.3348%

Pershing LLC

P.O. Box 2052

Jersey City, NJ 07303-2052

 

13.1619%

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

1801 Market Street                  

Philadelphia, PA  19103-1628    

 

5.3674%

Robert W Baird & Co. Inc              

777 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, WI  53201-5391

 

9.5680%

                               


 

 

MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS

 

Investment Advisor. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon, a global financial services company focused on helping clients move and manage 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 asset and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services through a worldwide client-focused team.

 

The Manager provides management services to the Fund pursuant to the Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) between the Fund and the Manager.  The Agreement is subject to annual approval by (i) the Fund’s Board or (ii) vote of a majority (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, provided that in either event the continuance also is approved by a majority of the Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Manager, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval.  The Agreement is terminable without penalty, on not less than 60 days’ notice, by the Fund’s Board, by vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, or upon not less than 90 days notice by the Manager.  The Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act).

 

            The following persons are officers and/or directors of the Manager:  Jonathan Baum, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; J. Charles Cardona, President and a director; Diane P. Durnin, Vice Chair and a director; Phillip N. Maisano, Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chair and a director; Bradley J. Skapyak, Chief Operating Officer and a director; Dwight Jacobsen, Executive Vice President and a director; Patrice M. Kozlowski, Senior Vice President-Corporate Communications; Gary E. Abbs, Vice President-Tax; Jill Gill, Vice President-Human Resources; Joanne S. Huber, Vice President-Tax; Anthony Mayo, Vice President-Information Systems; John E. Lane, Vice President; Jeanne M. Login, Vice President; Gary Pierce, Controller; Joseph W. Connolly, Chief Compliance Officer; James Bitetto, Secretary; and Mitchell E. Harris, Jeffrey D. Landau, Cyrus Taraporevala and Scott E. Wennerholm, directors.

 

The Manager maintains office facilities on behalf of the Fund, and furnishes statistical and research data, clerical help, accounting, data processing, bookkeeping and internal auditing and certain other required services to the Fund. The Manager may pay the Distributor for shareholder services from the Manager’s own assets, including past profits but not including the management fee paid by the Fund.  The Distributor may use part or all of such payments to pay certain financial institutions (which may include banks), securities dealers (“Selected Dealers”) and other industry professionals (collectively, “Service Agents”) in respect of these services.  The Manager also may make such advertising and promotional expenditures, using its own resources, as it from time to time deems appropriate.

 

Portfolio Managers. The Manager manages the Fund’s portfolio of investments in accordance with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Fund’s Board.  The Manager is re­sponsible for investment decisions and provides the Fund with portfolio managers who are authorized by the Board to execute purchases and sales of securities.  The Fund’s portfolio managers are Joseph Irace, Colleen Meehan, and Bill Vasiliou.   The Manager also maintains a research department with a professional staff of portfolio managers and securities analysts who provide research services for the Fund and for other funds advised by the Manager.


 

 

 

The Fund, the Manager and the Distributor each have adopted a Code of Ethics that permits its personnel, subject to such Code of Ethics, to invest in securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund. The Code of Ethics subjects the personal securities transactions of the Manager’s employees to various restrictions to ensure that such trading does not disadvantage any fund advised by the Manager.  In that regard, portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager must preclear and report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are reviewed for compliance with the Code of Ethics and are also subject to the oversight of BNY Mellon’s Investment Ethics Committee (the “Committee”).  Portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager who comply with the preclearance and disclosure procedures of the Code of Ethics and the requirements of the Committee may be permitted to purchase, sell or hold securities which also may be or are held in fund(s) they manage or for which they otherwise provide investment advice.

 

In managing the Fund, Dreyfus will draw upon BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies ("CIS").  CIS is a division of Dreyfus that provides investment and credit risk management services and approves all money market fund eligible securities for each Fund and for other investment companies and accounts managed by Dreyfus or its affiliates that invest primarily in money market instruments.  CIS, through a team of professionals who contribute a combination of industry analysis and fund-specific expertise, monitors all issuers approved for investment by such investment companies and other accounts by analyzing third party inputs, such as financial statements and media sources, ratings releases and company meetings, as well as internal research.  CIS investment and credit professionals also utilize inputs and guidance from BNY Mellon’s central Risk Management Department (the “Risk Department”) as part of the investment process.  These inputs and guidance focus primarily on concentration levels and market and credit risks and are based upon independent analysis done by the Risk Department relating to fundamental characteristics such as the sector, sovereign, tenor and rating of investments or potential investment.  The Risk Department also may perform stress and scenario testing on various money market type portfolios advised by CIS or BNY Mellon and its other affiliates, and provides various periodic and ad-hoc reporting to the investment and credit professionals at CIS.  In the event a security is removed from the "approved" credit list after being purchased by a Fund, the Fund is not required to sell that security.

BNY Mellon and its affiliates, including Dreyfus and others involved in the management, sales, investment activities, business operations or distribution of each Fund, are engaged in businesses and have interests other than that of managing the Funds.  These activities and interests include potential multiple advisory, transactional, financial and other interests in securities, instruments and companies that may be directly or indirectly purchased or sold by a Fund and the Fund's service providers, which may cause conflicts that could disadvantage a Fund.

BNY Mellon and its affiliates may have deposit, loan and commercial banking or other relationships with the issuers of securities purchased by a Fund.  BNY Mellon has no obligation to provide to Dreyfus or the Funds, or effect transactions on behalf of a Fund in accordance with, any market or other information, analysis, or research in its possession.  Consequently, BNY Mellon (including, but not limited to, BNY Mellon’s central Risk Management Department) may have information that could be material to the management of a Fund and may not share that information with relevant personnel of Dreyfus.  Accordingly, Dreyfus has informed management of the Funds that in making investment decisions it does not obtain or use material inside information that BNY Mellon or its affiliates may possess with respect to such issuers.

 


 

 

Dreyfus will make investment decisions for a Fund as it believes is in the best interests of the Fund.  Investment decisions made for a Fund may differ from, and may conflict with, investment decisions made for other investment companies and accounts advised by Dreyfus or BNY Mellon and its other affiliates.  Actions taken with respect to such other investment companies or accounts may adversely impact the Funds, and actions taken by a Fund may benefit BNY Mellon or other investment companies or accounts (including the Fund) advised by Dreyfus or BNY Mellon and its other affiliates.  Regulatory restrictions (including, but not limited to, those related to the aggregation of positions among different other investment companies and accounts) and internal BNY Mellon policies, guidance or limitations (including, but not limited to, those related to the aggregation of positions among all fiduciary accounts managed or advised by BNY Mellon and all its affiliates (including Dreyfus) and the aggregated exposure of such accounts) may restrict investment activities of a Fund.  While the allocation of investment opportunities among the Funds and other investment companies and accounts advised by Dreyfus or BNY Mellon and its other affiliates may raise potential conflicts because of financial, investment or other interests of BNY Mellon or its personnel, Dreyfus will make allocation decisions consistent with the interests of the Funds and the other investment companies and accounts and not solely based on such other interests.

Expenses. All expenses incurred in the operation of the Fund are borne by the Fund, except to the extent specifically assumed by the Manager.  The expenses borne by the Fund include, without limitation, the following:  taxes, interest, loan commitment fees, interest and distributions paid on securities sold short, brokerage fees and commissions, if any, fees of Board members who are not officers, directors, employees or holders of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Manager, or its affiliates, Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) fees, state Blue Sky qualification fees, advisory fees, charges of custodians, transfer and dividend disbursing agents’ fees, certain insurance premiums, industry association fees, outside auditing and legal expenses, costs of independent pricing services, costs of maintaining corporate existence, costs attributable to investor services (including, without limitation, telephone and personnel expenses), costs of shareholders’ reports and corporate meetings, costs of preparing and printing prospectuses and statements of additional information for regulatory purposes and for distribution to existing shareholders, and any extraordinary expenses. All fees and expenses are accrued daily and deducted before declaration of dividends to shareholders.

 

            As compensation for the Manager’s services, the Fund has agreed to pay the Manager a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 0.50% of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2008, 2009, and 2010, the management fees paid to the Manager amounted to $4,403,483, $5,141,353 and $3,433,005, respectively.

 

            The Manager has agreed that if in any fiscal year the aggregate expenses of the Fund, exclusive of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings and (with the prior written consent of the necessary state securities commissions) extraordinary expenses, but including the management fee, exceed the expense limitation of any state having jurisdiction over the Fund, the Fund may deduct from the payment to be made to the Manager under the Agreement, or the Manager will bear, such excess expense to the extent required by state law.  Such deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and reconciled and effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.


 

 

 

            The aggregate of the fees payable to the Manager is not subject to reduction as the value of the Fund’s net assets increases.

 

            Distributor.  The Distributor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as the Fund’s distributor on a best efforts basis pursuant to an agreement with the Fund which is renewable annually. The Distributor also serves as distributor for the other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust. Before June 30, 2007, the Distributor was know as “Dreyfus Service Corporation.”

 

            The Manager or the Distributor may provide cash payments out of its own resources to financial intermediaries that sell shares of the Fund or provide other services.  Such payments are separate from any shareholder services fees or other expenses paid by the Fund to those intermediaries. Because those payments are not made by you or the Fund, the Fund’s total expense ratio will not be affected by any such payment. These additional payments may be made to Service Agents, including affiliates that provide shareholder servicing, sub-administration, recordkeepings and/or sub-transfer agency services, marketing support and/or access to sales meetings, sales representatives and management representatives of the Service Agent.  Cash compensation also may be paid from the Manager’s or the Distributor’s to Service Agents for inclusion of the Fund on a sales list, including a preferred or select sales list or in other sales programs.  These payments sometimes are referred to as “revenue sharing.” From time to time, the Manager or the Distributor also may provide cash or non-cash compensation to Service Agents in the form of: occasional gifts; occasional meals, tickets, or other entertainment; support for due diligence trips; educational conference sponsorships; support for recognition programs; and other forms of cash or non-cash compensation permissible under broker-dealer regulations. In some cases, these payments or compensation may create an incentive for a financial intermediary or its employees to recommend or sell shares of the Fund to you.  Please contact your Service Agent for details about any payments they may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to the Fund. 

 

            Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent and Custodian.  Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, is the Fund’s transfer and dividend disbursing agent.  Under a transfer agency agreement with the Fund, the Transfer Agent arranges for the maintenance of shareholder account records for the Fund, the handling of certain communications between shareholders and the Fund and the payment of dividends and distributions payable by the Fund.  For these services, the Transfer Agent receives a monthly fee computed on the basis of the number of shareholder accounts it maintains for the Fund during the month, and is reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses. The Fund also makes payments to certain financial intermediaries, including affiliates, who provide sub-administration, recordkeeping and/or sub-transfer agency services to beneficial owners of Fund shares.


 

 

 

            The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”), an affiliate of the Manager, located at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, is the Fund’s custodian.  The Custodian has no part in determining the investment policies of the Fund or which securities are to be purchased or sold by the Fund.  Under a custody agreement with the Fund, the Custodian holds the Fund’s securities and keeps all necessary accounts and records.  For its custody services, the Custodian receives a monthly fee based on the market value of the Fund’s assets held in custody and receives certain securities transaction charges.

 

HOW TO BUY SHARES

 

            General.  Fund shares may be purchased through the Distributor or Service Agents that have entered into service agreements with the Distributor.  Fund shares are sold without a sales charge.  You may be charged a fee if you effect transactions in Fund shares through a Service Agent.  You will be charged a fee if an investment check is returned unpayable.  Stock certificates are issued only upon your written request.  No certificates are issued for fractional shares.  It is not recommended that the Fund be used as a vehicle for Keogh, IRA or other qualified retirement plans. 

 

The Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase order. The Fund will not establish an account for a “foreign financial institution,” as that term is defined in Department of the Treasury rules implementing section 312 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Foreign financial institutions include: foreign banks (including foreign branches of U.S. depository institutions); foreign offices of U.S. securities broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, and mutual funds; non-U.S. entities that, if they were located in the United States, would be securities broker-dealers, futures commission merchants or mutual funds; and non-U.S. entities engaged in the business of currency dealer or exchanger or money transmitter. The Fund will not accept cash, travelers’ checks, or money orders as payment for shares.

 

            The minimum initial investment is $2,500 or $1,000 if you are a client of a Service Agent which maintains an omnibus account in the Fund and has made an aggregate minimum initial purchase for its customers of $2,500.  Subsequent investments must be at least $100.  The initial investment must be accompanied by the Account Application.  For full-time or part-time employees of the Manager or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, directors of the Manager, Board members of a fund advised by the Manager, including members of the Fund’s Board, or the spouse or minor child of any of the foregoing, the minimum initial investment is $1,000.  For full-time or part-time employees of the Manager or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries who elect to have a portion of their pay directly deposited into their Fund accounts, the minimum initial investment is $50.  Fund shares are offered without regard to the minimum initial investment requirements to Board members of a fund advised by the Manager, including members of the Fund’s Board, who elect to have all or a portion of their compensation for serving in that capacity automatically invested in the Fund. Fund shares are offered without regards to the minimum initial or subsequent investment amount requirements to investors purchasing Fund shares through wrap fee accounts or other fee-based programs. The Fund reserves the right to vary the initial and subsequent investment minimum requirements at any time. 


 

 

 

            Fund shares also are offered without regard to the minimum initial investment requirements through Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder®, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan pursuant to the Dreyfus Step Program described under “Shareholder Services.”  These services enable you to make regularly scheduled investments and may provide you with a convenient way to invest for long-term financial goals.  You should be aware, however, that periodic investment plans do not guarantee a profit and will not protect you against loss in a declining market.

 

            Management understands that some Service Agents may impose certain conditions on their clients which are different from those described in the Fund’s Prospectus and this Statement of Additional Information, and, to the extent permitted by applicable regulatory authority, may charge their clients direct fees.  You should consult your Service Agent in this regard.  As discussed under “Management Arrangements-Distributor,” Service Agents may receive revenue sharing payments from the Manager or the Distributor.  The receipt of such payments could create an incentive for a Service Agent to recommend or sell shares of the Fund instead of other mutual funds where such payments are not received.  Please contact your Service Agent for details about any payments they may receive in connection with the sale of Fund shares or the provision of services to the Fund. 

 

            Shares are sold on a continuous basis at the net asset value per share next determined after an order in proper form and Federal Funds (monies of member banks within the Federal Reserve System which are held on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank) are received by the Transfer Agent or other entity authorized to receive orders on behalf of the Fund.  If you do not remit Federal Funds, your payment must be converted into Federal Funds.  This usually occurs within one business day of receipt of a bank wire or within two business days of receipt of a check drawn on a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.  Checks drawn on banks which are not members of the Federal Reserve System may take considerably longer to convert into Federal Funds.  Prior to receipt of Federal Funds, your money will not be invested.  The Fund’s net asset value per share is determined as of 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular business.  Net asset value per share is computed by dividing the value of the Fund’s net assets (i.e., the value of its assets less liabilities) by the total number of shares outstanding.  See “Determination of Net Asset Value.”

 

            If your payments are received in or converted into Federal Funds by 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, by the Transfer Agent, you will receive the dividend declared that day.  If your payments are received in or converted into Federal Funds after 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, by the Transfer Agent, you will begin to accrue dividends on the following regular business day.

 

            Qualified institutions may telephone orders for the purchase of Fund shares.  These orders will become effective at the price determined at 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, and the shares purchased will receive the dividend on Fund shares declared on that day if the telephone order is placed by 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, and Federal Funds are received by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on that day.

 


 

 

            Using Federal Funds.  The Transfer Agent or the Fund may attempt to notify you upon receipt of checks drawn on banks that are not members of the Federal Reserve System as to the possible delay in conversion into Federal Funds and may attempt to arrange for a better means of transmitting the money.  If you are a customer of a Service Agent and your order to purchase Fund shares is paid for other than in Federal Funds, the securities dealer, bank or other financial institution, acting on your behalf, will complete the conversion into, or itself advance, Federal Funds, generally on the business day following receipt of your order.  The order is effective only when so converted and received by the Transfer Agent.  If you have sufficient Federal Funds or a cash balance in your brokerage account with a Service Agent, your order to purchase Fund shares will become effective on the day that the order, including Federal Funds, is received by the Transfer Agent.

 

            Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege.  You may purchase shares by telephone or online if you have checked the appropriate box and supplied the necessary information on the Account Application or have filed a Shareholder Services Form with the Transfer Agent.  The proceeds will be transferred between the bank account designated in one of these documents and your Fund account.  Only a bank account maintained in a domestic financial institution which is an Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) member may be so designated.

 

            Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase orders may be made at any time.  If purchase orders are received by 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day the Transfer Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for regular business, Fund shares will be purchased at the share price determined on that day.  If purchase orders are made after 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on any day the Transfer Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for regular business, or on Saturday, Sunday or any Fund holiday (e.g., when the New York Stock Exchange is not open for business), Fund shares will be purchased at the share price determined on the next business day following such purchase order.  To qualify to use Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, the initial payment for purchase of Fund shares must be drawn on, and redemption proceeds paid to, the same bank and account as are designated on the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form on file.  If the proceeds of a particular redemption are to be sent to an account at any other bank, the request must be in writing and signature-guaranteed.  See “How to Redeem Shares--Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege.”

 

            Procedures for Multiple Accounts.  Special procedures have been designed for banks and other institutions that wish to open multiple accounts.  The institution may open a single master account by filing one application with the Transfer Agent, and may open individual sub-accounts at the same time or at some later date.  The Transfer Agent will provide each institution with a written confirmation for each transaction in a sub-account at no additional charge.  Upon receipt of funds for investment by interbank wire, the Transfer Agent promptly will confirm the receipt of the investment by telephone or return wire to the transmitting bank, if the investor so requests.

 

            The Transfer Agent also will provide each institution with a monthly statement setting forth, for each sub-account, the share balance, income earned for the month, income earned for the year-to-date and the total current value of the account.

 


 

 

            Reopening an Account.  You may reopen an account with a minimum investment of $100 without filing a new Account Application during the calendar year the account is closed or during the following calendar year, provided the information on the old Account Application is still applicable.

 

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PLAN

 

            The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to which the Fund reimburses the Distributor an amount not to exceed an annual rate of 0.25% of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets for certain allocated expenses of providing personal services and/or maintaining shareholder accounts.  The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the Fund and providing reports and other information, and services related to the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

 

            A quarterly report of the amounts expended under the Plan, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred, must be made to the Board for its review.  In addition, the Plan provides that material amendments must be approved by the Fund’s Board, and by the Board members who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the Manager and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such amendments.  The Plan is subject to annual approval by such vote of the Board members cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on the Plan.  The Plan is terminable at any time by vote of a majority of the Board members who are not “interested persons” and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan.

 

            For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010, the Fund paid the Distributor $222,758 pursuant to the Plan.

 

HOW TO REDEEM SHARES

 

General.  The Fund ordinarily will make payment for all shares redeemed within seven days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a redemption request in proper form, except as provided by the rules of the SEC.  However, if you have purchased Fund shares by check, by Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege or through Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder® and subsequently submit a written redemption request to the Transfer Agent, the Fund may delay redemption of such shares, and the redemption proceeds may not be transmitted to you, for up to eight business days after the purchase of such shares.  In addition, the Fund will not honor redemption checks under the Checkwriting Privilege, and will reject requests to redeem shares by wire or telephone, online, or pursuant to the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, for a period of up to eight business days after receipt by the Transfer Agent of the purchase check, the Dreyfus TeleTransfer purchase or the Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder order against which such redemption is requested.  These procedures will not apply if your shares were purchased by wire payment, or if you otherwise have a sufficient collected balance in your account to cover the redemption request.  Prior to the time any redemption is effective, dividends on such shares will accrue and be payable, and you will be entitled to exercise all other rights of beneficial ownershipFund shares may not be redeemed until the Transfer Agent has received your Account Application.


 

 

 

Checkwriting Privilege. The Fund provides redemption checks (“Checks”) automatically upon opening an account, unless you specifically refuse the Checkwriting Privilege by checking the applicable “No” box on the Account Application.  Checks will be sent only to the registered owner(s) of the account and only to the address of record.  The Checkwriting Privilege may be established for an existing account by a separate signed Shareholder Services Form.  The Account Application or Shareholder Services Form must be manually signed by the registered owner(s).  Checks are drawn on your Fund account and may be made payable to the order of any person in an amount of $500 or more.  When a Check is presented to the Transfer Agent for payment, the Transfer Agent, as your agent, will cause the Fund to redeem a sufficient number of shares in your account to cover the amount of the Check.  Dividends are earned until the Check clears.  After clearance, a copy of the Check will be returned to you.  You generally will be subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to checking accounts, although election of this Privilege creates only a shareholder-transfer agent relationship with the Transfer Agent.

 

You should date your Checks with the current date when you write them.  Please do not postdate your Checks.  If you do, the Transfer Agent will honor, upon presentment, even if presented before the date of the Check, all postdated Checks which are dated within six months of presentment for payment, if they are otherwise in good order.

 

Checks are free, but the Transfer Agent will impose a fee for stopping payment of a Check upon your request or if the Transfer Agent cannot honor a Check due to insufficient funds or other valid reason.  If the amount of the Check is greater than the value of the shares in your account, the Check will be returned marked insufficient funds.  Checks should not be used to close an account.

 

Wire Redemption Privilege.  By using this Privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephone, letter or online redemption instructions from any person representing himself or herself to be you, and reasonably believed by the Transfer Agent to be genuine.  Ordinarily, the Fund will initiate payment for shares redeemed pursuant to this Privilege on the same business day if the Transfer Agent receives a redemption request in proper form prior to 12:00 Noon, Eastern time, on such day; otherwise, the Fund will initiate payment on the next regular business day.  Redemption proceeds ($1,000 minimum) will be transferred by Federal Reserve wire only to the commercial bank account specified by you on the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form, or to a correspondent bank if your bank is not a member of the Federal Reserve System.  Fees ordinarily are imposed by such bank and borne by the investor.  Immediate notification by the correspondent bank to your bank is necessary to avoid a delay in crediting the funds to your bank account.

 

To change the commercial bank or account designated to receive wire redemption proceeds, a written request must be sent to the Transfer Agent.  This request must be signed by each shareholder, with each signature guaranteed as described below under “Stock Certificates; Signatures.”

 


 

 

Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege.  You may request by telephone or online that redemption proceeds be transferred between your Fund account and your bank account.  Only a bank account maintained in a domestic financial institution which is an ACH member may be designated. Redemption proceeds will be on deposit in your account at an ACH member bank ordinarily two business days after receipt of the redemption request.  You should be aware that if you have selected the Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege, any request for a Dreyfus TeleTransfer transaction will be effected through the ACH system unless more prompt transmittal specifically is requested.  See “How to Buy Shares--Dreyfus TeleTransfer Privilege.”

 

Stock Certificates; Signatures.  Any certificates representing Fund shares to be redeemed must be submitted with the redemption request.  A fee may be imposed to replace lost or stolen certificates, or certificates that were never received.  Written redemption requests must be signed by each shareholder, including each holder of a joint account, and each signature must be guaranteed.  Signatures on endorsed certificates submitted for redemption also must be guaranteed.  The Transfer Agent has adopted standards and procedures pursuant to which signature-guarantees in proper form generally will be accepted from domestic banks, brokers, dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges, registered securities associations, clearing agencies and savings associations, as well as from participants in the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program.  Guarantees must be signed by an authorized signatory of the guarantor and “Signature-Guaranteed” must appear with the signature.  The Transfer Agent may request additional documentation from corporations, executors, administrators, trustees or guardians, and may accept other suitable verification arrangements from foreign investors, such as consular verification.  For more information with respect to signature-guarantees, please call one of the telephone numbers listed on the cover.

 

Redemption Commitment.  The Fund has committed itself to pay in cash all redemption requests by any shareholder of record of the Fund, limited in amount during any 90-day period to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the value of the Fund’s net assets at the beginning of such period. Such commitment is irrevocable without the prior approval of the SEC.  In the case of requests for redemption from the Fund in excess of such amount, the Fund’s Board reserves the right to make payments in whole or in part in securities or other assets of the Fund in case of an emergency or any time a cash distribution would impair the liquidity of the Fund to the detriment of the existing shareholders.  In such event, the securities would be valued in the same manner as the Fund’s portfolio is valued.  If the recipient sells such securities, brokerage charges might be incurred.

 

Suspension of Redemptions.  The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed (a) during any period when the New York Stock Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), (b) when trading in the markets the Fund ordinarily utilizes is restricted, or when an emergency exists as determined by the SEC so that disposal of the Fund’s investments or determination of its net asset value is not reasonably practicable or (c) for such other periods as the SEC by order may permit to protect the Fund’s shareholders.


 

 

SHAREHOLDER SERVICES

 

Fund Exchanges.  You may purchase, in exchange for shares of the Fund, shares of certain other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, to the extent such shares are offered for sale in your state of residence.  Shares of other funds purchased by exchange will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset value per share as follows:

 

            A.        Exchanges for shares of funds offered without a sales load will be made without a sales load.

 

            B.        Shares of funds purchased without a sales load may be exchanged for shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.

 

            C.        Shares of funds purchased with a sales load may be exchanged without a sales load for shares of other funds sold without a sales load.

 

            D.        Shares of funds purchased with a sales load, shares of funds acquired by a previous exchange from shares purchased with a sales load and additional shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends or distributions of any such funds (collectively referred to herein as “Purchased Shares”) may be exchanged for shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein as “Offered Shares”), but if the sales load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load that could have been imposed in connection with the Purchased Shares (at the time the Purchased Shares were acquired), without giving effect to any reduced loads, the difference may be deducted.

 

To accomplish an exchange under item D above, you must notify the Transfer Agent of your prior ownership of Fund shares and your account number.

 

To request an exchange, you or your Service Agent acting on your behalf must give exchange instructions to the Transfer Agent in writing, by telephone or online.  The ability to issue exchange instructions by telephone or online is given to all Fund shareholders automatically, unless you check the applicable “No” box on the Account Application, indicating that you specifically refuse this privilege.  By using this privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephonic and online instructions (including over the Dreyfus Express® voice-response telephone system) from any person representing himself or herself to be you, and reasonably believed by the Transfer Agent to be genuine.  Exchanges may be subject to limitations as to the amount involved or the number of exchanges permitted.  Shares issued in certificate form are not eligible for telephone or online exchanges.  No fees currently are charged shareholders directly in connection with exchanges, although the Fund reserves the right, upon not less than 60 days’ written notice, to charge shareholders a nominal administrative fee in accordance with rules promulgated by the SEC.

 

            To establish a personal retirement plan by exchange, shares of the fund being exchanged must have a value of at least the minimum initial investment required for the fund into which the exchange is being made.


 

 

 

Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege.  Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege permits you to purchase (on a semi-monthly, monthly, quarterly or annual basis), in exchange for shares of the Fund, shares of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, of which you are a shareholder.  This Privilege is available only for existing accounts.  Shares will be exchanged on the basis of relative net asset value as described above under “Fund Exchanges.”  Enrollment in or modification or cancellation of this Privilege is effective three business days following notification by you.  You will be notified if your account falls below the amount designated to be exchanged under this Privilege.  In this case, your account will fall to zero unless additional investments are made in excess of the designated amount prior to the next Auto-Exchange transaction.  Shares held under IRA and other retirement plans are eligible for this Privilege.  Exchanges of IRA shares may be made between IRA accounts and from regular accounts to IRA accounts, but not from IRA accounts to regular accounts.  With respect to all other retirement accounts, exchanges may be made only among those accounts.

 

Shareholder Services Forms and prospectuses for other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds may be obtained by calling 1-800-645-6561, or visiting www.dreyfus.com.  The Fund reserves the right to reject any exchange request in whole or in part. Shares may be exchanged only between accounts having certain identical identifying designations.  The Fund Exchanges service or Dreyfus Auto-Exchange Privilege may be modified or terminated at any time upon notice to shareholders.

 

            Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder®.  Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder permits you to purchase Fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $150,000 per transaction) at regular intervals selected by you.  Fund shares are purchased by transferring funds from the bank account designated by you.

 

            Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege.  Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege enables you to purchase Fund shares (minimum of $100 and maximum of $50,000 per transaction) by having Federal salary, Social Security, or certain veterans’, military or other payments from the U.S. Government automatically deposited into your Fund account.

 

            Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan.  Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan permits you to purchase Fund shares (minimum of $100 per transaction) automatically on a regular basis.  Depending upon your employer’s direct deposit program, you may have part or all of your paycheck transferred to your existing Dreyfus account electronically through the ACH system at each pay period.  To establish a Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan account, you must file an authorization form with your employer’s payroll department.  It is the sole responsibility of your employer to arrange for transactions under the Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan.

 

            Dreyfus Step Program.  Dreyfus Step Program enables you to purchase Fund shares without regard to the Fund’s minimum initial investment requirements through Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder®, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan.  To establish a Dreyfus Step Program account, you must supply the necessary information on the Account Application and file the required authorization form(s) with the Transfer Agent.  For more information concerning this Program, or to request the necessary
 

 

authorization form(s), please call toll free 1-800-782-6620.  You may terminate your participation in this Program at any time by discontinuing your participation in Dreyfus-Automatic Asset Builder, Dreyfus Government Direct Deposit Privilege or Dreyfus Payroll Savings Plan, as the case may be, as provided under the terms of such Privilege(s).  The Fund may modify or terminate this Program at any time. 

 

Dreyfus Dividend Sweep.  Dreyfus Dividend Sweep allows you to invest automatically your dividends or dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, from the Fund in shares of another fund in the Dreyfus Family of Funds, of which you are a shareholder.  Shares of other funds purchased pursuant to this privilege will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset value per share as follows:

 

A.        Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested without a sales load in shares of other funds offered without a sales load.

 

B.        Dividends and distributions paid by a fund that does not charge a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.

 

C.        Dividends and distributions paid by a fund that charges a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein as “Offered Shares”), but if the sales load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load charged by the fund from which dividends or distributions are being swept (without giving effect to any reduced loads), the difference may be deducted.

 

D.        Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested in shares of other funds that impose a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) and the applicable CDSC, if any, will be imposed upon redemption of such shares.

            Dreyfus Dividend ACH permits you to transfer electronically dividends or dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, from the Fund to a designated bank account.  Only an account maintained at a domestic financial institution which is an ACH member may be so designated.  Banks may charge a fee for this service.

 

            Automatic Withdrawal Plan.  The Automatic Withdrawal Plan permits you to request withdrawal of a specified dollar amount (minimum of $50) on either a monthly or quarterly basis if you have a $5,000 minimum account.  Withdrawal payments are the proceeds from sales of Fund shares, not the yield on the shares.  If with­drawal payments exceed reinvested dividends and distributions, your shares will be reduced and eventually may be depleted.  The Automatic Withdrawal Plan may be terminated at any time by you, the Fund or the Transfer Agent.  Shares for which stock certificates have been issued may not be redeemed through the Automatic Withdrawal Plan. 

 


 

 

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

 

            Amortized Cost Pricing.  The valuation of the Fund’s portfolio securities is based upon their amortized cost, which does not take into account unrealized capital gains or losses.  This involves valuing an instrument at its cost and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument.  While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price the Fund would receive if it sold the instrument.

 

            The Fund’s Board has established, as a particular responsibility within the overall duty of care owed to the Fund’s investors, procedures reasonably designed to stabil­ize the Fund’s price per share as computed for purposes of purchases and redemptions at $1.00.  Such procedures include review of the Fund’s portfolio holdings by the Board, at such intervals as it deems appropriate, to determine whether the Fund’s net asset value calculated by using available market quotations or market equivalents deviates from $1.00 per share based on amortized cost.  Market quotations and market equivalents used in such review are obtained from an independent pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board.  The Service values the Fund’s investments based on methods which include consideration of:  yields or prices of Municipal Obligations of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications of values from dealers; and general market conditions.  The Service also may employ electronic data processing techniques and/or a matrix system to determine valuations.

 

            The extent of any deviation between the Fund’s net asset value based upon available market quotations or market equivalents and $1.00 per share based on amortized cost will be examined by the Board.  If such deviation exceeds 1/2%, the Board promptly will consider what action, if any, will be initiated.  If the Board determines that a deviation exists which may result in material dilution or other unfair results to investors or existing shareholders, it has agreed to take such corrective action as it regards as necessary and appropriate, including:  selling portfolio instruments prior to maturity to realize capital gains or losses or to shorten average portfolio maturity; withholding dividends or paying distributions from capital or capital gains; redeeming shares in kind; or establishing a net asset value per share by using available market quotations or market equivalents.

 

            New York Stock Exchange Closings.  The holidays (as observed) on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed currently are:  New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

 

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

 

            General.  The Manager assumes general supervision over the placement of securities purchase and sale orders on behalf of the funds it manages.  In cases where the Manager or fund employs a sub-adviser, the sub-adviser, under the supervision of the Manager, places orders on behalf of the applicable fund(s) for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities. 


 

 

            Certain funds are managed by dual employees of the Manager and an affiliated entity in the Mellon organization.  Funds managed by dual employees use the research and trading facilities, and are subject to the internal policies and procedures, of the affiliated entity.  In this regard, the Manager places orders on behalf of those funds for the purchase and sale of securities through the trading desk of the affiliated entity, applying the written trade allocation procedures of such affiliate.

            The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) generally has the authority to select brokers (for equity securities) or dealers (for fixed income securities) and the commission rates or spreads to be paid.  Allocation of brokerage transactions, including their frequency, is made in the best judgment of the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) and in a manner deemed fair and reasonable to shareholders.  The primary consideration in placing portfolio transactions is prompt execution of orders at the most favorable net price.  In choosing brokers or dealers, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) evaluates the ability of the broker or dealer to execute the particular transaction (taking into account the market for the security and the size of the order) at the best combination of price and quality of execution. 

In general, brokers or dealers involved in the execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of a fund are selected on the basis of their professional capability and the value and quality of their services.  The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) attempts to obtain best execution for the funds by choosing brokers or dealers to execute transactions based on a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) price; (ii) liquidity; (iii) the nature and character of the relevant market for the security to be purchased or sold; (iv) the measured quality and efficiency of the broker’s or dealer’s execution; (v) the broker’s or dealer’s willingness to commit capital; (vi) the reliability of the broker or dealer in trade settlement and clearance; (vii) the level of counter-party risk (i.e., the broker’s or dealer’s financial condition); (viii) the commission rate or the spread; (ix) the value of research provided;  (x) the availability of electronic trade entry and reporting links; and (xi) the size and type of order (e.g., foreign or domestic security, large block, illiquid security).  In selecting brokers or dealers no factor is necessarily determinative; however, at various times and for various reasons, certain factors will be more important than others in determining which broker or dealer to use.  Seeking to obtain best execution for all trades takes precedence over all other considerations.

 

With respect to the receipt of research, the brokers or dealers selected may include those that supplement the Manager’s (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) research facilities with statistical data, investment information, economic facts and opinions.  Such information may be useful to the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) in serving funds or accounts that it advises and, conversely, supplemental information obtained by the placement of business of other clients may be useful to the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) in carrying out its obligations to the funds.  Information so received is in addition to, and not in lieu of, services required to be performed by the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate), and the Manager’s (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) fees are not reduced as a consequence of the receipt of such supplemental information.  Although the receipt of such research services does not reduce the Manager’s (and where applicable, a sub-adviser’s or Dreyfus affiliate’s) normal independent research activities, it enables it to avoid the additional expenses that might otherwise be incurred if it were to attempt to develop comparable information through its own staff.


 

 

 

Investment decisions for a fund are made independently from those of the other investment companies and accounts advised by Dreyfus and its affiliates.  If, however, such other investment companies or accounts desire to invest in, or dispose of, the same securities as the fund, Dreyfus or its affiliates may, but are not required to, aggregate (or "bunch") orders that are placed or received concurrently for more than one investment company or account and available investments or opportunities for sales will be allocated equitably to each.  In some cases, this procedure may adversely affect the size of the position obtained for or disposed of by the fund or the price paid or received by the fund.  When transactions are aggregated, but it is not possible to receive the same price or execution on the entire volume of securities purchased or sold, the various prices may be averaged, and the fund will be charged or credited with the average price.

 

Dreyfus may buy for the fund securities of issuers in which other investment companies or accounts advised by Dreyfus or BNY Mellon and its other affiliates have made, or are making, an investment in securities that are subordinate or senior to the securities purchased for the fund.  For example, the fund may invest in debt securities of an issuer at the same time that other investment companies or accounts are investing, or currently have an investment, in equity securities of the same issuer.  To the extent that the issuer experiences financial or operational challenges which may impact the price of its securities and its ability to meet its obligations, decisions by BNY Mellon or its affiliates (including Dreyfus) relating to what actions are to be taken may raise conflicts of interests and Dreyfus or BNY Mellon and its other affiliates may take actions for certain accounts that have negative impacts on other advisory accounts, including the Funds. 

            To the extent that a fund invests in foreign securities, certain of such fund’s transactions in those securities may not benefit from the negotiated commission rates available to funds for transactions in securities of domestic issuers.  For funds that permit foreign exchange transactions, such transactions are made with banks or institutions in the interbank market at prices reflecting a mark-up or mark-down and/or commission.

            The Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) may deem it appropriate for one fund or account it manages to sell a security while another fund or account it manages is purchasing the same security. Under such circumstances, the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) may arrange to have the purchase and sale transactions effected directly between the funds and/or accounts (“cross transactions”).  Cross transactions will be effected in accordance with procedures adopted pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act.

All portfolio transactions of each money market fund are placed on behalf of the fund by the Manager.  Debt securities purchased and sold by a fund generally are traded on a net basis (i.e., without a commission) through dealers acting for their own account and not as brokers, or otherwise involve transactions directly with the issuer of the instrument.  This means that a dealer makes a market for securities by offering to buy at one price and sell at a slightly higher price.  The difference between the prices is known as a “spread.”  Other portfolio transactions may be executed through brokers acting as agent.  A fund will pay a spread or commission in connection with such transactions. The Manager uses its best efforts to obtain execution of portfolio transactions at prices that are advantageous to a fund and at spreads and commission rates (if any) that are reasonable in relation to the benefits received.  The Manager also places transactions for other accounts that it provides with investment advice. 


 

 

 

When more than one fund or account is simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same investment instrument, the prices and amounts are allocated in accordance with a formula considered by the Manager (and where applicable, a sub-adviser or Dreyfus affiliate) to be equitable to each fund or account.  In some cases this system could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the investment instrument as far as a fund or account is concerned.  In other cases, however, the ability of a fund or account to participate in volume transactions will produce better executions for the fund or account.  

 

When transactions are executed in the over-the-counter market (i.e., with dealers), the Manager will typically deal with the primary market makers unless a more favorable price or execution otherwise is obtainable.

 

For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2008, 2009, and 2010, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions.

 

Regular Broker-Dealers.  The Fund may acquire securities issued by one or more of its "regular brokers or dealers," as defined in Rule 10b-1 under the 1940 Act. Rule 10b-1 provides that a "regular broker or dealer" is one of the ten brokers or dealers that, during the Fund's most recent fiscal year (i) received the greatest dollar amount of brokerage commissions from participating, either directly or indirectly, in the Fund's portfolio transactions, (ii) engaged as principal in the largest dollar amount of the Fund's portfolio transactions or (iii) sold the largest dollar amount of the Fund's securities. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010 the Fund did not acquire securities of its regular brokers or dealers.

 

            Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings. It is the policy of the Dreyfus to protect the confidentially of the fund's portfolio holdings and prevent the selective disclosure of non-public information about such holdings.  Each fund, or its duly authorized service providers, publicly discloses its portfolio holdings in accordance with regulatory requirements, such as periodic portfolio disclosure in filings with the SEC.  Each non-money market fund, or its duly authorized service providers, may publicly disclose its complete schedule of portfolio holdings, at month-end, with a one-month lag, at www.dreyfus.com.  In addition, fifteen days following the end of each calendar quarter, each non-money market fund, or its duly authorized service providers, may publicly disclose on the website its complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of the end of such quarter. Each money market fund will disclose daily on www.dreyfus.com the fund's complete schedule of holdings as of the end of the previous business day.  The schedule of holdings will remain on the website until the date on which the fund files its Form N-Q or Form N-CSR for the period that includes the date of the posted holdings. If the fund's portfolio holdings are released pursuant to an ongoing arrangement with any party, the such fund must have a legitimate business purpose for doing so, and neither the fund, nor the Manager or its affiliates, may receive any compensation in connection with an arrangement to make available information about the fund's portfolio holdings.  Funds may distribute portfolio holdings to mutual fund evaluation services such as Standard & Poor's, Morningstar or Lipper Analytical Services; due diligence departments of broker-dealers and wirehouses that regularly analyze the portfolio holdings of mutual funds before their public disclosure; and broker-dealers that may be used by the fund, for the purpose of efficient trading and receipt of relevant research,  provided that: (a) the recipient does not distribute the portfolio holdings to persons who are likely to use the information for purposes of purchasing or selling fund shares or fund portfolio holdings before the portfolio holdings become public information; and (b) the recipient signs a written confidentiality agreement.


 

 

Funds may also disclose any and all portfolio holdings information to their service providers and others who generally need access to such information in the performance of their contractual duties and responsibilities and are subject to duties of confidentiality, including a duty not to trade on non-public information, imposed by law and/or contract.  These service providers include the Fund's custodian, independent registered public accounting firm, investment advisers, administrator, and each of their respective affiliates and advisers.

Disclosure of portfolio holdings may be authorized only by the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, and any exceptions to this policy are reported quarterly to the Fund's Board.

 

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES

 

Management believes that the Fund has qualified for treatment as a “regulated investment company” under the Code for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010.  The Fund intends to continue to so qualify if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders.  As a regulated investment company, the Fund will pay no Federal income tax on net investment income and net realized capital gains to the extent that such income and gains are distributed to shareholders in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code.  To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its net income (consisting of net investment income and net short-term capital gain), and meet certain asset diversification and other requirements.  If the Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, it will be treated for tax purposes as an ordinary corporation subject to Federal income tax.  The term “regulated investment company” does not imply the supervision of management or investment practices or policies by any governing agency.

 

The Fund ordinarily declares dividends from its net investment income on each day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.  Fund shares begin earning income dividends on the day following the date of purchase.  Dividends usually are paid on the last calendar day of each month and are automatically reinvested in additional Fund shares at net asset value or, at your option, paid in cash.  The Fund’s earnings for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays are declared as dividends on the preceding business day.  If you redeem all shares in your account at any time during the month, all dividends to which you are entitled will be paid to you along with the proceeds of the redemption.  If you are an omnibus accountholder and indicate in a partial redemption request that a portion of any accrued dividends to which such account is entitled belongs to an underlying accountholder who has redeemed all shares in his or her account, such portion of the accrued dividends will be paid to you along with the proceeds of the redemption.  Distributions from net realized securities gains, if any, generally are declared and paid once a year, but the Fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Code, in all events in a manner consistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act.


 

 

 

If you elect to receive dividends and distributions in cash, and your dividend or distribution check is returned to the Fund as undeliverable or remains uncashed for six months, the Fund reserves the right to reinvest such dividends or distributions and all future dividends and distributions payable to you in additional Fund shares at net asset value.  No interest will accrue on amounts represented by uncashed distribution or redemption checks.

 

Ordinarily, gains and losses realized from portfolio transactions will be treated as capital gains and losses.  However, all or a portion of the gain or loss realized from the disposition of certain market discount bonds will be treated as ordinary income or loss. 

 

            If at the close of each quarter of its taxable year, at least 50% of the value of the Fund’s total assets consist of Federal tax exempt obligations, then the Fund may designate and pay Federal exempt-interest dividends from interest earned on all such tax exempt obligations.  Such exempt-interest dividends may be excluded by shareholders of the Fund from their gross income for Federal income tax purposes.  Dividends derived from Taxable Investments, together with distributions from any net realized short-term securities gains, generally are taxable as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes whether or not reinvested.  Distributions from net realized long-term securities gains generally are taxable as long-term capital gains to a shareholder who is a citizen or resident of the United States, whether or not reinvested and regardless of the length of time the shareholder has held his or her shares.

 

Federal regulations require that you provide a certified taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) upon opening or reopening an account.  See the Account Application for further information concerning this requirement.  Failure to furnish a certified TIN to the Fund could subject you to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND

 

            Each Fund share has one vote and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the offering, is fully paid and non-assessable.  Fund shares are of one class and have equal rights as to dividends and in liquidation.  Shares have no preemptive, subscription or conversion rights and are freely transferable.

 

            Unless otherwise required by the 1940 Act, ordinarily it will not be necessary for the Fund to hold annual meetings of shareholders.  As a result, Fund shareholders may not consider each year the election of Board members or the appointment of auditors. However, the holders of at least 10% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote may require the Fund to hold a special meeting of shareholders for purposes of removing a Board member from office.  Fund shareholders may remove a Board member by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting shares.  In addition, the Board will call a meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing Board members if, at any time, less than a majority of the Board members then holding office have been elected by shareholders.


 

 

 

            The Fund sends annual and semi-annual financial statements to all its shareholders.

 

COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

 

            Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038-4982, as counsel for the Fund, has rendered its opinion as to certain legal matters regarding the due authorization and valid issuance of the shares being sold pursuant to the Fund’s Prospectus.

 

            Ernst & Young LLP, 5 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, an independent registered public accounting firm, has been selected to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund.

 

 

 


 

 

APPENDIX

 

Rating Categories

 

Description of certain ratings assigned by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch:

 

 

S&P

 

Long-term

 

AAA

An obligation rated ‘AAA’ has the highest rating assigned by S&P.  The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong.

 

AA

An obligation rated ‘AA’ differs from the highest rated obligations only in small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong.

 

Note:  The ratings may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign designation to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

 

Short-term

 

SP-1

Strong capacity to pay principal and interest.  An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus sign (+) designation.

 

Commercial paper

 

A-1

This designation indicates that the degree of safety regarding timely payment is strong.  Those issues determined to possess extremely strong safety characteristics are denoted with a plus sign (+) designation.

 

 

Moody’s

 

Long-term

 

Aaa

Bonds rated ‘Aaa’ are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk and are generally referred to as “gilt edged.” Interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

 


 

 

Aa

Bonds rated ‘Aa’ are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the ‘Aaa’ group they comprise what are generally known as high-grade bonds.  They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in ‘Aaa’ securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risk appear somewhat larger than the ‘Aaa’ securities.

 

Note:  Moody’s applies numerical modifiers 1, 2, and 3 in these generic rating classifications. The modifier 1 indicates that the obligation ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates a ranking in the lower end of that generic rating category.

 

Prime rating system (short-term)

 

Issuers rated Prime-1 (or supporting institutions) have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations. Prime-1 repayment ability will often be evidenced by many of the following characteristics:

 

Leading market positions in well-established industries.

 

High rates of return on funds employed.

 

Conservative capitalization structure with moderate reliance on debt and ample asset protection.

 

Broad margins in earnings coverage of fixed financial charges and high internal cash generation.

 

Well-established access to a range of financial markets and assured sources of alternate liquidity.

 

MIG/VMIG−U.S. short-term

 

Municipal debt issuance ratings are designated as Moody’s Investment Grade (MIG) and are divided into three levels−MIG 1 through MIG 3.

 

The short-term rating assigned to the demand feature of variable rate demand obligations (VRDOs) is designated as VMIG.  When either the long- or short-term aspect of a VRDO is not rated, that piece is designated NR, e.g., Aaa/NR or NR/VMIG 1.

 

MIG 1/VMIG1

This designation denotes superior credit quality.  Excellent protection is afforded by established cash flows, highly reliable liquidity support, or demonstrated broad-based access to the market for refinancing.

 

 


 

 

Fitch

 

Long-term investment grade

 

AAA

Highest credit quality. ‘AAA’ ratings denote the lowest expectation of credit risk. They are assigned only in case of exceptionally strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments. This capacity is highly unlikely to be adversely affected by foreseeable events.

 

AA

Very high credit quality. ‘AA’ ratings denote a very low expectation of credit risk.  They indicate very strong capacity for timely payment of financial commitments.  This capacity is not significantly vulnerable to foreseeable events.

 

Short-term

 

A short-term rating has a time horizon of less than 12 months for most obligations, or up to three years for U.S. public finance securities, and thus places greater emphasis on the liquidity necessary to meet financial commitments in a timely manner.

 

F1

Highest credit quality. Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments; may have an added “+” to denote any exceptionally strong credit feature.

Notes to long-term and short-term ratings:  A plus (+) or minus (-) sign designation may be appended to a rating to denote relative status within major rating categories.  Such suffixes are not added to the ‘AAA’ long-term rating category or to short-term ratings other than ‘F1.’

 




 

 

DREYFUS MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.

 

PART C. OTHER INFORMATION

_________________________

Item 23.            Exhibits

_______          __________

     (a)               Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Articles of Amendment are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1)(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No.27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on September 25, 1996, and Exhibit (1)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No.27 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 25, 1996.

 

     (b)               Registrant's By‑Laws, as amended are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1)(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No.37 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 26, 2006.

 

(d)                              Management Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1)(d) of Post-Effective Amendment No.36 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 26, 2005.

 

     (e)(i)            Form of Amended Distribution Agreement is is filed herewith

 

     (e)(ii)           Shareholder Services Plan Agreements, as amended are incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(ii) of Post-Effective Amendment No.38 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 27, 2007.

 

     (e)(iii)          Form of Supplement to Service Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (e)(iii) of Post-Effective Amendment No.38 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 27, 2007.

 

     (g)               Amended and Restated Custody Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on September 24, 1996. Sub‑Custodian Agreements are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8(b) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on July 21, 1994.

 

     (g)(i)            Custody Agreement with The Bank of New York is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (g)(i)of Post-Effective Amendment No.39 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 29, 2008.

 

     (h)               Shareholder Services Plan is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on September 26, 1995.

 

     (h)(i)            Amended and Restated Transfer Agency Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (h)(i) of Post-Effective Amendment No.39 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 29, 2008.

 

     (i)                Opinion and consent of Registrant's counsel is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (10) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on September 26, 1995.

 

(j)                                Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm is filed herewith.

 

     (p)(1)           Code of Ethics is incorporated by reference to Exhibit (p)of Post-Effective Amendment No.39 to the Registration Statement on Form N‑1A, filed on September 29, 2008.

 

     (p)(2)           Code of Ethics of Independent Directors is filed herewith.

 


 

 

 

                        Other Exhibits

                        ______________

                       

(a)        Power of Attorney of certain officers of the Registrant is filed herewith.

                       

                        (b)        Certificate of Assistant Secretary is filed herewith.

 

Item 24.            Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.

_______          ______________________________________________________________

 

                              Not Applicable

 

Item 25.            Indemnification

_______          _______________

 

                    The Registrant's charter documents set forth the circumstances under which indemnification shall be provided to any past or present Board member or officer of the Registrant. The Registrant also has entered into a separate agreement with each of its Board members that describes the conditions and manner in which the Registrant indemnifies each of its Board members against all liabilities incurred by them (including attorneys' fees and other litigation expenses, settlements, fines and penalties), or which may be threatened against them, as a result of being or having been a Board member of the Registrant. These indemnification provisions are subject to applicable state law and to the limitation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that no board member or officer of a fund may be protected against liability for willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard for the duties of his or her office. Reference is hereby made to the following: Article SEVENTH of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation, Article VIII of the Registrant's By-Laws, as amended, Section 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, and Section 1.11 of the Distribution Agreement.

 

Item 26.            Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser.

_______            ____________________________________________________

 

The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and subsidiary companies comprise a financial service organization whose business consists primarily of providing investment management services as the investment adviser, manager and distributor for sponsored investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and as an investment adviser to institutional and individual accounts. Dreyfus also serves as sub-investment adviser to and/or administrator of other investment companies. MBSC Securities Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, serves primarily as a registered broker-dealer of shares of investment companies sponsored by Dreyfus and of other investment companies for which Dreyfus acts as investment adviser, sub-investment adviser or administrator.  

 

 


 

ITEM 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser (continued)
  Officers and Directors of Investment Adviser

Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
 
Jonathan Baum MBSC Securities Corporation++ Chief Executive Officer 3/08 - Present
Chief Executive Officer   Chairman of the Board 3/08 - Present
and Chair of the Board   Director 6/07 - 3/08
    Executive Vice President 6/07 - 3/08
 
J. Charles Cardona MBSC Securities Corporation++ Director 6/07 - Present
President and Director   Executive Vice President 6/07 - Present
 
  Universal Liquidity Funds plc+ Director 4/06 - Present
 
Diane P. Durnin None    
Vice Chair and Director      
 
Phillip N. Maisano The Bank of New York Mellon ***** Senior Vice President 7/08 - Present
Director, Vice Chair and      
Chief Investment Officer      
 
  BNY Mellon, National Association + Senior Vice President 7/08 - Present
 
  Mellon Bank, N.A.+ Senior Vice President 4/06 - 6/08
 
  BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc.++ Director 10/07 - Present
 
  BNY Mellon Investment Office GP LLC* Manager 4/07 - Present
 
  Mellon Global Alternative Investments Limited Director 8/06 - Present
  London, England    
 
  Pareto Investment Management Limited Director 4/08 - Present
  London, England    
 
  The Boston Company Asset Management NY, Manager 10/07 - Present
  LLC*    
 
  The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC* Manager 12/06 - Present
 
  Urdang Capital Management, Inc. Director 10/07 - Present
  630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300    
  Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462    
 
  Urdang Securities Management, Inc. Director 10/07 - Present
  630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300    
  Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462    
 
  EACM Advisors LLC Chairman of Board 8/04 - Present
  200 Connecticut Avenue    
  Norwalk, CT 06854-1940    

C-3



Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  Founders Asset Management LLC**** Member, Board of 11/06 - 12/09
    Managers  
 
  Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, Board Member 12/06 - Present
  LLC    
  Mellon Financial Center    
  201 Washington Street    
  Boston, MA 02108-4408    
 
  Mellon Capital Management Corporation*** Director 12/06 - Present
 
  Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+ Board Member 12/06 - 12/07
 
  Newton Management Limited Board Member 12/06 - Present
  London, England    
 
  Franklin Portfolio Associates, LLC* Board Member 12/06 - Present
 
Mitchell E. Harris Standish Mellon Asset Management Company Chairman 2/05 - Present
Director LLC Chief Executive Officer 8/04 - Present
  Mellon Financial Center Member, Board of 10/04 - Present
  201 Washington Street Managers  
  Boston, MA 02108-4408    
 
  Alcentra NY, LLC++ Manager 1/08 - Present
 
  Alcentra US, Inc. ++ Director 1/08 - Present
 
  Alcentra, Inc. ++ Director 1/08 - Present
 
  BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc. ++ Director 10/07 - Present
 
  Pareto New York LLC++ Manager 11/07 - Present
 
  Standish Ventures LLC President 12/05 - Present
  Mellon Financial Center Manager 12/05 - Present
  201 Washington Street    
  Boston, MA 02108-4408    
 
  Palomar Management Director 12/97 - Present
  London, England    
 
  Palomar Management Holdings Limited Director 12/97 - Present
  London, England    
 
  Pareto Investment Management Limited Director 9/04 - Present
  London, England    
 
Jeffrey D. Landau The Bank of New York Mellon+ Executive Vice President 4/07 - Present
Director      
  Allomon Corporation+ Treasurer 12/07 - Present
 
  APT Holdings Corporation+ Treasurer 12/07 - Present
 
  BNY Mellon, N.A.+ Treasurer 7/07 - 0/10

C-4



Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  Mellon Funding Corporation+ Treasurer 12/07 - 12/09
 
  The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation+ Treasurer 7/07 - 01/10
 
Cyrus Taraporevala Urdang Capital Management, Inc. Director 10/07 - Present
Director 630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300    
  Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462    
 
  Urdang Securities Management, Inc. Director 10/07 - Present
  630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300    
  Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462    
 
  The Boston Company Asset Management NY, Manager 08/06 – Present
  LLC*    
 
  The Boston Company Asset Management LLC* Manager 01/08 – Present
 
  BNY Mellon, National Association+ Senior Vice President 07/06 - Present
 
  The Bank of New York Mellon***** Senior Vice President 07/06 - Present
 
Scott E. Wennerholm Mellon Capital Management Corporation*** Director 10/05 - Present
Director      
 
  Newton Management Limited Director 1/06 - Present
  London, England    
 
  Gannett Welsh & Kotler LLC Manager 11/07 - Present
  222 Berkley Street Administrator 11/07 - Present
  Boston, MA 02116    
 
  BNY Alcentra Group Holdings, Inc. ++ Director 10/07 - Present
 
  Ivy Asset Management Corp. Director 12/07 - Present
  One Jericho Plaza    
  Jericho, NY 11753    
 
  Urdang Capital Management, Inc. Director 10/07 - Present
  630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300    
  Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462    
 
  Urdang Securities Management, Inc. Director 10/07 - Present
  630 West Germantown Pike, Suite 300    
  Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462    
 
  EACM Advisors LLC Manager 6/04 - Present
  200 Connecticut Avenue    
  Norwalk, CT 06854-1940    
 
  Franklin Portfolio Associates LLC* Manager 1/06 - Present
 
  The Boston Company Asset Management NY, Manager 10/07 - Present
  LLC*    
 
  The Boston Company Asset Management LLC* Manager 10/05 - Present
 
  Pareto Investment Management Limited Director 3/06 - Present
  London, England    

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Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+ Executive Committee 10/05 - 12/07
    Member  
 
  Standish Mellon Asset Management Company, Member, Board of 10/05 - Present
  LLC Managers  
  Mellon Financial Center    
  201 Washington Street    
  Boston, MA 02108-4408    
 
  The Boston Company Holding, LLC* Member, Board of 4/06 - Present
    Managers  
 
  The Bank of New York Mellon ***** Senior Vice President 7/08 - Present
 
 
  BNY Mellon, National Association + Senior Vice President 7/08 - Present
 
  Mellon Bank, N.A. + Senior Vice President 10/05 - 6/08
 
  Mellon Trust of New England, N. A.* Director 4/06 - 6/08
    Senior Vice President 10/05 - 6/08
 
  MAM (DE) Trust+++++ Member of Board of 1/07 - Present
    Trustees  
 
  MAM (MA) Holding Trust+++++ Member of Board of 1/07 - Present
    Trustees  
 
Bradley J. Skapyak MBSC Securities Corporation++ Executive Vice President 6/07 - Present
Chief Operating Officer      
and Director      
  The Bank of New York Mellon**** Senior Vice President 4/07 - Present
 
  The Dreyfus Family of Funds++ President 1/10 - Present
 
  Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. ++ Senior Vice President 5/10 - Present
    Director 5/10 - Present
 
Dwight Jacobsen Pioneer Investments Senior Vice President 4/06 - 12/07
Executive Vice President 60 State Street    
and Director Boston, Massachusetts    
 
Patrice M. Kozlowski None    
Senior Vice President –      
Corporate      
Communications      
 
Gary Pierce The Bank of New York Mellon ***** Vice President 7/08 - Present
Controller      
 
 
  BNY Mellon, National Association + Vice President 7/08 - Present
 
  The Dreyfus Trust Company+++ Chief Financial Officer 7/05 - 6/08
    Treasurer 7/05 - 6/08
 
  Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+ Chief Financial Officer 5/07 - Present

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Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Director 6/07 - Present
    Chief Financial Officer 6/07 - Present
 
  Founders Asset Management, LLC**** Assistant Treasurer 7/06 - 12/09
 
  Dreyfus Consumer Credit Treasurer 7/05 - Present
  Corporation ++    
 
  Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. ++ Chief Financial Officer 7/05 - Present
 
  Dreyfus Service Treasurer 7/05 - Present
  Organization, Inc.++    
  Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc. ++ Treasurer 4/99 - Present
 
Joseph W. Connolly The Dreyfus Family of Funds++ Chief Compliance 10/04 - Present
Chief Compliance Officer   Officer  
  Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+ Chief Compliance 4/05 - Present
    Officer  
  BNY Mellon Funds Trust++ Chief Compliance 10/04 - Present
    Officer  
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Chief Compliance 6/07 – Present
    Officer  
 
Gary E. Abbs The Bank of New York Mellon+ First Vice President and 12/96 – Present
Vice President – Tax   Manager of Tax  
    Compliance  
 
  Dreyfus Service Organization++ Vice President – Tax 01/09 – Present
 
  Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation++ Chairman 01/09 – Present
    President 01/09 – Present
 
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Vice President – Tax 01/09 – Present
 
Jill Gill MBSC Securities Corporation++ Vice President 6/07 – Present
Vice President –      
Human Resources      
  The Bank of New York Mellon ***** Vice President 7/08 – Present
 
  BNY Mellon, National Association + Vice President 7/08 - Present
 
  Mellon Bank N.A. + Vice President 10/06 – 6/08
 
Joanne S. Huber The Bank of New York Mellon+ State & Local 07/1/07 –
Vice President – Tax   Compliance Manager Present
 
  Dreyfus Service Organization++ Vice President – Tax 01/09 – Present
 
  Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation++ Vice President – Tax 01/09 – Present
 
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Vice President – Tax 01/09 – Present
 
Anthony Mayo None    
Vice President –      
Information Systems      

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Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
John E. Lane A P Colorado, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
Vice President   Estate and Leases  
  A P East, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  A P Management, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  A P Properties, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  A P Rural Land, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - 9/07
    Estate and Leases  
  Allomon Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  AP Residential Realty, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  AP Wheels, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  BNY Mellon, National Association + Vice President – Real 7/08 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Citmelex Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Eagle Investment Systems LLC Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
  65 LaSalle Road Estate and Leases  
  West Hartford, CT 06107    
  East Properties Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  FSFC, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Holiday Properties, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MBC Investments Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MELDEL Leasing Corporation Number 2, Inc. + Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Bank Community Development Vice President– Real 11/07 - Present
  Corporation+ Estate and Leases  
 
  Mellon Capital Management Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Financial Services Corporation #1+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Financial Services Corporation #4+ Vice President – Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Funding Corporation+ Vice President– Real 12/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Holdings, LLC+ Vice President– Real 12/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon International Leasing Company+ Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Leasing Corporation+ Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Private Trust Company, National Vice President– Real 8/07 - 1/08
  Association+ Estate and Leases  
 
  Mellon Securities Trust Company+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - 7/08
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Trust Company of Illinois+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - 07/08
    Estate and Leases  

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Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  Mellon Trust Company of New England, N.A.+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - 6/08
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Trust Company of New York LLC++ Vice President– Real 8/07 - 6/08
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Ventures, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Melnamor Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MFS Leasing Corp. + Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MMIP, LLC+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Pareto New York LLC++ Vice President– Real 10/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Pontus, Inc. + Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Promenade, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  RECR, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  SKAP #7+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - 11/07
    Estate and Leases  
  Technology Services Group, Inc.***** Senior Vice President 6/06 - Present
 
  Tennesee Processing Center LLC***** Managing Director 5/08 - Present
    Senior Vice President 4/04 - 5/08
 
  Texas AP, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  The Bank of New York Mellon***** Vice President – Real 7/08 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation***** Executive Vice President 8/07 - Present
 
  Trilem, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
Jeanne M. Login A P Colorado, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
Vice President   Estate and Leases  
  A P East, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  A P Management, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  A P Properties, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  A P Rural Land, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - 9/07
    Estate and Leases  
  Allomon Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  AP Residential Realty, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  AP Wheels, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  APT Holdings Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  BNY Investment Management Services LLC++++ Vice President– Real 1/01 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  BNY Mellon, National Association + Vice President – Real 7/08 - Present
    Estate and Leases  

C-9



Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  Citmelex Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Eagle Investment Systems LLC+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  East Properties Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  FSFC, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Holiday Properties, Inc. + Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MBC Investments Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MELDEL Leasing Corporation Number 2, Inc. + Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Bank Community Development Vice President – Real 11/07 - Present
  Corporation+ Estate and Leases  
 
  Mellon Capital Management Corporation+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Financial Services Corporation #1+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Financial Services Corporation #4+ Vice President – Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Funding Corporation+ Vice President – Real 12/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Holdings LLC+ Vice President – Real 12/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon International Leasing Company+ Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Leasing Corporation+ Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Private Trust Company, National Vice President – Real 8/07 - 1/08
  Association+ Estate and Leases  
 
  Mellon Securities Trust Company+ Vice President – Real 8/07 - 7/08
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Trust of New England, N.A. * Vice President – Real 8/07 - 6/08
    Estate and Leases  
  Mellon Trust Company of Illinois+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - 7/08
    Estate and Leases  
  MFS Leasing Corp. + Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  MMIP, LLC+ Vice President– Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Pontus, Inc. + Vice President– Real 7/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Promenade, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  RECR, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  SKAP #7+ Vice President – Real 8/07 - 11/07
    Estate and Leases  
  Tennesee Processing Center LLC***** Managing Director 5/08 - Present
    Senior Vice President 4/04 - 5/08

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Name and Position      
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
 
  Texas AP, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  The Bank of New York Mellon***** Vice President – Real 7/08 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
  Trilem, Inc. + Vice President – Real 8/07 - Present
    Estate and Leases  
 
James Bitetto The Dreyfus Family of Funds++ Vice President and 8/05 - Present
Secretary   Assistant Secretary  
 
  MBSC Securities Corporation++ Assistant Secretary 6/07 - Present
 
  Dreyfus Service Organization, Inc.++ Secretary 8/05 - Present
 
  The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corporation++ Vice President 2/02 - Present
 
  Founders Asset Management LLC**** Assistant Secretary 3/09 - 12/09

* The address of the business so indicated is One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108.
** The address of the business so indicated is One Bush Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, California 94104.
*** The address of the business so indicated is 50 Fremont Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, California 94104.
**** The address of the business so indicated is 210 University Blvd., Suite 800, Denver, Colorado 80206.
***** The address of the business so indicated is One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286.
+ The address of the business so indicated is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258.
++ The address of the business so indicated is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
+++ The address of the business so indicated is 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144.
++++ The address of the business so indicated is White Clay Center, Route 273, Newark, Delaware 19711.
+++++ The address of the business so indicated is 4005 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE 19804.

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Item 27. Principal Underwriters

     (a) Other investment companies for which Registrant's principal underwriter (exclusive distributor) acts as principal underwriter or exclusive distributor:

1. Advantage Funds, Inc.
2. BNY Mellon Funds Trust
3. CitizensSelect Funds
4. Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
5. Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
6. Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
7. Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Mortgage Securities Fund
8. Dreyfus Bond Funds, Inc.
9. Dreyfus Cash Management
10. Dreyfus Cash Management Plus, Inc.
11. Dreyfus Connecticut Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
12. Dreyfus Dynamic Alternatives Fund, Inc.
13. Dreyfus Funds, Inc.
14. The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated
15. Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
16. Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.
17. Dreyfus Index Funds, Inc.
18. Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Funds
19. Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds
20. Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Funds
21. Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
22. Dreyfus International Funds, Inc.
23. Dreyfus Investment Funds
24. Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc.
25. Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
26. The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.
27. The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust
28. The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds
29. Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc.
30. Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc.
31. Dreyfus Manager Funds I
32. Dreyfus Manager Funds II
33. Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund
34. Dreyfus Midcap Index Fund, Inc.
35. Dreyfus Money Market Instruments, Inc.
36. Dreyfus Municipal Bond Opportunity Fund
37. Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus
38. Dreyfus Municipal Funds, Inc.
39. Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
40. Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
41. Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
42. Dreyfus New York AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund
43. Dreyfus New York AMT-Free Municipal Money Market Fund
44. Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management
45. Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
46. Dreyfus Opportunity Funds

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47. Dreyfus Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund
48. Dreyfus Premier California AMT-Free Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
49. Dreyfus Premier GNMA Fund, Inc.
50. Dreyfus Premier Investment Funds, Inc.
51. Dreyfus Premier Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
52. Dreyfus Premier Worldwide Growth Fund, Inc.
53. Dreyfus Research Growth Fund, Inc.
54. Dreyfus State Municipal Bond Funds
55. Dreyfus Stock Funds
56. Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund
57. The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
58. Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.
59. Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management Funds
60. The Dreyfus Third Century Fund, Inc.
61. Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management
62. Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management
63. Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Intermediate Term Fund
64. Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Long Term Fund
65. Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
66. Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
67. Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc.
68. General California Municipal Money Market Fund
69. General Government Securities Money Market Funds, Inc.
70. General Money Market Fund, Inc.
71. General Municipal Money Market Funds, Inc.
72. General New York Municipal Money Market Fund
73. Strategic Funds, Inc.

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(b)     
Name and principal    Positions and Offices 
Business address  Positions and offices with the Distributor  with Registrant 
 
Jon R. Baum*  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board  None 
Ken Bradle**  President and Director  None 
Robert G. Capone****  Executive Vice President and Director  None 
J. Charles Cardona*  Executive Vice President and Director  None 
Sue Ann Cormack**  Executive Vice President  None 
John M. Donaghey***  Executive Vice President and Director  None 
Dwight D. Jacobsen*  Executive Vice President and Director  None 
Mark A. Keleher*****  Executive Vice President  None 
James D. Kohley***  Executive Vice President  None 
Jeffrey D. Landau*  Executive Vice President and Director  None 
William H. Maresca*  Executive Vice President and Director  None 
Timothy M. McCormick*  Executive Vice President  None 
David K. Mossman***  Executive Vice President  None 
Irene Papadoulis**  Executive Vice President  None 
Matthew Perrone**  Executive Vice President  None 
Noreen Ross*  Executive Vice President  None 
Bradley J. Skapyak*  Executive Vice President  President 
Gary Pierce*  Chief Financial Officer and Director  None 
Tracy Hopkins*  Senior Vice President  None 
Denise B. Kneeland****  Senior Vice President  None 
Mary T. Lomasney****  Senior Vice President  None 
Barbara A. McCann****  Senior Vice President  None 
Kevin L. O’Shea***  Senior Vice President  None 
Christine Carr Smith*****  Senior Vice President  None 
Ronald Jamison*  Chief Legal Officer and Secretary  None 
Joseph W. Connolly*  Chief Compliance Officer (Investment Advisory Business)  Chief Compliance Officer 
Stephen Storen*  Chief Compliance Officer  None 
Maria Georgopoulos*  Vice President – Facilities Management  None 
Stewart Rosen*  Vice President – Facilities Management  None 
Natalia Gribas*  Vice President – Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering  Anti-Money Laundering 
  Officer  Compliance Officer 
Karin L. Waldmann*  Privacy Officer  None 
Gary E. Abbs***  Vice President - Tax  None 
Timothy I. Barrett**  Vice President  None 
Gina DiChiara*  Vice President  None 
Jill Gill*  Vice President  None 
Joanne S. Huber***  Vice President - Tax  None 
John E. Lane******  Vice President – Real Estate and Leases  None 
Jeanne M. Login******  Vice President – Real Estate and Leases  None 
Donna M. Impagliazzo**  Vice President – Compliance  None 
Edward A. Markward*  Vice President – Compliance  None 
Anthony Nunez*  Vice President – Finance  None 
William Schalda*  Vice President  None 
John Shea*  Vice President – Finance  None 
Christopher A. Stallone**  Vice President  None 
Susan Verbil*  Vice President – Finance  None 
William Verity*  Vice President – Finance  None 
James Windels*  Vice President  Treasurer 

 

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(b)     
Name and principal    Positions and Offices 
Business address  Positions and offices with the Distributor  with Registrant 
 
James Bitetto*  Assistant Secretary  Vice President and 
    Assistant Secretary 
James D. Muir*  Assistant Secretary  None 
Barbara J. Parrish***  Assistant Secretary  None 
Cristina Rice***  Assistant Secretary  None 

 

*  Principal business address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166. 
**  Principal business address is 144 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11556-0144. 
***  Principal business address is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15258. 
****  Principal business address is One Boston Place, Boston, MA 02108. 
*****  Principal business address is 50 Fremont Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94104. 
******  Principal business address is 101 Barclay Street, New York 10286. 

 

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Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records

1. The Bank of New York Mellon
  One Wall Street
  New York, New York 10286
 
2. DST Systems, Inc.
  1055 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64105
 
3. The Dreyfus Corporation
  200 Park Avenue
  New York, New York 10166

Item 29. Management Services

Not Applicable

Item 30. Undertakings

None

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                                SIGNATURES

                               -------------

 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York on the 28th of September, 2010.

 

                   DREYFUS MUNICIPAL MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.

 

 BY:    /s/Bradley J. Skapyak*
____________________________

Bradley J. Skapyak, PRESIDENT

 

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

       Signatures                         Title                                 Date  

__________________________     ______________________________                 __________

 

/s/Bradley J. Skapyak*               President                                  09/28/10

______________________________       Principal Executive

Bradley J. Skapyak                   Officer)                                  

 

 

/s/James Windels*                    Treasurer Principal Financial and          09/28/10
__________________________________   Accounting Officer)

James Windels                       

 

 

/s/Joseph S. DiMartino*              Chairman of the Board                      09/28/10

__________________________________  

Joseph S. DiMartino

 

 

/s/David W. Burke*                   Board Member                               09/28/10

_________________________________

David W. Burke

 

 

/s/William Hodding Carter III*       Board Member                               09/28/10

_________________________________

William Hodding Carter III

 

 

/s/Gordon J. Davis*                  Board Member                               09/28/10 

_________________________________

Gordon J. Davis

 

 

/s/Joni Evans*                       Board Member                               09/28/10 

__________________________________

Joni Evans

 

 

 


 

/s/Ehud Houminer*                    Board Member                               09/28/10 

_________________________________

Ehud Houminer

 

 

/s/Richard C. Leone*                 Board Member                               09/28/10 

________________________________

Richard C. Leone

 

 

 

/s/Hans C. Mautner*                  Board Member                               09/28/10 

___________________________________

Hans C. Mautner

 

 

/s/Robin A. Melvin*                  Board Member                               09/28/10 

___________________________________

Robin A. Melvin

 

 

/s/Burton N. Wallack*                Board Member                               09/28/10 

__________________________________

Burton N. Wallack

 

 

/s/John E. Zuccotti*                 Board Member                               09/28/10 

_________________________________

John E. Zuccotti

 

 

 

*BY:  /s/John B. Hammalian

      John B. Hammalian,

      Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit No.

                       

23(e)(1)           Form of Amended Distribution Agreement.

 

23(j)                 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

23(p)                Code of Ethics of Independent Directors.

 

Other Exhibits

 

(a)                    Power of Attorney of certain officers of the Registrant.

 

(b)                    Certificate of Assistant Secretary.